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Alan James collection
Fonds · 1923-1998
Collection consists of a variety of records relating to peacekeeping collected by Alan James for research as well as teaching purposes. A large number of Alan James' publications, generally journal articles from 1957 to 1998, U.N. and NATO records, as well as information on the Falkland Island's War are contained in the series. Some of Alan James peacekeeping records are arranged generally, or chronologically, but the majority of records, consisting of United Nations (U.N.) records and newspaper clippings relating to peacekeeping, are arranged according to the country. These records collected by Alan James concern peacekeeping in forty-three countries. Accession 2002.2
Correspondence
Series · 1981-1990
Part of Alan James collection
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of correspondence of Alan James from 1981 to 1990. All correspondence relates to peacekeeping and in particular, to the Middle East and Turkey. Correspondence to Colonel Ben Akafia relays information concerning a visit made by Alan James to the U.N. Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Headquarters in Israel in 1986.
Interviews with Alan James
Series · 1980-1988
Part of Alan James collection
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of three hundred and forty-one prepared questions and answers for an interview series with Alan James conducted by the English PQA Radio Programme. This script was later translated into Arabic and broadcast to the Arabic world. The series also contains handwritten notes by Alan James regarding an interview with John Kenny and Col. Pele Woolley regarding the MNF on the 28 November 1985.
Margaret Joan Anstee manuscript
Series · 1992-1993
Part of Alan James collection
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of the manuscript of Margaret Joan Anstee's book Orphan of the Cold War: The Story Behind the Collapse of the Angolan Peace Process, 1992-1993, published in New York by St. Martin's Press in 1996. The author sought the advice of Alan James regarding the shortening of the book for publication. Other books by Anstee include Gate of the Sun: A Prospect of Bolivia and Africa and the World, both published in 1970.
Meeting & conference records
Series · 1981-1987
Part of Alan James collection
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of records concerning the Ditchley Conferences in 1983 and 1984, and the Esu Seminar/IPA Workshop in 1984 that Alan James attended as well as notes from meetings with Edward Chaplin of the Near East & North African Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the 10 May 1983. The series also contains notes from Alan's travels to New York, India, and Washington between 1981 and 1984, all of which were related to peacekeeping.
Multinational Force Observer (MFO) records
Series · 1979-1990
Part of Alan James collection
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of records collected by Alan James concerning the Multinational Force Observers from 1979 to 1990. The Nuffield Grant obtained by Alan James in the early 1980s was used to finance an article entitled "Politics of Peacekeeping in the 1980s," which was published in 1983. The series also contains newspaper articles about the MFO written by Alan James in 1984, as well notes from meetings with MFO personnel. The Annual Reports of the Director General of the MFO from 1983 to 1990 are also contained in the series.
Newspaper clippings about the Alexander Haig resignation
Series · 1982
Part of Alan James collection
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of newspaper clippings from The Times concerning the resignation of Alexander Haig, the American Secretary of State in 1982. Reasons were not given for the resignation, although it was indicated that a succession of disputes over matters of key policy was the reason.
Oversize records
Series · 1963
Part of Alan James collection
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of fifty-six overhead visuals of countries where peacekeeping has occurred in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The series also contains the "John F. Kennedy Memorial Edition" of Life Magazine from 1963.
Peacekeeping records - general
Series · 1969-1987
Part of Alan James collection
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of general records related to peacekeeping collected by Alan James from 1969 to 1987. The records include newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, and U.N. documents.
Peacekeeping records: chronological
Series · 1959-1994
Part of Alan James collection
Series forms part of Alan James collection and consists of records related to peacekeeping collected by Alan James and organized chronologically. The records include newspaper clippings, papers, handwritten notes, correspondence, U.N. documents, and newsletters.