Arab Development Society
GB165-0324
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 - 8th 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
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Arab Development Society Report
1/1
“The
Arab
Development
Society Farm,
Existing Apr 1983
167 sheets
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
2
Fundraising and the History and Work of the Arab Development Society
Fundraising leaflets outlining the history and work of the 1953-c1974
7 items
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
2/1
Printed leaflet „Bootstrap, The Arab Development Aug 1953
1 booklet
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
2/2
Printed leaflet „Miracle in the Holy Land” giving a brief Not dated
1 booklet
illustrated history of the Arab Development Society and 1960s
its projects
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2/3
Printed leaflet „The Arab Development Society, Brief Not dated
1 booklet
Historical Notes‟ including a brief history of the Arab 1970s
Development Society, outlining developing projects in
need of charitable support
2/4
Printed leaflet „The Arab Development Society, Brief Not dated
Historical Notes‟ Duplicate of 3/2
2/5
1970s
Printed leaflet „The Arab Development Society, Brief Not dated
Historical Notes‟ Duplicate of 3/2
2/6
Printed
leaflet
„The
Arab
1 booklet
1 booklet
1970s
Development
Society‟ Not dated
1 booklet
including a donors form for „The Friends of the Arab 1970s
Development Society Trust
2/7
Printed leaflet „Miracle in the Holy Land, the Arab c1974
1 booklet
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
3
Correspondence
3/1
Letter from E.C. Hodgkin to Dr Masrat Fadda giving a 20 Oct 1995
2 sheets
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
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Death of Musa Alami
Newspaper cuttings, obituaries, dedications and articles, relating to the death of Musa
Alami
4/1
Musa Alami Obituaries
1984
7 sheets
10th Jun 1984
1 sheet
Old Ref: 1/3
4/1/1 Arabic language newspaper cutting, “Al Quds”
4/1/2 Arabic language newspaper cutting, “Al Quds”
th
11 Jun 1984
1 sheet
4/1/3 Fragment of arabic language newspaper cutting, 12th Jun 1984
1 sheet
“Al Quds”, includes photographs
4/1/4 “Musa Alami, work for Palestinian Refugees”, 11th Jun 1984
1 sheet
Obituary, The Times
4/1/5 Two paragraphs announcing the death of Musa 12th Jun 1984
1 sheet
Alami, Jerusalem Post
4/1/6 “The Last Palestinian”, The Spectator, pages 12- 30th Jun 1984
2 sheets
13, obituary of Musa Alami written by E.C.
Hodgkin
4/2
Correspondence
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
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
4/2/3 Letter to Teddy [Edward Hodgkin] from John H 2nd Jul 1983 1 sheet
Davis
[1984]
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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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, Not dated
1 Alb
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”
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
1960s
38 sheets
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
5/2/1
[Photograph of stone dedicated to the
Undergraduates of Bristol University]
5/2/2
[Man alongside stone laid in honour of the
[1960]
Undergraduates of Bristol University, 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 Postcard
Center of the Arab Development Society,
Jericho, Jordan
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 Postcard
Center of the Arab Development Society,
Jericho, Jordan
5/2/19 [Exercise]
5/2/20 [Exercise]
5/2/21 [Exercise]
5/2/22 [Exercise]
5/2/23 “Boys‟ Town”, The Vocational Training Postcard
Center of the Arab Development Society,
Jericho, Jordan
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 Postcard
be made agent [?] for the sale of reindeer
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skins in the Jordan Valley
5/3 Musa Alami, life and work in the Arab 1961
Development Society
Photographs.
Subjects
and 59 sheets
not dated
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
5/3/1
5/3/2
[Gated driveway, the gates Zahra Studio, Jerusalem
hanging off]
29
[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, L1
banana plantation]
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 Postcard
Development Society, Jericho,
Jordan
5/3/43 The
Farm
of
the
Arab Postcard
Development Society, Jericho,
Jordan
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 World Copyright
Arabic]
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 1961
Development Society
and
not 54 sheets
dated
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
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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
[1961]
Alami]
5/4/10
[Feeding cows, includes Musa
[1961]
Alami]
5/4/11
“Boys‟ Town”, The Vocational Postcard
Training Academy of the Arab
Development Society, Jericho,
Jordan
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
5/4/20
[Sports and Games, Volleyball]
5/4/21
[Sports and Games, Basketball]
5/4/22
[Sports
and
D
games,
playing
fields]
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5/4/23
[Sports
and
Games,
playing
fields]
5/4/24
The
Farm
of
the
Arab Postcard
Development Society, Jericho,
Jordan
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]
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
Not dated, [1960s-1970s]
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.
5/5/1
Tour of the Arab Development Society
Not dated
18 sheets
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
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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5/5/2
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]
„ADS West Bank‟
Not dated
18 sheets
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)
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
3 sheets
Apr 1973
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
commentary”.
