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This folder contains handwritten and typed notes on the Seljuk Turks, Byanztine, a timeline of the Crusades, and bibliographic information.

Scope and Contents This folder contains typed and handwritten notes documenting U.S. relations with the Middle East beginning in the 1830s. Some notes reference and review literature already written on the subject. Research materials in this folder include a photocopied "Reports of Committees, House of representatives, 2nd Session, 21st Congress, 1831 (Rep. No. 107) regarding gifts from the Ottoman Sultan, and a copy of "Department of State, Bulletin, Vol. 30, #765, Feb. 22, 1954 - 'Mission to the Middle East'...

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This folder contains handwritten and a few typed notes for class lectures on the geographic bounds and history of the Middle East. Shelmidine herein discusses the countries that typically fall under the Middle Eastern label, the controversy over the terms "Middle East" and "Near East," and the historical formation of the region. Notes mostly pertain to history befoer the common era.

Scope and Contents This folder contains research materials and some notes regarding events in the Palestine-Israel region soon after the creation of the Israeli state - in the early 1950s into the 1960s. There are 3 New York Times articles, 1 Jewish Newsletter, 1 Foreign Policy Reports pamphlet, 1 "How to Solve the Arab Refugee Problem" pamphlet from the Israel Office of Information, a pamphlet on "Elections in Israel," 6 issues of Israel Digest dated 1956, a letter from the Arab Information Center, a...

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This folder contains typed lecture notes on the general history of Saudi Arabia and one research document from 1964 - "Arab News and Views," published by the Arab Information Center in New York.

Scope and Contents This folder contains lecture notes regarding the history of the Iran/Persia area from early history to the 1960s. Shelmidine discusses early settlement of the area, various groups who migrate in and around the area, the Persian Empire, the evolution of the modern state, and Iran's position during the world wars. There are also news clippings regarding Iranian governmental issues related to Cold War tensions and the Soviet invasion, an archaeology lecture notice, photocopies from a history...

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This folder contains Shelmidine's notes on the Renaissance in Baghdad, a black and white photograph of the "Geological Cross-section of Kirkuk Oil Field," two maps of Iraq presumably from the 1960s - one demarcating religious sites and the other mapping archaeological sites dated to the antiquities, notes on Iraqi history in the early 10th century, notes on Iraqi law, and a newsletter from the Middle East House - American Friends of the MIddle East, Inc.

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This folder contains two New York Times newspaper clippings (from 1961 and 1962), handwritten notes on Syria-Lebanon relations (including a newsletter form the American University of beirut to which 4 smaller NYT clippings are attached), and typed documents also pertaining to Syria-Lebanon relations following the 1918 armistice and how those relations and WWI shaped the Syrian state.

Scope and Contents This folder contains notes nad research materials pertaining to Egyptian history and international relations. Herein is one typed packet titled "History of egypt: 1463 - 1946" (an outline), notes on Druses, a basic outline of the foundation of modern Egypt in the early 19th century, notes on Egypt's relation to Sudan, post-WWI Egyptian history notes looking at key political movements, and notes on the Nile. Research mateirla sinclude one copy of "Arab News and Views" published by the Arab...

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This folder contains notes on "Lectures on Arabic Historians" (1930), and a University of Puget Sound office memorandum attached to a bibliographic record on ancient historians from Collins Library.