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Reference code: GB165-0324
Title: Arab Development Society Collection
Name of creators: Arab Development Society (1945-)
Hodgkin, Edward Christian (1913-2006)
Dates of creation of material: 1953-1984
Level of description: Fonds
Extent: 3 boxes
Administrative history: Arab Development Society (1945-)
The Arab Development Society was established in 1945 and worked to assure the welfare
of Arab refugees following the British withdrawal from Palestine in 1948. Using the
remainder of funds assigned to the Arab Development Society by the Arab League
Economic Committee in 1945, combined with some personal capital, in 1949 Musa Alami
engaged a project to dig for water on an area of land north-east of Jericho. The land was
then cultivated and a small experimental farm set up. By 1951 the farm was more or less
established and by 1955 was capable of large scale cultivation. The Farm was used to
accommodate, educate and give vocational training to orphaned children. These children
were not supported by the United Nations Relief Agency, as this only dealt with the heads
of families. At the Arab Development Society Farm and Vocational Training Centre,
orphaned Palestinian boys learned how to farm, were schooled and also trained in
vocational skills including electrical engineering, weaving, carpentry and metalwork, for
which there was significant demand in the Arab World at the time. The Arab Development
Society Farm and Vocational Training Centre received significant damage during rioting in
Nov 1955. The Centre managed to recover with the help of charitable donations, but was
then more or less destroyed in the events of the 1967 war and its aftermath. The Farm and
Vocational Centre were re-established to some extent with assistance from Friends
organisations in the United Kingdom and USA. These organisations continued to support
the Centre‟s projects and Musa Alami‟s legacy. Musa Alami was a Palestinian Nationalist
and Philanthropist (1897-1984). Born in Jerusalem, he studied at Cambridge and later
worked for the legal department of the Palestinian Government. He died in June 1984. The
Friends of the Arab Development Society was established in the UK in 1961 with E.C.
Hodgkin as Chairman and Sir Geoffrey Furlonge as Treasurer. A parallel organisation, the
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Musa Alami Foundation of Jericho, was also set up in the USA, with Dr. John H. Davis
acting as President.
Scope and content: Pamphlets, reports, newspaper cuttings and correspondence relating to
the Arab Development Society, the life of its founder Musa Alami and details of the
Society‟s legacy and supporters. Also includes an album of professional photographs,
along with loose photographs, documenting the work of the Arab Development Society.
System of arrangement:
1. Arab Development Society Report
2. Fundraising and the History and Work of the Arab Development Society
3. Correspondence
4. Death of Musa Alami
5. Photographs
Access conditions: Open
Language of material: Primarily English, with some Arabic
Conditions governing reproduction: No restrictions on copying or quotation other than
statutory regulations and preservation concerns
Immediate source of acquisition: Received as a gift from E.C. Hodgkin in 1999
Related Units of Description:
In MEC Archive
GB165-0050 Gervase Cassells Collection: Memoir as Deputy Director of UNWRA in
Jordan and of the Six Day War, 1967.
GB165-0063 Norman Corkill Collection: Nutritional economic survey of wartime
Palestine, 1942-1943; nutritional state of the Palestine refugees in the Spring of 1951;
autobiographical fragment. Photographic collection.
GB165-0153 Cecil Amin Hourani: Translation of article on the Arab nation and
relations with Israel originally published in An Nahar supplement of 20th
Aug 1967.
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GB165-0161 Jerusalem and the East Mission Collection: Box 73, Palestine, Refugees,
includes correspondence, papers from United Nations Relief Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees and information on Relief Policy.
GB165-0269 Sir Edward Spears Collection: Includes papers on Middle Eastern Affairs
in general; press cuttings, including Palestine Arab Refugees, the Arab-Israeli conflict.
In Other Repositories
British Library Coll 20/42 IOR/L/PS/12/3002, India Office Records: Includes material
on the employment of Arab Refugees from Palestine, 1st Jun 1949 - 8
th Aug 1949.
Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Other Countries NCUACS 81.2.99/K.488 Includes correspondence and papers from
UNIPAL Universities‟ Fund for the Education of Palestinian Refugees, 1977-1982,
1989.
Royal Institute of International Affairs: RIIA/8/2007. 7th
Nov 1951, Sir Henry Knight,
The Arab Refugees from Palestine.
Warwick University Modern Records Centre: Broadcasts MSS.154/3/BR/10/1-229
Includes correspondence with James Monohan with regard to U.N refugee camps in
Palestine, 1964.
