Papers of John Spencer-Churchill Guest

Research material of John Spencer-Churchill Guest, author of the relating to the Yezidi [Yazidi] community and their history. Comprises: copies of archival, manuscript, and printed material [1660s-1990s] and videotapes of visits by Guest and Robert A. Mitchell to Yezidi communities in Turkey and Ar...

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Date(s) of creation: 1980s-1990s
Level: Collection
Format: Archive           

Reference number: PP MS 51
Summary: Research material of John Spencer-Churchill Guest, author of the relating to the Yezidi [Yazidi] community and their history. Comprises: copies of archival, manuscript, and printed material [1660s-1990s] and videotapes of visits by Guest and Robert A. Mitchell to Yezidi communities in Turkey and Armenia. Material in English, Kurdish, Northern Kurdish [Kurmanji], French, Arabic, Ottoman Turkish, Russian, and Latin.
Main author: Guest; John Spencer-Churchill (1913-1997); banker and author
Extent: 23 boxes
Admin history: John Spencer-Churchill Guest was born in London on 14 May 1913, the only child of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Christian Henry Charles Guest (Viscount Wimborne) and the Hon. Frances Henrietta Lyttelton. John Guest's great-grandfather was the Duke of Marlborough and his father was a first cousin of Winston Churchill. Guest was a King's Scholar at Eton and later graduated with a BA and MA in Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge. He first visited the USA in 1933 and returned two years later to obtain an MBA from Harvard University. O ... View more
Acquisition: The papers were donated to SOAS by John Guest in 1993.
Arrangement: Arranged as follows: archives (UK, France, Ottoman Empire, Russia and Vatican) [PP MS 51/01-05]; manuscripts [PP MS 51/06]; monographs [PP MS 51/07]; bibliographies [PP MS 51/08]; newspaper articles [PP MS 51/09]; rare books [PP MS 51/10]; dissertations [PP MS 51/11]; old books [[PP MS 51/12]; and videotapes [PP MS 51/13].
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by various
User restrictions: No copying of any material in the collection is permitted.
Language: Kurdish
Northern Kurdish
English
Multiple Languages
Scripts: Arabic
Format: Archive           
Subjects:
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names:
Name Code Person, Corporate or Family Name Type of Entity
GB/SOASNAF/P1500 Guest; John Spencer-Churchill (1913-1997); banker and author Person
Access Points - Places:
Place Code Place Name
174982 Armenia
298795 Turkey