Guide to the Middle East Centre Archive - St Antony's College

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ST. ANTONY'S COLLEGE, OXFORD

GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE EAST CENTRE ARCHIVE

Introduction

This Guide covers the majority of the collections held in the Middle East Centre Archive. At
present it does not cover collections that consist only of photographs. For example the Archive
holds a substantial Freya Stark photographic collection.

Where a more detailed description of a collection exists, this is indicated in this Guide by the word
‘Handlist’. If a collection holds photographs this is indicated at the end of the description by
‘Photographic collection’.

Please note that uncatalogued material appears at the end of this Guide.

Please note TS means typescript. MS means manuscript i.e. handwritten.

ADAMSON, Richard. GB165-0001
Accounts by a Palestine Police Officer of the Cairo conspiracy trial in 1919 and the riots in
Jerusalem, Easter 1920. 7 sheets. Handlist

ADDISON, Herbert. GB165-0002
Privately printed monograph The pleasures of Anglo-Egyptian cooperation, 1972; critique of
Jacques Berque’s Egypt; imperialism and revolution, 1973; memo by J. Cryer on British
schoolmasters in Egypt; papers relating to the Cairo Scientific Society 1898-1931; lists of British
Officials in the Egyptian service 1926-45; material relating to the development of the Helwan and
Maadi 1920s-50s; press-cuttings and pamphlets on Egypt 1938-49; material relating to the Anglo-
Egyptian Union 1942-49. 1 box. Handlist

ALLARD, W. (b. 1889). GB165-0003
Biographical note; letter to A.L. Odell, 29 November 1967, on British nationals seconded to work
under the Egyptian Government. 3 sheets. Handlist

ALLEN, Rt. Revd. Geoffrey Francis, Bishop in Egypt. (1902-82). GB165-0004
Collection of Diocesan Reviews for Egypt and Sudan 1947-52. 1 box. Handlist

ALLENBY, Field Marshal Sir Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo.
(1861-1936). GB165-0005
Photocopies of papers relating to the Middle East including: Palestine campaign - extracts from
letters to his wife up to and including the capture of Aleppo (1918) and his visit in February 1919
to Istanbul; letters and reports by eyewitnesses of the same period; letters from H. Chauvel; letters
to Sir Herbert Samuel, 1920-25; letter to Sir William Hayter 6 May 1924 on Saad Zaghlul; letters
elicited by Wavell for his “Egypt” volume; comments, mainly by Gerald Delany, on Wavell's
Allenby in Egypt. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic collection.

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AMAZALAK, Mayer H. and AMAZALAK, J.B. GB165-0007
Two poems on the coronation of Edward VII, printed Jaffa, 1902. 2 sheets. Handlist

AMOS, Sir (Percy) Maurice (Maclardie) Sheldon. (1872-1940). GB165-0008
Copy of letter to Sheldon Amos, 12 Nov. 1905, from Graham Wallas, on nascent nationalism in
the Middle East. 1 sheet. Handlist

ANCKETILL, Matthew David. GB165-0009
Photocopied TS of Strange Destiny unpublished biography of Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777-1842),
artist, traveller and diplomat in Russia and Persia. 2 boxes. Handlist

ANDERSON, Margaret Grace. GB165-0511
Privately printed memoir entitled ‘Mussolini Changed my Life’, written by Dr Margaret Anderson
(née Smith). The memoir, which includes some photographs and also maps, documents Margaret
Anderson and her family’s movements during World War 2, specifically from December 1939 to
May 1946. During this time, the family moved from Glasgow to Sudan, then Southern Rhodesia
(now Zimbabwe) and later Cape Town. Margaret Anderson and her sister Jean fled from Sudan to
Rhodesia in 1940, following events relating to the Italian forces’ attack on the border with
Ethiopia. Other places visited include France, Beirut, Alexandria and Cairo. Along with personal
remembrance and a first person account of childhood and schooling in the British colonies, the
memoir includes information relating to the contemporary political and military context. 1 item.
Handlist.

ANTONIUS, George Habib. (1891-1942). GB165-0011
Reports and letters when Senior Associate in the Middle East of the Institute of Current World
Affairs on Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Iraq 1930-39, including notes on the case of Taha
Hussein, 1932, and on Saiyid Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani and Shaikh Muhammad ‘Abduh. 128
sheets. Handlist

ARAB BULLETIN. GB165-0012
Nos. 1-74 (microfilm); nos. 41-113 with supplements (1916-19). 1 reel; 1 box.

