Archives

RBSCL archives also documents activism and social change, women’s history, civil society and civic organizations, government and politics, law, and journalism, as well as ethnic, foreign, and religious communities (the personal papers of Huda Sharaawy is a noteworthy collection reflecting on many of these areas). Archival materials related to architecture (such as the collection of  architect Hassan Fathy) and scholarship on Egypt’s ancient and medieval past (through the archives of Egyptian Egyptologists) are also available. Managed by the RBSCL’s Archives unit (responsible also for AUC’s University Archives), these collections include a variety of formats like correspondence, writings, publications, visual resources, and memorabilia and artifacts. Other RBSCL curators handle additional formats like photographs and architectural plans.

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