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of the T. E. Lawrence Society Vol. IV, No. 2, Spring 1995 Edited by Philip Kerrigan Anon: 'Proceedings at the unveiling of the memorial to Lawrence of Arabia' from the Oxford High School Magazine, December 1936 (7-17)
The
report of the unveiling of the Lawrence memorial at the City of Oxford
High School in 1936 is reprinted courtesy of the Headmaster of Oxford
County Boys Upper Secondary School, Mr M. Langford. The two schools
merged in 1966 and now occupy new premises at Glanville Road, Cowley,
where the plaque has been installed. The description of the ceremony
enacted at Lawrence's old school, seventeen months after his death,
gives an indication of the feelings engendered at the time. Nicholas Lynch: 'A short Walk in South-eastern Anatolia following T. E. Lawrence's 1911 walk' (18-35)
Urfa: Abraham's Pool Nick Lynch has previously contributed accounts of his tours in France and Syria following the journeys undertaken by Lawrence in the summers of 1908 and 1909 (Vol.I, No.1, Spring 1991 and Vol. II, No.2 Winter 1992-3). He describes here a third journey that he made over the route Lawrence covered in 1911. An element that adds considerably to this account is that Nick quotes from the diary Lawrence kept on that occasion, and compares his own experiences to Lawrence's. Brian Holden Reid: 'The experience of the Arab Revolt as interpreted in T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom' (36-49) Brian Holden Reid is the Senior Lecturer in War Studies at King's College, London and since 1987 has been Resident Historian at the Staff College, Camberley. In this article he sets out the view that many biographers have concentrated on minor faults of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, thereby paying insufficient attention to its true value as a remarkable war memoir. Harold Orlans: 'The Friendship of Lawrence and Graves' (50-60) When seeking an entrée into literary circles after the war, Lawrence found in Robert Graves a useful intermediary for meeting established writers. Harold Orlans gives an interesting survey of their relationship as it developed over the years. Ernest Thurtle: 'A Secular Saint: notes on Lawrence of Arabia' (61-7)
One
of the many friends Lawrence made in the post-war years was Ernest
Thurtle. Peter Metcalfe provides an introduction to an article that Thurtle
wrote on Lawrence in 1938. Philip M O'Brien: 'The Edwards H. Metcalf Collection' (68-75) Philip O'Brien's comprehensive bibliography has become the standard reference work in the field. Who better to describe Edwards H. Metcalf's remarkable collection at the Henry E. Huntington Library in California?
The
Constitution of the T. E. Lawrence Society, as amended at the Annual General Meeting held on
18 September 1994, was also included in this issue. [the Constitution is
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