Albert H. Lybyer Papers, 1919-1933
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Administrative/Biographical History
Albert Howe Lybyer (1876-1949) was a scholar of the history of the Middle East and the Balkans and served as an advisor on American policies in the Middle East.
Lybyer taught medieval and modern European history at Oberlin College from 1909 to 1913. From March to September 1919, he served as a technical advisor to the King-Crane Commission (also known as the Interallied Commission on Mandates in Turkey, American Section), led by Oberlin President Henry Churchill King and Chicago industrialist Charles R. Crane.
Lybyer also held teaching positions at Robart College (Istanbul, Turkey), 1900-06; Harvard University, 1907-09; and the University of Illinois, 1913-44. For more information, see the finding guide to the Albert H. Lybyer Papers (15/13/22) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Author: Melissa Gottwald Forms of Material (links to similar genres) Administrative InformationIn other repositories:
Albert H. Lybyer Papers, 1876-1949 (Series Number 15/13/22), University of Illinois Archives.
Donald M. Brodie Miscellaneous Papers 1919-1941, Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford University.
At Oberlin College Archives:
The King-Crane Commission Digital Collection (2011), Oberlin College Library, http://www.oberlin.edu/library/digital/king-crane/.
Henry Churchill King Presidential Papers (RG 2/6).
Carleton Family Papers (30/385).
Laurence and Frances MacDaniels Papers (RG 30/276), and Near East Relief Digital Collection, http://dcollections.oberlin.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/relief.
For more information please see http://www.oberlin.edu/library/digital/king-crane/.
INVENTORY
Note: These copies of King-Crane Commission material are for reference use only. The originals are held by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. See http://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=2187&q=lybyer.
Series I: Document Files #1, 2
Box 1 Document File 1; Items 1-85, 1919
Folder 1: 1-9 Correspondence between Lybyer, Wilson, and King
Folder 2: 10-19 Correspondence
General documents of Peace in Turkey
Map of Territory to be given to the Greek Kingdom
according to the French Plan
Folder 3: 20-39 Documents of Peace and Post Ward Reorganization
of Middle East
Correspondence
Daily Schedules
Census Findings
Folder 4: 40-49 Documents concerning Reconciling Post-World War I
Middle East
Folder 5: 50-61 Documents concerning Push for Liberation by Syria and
the Liberation Front's Demands concerning
Liberation
Folder 6: 62-69 Documents on American Commission to Negotiate
Peace's Functions
Folder 7: 70-79 Documents on Observations on Syrian and Palestinian
situations
Folder 8: 80-85 Official Documents pertaining to Syria and Palestine
Box 2 Document File 2
Misc. documents (incl. correspondence, statements, reports), 1919 (12f)
Handwritten papers in Arabic and Hebrew
Series II: Chronological Files
Box 3
June 1919
July 1919
August 1-7, 1919 (2f)
August 8-31, 1919
September - December, 1919
October 1920
1922
1923
1924
1928
1933
Series III: Diary
Box 4
Folder 1: Handwritten Diary, January 1 - September 19, 1919; October
31 – November 5, 1919; November 12, 1919
Folder 2: Transcribed Diary: January 1 - March 30, 1919
Folder 3: Transcribed Diary: March 31 - September 15, 1919
Series IV: Miscellaneous
Box 4 (cont.)
Folder 1: Address Book, 1919
Folder 2: Memo Book, 1919
Series V: Photographs (photocopies)
Box 4 (cont.)
Folder 1: Palestine(Bethlehem, Nebron), 1919
Lebanon (Beirut, Tripoli), Jordan (Amman), 1919
Turkey (Adana, Alexandretta, Tarsus), 1919
Syria (Ateppo), 1919
Syria (Homs), 1919
Folder 2: Syria (Deraa), 1919
Syria (Damascus), 1919
Syria (Acre, Maifa), 1919
Palestine (Nazareth, Sea of Galilee), 1919
Palestine (Nablus, Samaria), 1919
Palestine (Jerusalem, Jericho, Joppa), 1919
Palestine (Jemin), 1919
Folder 3: Hungary, 1919
"Rumania", 1919
S.S. Maid of Honor, 1919
Various unidentified Locations, c. 1919