Finding aids: In Guide; Handlist
Publication Note:
Hourani, Cecil A, “Experimental Village in the Jordan Valley”, Middle East Journal,
Vol 5, No 4, pp. 497-501
Mayer, T, “Arab Unity of Action and the Palestine Question”, Middle Eastern Studies,
Vol 22, No 3, Jul 1986, pp. 331-349
Furlonge, G, Palestine is my Country: The Story of Musa Alami (London: Murray
1969)
Archivist’s note: Fonds level description created by Clare Brown in 1999, revised by
Alastair McInnes in Jul 2010. File and item level description created by Alastair McInnes
4th
Aug 2010. Sources for Administrative History within collection. Other sources are
“Personality: Dr. John H Davis”, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, 30th
Dec
1985.
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SERIES, FILE AND ITEM LEVEL DESCRIPTION OF THE ARAB
DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY COLLECTION
1 Arab Development Society Report
1/1 “The Arab Development Society Farm, Existing
Situation and Potential for Development”, a report
compiled for the Arab Development Society and Swedish
Save the Children, in consortium with the Norwegian
Refugee Council. Compiled by Bizreit University,
Research Department, to communicate the need for
proposed refurbishments to the Arab Development
Society‟s Jericho Farm project. Includes detailed
descriptions of the Arab Development Society‟s work,
farm specific inventories, departments and proposed
improvements
Old Ref: 1/2
Apr 1983 167 sheets
2 Fundraising and the History and Work of the Arab Development Society
Fundraising leaflets outlining the history and work of the
Arab Development Society intended for public interest
and for the use of potential donors. Also includes details
of the work and members of organisations working to
support the Arab Development Society and its founder,
Musa Alami‟s legacy
Old Ref: 1/1
1953-c1974 7 items
2/1 Printed leaflet „Bootstrap, The Arab Development
Society‟s Jordan Valley Project‟ published by the Near
East News Association (Beirut) giving an illustrated
account of the work of the Arab Development Society
and the life of the boys in its care
Aug 1953 1 booklet
2/2 Printed leaflet „Miracle in the Holy Land” giving a brief
illustrated history of the Arab Development Society and
its projects
Not dated
1960s
1 booklet
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2/3 Printed leaflet „The Arab Development Society, Brief
Historical Notes‟ including a brief history of the Arab
Development Society, outlining developing projects in
need of charitable support
Not dated
1970s
1 booklet
2/4 Printed leaflet „The Arab Development Society, Brief
Historical Notes‟ Duplicate of 3/2
Not dated
1970s
1 booklet
2/5 Printed leaflet „The Arab Development Society, Brief
Historical Notes‟ Duplicate of 3/2
Not dated
1970s
1 booklet
2/6 Printed leaflet „The Arab Development Society‟
including a donors form for „The Friends of the Arab
Development Society Trust
Not dated
1970s
1 booklet
2/7 Printed leaflet „Miracle in the Holy Land, the Arab
Development Society Appeal, 25 Years on‟ including
introductions by A Toynbee, E.C Hodgkin and J.H Davis
as well as an illustrated account for potential donors
showing the work of the Arab Development Society as
well as giving names of individuals involved in the UK
and USA organisations that are supporting the legacy of
the Arab Development Society
c1974 1 booklet
3 Correspondence
3/1 Letter from E.C. Hodgkin to Dr Masrat Fadda giving a
brief history of the Friends of the Arab Development
Society UK and the Musa Alami Foundation of Jericho
USA as well as enclosing a „brief statement of the origins
and aims of the ADS‟ written „for the benefit of anyone
who enquired about it‟
Old Ref: 1/1
20 Oct 1995 2 sheets
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4 Death of Musa Alami
Newspaper cuttings, obituaries, dedications and articles, relating to the death of Musa
Alami
4/1 Musa Alami Obituaries
Old Ref: 1/3
1984 7 sheets
4/1/1 Arabic language newspaper cutting, “Al Quds” 10th
Jun 1984 1 sheet
4/1/2 Arabic language newspaper cutting, “Al Quds” 11th
Jun 1984 1 sheet
4/1/3 Fragment of arabic language newspaper cutting,
“Al Quds”, includes photographs
12th
Jun 1984 1 sheet
4/1/4 “Musa Alami, work for Palestinian Refugees”,
Obituary, The Times
11th
Jun 1984 1 sheet
4/1/5 Two paragraphs announcing the death of Musa
Alami, Jerusalem Post
12th
Jun 1984 1 sheet
4/1/6 “The Last Palestinian”, The Spectator, pages 12-
13, obituary of Musa Alami written by E.C.
