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GB 891 GT-GT/1-GT/1/14 · File · Dec 1956
Part of Papers of Gerald Tibbetts

Volume 9 of The Malayan Journal of Tropical Geography, published by The Department of Geography at the University of Malaya in Singapore. This includes an article by Gerald Tibbetts entitled: 'The Malay Peninsula as known to the Arab Geographers.' Inserted into one of the volumes is a Purchase Order from the Library of Congress for new books and periodicals. Inserted within the other volume is printed music and lyrics for 'Malayan Patriotic Song' and a sheet of handwritten notes.

Tibbetts Gerald R. 1926-1999
GB 891 GT-GT/1-GT/1/13 · File · Oct 1954
Part of Papers of Gerald Tibbetts

Volume 3 of The Malayan Journal of Tropical Geography, published by the Department of Geography at the University of Malaya in Singapore. It contains an article by Gerald Tibbetts entitled: 'Early Western Cartography and the Arabian Peninsula.' Also contains a typed letter thanking Gerald for his contribution to the journal.

Tibbetts Gerald R. 1926-1999
GB 891 DD-DD/1-DD/1/7 · File · 1st May 1951 - 19th May 1971
Part of Papers of Dennis Duncanson

Various photocopies and typed articles:

  • Photocopy of 'The Manifesto and Platform of the Viet-Nam Lao Dong Party' founded at a National Congress held in North Vietnam in February 1951. This was included in a Supplement to People's China, Vol. III, No. 9, May 1, 1951.
  • Typed copy of a telegram of the Lien Viet National Committee to the Executive Committee of the Soviet Communist Party and to the Government of the Soviet Union, dated 14 March 1953 concerning the death of Stalin.
  • 'Note on the Viet-Minh Movement', typed, dated 1 November 1951
  • Typed notes in French connected to Brimmell, 1959; Honey, 1963, Fall, 1956; and Vietnam Research Documents and Notes, Saigon, 1968: No 37, item3, p.6.
  • Photocopy of ,Translations on North Vietnam No.940: Documents on the August Revolution,, dated 19 May 1971.
GB 891 WAN-WAN/1 · File · 1986 - 1993
Part of Papers of William Adair Nelson (1907-1993)

This is a typed manuscript of Nelson's book Fort Jesus of Mombasa. He first went to the Fort in September 1986, so the manuscript will have been written sometime between this visit and his death in 1993. The manuscript contains colour photographs, diagrams and an index. 240 A4 sheets.

Nelson William Adair 1907-1993 Finance Officer of Aberdeen University, Author
GB 891 ACG-ACG/24-ACG/24/4-ACG/24/4/26 · File · 14th Sep 1979
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Meaning of 'Tao' in Chuang Tzu,  copy of draft paper by Dennis M. Ahern; attached to a memorandum sent to JB, said to be included in the forthcoming Experimental Essays on Chuang Tzu by Victor Mair, but not included in the final edition of the book.

Ahern Dennis M. 1944-
The Megha-Sūtra
GB 891 BHH-BHH/15-BHH/15/18 · File · Apr 1880
Part of Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson

"The Megha-Sūtra" by Cecil Bendall, published by the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, April 1880. Printed pamphlet in English and Sanskrit, with Hodgson's annotations, 1 item, dated April 1880.

Bendall Cecil 1856-1906 Professor of Sanskrit
The Minotaur
GB 891 ACG-ACG/16-ACG/16/2-ACG/16/2/2 · File
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

The Minotaur, notes on the structural analysis of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.

Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991
The Movement of the Way
GB 891 ACG-ACG/2-ACG/2/2-ACG/2/2/3 · File · 28th Jul 1961
Part of Papers of Angus C. Graham

"The Movement of the Way", copy of a news-cutting from The Times Literary Supplement of a review of The Book of Lieh-tzu and of Change. Eight lectures on the I Ching by Hellmut Wilhelm translated by Cary F. Bayner. A handwritten annotation specifies the date. With the photocopy is note a from the UNESCO's Département des activités culturelles which says "Not much controversy, but I hope you find this pleasing nevertheless".