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Show UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 20 December 1961 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LIBRARIES Profo Aziz Suryal Atiya 1335 Perry Avenue Salt Lake City Utah My dear Prof» Atiya: I have learned that you are associated with the University of Utah at present, and I would like to impose on your for a little information,. Some ten years back I spent some time in Turkey, and I became interested in collecting information about libraries of orientalia. Recently I have been trying to expand it to include information about private libraries of orientalia, especially in the western hemisphere0 I have been told that you have an important collection of Arabic manuscripts, and, if such is the case, I would be most grateful if you could give me a brief description of the nature and provenance of your collection,. And under what conditions do you make it available to other scholars? With best wishes for the holiday season, Sincerely yours, Lawrence S, Thompson * Director of Libraries LST:bh |