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Jeremy Wilson Archive @ArchiveWilson
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Jeremy Wilson Archive@ArchiveWilson
5 Jul 2024
I am very happy to announce that the Jeremy Wilson Archive catalogue is now online! 😃🎉 Scroll down to the bottom of the page to start exploring thousands of records by opening the files! (Hint: click on T.E. Lawrence Research to start!) archive-cat.magd.ox.ac.uk/re… @MagdLibAndArch
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Deja vu! Started listing a new collection and immediately find myself back where I started - with T.E. Lawrence! The Lee Angas papers contain this list of Magdalen members serving in WW1 including Lawrence as a second lieutenant in Egypt in Dec 1914
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Take a deeper look in the Jeremy Wilson archive and find out how to make your way around the catalogue with my latest blog post! lawrenceatmagdalen.magd.ox.a… @MagdLibAndArch

The Wilson Catalogue is now online! - Lawrence Portal

Thousands of records from the papers of Jeremy Wilson are now catalogued online and ready to explore!

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See my latest blog post to find out what happened when we discovered some mysterious tapes in the Wilson archive! Spoiler: it involves a story about a monkey and Lawrence with his hair full of pine needles... lawrenceatmagdalen.magd.ox.a… @MagdLibAndArch

"I assumed he was probably a poet": Four mysterious tapes from the Wilson archive - Lawrence Portal

Just when I thought that the Wilson archive had yielded all its secrets and there was nothing left to find, late last year I discovered a box containing four mysterious tapes...

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Whatever happened to Nathaniel the peacock? @MagdLibAndArch
"The Return of Aircraftman Shaw", Manchester Guardian, 4 Feb 1929. Magdalen College Archives, Papers of Jeremy Wilson, P450/R/ORR/6/1/120

ALT "The Return of Aircraftman Shaw", Manchester Guardian, 4 Feb 1929. Magdalen College Archives, Papers of Jeremy Wilson, P450/R/ORR/6/1/120
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My latest blog post on magazines from the Wilson archive is now online. Illustrated papers show how the First World War was seen by contemporary audiences, with a mixture of illustrations of the trenches and adverts for male corsets! lawrenceatmagdalen.magd.ox.a… @MagdLibAndArch

Magazines from the Wilson Archive - Lawrence Portal

The Jeremy Wilson archive contains mountains of press clippings, but amongst these are a number of complete original magazines dating from Lawrence's lifetime. They give an insight into the early...

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Christmas Greetings from the 24th division! A First World War Christmas card reprinted in "The Field", Nov 1935, from the Jeremy Wilson archive. @MagdLibAndArch
Illustration from article "Twenty Years After: Christmas Memories of 1915 in the Salient" from "The Field", 16 Nov 1935. Magdalen College Archives, P450/R/ORR/4.

ALT Illustration from article "Twenty Years After: Christmas Memories of 1915 in the Salient" from "The Field", 16 Nov 1935. Magdalen College Archives, P450/R/ORR/4.
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After three and a half years, I have finally catalogued the last item in the Wilson archive! Item number 23,512 (a proof copy of one of Jeremy Wilson's books) was the final thing in the last box! Now I will be working towards putting the catalogue online! 🖥️ @MagdLibAndArch
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A few places are still available at our event with Alexander Maitland on Wed 15th November at 1pm! Alexander will speaking about T.E. Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger, followed by a chance to see our Lawrence exhibition. Email lucy.smith@magd.ox.ac.uk to book! @MagdLibAndArch
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📣New Event Announcement!📣 On 15 November 2023 at 1pm, acclaimed author Alexander Maitland will be coming to Magdalen to speak on T.E. Lawrence and the explorer and writer Wilfred Thesiger. To book your place now, email lucy.smith@magd.ox.ac.uk @MagdLibAndArch @Pitt_Rivers
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Finding some gems in the Wilson digital archive including this (slightly illegible) letter from Jock Chambers: "You my dear Jeremy 'are a one' as the elderly waitress said to TE when we were having grub in Corfe". @MagdLibAndArch
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The recording of our conference "Writing Lawrence and his World" is online now! See my latest blog post for a round-up of the day and a video of the conference! lawrenceatmagdalen.magd.ox.a… @MagdLibAndArch

Conference Report: Writing Lawrence and His World - Lawrence Portal

On 31st August 2023, over 80 experts, enthusiasts and other interested parties gathered at Magdalen College for a day of talks on "Writing T.E. Lawrence and his World".

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Can't believe it's already two weeks since our conference Writing Lawrence and his World! Thank you so much to everyone for coming and making the day such a great occasion! 😀👏 @MagdLibAndArch
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Looking forward to welcoming delegates to our conference Writing Lawrence and his World this afternoon for a special opening of our Lawrence in Fragments exhibition to kick off proceedings! Now with added Arabian rug owned by Lawrence! lawrenceinfragments.magd.ox.… @MagdLibAndArch
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Great news! The online version of our exhibition Lawrence in Fragments is now open! Take a look to view previously unseen photographs of the Revolt, read Lawrence's letters and scroll through Lawrence's own newspaper scrapbook! @MagdLibAndArch lawrenceinfragments.magd.ox.…

Introduction - Lawrence in Fragments

T E. Lawrence took on many roles in his lifetime. Wilson’s collection of over 50 years of research offers many glimpses of different Lawrences, sometimes amusing, often poignant and occasionally...

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To (slightly belatedly) mark the birthday of T.E. Lawrence on 16th August 1888, here's a picture of him as a baby with his nurse Margo Jones! Find out more in our exhibition Lawrence in Fragments - online version coming soon! lawrenceinfragments.magd.ox.… @MagdLibAndArch
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So happy that our exhibition Lawrence in Fragments is up at last! If you want to see loads of Lawrence treasures including our 1926 bust of TEL by war artist Eric Kennington, drop in to College on any Wednesday afternoon until 13th December! @MagdLibAndArch
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"Lawrence in Fragments" finally opened yesterday afternoon! Here's a glimpse of what's in store if you want to see some of our Lawrence collections up close!
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I am excited to announce our new exhibition "Lawrence in Fragments" opens tomorrow in Magdalen College's Old Library from 2:00pm-4:30pm, and will be running until December! I look forward to seeing you there! @MagdLibAndArch @magdalenoxford
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Magdalen Libraries & Archives@MagdLibAndArch
24 Jul 2023
Here's a #SneakPeek at our upcoming exhibition on T.E. Lawrence, curated by Dr Lucy Smith @ArchiveWilson. We've been busy getting ready for the opening, this Wednesday 26th July 2-4:30pm. We hope to see some of you there!
Photograph of open display case of photographs, objects and documents pertaining to T.E. Lawrence

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Photograph of a different, closed display case of containing letters, documents and books pertaining to T.E. Lawrence

ALT Photograph of a different, closed display case of containing letters, documents and books pertaining to T.E. Lawrence

Photo of a letter written to E.M. Forster

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Photograph of T E Lawrence

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