Metadata: Papers of Mrs Mia Silver as National Director of the Jordan is Palestine Committee
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- University of Southampton Special Collections
- Holding institution (official language):
- University of Southampton Special Collections
- Postal address:
- Hartley Library, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
- Phone number:
- 02380 592721
- Web address:
- https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives
- Email:
- archives@soton.ac.uk
- Reference number:
- MS 345 A2069
- Title:
- Papers of Mrs Mia Silver as National Director of the Jordan is Palestine Committee
- Title (official language):
- Papers of Mrs Mia Silver as National Director of the Jordan is Palestine Committee
- Creator/accumulator:
- Silver, Mia
- Date(s):
- 1970/1997
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 1.6 linear metres: 14 boxes
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Audio
- Photographic images
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection comprises: Members lists; papers on the 'Israeli position', including leaflets from the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) and the CAABU Religious Affairs group, 1983-90; papers regarding 'Jews in Arab lands' including correspondence with MPs and MEPs, 1989-92; papers regarding the Palestine Liberation Organisation and West Bank arguments, including papers, press cuttings and pamphlets, 1997-92; correspondence with David Singer, founder of the International Jordan is Palestine Committee, 1979-93; guidelines on media communication, c. 1980s; printed journals and newsletters regarding Israel and the Middle East, 1980-90; printed material from the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding and papers from other, mainly pro-Arab, organisations, 1973-88; pro-Arab and pro-Israeli material relating to the Palestine Liberation Organisation, 1975-89; publications and magazines containing JIP advertisements or sympathetic articles, 1975-90; press cuttings from the British and Israeli press, some in Hebrew script, c. 1975-97; papers from the Jordan is Palestine International Conference, 1985; printed material including posters, business cards, publicity leaflets, pamphlets and journals, 1970-92; photographs, probably from the Second International Jordan is Palestine Conference in Jerusalem, c. 1988; audio cassette tapes including recording of conferences, speeches and radio programmes, c. 1981-91; and VHS video tapes on the Netanyahu conference and on antisemitism.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Jordan is Palestine Committee is an organisation with these stated aims: (1) to show that Palestinian Arabs are not a homeless people; (2) to show that Israel is only one-fifth of mandated Palestine; (3) to show that Jordan is Arab Palestine; (4) to show that the real problem is the continual rejection of Israel in any part of former Palestine; (5) to help advance the peace process by making these facts widely known.
- Access points: locations:
- Israel
- Access points: persons/families:
- Silver, Mia
- Subject terms:
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Access, restrictions:
- Access to the archive requires a prior written appointment. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/about/access.page
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/cataloguedatabases/webguide1.page
- Yerusha Network member:
- University of Southampton Special Collections