ARAB DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY. GB165-0324
Pamphlets, reports, newspaper cuttings and correspondence relating to the Arab Development
Society, the life of its founder Musa Alami and details of the Society’s legacy and supporters. Also
includes an album of professional photographs, along with loose photographs, documenting the
work of the Arab Development Society. 3 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

ARAMCO. GB165-0013
Report, 1961, by William Mulligan on the visit of King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud to ARAMCO,
January 1947. 1 vol.; 2 sheets.

ARCHIBALD, S.G. GB165-0014
Typescript proceedings of the “Commission de Réforme du Code de Procédure Civile Indigène”
1914, and “Commission des Capitulations” 1918, of the Government of Egypt, with associated
material. 3 boxes. Handlist.
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ARDAGH, Col. Sir John Charles. (1840-1907). GB165-0015
Diaries of travel 1875-86, comprising Italy, Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Rumania, Asia Minor,
Caucasus, Russia, Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, (privately printed); 3 letters, March 1908, from Susan,
Countess of Malmesbury to Sir William Everett. 1 vol.; 3 sheets. Handlist.

AREF EL-AREF. (1892-1973). GB165-0016
TS diaries (in Arabic): Amman diary, 1926-28; Gaza diary, July 1939-June 1940. 1 box. Handlist.

ARMITAGE, Henry St John Basil (1924-2004). GB165-0377
TS Lecture ‘The Arab Legion of Jordan: To-day and yesterday’ by St J Armitage 25 Sept 1996;
TS lecture entitled ‘The Hijaz Railway’ by H St J.B. Armitage given at the T.E. Lawrence Society
Symposium, Exeter College, Oxford 14-15 Sept 2002; Pamphlet ‘History of the Railway Troops’
by Thalacker reporting on his experiences at Amman railway station regarding the 1918 retreat
from the Hedjas front. 1 file. Handlist

ARTHUR, Sir Geoffrey. (1920-1984). GB165-0430
Papers relating to Sir Geoffrey Arthur’s service as a senior diplomat in the Persian Gulf, when he
engineered negotiations which led to the creation of the United Arab Emirates. The collection
includes agreements, orders, resolutions, laws, statements, memoranda, agendas, minutes and
reports produced by or for the Provisional Union Council and the Supreme Council of the Union
of Arab Emirates. A small amount of material consists of correspondence between key players in
the negotiations, and articles analysing the situation. There are also two obituaries for Sir
Geoffrey Arthur. 1 box. Handlist.

ASHLEY, Edward. (1934-2001). GB165-0399
OMAN ARCHIVE: Papers relating to Edward Ashley’s service in the Sultan’s Armed Forces
Jebel Regiment Dhofar between 1970-1977, incorporating training materials including a training
booklet, ‘Know Your Enemy’ and ‘Jebel Regiment’s Standard Operating Procedures’; materials
on anti-guerrilla operations including ‘Commander’s Diary’, ‘Situation Reports’ and ‘Operation
Instructions’; including maps of areas which were used during the joint military operations;
‘Oman Humour’, including cartoons; congratulatory letters and Jebel Regiment awards; a staff list
of individuals who served in the Sultan’s Armed Forces, including a letter from ex-staff relating to
the establishment of the Sultan’s Armed Forces Museum; and photographic material relating to
Edward Ashley’s service in Oman, subsequent Sultan’s Armed Forces Association reunions
including a trip to Oman in 1984. 8 boxes. Handlist.

BAILEY, Sheilagh Elizabeth. (b.1929). GB165-0564
Interview and photographic material relating to Sheilagh Bailey’s work in Oman in the Palace
Office from 1972-1984 and later visits to Oman. In the interview Sheilagh Bailey discusses her
slides and photograph albums and their context. There are two boxes of 35mm slides relating to
Sheilagh Bailey’s work in Oman in 1972, and four photograph albums covering 1972-1980s, as
well as later return visits to Oman and Switzerland in 1998-1999. 3 boxes. Handlist. Photographic
collection.

