Jerusalem and the East Mission Collection
Reference | GB-MECA/GB165-0161/box60/1-box71/4 |
Title | Political (Palestine) |
Dates | 1917-01-01-1971-12-31 |
Dates Start | 1917-01-01 |
Dates End | 1971-12-31 |
Level of description | Series |
Extend and medium | Global extent: 51 files; 28 selected and described files |
Repository | Middle East Centre Archive (MECA) |
Name of creator(s) | Jerusalem and the East Mission (JEM) |
Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/political-palestine |
Reference | GB-MECA/GB165-0161 |
Title | Jerusalem and the East Mission Collection |
Covering dates | 1827-01-01-2017-12-31 |
Dates Start | 1827-01-01 |
Dates End | 2017-12-31 |
Level of description | Fonds |
Extend and medium | Global extent: 301 boxes containing 716 files; 278 selected and described files |
Repository | Middle East Centre Archive (MECA) |
Name of creator(s) | Jerusalem and the East Mission (JEM) |
Archival history | Received on permanent loan from the Jerusalem and the Middle East Church Association in November/December 1975 and in July 1978 with boxes 81-125 received since December 1979. Loan status changed to a gift on 8 Feb 2007. Minute books Box 75J/3, 75T/3-4 and personnel files received as a gift in July 2014. |
Description | Papers, 1841-1976 relating to the Diocese of Jerusalem and St. George’s Cathedral, missionary activities, chaplaincies, health and education provision in Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Iran, the Gulf, Egypt, Sudan, Cyprus and North Africa. The collection also contains correspondence relating to the political situation in Mandatory Palestine. Presscutting volumes. Quarterly newsletter/magazine of the Jerusalem and East Mission, later Jerusalem and Middle East Church Association Bible Lands from 1899. Photographic collection. Language of material: English; a very small amount of Arabic. |
System of arrangement | Geographical areas; central organization; minute books. |
Conditions governing access | Subject to the authorization of Middle East Centre Archive (MECA) |
Finding aids | In Guide; handlist |
Publication notes | Microfiche published by Inter Documentation Co., 1985 under the title ‘Jerusalem and East Mission Archive 1842-1976’. Please note that the microfiche only covers part of the collection. A history of the Anglican Diocese in Jerusalem has been written by Rafiq Farah and is available in the Archive reading room. The details of the book are as follows: Farah, Rafiq A.; In troubled waters. A History of the Anglican Church in Jerusalem 1841-1998 (Christians Aware 2002). ISBN 1873372167 The following book is also available in the Archive reading room: Hechler, William H., The Jerusalem Bishopric Documents with translations (London: Trübner and Co, 1883). |
Rules or conventions | International standard for archival description, General, etc. |
Date of the catalogue | Catalogue prepared on 1999; revised on 2018 |
Archivist's notes | Fonds level description for the Jerusalem East Mission Collection (1827-1976), held by the Middle East Centre Archive, Saint-Anthony College (Oxford), prepared by Clare Brown in February 1999 and last revised by Debbie Usher on 15 January 2018. |
Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/jerusalem-and-the-east-mission-collection |