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Michael Lofchie Collection of Zanzibar publications, 1909-1965 |
Includes predominantly pre-independent newspapers from Zanzibar, an island of Tanzania off the coast of East Africa, from 1909-1965. The collection holds about 120 volumes covering 22 titles of newspapers. In addition, the collection includes bulletins, journals or journal reprints/stand-alone articles, monographs, booklets, information sheets and meeting minutes. Languages used include English, Swahili, Gujarati and Arabic. |
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Gustave E. Von Grunebaum papers, 1930-1972 |
Consists of research notes, manuscripts, correspondence, and administrative and professional files of UCLA professor G.E. von Grunebaum. Includes handscript and carbon copies of articles, lectures, teaching notes, and ongoing research including incompleted studies of pre-Islamic poetry, dream literature, and the process of acculturization. Also includes drafts on the concept of a center for Near Eastern Studies. |
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Nikki R. Keddie papers, 1947-2003 |
Consists of materials related to the teaching career and academic research of Nikki Keddie, UCLA Professor Emerita of History. The papers include UCLA Department of History files, correspondence, conference materials, manuscript drafts, and research materials. Lastly, the collection includes photographic slides taken by Keddie throughout her career and as part of her research that heavily feature countries with large Muslim populations, such as Iran, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisa, and Senegal; as well as European cities, Los Angeles and other parts of the United States |
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Collection of Middle Eastern Posters, 1990-2017
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Consists of posters from Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Poster topics are related to ancient civilization, architecture, art, asthma, conflict, culture, disability, environment, equestrianism, family, Kurds, population, public health, recycling, reproductive health, road safety, theater, tourism, waste, and wildlife. Also included are posters from France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States, related to Arabic history and culture. |
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Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program ephemera and posters, 2004-2005 |
Consists of voter education packets and posters designed and distributed by the Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Program in 2004, for the January 2005 Transitional National Assembly election. The packets include informational brochures, fliers, candidate lists and sample ballots. The posters inform potential voters of registration eligibility, locations, and deadlines, and encourage Iraqi's living outside of Iraq, including those with citizenship in other countries, to participate in the elections. |
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Collection of material about Omar Khayyam, 1872-1948 |
Omar Khayyam (1048?-1131) was a Persian poet, astronomer, and mathematician of the early Seljuk period and is best known for a collection of Rubáiyát, or quatrains, known as the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam. The collection contains materials related to the work of Omar Khayyam and scholars who studied his works, much of it collected by Ambrose George Potter in the course of his biographical compilations. |
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United Arab Emirates 2011 Parliamentary Election ephemera |
Newspaper clippings and small posters from the September 2011 United Arab Emirates Parliamentary Election. Contains approximately 163 political advertisements dated from August to September 2011, including material on several women nominees. |
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Photograph album of Isabella Bird's travels on horseback from Baghdad to Tehran in 1890 |
Album containing 101 black-and-white photographs documenting Isabella Bird's journey from Baghdad to Tehran in 1890. |
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Abdullah (Achmed) papers |
Achmed Abdullah (1881-1945) wrote screenplays, novels, plays and short stories. The collection consists of typescripts of screenplays, novels, plays, and short stories written by Abdullah. |
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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney papers, 1775-1826 |
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806), was a British diplomatist and colonial governor. Collection consists of papers and correspondence related to Macartney's governorship in Madras under the British East India Company from 1781-1786. The collection consists of approximately 236 items, including correspondence with Hyder Ally, Tippoo Sultan, Sir Eyre Coote, George Staunton, and Anthony Sadlier, and other various documents. |
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David Hirsch calendar collection |
Wall, desk, appointment, and leaflet calendars published in Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China (Hong Kong), Costa Rica, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America, and the West Bank for various years beginning with 1951/52 (the bulk of the collection is for years between 2003 and 2014). Includes calendars for Alevi, Armenian, Bahai, Druze, Islamic, Jewish, Kurdish, Mandaean, Christian, and Zoroastrian traditions. Calendars sometimes note secular holidays or anniversaries for the countries in which they were published as well as for the religious or cultural traditions that they represent. |
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