Egypt -- Description and travel

Heliopolis Palace Hotel.

Digital Image

Identifier: 2007-013-1-2-036.jpg

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Heliopolis Palace Hotel, 1910 - 1915

Item

Identifier: 2007.013.1.2.36

Scope and Contents

Exterior view of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel as seen from a distance.

Dates: 1910 - 1915

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / William Hurford Hutchins WWI archive / Photograph album

Miscellaneous literary manuscripts, correspondence and photographs

Collection

Identifier: 1981-010

Scope and Contents An artificial collection that consists of single and/or small groups of letters, small groups of related literary materials, individual or small groups of manuscripts such as poems and similar individual pieces which were deemed at one time to be of sufficient bulk to be placed into separate collections. These materials were acquired independently of larger collections. The period covered is primarily the first half or so of the twentieth century, but there are selected items dating well...

Dates: 1862 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1970

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Notebook diary, 1910 - 1915

Item

Identifier: 2007.013.1.1

Scope and Contents

The personal narrative of Private William Hurford Hutchins, documenting his experiences while on board a troop transport and his military service in Egypt.

Dates: 1910 - 1915

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / William Hurford Hutchins WWI archive

Photograph album, 1915 - 1916

File

Identifier: 2001.026.1.6

Content Description From the Item:

Four pocket diaries by Harold S. Sherwin of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade; two photograph albums containing a total of 121 photographs plus a signed portrait of Sherwin; 3 postcards; 2 programmes for races and steeplechases; materials found laid into a book; and typed transcriptions of the diaries.

Dates: 1915 - 1916

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Harold S. Sherwin WWI archive, 1915-1919

Photograph album, 1910 - 1915

Item

Identifier: 2007.013.1.2

Content Description From the Collection:

Archive of Private William Hurford Hutchins of the Canterbury Infantry Battlion, 2nd New Zealand Regiment. Consists of a 181 page handwritten diary with extensive, descriptive entries. Includes photocopied list of wounded, service medallion, and a small photo album containing 59 photographs documenting Hutchins's experiences while in service in Egypt, with a few photos documenting his departure from New Zealand.

Dates: 1910 - 1915

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / William Hurford Hutchins WWI archive