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Joseph Levy Papers MS.275

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Joseph Levy Papers MS.275 MS.275 1 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Title: Joseph Levy papers source: Levy, Robley Creator: Levy, Joseph M. (Joseph Meyer), 1901-1965 Identifier/Call Number: MS.275 Physical Description: 13 Linear Feet17 half cartons; 4 flats Date (inclusive): 1920-1971 Storage Unit: 1-21 Conditions Governing Access Collection open for research. Conditions Governing Use Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit the UCSC Special Collections and Archives website. Preferred Citation Joseph Levy papers. MS 275. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Immediate Source of Acquisition Gift of Robley Levy, Joseph Levy's daughter-in-law. Biographical / Historical Joseph Meyer Levy (1901-1965) was an American citizen, due to his father’s citizenship, who was born, brought up and educated in Palestine. He was the New York Times correspondent for the Middle East, reporting from Jerusalem in Palestine, and Cairo, Egypt from 1928 to 1940, and from Ankara, Turkey from 1943 to 1944. Previously he had worked for the Civil Authorities of the British Mandate in Jerusalem. He was multilingual, speaking English, French, German, Hungarian, Hebrew, Yiddish, and a number of Arabic dialects. His Arabic was augmented by his experiences living with the Bedouin in the desert for six months. Following his work with the New York Times he worked for the American Jewish Committee in New York, and was a public relations representative for Congressman Emmanuel Cellar and the French government in the U.S., for Ambassadors Herve Alphand and Couve de Mourville. Chronology 1920 - employed as a clerk for the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) 1928 - appointed New York Times correspondent 1930's - reviews and reports on Middle East situations, including the administrative, political, psychological and social causes. Corresponds with British intelligence and armed forces, General Henry Maitland Wilson 1936 - British forces commendation 1943-1944 - reports on the plight of the Jewish people in the Balkans and Eastern Europe 1945 - suffers ill health; denied accreditation and Egyptian visa 1946 - retires from the New York Times 1948-1950 - corresponds with Nessim Moreno and starts work for the American Jewish Committee 1954-1959 - Public Relations Representative for Congressman Emmanuel Cellar and the French government in the U.S. with ambassadors Herve Alphand and Couve de Murville 1960 - awarded Legion of Honor by French ambassador Herve Alphand 1965 - Joseph Levy dies - obituary written by Ben Avi for Maariv Among the significant issues, though not a comprehensive list, on which these documents shed light are: Actions of the British Civil and Military Authorities in Palestine in the 1920’s and 1930’s Arab/Jewish relations in Palestine, both Arab and Jewish political factions, ambitions and actions, and the Arab Riots of 1929 The British Commission of Inquiry, 1929 Jewish and Zionist politics both in Palestine and internationally

Joseph Levy Papers MS.275 MS.275 2 Issues of Jewish immigration and its impact on Palestine and Palestinians In the run up to World War II, potential Arab alliance with the Axis Powers Events in Egypt from the death of King Fuad and the ascension of Farouk to onset of World War II, including reports of archaeological finds The War in the Western Desert The Axis threat to the Middle East Jewish refugee crisis in the Balkans as the Germans moved east toward the the end of the war Biography written by Robley Levy, Joseph Levy's daughter-in-law. Content Description This collection contains daily dispatches from Jerusalem, Cairo, and Ankara between 1928 and 1945. In addition there is personal correspondence, research materials, financial papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera that document Levy's journalism career, and the events and politics of the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Joseph Levy’s papers contain substantial raw historical information. Particularly rich are the voluminous near daily and sometimes several times a day dispatches from Jerusalem, Cairo and Ankara between 1928 and 1945. While Levy's work often appeared in the New York Times , these documents offer many that were not used for publication and which contain substantially greater detail and information than those that were printed. Arrangement Collection is arranged chronologically by series. Original folder titles were retained when possible. Related Materials For more on Joseph M. Levy and his work, see: The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Israeli State Archive Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Many of the documents in this collection are in fragile condition. Subjects and Indexing Terms Journalism Middle East Balkan Peninsula Levy, Joseph M. Levy, Robley

Correspondence, Cables, and Dispatches 1897, 1920-1971 Scope and Contents This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, cables, and dispatches from the Middle East for the New York Times. In 1943-1944 Levy reports on Jewish refugees and their transit from Balkan death camps; UNRAA assistance; and Balkan, Turkish, Transnistrian and Yugoslavian politics as Russians advance. Also included are dispatches sent by Joseph Levy's "stringers", Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna, and writings by others. Documents and correspondence are in English, French, German, Hebrew, Arabic, and Greek. Note to researchers: Summary titles for each folder represent only a portion of the topics enclosed. Work may also include background information, unpublished articles, and essays.

