Finding aid created by: -
Date: Dec 1999
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25 Oct 2006 | converted to EAD, minor revisions (MRR) |
7 Jun 2010 | tapes returned from Belfer (MRC) |
1 Dec 2021 | content warning added (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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Creator: | Landau, Rom, 1899-1974. |
Title: | Rom Landau Papers |
Dates: | 1927-1979 |
Quantity: | 12.5 linear ft. |
Abstract: | Papers of the British author, educator, biographer, Arabist. Correspondence (1927-1974); writings, including lectures on Morocco and Islamic culture in general, typescript essays, diaries; book reviews; photographs memorabilia; recordings of songs, music and dance of Morocco and other countries, and of interviews and lectures. |
Language: | Primarily English, some in Arabic, Dutch, French, and German |
Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Rom Landau (1899-1974) was a sculptor, author, educator and Arabist. Although born in Poland, he became a British citizen and served as a volunteer in the Royal Air Force during World War II. His particular area of interest was Morocco, and he authored numerous works about Morocco and the Middle East, mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. He taught Islamic Studies at the College of the Pacific in Stockton, CA, and was also an artist and art critic. His extensive knowledge of Arabic issues earned him a place on the Arab committee of the Intelligence Department of the British Foreign Office.
Note: Portions of this collection, particularly Landau's personal journals, contain representations of racial and ethnic prejudices that were conventional during Landau's life, although no less harmful and inaccurate than they are today. This material is preserved and presented for its historic and research value. Researchers may find some of this content objectionable.
The Rom Landau Papers contains the papers of the British author, artist, educator, and Arabist. Although Landau's particular interest was Morocco, the collection also includes material on Algeria, Jordan, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Palestine.
The collection is divided into six series. Biographical data and public recognition comprises short excerpts of biographical information, instances where Landau was mentioned in the press, etc. Correspondence contains business (1927-1974), personal (1972-1974) and legal material. Writings and art consists of Landau’s papers, manuscripts, lectures, notes, and speeches on the Middle East, political intelligence, religion, and other topics; it also includes a small selection of Landau’s sculpture and a copy of his book, God Is My Adventure. Printed material contains brochures for the University of the Pacific. Memorabilia comprises personal items such as Moroccan art, copies of Landau’s books, a passport, photographs, scrapbooks, silverware, and other miscellaneous items.
Recordings contains reel-to-reel tape audio recordings made by Landua of the songs, music and dance of various countries in the Middle East, and of some of his radio interviews, lectures and other speaking engagements, along with one apparently professional production, King Mohammed V by Leo Diner Films. There are also eight home-made recordings of opera singers and performances. Tapes relating to his Islamic studies are numbered and listed individually; opera recordings are not.
Other than the division into the six series described above, the material is in no particular order.
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Persons
Landau, Rom, 1899-1974.
Subjects
Arab countries.
Arabists.
Authors, English.
Berbers -- Songs and music.
Islam -- Study and teaching.
Islamic countries -- Civilization.
Islamic countries -- Study and teaching.
Places
Africa, North.
Morocco.
Genres and Forms
Articles.
Audiotapes.
Book reviews.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Lectures.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Motion pictures (visual works)
Occupations
Authors.
Historians.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Romuald R. Landau Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Rom Landau, 1966-1974.
