James Heyworth-Dunne papers, 1860-1949

Summary

Creators:

Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)

Abstract:

Theses, studies, notes, writings, and correspondence, relating to the history, philosophy, literature, education, and religion in Egypt, the Arab world, and Turkey.

Extent:

22 manuscript boxes, 4 card file boxes (10.8 Linear Feet)

Language:

In Arabic, Persian, Turkish, German, French and English

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], James Heyworth-Dunne papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains theses, studies, notes, writings, and correspondence, relating to the history, philosophy, literature, education, and religion in Egypt, the Arab world, and Turkey. Includes photographs of numerous samples of Arabic calligraphy, a portion of an Arabic manuscript, and a handwritten document in Arabic. Includes reports by Heyworth-Dunne on the need for, and later the effectiveness of, BBC news broadcasts to the Arab World. Includes maps and photographs.

Acquisition information:

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1970.

Physical location:

Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Other descriptive data:

The first seven boxes of the James Heyworth Dunne collection at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives consist of miscellaneous materials written or gathered by James Heyworth Dunne. The following is a partial listing of the contents of those boxes, based on my inspection of the collection on May 3rd and 5th, 1983. The list is partial because of the great amount of time it would take for a piece by piece enumeration of the contents. One of the peculiarities of the collection is that Heyworth Dunne (henceforward "JHD") tagged individual components with serially-numbered gummed labels. In many cases, the labels were affixed to monographic volumes, some of which were catalogued into the Hoover stack collection and the Hoover Middle East Collection; others of which remain uncatalogued; while still others, monographic in form but not in content, are to be found in the archive. In many other cases, however, the tags were affixed to envelopes of clippings or reproductions, or to individual pages, sheets, documents, photostats, and photographs. In such cases, when one of the boxes or a subdivision of a box contains a number of individually tagged and numbered items, no attempt has been made to identify the items, to list their individual members, nor even to indicate the span of numbers included in that part of the archive.

In all cases in which item numbers are given, the numbers have been recorded after visual inspection of the archive. No attempt was made, however, to verify if envelopes or folders actually contained the numbered items listed on the outside of the containers.

Unless an author is specified, the author or compiler of the materials in the archive is JHD. Titles enclosed within quotation marks are copied as is from the materials in the archive. Illegible words or questionable readings are indicated by this writer's use of (?). Statements that works are unpublished were copied as is from the materials in the archive, and may no longer be valid.

Edward A. Jajko
Middle East Bibliographer
5/16/83

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Arabic language
Arabic literature
Arabic philology
Islamic civilization
Islamic sociology

Places:

Egypt -- Civilization
Middle East -- Civilization
Turkey -- Civilization

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], James Heyworth-Dunne papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:

Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US

Contact:

(650) 723-3563

hooverarchives@stanford.edu

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