Box 1, Folder 1 Correspondence 1920, 1931-1971 Box 1, Folder 2 Dispatches to New York Times submitted "on spec" circa 1926-1927 Box 1, Folder 3 Appointment - New York Times Middle East correspondent 1928 Box 1, Folder 4 Correspondence and dispatches 1928 Box 1, Folder 5 Cables regarding instability, King Ibn Saud, Syrian and Palestinian unrest 1929 Box 1, Folder 6 Untermeyer's speech as handed to Joseph Levy circa 1925-1929 Box 1, Folder 7 Communique: Jewish Community of Palestine General Council - Vaad Leumi 1929 Box 1, Folder 8 Archaeology, American School of Oriental Research Jerusalem, Kingdom of Ibn Saud, Lateran Treaty, Iraq and Persia agreement, festivals, Syria January-August 1929

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Box 1, Folder 9-10 Arab boycott, Palestine riots, battleship Ramilles, Hebron massacre 1929 Box 1, Folder 11 Dedication David Wolfsohn Memorial Library, Syria, locust invasion, celebrations, British relations, boycotts, executions, riot trials, Anglo-Egyptian negotiations January-May 1930 Box 2, Folder 1 First women police in the East, political/economic situation in Syria and Lebanon, Jewish National and University Library, visit of Colonel & Mrs. Adler January-April 1930 Box 2, Folder 2 Agriculture, archaeology, Bethlehem, Kurds and Turks, Egyptian tariffs, Mosul oil pipeline, Anglo-Iraq Treaty, Jewish colonies, Arab-British relations August-December 1930 Box 2, Folder 3 Bank communiques 1930 Box 2, Folder 4 Archaeology, Wafdists, Balfour, Palestine 1930 Box 2, Folder 5 Cables sent by Meltzer: archaeology, Dead Sea resort, Wailing Wall Commission, Palestine-Arab delegation May-August 1930 Box 2, Folder 6-7 Articles and working materials 1930-1931 Box 2, Folder 8-9 Reisner Report on Archaeology in Egypt 1931-1932 Box 3, Folder 1 Minorities in Iraq, drug traffic, Mosul Pipeline, MacDonald Addenda, elections, aviation company in Cairo, mineral deposits January-February 1931 Box 3, Folder 2 Graf Zeppelin, Wafdists, Arab-Jewish parlays, Iraq and Hedjaz, elections, archaeology, Egyptian tariffs February-April 1931 Box 3, Folder 3 Personal correspondence to editors and press managers re: travel requests, journalists' credentials and authorizations, J.P. Morgan Holy Land visit February-July 1931 Box 3, Folder 4 Arming of Jews, archaeology, Egypt and Soviet cotton deal, Wailing Wall ruling, labor strikes, elections, riots April-July 1931 Box 3, Folder 5 New York Times editor to Levy re: Zionists. Howard Carter, Birchall situation - Cyprus August-December 1931 Box 3, Folder 6 Demonstrations and riots Palestine, Bethlehem festivities, Egyptian sanctions, archaeology, elections Syria, King Fuad, Moslem Congress, cotton sales, Armenian church, monetary issues France/Egypt August-December 1931 Box 3, Folder 7 "Prospects for the Moslem Congress" 1932 Box 3, Folder 8 Archaeology, Palestine and Jerusalem revolts, elections, British occupation in Egypt 1932 Box 3, Folder 9-10 Correspondence and telegrams 1932 Box 4, Folder 1 Desert revolts, British occupation in Europe, Iraq revolution, archaeology in Egypt, speech by Sir Frederick Palmer, opening of Oriental Hall, address delivered by A. Stanley Parker to Alexandria Rotary Club. Background material re: G. A. Reisner archaeological finds 1932 Box 4, Folder 2 Supplementary Report on Agriculture Development and Land Settlement in Palestine by Lewis French April 20, 1932 Box 4, Folder 3 Explorations in Edom, Palestine Jewry, Dog River (Nahr el Kelb) Syria, Dept. of Antiquities communiques 1932-1933 Box 4, Folder 4 Correspondence and cables - including first Jewish people from Germany settle in Palestine 1933 Box 4, Folder 5 Jewish team wins honors, water shortages, archaeology, Bulgarian opium trade January-April 1933 Box 4, Folder 6 Egyptian girl flyer, U.S Envoy visits King Fuad, Palestine acts on Jewish entry, Arab riots Jerusalem/Palestine, Abyssinian Empress, Moab expedition, American oil concession, Nubian tombs, attacks on missions May-December 1933 Box 4, Folder 7 Correspondence and cables regarding expense accounts, permissions, policies Dec. 1933-Dec. 1934 Box 4, Folder 8 Palestine takes Reich goods, King Fuad, archaeology, Arlosorloff trial January-December 1934 Box 5, Folder 1 Cairo students, Palestine council, Egypt and British relations/independence, archaeology, Italians protest Egyptian sanctions, Henrietta Szold, Arabs, Ethiopians and Mussolini January-December 1935 Box 5, Folder 2 Correspondence and cables including Dr. Magnus and Hebrew University, Alexandria rebel crew - Greek navy January-December 1935

