Survey of the Christina Phelps Harris papers
Finding aid prepared by Beth Goder
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Christina Phelps Harris papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1973
Collection Number: 79085
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
14 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 microfilm box, 1 oversize folder
(6.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, lecture notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to political conditions in the twentieth-century
Middle East, European intellectual history, and political science.
Creator:
Harris, Christina Phelps, 1902-1972
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Box 16 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1979.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Christina Phelps Harris papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
| 1902 |
Born in New York City, New York |
| 1919-1920 |
Attended the Sorbonne in Paris |
| 1920-1922 |
Attended Wellesley College |
| 1925 |
A.B., History and Latin, Barnard College |
| 1930 |
Ph.D., Modern European History, Columbia University |
| 1930-1934 |
Traveled to Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt |
| 1937 |
Author,
The Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel and Exploration
|
| 1938-1939 |
Instructor, Middle Eastern History, Extension Division, McGill University |
| 1942-1946 |
Associate Professor of History and College Dean, Bryn Mawr College |
| 1943 |
Co-Author,
This Age of Conflict: A Contemporary World History, 1914-1943
|
| 1944 |
Specialist on Syria and Lebanon, Division of Territorial Studies (wartime leave to U.S. Department of State) |
| 1946-1947 |
Specialist, Arab World Division of Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
| 1948-1957 |
Middle East Curator and Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace |
| 1951-1967 |
Professor, Stanford University |
| 1957-1967 |
Departmental Editor of Near Eastern History, Encyclopaedia Britannica |
| 1964 |
Author,
Nationalism and Revolution in Egypt
|
| 1972 |
Death |
| 1939-1942 |
Associate Professor in History and Assistant to the Dean, Barnard College |
| 1930 |
Author,
The Anglo-American Peace Movement in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
|
Scope and Content of Collection
The Christina Phelps Harris papers include writings, correspondence, lecture notes, printed matter, and photographs related
to political conditions in the twentieth-century Middle East, European intellectual history, and political science.
Harris was a historian, professor, and curator with a subject specialty in the Middle East. The bulk of the materials relate
to her work for Stanford University, where she was a professor and curator of the Hoover Institution's Middle East collection.
The collection also includes her extensive research files, with typed notes on various writings related to the Middle East.
Although the collection is not arranged, thirteen series have been identified as part of a survey of the collection. The container
listing can serve as a guide to the materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Political science
Middle East -- Politics and government
Europe -- History
box 1
Biographical File
1972, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings, encyclopedia entries, memorials, and correspondence. For portraits of Harris, see Oversize Materials (Box
14).
Correspondence
1920s, 1960s
Scope and Contents
Includes incoming and outgoing letters, correspondence related to research, cards, and photographs. Box 6 contains letters
from an unidentified family member, dated 1922 and 1926. See also Hoover Institution and Stanford University File.
Speeches and Writings
1950s-1960s, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts, typescripts, notes, correspondence, and research materials. Includes early drafts of
Nationalism and Revolution in Egypt.
box 7
Speeches and Writings by David Harris
1930s-1940s
Scope and Contents
Includes speeches given to the Commonwealth Club by David Harris, husband of Christina Harris.
Writings by Others
1950s, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes typescripts of writings such as academic papers, many with a focus on the Middle East.
box 4
Barnard College and Bryn Mawr College File
circa 1940s
Scope and Contents
Includes one folder of exam materials.
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
1940s-1960s
Scope and Contents
This file documents Harris's work as a curator and professor. The file includes correspondence; lecture notes, outlines, and
syllabi for courses Harris taught in the Political Science Department; bibliographies; Hoover Institution seminar materials;
subject files containing clippings, excerpts of printed matter, and notes related to the Middle East; and printed matter such
brochures, pamphlets, and newsletters. Box 7 has materials related to Howard Koch.
box 1
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
box 2
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
box 4
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
box 5
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
box 6
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
box 7
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
box 8
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
box 11
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
box 12
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
box 13
Hoover Institution and Stanford University File
Research File
1930s-1950s, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes typed notes (with reference sources listed), outlines, bibliographies, and summaries of newspaper articles from sources
such as the
Mideast Mirror. Includes subject files on topics concerning the Middle East, and some outlines for lectures.
box 10
World War I File
1910s, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes posters, clippings, and printed matter produced during World War I.
box 11
Microfilm
Scope and Contents
Contains one film roll labeled "Tansu Ziya, Inonu, Cakmak ve Bayar'la… Duygu Basimevi, Istanbul, 1947." Filmed at the request
of Harris in 1954.
Photographs
1910s-1920s, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes photographic prints of Ypres, Belgium, and Paris France; commercially produced photographs and postcard booklets
related to World War I; and a photo album of a trip to the Near East and Italy in 1926. See also Oversize Materials.
Scrapbooks
1916-1920
Scope and Contents
Contains one scrapbook with correspondence, photographs, and printed matter related to Luis James Phelps, father of Christina
Phelps Harris.
box 16
Medals and currency
Access
Box 16 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Oversize Materials
1920s-1950s, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs (including portraits of Christina Harris and others), and printed matter.
box 14
Oversize photographs (including portraits of Christina Harris and others) and printed matter
1920s-1950s, undated
