These collections focus on political, social, and economic conditions in Afghanistan in the modern period. Particularly well documented are the Soviet invasion, the civil war of 1992, and US military operations during the war in Afghanistan beginning in 2001. Other topics include US economic assistance and development of education.
AFGHAN PARTISAN SERIALS COLLECTION - Four thousand individual issues of twenty-nine newspapers, journals, and magazines relating to political conditions and warfare in Afghanistan
AFGHAN SUBJECT COLLECTION - Miscellaneous materials
ARCHIVES OF THE SOVIET COMMUNIST PARTY AND SOVIET STATE MICROFILM - Materials related to Afghanistan from the Russian State Archive of Contemporary History
LAURA RAUCH PHOTOGRAPHS - Associated Press photographer in Afghanistan, 2002–4
REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN ISSUANCES - Afghan women’s association, 1990–2001
TALIBAN SUPPORT COUNCIL ISSUANCES - Materials related to the civil war in Afghanistan, 1993–97
TERENCE WHITE COLLECTION - Photojournalist and author, A Taste for Hot Steel: Frontline Encounters of a Foreign Correspondent
SAID HYDER AKBAR SOUND RECORDINGS - Journalist and author, Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager’s Story
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The majority of the collections on Algeria concern the history of French colonialism and the long struggle that resulted in Algerian independence in 1962. Materials in the collections relate to the Algerian war, especially the French side of the conflict. Other collections pertain to the early years of French rule and post independence conditions.
ALGERIAN SUBJECT COLLECTION - Miscellaneous materials
ALEXANDER HARRISON PAPERS - US historian
ANDRE M. ROSSFELDER COLLECTION - Materials related to the Algerian revolution and civil war, 1957–62
THOMAS ROBERT BUGEAUD CORRESPONDENCE - Governor-general of Algeria, 1840–47
YVES JEAN-ANTOINE NOËL GODARD PAPERS - Director of police in Algeria, 1958–60; organizer of the Organisation Armée secrète, 1961–62.
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These collections primarily concern Egyptian political and social movements, including the communist movement, the election of Gamal Abdel Nasser, and conflicts surrounding the Suez Canal. The papers of Egyptian diplomat and former United Nations secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali document, in part, his experience negotiating the 1978 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Early publications of the Muslim Brotherhood are also available.
BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI PAPERS - Egyptian minister of state for foreign affairs, 1977–92; secretary-general, United Nations, 1992–96
J. HEYWORTH-DUNNE PAPERS - Senior lecturer in Arabic, School of Oriental Studies, University of London
J. C. HUREWITZ PAPERS - US historian
RICHARD PAUL MITCHELL COLLECTION - Relates primarily to the Muslim Brotherhood
GAMAL ABDEL NASSER SPEECHES - President of Egypt, 1952–70
AHMAD SADIQ SAD HOLOGRAPH: NIḌĀL SANAWĀT - Egyptian communist leader
EGYPTIAN SUBJECT COLLECTION - Miscellaneous materials
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The Iranian collections include significant holdings on Iranian communism and communist parties, the Pahlavi dynasty, the Islamic revolution and establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, US relations with Iran, the Iran-Iraq war, and Shi'ism and Iranian politics. Included is one of the largest collections of Iranian political opposition materials in the United States.
HUSSEIN ALAI WRITINGS - Persian minister to the United States
RICHARD V. ALLEN PAPERS - US National Security Adviser, 1981-82
JAMES F. HITSELBERGER COLLECTION - Contract linguist, US Navy
IRAN FREEDOM FOUNDATION RECORDS - Iranian émigré organization in the United States
SĀZMĀN-I MUJĀHIDĪN-I KHALQ ISSUANCES - Iranian revolutionary movement
M. SHU'ĀĪYAN WRITINGS - Iranian Communist
HAMID SHAWKAT COLLECTION - Materials issued by Iranian student groups abroad
PARVIZ SHOKAT COLLECTION - Materials issued by Iranian student and political groups in exile
IRANIAN POLITICAL OPPOSITION LITERATURE COLLECTION Materials issued by Iranian political groups in exile
ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM COLLECTION - Miscellaneous materials
IRANIAN SUBJECT COLLECTION - Miscellaneous materials
ZAHIDI (ARDASHIR) PAPERS: Correspondence, speeches and writings, interview transcripts, financial records, photographs, video and sound recordings, printed matter, and computer disks relating to Ardeshir Zahedi's diplomatic career during the Pahlavi era in Iran.
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The political and social conditions in Iraq under Saddam Hussein from 1968 to 2003 and the US military occupation of Iraq in 2003 are well documented. Records of the Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party of Iraq, with more than ten million digitized pages and one hundred video files, are one of the largest digital collections in the archives.
JOHN R. BRUNING COLLECTION - US military and aviation historian
HIẒB AL-BA'TH AL-'ARABĪ AL-ISHTIRĀKĪ RECORDS - Ba'ath Arab Socialist Party of Iraq
MUʼASSASAT AL-DHĀKIRAH AL-ʼIRĀQĪYAH RECORDS - Iraq Memory Foundation, private nonprofit organization for documentation of Iraqi history under the Ba'ath party regime
KANAN MAKIYA PAPERS - Iraqi American Middle Eastern studies scholar
UNITED STATES ARMY 8TH PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BATTALION (AIRBORNE) ISSUANCES - Propaganda materials distributed in Iraq
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The collections on Israel and Palestine address aspects of a combined and contentious history as well as the separate histories of Israelis and Palestinians. Some pertain to Zionist activities during the British mandate in Palestine; others, to the creation of Israel, the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, and the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty. The status of Palestinians under Israeli rule and the general Israel/Palestine conflict are also covered.