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Box 5, Folder 3 "Egypt Uncertain on Ties to Britain", King Fuad, Reich envoy in Egyptian desert, Tel Aviv aviation fair, Syrian strike January-April 1936 Box 5, Folder 4 Correspondence and cables regarding editorial style, expense accounts. Includes visit of Leo Kieran on the Hindenburg January-June 1936 Box 5, Folder 5 "Disturbed situation Palestine...", British Cheshire regiment, Syria, riots, archaeology, Haile Selassie, King Farouk May-June 1936 Box 5, Folder 6 "The Verdun of the Arabs", Radio London, archaeology, typewritten copies from Iraqi papers June-September 1936 Box 5, Folder 7 Weekend dispatches, expense accounts. Includes King Fuad obituary July-December 1936 Box 5, Folder 8 "Jews in Palestine Fight concessions", Dr. Weizmann, Iraq Coup, Tel Aviv school bomb, British Palestine relations, July-December 1936 Box 6, Folder 1 Nile article by Esther Levy, "The Nile Basin" by H.E. Hurst, "Jerusalem - Ideal Summer Resort", "Britain's Interest in Egypt", "An Arabic Village"… circa 1932-1936 Box 6, Folder 2 "The Moslem Attitude in the Italo-Abyssinian Conflict", "Egypt the Winter Resort of the World" circa 1932-1936 Box 6, Folder 3 Palestine vignettes including: "Shoemakers of Palestine Federate", "A Day in a Kwatza" (Kevutzah) 1936 Box 6, Folder 4 "The Arab Jewish Problem in Palestine", "Myth of Pan Arabism", "Review of the Political Situation in Palestine…" - notes, pamphlets, correspondence, lecture playbills circa 1936 Box 6, Folder 5 Writings by others, including Henry Filmer, Alan Rowe, Arthur Salzberger circa 1936 Box 6, Folder 6 "Poor Quarters Hail Egyptian King", "Arab Unity is Still Remote", "Palestine Arabs Win Moslem Rulers' Aid", coronation day, "Palestine Grove Given to Toscanini" January-July 1937 Box 6, Folder 7 "Nahas Having Refused…", Egyptian Cabinet, Jewish Board Bans, Egyptian premier assassination attempt, "Syria Toll Raised by Renewed Rains", Arab-Britain relations August-December 1937 Box 6, Folder 8 Correspondence and cables January-December 1937 Box 7, Folder 1 Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna - articles and correspondence from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv including "The Toy Port", "New Zionist Organisation", "Pan Arabism and Counter Movement" 1937 Box 7, Folder 2 Extra copies, articles, reports - including "The Land of Sheba" by H. St. John Philby, "The Coup d'Etat of October 20th" January-July 1937 Box 7, Folder 3 Backup material including: "Mentality for the Holy Land", "The Drama for the Royal Commission", extracts from radio bulletins re: Palestine; pamphlet, "The Hidden Land of Judah" by O.B. Good circa 1937-1940 Box 7, Folder 4 Writings and correspondence - "Infant Welfare Centre's Lottery", broadcast from the pyramids, letter of introduction and photographer's pass for Herbert Gehr, celebration of King Farouk's 18th birthday, Levy's broadcast to America (Feb. 11, 1938), speech written for Egyptian prime minister Aly Maher Pasha (Aug. 1, 1939), "The British Intelligence Service" 1937-1939 Box 7, Folder 5 Correspondence to the Cairo office of the New York Times 1938 Box 7, Folder 6 Cables and mail dispatches, including: "Troops Route Arabs in Palestine Clash", "Powers Seek Turks' Favor", "Toscanini Repeats Palestine Triumph", "King Farouk Makes Farida His Queen" January-July 1938 Box 8, Folder 1 Correspondence and cables January-September 1938 Box 8, Folder 2 Cables and mail dispatches, including "7,500 Jews Aiding Palestine Forces", "Arabs and Troops Battle in Hebron" August-September 1938 Box 8, Folder 3 Cables and mail dispatches, including: "Five Members Defunct Arab Committee…", "Arab Group Offers Aid to the British", "First Briton Slain in Jerusalem Raid", "Arab Women Meet" September-December 1938 Box 8, Folder 4 Dispatches including: translation of address from Abdul Aziz Es Saud, King of Saudi Arabia to President Franklin Roosevelt; Pararab orange growers, "Palestine's Youth Immigration Movement", "Two Brit Soldiers Killed - Jenin" 1938 Box 8, Folder 5-6 Palestine reports and documents 1938 Box 8, Folder 7 Correspondence - personal 1938