BAIRD, Nina Isabel. (d.1919). GB165-0017
Papers and photographs relating to Nina Baird’s work with the Red Cross, at Cairo Citadel, and
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among the Bedouin at Amira consisting of a letter of sympathy from General Allenby to Sir
Alexander Baird 11 Aug 1919; an obituary of Nina Baird by Miss H. Ridler dealing with Nina
Baird’s work with the Red Cross at Cairo Citadel and among the Bedouin at Amira, 1915-1919.
22 photographs, mainly consisting of photographs of carpets, as well as some photographs of Nina
Baird. Handlist. Photographic collection.

BALL, Royston Arthur. (b.1928) GB165-0451
Memoirs ‘Palestine Service March 1947 to May 1948’ written by R.A. Ball (2nd Battalion,
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) giving an account of his army service. 12 sheets. Handlist.

BALFOUR DECLARATION. GB165-0018
Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to the Balfour Declaration, 1917, assembled by Elizabeth
Monroe. 12 sheets; 1 item.

BARBOUR, Nevill. (1895-1974). GB165-0019
Copies of articles and broadcasts on the Middle East and North Africa, Zionism, the Arabic
language etc. , 1936-63, with an English translation of part of the memoirs of Sidqi Pasha; report
on Syria and Palestine presented by M. Etienne Flandin to the “Group senatorial pour la defénse
des interêts français à l’étranger”; pamphlet entitled “The Independence of Egypt” by a member of
the Egyptian delegation to London, January 1921; papers and correspondence relating to Taufiq
Hakim’s novel The Return of the Spirit, 1933-37; correspondence with Lt. Gen. Sir George
MacMunn regarding the latter’s article on Palestine, “Nisi Dominus”1950-51. 5 boxes. Handlist.

BAUER, Yehuda. (b.1926). GB165-0021
Letter to ‘Leni’ dated 22 Sept. 1962 with descriptive lists of organisations dealing with Jewish
refugees between 1933 and 1948. 2 sheets.

BARING, Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer. (1841-1917). GB165-0020
BARING, Rowland Thomas, 2nd Earl of Cromer. (1877-1953).
Letters to Harry and Clara Boyle, 1914 & 1929-36; material for the Marquess of Zetland’s
biography Cromer. 1 box. Handlist.

BBC Documentary: No Plan, No Peace. GB165-0429
Scripts for the two part BBC documentary ‘No Plan, No Peace: The inside story of Iraq’s descent
into chaos’ broadcast in October 2007 and transcripts of research interviews for the documentary
of key participants including Ahmed Chalabi, Ali Allawi, Barbara Bodine, Sir Christopher Meyer,
Clare Short, General Jay Garner, Colonel Larry Wilkerson, Paul Bremer, Colonel Paul Hughes, Sir
Jeremy Greenstock, Sir Michael Jackson, Stewart Bowen and Major General Tim Cross. 3 boxes.
Handlist.

BEASLEY, Dr. Ina M. , née Girdwood. (1898-1994). GB165-0022
Minutes of the Gordon Memorial College Council, 1944-1948; material on educational expansion
in Sudan: Southern Sudan, 1946-1950; Northern Sudan, 1947-1956. 1 box. Handlist.

BEAUMONT, Sir Richard Ashton. (1912-2009). GB165-0597
Papers mainly relating to Sir Richard Beaumont’s service in the Foreign Office, in particular his
service as Consul in Jerusalem in 1948 and his role in the Buraimi Oasis dispute with Saudi-
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Arabia in Jan-Oct 1960. Includes a handwritten chronology of events in Palestine and Jerusalem in
the period Feb-Dec 1948, with personal diary notes, and photocopies of documents held by The
National Archives, perhaps compiled for research purposes. There is also a small amount of
material relating to Lebanon and Syria during World War II, as well as a collection of newspaper
clippings, 1979-1995, reporting on events in the Middle East. 1 box. Handlist.

BELL, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian. (1868-1926). GB165-0023
Copy of travel diary of a journey to Hayyil, Jan.-May 1914; letters to Humphrey Bowman, 1920-
25, and Lord Allenby,13 May 1920; C. J. Edmonds’ lecture “Gertrude Bell in the Near and Middle
East”; W.C. Donkin’s catalogue, The letters and papers of Gertrude Bell, Newcastle, 1966. 1
box. Handlist. Photographic collection.

BENNETT, Arthur L. GB165-0024
Papers as R.A.F. member of Combined UK/US/Iranian team seconded to central staff of the
Imperial Iranian Armed Forces, 1970-72, including the team’s report on the Joint College of the
Armed Forces, Tehran, and a military training exercise. 1 box. Handlist.

