Papers and working materials of William Hamilton Hall, FSA (d. 1936), physician and surgeon, relating to Babylonian and Judaic chronology; Includes MS and typescript drafts for at least three works:-
(1) 'A Great Babylonian. The Maker of the Chalak' (a measure of time), with additional heading 'Jewish Time-reckonings from Babylonia'. Preface dated 1931. HAL/001-003, 027, 035, etc.;-
(2) 'Evolution of Calendar. The Babylonians. HAL/010, 022, 023, 031, 033;-
(3) 'Studies in Albiruni/III/ On the Shorter Jewish Cycles' (i.e. the Sabbatical term; Jubilee period). HAL/036.
With notes relating to these works, tables and calculations (HAL/004, 009, 028, 029), photographic prints and glass negatives (5, 6, 32). HAL/034 is a bound volume containing chronological lists from BC 1128-476, with occasional reference to historic events, e.g. dates of Olympic games. For a survey of styles of reckoning see The Cambridge History of Judaism, I (1984), chapter 3 (calendars and chronology).