JAMES M. ENNES PAPERS - Lieutenant commander, US Navy; officer assigned to USS Liberty, 1967
J. C. HUREWITZ PAPERS - US historian
HOWARD EVERARD KOCH PAPERS - US political scientist; consultant, Permanent Mission of the League of Arab States to the United Nations, 1968–69
MAKTAB JAMĪ'AT AL-DUWAL AL-ʼARABĪYAH BI-AL-QUDS MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS - Jerusalem office of the League of Arab States
ALFRED M. LILIENTHAL PAPERS - US anti-Zionist author; editor and publisher, Middle East Perspective, 1968–85
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Focusing on the 1945–85 period, Lebanese collections concentrate on educational developments in the country, with an emphasis on US educational assistance. Several collections relate to the American University of Beirut; others concern political and economic conditions.
ARNOLD CLARENCE ARGO PAPERS - US education adviser in Lebanon, 1953–54
NORMAN BURNS PAPERS - President, American University of Beirut, 1961–65
JOHN PAUL LEONARD PAPERS - President, American University of Beirut, 1957–61
ARMIN H. MEYER INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT - US ambassador to Lebanon, 1961–65
MARCIA STONE PAPERS - International Rescue Committee nurse in Lebanon, 1983–85
LEBANESE SUBJECT COLLECTION - Miscellaneous materials
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The Moroccan collections contain some significant materials about that country’s history as a French colony and an independent country. The Luella Jemima Hall collection has extensive documentation on relations between the United States and Morocco during nearly two centuries. Other collections concern politics and education in the country after independence.
DOUGLAS ELLIOTT ASHFORD PAPERS - US political scientist and author
LUELLA JEMIMA HALL PAPERS - US historian; dean of Hartnell College, 1938–53
NASSER SHARIFY PAPERS - Iranian American educator; UNESCO consultant
GRAHAM H. STUART PAPERS - Stanford professor; adviser to US consul general in Morocco, 1945
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Collections about Saudi Arabia concern its relations with the United States, with a focus on the operations of the Arabian American Oil Company and US educational assistance in the region. Letters by H. St. J. B. Philby, British Arabist and adviser to King Ibn Sa'ūd, are also available.
PHILIP C. MCCONNELL PAPERS - Vice president, Arabian American Oil Company
WIZĀRAT AL-MA'ĀRIF PUBLICATIONS - Saudi Arabian Ministry of Education
H. ST. J. B. PHILBY LETTERS TO ELISABETH RIEFSTAHL - British explorer and adviser to King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia
IZZIDINE SHAWA INTERVIEW SUMMARY - Personal adviser to King Ibn Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia
HARRY ROSCOE SNYDER PAPERS - Education coordinator, Arabian American Oil Company, 1949–66
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The Syrian collections are small but significant, containing materials from the late Ottoman era until the end of World War II. The library's holdings are more extensive and include contemporary writings on Syrian politics and society and numerous periodicals and pamphlets issued by political parties, including the Ḥizb al-Baʻth al-'Arabī al-Ishtirākī (Syria) (Ba'th Arab Socialist Party of Syria).
THE ALEPPO NEWS-LETTER ISSUES - Newsletter of Near East Relief workers in Aleppo, Syria
DAMASCUS MAJLIS AL-SHARĪAH MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS - Ottoman provincial legal council
HENRI FERNAND DENTZ TYPESCRIPT: AFFAIRES DE SYRIE - General, French army; high commissioner for Syria during World War II
A. DURIGHELLO DISPATCHES - American consul in Aleppo, 1837
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Most of the Turkish collection relates to the final years of the Ottoman Empire, military operations in Turkey during World War I, post-WWI relief work, and the establishment of the Turkish Republic. More recent holdings include extensive pamphlets and documents issued by current Turkish political parties.
ELEANOR BISBEE PAPERS - Professor, American University, Istanbul
HIDAYET DAĞDEVIREN COLLECTION - Miscellaneous materials
EDGAR JACOB FISHER PAPERS - Dean, Robert College, 1917–19 and 1922–34
MARY MILLS PATRICK PAPERS - President, Constantinople Woman's College, 1890–1924
PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE (1919–1920) US TERRITORIAL SECTION MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS - Organization created to prepare background information for the US delegation to the Paris Peace Conference
M. J. W. PIKE MEMOIRS - Lieutenant colonel, British Army
ERNEST WILSON RIGGS PAPERS - President, Euphrates College, Harput, Turkey, 1910–21; child welfare director, Near East Relief, 1920–21
E. CARL WALLEN PAPERS - US photographer
AHMET EMIN YALMAN PAPERS - Turkish journalist; editor, Vakit, 1917–22, Vatan, 1922–26 and 1940–61, and Tan, 1936–39
TURKISH SUBJECT COLLECTION - Miscellaneous materials
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