BENTWICH, Norman de Mattos. (1882-1971). GB165-0025
Personal correspondence, correspondence in Arabic and English received as Legal Secretary to
Government of Palestine, 1921-1929; papers on legal administration under the Palestine and
Iraq Mandates; papers relating to his work in Ethiopia, 1943, and material on Ethiopia’s claim
to Eritrea and Somalia, Falasha Jews. Notes of interviews in Paris relating to efforts to help
Jewish refugees from Germany, 1934. 2 boxes. Handlist.

BESLEY, Judge Ernest Francis Withers. (1891-1965). GB165-0026
Lecture on the judicial system in Egypt, 21 Feb. 1935; record of judgement in a test case on
British nationality, 1940. 21 sheets.

BESSE, ANTONIN GB165-0353
Illustrated book commissioned by Antonin Besse on traditional boats in Aden entitled ‘Les
derniers boutres d’Aden’ 1984. 1 volume

BILLINGSLEY, Laurence (b.1927) GB165-0524
Postcard and photographs from Laurence Billingsley’s Army Service in Palestine, 1946-1948,
including a postcard of the troop ship M.V. Dunnottar-Castle, photographs of Army camps, fires
at Peninsula Barracks and the oil refinery in Haifa, the funeral of Corporal Hand and the hanging
of Sergeants Martin and Paice by the Irgun in August 1947. Also includes a photographic
reproduction of a propaganda leaflet from the A.M.O addressed ‘To the British Members of the
Palestine Police and to the members of his Majesty’s Forces’ and a Gold Star beer bottle label.
Handlist. Photographic Collection.

BIRDWOOD, Field Marshal Sir William Riddell, 1st Baron Birdwood. (1865-1951).
GB165-0028
Comments and marginal notes on P.G. Elgood’s The Army in Egypt1914-18. 23 sheets.

BLACKBURN, Donald. (1902-1996). GB165-0378
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Booklets and a note relating to Church history consisting of a ‘Handbook of the Anglican
Bishopric in Jerusalem and the East’, ‘Some Ancient and Younger Churches in Egypt’ and ‘The
Eastern Church: A brief note’; a TS account giving a description of how Archdeacon Campbell
was shot during fighting in Jerusalem in 1948; a speech by Nasser after the laying of the
foundation stone of the Copt Cathedral in 1964; a TS account ‘Civil War in Jordan, September
1970’ by Winifred Coate and 22 photographs mainly of Church events including a group
photograph of the Palestine Church Council in March 1949 and the Arab Episcopal Church
Council in 1955. 1 file and 22 photographs. Handlist. Photographic Collection.

BLATCHFORD, Edward Williams. (1868-1956). GB165-0029
Obituary notices of E.W. Blatchford, US Vice-Consul in Jerusalem, 1930-48, with a covering
letter to Humphrey Bowman from Blatchford’s cousin Grace Wilson. 4 sheets.

BLENKINSOP, Frederick William Geoffrey. (1907-46). GB165-0030
Private memo on the Arab-Zionist conflict, 2 November 1944. 6 sheets.

BLYTH, Miss Estelle. (1881-1983). GB165-0031
Papers relating to her father the Rt. Revd. G.F. Popham Blyth, Bishop in Jerusalem; copy of The
All Highest goes to Jerusalem, being the diary of the German Emperor’s journey to the Holy
Land, London, 1918; House of Lords Debates, notes, policy statements, etc. on Palestine 1920-39,
with a few press cuttings. 1 box. Photographic collection.

BOUSTEAD, Col. John Edmund Hugh. (1895-1980). GB165-0032
“Report on the Sudan Defence Force” 1940-41; memo on agricultural development in E. Aden,
1949-58; “Review of the progress and development department Muscat and Oman” 1958-61; draft
autobiography. 2 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

BOWEN, H.C. GB165-0033
MS of unpublished book on Nizam ul-Mulk; notes on the Arabs in Spain and Sicily, 8-11th
centuries; MS of 6 lectures on the Arab conquest on North Africa and Spain; sources for a history
of Muslims in Europe; notes on various aspects of Islamic history; lecture and course notes on the
history of the Ottoman Empire. 5 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

BOWMAN, Humphrey Ernest. (1879-1965). GB165-0034
Diaries 1903-49, including Egypt 1903-11, Sudan 1911-14, Iraq 1918-20, Palestine 1921-37;
personal letters, mostly from Sir Hugh Bell and Sir Ronald Storrs, 1910-54; appointment as
Director of Education, Mesopotamia, 1917-20; offers of service in Egyptian Ministry of
Education, 1919-20; secondment to Government of Palestine, 1920; correspondence 1922-25 with
the Egyptian Government re. pension; Palestine Royal Commission on Education - miscellaneous
papers; personal letters to parents; lectures and miscellanea about General Gordon; lectures and
book reviews; testimonials, etc.; correspondence with High Commissioner, Palestine, 1934-36;
correspondence re. retirement, 1937. 8 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection.

