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Starting points for research on the British Mandate in Palestine

Bibliographies and Indexes

To Find Location of a Book, Please Check the Catalog

Arkhiyon ha-Tsiyoni ha-merkazi (Jerusalem). List of files of the archives of the Jewish Agency Office in Washington, 1945-1948. Jerusalem : ha-Arkhiyon, 1995. Obtain through ILL.

Auchterlonie, Paul. Union catalogue of Arabic serials and newspapers in British libraries. London : Mansell, 1977. Z6958 .A7 A93

Bet ha-sefarim ha-leumi veha-universitai bi-Yerushalayim. Mahleket kitve ha-yad veha-arkhiyonim. Finding aids to manuscript and archive collections on microfiche : the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem. Zug, Switzerland : IDC, 198-?. Microfilms/Newspapers. Microfiche M-2022.

DeWitt, Donald L., 1938-. Articles describing archives and manuscript collections in the United States : an annotated bibliography. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997. CD3022 .A2 D478 1997.

DeWitt, Donald L., 1938-. Guides to archives and manuscript collections in the United States : an annotated bibliography / compiled by Donald L. DeWitt. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994. CD3022 .A2 D48 1994.

Guide to America-Holy Land studies / edited by Nathan M. Kaganoff. New York : Arno Press, 1980-. Z3479 .A43 G84

Guide to the archival record groups and collections / Central Zionist Archives. Jerusalem : [The Archives, 1997] Z6374 .Z5 A75 1997

Israel State Archives, Jerusalem. New York : Garland, 1991. Obtain through ILL.

Jones, Philip, 1928-. Britain and Palestine, 1914-1948 : archival sources for the history of the British Mandate. Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, c1979. Z3476 .J66.

Post war bibliography of the Near Eastern mandates; a preliminary survey of publications on the social sciences dealing with Iraq, Palestine and Trans-Jordan, and the Syrian States from Nov. 11, 1918 to Dec. 31, 1929. Beirut : American Press, 1932. DS63 .P67 1932a v.1.  Obtain other volumes through ILL.

Selim, George Dimitri, 1931-. Arab-world newspapers in the Library of Congress : a list. Washington DC : Library of Congress, 1980. Z6958.A7 S44

Shumali, Qustandi, 1946-. Jaridat "Mirat al-Sharq", 1919-1939 : dirasah naqdiyah wa-fihris tarikhi lil-nusus al-adabiyah wa-al-thaqafiyah. Al-Quds : Jamiyat al-Dirasat al-Arabiyah, 1992. Obtain through ILL.

Shumali, Qustandi, 1946-. Jaridat Filastin, 1911-1967 : dirasah naqdiyah wa-fihris tarikhi lil-nusus al-adabiyah wa-al-thaqafiyah. Al-Quds : Markaz Abhath al-Quds, 1992. PN5449.P19 S58 1992

INDEXES FOR WHICH ONE SHOULD CONSULT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

British and foreign state papers. London : H.M.S.O., [18 -c1977] 1939-1960's: 327.42 G798b. To 1939: Microfilm/Newspapers. Microfiche M-177.

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Documents on British foreign policy, 1919-1939. Documents on British foreign policy, 1919-1939-. 327.42 G798d

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Index to the correspondence of the Foreign Office. Nendeln, Kraus-Thomson, 1969-. Z2027 .R4 G73.

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Indexes to the 'Green' or secret papers among the general correspondence of the Foreign Office. Nendeln, Kraus-Thomson [c1969]-. Z2027 .R4 G732. 1921/38-1940.

Great Britain. Parliamentary Papers. Ask for help in Government Publications.

League of Nations papers. Ask for help in Government Publications.

Source Materials

To Find Location of a Book, Please Check the Catalog

Confidential British Foreign Office political correspondence : Palestine, 1947-1949. Bethesda : University Publications of America, c1994. Microfilms/Newspapers. Microfilm A8533 (46 reels).

Confidential British Foreign Office political correspondence : Palestine and Transjordan, 1940-1946. Bethesda : University Publications of America, c1994. Microfilms/Newspapers. Microfilm A8532. (35 reels). There is a reel guide or see OCLC #35011882 for printed guide.

Israel-Arab reader : a documentary history of the Middle East Conflict. New York : Penguin Books, 1995. DS119.7 .I8256 1995.

Najjar, Aida Ali, 1938-. The Arabic press and nationalism in Palestine 1920-1948. 1875. Thesis. Obtain through the database Dissertations & Theses: Full Text.

Palestine : the British mandate : a collection of sources from 1917-1940, published on microfiche. Zug, Switzerland : IDC, 199-?. Obtain through ILL.

Political documents of the Jewish Agency. Jerusalem : Hassifriya Haziyonit, 1996-. Obtain through ILL.

Rose, N.A. The Gentile Zionists : a study in Anglo-Zionist diplomacy, 1929-1939. London, Cass [1973] DS126 .R65 1973.

Yehoshua, Jacob. Tarikh al-sihafah al-Arabiyah fi Filastin. Jerusalem : J. Yehoshua, 1974-1983. Obtain through ILL.

Yubil Lisan al-hal al-dhahabi : 1877-1927. Bayrut : al-Matbaah al-Adabiyah, 1927. PN5359 .Z94 1927.

Websites

Subject Headings to Search in the UW Online Catalog or in Worldcat

Names:

Arkhiyon ha-Tsiyoni ha-merkazi (Jerusalem)
Great Britain - Foreign relations - Palestine.
Great Britain. Colonial Office - Palestine.
Great Britain. Colonial Office.
Great Britain. Palestine Royal Commission.
Israel. Ganzakh ha-medinah
Jewish Arab Relations - 1917-1949.
Jewish Agency for Palestine
Palestine - Foreign relations - Great Britain.
Zionist Organization of America

Subjects:

Archives - Palestine.
Palestine - History - 1917-1948.
Palestine - History - 1917-1948.
Palestine - History - 1929-1948.
Palestine - History - Sources - Catalogs.
Palestine - History - Sources - Catalogs.
Palestine - History - Sources.
Palestine - History - Sources.
Palestine - Politics and government - 1917-1948.
Palestine - Politics and government - 1917-1948.
Zionism - History - 20th century - Sources.

Title: Palestine, the British Mandate.

Keywords: Palestine and Mandate.

For correspondence of individual leaders, search their names in catalogs, databases.

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