Collections

Start Over Places Middle East Level Collection

A. Eliza Crane letter 0.01 Linear Feet One legal size folder.

A. Eliza Crane

Contains one letter from A. Eliza Crane, a missionary in Iran during the nineteenth century. The letter is addressed to her mother, Julia R.W. Crane in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. Within the letter is a description of Eliza Crane's life in Oroomiah, present day Orumiyeh, Iran. She speaks of her family and the consequences of the snowy weather in Iran.

  1. College of William and Mary

Edith McChesney Ker papers 15.0 Linear Feet 48 boxes

Ker, Edith McChesney, 1924-2003
This collection contains approximately 10,000 slides, scrapbooks, publications, and archival materials relating to Edith Ker's nature expeditions and travels around the world.
  1. George Mason University

Harold Saunders papers 15.0 linear feet (40 boxes)

Saunders, Harold H.
Collection consists largely of speeches, meeting transcripts, peace conference documents, news clippings about Saunders, photographs, and approximately 150 pocket notebooks that he carried with him that include insights from conversations and other experiences that were important to him.
  1. George Mason University

Isaac Bird correspondence 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Bird, Isaac

This collection contains correspondence between Isaac Bird and various correspondents, including Josiah Brewer, William Goodell and Jonas King, all having to do with early American Board missionaries to the Near East. One document is in Arabic script.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

John W. Burton papers 11 Linear Feet 22 boxes

Burton, John W. (John Wear), 1915-2010
The John W. Burton papers contain materials from Burton's work in international relations and conflict resolution from the 1940s through the 1990s. It includes correspondence, working papers, notes, news clippings, scholarly publications, workshop and conference material, images, and memorabilia. It also contains materials pertaining to the creation of the George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (S-CAR).
  1. George Mason University

Kenneth X. Robbins poster collection 1 Linear Feet 2 folders, 1 map case with 6 folders

Robbins, Kenneth X.
A collection of 13 individual posters and images, as well as one booklet, depicting significant figures and locations from Asian and Islamic history and culture.
  1. George Mason University

Keystone View Company Collection Tour of the World 4.75 Linear Feet

Keystone View Company

This collection contains a full set of stereoviews from the Keystone View Company's "Tour of the World" series. The set includes stereoview images from six continents, excluding Antarctica. The scenes capture diverse people, monuments, and landscapes. Each stereoview has a description of the scene located on the back. The descriptions are often ethno-centric towards non-western cultures. Points of interest include European-controlled Africa, the Middle East before the creation of Israel, and Germany in between the World Wars. The collection also includes a company guidebook from 1936. Our online list is off by one number. For instance, on page 39 of the Title List, 803, "Climbing Through a Tropical Jungle, Central Africa," in our list it is under volume 5 as number 804.

  1. College of William and Mary

Price's Tavern Ledger Books 0.65 Linear Feet Summary: 7 3/4 in. (6 in. and 1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Price's Tavern
Four ledger books of Solomon P. Herndon, from Kingwood, Preston County, Virginia, for his public house, also known as Price's Tavern, and an autograph book and a memorandum book which includes a travel diary of a trip to the Holy Lands.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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