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Transparencies of archeological sites and places of interest

Miscellaneous transparencies of archeological sites and places of interest including in Europe: Aix-en-Provence, Chagny, Orange; Cyprus, Kyrenia; Greece and Rome; and in the Middle East: Ajlun, Baalbek, Byblos, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Dead Sea, Eilat, Jerash, Jericho, Krak, Lake Huleh, Mafjar, Negev, Petra, Quamran and Tyre. Dated photographs are between 1953 and 1965, others are undated. Commerial transparencies were produced by * Hi Fi Colour, Holyland in Colour, Israel Colour Slides, Matson Photo Service and Matson Production; individual photographers include Charles [McLean], Dr [Peter] Green, [Dr Alec] McQueen, Sister Augusta Steller and Dr H.W. Torrance. [127]

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Transparencies depicting archeaological sites and places of interest in the Middle East

Miscellaneous transparencies depicting archeaological sites and places of interest in the Middle East including: Acre, Afikim, Afulie, Beisan, Bet Shearim, Canan, Capernaum, Carmel, Debureyeh, Dead Sea, Esdraelon, Haifa, Jaffa, Jenin, Jericho, Jezreel, Lake Galilee, Megiddo, Mount of Precipitation, Mount Tabor, Nablus, Nain, Nazareth, Negev, Quamran, River Kishon, Sachne, Sebastia, Sodim, Tabeetha, Tel Aviv, Tel el Husn, Vale of Elah, Wady Farah and Wady Kelt. The commercial transparencies were produced by City Lord, * Hi Fi Colour Slides, Israel Colour Slides, Israel Colour Slide Co., Israel in Colour and Matson Photo Service. Individual photographers include Sister Annie [?], Dr [Peter] Green, [?] Lunen, [?] Medrow, [Dr Alec] McQueen, Rev. [?] Rutter, Sister Augusta Steller. Dated photographs are between 1950 and 1973, others are undated. [169]

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Transparencies showing historical remains and modern developments in Israel

A set of transparencies dated between 1955 and 1968 showing historical remains and modern developments in Israel including pictures of Akaba, Arad, Artas, Beersheba, Dead Sea, Eilat, Ein Gedi, Etsada, Ezion-Geber, Jerusalem, Maktesh Ramon, Masada, Mitzpeh Ramon, Negev, Quamran, Red Sea, River Arnon, Sodom and Usdum. Identified individuals include Ben Guiron, Miss [?] Montogomery and Mrs Gladys Torrance. Some are commercially produced slides by Barak, Executive, * Hi Fi Colour Slides, Holyland in Colour, Israel Colour Slides, Israel in Colour, Israel Film Slides, Lunen, Matson Photo Service, Matson Production. Others are by Dr. H.W. Torrance, Leon, [Dr Alec] McQueen, Mrs M.H. Schulwitz and Sister Augusta Steller. [175]

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Transparencies mostly taken by Dr H.W. Torrance on a Swan Tour

Collection of transparencies mostly taken by Dr H.W. Torrance on a Swan Tour in 1967, many explanatory notes written on the majority of slide covers. Places photographed include: Athens, Bergama, Corfu, Delos, Ephesus, Isfahan, Istanbul, Lindos, Olympia, Pergamum, Philippi, Rhodes and Soumon. Some slides are dated 1964 to 1967, others are undated. [165] Numbers in [ ] refer to numbered slots in the slide box.

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Transparencies mostly taken on holidays by Dr and Mrs H.W. Torrance

Miscellaneous transparencies mostly taken on holidays by Dr and Mrs H.W. Torrance between 1954 and 1974. Areas illustrated include: Egypt; Cairo, Epidaurus, Philae, River Nile. Europe: Blair Atholl, Copenhagen, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Neiderbriesig, River Rhine, St. Wolfgang, Venice. Greece and Turkey; Delos, Ephesus, Lindos, Meteora, Patmos, Pergamum, Philippai, Rhodes, Thasos, Istanbul, Scutari, Sophia; Palestine; Caesarea, Damas, Jerusalem, Lake Huleh, Mount Hermon, Petra, Rivers Jordan and Pharpar, Sea of Galilee; Persia: Hamadam, Isfahan, Mithrab, Naqsh-i-Rustum, Persepolis, Shiraz, Taqi-i-Bustan, Tehran. USA and Canada: Montreal, San Francisco, Williamsburg. [166] Numbers in [ ] refer to numbered slots in the slide box.

