Archives and Special Collections - Hugh D. Auchincloss Middle East Book Collection
536 items
The books have publication dates ranging from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. Many were published in the Middle East and in some cases are inscribed to the donor by well known authors. The pamphlets and ephemera reflect the current responses by a wide range of organizations to questions pertinent to the Middle East at the time they were published. The ephemera demonstrate Mr. Auchincloss' immediate interests as he tore out pages from current publications ranging from The New York Times to Time Magazine.
The collection, in three parts, consists of:
- books
- pamphlets and ephemera
- periodicals
The collection is currently housed in the Special Collections Room at the McKillop Library until such time as it can be moved to the Pell Center. There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment.
Although Salve Regina University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights to these materials. Consequently, the researcher has the additional responsibility of determining the owner of these rights and obtaining any necessary permission over and above that of the University.
The Hugh D. Auchincloss Middle East Book Collection, Mr. Auchincloss, McKillop Library, Salve Regina University.
Hugh Dudley Auchincloss, III (1927-2015) was a resident of Newport for all or part of each year since his birth. Educated at Groton and Yale he developed a lifelong interest in the culture of the Middle East. Mr. Auchincloss served as a Marine in both World War II and the Korean War. Following his military service he studied at the American University in Beirut, and many of the books in the Middle East Book Collection that were donated to the Pell Center of International Relations at Salve Regina, were dated from that time.