Papers of Sir Hamilton Gibb

Scope and Content

The working papers, lectures and notebooks of Sir Hamilton Gibb, Arabic scholar, with a small amount of correspondence, [1925-60].

Administrative / Biographical History

Sir Hamilton Gibb (1895-1971), Arabic Scholar. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further details.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Given to the Library in 1980.

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.