Page 11 - Life of Gertrude Bell

The author wishes to thank the following for their help in making
available the letters and documents on which this book is based:
the Librarian and Keeper of the Pybus Collection, the University
of Newcastle upon Tyne, and the Assistant Librarian, Special
Collections; the Librarian, University Library, Durham, and the
Keeper of Oriental Books; the Controller, HMSO and the
Keeper of the Public Record Office, for access to the files of the
Foreign and Colonial Offices, and the Director of the India
Office Library and Records for access to documents relating to
the India Office and the Government of India; the Ministry of
Defence, Army and Naval intelligence records; the British
Museum and the British Library in connection with the papers
of Sir Arnold Wilson and books in general; the Director and
Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society for access to Gertrude
Bell’s letters, photographs, note books and other documents in
the Society’s keeping, and for the loan of books.
He also thanks the following for permission to reproduce
illustrations: the present Lady Bell for nos i, 2 and 5; Newcastle
University Library for nos 3, 4, 10-13, 15, 18 and 37; Country
Life for no. 6; the National Trust for no. 7; the Royal
Geographical Society for nos 8, 14, 16, 17 and 19-34; the
Radio Times Hulton Picture Library for nos 9, 35 and 36.
The endpaper maps showing the secret Sykes-Picot agreement
are derived from a War Office map (WO 106/1415) in the Public
Record Office, to which certain place names have been added for
the convenience of the reader. The remaining maps are repro­
duced with permission of the Royal Geographical Society. The
line drawing on the title page is based on a bust of Gertrude
Bell in the possession of the Royal Geographical Society.
The author has made every effort to trace all copyright material
which has been used here, but apologises to any publisher or
author whom he has been unable to contact.