Biographical data and public recognition
Correspondence
Writings and art
Printed material
Memorabilia
Recordings
Biographical data and public recognition | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Miscellaneous (2 folders) |
Correspondence | |||||||||||
Box 1 | Assorted | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Faber and Faber 1950-1952 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Letters from important correspondents | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Arberry, Professor A. J. (Pembroke College, Cambridge, England) - | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Miscellaneous 1964-1966 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Paderewski | ||||||||||
Peace Corps | |||||||||||
Box 1 | California State Polytechnic and speaking tours 1962-1964 | ||||||||||
Box 1 | in Morocco summer 1963 - original notes | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Personal correspondence | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Publishers | ||||||||||
Box 1 | Business 1927-1963 | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Business 1963-1979 (3 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Personal 1927-1974, undated (7 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 2 | Legal |
Writings and art | |||||||||||
Box 2, 3 | Morocco (5 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Political intelligence (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Lectures (university) | |||||||||||
See also Memorabilia: Scrapbooks: Lectures (Package 5) | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Arab history | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Africa | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Algeria | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Arabia and Egypt | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Israel | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Modern Muslim world | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Tunisia | ||||||||||
Lectures and speeches, general | |||||||||||
See also Memorabilia: Scrapbooks: Lectures (Package 5) | |||||||||||
Box 3 | Lectures at Commonwealth Club 1936-1949 - lectures and speeches | ||||||||||
Box 3 | The supreme spiritual ideal | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Palestine: Petition or... | ||||||||||
Box 3 | The secrets of seven | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Spiritual situation in the Near and Middle East | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Speech for opening of debate at the Sorbonne | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Lecture given at the Bishop's Palace, Norwich | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Lecture at Lady Ravensdale's house | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Lecture at the S. Finnes book fair | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Radio address for BBC and West Sussex County Libraries | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Opening address at the Bishop's Palace | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Address to the World Congress of Faiths | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Radio talks given at Radio Diffusion Rabat, Israel | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Announcements of radio talks on KPFA-Oakland | ||||||||||
Box 3 | The Moroccans yesterday and today | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Announcements of radio talks on KPFA-Oakland | ||||||||||
Box 3 | Lecture information from American Academy of Asian Studies | ||||||||||
Artistic work and unbound manuscripts | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Artist's work | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Documentation for God is My Adventure | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Documents, Pilsudski | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Hassan II and Miss Hislop Has a Good Cry | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Islam (6 folders) | ||||||||||
Manuscripts | |||||||||||
Box 4 | Changed Lives | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Kasbas of Southern Morocco | ||||||||||
Box 4 | Last Thirty Years of the Peace Corps in Morocco | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Moorish Africa | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Morocco | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Notes and interviews on first year of Moroccan independence | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Notes, A Summer in North Africa | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Notes and manuscript, A Summer in North Africa | ||||||||||
Peace Corps in Morocco | |||||||||||
Box 5 | First version | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Second version | ||||||||||
Box 5 | Final version | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Works in progress | ||||||||||
Bound manuscripts | |||||||||||
God is My Adventure | |||||||||||
Box 6 | Documents | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Fourth version | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Final version | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Proof and postscript | ||||||||||
Box 6 | Hassan King of Morocco | ||||||||||
Paderewski | |||||||||||
Box 6 | First version | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Final version | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Pilsudski | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Pilsudski notes | ||||||||||
Box 7 | Search for Tomorrow | ||||||||||
Seven | |||||||||||
Box 7 | First version | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Second version | ||||||||||
Thy Kingdom Come | |||||||||||
Box 8 | First version | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Final version | ||||||||||
Literature reviews | |||||||||||
Box 8 | Letter to Andrew, The Brother Vane, Islam Today | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Love for a Country | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Islam and the Arabs | ||||||||||
Box 8 | The Merry Oasis, Human Relations, Odysseus | ||||||||||
Box 8 | Miscellaneous (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 9 | Paderewski | ||||||||||
Box 9 | Pilsudski | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Search for Tomorrow | ||||||||||
Box 10 | Seven | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Sex, Life and Faith | ||||||||||
Box 11 | Thy Kingdom Come | ||||||||||
Articles | |||||||||||
See also Memorabilia: Scrapbooks: Articles and clippings on Landau (Package 5) | |||||||||||
Box 12 | Deutscher Bote | ||||||||||
Box 12 | Landau articles in British and American magazines |
Printed material | |||||||||||
Box 13 | University of the Pacific - information, tourist brochures | ||||||||||
Box 13 | Morocco - tourist brochures, clippings |
Memorabilia | |||||||||||
Photograph albums | |||||||||||
Box 17 | Poland, Germany, China, U.S.A., England 1917 - ? | ||||||||||
Box 17 | Italy, Tunisia, Switzerland 1929-1934 | ||||||||||
Box 17 | Poland, England 1935 | ||||||||||
Photographs | |||||||||||
Box 14-17 | Morocco | ||||||||||
Box 17 | United Kingdom | ||||||||||
