Jan Keulen Collection

Period (1972-) 1980-1987 (1996)
Total size   3.5 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in Assen, the Netherlands 1950; journalist, author and lecturer; worked for the Dutch daily newspaper De Volkskrant and Dutch broadcasting stations; foreign correspondent in Madrid, Beirout, Cairo, Mexico-City and Amman 1977-1992 and 1995-1998; during the intermediate years he worked in the Middle East as an itinerant journalist; in 1984 he received the Prijs van de Nederlandse Dagbladpers for his reporting on the civil war in Lebanon; with the help of Ramona al-Karah he built up a documentation collection on Lebanon, which mainly covers the period 1980-1986; from 1998 lecturer at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands; author of `Standplaats Beiroet' 1984, `Weg van God, Iran twintig jaar na de revolutie' 1999 and other books.

Content

Collection of documentation on the civil war in Lebanon consisting of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, bulletins, leaflets and some other printed documents on the Amal movement, the Forces Libanaises, the Israeli actions, the position of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and other Palestinian organizations, the atrocities in the Sabra and Chatila camps, the resistance in the south of Lebanon against Israel, the position of the United Nations peace keeping force UNIFIL, hijacking, terrorism, Arab summits and other subjects (1972-) 1980-1987 (-1996).

Arrangement

With the help of Ramona al-Karah Jan Keulen built a documentation collection on Lebanon for his work as a journalist, mainly covering the period 1980-1986. This collection consists mainly of newspaper clippings, pamphlets, bulletins, leaflets and some other printed documents on different subjects relating to the civil war in Lebanon. They have been arranged by subject.

Processing information

Inventory made by Roel Meijer in 2000