ARD, Chronological Files, Jan. - Mar. 1956., 01/11/1956-03/31/1956
Series-level Scope and Content Note
Chronological files for the Arabian Affairs Department of Aramco.
Dates
- 01/11/1956-03/31/1956
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Extent
From the Collection: 19.5 Linear Feet (18 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
Carbon correspondence and reports for the Arabian Research Division and Local Government Relations of Aramco. Includes discussion of common management issues, Saudi relations with Syria and Great Britain, Saudi boundary disputes (esp. with Oman and Abu Dhabi), al-Buraimi Oasis, Saudi press, water wells, mapping, Saudi taxes (zakah), Aramco language and translation services, suspension of Akhbar Al-Dhahran newspaper and arrest of its editor, gambling, and biographical sketches of Shaikh Saqr ibn Sultan and Abu Sindah. Includes correspondence to and from W. Spurlock, William E. Mulligan, Homer C. Mueller, W. Burleigh, W. R. Chandler of the Trans-Arabian Pipe Line Company, James Terry Duce, J. A. Fadil, F. S. Vidal, M. C. Adolphus, A. H. Chapman, G. E. Mandis, Shaikh Yusuf Yasin (carbon to), Thomas C. Barger, R. A. Bramkamp, James V. Knight, John W. Carrigan, and R. M. Henry.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
ARAMCO (1956) - ARABIAN RESEARCH DIVISION - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter
ARAMCO (1956) - LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS - CORRESP.: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - RELATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
GREAT BRITAIN (1956) - RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIA - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - RELATIONS WITH SYRIA - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SYRIA (1956) - RELATIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIA - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - BOUNDARY DISPUTES - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
OMAN (1956) - BOUNDARY DISPUTES - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
ABU DHABI (1956) - BOUNDARY DISPUTES - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - AL-BURAIMI INCIDENTS - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
BURAIMI OASIS (1956) - INCIDENTS - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
BURAIMI OASIS (1956) - INCIDENTS - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - PRESS - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - WATER WELLS - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - MAPPING & BOUNDARIES - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - TAXES (ZAKAH) - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
ARAMCO (1956) - LANGUAGE & TRANSLATION SERVICES - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
AKHBAR AL-DHAHRAN (1956) - ARREST OF EDITOR - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAUDI ARABIA (1956) - GAMBLING - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SAQR IBN SULTAN - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
ABU SINDAH - CORRESP. RE: Autographed Letter
SPURLOCK, WOODSON S. - CORRESP. TO & FROM: Autographed Letter
MULLIGAN, WILLIAM E. - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter
MUELLER, HOMER C. - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter
BURLEIGH, WILLIAM, JR. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
CHANDLER, WILLIAM R. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
TRANS-ARABIAN PIPE LINE COMPANY (1956) - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
DUCE, JAMES TERRY - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
FADIL, JOSEPH A. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
VIDAL, FEDERICO S. "RICK" - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
ADOLPHUS, MARK C. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
CHAPMAN, ALEXANDER H. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
MANDIS, GEORGE E. - CORRESP. TO & FROM: Autographed Letter
YASIN, YUSUF - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
BARGER, THOMAS C. - CORRESP. TO & FROM: Autographed Letter
BRAMKAMP, RICHARD A. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
KNIGHT, JAMES V. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
CARRIGAN, JOHN W. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
HENRY, ROBERT M. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter
Creator
- From the Collection: Mulligan, William E. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu