MECA GUIDE EGYPT Middle East Centre Archive St Antony’s College, Oxford Guide to collections relating to Egypt Introduction Please note that the following Guide is not comprehensive. It has been compiled from the main Guide to the Middle East Centre Archive and only collections in that catalogue that explicitly mention Egypt or places identified as being in Egypt have been included. Not included in this Guide are several collections that cover the Middle East as a whole and thus may contain material relevant to Egypt. For example the Arab Bulletin; British Diplomatic Perspectives on the Middle East; Cairo Conference; Chatham House; Crow; A.G.M. Dickson; H.R.P Dickson and the Mance papers. For these papers please consult the main Guide to the Middle East Centre Archive. Where a more detailed description of a collection exists, this is indicated in this Guide by the word ‘Handlist’. 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 13 Jun 2014 1 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF MECA GUIDE EGYPT 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. 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 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. 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. BAIRD, Nina Isabel. (d.1919). GB165-0017 Papers and photographs relating to Nina Baird’s work with the Red Cross, at Cairo Citadel, and 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. BARBOUR, Nevill. (1895-1974). GB165-0019 13 Jun 2014 2 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF MECA GUIDE EGYPT 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. 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. 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 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. 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; Milner Mission, 1921: letters and a memo. 4 boxes. 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 13 Jun 2014 3 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF MECA GUIDE EGYPT Associates Ltd and broadcast in 1998. Key Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, Jordanian, Egyptian, Syrian, Russian and American participants were interviewed. 11 boxes. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. CARVER, P. GB165-0049 Photocopy of a lecture of 15 Sept. 1927 on the cotton industry in Egypt. 10 sheets. 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. 13 Jun 2014 4 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF MECA GUIDE EGYPT 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. CHEHAB, Emir Farid (1908-1985). GB165-0384 Lebanese intelligence reports and analysis, in Arabic, covering internal Lebanese politics, communist parties in the Middle East and political developments in Syria, Morocco, Turkey, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Israeli and Palestinian politics, 1945-1983. 12 boxes. Handlist. CHIROL, Sir (Ignatius) Valentine. (1852-1929). GB165-0056 Letter to [Sir Hugh] Bell, 1 March 1920, and memo on Egyptian nationalism, 1920. 14 sheets. CLAYTON, Brig.-General Sir Gilbert Falkingham. (1875-1929). GB165-0057 Photocopy of letter to Sir Reginald Wingate, 3 August 1916, on current situation in Cairo. 10 sheets. CLAYTON, Brig. Sir Iltyd Nicholl. (1886-1955). GB165-0058 Memoirs of the siege of Kufa, by Major Norbury; Palestine Command Papers (Balfour Declaration to 1939, bound in hard covers); MS of partial memoirs to 1929; copy of Albert. Hourani’s “Great Britain and Arab nationalism, 1943”; paper “A future for Palestine” with related correspondence and other correspondence on Palestine, 1944 and later; papers on Lebanon, by Charles Malik, 1944; Musa Alami’s Land Development Scheme, with related correspondence, 1946; typescript of Sir G.F. Clayton's Diary of a mission to Ibn Saud; anon. typescript “A background to British Council work in Egypt”; paper “Islam”; review of Chaim Weizmann’s Trial and Error. 2 boxes. Handlist. CRAMER-ROBERTS, Frank William. (d.1943). GB165-0066 Material for an unfinished book on Abercrombie’s 1801 campaign in Egypt including letters from Sir Eyre Coote to Prince William of Gloucester. 