Subject
Arabic language[Browse]Diplomatic and consular service, American—20th century—Saudi Arabia[Browse]Diplomatic and consular service, American—20th century—Yemen[Browse]English literature—18th century[Browse]Petroleum industry and trade—Saudi Arabia[Browse]World War, 1939 -1945—Secret service—United States[Browse]Middle East—photographs—Kings and rulers[Browse]Saudi Arabia—photographs[Browse]Saudi Arabia—Foreign relations—United States—20th century[Browse]United States—20th century—Foreign relations—Saudi Arabia[Browse]United States—20th century—Foreign relations—Treaties[Browse]United States—20th century—Foreign relations—Yemen[Browse]Yemen—Foreign relations—United States—20th century[Browse]American University in Cairo. Department of English and Comparative Literature[Browse]Arabian American oil company[Browse]Hobart College[Browse]Princeton University. Class of 1917[Browse]Swift, Jonathan[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
ara,eng,fra
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
24 boxes1 folder
Library
Princeton University Library
Record ID
998821583506421
Library Location
Mudd Manuscript Library - Mudd Archival. Special Collections Use Only
Notes
The papers of William A. Eddy (1896-1962), educator, diplomat, minister to Saudi Arabia, intelligence agent, and college president, focus on his presidency of Hobart College (1936-1941), his work in U.S. - Middle East policy, and his family life in the period from 1917-1962. The holdings of his personal and family correspondence is extensive. The collection contains all correspondence from his term as president of Hobart College, 1936-1941. Many military documents are included, especially in the years 1941-1946 (the planning of the North African landings, the FDR/Ibn Saud meeting, the Treaty of the Yemen). There are many geneological papers and letters from Eddy's relatives concerning American missionary work in the Middle East. There are numerous publications concerning 18th C. English literature, religious and civic duties, U.S. Foreign policy re Israel and the Arabs, and sociological accounts of the Middle East. The collection is composed of personal/professional correspondence, documents, diaries and notebooks, addresses, publications, manuscripts of Eddy's books and articles (including unpublished MSs), scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, and memorabilia.Consists of papers of Eddy (Princeton Class of 1917). Included are notes and articles (and drafts) concerning his interests in the Arabic language, 18th-century literature, and Jonathan Swift; Hobart College presidency correspondence and related scrapbooks; military documents regarding his role in planning WWII North African landings, the President Roosevelt/King Ibn Saud meeting at the Suez Canal, and the U.S. treaty with Yemen (1946); numerous addresses, some college journals, and class notebooks; and photographs of Middle East dignitaries and landscapes. In addition, there are genealogical papers, memoirs, family correspondence, and papers (1937-1978) of his wife, Mary Garvin Eddy, and films.
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Correspondence[Browse]Documents[Browse]Family papers[Browse]Photographs, Original[Browse]Scrapbooks[Browse]
