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Artwork, ephemera, realia, and sound recordings, 1876-1992, inclusive

Art work, 1918-1955, inclusive

Hassan, Muhammed . Untitled, oil painting portrait of Ahmed Zaki Abushâdy. Ca. 10.5 x 14.5 in. signed and signed dated at the margin, 1918

Hassan, Muhammed. Untitled, oil painting portrait of Annie Bamford. Ca. 10.5 x 14.5 in. signed and signed dated at the margin, 1918

Shabaan Zaky: pencil portrait of Safeya, studying at home in Alexandria, 1939

box: OS-4, object: 22 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Fridon, ink portrait of Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, depicted as a microscope, undated

box: OS-4, object: 23 (Material Type: graphic materials)

Adham Wanly, "Return of the Shepherd," art work for cover of poetic anthology by A.Z. Abu Shabi, 1941

box: OS-4, object: 24-a. (Material Type: graphic materials)

Adham Wanly: "Return of the Shepherd," art work for cover of poetic anthology by A.Z. Abu Shadi, 1941

box: OS-4, object: 24-b. (Material Type: graphic materials)

Adham Wanly: portrait of A.Z. Abu Shadi, ink and water color, 1936

box: OS-4, object: 25 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Paul Beer: charcoal sketch of A.Z. Abu Shadi, looking into a microscope, 1929

box: OS-4, object: 26 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Seif Wanly: five sketches, on three leaves of paper, possibly for book cover art work, undated

box: OS-4, object: 27 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Adham Wanly, four small paintings, on folded card stock, 1950-1955, inclusive

box: OS-4, object: 28 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Seif Wanly: portrait of three women in field, in cubist manner, gouache on board, 1950

box: OS-4, object: 29 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Seif Wanly: portrait of Clea Badaro, undated

box: OS-4, object: 30 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Adham Wanly: shepherdess, gouache on board, with inscription on verso dedicated to Safeya Abu Shadi, 1955, 1959, inclusive

box: OS-4, object: 31 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Seif Wanly: untitled, three women in rice field, oil on masonite, 1955

box: OS-4, object: 32 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Sayed Ibrahim: illustrations for magazines edited by A.Z. Abu Shadi, including "Apollo" and "Bee Kingdom", undated, circa 1930s, inclusive

box: OS-4, object: 33 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Ephemera, 1876-1992, inclusive

Autograph book: Safeya Abu Shadi, with inscriptions, caricatures, and artwork, including two original illustrations from Adham Wanly, 1943-1946, inclusive

box: OS-3, object: 21a (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Autograph book: Hoda Abu Shadi, with inscriptions and artwork, including two original illustrations from Adham Wanly., 1943-1946, inclusive

box: OS-3, object: 21b (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Autograph book: Hoda Abu Shadi, with inscriptions and artwork, with one illustration from [Adham?] Wanly., 1946-1953, inclusive

box: OS-3, object: 21c (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Booklet: "Helwa" [Arabic cookbook with dessert recipes, stapled, leaves not cut, ca. 16 pages. Alexandria, Egypt.], undated

box: OS-2, object: 14 (Material Type: Text)

Broadside: text by Muhammad Abu Shadi, "Kalamah ṣidq wa ākhlāṣ" [Word of sincerity and truth] (no place of publication), undated

box: OS-5, folder: 17 (Material Type: Text)

Broadside: texts relating to Abu Shadi, unidentified, 1923

box: 21, folder: 15 (Material Type: Text)

Broadside: open letter from Nabawiyya Musa to Mustafa al-Nahas Pasha, regarding closure of schools, undated

box: 21, folder: 16 (Material Type: Text)

Business cards, in leatherette wallet: primarily Arabic , including "Safeya Ahmed Zaki (Abu Shadi)," with and without notation "Washington," and various other cards, including "Hosni Nagib, Cairo"

box: OS-1, object: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Commonplace book: given to Annie Bamford by Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, 1914-1917, inclusive

box: OS-6, object: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Letterhead: Bee Kingdom League, 60 rue Menasce, Alexandria, Egypt, undated

box: 21, folder: 17 (Material Type: Text)

Maps: Tunisia, Arabian Gulf (Kuwaiti government publications), undated, circa 1960s, inclusive

box: 21, folder: 18 (Material Type: Maps)

Mementos: Mohammed Mounir Ramzy (1): box ("Nofret Bath Soap") containing containing photos, seashells, trinkets, originally exchanged between M. Mounir Ramzy and Safeya Abushady, and kept after the former's death, 1945

box: OS-1, object: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mementos: Mohammed Mounir Ramzy (2): Diary book, titled "My Confession Book," with poems by Safeya memorializing M. Mounir Ramzy, and pictures of him, 1945

box: OS-1, object: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Newspaper (tearsheet, original): Al Ahram, 5 August 1876

box: OS-5, folder: 18 (Material Type: Text)

Newspaper (photocopy): Al Ahram, 5 August 1876

box: 21, folder: 19 (Material Type: Text)