2 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection. CROWE, Sir Colin Tradescant. (1913-89). GB165-0070 TS account of the restoration of relations between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Republic after the Suez episode, 1957-1961. 230 sheets. DALE, Thomas. GB165-0073 Notes by the Secretary of the Delta Land Investment Co. Ltd. on land development, etc. at Maadi during his period of office in Egypt (pre-World War I to World War II); letter to Andrew Holden, 8 May 1970. 10 sheets. DEEDES, Brigadier-General Sir Wyndham Henry. (1883-1956). GB165-0079 Papers relating to Deedes’ service in Libya, Turkey, Palestine and Egypt including letters home during his service and reforms of the Ottoman Gendarmerie in Libya in 1910-1911, correspondence relating to his work as part of the Turkish Ministry of the Interior in Anatolia 1913-1914, papers relating to the Gallipoli and Palestine campaigns 1917-1919. Also includes 13 Jun 2014 5 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF MECA GUIDE EGYPT correspondence while Director of Public Security in Egypt, during his tenure in Palestine, correspondence relating to his Zionist advocacy and contact with Zionist groups, and general correspondence relating to Deedes’ career. 2 boxes. Handlist. DELANY, Gerald. (1885-1974). GB165-0083 Note on J.S. Spender’s contribution to the Egyptian settlement, 1921; undated notes on Lord Lloyd, Saad Zaghlul, Nokrashy Pasha; MS of the final chapter of P.G. Elgood’s history of Egypt, written during World War II and published in Arabic but never in English; memo on nationalism and the peasantry in Egypt; article in the Spectator, 2 March 1945, on the murder of Ahmed Maher Pasha; letters from 1st Earl Wavell on his life of Lord Allenby; letters from 2nd Earl Wavell on the life of his father; letter to 2nd Earl Wavell, 27 July 1953, on the political situation in Egypt during Wavell’s period of command in World War II. 2 folders. EDWARDS, Francis Millward (1886-1976). GB165-0096 Papers relating to the work of Francis Edwards as a Civil Servant in Egypt in the 1920s, including papers and reports on Egyptian rural problems and provincial taxation, reports on a visit by Saad Zaghlul to Upper Egypt, October 1921; book reviews by Edwards including reviews of books by Philby and Glubb; essays on early Muslim and English travellers. 1 box. Handlist. EGYPT. GB165-0325 Photocopy of threatening leaflet addressed to British families in the Canal Zone signed “Defenders of Islam”, c.1950; photocopy of “List of papers of the ‘Urabi Revolution, 1881-82” in the archives of the Ministry of War, Cairo, n.d.; duplicated seminar programme “ The Egyptian Army in modern and contemporary history” given by the Egyptian Army Club of the Ministry of Defence War College, April 1981. 3 folders. ELGOOD, Lt.-Col. Percival George. (1863-1941). GB165-0097 Egypt. Cairo, 1942 (repr. of 1935 edn.). 1 vol. FARNALL, Harry de la Rosa Burrard. (1852-1929). GB165-0102 Cartoon of Harry Farnall, Commissaire-Directeur à la Caisse de la Dette Publique, by Juan Sintes in the series “Les hommes du jour” in L'Egypte Nouvelle captioned “A qui puis-je encore faire du bien?” 1 sheet. FAROUK, King of Egypt. (1920-65). GB165-0103 Copies of Empire News 12, 19, 26 October; 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 November; 7, 14, 21, 28 Dec. 1952 and 4, 11 January 1953 containing Farouk's own account of his decline and fall. 22 sheets. FURNESS, Sir Robert Allason. (1883-1954). GB165-0115 Miscellaneous pamphlets and official papers relating to Anglo-Egyptian relations 1906-47; papers and correspondence relating to Furness’s work as Professor of English Literature at Fuad University, Cairo, 1938-40; papers and correspondence relating to censorship in Palestine 1931-36 and publicity censorship in Egypt 1940-45; accounts, minutes and staff details, Victoria College, Cairo, 1942-44; correspondence and memoranda relating to Egyptian politics and internal affairs, 1919-37. 5 boxes. Handlist. 