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Series 2 offers a broad range of original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers covering the period from the Anglo-Indian landing in Basra in 1914 through the British Mandate in Iraq of 1920-32 to the rise of Saddam Hussein in 1974. Here major policy statements and other working documents are set out in context, the minor documents and marginalia revealing the workings of the mandate administration, diplomacy, treaties, oil and arms dealing. Photographs and color maps, as well as contemporary film, help bring this vital strand of modern history to life. Topics covered include the British administration in Baghdad, the Arab uprising of 1920, Iran-Iraq relations, and more.

Walter Havighurst Special Collections Current Exhibit

Miami University has a long and proud traditionA man has been arrested after a giraffe sculpture which was part of a hospice fundraising bid was used as a battering ram in a burglary.

The charity piece, called Dotty, was one of 69 put up around Worcester as part of a walking trail to raise money for St Richard's Hospice.

West Mercia police tweeted a photograph of the statue detached from its base and leaning against the smashed window of a clothing store.

It later said a 20-year-old man had been arrested following the incident, and is now in custody.

On their Facebook page, the organisers of St Richard's Hospice Stand Tall campaign said Dotty had been badly damaged and would be removed from the trail.


"Unfortunately, she will not be returning to the trail, but we are doing everything we