Frances
Slide
Stickles,
1
Apr
missing
1973,
at
with
reception,
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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
1946-1964
Press photographs
34 sheets
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
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Arab Development Society
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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 Camera
Press
(Sam
Square in Cairo, biggest Wagenaar), London
square in town, on which 3608-4,
also
the
government
biggest Press
building
Copyright,
Ltd,
Camera
Russell
Court,
is Coram Street, London, WC1
located
5/7/5
Cairo, El Azhan Mosque
Photograph signed, J.P. Sebah
Courtauld Institute
5/7/6
The entrance of Amadiyah Iraq
Mosque, Maidan, Baghdad
Petroleum
Co
Ltd
Photographic and Printing Dpt
Negative No 2GH 90
5/7/7
Baghdad,
Entrance
Golden Mosque
to 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 A
and Minaret]
Photograph
by
Adolf
Morath
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Ref
No
KUC/7/15,
Agfa
Portriga Rapid Print
5/7/10
A
New
Life
Fellaheen,
for
Haj
the Central Office of Information Oct 1953
Abdel Photograph Crown Copyright
Kerim Makaty, right, of Reserved
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
5/7/11
Middle East Crisis, Melon Keystone Press Agency Ltd., 27th Jul 1958
seller, Ready for business 4/7 Red Lion Court, London
with British troops
Keystone
Photo
Shops,
Business as usual, Melon
seller complete with his
hubble bubble pipe, ready
for good business with the
British
stationed
trops,
in
now
Amman,
owing to the Middle East
Crisis
5/7/12
Baghdad,
concentration
5/7/13
Devout Iraq
in
Petroleum
Co
Ltd
the Photographic and Printing Dpt
Galaini Mosque
Negative No 2GH 39
[Men seated at desks]
A
Photograph
by
Adolf
by
Adolf
Morath
Ref No KU/C/78
5/7/14
Company training centre, A
basic training class
Photograph
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 Signed “Araby”
eyes examined and cured
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 The British Petroleum Co Ltd 1958
making wire lobster nets Photograph,
Photography
with “Adma Enterprise” Exhibitions
Branch,
seen in background
Information Dept
Ref No 5294/161, Agfa Print
5/7/20
Kuwaiti rigman
Kuwait Oil Co Ltd, Official May 1961
Photograph, GT9399
5/7/21
Kuwaiti drilling crew at Kuwait Oil Co Ltd, Official 18th
work
5/7/22
Photograph , PR7783
[Photograph of pipes and A
worker]
photograph
by
Nov
1959
Adolph
Morath
Ref
No
KU/C/298,
Agfa
Brovira Print
5/7/23
Members of the Border Iraq
Petroleum
Co
Ltd Nov 1954
Police mounted on camels Photographic and Printing Dpt
near one of the I.P.C. Rigs Negative No BDR 112
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Arab Development Society
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at Rumailla
5/7/24
Jordan, A nation in peril, Camera
First
Armoured
Press
(George
Car Murray), London
Regiment of Jordan Arab (2771-28) 4710-1
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
5/7/25
Hunting falcon outside the The British Petroleum Co Ltd
Ruler
of
Abu
Dhabi‟s Photograph,
Photography
Exhibitions
Branch,
palace
Information Dept
Ref No 5294/118,
Agfa Print
5/7/26
King
Abdullah,
New Associated Press Newsphoto
Portrait
from
London
This is a new portrait of AP/BEI1374199/200
Kind
Abdullah
Hashemite,
Jordan.
of 0950LGM UK
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
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reaches to the ankles
5/7/27
Original picture of the Purchased
by
London 4th Jun 1946
New King of Transjordan Evenings and Dailies
in his garden, This is a
striking picture of the New
King
of
Transjordan,
Abdulla, in his garden at
Amman.
became
Transjordan
an
independent
Kingdon on the 25th May
1946.
The
New
King
cannot wear a crown as
this is forbidden by the
Koran
5/7/28
Andessour, Baghdad
22nd
King Faisal of Iraq with
1950
his
great
Abdullah
Uncle
of
Dec
King
Jordan,
awaiting for the arrival of
the body of Queen Aliyah,
the Queen Mother of Iraq
5/7/29
Iraqi Politicians: Nuri al Camera Press (In/Gen) London
Said, Prime Minister of 2562-8,
Copyright,
Camera
Iraq and Acting Minister Press Ltd
of Defence
5/7/30
[Portrait, Nuri al Said, Signed “A.A”
Iraqi Prime Minister of and Agfa Brovira Print
Minister of Defence]
5/7/31
Alexandria, U.A.R.
The
Times,
Library 4th Sept 1964
U.A.R. President Gamal Photograph
Abdel Nasser (Left), greets PN-HB,
Saudi
Arabia‟s
Copyright,
United
Premier Press International
Crown Prince Faisal as the
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latter arrived at the airport
here today to attend the
second
Arab
meeting
Summit
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 The
Times,
Library 27th Jul 1956
Alexandria on Thursday Photograph Copyright, Planet
night at which President News, United Press Photos
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
5/7/33
Nasser
Arab Associated Press Photo from 27th Apr 1959
visits
Petroleum Exhibition
Sir
Charles
Phillip
London Copyright Associated
Archibald Press Photo supplied by the
Southwell
(far Associated
right), President of the Farringdon
Kuwait
Oil
Press,
Street,
83-86
London,
Company, EC4
conducts President ...del The Times Picture Library,
Nasser of the United Arab File: Portraits
... (second from left) on a
tour [of the com] - pany‟s
stand
at
the
Arab
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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 Photograph by Cyril Peckham,
Said, Prime Minister of Copyright Hawker Siddeley
Iraq, H.R.H. the Regent of Group Limited
Iraq, Mr H Watson, Works Negative No. M314/52
Managed Ata... Re... [?]
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