Postcards: album (titled "Post Card Album"), from Safeya Abushady, with images from Mexico (Mexico City and surroundings, Acapulco), undated, circa mid-1950s, inclusive

box: OS-7, object: 37 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Postcards: bound collection of postcards (22) of pilgrimage sites in Makkah, A.H. 1372, circa 1953 C.E.

box: OS-2, object: 13 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Postcards: scenes in Egypt, unused, Lehnert and Landrock, Cairo, Undated, circa 1920s-1930s, inclusive

box: OS-1, object: 7 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Postage stamps: Egyptian stamps honoring Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, and others (Talaat Harb). Single stamp, plate block, first day covers, and affixed to envelopes, 23 December 1992

box: 21, folder: 20 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Program from Cinema Rio, Alexandria, Egypt, for showing of Walt Disney's film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," plus ticket for matinee screening of the same, November 1938

box: 21, folder: 21 (Material Type: Text)

Scrapbook: from Safeya Abu Shadi, news clippings, invitations, and photographs, chiefly about Prince Faisal, during his visits to the United Nations, including printed portrait of Faisal with his signature, 1947-1948, inclusive

box: OS-3, object: 19-a (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scrapbook: from Safeya Abu Shadi, news clippings about Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia, chiefly related to his visits to the United States, 1947-1958, inclusive

box: OS-3, object: 19-b (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scrapbook: from Safeya Abu Shadi, news clippings, photographs and documents related chiefly to visit of Saudi Prince Abdullah bin 'Abd al Aziz to the United States, 1952

box: OS-3, object: 19-c (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scrapbook: gift to Safeya Abu Shadi, from her mother, containing postcards, greeting cards, and magazine cuttings, 1942, and undated

box: OS-6, object: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Realia, 1917-1946, and undated, inclusive

Album of pressed flowers and plants: prepared by Hoda Abu Shadi, as birthday gift for Safeya, containing specimens from garden of family's residence in Alexandria, 1945

box: OS-8, object: 38 (Material Type: Realia)

Hat: tarbouche belonging to Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi

object: 40 (Material Type: Realia)

Lapel pins: Bee Kingdom League, undated, circa 1930s, inclusive

box: OS-3, object: 20 (Material Type: Realia)

Name plate: Brass door plate embossed "Dr. A.Z. Abushâdy," used at home and office in Ealing, England 6.75 x 11 in., undated, circa 1917

box: OS-6, object: 39 (Material Type: Realia)

Plaque: presented to Safeya Abushady upon her retirement from U.S. Government service, January 1985

object: 43 (Material Type: Realia)

Suitcase: leather, monogrammed with initials of Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, used during journey from Alexandria to New York (1946)

object: 41 (Material Type: Realia)

Textile: Pollard, Sarah. Funerary needlepoint. N.d., commemorating the death of John Bradbury, et al. of Stalybridge, England, forebearers of Annie Abushâdy (née Bamford.) Ca. 29 in. x 25 in.

box: OS-6, object: 3 (Material Type: Realia)

Typewriter, Arabic, used by Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi: a pre-WWII model, manufactured by Continental and sold in Cairo by Wiesenthal.

object: 42 (Material Type: Realia)

Sound recordings, 1952-1970, inclusive

Voice of America; United States Information Agency: Azan, the call to prayer on the minaret (transcription disk, 33 r.p.m.), undated, circa 1950s, inclusive

box: OS-6 (Material Type: Audio)

Voice of America [?]: "The Poet Doctor," a dramatic work by Oliver Wendell Holmes, performed by Dr. A.Z. Abushady, Isa K. Sabbagh, Said Jibrin, and others, narrated by Boulos A. Malik, undated, circa early 1950s, inclusive

box: OS-1, object: 10-a. (Material Type: Audio)

Voice of America [?]: "Nefertiti and the Sculpture," by Dr. A.Z. Abushady (one open-reel tape, one CD-R disk, running time: 19:59), July 14, 1952

box: OS-1 (Material Type: Audio)

[A remembrance of the poetry, art, and literature of Dr. Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, on the first anniversary of his death]: Recording, in Arabic, on cardboard disk, with portrait of Abu Shadi and accompanying text on recto, and photographs of American scenes on verso. Recording by Isa Khalid Sabbagh., undated, circa 1956

box: OS-1, object: 11 (Material Type: Audio)

Nasser, Gamal Abdel. "I Can Hear it Now" featuring an interview with Gamal Abdel Nasser, by Howard K. Smith, edited by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly, issued by Columbia Records (Vinyl record, 33 r.p.m., ML 5110), 1956

box: OS-6 (Material Type: Audio)

Audiocassette: Salute to Radio Libya, featuring Safeya Abu Shadi, and others, 1968

box: OS-2, object: 18 (Material Type: Audio)

Open reel tapes (2), 7.5 i.p.s., Arabic programming, 1970 and undated

box: OS-1, object: 10-b. (Material Type: Audio)
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