Correspondences dated 1949-1950 regarding Mount Sinai manuscript project commencement

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Title Correspondences dated 1949-1950 regarding Mount Sinai manuscript project commencement
Alternative Title 0480_023_005_Library_Of_Congress_Stapled_Set_03
Creator Phillips, Wendell, 1921-; Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988; Porphyrios III, Archbishop of Sinai, 1926-1968; Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981; Clapp, Verner W. (Verner Warren), 1901-1972; Draguet, René
Contributor Phillips, Wendell, 1921-; Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988; Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981; Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1950-01-03; 1949-08-27; 1949-11-04; 1949-11-21; 1949-08-23; 1949-11-30
Temporal Coverage 1949; 1950
Spatial Coverage Washington (D.C.); Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium); Alexandria (Egypt)
Subject Phillips, Wendell, 1921-; Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981--Correspondence; Louvain. Université; Phillips, Wendell, 1921-; Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988; Porphyrios III, Archbishop of Sinai, 1926-1968; Evans, Luther Harris, 1902-1981; Clapp, Verner W. (Verner Warren), 1901-1972; Draguet, René; Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971; Preservation; Funding; Monastery of Saint Catherine (Mount Sinai); Manuscripts; Archbishops; Library of Congress; Expeditions & surveys--1940-1950; Public relations
Description Correspondences dated 1949-1950 regarding Mount Sinai Project commencement. Six documents, eight pages total. Correspondences are mainly between Dr. Atiya, Wendell Phillips, Archbishop Porphyrios III, and several other colleagues. Documents contain instructions for manuscripts, negotiations for the project's realization and funding, and letters of goodwill and thanks. The first document is written in French
Table of Contents Correspondences dated 1949-1950 regarding Mount Sinai Project commencement. Six documents, eight pages total. Document one: Letter dated 3 Jan. 1950 from Prof. R. Draguet of the University of Louvain to William Albright containing news of other colleagues as well as instructions for manuscripts that are in Syriac, Georgian, Greek, and Arabic. Written in French. Document 2: Letter dated 27 Aug. 1949 from Wendell Phillips to Dr. Luther Evans concerning negotiations made between Dr. Atiya and Archbishop Porphyrios III for the realization of the Mount Sinai manuscript project. Document 3: Letter dated 4 Nov. 1949 from Dr. Evans to Dr. Atiya thanking him for his work and expressing hope to acquire the required monetary donation to the monastery. Document 4: Letter dated 21 Nov. 1949 from Dr. Atiya to Dr. Evans thanking him for his reply and for the chance to commence on the project. Document 5: Letter dated 23 Aug. 1949 at Cairo, from Archbishop Porphyrios III to Dr. Evans with the terms and conditions upon which the archbishop will allow the project to commence. Document 6: Letter dated 30 Nov. 1949 from Verner W. Clapp, Acting Librarian of Congress, to Dr. Atiya with news that final arrangements have been completed and the Mount Sinai manuscript photograph project will commence as planned
Type Text
Genre Correspondence
Format application/pdf
Collection Name 0480_023_005
Collection Number and Name 0480_023_005 Aziz Suryal Atiya Papers
Language eng; fra
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