Front page of the Damascene newspaper al-Mufid, printed on Thursday, July 3, 1919. The first article titled “Fi Sabil al-Watan” (for the homeland’s sake) is directed to the youth; author Jamil Merdem Bik extols the “noble and patriotic...
Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Travel -- Sources ; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Records and correspondence
Schedule of Commission appointments and interviews in Constantinople, on July 31. Several handwritten additions and annotations.
Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Travel -- Sources ; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Records and correspondence
Schedule of delegations met by the Commission on Tuesday, August 12, including numerous former provincial administrators.
Yale, William, 1887-1975 ; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Records and correspondence ; Palestine -- Religion ; Syria -- Autonomy and independence movements
Report produced by Captain William Yale in July 1919, in which he calls sentiments of national feeling an orchestrated manifestation of propaganda.
United States. American Military Mission to Armenia. Report ; Armenian question ; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section
Excerpt from the conclusions of the Harbord Commission Report, which emphasizes reasons for and against the United States accepting a mandate in the Middle East.
Lybyer, Albert Howe, 1876-1949 ; Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) -- Reporters and reporting ; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- History -- Sources
Albert H. Lybyer's personal handwritten diary from 1919, covering both the Paris Peace Conference and the King-Crane Commission.
Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- History -- Sources; Brodie, Donald Melrose, 1890-1974; Crane, Charles Richard, 1858-1939; King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934; Lybyer, Albert Howe, 1876-1949; Montgomery, George...
Group portrait of the King-Crane Commission and other persons unknown, possibly in Damascus, 1919. Tentatively identified persons include Commission physician and interpreter Sami Haddad (standing, in white suit), Commissioners Charles R. Crane and...
Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- History -- Sources; King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934 -- Diaries; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Travel
Appointment book of Henry Churchill King, President of Oberlin College and Commissioner on the Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey, covering the entirety of 1919. Handwritten notes detail events and meetings both prior to the Commission's...
Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- History -- Sources; Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965 -- Correspondence; King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934 -- Correspondence; Consultants -- Salaries, etc.; United States....
Joseph Grew, Secretary-General of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris, informs Henry Churchill King of the salaries that have been approved for the Commission personnel, as well as the general appropriation for the Commission's work.
United States. American Commission to Negotiate Peace -- History -- Sources; House, Edward Howard, 1836-1901 -- Correspondence; King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934 -- Correspondence
Unsigned draft or copy of a letter, probably from Henry Churchill King, to Colonel Edward M. House expressing his and Charles Crane's concern that the Commission will not have any honest purpose unless the creation of Turkish mandates at the Peace...
Petitions -- Syria -- History -- 20th century ; Great Britain. Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (South) ; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Records and correspondence
List of petitions received from O.E.T.A. South between January and March 1919, sent to the Commission from an unknown individual. Assigns each petition a separate number, preceded be ""S"".
United States. American Commission to Negotiate Peace -- History -- Sources; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- History -- Sources; House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 -- Correspondence; King, Henry Churchill, 1858-1934...
Unsigned copy or draft of a letter, probably from Henry Churchill King, to Colonel Edward M. House arguing that the Commission will be placed in a false position if its investigation happens while the discussion of mandates continues in Paris. This...
Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Records and correspondence ; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Travel
Outline, probably drafted by Albert H. Lybyer, of the key parts of the Commission's inquiry, and correspondingly, the structure of the Commission report.
Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Records and correspondence ; Palestine -- Foreign relations
This document is a handwritten transcript of a speech delivered by President Dikrat, welcoming the Commission and commending its commitment to justice and freedom. President Dikrat also commends his compatriots from all religious and ethnic...
Petitions -- Middle East -- History ; Syria -- Boundaries -- History -- Sources ; Turkey -- Boundaries ; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Records and correspondence
Handwritten petition addressing the status of Cilicia, and whether the province should be part of Syria or Turkey. A note attached at the beginning indicates that due to urgency, the petition is a draft of what was meant to be a more formal...
Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Travel ; Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey. American Section -- Records and correspondence ; Turkey -- Foreign relations -- United States ; United States -- Foreign...
Typed notes from a series of interviews conducted by the Commission in Constantinople between August 1st and 11th. Included here as a single record, since they were stapled together by Albert Lybyer.
