T. E. Lawrence correspondence with Siegfried Sassoon and E. M. Forster
Overview
Letters to T. E. Lawrence from E. M. Forster and Siegfried Sassoon and letters from Lawrence to Sassoon.
Dates
- Creation: 1919-1935
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 box)Collection contains letters to T. E. Lawrence from E. M. Forster and Siegfried Sassoon and letters from Lawrence to Siegfried. Many of the letters discuss Lawrence's literary work. Some letters are signed "T. E. Shaw" or with the initials "T.E.S.," reflecting Lawrence's use of the pseudonym T. E. Shaw. The collection also includes some manuscript ephemera and a photograph of Siegfried.
Biographical / Historical
T. E. Lawrence was an English author, archaelogist, and British Army officer. In 1923, he changed his name to T. E. Shaw, in part to join the Royal Tank Corps, hoping eventually to return to the Royal Air Force. Lawrence was friends with many poets who survived and sometimes wrote about World War I, Siegfried Sassoon among them. E. M. Forster and Lawrence struck up a literary friendship in 1921 after Forster had read Sassoon's copy of Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- I. Letters to T. E. Lawrence from E. M. Forster and Siegfried Sassoon
- II. Letters to Siegfried Sassoon from T. E. Lawrence
- III. Other materials
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2003M-51. Purchased with the Kilgour Bequest; received: 2004
Processing Information
Processed by: Susan Wyssen
- Title
- Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. T. E. Lawrence correspondence with Siegfried Sassoon and E. M. Forster, 1919-1935: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02587
Repository Details
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