BOYLE, Harry. (1863-1937). GB165-0035
Correspondence with his wife and mother, 1884-1923; miscellaneous personal papers; letters to
Lord Rennell of Rodd, 11 Oct. 1902 and 21 April 1907; memo of 1905 on the historic background
of the British occupation of Egypt; confidential despatch to Sir Edward Grey, 16 August 1908;
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Milner Mission, 1921: letters and a memo. 4 boxes. Handlist.

BRADDICK, Bertie. GB165-0394
Oral history interview of Bertie Braddick, who served in the Palestine Police 1947-1948,
interviewed by William Ward on 7 May 2006. Sound file 76 minute. Transcript 15 sheets. 2 items.

BRASSEY GOTTLIEB, H. GB165-0036
Letter to ‘John’ of 19 August 1969 giving his impressions of T.E. Lawrence. 3 sheets.

BREBBER, Alexander. (1896-1991) GB165-0387
Papers relating to Brebber’s work as President of a Military Court at the end of the Palestine
Mandate including Defence Emergency Regulations, Military Court Procedures and papers
relating to the ‘Jerusalem Railway Station Trial’ in 1947, in which four men were accused of
planting bombs at the station on 30 Oct 1946. Also includes a ‘Short Handbook of Palestine’
published by ‘G.S.I., H.Q., Palestine’ and the book ‘The Palestine Mandate Invalid and
Impracticable’ by W.F. Boustany, 1936 and 6 newspaper clippings mainly relating to Israel’s
borders and the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1956-1972. 1 box. Handlist.

BRIAN LAPPING ASSOCIATES LTD: THE FIFTY YEARS WAR: ISRAEL AND THE
ARABS GB165-0346
Transcripts of research interviews made during the production of the television series ‘The Fifty
Years War: Israel and the Arabs’ which was produced for BBC Television by Brian Lapping
Associates Ltd and broadcast in 1998. Key Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, Jordanian, Egyptian,
Syrian, Russian and American participants were interviewed. 11 boxes. Handlist.

BRIDGEMAN, Hon. Geoffrey John Orlando. (1898-1974). GB165-0037
Brief note of his eyewitness account of the capture of Jerusalem, 1917. 1 sheet.

BRITISH DIPLOMATIC PERSPECTIVES ON THE MIDDLE EAST
GB165-0321
TS texts of, or notes for, lectures in the series “British Diplomatic Perspectives on the Middle
East” given at the Middle East Centre, 15 October-3 December 1999 by Sir James Craig, Sir
Marrack Goulding, Sir John Coles, Hon. Ivor Lucas, Christopher Long, Sir Alan Munro, Lord
Wright of Richmond, and Sir David Gore-Booth, giving their personal reflections on British
diplomacy in the Middle East during their years of service. 1 box.

BRITISH PALESTINE POLICE ASSOCIATION. GB165-0591
The British Palestine Police Association Newsletter Number 1, Spring 2014 which includes the
minutes of the inaugural meeting, the constitution of the new association, as well as news of future
association events, a short history of the Palestine Police Force, an article on the Transjordan
Frontier Force and news of former Palestine Policemen including obituaries. Also includes
Newsletter Number 2, Summer 2014 which contains articles on the British Gendarmerie, PPOCA
trips to the Holy Land and Jordan, the Story of the Spafford Children’s Centre Old City Jerusalem
and Gaza the first step towards the Mandate. Newsletter Number 3, Winter 2014 includes details
of the first BPPA weekend and the Annual General Meeting. 3 items. Handlist.