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Box 9, Folder 1 Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna - articles and correspondence from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv including "The New British Statement on Palestine", "Bandits Lose Heavily in Acre Battles", "Twilight", Arabic propaganda cards 1937-1938 Box 9, Folder 2 Materials and notes for articles on Palestine, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt 1938-1939 Box 9, Folder 3 Cables and mail dispatches, including: "British Government...", "Defense of Nile Pushed by Egypt", "Mufti Is Pressed to Add Delegates" January-May 1939 Box 9, Folder 4 Correspondence and cables January-December 1939 Box 9, Folder 5 Cables and mail dispatches, including: "The Near East is Prepared", "French Drop Plan for a Syrian King", "Jerusalem Homes of Jews Searched" June-November 1939 Box 9, Folder 6 Dispatches including, "State of full preparedness...", "Two new Jewish agricultural…", "Zionist leaders Palestine…" January-November 1939 Box 9, Folder 7 Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna - articles and correspondence from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv including "The Passing of a Political…", "What Price Authority", "Revision of Revisionist Tactics?", "The Doomed Clan" 1939 Box 9, Folder 8 Personal correspondence 1939 Box 9, Folder 9 Personal correspondence and papers November 1939-November 1940 Box 10, Folder 1 Dispatches including, "Arrangements have now been completed for training Arab & Jewish recruits...", "The Last Chapter of Egyptian Leadership", "Judah and Ishmael" by Ittamar Ben Avi, "Palestine's Prosperity" 1940 Box 10, Folder 2 Cairo dispatches, including: "Armored Cars Battle Calvary", "Rare Finds Found in Egyptian Tomb", "Jerusalem land sale restrictions…" January-June 1940 Box 10, Folder 3 Cairo dispatches, including: "Massawa Raided by British", "Cairo Hears Nazis Back Afghan Coup", "Jigiga Road Region Raided", "Poles Join Wavell Army" July 1940 Box 10, Folder 4 Correspondence and dispatches 1940 Box 10, Folder 5 Cables, reports, and articles including, "The Arabs have long since been convinced of Hitler's invincibility…", "Collapse France and consequent uncertainty…", "Director general antiquities…" 1940 Box 10, Folder 6 Service cables and correspondence, including: "RAF fighters yesterday…", "Sudanese soldier hoisting the French flag…" February-November 1940 Box 10, Folder 7 Dispatches including, "Missionaries fear Italian…", "9 Planes Shot Down" August 1940 Box 10, Folder 8 Dispatches including, "Australian troops preparing join British…", "RAF raids Western desert…" September 1940 Box 10, Folder 9 Cables and mail dispatches, including: "While Italian armies…", "Two ships unloading quayside shattered by direct hit…" October-November 1940 Box 10, Folder 10 Communiques and background material 1940 Box 10, Folder 11 Letters and cables for others, including cable sent to Winston Churchill written for Aly Maher Pasha December 1939-May 1940 Box 11, Folder 1 Jerusalem dispatches September-October 1940 Box 11, Folder 2 Pessah Ginsburg and Hanna - articles and correspondence from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv including, "When France collapsed…", "The Italian Commission", "While orange growers in Palestine…" 1940 Box 11, Folder 3 Dispatches including: Jewish massacre in Romania, "Tragedie du Judaisme Hellenique", "Status of Jews in France", "Blinding sandstorms…" 1941 Box 11, Folder 4 Correspondence and dispatches including: "Mr. Sulzberger would like…", "Abdul Illah", "As an accredited correspondent with the British forces…" 1941 Box 11, Folder 5 Dispatches including: "Broken Italian column...", "As British forces around Kerem…", "Sixteen Axis warplanes…" January-March 1941 Box 11, Folder 6 Dispatches including: "Somewhere Egypt where green valley Nile…", "British pilots defeated Vichy…", "Premier Hussain Sirry Pasha…" April-June 1941 Box 11, Folder 7 Dispatches including: "Counter attack by British…", "Battle between Egyptian coastguard…", "British and Indian officers…" July-November 1941 Box 11, Folder 8 Address to the 11th Annual Labor Institute, Rutgers University June 10, 1941 Box 11, Folder 9 Correspondence regarding broadcasts and speeches, includes programs, clippings February-June 1941 Box 11, Folder 10 Ration books for Esther, Frederick, Joseph and Robert Levy. Award of Individual Production Merit (Dec. 17, 1942) 1941-1942