Hodgkin
30th
Jun 1984 2 sheets
4/2 Correspondence
MS and TS correspondence to Teddy [Edward Hodgkin]
on the subject of Musa Alami‟s death and the continuance
of the work of the Arab Development Society. Item 4/2/3
has been misdated
Old Ref: ¼
1984 5 sheets
4/2/1 Letter to Teddy [Edward Hodgkin] from Dunstan 11 Jun [1984] 1 sheet
4/2/2 Letter to Teddy [Edward Hodgkin] from Sue 30th
Jun1984 1 sheet
4/2/3 Letter to Teddy [Edward Hodgkin] from John H
Davis
2nd
Jul 1983
[1984]
1 sheet
4/2/4 Letter to Teddy [Edward Hodgkin] from [S.S.] 1st Aug 1984 1 sheet
4/2/5 Letter to Teddy [Edward Hodgkin] from [Armin] 4th
Oct 1984 1 sheet
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5 Photographs
System of Arrangement:
5/1 Photograph Album, „The Arab Development Society, Jericho-Jordan‟ not dated
5/2 Life and Work in the Arab Development Society, 1960s
5/3 Musa Alami, life and work in the Arab Developent Society, 1961 and not dated
5/4 Devastation of property and work in the Arab Development Society, not dated
5/5 Negatives, not dated
5/5/1 Tour of the Arab Development Society, not dated
5/5/2 „ADS West Bank‟, not dated
5/5/3 Musa Alami, meeting officials, not dated
5/6 Tour of the Arab Development Society, 1973
5/7 Press Photographs, 1946-1964
5/1 Photograph Album „The Arab Development Society,
Jericho-Jordan‟
Commemorative Album of professional photographs
entitled “The Arab Development Society, Jericho –
Jordan”. Includes printed captions, along with an
integrated map, captioned “The Palestine Tragedy”, folded
and fixed to the inside edge of the Album‟s front cover.
Subjects include the Arab Development Society Farm,
Vocational Training Centre, the boys, their daily life and
surroundings. Places depicted include the Jordan Valley,
Dead Sea, Qumran Caves, the Mount of Temptation,
Elisha‟s Fountain and River Jordan. Attached to the inside
of the album‟s back cover is a panorama of the Arab
Development Society Facility entitled “General View of
VTC”
Not dated 1 Alb
5/1/1 The Jordan Valley
5/1/2 The Wilderness
5/1/3 Road to Jericho
5/1/4 Cross-roads in the Desert
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5/1/5 The Dead Sea
5/1/6 River Jordan
5/1/7 Qumran Caves: Dead Sea Scrolls
5/1/8 Mount of Temptation
5/1/9 From the Mount of Temptation
5/1/10 Ancient Jericho
5/1/11 Elisha‟s Fountain
5/1/12 Dead and Waste Land
5/1/13 Refugee Boys in the Vocational Training Centre
5/1/14 Classrooms
5/1/15 Dormitories
5/1/16 Discipline is part of the boy‟s training
5/1/17 Youngest Boys
5/1/18 Secondary Education
5/1/19 In school until completion of his fifteenth year
5/1/20 Dining Hall
5/1/21 The Daily Swim
5/1/22 Sports and Games
5/1/23 Play Ground and Dormitories
5/1/24 Physical Training
5/1/25 Carpentry
5/1/26 Mechanized Carpentry
5/1/27 Blacksmithy
5/1/28 Mechanical Workshops
5/1/29 First Year Mechanical
5/1/30 Second Year Mechanical
5/1/31 Hand Looms
5/1/32 Weaving
5/1/33 Modern Cultivation
5/1/34 Vegetables under Sprinklers
5/1/35 Citrus
5/1/36 Grading and Packing of Vegetables
5/1/37 Grading of Eggs
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5/1/38 Incubator
5/1/39 “...On the Twenty First Day...”