BRITISH SYRIAN SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION. GB165-0397
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Legal document entitled ‘British Syrian Schools Duplicate Declaration of Trust of property in
Syria and elsewhere belonging to the Association’. The document notes that the British Syrian
Schools Association was loaned £1,500 by Mentor Mott in 1877 using the property of the
Association as security for the loan as well as setting out some rules and regulations for the
running of the Association such as voting rights at General meetings and the granting to Augusta
Mott and Susette Harriet Smith the right to hire and dismiss staff and manage the running of the
schools and other institutions. The document also includes a supplemental indenture in which
Mentor Mott relinquished his claim to the loaned money in 1887. 1 item. Handlist.

BROADHURST, Brig. Ronald Joseph Callender. (b. 1906). GB165-0038
Papers on customs matters and oil prospection in Egypt, 1886-87; MS diary of the Nile Expedition
of 1889 by an unnamed soldier of the 86th Foot, with cuttings of the period; reports of handling
of smugglers by the Egyptian Coast Guard Service, 1889-90. 1 box.

BRODIE, Donald Haig (1917-1981). GB165-0581
Two photograph albums containing photographs relating to Donald Brodie’s service in the
Palestine Police between 1937 and 1942. The first largely contains personal photos and includes
scenes of police officers and soldiers at work and rest, accommodation, posts and checkpoints,
police and military vehicles, landscapes, places of interest and daily life. Also includes images
documenting attacks carried out by Irgun, such as the bombing of the Jerusalem General Post
Office on 12 June 1939. The second photograph album mostly contains propaganda photographs
relating to the Arab Revolt in 1936-1939, presumably collected by Donald Brodie. There is also a
small collection of prints containing copies of photographs found in the first album and a single
newspaper clipping from 1939 containing a pictorial history of Palestine. Handlist. Photographic
collection.

BROWN, David Oliver (b.1926). GB165-0461
A short account of David Brown's Army Service in Egypt and Palestine 1945-1947 and a
photocopy of an account of David Brown's Army Service from the War Time News May 2003. 1
file (5 sheets). Handlist.

BRUCE OF KINNAIRD, James. (1730-1794). GB165-0039
Article by Sir Duncan Cumming in the Geographical Journal 137, I, 1971: “Seven unpublished
letters of James Bruce of Kinnaird”. 1 vol.

BRUNTON, Capt. Chisholm Dunbar. (b.1887). GB165-0040
“Who's Who” in Damascus, 1919; papers on the political situation in Palestine, 1920-21; proposal
for a Jordan “Reserve Force” 11 September 1920; article by Uriel Dann “The Beginning of the
Arab Legion” reprinted from Middle Eastern Studies. 33 sheets; 2 items.

BRYCE, James, Viscount Bryce. (1838-1922). GB165-0041
Three letters relating to the problem of introducing Jewish settlers into Palestine, 1915-19. 7
sheets.

BUCCIANTI, Alexandro (b.c1772). GB165-0416
Journal, in Italian, recording the invasion of Egypt by Napoleon covering the period 1796-1801
written by Alexandro Buccianti in 1847 with an English translation of the journal made by Alfred
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Hall in 1901. The journal is written as an eye witness account although it is likely that Alexandro
Buccianti supplemented the account from other sources as well. 2 boxes. Handlist.

BULLARD, Sir Reader William. (1885-1976). GB165-0042
Circular letters to his family, 1923-25 & 1934-45; material for memoirs, The Camels Must Go; an
account of recruitment to the Levant Consular Service and other writings. 3 boxes. Handlist.

BURT, John. (b.1925). GB165-0460
A memoir of ‘The Army Service of 14935920 Sergeant John Burt Royal Signals February 1945 –
April 1948’ describing his service in 2 Company Palestine Command Signals based in Haifa
which was responsible for all the trunk and local communications in North Palestine for military
units. 1 item. Handlist.

BUTLER, Michael Paul. (b.1940). GB165-0563
Memoir ‘Travels with a Camel’ that provides an account of a 6 week trip in 1965 from Dhofar to
Ibri, written by Michael Butler in 1966 with some revision and photographs incorporated into the
text in 2011. Memoir ‘Al Ain 1968-1970’ covering Michael Butler’s service in Abu Dhabi, mainly
as Deputy Director of Security in the police at a Special Branch at Al Ain in the Buraimi Oasis. 1
file. Handlist.

CAIRO CONFERENCE 1921. GB165-0045
Photocopies of selected reports, minutes, agenda, etc. for the Cairo Conference on Middle Eastern
Affairs, March 1921 1 box.