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Box 12, Folder 1 Dispatches including: Vichy government notice of Jewish persons' transfer to occupied area, "German air force twice attacked…", "Capture Benghasi..." 1942 Box 12, Folder 2 Personal correspondence 1942 Box 12, Folder 3 Personal correspondence 1943 Box 12, Folder 4-5 Cables, dispatches, and correspondence from Ankara, Istanbul, London 1943-1945 Box 12, Folder 6 Cables, dispatches, and correspondence from London including: "Never since death [of] Ataturk…", "First dispatch Balkans…", "The Kimon Gueorguieff [Georgiev] government…" 1944 Box 12, Folder 7 Cables, dispatches, and correspondence from Ankara, Istanbul, London including, "Rumanian government revolution against Nazis…", "Now that Germans put power Quisling puppet…" 1944 Box 12, Folder 8 Authentic Diary on Conditions in Hungary circa 1944 Box 12, Folder 9 Cables from Budapest, Bucharest, Istanbul regarding the situation in the Balkans; "Report of the Situation in Greece" 1944 Box 13, Folder 1 Dispatches including, "La situation actuelle dans l'URSS et les conclusions…", reports regarding Bulgaria, Romania - mainly in French circa 1944-1945 Box 13, Folder 2 Correspondence including: CV of Dr. Albert Eckstein, speech of President Ismet Inonu of Turkey, Proposed Institute for Asiatic Economics, Summary of British Chamber of Commerce Report, "Announcing the Formation of the Middle East Company" - booklet 1945 Box 13, Folder 3 Correspondence and dispatches including, "How the Russians See It", Outline of a Project for an Arab Institute in the United States 1946 Box 13, Folder 4 Correspondence and dispatches 1947 Box 13, Folder 5 Cables and correspondence mainly from attorney Nessim Z. Moreno to George White (alias for Joseph Levy). Issues include: commercial transactions, references to officers of American Jewish Committee and proposed contributions to various Jewish charities in Muslim world 1948-1950 Box 13, American Jewish Committee - reports and correspondence 1948-1950 Folder 6-10 Box 14, Folder 1 Correspondence from J.D. Eisenstein, The American Kollel Tiphereth Jerusalem 1897 Box 14, Folder 2 Cairo driver's license. Report: Arab Reaction to the Establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine 1930-1940 Box 14, Folder 3 Mixed correspondence 1930-1948 Box 14, Folder 4 Mixed correspondence, includes obituary for Joseph Levy by Oved Ben-Ami 1930-1968 Box 14, Folder 5 Mixed correspondence and clippings including HQ British forces commendation, and General Henry Maitland Wilson (Jumbo Wilson) 1936-1956 Box 14, Folder 6 Dispatches including, "Both Arabs and Jews in Palestine today…" circa 1937-1945 Box 14, Folder 7 Correspondence and dispatches including, "Ninety percent of Hungarian diplomats…", address to The Secretary of State for Labour, Health and Social Assistance. Other dispatches in German, Greek, and Hebrew circa 1940-1949 Box 14, Folder 8 Mixed correspondence and dispatches including, "Discrimination against Jews…", N.Z. Moreno to George White, World Council of Churches and Refugee Division, Arrival and Arrangements for staying in Egypt, postcards 1946-1955 Box 14, Folder 9 Reports for the French Embassy, notes, layout 1953 Box 14, Folder 10 Report for French Consul (July 1, 1957). Pamphlets: The Outcasts of Israel by Michael Selzer (1965); Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs by Elie Eliachar (1970) 1957-1970 Box 15, Folder 1 Public relations. U.S. Representative Emanuel Cellar and French government ambassadors, Herve Alphand and Couve de Mourvelle 1954-1961 Box 15, Folder 2 Arabic papers and pamphlets, including: broadcasts from Rome and Berlin; Ahmed Hussein statement (1940) circa 1930-1945 Box 15, Folder 3 Undated correspondence, some in Hebrew circa 1935-1945 Box 15, Folder 4 Letter of resignation - James G. McDonald, League of Nations - inscribed to Joseph Levy December 27, 1935 Box 15, Folder 5 Legion D' Honneur - nominations and candidates 1955

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Box 15, Folder 6 Draft, Americans in the Egyptian Army, 1870-1878. Unknown author. Introductory chapter includes "contract of general Rhett with Egyptian Government during Sudan's days when Kitchener of Khartoum was at Woolwich preparing for the Royal Engineers" (April 1870) undated Scope and Contents Levy's note, summarized: "This work by an unknown Confederate officer, is based upon unpublished source material. The author had access to the archives of the Egyptian Royal Palace, War Office, and Foreign Office, and the American Legation, Cairo. The story covers a chapter of Egyptian history dealing with Sudan during Gordon's activity. It includes the scientific explorations of that country and Abyssinia, and the source of the Nile. It revendicates two American Army officers, Colonel Chaille-Long and Colonel Mason, a part in the discovery while not denying to the Englishmen, Speke and Baker the fame to which these Britons are entitled."

Box 15, Folder 7 Chapters II-XIV. Chapter III by Pierre Crabités, "Abbas, Muhammad Said & Early Years of Ismail Pasha" undated Box 15, Folder 8 Chapters XV-XXV. Chapter XXV by Pierre Crabités, "The Bombardment of the Ports of Alexandria" undated Box 15, Folder 9 Photographs and lithographs for the book, Americans in the Egyptian Army, 1870-1879 undated Box 15, Folder 10 Stories on native life in Khartoum by Logan Gray. Includes photographs and correspondence 1933 Financial material 1930-1940 Scope and Contents This series includes expense accounts, bills, statements, pay stubs, and related cables and correspondence from Esther and Joseph Levy and the New York Times. Also included are personal and professional receipts for all manner of supplies from Middle Eastern merchants.