5/1/40 Brooders
5/1/41 “All Eyes”
5/1/42 Poultry Houses
5/1/43 Freezing Room
5/1/44 The Dairy Farm
5/1/45 “Reibeek Idas Edema III”
5/1/46 General View of V.T.C
5/2 Life and work in the Arab Development Society
Envelope addressed to Musa Bey Alami. Photographs and
postcards without captions, except for 5/2/9, 5/2/17 and
5/2/37. Subjects include a water pump, a stone laid with
gratitude to the Undergraduates of Bristol University, the
Arab Development Society‟s Jericho site, resident boys‟
daily life, Musa Alami, an unnamed Finnish man,
connected to the work of the Arab Development Society
1960s 38 sheets
5/2/1 [Photograph of stone dedicated to the
Undergraduates of Bristol University]
5/2/2 [Man alongside stone laid in honour of the
Undergraduates of Bristol University, 1960]
[1960]
5/2/3 [Water pump]
5/2/4 [Embroidery]
5/2/5 [Embroidery]
5/2/6 [Embroidery]
5/2/7 [Baking]
5/2/8 [Aerial view]
5/2/9 [Arab Development Society, Jericho site]
5/2/10 “Boys‟ Town”, The Vocational Training
Center of the Arab Development Society,
Jericho, Jordan
Postcard
5/2/11 [Dormitories]
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5/2/12 [Classroom]
5/2/13 [Arab Development Society, Jericho site]
5/2/14 [Arab Development Society, Jericho site]
5/2/15 [Swimming]
5/2/16 [Swimming]
5/2/17 [Swimming]
5/2/18 “Boys‟ Town”, The Vocational Training
Center of the Arab Development Society,
Jericho, Jordan
Postcard
5/2/19 [Exercise]
5/2/20 [Exercise]
5/2/21 [Exercise]
5/2/22 [Exercise]
5/2/23 “Boys‟ Town”, The Vocational Training
Center of the Arab Development Society,
Jericho, Jordan
Postcard
5/2/24 [Physical discipline]
5/2/25 [Marching, captioned in Album, Discipline is
part of the Boys‟ training]
5/2/26 [Working in the fields]
5/2/27 [Beehives]
5/2/28 [The Dairy Farm]
5/2/29 [Hens]
5/2/30 [Freezers]
5/2/31 [Weaving]
5/2/32 [Weaving]
5/2/33 [Metalwork]
5/2/34 [Carpentry]
5/2/35 [Carpentry]
5/2/36 [Dining Hall]
5/2/37 [Beside the pool, Musa Alami]
5/2/38 The Finn who suggested that the ADS should
be made agent [?] for the sale of reindeer
Postcard
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skins in the Jordan Valley
5/3 Musa Alami, life and work in the Arab
Development Society
Photographs. Subjects include the Arab
Development Society‟s Jericho site in a derelict
state, the Arab Development Society Jericho site
in an operational state, machinery, construction
work, industry, baking and banana cultivation.
Items 5/3/1 – 5/3/21, 3/46 and 3/55 have Arabic
numbers, captions, or both. Translations of these
are included in this catalogue
1961 and
not dated
59 sheets
5/3/1 [Gated driveway, the gates
hanging off]
Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
29
5/3/2 [Derelict site, exterior] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
24
5/3/3 [Derelict site, exterior] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
33
5/3/4 [Derelict site, exterior] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
9
5/3/5 [Derelict site, exterior] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
2-
5/3/6 [Derelict site, exterior] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
21
5/3/7 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
4
5/3/8 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
17
5/3/9 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
8
5/3/10 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
5
5/3/11 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
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5/3/12 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
19
5/3/13 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
5/3/14 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
15
5/3/15 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
5/3/16 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
12
5/3/17 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
14
5/3/18 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
26
5/3/19 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
22
5/3/20 [Machinery] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
28
5/3/21 [Machinery] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
27
5/3/22 A house [?] E17
5/3/23 [Construction] World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
Jordan
5/3/24 [Exterior of buildings inside
fenced unit]
5/3/25 [Exterior of buildings inside
fenced unit]
5/3/26 [Construction]
5/3/27 [Machinery]
5/3/28 [Reservoir]
5/3/29 [Building exterior] World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
Jordan
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K7
5/3/30 [Men inspecting debris,
banana plantation]
L1
5/3/31 [Cultivation] K17
5/3/32 Cultivation G5
5/3/33 [Bananas Captioned in Arabic] Photo Paramount
5/3/34 [Bananas, captioned in Arabic] World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
Jordan
5/3/34 [Irrigation]
5/3/36 [Bananas] World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
Jordan
5/3/37 [Bananas, irrigation] World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
