Michael Crocker Collection
Collection
Identifier: GTM-970128
Collection compiled by Michael Crocker, whose parents worked for ARAMCO. There are over 400 black-and-white photographs of people, places, and activities in Saudi Arabia from 1948 to 1955. The collection also includes 12 VHS tapes containing still images and video footage of people, places, and activities in Saudi Arabia. Some of these audiovisual recordings document the lives of American expats and their families in Saudi Arabia.
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Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Michael Crocker were transferred to Georgetown University in 1997 by Michael Crocker. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from the Booth Family Center for Special Collections.
Born in 1965 in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Michael Crocker grew up in that nation, where his parents worked for ARAMCO. He established the group “ARAMCO Brats, Incorporated” to document the lives of children whose parents worked for ARAMCO. That particular organization has been active for decades. Michael Crocker died on November 27, 2012. [Source: Michael Crocker obituary, online, accessed 6/28/24].
1.8 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)
English
Arabic
This collection was arranged into two series by the processing archivist.
Gift of Michael Crocker, 1997.
The collection was rehoused into acid-free boxes and folders.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository