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EBAF's Photographic Collection (the ancient photographic collection of the Dominicans of Jerusalem) is located in and belongs to the convent of St. Stephen, Protomartyr of Jerusalem, which houses the French Biblical and Archaeological School (EBAF). Legally, this collection belongs to the convent, thus to the Dominican community, and ultimately to the Order of Preachers.

This inventory includes the transcription (into Arabic and Turkish) and translation into English of the 18 volumes of reports (55% in Ottoman Turkish, 45% in Arabic) from the Ottoman municipality of Jerusalem between 1892 and 1917.

The Documentary Office of the Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Ali Evrak Odası) is the institution that arranged the flow of documents in the Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Ali) after the Tanzimat. Accordingly, any document that was dealt with by the Sublime Porte is filed into this fonds.

This fonds contains the archives of the Dominican Fathers who were members of the convent of Saint-Etienne and died there. Their archives were then transferred to the conventual archives. We therefore find a certain number of collections, classified by Father, grouping together scientific archives - preparation of courses, publications - and personal archives. The fonds is of a private nature.

This fonds is part of the Archives of the Custodial Curia (general administration) held by the Historical Archive of the Custody of the Holy Land.

Structure of the fonds: global extent: 11 files; 1895 - July 2006
Series A, Administration. Global extent: 2 files; 27 June 1993 - July 2006
Series B, Employees’ personal files. Global extent: 2 files; 1980 - 1st Sept. 2005
Series C, Registers of the orphans. Global extent: 4 files; 1895-1993
Series D, Marks registers. Global extent: 2 files; 1979-1984
Series E, Various memoirs. Global extent: 1 file; [mid XXth century]

The Ethiopian archbishop’s residence in the old city preserves a part of Ethiopian community’s archives. These archives are divided into two main sections: the current administrative archival office, which includes all types of administrative documents, and the manuscript section.

• The Administrative section
  In the current administrative archival office, there is an heterogeneous set of documents dated from the end of 19th century to present. There is no historical archives properly speaking. These archives are still used by the local administration for current affairs.
  Among all the folders stored in that place, seven include documents created before 1950: folders n°6, 154, 356, 358, 359, 360 and a last one entitled in Amharic “yä-leyu leyu guday däräseññoč käzih yegäññalu” including different types of documents unclassified. In addition to these folders, a book written in 1903-1904 (manuscript in Amharic) was recorded as “folder” n°172 and a report written in 1925 as “folder” 216.
  Documents dated before to 1950 found in the archives (ca. 160 documents) are administrative and financial documents, such as payment receipts, cheques, bank documents, financial reports, letters and correspondence including daily issues of the community, etc. These documents are written in Arabic, English, French, German languages. Amharic marginalia are often added to documents in order to give a clue to the topic of the document. Very few documents are fully written in Amharic. 55 documents are written in Arabic.

• The manuscripts section
  The manuscripts section carefully preserves numerous parchment and paper manuscripts written in Ethiopian languages (Geez and Amharic). The collection represents more than 760 manuscripts. The oldest one dates back to the 15th century.

Through this collection, one could study the daily life of the Ethiopian religious community established in Jerusalem, and get information to understand all their problems and opportunities, such as housing, supplies, access to public services, administration or worship. Receipts and payment document are witnesses of Ethiopian involvement in local life.

The Matson Photograph (G. Eric and Edith) Collection is a rich source of historical images of the Middle East. The majority of the images depict Palestine (present day Israel and the West Bank) from 1898 to 1946. Most of the collection consists of over 22,000 glass and film photographic negatives and transparencies created by the American Colony Photo Department and its successor firm, the Matson Photo Service. Over 1,000 photographic prints and eleven albums are also part of this collection.

The following biographical sketch, which was found among Ms. Affachiner's papers, describes her various activities. A matter not mentioned in it, but subsequently indicated in her archives, was the management in Israel, during the 1940’s, of an import-export company, on whose behalf she apparently traveled to the United States after World War II.
Most of Affachiner's material left to the CAHJP has been retained by the Archives and is listed on the following pages. The material was transferred to the CAHJP in October 1966 by Dr. P. Jacobi, executor of Ms. Affachiner's estate and Mr. Ezra Gorodetsky. In May 1968 the CAHJP also received the appointment books of Ms. Affachiner, which were added as appendix to the list. The collection was arranged by Hadassah Kellman in January 1968.

This fonds includes documents like petitions or letters written to the Inspectorship between 1900-1909 (Hijri dates: 1318-1327). These petitions usually dealt with requests for promotion and appointment, salary, gang and bandit activities, demands for tax, complaints about administrative corruption, etc.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this fonds are: 1318-1329.