Jordan
5/3/38 [Bananas, destroyed, labourers
in background]
5/3/39 [Arab Development Society
site]
5/3/40 [Arab Development Society
site]
5/3/41 [Arab Development Society
site]
5/3/42 The Farm of the Arab
Development Society, Jericho,
Jordan
Postcard
5/3/43 The Farm of the Arab
Development Society, Jericho,
Jordan
Postcard
5/3/44 [Cultivation]
5/3/45 [Classroom] World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
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Jordan
01/7/[C1]
5/3/46 [Nurse‟s clinic, captioned in
Arabic]
World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
Jordan
5/3/47 [Dining Hall]
5/3/48 [Dining Hall]
5/3/49 [Group photograph]
5/3/50 [Physical Training]
5/3/51 [Carpentry]
5/3/52 [Textile work]
5/3/53 Horizontal [?]. [Machinery] F3
5/3/54 [?] vertical Pump, [Machinery] World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
Jordan
F2
5/3/55 [Baking, captioned in Arabic] World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
Jordan
5/3/56 [Baking]
5/3/57 [Baking]
5/3/58 [Baking] World Copyright Reserved, Basil
Mavromichalis, Old City, Jerusalem,
Jordan
5/3/59 [Baking]
5/4 Devastation of property and work in the Arab
Development Society
Loose photographs. Items 5/4/7 to 5/ 4/10
include Musa Alami. Other subjects include the
Arab Development Society Farm and Vocational
Training Centre, the site‟s surroundings and
decommissioned machinery. Photograph 5/4/4 is
1961 and not
dated
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of an interior in disarray. Similar photographs
are found in 5/3. Certain images (5/4/12 to
5/4/54) are duplicates of those found in
Photograph Album 5/7
5/4/1 [Men at conference]
5/4/2 [Women at water pump]
5/4/3 [Interior, in disarray] Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
1
5/4/4 [Derelict interior] 26
5/4/5 [Decommissioned vehicle] 48
5/4/6 [Decommissioned vehicle] 47
5/4/7 [Walking, includes Musa Alami] 1961
5/4/8 [Walking, includes Musa Alami] 1961
5/4/9 [Feeding cows, includes Musa
Alami]
[1961]
5/4/10 [Feeding cows, includes Musa
Alami]
[1961]
5/4/11 “Boys‟ Town”, The Vocational
Training Academy of the Arab
Development Society, Jericho,
Jordan
Postcard
5/4/12 [Marching]
5/4/13 [Marching]
5/4/14 [Group photograph]
5/4/15 [Dining Hall]
5/4/16 [Classroom]
5/4/17 [Classroom]
5/4/18 [Classroom]
5/4/19 Daily swim D
5/4/20 [Sports and Games, Volleyball]
5/4/21 [Sports and Games, Basketball]
5/4/22 [Sports and games, playing
fields]
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5/4/23 [Sports and Games, playing
fields]
5/4/24 The Farm of the Arab
Development Society, Jericho,
Jordan
Postcard
5/4/25 [Cultivation]
5/4/26 [Cultivation]
5/4/27 [Cultivation]
5/4/28 [Cultivation]
5/4/29 [Cultivation]
5/4/30 [Cultivation]
5/4/31 [Cultivation]
5/4/32 [Cultivation]
5/4/33 [Poultry farm]
5/4/34 [Poultry farm]
5/4/35 [Grading of eggs]
5/4/36 [Dairy]
5/4/37 [Grading and packing of
vegetables]
5/4/38 [Carpentry]
5/4/39 [Carpentry]
5/4/40 [Metalwork]
5/4/41 [Metalwork]
5/4/42 [Metalwork]
5/4/43 [Road, Arab Development
Society site]
5/4/44 [Arab Development Society site]
5/4/45 [Aerial view, desert]
5/4/46 [Aerial view, including
settlement]
5/4/47 [Desert, petrol station]
5/4/48 [Cross road in the Desert] A
5/4/49 [River Jordan]
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5/4/50 [Qumran Caves]
5/4/51 [Mount of Temptation]
5/4/52 The Mount of Temptation and
Old Jericho
5/4/53 [Dead and Waste Land]
5/4/54 The Jordan Valley as it was
5/5 Negatives
Three sleeves for photographic negatives, two
Kodak (5/5/1 and 5/5/3) and the other Ilford
(5/5/2), containing negatives, colour transparencies
and small B/W photographs. Subjects include a
walking tour of the Arab Development Society
Farm and surroundings, a meeting and dinner, an
unidentified hillside village and a stone laid in
gratitude to the Undergraduates of Bristol
University (also found in 5/2). Photographs in Files
5/5/1 and 5/5/3 include Musa Alami. Other persons
are unidentified.
Not dated, [1960s-1970s]
5/5/1 Tour of the Arab Development Society
Kodak negative sleeve containing 14
colour transparencies and corresponding
negatives (4 sheets). Subjects include a
walking tour of the Arab Development
Society site and surroundings, as well as a
meeting and dinner for unidentified
persons. Some photographs include Musa
Alami
Not dated 18 sheets
5/5/1/1 [Group]
5/5//1/2 [Group]
5/5/1/3 [View over fields]
5/5/1/4 [Attending to machinery, perhaps the dairy farm]
5/5/1/5 [Group, including Musa Alami]
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5/5/1/6 [View towards buildings]
5/5/1/7 [Boys alongside machinery]
5/5/1/8 [Group]
5/5/1/9 [Portrait of Musa Alami]
5/5/1/10 [View towards buildings]
5/5/1/11 [Group, including Musa Alami]
5/5/1/12 [View towards buildings]
5/5/1/13 [Men seated]
5/5/1/14 [Group]
5/5/2 „ADS West Bank‟
Ilford negative sleeve containing 12 B/W
photographs and 12 B/W negatives (6
sheets), labelled “ADS West Bank”.