Box 18 | United States 1960s (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 19 | Britain, Morocco (2 folders) | ||||||||||
Box 20 | Moroccan photographs with Mohammed V and Hassan II (envelope) | ||||||||||
Box 20 | Rom Landau photographs of American Academy of Asian Studies (envelope) | ||||||||||
Box 20 | Landau with King Mohammed V and King Hassan II | ||||||||||
Box 20 | Landau sculptures, portraits of Landau, Landau in R.A.F. | ||||||||||
Box 20 | Landau aboard H.M.S. Suffolk | ||||||||||
Box 20 | Landau with King Hassan II (framed) | ||||||||||
Package 1 | Oversize | ||||||||||
Package 2 | Oversize | ||||||||||
Package 5 | Oversize | ||||||||||
Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
Box 20 | Autograph book | ||||||||||
Box 20 | Moroccan art | ||||||||||
Package 3 | Mirror | ||||||||||
Box 20 | Silver dish | ||||||||||
Package 4 | Silver dishes | ||||||||||
Box 21 | Glass bottles (2) | ||||||||||
Box 21 | Silver creamers (2) | ||||||||||
Box 21 | British passport | ||||||||||
Box 21 | Plaque 1963 - from the Peace Corps Morocco Project, dedicated to Landau | ||||||||||
Box 21 | "Doctor of Human Letters" degree 1967 - from the University of the Pacific | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Photocopies of photographs and autographs 1960 - from trip on HMS Suffolk | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Permission of the Queen to wear insignia of Officer of the Order | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Ouissam Alaouite | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Account of honorary doctorate granted 11 Jun 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Clippings on Landau sculpture show | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Press release on Landau donation - description of Landau books and papers donated to the University of the Pacific, Stockton, California | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Notes on Landau books and papers | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Information on 70th birthday | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Information on book exhibit at British Embassy in Rabat 1969 | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Commencement Address at Kenitra American High School 9 Jun 1969 | ||||||||||
Box 22 | List of articles sent to Moroccan Room at University of the Pacific | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Journal of trip to Morocco 1937 | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Moroccan journal | ||||||||||
This item contains representations of racial and ethnic prejudices that were conventional during Landau's life, although no less harmful and inaccurate than they are today. It is preserved and presented for its historic and research value. Researchers may find some of this content objectionable. | |||||||||||
Box 22 | Scrapbook on Morocco | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Leather folder | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Visit of King Mohammed V of Morocco 5 Dec 1966 | ||||||||||
Box 22 | Press clippings 1966 - visit to Morocco | ||||||||||
Box 23 | Address book | ||||||||||
Box 23 | Date books (19 books) | ||||||||||
Box 23 | Journals (2) | ||||||||||
Box 23 | Glass handles (2) | ||||||||||
Box 23 | Medals (2) | ||||||||||
Published books | |||||||||||
English | |||||||||||
Box 24 | Among the Americans 1953 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | The Beauty of Morocco 1951 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | God is My Adventure 1935, 1936, 1964 - hardcover (3 copies) | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Hassan II King of Morocco 1962 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Human Relations 1968 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Islam and the Arabs 1958 - proof | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Moroccan Drama 1956 - proof | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Morocco Independent 1961 - proof | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Odysseus 1948 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Personalia - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Philosophy of Ibn Arabi 1948 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Search for Tomorrow 1938 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Thy Kingdom Come 1937 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | We Have Seen Evil - proof | ||||||||||
Languages other than English | |||||||||||
Box 24 | [unknown Arabic? title] 1907 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | [unknown Arabic? title] 1971 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | [unknown Arabic? title] 1974 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | God Heb Ik Gevonden 1937 - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Sexe Vie Moderne et Spiritualite - paperback | ||||||||||
Box 24 | Sexualitait Geloof En Leven 1948 - hardcover | ||||||||||
Package 1 | Book jacket | ||||||||||
Scrapbooks | |||||||||||
Package 5 | Lectures in U.S.A. 1952-1953 | ||||||||||
Package 5 | Lectures 1953-1963 | ||||||||||
Package 5 | Articles and clippings on Landau 1955-1956 |
Recordings | |||||||||||
Recordings relating to Landua's Islamic studies are numbered and listed individually under the title or descriptive caption written on the box. The few recordings of opera singers and other music are not numbered or listed individually. | |||||||||||
Box 25 | 1. Ahidora commentary | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 2. Ahouash - Guedra | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 3. Arab Contribution to Western Civilization | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 4-5-6. Andalusian (3 reels) | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 7-8-9. Berber music (3 reels) | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 10. The Death of the King of Morocco 7 Mar 1961 | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 11. Guedra strip tease [?] "...if we can speak of 'Great' primitiveness..." | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 12. Guedra commentary | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 13. Himno Nacional de Marrvelos, played by Pacific Wind Ensemble | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 14-15. Islam and Christianity (2 reels) | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 16. Landau on present king of Morocco | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 17. Moroccan constitution | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 18. Moroccan national song | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 19. Rom Landau on Morocco 15 Dec 1966 | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 20. Rom Landau 23 Jan 1967 | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 21. Talk on King Mohammad 7 Mar 1961 | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 22. Trouble brewing in Morocco 27 Oct 1965 | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 23. Xmas in Morocco 1965 | ||||||||||
Box 25 | 24. King Mohammed V - commercial film, Leo Diner Films | ||||||||||
Box 25 | Miscellaneous opera recordings, unnumbered (8 reels) |