13 Jun 2014 6 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF MECA GUIDE EGYPT GORST, Sir (John) Eldon. (1861-1911). GB165-0122 MS autobiographical notes beginning 1886 and ending at his death in 1911; speech on taking up the post of Consul-General in Egypt, 2 November 1907; photocopies of autobiographical notes, birth-1909; photocopied diaries 1890-95, 1897-1911; photocopied engagement books 1910-11; photocopied press-cuttings of Egyptian race-meetings, 1909-11; 3 press-cutting volumes, 1890- 1908. 19 vol.; 1 box. GRANADA TELEVISION. GB165-0124 Transcripts of research interviews on British withdrawal from Cyprus, Egypt, Iran and Iraq, conducted for the Granada Television series End of Empire, transmitted in 1985. 1 box. GRENFELL, Field Marshal Sir Francis Wallace, 1st Baron Grenfell. (1841-1925) GB165-0319 MS diaries, 1874-79, 1882, 1884-1925; TS diary transcripts covering service in South Africa, Egypt and Malta,1873-1902, and service in the Royal Household and retirement, 1903-19; correspondence; scrapbook; photograph album; ephemera. 38 boxes; 2 vols. Handlist. GURNEY, Betty. (d.1981). GB165-0127 Letters, 1937, 1944-49 and 1953-55, to friends recounting her daily life in Isfahan and later in Cairo as the wife of the Revd. David Gurney, CMS missionary in Iran and Egypt. 96 sheets. HAMILTON-TEMPLE-BLACKWOOD, Frederick Temple, 1st Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. (1826-1902). GB165-0134 Letter to Sheldon Amos, 4 July 1884, on the right of Egypt to representative government. 17 sheets. HARRISON, Helena Austen. (c.1895-1986). GB165-0136 Journal of a visit to Palestine via Egypt, 1925, and album of photographs of Palestine. 2 vols. HELY HUTCHINSON, Sir John, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore. (1757-1832). GB165-0142 Photocopied report to the Secretary of State, the Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas, on the campaign in Egypt, 3 April 1801. 8 sheets. HERBERT, Hon. Mervyn Robert Howard Molyneux . (1882-1929). GB165-0144 Diaries, 2 volumes 1912-17 & 1917-23, covering service in Madrid and Cairo; letter of 20 Nov. 1925 from Lord Lloyd on early impressions as Ambassador to Cairo; undated letter from Robin Furness, also from Cairo. 1 box. Handlist HOLDEN, Andrew. (d.1973). GB165-0148 Papers dating from his period with the Egyptian Government, 1907-52, including Land Tax assessment, the attempted purchase of land at Abukir, Egyptian nationalism, agricultural credit and irrigation. 1 box. Photographic collection. HORNSBY, Sir Bertram. (d.1943). GB165-0152 Papers on his war service in Egypt, 1915-19; anonymous [Egyptian] criticism of Sir W. Brunyate's 13 Jun 2014 7 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF MECA GUIDE EGYPT proposals for constitutional reform, prepared in 1918; papers on the 1919 riots; Anglo-Egyptian relations under Allenby and Lord Lloyd; economic and financial subjects, 1922-23; memo on the annexation of the Sudan, 1924; anonymous [British] criticism of proposals made by the British Government for abortive treaty negotiations of 1929-30; proposed agricultural mortgage scheme for Palestine, 1933; papers on the status of the National Bank of Egypt and its relations with the Egyptian Government, 1939. 1 box. HUNT, John. (b.1931). GB165-0456 Booklet ‘In My View Suez The Hidden Truths. A documentary by John Hunt’ written in 2007 and consisting of an account the campaign to secure a medal for the veterans of the Suez Campaign 1951-1954, as well as including John Hunt’s memoirs of his service in Suez, extracts from newspaper articles, cartoons and photographs from the Suez Campaign; photocopies of 4 newspaper articles about the campaign for medals and the booklet ‘In My View Suez The Hidden Truths’ 1 file (8 items). Handlist. ILIFF, Sir William Angus Boyd. (1898-1972). GB165-0155 Letter from Gertrude Bell to M. Sevian, 1923, about the situation in Iraq; information for candidates applying to the Egyptian and Sudanese civil service; agreement between the United Arab Republic, Cie Financière de Suez and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development on compensation following the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Co., 1958. 