Subjects include rural and urban life, a
hillside village, ruins and a stone laid in
gratitude to the Undergraduates of Bristol
University (also found in 5/2)
Not dated 18 sheets
5/5/2/1 [View towards hills]
5/5/2/2 [View towards hills]
5/5/2/3 [Children on hilliside]
5/5/2/4 [Ruined arches]
5/5/2/5 [Group]
5/5/2/6 [Derelict building]
5/5/2/7 [Street scene]
5/5/2/8 [Bell, view from rooftop towards hills]
5/5/2/9 [Building, with bell and ruined arches]
5/5/2/10 [Courtyard]
5/5/2/11 [Woman in doorway]
5/5/2/12 [Men alongside stone laid with gratitude to the
Undergraduates of Bristol University]
5/5/3 Musa Alami meeting officials Not dated 21 sheets
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Kodak negative sleeve containing 21 B/W
Agfa prints, order as received. Subjects
include a meeting between Musa Alami and
an unidentified Arab male official, amongst
other unidentified persons
5/5/3/1 [Group]
5/5/3/2 [Group, Musa Alami to right]
5/5/3/3 [Group]
5/5/3/4 [Conversation, Musa Alami to right]
5/5/3/5 [Group, Musa Alami right of centre]
5/5/3/6 [Group, Musa Alami to left]
5/5/3/7 [Group, Musa Alami to right]
5/5/3/8 [Group, Musa Alami to right]
5/5/3/9 [Group, Musa Alami to right of centre]
5/5/3/10 [Group, Musa Alami to right]
5/5/3/11 [Group, Musa Alami to right]
5/5/3/12 [Group]
5/5/3/13 [Group, Musa Alami to left, facing centre]
5/5/3/14 [Group, Musa Alami to left, facing outwards]
5/5/3/15 [Group, Musa Alami, obscured to right]
5/5/3/16 [Group, Musa Alami to left]
5/5/3/17 [Group, Musa Alami to right]
5/5/3/18 [Group, Musa Alami to left of centre]
5/5/3/19 Group, Musa Alami, centre
5/5/3/20 Group, walking
5/5/3/21 [Group, Musa Alami to right, standing at microphone]
5/6 Tour of Arab Development Society
49 colour transparencies (Numbered 2 to 50), first
received inside a cardboard box labelled “Mr Hodgkin,
Photographs taken at the Arab Development Society
Jericho, by Frances Stickles, Apr 1973, with
commentary”. Slide 1 missing at reception,
3 sheets Apr 1973
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commentaries erased. Subjects include the Arab
Development Society Farm and Vocational Training
Centre, including boys‟ physical training, the
classrooms, site surroundings and also buildings in a
derelict state. A group of unidentified persons are
shown visiting the site, accompanied by Musa Alami.
