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GB 891 WR-WR/2
Title
Hajj Papers - Roff
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- 1977 - 1982 (Creation)
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1 archival folder typed with annotations
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Papers written by Roff about Hajj. These are:
- 'The meaning of the Meccan Pilgrimage for Southeast Asian Islam'. This came from a folder dated 1977 and is annotated with 'read at Jerusalem Conf., & to be published in proceedings'. Typed, 10 pages. With the paper are handwritten and typed notes on Hajj, and a typed notice from the Colombia University in the City of New York, advertising a lecture series entitled, 'The Pilgrimage Process: Transience as a Means of Religious Community'; 16 pieces.
- 'Pilgrimage and the History of Religions: Theoretical Approaches to the Hajj'. This came from a folder dated 1980 and is annotated, 'Read at Phoenix Conf., & to be published in [Martin] edited vol.'. Typed, 18 pages.
- 'Sanitation and Security: The Imperial Powers and the Nineteenth Century Hajj'. This is annotated 'Arabian Studies, VI' which was published in 1982. Typed, 43 pages.
- 'Works cited', a handwritten bibliography for an unknown paper, 5 pieces.
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- English
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- Roff William R. 1929-2013 (Subject)