7 sheets; 1 item. INGRAMS, William Harold. (1897-1973). GB165-0156 G. Warneford Memoranda on the Yaffai-as-Sufal and the territory of the Amir of Dthala, Simla, 1904; M.C. Lake “Report on visit to Upper and Lower Yafa, 1926”; convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the boundaries of Aden and of Ottoman territory in Southern Arabia, signed London, 9 March 1914; report of the Cairo Conference, 1921; miscellaneous papers on Mukalla and Hadhramaut, 1930s-60s; Aden Intelligence Summaries, 1935-36; Hadhramaut Intelligence Summaries, 1-144, 1937-40; Eastern Aden Protectorate Intelligence Summaries, 1941-44; notes, press cuttings, papers, telegrams, etc. on Aden, 1940s- 60s; J.G.C. Allen: report on a visit to Algeria, and another on Morocco, 1948(?); an economic survey of the South Arabian Federation (Western Aden Protectorate), 1962; article on tribal structure and allegiance in the Yemen, written 1965 for the Foreign Office; papers relating to the Aden Protectorate and Yemen; reports 1933-41; correspondence, memos and telegrams relating to administrative and political problems, Aden 1941-64; record of the U.N. Special Committee on granting independence to Aden, 1964; collection of essays and pamphlets; presscuttings. 14 boxes. Handlist for boxes 9-14. Photographic collection. JENNINGS-BRAMLY, Wilfred Edgar (1871-1960). GB165-0160 Letter to Elizabeth Monroe, 28 June 1953, with map to illustrate his belief that the Egyptian frontier of 1841 ran from Suez to Rafah, and that much territory in Sinai had been acquired for Egypt by Britain; letters, 1901-53, to Jennings-Bramly and members of his family from friends and relations, mostly dealing with social matters, though with some mention of the war in the Western Desert; exploration notes and accounts of expeditions in Egypt and Sudan. 2 boxes. Handlist. 13 Jun 2014 8 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF MECA GUIDE EGYPT JERUSALEM AND THE EAST MISSION. GB165-0161 Records, 1841-1970s, including material on Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Iran, Gulf, Egypt, Sudan, Cyprus and N. Africa; with correspondence on the political situation in Palestine, 1916-67; presscutting volumes. 256 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection. KEOWN-BOYD, Sir Alexander William. (1884-1954). GB165-0167 Photocopied papers on his service in the Sudan and Egypt, 1914, 1919-22; memo on Egypt’s “free” elections, 1930; letters April 1951 and July 1953 on Egyptian politics; photocopied TS copy of an unfinished letter from K-B to his parents on conditions in Jerusalem and observations on Allenby and Storrs; photocopied TS memoir by Henry Keown-Boyd of his father’s orderly Ahmed. 3 folders. KNAPP, Wilfrid Francis. (1924-2011). GB165-0554 Draft manuscript of an unpublished book ‘International Politics in the Middle East’ by Wilfrid Knapp consisting of 7 chapters covering events from the 1950s to 1991 including Iran (Mossadegh), Egypt (Suez Crisis), the oil revolution, religious fundamentalism, the 1973 October War, Camp David, Afghanistan, the war in Lebanon and Israeli and Syrian relations and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process up until 1991 but with a focus on the 1980s. 1 file. Handlist. LAMPSON, Sir Miles Wedderburn, 1st Baron Killearn. (1880-1964). GB165-0176 MS and TS diaries, 1926-51, in 25 volumes covering his service in China, Egypt and the Sudan, and South-East Asia. 7 boxes. Handlist. LLOYD, Sir George Ambrose, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran. (1879-1941). GB165-0182 Letters written from Egypt to his sister Mrs. Gwen Carleton, 1900-01, 1905-07 & 1910; two personal letters to Maj. Gen. F.S. Piggott, May 1940. 