Overview
Sir Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb (1895-1971), commonly known as H.A.R. Gibb, was the James Richard Jewett Professor of Arabic and University Professor at Harvard University from 1955 to 1966. Gibb also served as Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard from 1957 to 1966. This collection consists chiefly of Gibb's notes, in both English and Arabic, and reports. Also includes lecture notes from his courses at the University of Edinburgh, and correspondence regarding professional committees and organizations.
Dates
- Creation: 1899-1962
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The Papers of Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb are open for research.
Extent
1 cubic feet (1 document box, 1 legal document box, 1 flat box)The Papers of Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb, 1899-1962, consists mainly of notes, in both English and Arabic, and reports. Also includes correspondence, photographs and awards. Lecture notes are for Gibb’s courses on Near Eastern religion and Hebrew language. Correspondence concerns the E.J.W. Gibb Memorial Trust, the Colonial Office, and professional committees and publications. Also includes war diary, bibliographies and clippings.
Inventory update
This document last updated 2022 May 02.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by Kate Bowers and Jennifer Pelose in April 2017.
Titles and dates enclosed in brackets were supplied by the archivists.
Creator
- Title
- Gibb, H. A. R. (Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen), 1895-1971. Papers of Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb, 1899-1962 : an inventory
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Date
- April 13, 2017
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua03017
Repository Details
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