5/6/1 [Transparency missing at reception]
5/6/2 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, building seen through trees]
5/6/3 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, tree]
5/6/4 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group beneath trees]
5/6/5 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group walking]
5/6/6 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, the poultry farm]
5/6/7 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group, including Musa Alami]
5/6/8 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view towards buildings]
5/6/9 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, dormitory interior]
5/6/10 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view over cultivated land towards
woodland]
5/6/11 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view towards buildings]
5/6/12 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, classroom]
5/6/13 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, classroom]
5/6/14 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group, view towards buildings]
5/6/15 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view towards building, debris]
5/6/16 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, debris]
5/6/17 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view towards buildings]
5/6/18 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, dairy farm]
5/6/19 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, dairy farm]
5/6/20 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, dairy farm]
5/6/21 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group, including Musa Alami]
5/6/22 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, farm vehicle]
5/6/23 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, fields, irrigation]
5/6/24 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view over fields]
5/6/25 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group boarding bus]
5/6/26 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group]
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5/6/27 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view from woodland, towards
buildings]
5/6/28 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, trees]
5/6/29 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, piping]
5/6/30 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view towards buildings]
5/6/31 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view towards buildings]
5/6/32 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view towards road and hillside]
5/6/33 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group, debris]
5/6/34 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, woman, derelict building]
5/6/35 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view towards building]
5/6/36 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, man, view towards buildings]
5/6/37 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, derelict building]
5/6/38 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, view towards buildings]
5/6/39 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group, including Musa Alami]
5/6/40 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group]
5/6/41 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group]
5/6/42 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, group]
5/6/43 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, beside pool]
5/6/44 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, swimming]
5/6/45 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, physical training]
5/6/46 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, playing fields]
5/6/47 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, two men seated]
5/6/48 [Arab Development Society Jericho, women being served coffee]
5/6/49 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, women]
5/6/50 [Arab Development Society, Jericho, roadside]
5/7 Press photographs
Envelope, addressed to Mr E Hodgkin. Press
photographs, subjects include Cairo, Kuwait,
Jordan, Basrah, Baghdad and Abu Dhabi, Mosques,
the Middle East Crisis, daily life, farming and
fishing, oil, Arab military, Jordanian and Arab
monarchies, Jordanian, Iraqi and foreign officials
1946-1964 34 sheets
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5/7/1 Asab Oasis, Liwa The British Petroleum Co Ltd
Photograph, Photography
Exhibitions Branch,
Information Dept
Ref No 7127/89 Agfa Print
5/7/2 Asab Oasis, Liwa The British Petroleum Co Ltd
Photograph Photography
Exhibitions Branch,
Information Dept, Britannic
House, London, EC2
Ref No 7127/88 Agfa Print
5/7/3 Rashid City Photography by de Burgh
Galwey
5/7/4 Egypt today, Liberation
Square in Cairo, biggest
square in town, on which
also the biggest
government building is
located
Camera Press (Sam
Wagenaar), London
3608-4, Copyright, Camera
Press Ltd, Russell Court,
Coram Street, London, WC1
5/7/5 Cairo, El Azhan Mosque Photograph signed, J.P. Sebah
Courtauld Institute
5/7/6 The entrance of Amadiyah
Mosque, Maidan, Baghdad
Iraq Petroleum Co Ltd
Photographic and Printing Dpt
Negative No 2GH 90
5/7/7 Baghdad, Entrance to
Golden Mosque
Iraq Petroleum Co Ltd
Photographic and Printing Dpt
Negative No 2GH 20
5/7/8 South Ahmadi, Mosque A Photograph by Adolf
Morath
Ref No KU.COL,374, Agfa
Portriga Rapid Print
5/7/9 [Street scene with figures
and Minaret]
A Photograph by Adolf
Morath
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Ref No KUC/7/15, Agfa
Portriga Rapid Print
5/7/10 A New Life for the
Fellaheen, Haj Abdel
Kerim Makaty, right, of
Sendeon, has seen many
changes in his village since