Box 16, Folder 1-2 Bills, receipts and statements - Egypt 1930 Box 16, Folder 3 New York Times accounts 1930-1932 Box 16, Folder 4 Accounts and statements 1932 Box 16, Folder 5 Accounts and statements 1933 Box 16, Folder 6 Accounts and statements 1934 Box 16, Folder 7 Accounts and statements 1935 Box 17, Folder 1-2 Accounts and statements 1936 Box 17, Folder 3 Accounts and statements 1937 Box 17, Folder 4 Personal accounts 1937 Box 17, Folder 5-6 Accounts and statements 1938 Box 17, Folder 7 Accounts and statements 1939 Box 17, Folder 8 Accounts and statements 1940 Photographs 1930-1943 Scope and Contents This series contains portraits of Joseph Levy and son; Joseph Levy and others in Turkey; and the massacre of Romanian Jews at Jassy (Iaşi). Also included are publicity photos from the British armed services in Cairo. Includes troops disembarking Alexandria, Western desert warfare, RAF attacks on Addis Ababa, Massawa, and Eritrea 1940.

Box 18, Folder 1 Portraits of Joseph Levy and son circa 1930-1940 Box 18, Folder 2 Joseph Levy and others in Turkey circa 1943 Box 18, Folder 3 Massacre of Romanian Jews 1941 Box 18, Folder 4 British armed services. Includes captured Italian plane in Aden and ammunition and other equipment in Western Desert Operations. Arab legion in action and on parade. July 1940 Box 18, Folder 5 British armed services. Captioned photographs including, bombardment and prisoners of Fort Maddalena; patrol in Eastern Mediterranean; British fleet in Alexandrian Harbor 1940

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Box 18, Folder 6 British armed services. Includes Yeomanry in Palestine; Italian prisoners; anti-aircraft defenses; RAF visits Italian aerodromes; India soldiers meet Egyptian soldiers 1940 Box 18, Folder 7 British armed services. Includes Italian submarine and captured crew; RAF visit Gura drome in East Africa and El Gubbi; Polish legion which crossed to Palestine from Syria July 1940 Box 18, Folder 8 British armed services. Includes Indian soldiers; aerial bombardments; street scene; an officer inspecting plans circa 1940 Box 18, Folder 9 British armed services. Includes British soldiers disembarking; desert warfare; RAF attacks on Addis Abba and Massawa Eritrea; Italian planes shot down September 14, 1940 Ephemera and Realia 1929-1960 Scope and Contents This series contains clippings and printed material from the New York Times and local papers in Palestine and Egypt. Both the Falastin and Davar address the Shaw Commission of Inquiry created by the British Parliament on Arab Riots, August 1929. The Commonweal includes "The Palestine Report" by Vincent Shean who testified before the Commission of Inquiry, as pro Arab/anti Zionist. Also included are brochures, pamphlets, handbills, scrapbooks, Levant Fair pin and a Syrian coin.

Box 15, Folder 11 Clippings 1929-1945 Box 15, Folder 12 Booklets, pamphlets, lease. Includes announcement of Joseph Levy's address "Russian Bear versus British Lion" in Man About Town (Feb.-Mar. 1946) circa 1929-1946 Box 15, Folder 12 Levant Fair pin, Syrian coin 1932-1933 Box 19 The Palestine Bulletin October-December 1929 Box 19 Falestin September-December 1929 Box 19 Davar September-November 1929 Box 19 The Palestine Weekly September 6, 1929 Box 19 The Commonweal April 30, 1930 Box 19 The New York Times Magazine January 23, 1938 Box 19 The Palestine Post June 18, 1940 Box 19 The PM Daily November 30, 1941 Box 20, Folder 1 Illuminated letter in Hebrew from archaeologist W.F. Albright, Johns Hopkins University, regarding J. Levy's reporting 1930 Box 20, Folder 2 Handbills - Egyptian hotels and resorts 1930 Box 20, Folder 3 Guide plan of Cairo District 1933 Box 20, Folder 4 The Egyptian Gazette February 28, 1938 Box 20, Folder 5 "Anniversary of Hertzl's Manifesto" The Palestine Post February 15, 1946 Box 20, Folder 6 Award - Republique Francaise - Legion D'Honneur February 24, 1960 Box 21 Scrapbook of clippings - Joseph Levy's reporting from Australia, November 1941; Middle East, December 1941 to June 1942 1941-1942 Box 21 Scrapbook of clippings - Joseph Levy's reporting from Turkey (Tobruk to Ankara), end of World War II 1944 Box 21 Scrapbook of clippings - Joseph Levy's reporting from Turkey, end of World War II 1944-1945

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