1928

Correspondence and works by T. E. Lawrence written or first published in 1928

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Works

The Mint, full and expurgated texts

The Spectator, No 5200, 25 February 1928, contains pp 268-269 'The Wells Short Stories' [book review] signed C.D. [pseud. of T. E. Lawrence]. Reprinted in MIP.

Letters

January 1928

To Ralph Isham 2 January 1928 BR1 pp. [9-12]; MB pp. 362-3
To Charlotte Shaw 2 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 1-4
To his mother 4 January 1928 HL pp. 370-71; MB p. 364 (omission)
To Charlotte Shaw 4 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 5-10
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 15 January 1928 DG pp. 564-5; MB pp. 364-5
To Charlotte Shaw 16 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 12-14
To Ernest MacKay 18 January 1928 DG pp. 565-6
To Charlotte Shaw 16 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 15-18
To Sir Herbert Baker 20 January 1928 DG pp. 567-9
To Alan Dawnay 20 January 1928 MB p. 366
To H. S. Ede 20 January 1928 DG pp. 566-7; S-E pp. 12-13
To Edward Garnett 20 January 1928 MIP; Letters 9 pp. 13-31, corrected text, together with the relevant passages from Tarka the Otter
To T. B. Marson 20 January 1928 DG pp. 569-71
To Robert Graves 26 January 1928 B:RG 147-8
To Charlotte Shaw 26 January 1928 Letters 3 pp. 20-21

February 1928

To R. D. Blumenfeld 2 February 1928 DG pp. 572-4
To Charlotte Shaw 2 February 1928 Letters 3 pp. 22-5
To Sydney Cockerell 2 February 1928 DG pp. 574-5; SCC pp. 366-7
Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 4 February 1928 Letters 9 pp. 34-5
To A. P. Wavell 9 February 1928 DG pp. 575-6
To Charlotte Shaw 9 February 1928 Letters 3 pp. 25-8
To D. G. Pearman [1928] DG pp. 576-8
To David Garnett 16 February 1928 MB pp 366-8 (omissions)
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 16 February 1928 DG p. 578
To Charlotte Shaw 16 February 1928 Letters 3 pp. 30-34
To his mother 21 February 1928 HL pp. 371-2
To Charlotte Shaw 25 February 1928 Letters 3 pp. 35-37

March 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 1 March 1928 Letters 3 pp. 38-40
Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 8 March 1928 Letters 9 pp. 36-42
To Charlotte Shaw 8 March 1928 Letters 3 pp. 40-41
To Edward Garnett 15 March 1928 DG pp. 579-80
To Charlotte Shaw 15 March 1928 Letters 3 pp. 41-45
To Sir Hugh Trenchard 17 March 1928 MB pp. 368-70
To Charlotte Shaw 20 March 1928 Letters 3 pp. 46-51; MB pp. 370-1 (omissions)
To Sydney Cockerell 22 March 1928 SCC pp. 368-9
To Edward Garnett 22 March 1928 DG pp. 580-81
To his mother 23 March 1928 HL p. 372; MB pp. 371-2
To Robert Graves 29 March 1928 B:RG 148-9

April 1928

To Henry Williamson 2 April 1928 Letters 9 pp. 45-8, extracts GOF pp. 15, 17, 20-21 (530 words omitted)
To Charlotte Shaw 6 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 53-4
Charlotte Shaw to T. E. Lawrence 9 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 54-7
Bernard Shaw to T. E. Lawrence 12 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 57-61
To Charlotte Shaw 12 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 62-5
To his mother 13 April 1928 HL p. 373
To Sergeant A. Pugh 13 April 1928, extract: MB p. 372
To Edward Garnett 14 April 1928 DG pp. 581-2
To William Rothenstein 14 April 1928 DG pp. 582-3
To H. H. Banbury 14 April 1928 DG pp. 584-5
To Charlotte Shaw 16 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 66-9
To Bruce Rogers 16 April 1928 DG pp. 586-90; BR1 pp. [13-19]
To H. S. Ede 16 April 1928 DG pp. 590-92; S-E pp. 14-16
To Mrs. Thomas Hardy 16 April 1928 DG pp. 592-3
To E. M. Forster 16 April 1928 DG pp. 593-5
To Edward Garnett 23 April 1928 DG pp. 595-8
To Charlotte Shaw 25 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 71-3
To Charlotte Shaw 26 April 1928 Letters 3 pp. 73-5
To his mother 26 April 1928 HL pp. 373-4

May 1928

To Marshal of the RAF Sir Hugh Trenchard 1 May 1928 DG pp. 598-600
Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 1 May 1928 Letters 9 pp. 49-54
To Henry Williamson 2 April 1928 Letters 9 pp. 45-8, short extract in GOF p. 15
To A. W. Lawrence 2 May 1928 DG pp. 600-601; MB pp 372-3
To Charlotte Shaw 2 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 76-80
To Edward Garnett 2 May 1928 DG pp. 601-3
To Bernard Shaw 7 May 1928 DG pp. 603-7, Letters 3 pp. 81-5
To Charlotte Shaw 8 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 85-90
To R. V. Buxton 10 May 1928 DG p. 607
To Edward Garnett 17 May 1928 DG pp. 608-9
To Charlotte Shaw 17 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 92-5; MB pp. 374-5 (omissions)
To Robert Graves 19 May 1928 B:RG 149-50
To Charlotte Shaw 21 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 96-8
To Charlotte Shaw 29 May 1928 Letters 3 pp. 98-9
Henry Williamson to T. E. Lawrence 31 December 1928 Letters 9 pp. 58-63