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Transparencies taken by Dr H.W. Torrance when on holiday.

They include a tour in Holland in 1966 visiting Amessfort, Amsterdam, Hilversum, Hooge Velewe, Huiste-Heide, Marden, Middleburg, The Hague, Utrecht and Veere; a tour of Persia in 1973 visiting Bisitun, Hamadan, Isfhan, Mount Damavend, Naqsa-i-Rustum, Rey, Tagh-e-Bostan, Teheran; a cruise on 'SS Uganda' in 1975 visiting Copenhagen, Helsinki and Leningrad. Other places pictured include California and Persepolis. Numbers in [ ] refer to numbered slots in the slide box. [97]

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Transparencies mostly taken on a Mediterranean cruise

Transparencies mostly taken by Dr H.W. Torrance on a Mediterranean cruise in 1970 which visited: Agrigento, Athens, Cagliari, Cherchel, Djemela, Epidauros, Heraklion, Knossos, Lepcis Magna, Mycenae, Palermo, Palma, Piraeus, Tipasi, Venice. Additional slides were taken in 1967. Numbers in [ ] refer to numbered slots in the slide box. [184]

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Transparencies mostly taken on a tour of Egypt

Transparencies mostly taken by Dr H.W. Torrance on a tour of Egypt in 1971. Places illustrated include: Abu Simbel, Abydos, Aswan, Cairo, Deir-el-Bahri, Dendera, Edfu, Gizeh, Karnak, Kom-Ombo, Lake Nasser, Luxor, Memphis, River Nile, Sakkara, Serapeum, Tel Armarna. Explanatory notes written on the majority of mounts. In addition, there is a photograph of Lake Naivasha, Kenya. Numbers in [ ] refer to numbered slots in the slide box. [190]

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Transparencies

Mostly taken by Dr H.W. Torrance on a tour in 1973 to Abadan, Choga Zanbil, Isfahan, Naqsai-Rustum, Passangadae, Persepolis, Shiraz and Susa. [98] Numbers in [ ] refer to numbered slots in the slide box.

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Collection of transparencies of trees, flowers and shrubs

Taken by Dr H.W. Torrance and Sister [Augusta] Steller between 1962 and 1976 though some undated slides may be earlier. Flower specimens come from the Eastern Mediterranean region and from the U.K. A few commercially produced slides are by Hi Fi Colour Slides, Israel Colour Slides and Matson Photo Service. [147]

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Notebooks

Containing notes dated from 1929-1941 covering the parables, sermons, miscellaneous comments on manners, customs, animals, plants and birds.

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Notebook mainly on snakes and scorpions.

Cuttings related to snake and insect bites; extract from ITV Times, 26 April 1970, on snakes; letter, 21 August 1967, from Dr H. Alistair Reid, University of Liverpool, to Dr H.W. Torrance on snake bite; memorandum by [Dr H.A. Reid], January 1967, on snakebite.

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Notebooks on locusts and birds

Notebooks on locusts including the swarms of 1930 and 1947, and birds including a handlist of the birds of Palestine. 1946.

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Miscellaneous loose notebooks and papers.

Notebook: Rules regulating the attitude of a nurse towards the patient; notebook: 'Essay on Mohammedanism' by H.W. Torrance, July 1914; printed leaflet; Manual for Stewards - Judaica; copy of article about the cholera epidemic in Tiberias in 1902, October 1970; printed leaflet: Bamidgeh, Bulletin of Fish Culture in Israel, December 1966; letter, 23 July 1969, to Dr and Mrs Torrance from David Ben-Mann, postcard: mosaic floor showing loaves and fishes, Tabgha, n.d.; print of [Tiberias on Lake Galilee] n.d.; Printed booklet: Flowers of the Holyland; [13] photographs of sycamore tree near Tiberias and [3] negatives, 19 November 1951; cutting: Scottish Daily Mail, 21 September 1962, 'The Seventy Good Years' on Dr H.W. Torrance and his work in Tiberias [2 copies]; cutting: The Jerusalem Post, 4 September 1962, 'Scots Doctors served in Galilee'.

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