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ARD, Chronological Files, Jan. - Mar. 1956., 01/11/1956-03/31/1956

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 50
Identifier: 48555

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

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

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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