June 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 4 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 100-101
To Sergeant A. Pugh 9 June 1928 MB pp. 376-8 (omission)
To Charlotte Shaw 11 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 102-104; extracts: MB pp. 378-9
To David Garnett 14 June 1928 DG pp. 610-13
To Charlotte Shaw 15 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 105-107
Bernard Shaw to T. E. Lawrence 23 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 108-110
To Charlotte Shaw 25 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 111-113
To Jonathan Cape 30 June 1928 DG pp. 613-4
To H. S. Ede 30 June 1928 DG pp. 614-5; S-E pp. 16-17
To Robert Graves 30 June 1928 B:RG 150-51
To Bruce Rogers 30 June 1928 BR1 [20-21]
To Charlotte Shaw 30 June 1928 Letters 3 pp. 114-17

July 1928

To his mother 10 July 1928 HL pp. 374-5; brief extract: MB p. 379
To Charlotte Shaw 10 July 1928 Letters 3 pp. 118-21
To Sir Herbert Baker 17 July 1928 MB pp. 379-80
To Charlotte Shaw 17 July 1928 Letters 3 pp. 122-5
To Bernard Shaw 19 July 1928 DG pp. 615-8; MB pp. 381-2; Letters 3 pp. 125-30
To Charlotte Shaw 23 July 1928 Letters 3 pp. 130-6
To Charlotte Shaw 31 July 1928 Letters 3 pp. 138-41

August 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 4 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 141-4
To Robert Graves 5 August 1928 B:RG 151-2
To Charlotte Shaw 5 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 145-7
To E. M. Forster 6 August 1928 DG pp. 618-22
To Charlotte Shaw 15 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 147-53
To Charlotte Shaw 18 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 154-58
To Robert Graves 27 August 1928 B:RG 153
To E. M. Forster 28 August 1928 DG pp. 622-25; MB p. 383 (omissions)
To Charlotte Shaw 28 August 1928 Letters 3 pp. 159-63
To Henry Williamson 28 August 1928 Letters 9 pp. 55-56, 14 words (of 141) quoted GOF p. 23
To H. S. Ede 30 August 1928 S-E pp. 17-18

September 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 4 September 1928 Letters 3 pp. 164-5
To Charlotte Shaw 11 September 1928 Letters 3 pp. 166-7
To Charlotte Shaw 18 September 1928 Letters 3 pp. 167-70
To Charlotte Shaw 25 September 1928 Letters 3 pp. 170-71

October 1928

To Bruce Rogers 2 October 1928 BR1 pp. [22-23]
To Charlotte Shaw 3 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 172-4
To Sir Gilbert Clayton 9 October 1928 MB pp. 383-4
To Charlotte Shaw 9 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 174-6
To Bruce Rogers 10 October 1928 BR1 pp. [24-28]
To Sir Emery Walker and Wilfred Merton 10 October 1928 BR1 pp. [29-30]
To Charlotte Shaw 16 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 177-80
To B. H. Liddell Hart 17 October 1928 B:LH pp. 3-4
To Charlotte Shaw 21 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 181-3
To Charlotte Shaw 23 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 183-4
To Sir Herbert Baker 29 October 1928 MB pp. 385 (omission)
To the Editor, Civil & Military Gazette 29 October 1928 MB p. 386
To Charlotte Shaw 30 October 1928 Letters 3 pp. 185-8

November 1928

To Robert Graves 6 November 1928 B:RG 154-7 (edited); full text in MB pp 387-9
To Charlotte Shaw 6 November 1928 Letters 3 pp. 189-91
To Charlotte Shaw 11 November 1928 Letters 3 pp. 192-6
To H. S. Ede 12 November 1928 S-E pp. 22-6
To Charlotte Shaw 20 November 1928 Letters 3 p. 197; MB p. 390
To Charlotte Shaw 27 November 1928 Letters 3 pp. 198-203

December 1928

To Charlotte Shaw 4 December 1928 Letters 3 pp. 205-7
To Charlotte Shaw 11 December 1928 Letters 3 pp. 208-13
To Henry Williamson 11 December 1928 Letters 9 p. 57. Extracts GOF pp. 21, 22 (44 words omitted)
To E. M. Forster 12 December 1928 DG pp. 625-6
To H. S. Ede 15 December 1928 S-E pp. 26-8
To Charlotte Shaw 18 December 1928 Letters 3 pp. 214-7
To Sir Hugh Trenchard 21 December 1928 MB pp. 390-91
To Charlotte Shaw 25 December 1928 Letters 3 pp. 218-9
To John Buchan 26 December 1928 DG pp. 626-8
To Charlotte Shaw 31 December 1928 and 1 January 1929 Letters 3 pp. 219-28; brief extract MB p. 392