CAIRO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. (1898-1951) GB165-0046
Papers relating to the Cairo Scientific Society, established in Cairo by the British community in
1898, comprising the minute books of the Society, recording the meetings, papers presented and
Society outings, and four volumes of the Cairo Scientific Journal 1906-1910, which published
papers presented to the Society. 3 boxes. Handlist.

CAMERON WATT, Prof. Donald. (b. 1928) GB165-0296
Press-cutting collection from British newspapers covering: oil; the Arabian peninsula; Middle East
(in general); Egypt; Cyprus; Malta; Eisenhower Doctrine; Iran; Lebanon; Libya; Iraq Revolution;
Israel; Jordan; Syria; Turkey; Sudan; French North Africa; Somaliland; the Suez Crisis; some
maps. 11 boxes. Handlist.

CAMPBELL, T.J. GB165-0047
Descriptive notes by T.J. Campbell of the Survey Department of Egypt on the district lying
between the Mediterranean and Lake Burollos, Lower Egypt, c.1912. 4 sheets.

CANNINGS, Victor Henry Douglas (b.1919) GB165-0386
Papers relating to service in the British Mandate Palestine Police including a Police identity card,
Criminal Code Ordinance for 1936, Palestine Police Magazines 1939-1947, 3 photographs of the
Palestine Police Cricket Team, Certificate of Discharge from the Police and an oral history
interview carried out in 2006 covering Cannings’ service in the Palestine Police. Also including a
booklet on Jerusalem promoting the work of the Jewish Agency and press cuttings covering
bombings and deteriorating security in Palestine 1944-1946 and an essay on Canning’s later
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Cricket Career, 1958. 1 box. Handlist.

CARD, John Glenville. (b.1926) GB165-0391
Oral history interview of John Card, who served in the Palestine Police 1945-1948, interviewed by
Jordan Toone on 31 Mar 2006. Sound file 68 minutes. Summary of interview 2 sheets and
transcript 24 sheets. 3 items. Handlist.

CARLETON, Dr. Alford. GB165-0048
Correspondence with the Bishop in Jerusalem,1941, and Gen. Sir Maitland Wilson,1942-48, on
the situation in Vichy Syria. 24 sheets.

CARVER, P. GB165-0049
Photocopy of a lecture of 15 Sept. 1927 on the cotton industry in Egypt. 10 sheets.

CASSELS, Gervase de la Poer. (1915-91). GB165-0050
Memoir, as Deputy Director of UNWRA in Jordan, of the Six Day War, 1967; personal account of
his involvement in the Libyan federal elections, 1951-52. 2 folders.

CHANCELLOR, Sir John Robert. (1870-1952). GB165-0051
Proclamation of 1 Sept. 1929 re. the Wailing Wall riots. Copies in English, Arabic and Hebrew
and a photocopy of a letter from J.R. Chancellor to Lord Stamfordham (27 May 1930) intended as
a private letter to King George V. The letter expresses Chancellor’s views concerning restriction
of Jewish immigration, sales of Arab land, the attitude of both Jews and Arabs toward the mandate
in Palestine and his recommendation as to policy and course of action Britain should take in the
light of his assessment of the situation in Palestine. 2 folders. Handlist.

CHATHAM HOUSE. GB165-0052
Royal Institute of International Affairs. Mediterranean Study Group Reports 1-27, 31-44, 1956-57;
agendas of meetings and discussion notes, 1956-57; draft report; correspondence, notes,
memoranda 1956-57; D. Rockefeller: “Our stake in the Middle East”; All Soul’s Group: report of
a meeting, February 8-9 1958. 1 box.

CHAVASSE, Rev. Evelyn (1906-1991) and CHAVASSE, Timothy. GB165-0053
Two eye-witness accounts of the EOKA B coup against President Makarios of 15 July 1974, and
the subsequent Turkish invasion of 26 July 1974. 20 sheets.

CHEESMAN, Edith. GB165-0054
Mesopotamia (Iraq); watercolours, London &c., 1922. 1 vol.

CHEETHAM, Sir Milne. (1869-1938). GB165-0055
Private letters and telegrams to Sir Arthur Nicolson, Sir Louis Mallet, Sir Eldon Gorst and Lord
Kitchener on British policy in Egypt, 1910-14; letters from R.S. Patterson, Sir R. Graham, Lords
Allenby and Milner relating to Egypt, 1919-20. 1 box. Handlist.

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