Title |
Correspondence between Aziz Atiya and Maybelle Pang with mention of Wendell Phillips |
Creator |
Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988; Pang, Maybelle |
Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1974 |
Subject |
Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988 -- Correspondence; Phillips, Wendell, 1921- -- Correspondence; Phillips, Wendell, 1921- ; University of Utah. Middle East Center; Pang, Maybelle -- Correspondence |
Description |
1. One-page typed letter, 17 April, 1974, from Maybelle Pang, secretary with Wendell Phillips Oil Company, to Atiya in response to his April 8 letter to Phillips, re. Phillips' health problems. 2. One-page typed letter, Apr. 23, 1974, from Atiya to Pang, in response to the above letter. 3. One-page typed letter, from Atiya to Pang, in response to her letter dated April 29. 4. One-page typed letter, Apr. 29, 1974, from Pang to Atiya, in response to his April 23 letter. She supplies more details about Phillips' health problems. 5 & 6. One-page typed letter, Apr. 8, 1975, from Atiya to Wendell Phillips, proposing that Phillips fund a "Wendell Phillips Chair of Arabic Studies" at the Univ. of Utah Middle East Center. [The letter was digitized twice] |
Type |
Text |
Genre |
Correspondence |
Format |
application/pdf |
Collection Name |
0480_023_006 |
Collection Number and Name |
0480_023_006 Aziz Suryal Atiya Papers |
Language |
eng |
Rights |
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Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv99560 |
Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm |
Scanning Technician |
Niko Amaya |
File Name |
0480_023_006_Wendell_philips_Stapled_Set_40.pdf |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6sb4zgg |
Setname |
uum_asap |
ID |
781153 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb4zgg |
Title |
Page 5 |
Format |
application/pdf |
OCR Text |
Show 23', l)/U T H E UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY 84112 April 8, 197^ t*Oft MIDDLE EAST CENTER TELEPHONE: AREA CODE 801 -* BUILDING 413 581-6181 Doctor Wendell Phillips Hawaii My dear Wendell: Last night I saw you in a dream. You seemed to have lost weight but gained enormous funds. This indicates how much you are in my mind, though we do not seem to write much or follow each other's news. 3o I plucked up my courage and decided to write at some length. Since you have even more courage than I, it is hoped that you will reciprocate at greater length. >fy last year was quite fruitful. In travels, Lola and I reached India where I am publishing for the first time a monumental text. I managed to finish vols V & VI in approximately 900 pages with notes and commentary. On Wf return I have resumed teaching and thesis supervision. As a rule I graduate a couple of PH.D.a oer annum. You may wonder how they keep me teaching in spite of my age. But three members of a faculty of more than 1000 hold the title of Distinguished Professors of whom I am one and these have tenure for life. As you see, I can just go on providing there are sufficient funds to pay me. This brings me to a sensitive point which I cannot conceal from you. Our Center has suffered tremendously from the budget cuts by the Nixon administration which does not seem to favour higher education in America. The men in Persian Studies are approaching the Shah of Iran with some prospect of securing funds for that discipline. Arabic Studies on the other hand are largely d2pleted and, until their situation is completely normalized with the U.S., it seems rather difficult to approach the Shaykhs , of Araby at this juncture. Meanwhile it has occurred to :ne to pat a suggestion before you. Would you be interested in the creation of a "Wendell Phillips Chair of Arabic Studies"? I daresay this will not only immortalize your name in this area, but it will also fcroing you closer to your old Arabian friends and may even help to open new fields of exploration before you. If you are willing to susidize such a Chair, I can start promoting a very worthy project while I am around. I am under the Impression that t.iis will be a minor item in Wendell's budget now running into the billions while glorifying your name for ever. I trust that you will give some serious thinking to this idea on the part of one of your oldest an<t tuost admiring friends. At any rate, I look forward to hearing from you irrespective of your feelings about this grand thought of mine. Lola joins me in sendmg you our affectionate Season's greetings and very kindest remembrances. As always, |
Setname |
uum_asap |
ID |
781151 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb4zgg/781151 |