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GB 891 RAS OC2-RAS OC2/6 · File · 1962 - 1963
Part of Association of British Orientalists

Information concerning the 12th Conference of British Orientalists and the Association of British Orientalists. These are:

  • "Association of British Orientalists: The Nature and Aims of the ABO".
  • Letter from T.F. Mitchell, Secretary of Association of British Orientalists, to members or prospective members to enclose an account of the nature and aims of the Society and a report from the recent conference, dated 31 October 1962.
  • "12th Conference of British Orientalists". Report from the conference held from 3-6 September in Durham. Standing order form for membership fees to be paid on 1st March 1963 and annually thereafter.
Association of British Orientalists
GB 891 RB-RB/3-RB/3/3 · File · 8 November 1890
Part of Papers of Richard Francis Burton

“Mr Smalley on Captain Burton”. Extract from The Critic, 8 November 1890. The author is apparently George Washburn Smalley (1833-1916) at this date London correspondent of The New York Tribune. It is not clear whether the item was written for The Critic or reprinted from the Tribune.

Richard Francis Burton
“Lady Burton”
GB 891 RB-RB/3-RB/3/12 · File · May 1896
Part of Papers of Richard Francis Burton

“Lady Burton” by Raymond Blathwayt, Bookman, May 1896. An interview conducted some months before her death and published just after it. Illustrated with portraits of Burton and Lady Burton, and a picture of Burton’s mausoleum.

Burton Isabel 1831-1896
“Burton at Damascus”
GB 891 RB-RB/3-RB/3/5 · Subseries · May 1891
Part of Papers of Richard Francis Burton

“Burton at Damascus” by Salih, Bookman, May 1891. “Salih” was the pen-name of the Reverend William Wright, author of An Account of Palmyra and Zenobia.

WrightWiliam . ( 1837–1899missionary and author