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1. Add MS 39257

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Title:
Holborn schoolboys' impressions of Zeppelin Raids over London Vol. I
Scope & Content:
Vol. I, ff. 54. Zeppelin Raids over London: Holborn schoolboys' impressions of: 1915. London, England: Holborn school-boys' impressions of airship raids over London: 1915. includes: f. 2 John Hubert, schoolboy, of Holborn: Impressions of airship raid over London: 1915. f. 6 Joe Bullock, scho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 39258

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Add MS 39258
Title:
Holborn schoolboys' impressions of Zeppelin Raids over London Vol. II
Scope & Content:
Vol. II, ff. 39. London, England: Holborn school-boys' impressions of airship raids over London: 1915. Zeppelin Raids over London: Holborn schoolboys' impressions of: 1915. includes: f. 2 R- Beasley, schoolboy, of Holborn: Impressions of airship raid over London: 1915. f. 4 E- Brown, schoolb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 43838

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Title:
'HOUSE OF LORDS. IN PIAM MEMORIAM MCMXIV-MCMXIX': a typewritten copy of the text of the Memorial Book in two volumes, thus entitled, calligraphically written by William Graily Hewitt and Ida D. Henstock in 1927 and preserved in the Library of the House of Lords (see First Report by the Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed to consider the Erection of the Peers' War Memorial, 1928, p. 3, and The Times, 22 Dec. 1928, p. 13). The book lists in alphabetical order, with some biographic...
Scope & Content:
Peerage: War I\Iemorial Book of the House of Lords: 1927.: Typewritten copy. England; Parliament: War Memorial Book of the House of Lords: 1927.: Typewritten copy. William Graily Hewitt, scribe: Memorial book executed by, jointly with Miss 1. D. Henstock: 1927.: Typewritten copy. Ida Henstock...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 45356

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Title:
'THE GRAND FLEET 1914-1916', by Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., 1st Viscount (and 1925) 1st Earl Jellicoe; 1918. Autograph draft.
Scope & Content:
Preceded (ff. i-iii) by notes on the MS. by Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, G.B.E., K.C.B., Jellicoe's Flag Captain at Jutland, 29 Apr. 1939. According to the preface (p. vii) to the printed text, the MS. was finished by the early autumn of 1918, but publication was deferred till after the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 45416

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Title:
HAIG'S 'ORDER OF THE DAY': the draft text of the special order of the day addressed 'To All ranks of the British Forces in France' by Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 1919, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France.
Scope & Content:
HAIG'S 'ORDER OF THE DAY': the draft text of the special order of the day addressed 'To All ranks of the British Forces in France' by Field- Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig 1919, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France; 11 Apr. 1918. Autograph. Signed. The order, which beca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1918
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 45914

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Title:
T. E. LAWRENCE PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. ii + 59). Army Field Service Correspondence Book, containing notes and memoranda by Lawrence relating to events, etc., in the Arabian campaign; 30 Oct. 1916-16 Apr. 1917. The entries are written in pencil, partly in diary form, but do not follow a strict chronological sequence. A few loose papers inserted at the end (ff. 56-59) include a description by Lawrence, also in pencil, of events 9 May-9 July 1917, dated Cairo, 10 July 1917 (ff. 56-57).
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Notebooks, etc., of Col. T. E. Lawrence rel. to the Arabian campaign: 1916-1917. Arabia: Notes, diaries, etc., of T. E. Lawrence rel. to: 1916-1918. Thomas Edward Lawrence, afterwards Shaw; called 'Lawrence of Arabia': Notes, diary, etc., rel. to the Arabian campaign: 1916-1917....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 45915

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Title:
T. E. LAWRENCE PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 71). Parts of a diary by Lawrence, written in pencil on the backs of Army Messages and Signals pads; 17 Jan-28 June 1917, n.d. The entries relate mainly to topography and details of journeys made by him in Arabia, including a number of rough sketch-plans of terrain. The dates covered are:-(1) 17-24 Jan. ff. 1-13;- (2) 1O-15 Mar. ff. 14-30;-(3) 24 Mar.-18 Apr. ff. 31-42;-(4) 27 Apr.-2 May. ff. 43-44;-(5) 9 May-28 June. ff. 45-59;-(6) n.d. ff. 60-71.
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Notebooks, etc., of Col. T. E. Lawrence rel. to the Arabian campaign: 1916-1917. Arabia: Notes, diaries, etc., of T. E. Lawrence rel. to: 1916-1918. Maps and Plans: Rough sketch-plans by T. E. Lawrence, to illustrate accounts of his journeys in Arabia: 1917. Thomas Edward Lawre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1917-28 Jun 1917
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 45983 A

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Title:
POCKET DIARY OF THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE, afterwards Shaw, known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', printed, with autograph entries in pencil, briefly recording his movements in Arabia and Egypt; 1 Jan. 1917-5 Jan. 1918.
Scope & Content:
A. 1 Jan. 1917-5 Jan. 1918
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1917-5 Jan 1918
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 45983 B

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Add MS 45983 B
Title:
POCKET DIARY OF THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE, afterwards Shaw, known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', printed, with autograph entries in pencil, briefly recording his movements in Arabia and Egypt; 1 Jan.-8 Oct. 1918
Scope & Content:
B. 1 Jan.-8 Oct. 1918
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1918-8 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 48204 B

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Add MS 48204 B
Title:
SHAW SPARROW PAPERS. Vol. 11 B. Accounts of service with the 50th Division by Captain F. B Parker, compiled by him from an original diary and from his letters, entitled 'The Somme Offensive, March-April 1918' (ff. 1-55) and (ff. 56-82) 'Battle of the River Lys, 9, 10, 11 April 1918'; 1918.
Scope & Content:
Captain F. B. Parker, Yorkshire Regt.; son of R B Parker: Accounts of operations of 50th Division: 1918.: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 item

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