the social centre was
opened in 1949. Now 60
percent of the people can
read, a rise of 40 percent
Central Office of Information
Photograph Crown Copyright
Reserved
Oct 1953
5/7/11 Middle East Crisis, Melon
seller, Ready for business
with British troops
Keystone Photo Shops,
Business as usual, Melon
seller complete with his
hubble bubble pipe, ready
for good business with the
British trops, now
stationed in Amman,
owing to the Middle East
Crisis
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.,
4/7 Red Lion Court, London
27th
Jul 1958
5/7/12 Baghdad, Devout
concentration in the
Galaini Mosque
Iraq Petroleum Co Ltd
Photographic and Printing Dpt
Negative No 2GH 39
5/7/13 [Men seated at desks] A Photograph by Adolf
Morath
Ref No KU/C/78
5/7/14 Company training centre,
basic training class
A Photograph by Adolf
Morath Copyright by Kuwait
Oil Co Ltd
Ref No KU/C 291, Agfa
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Portriga Rapid Print
5/7/15 Schoolboys having their
eyes examined and cured
Signed “Araby”
Photographic Section, Public
Relation Department, Aden
5/7/16 [Man feeding sheep] A Photograph by Adolf
Morath KU/CUL/376
5/7/17 Basrah, Cutting the Dates Iraq Petroleum Co Ltd
Photographic and Printing Dpt
Negative No C-B 119
5/7/18 Boat building, Kuwait Adolf Morath Photographs, 14
Cornwall Gardens, South
Kensington, London, SW7
Copyright assigned to Kuwait
Oil Company Limited, Burgan
House, Wigmore Street,
London, W1
5/7/19 Das Island, Fisherman
making wire lobster nets
with “Adma Enterprise”
seen in background
The British Petroleum Co Ltd
Photograph, Photography
Exhibitions Branch,
Information Dept
Ref No 5294/161, Agfa Print
1958
5/7/20 Kuwaiti rigman Kuwait Oil Co Ltd, Official
Photograph, GT9399
May 1961
5/7/21 Kuwaiti drilling crew at
work
Kuwait Oil Co Ltd, Official
Photograph , PR7783
18th
Nov
1959
5/7/22 [Photograph of pipes and
worker]
A photograph by Adolph
Morath
Ref No KU/C/298, Agfa
Brovira Print
5/7/23 Members of the Border
Police mounted on camels
near one of the I.P.C. Rigs
Iraq Petroleum Co Ltd
Photographic and Printing Dpt
Negative No BDR 112
Nov 1954
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at Rumailla
5/7/24 Jordan, A nation in peril,
First Armoured Car
Regiment of Jordan Arab
Army. The Armoured Cars
are of South African
manufacture and date back
to the last war; the soldier
on the left is holding the
Unit‟s Hawk Mascot
Camera Press (George
Murray), London
(2771-28) 4710-1
5/7/25 Hunting falcon outside the
Ruler of Abu Dhabi‟s
palace
The British Petroleum Co Ltd
Photograph, Photography
Exhibitions Branch,
Information Dept
Ref No 5294/118,
Agfa Print
5/7/26 King Abdullah, New
Portrait
This is a new portrait of
Kind Abdullah of
Hashemite, Jordan. A
similar picture will appear
on the new currency of his
nation, scheduled for issue
in July. The King wears
the Imamieh, traditional
headgear of Sheikhs and
Religious Leaders. He
claims direct descent from
the family of Mohammed
the Prophet. The main
garment is a Djupbeh, a
simple grey gown which
Associated Press Newsphoto
from London
AP/BEI1374199/200
0950LGM UK
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reaches to the ankles
5/7/27 Original picture of the
New King of Transjordan
in his garden, This is a
striking picture of the New
King of Transjordan,
Abdulla, in his garden at
Amman. Transjordan
became an independent
Kingdon on the 25th
May
1946. The New King
cannot wear a crown as
this is forbidden by the
Koran
Purchased by London
Evenings and Dailies
4th
Jun 1946
5/7/28 Andessour, Baghdad
King Faisal of Iraq with
his great Uncle King
Abdullah of Jordan,
awaiting for the arrival of
the body of Queen Aliyah,
the Queen Mother of Iraq
22nd
Dec
1950
5/7/29 Iraqi Politicians: Nuri al
Said, Prime Minister of
Iraq and Acting Minister
of Defence
Camera Press (In/Gen) London
2562-8, Copyright, Camera
Press Ltd
5/7/30 [Portrait, Nuri al Said,
Iraqi Prime Minister of and
Minister of Defence]
Signed “A.A”
Agfa Brovira Print
5/7/31 Alexandria, U.A.R.
U.A.R. President Gamal
Abdel Nasser (Left), greets
Saudi Arabia‟s Premier
Crown Prince Faisal as the
The Times, Library
Photograph
PN-HB, Copyright, United
Press International
4th
Sept 1964
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latter arrived at the airport
here today to attend the
second Arab Summit
meeting which opens
tomorrow. Prime topic at
the meeting will probably
be the United Arab
Republic‟s dispute with
Saudi Arabia over the
Yemen
5/7/32 The mass meeting (left) in
Alexandria on Thursday
night at which President
Nasser announced that
Egypt was taking over the
Suez canal and would use
the revenue from the
waterway for building the
Aswan High Dam. The
picture above was taken
when Colonel Nasser was
addressing the meeting
The Times, Library
Photograph Copyright, Planet
News, United Press Photos
27th
Jul 1956
5/7/33 Nasser visits Arab
Petroleum Exhibition
Sir Charles Archibald
Phillip Southwell (far
right), President of the
Kuwait Oil Company,
conducts President ...del
Nasser of the United Arab
... (second from left) on a
tour [of the com] - pany‟s
stand at the Arab
Associated Press Photo from
London Copyright Associated
Press Photo supplied by the
Associated Press, 83-86
Farringdon Street, London,
EC4
The Times Picture Library,
File: Portraits
27th
Apr 1959
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[Petroleum] Exhibition in
Cairo, Egypt, [the o] thers
in the picture are not [...]
5/7/34 L to R, H.E. Muri Pasha
Said, Prime Minister of
Iraq, H.R.H. the Regent of
Iraq, Mr H Watson, Works
Managed Ata... Re... [?]
Photograph by Cyril Peckham,
Copyright Hawker Siddeley
Group Limited
Negative No. M314/52