2 sheets; 87 sheets. LLOYD PHILLIPS, Ivan. (1910-1984). GB165-0183 Report by R.E.H. Crosbie on conditions in the Southern District of Palestine, September 1938; two series of Ordnance Survey maps compiled 1925-29 by the Historical Section (Military branch), showing the dispositions of British/Ottoman troops in Egypt and Palestine during the 1st World War. 1 box. Handlist. Photographic collection. LOMAS, Ernest Gabriel. (1878-1947). GB165-0586 Letter from Ernest Lomas to Latimer, 30 May 1930, explaining that he had left Cairo in Nov [1929] and had taken over as Consul General in Tunis in Jan [1930] and that he had sent Latimer’s letter back to the Consul General at Cairo to deal with. Lomas also explains that the proper procedure ‘if you are not sure of the identity of a Consular officer’ was to ‘always address it to his title, not name’ otherwise the letter would be treated as a private letter and forwarded to the named person, even if they had moved post. 1 item. Handlist. LORAINE, Sir Percy Lyham. (1880-1961). GB165-0186 Press-cuttings from British and local newspapers, including many cartoons, covering his service as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1929-33, and as Ambassador in Turkey, 1933-39. 11 vols. Photographic collection. 13 Jun 2014 9 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF MECA GUIDE EGYPT MACAN, George. (1803-66) GB165-0191 MS letter to Major Henry Spencer written from Cairo 15 February 1844, describing his travels in Egypt and the Levant; incomplete MS letter dated 1829; photocopy of edited transcript by Prof. Martin Harrison and TS copy. 13 sheets. MAYERS, Norman. (1895-1986). GB165-0201 Diaries, correspondence, and press-cuttings covering Mayers’ career in the consular service in Egypt, Turkey and Iran, 1927-79; correspondence and papers relating to Norman Mayers’ work in the consular service in the Lebanon and Egypt, 1920s-30s; papers on service in Latin America. 3 boxes. Handlist. Photographic collection. MELLOR, Aubrey Rollo Ibbetson. (1892-1977). GB165-0409 Memoir written by Aubrey Mellor giving an account of his service in the Egyptian Civil Service from 1919-1930 in the Police CID, as Director of Registry and Archives and also work in the Ministry of Finance. Articles on Egyptian history, a letter of appreciation of Mellor’s work in Egypt and an obituary for Sir Frank Watson and Aubrey Mellor. 1 box. Handlist. MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENT DIVISION. GB165-0203 Project papers and reports, 1939-1980s, dealing with agriculture, co-operatives, education, finance, fisheries, forestry, health provision, industry, mineral resources, public administration, transport, water resources, and other development projects, mainly in Jordan (including the West Bank territory), but also covering Aden, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Oman, Israel and Palestine; correspondence files; some papers on the South-East Asia Development Division and the Overseas Development Institute. 39 boxes. Handlist. MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY CENTRE. GB165-0204 Memoranda on land tenure in Palestine, 1942-44; papers on land tenure in various countries of the Middle East, 1943-44; documents on a transport conference in Cairo, 1943; memo on the Council of Agriculture, 1945; articles on railways in Palestine and Persia. 1 box. MONROE, Elizabeth. (1905-86). GB165-0207 Translation of documents from Tsarist archives on the break-up of the Ottoman Empire,1914-15; a note on the Arab Bureau, 1916-19; letters from C.J. Edmonds on recollections of Mosul Commission, Kurds and Anglo-Iraq treaty of 1926; letters from Freya Stark, 4 November 1943-18 June 1944, on her mission to America; notes on British policy in Palestine 1945-48 with special reference to Ernest Bevin; letters on Jordan Waters situation, 1951-55; Nasser's propaganda in the Persian Gulf, 1955-57; effects of the Suez crisis on Iraqi politics; letters on developments in 1957 in Iraq and Iran; memo “Saudi Arabia 1970-71”; map of the Hijaz railway; material on Egypt’s campaign to spread its influence by dispatch of Egyptian teachers abroad; TS copies of 2 letters from Elizabeth Monroe about her travels in Morocco and Algeria in 1935. 1 box. Photographic collection. MOTT-RADCLYFFE, Sir Charles Edward. (1911-92). GB165-0211 Memo on the British Army in the Canal Zone, with reports of a meeting with Nasser and Neguib, May 1954. 23 sheets. 13 Jun 2014 10 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF