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Title	Union Theological Seminary, Correspondence of Aziz Suryal Atiya, dated 1956-1957
Alternative Title	Union Theological Seminary, Correspondence of Aziz Suryal Atiya, Stapled Set number 22
Creator	Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988; Olpin, Albert Ray, 1898-1983
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date	1956; 1957
Temporal Coverage	1956; 1957
Spatial Coverage	Salt Lake City, Utah; Ann Arbor, Michigan
Subject	Atiya, Aziz Suryal, (1898-1988)--Correspondence; Funding; Foreign affairs; Egypt; Middle East; Travel adventures; Education; Teaching; Public relations; Seminars
Description	Correspondences dated 1956-1957 between Dr. Aziz Atiya and other university faculty and administrators particularly at the University of Utah. At the time of these correspondences, Dr. Atiya is in a dual capacity as Luce Professor of World Christianity at Union Theological Seminary and Visiting Professor of History at the Near and Middle East Institute of Columbia University. Record contains 13 documents within 13 pages. Content primarily consists of discussion regarding Dr. Atiya's potential opportunity to teach at the University of Utah during summer 1957, along with comments on foreign affairs, personal news, and friendly invitations to meet with colleagues before or after travel
Table of Contents	1. A one-page typed letter from Albert Ray Olpin, President of the University of Utah, to Dr. Aziz S. Atiya at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, dated June 20, 1956. In the letter, Olpin mentions the several favorable comments he has received regarding Dr. Atiya's commencement address at the University of Utah. Dr. Olpin includes some clippings from the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret New and Telegram (newspapers) which mention Dr. Atiya commencement address and his speech to the Salt Lake Rotary Club. The last paragraph of the letter is a query and invitation to Dr. Atiya to provide a series of lectures or courses at the University of Utah, possibly during the summer or fall of 1957. 2. A one-page typed letter from Albert Ray Olpin to Dr. Atiya at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, dated July 14, 1956. In the letter Dr. Olpin acknowledges Dr. Atiya's letter of June 26 [1957] and tells Dr. Atiya that he has conferred with Dr. G. Homer Durham, Harold W. Bentley and
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OCR Text	Show UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY ALBERT HAY OLPIN PRESIDENT June 20, 1956 Dr. Aziz S. Atiya Department of Near-Eastern Studies University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Dear Doctor Atiya: People here continue to comment favorably about your commencement address. I have just had a letter today from a former student-body president in California whose parents have been visiting him; he was so impressed with the report of your talk that he has asked us to mail him a copy. Last Sunday night in the Salt Lake Tabernacle before some six or eight thousand young people President McKay spoke of your visit to his office and told of the fondness he had developed for you and your spirituality. Mrs. Olpin and our children recount frequently our pleasant experiences during the time of your visit. We regret so much not having had the companionship of Mrs. Atiya, and we want to send her our love and affection. The gifts she sent to us will long be prized. I am not sure that you purchased a Salt Lake Tribune before you boarded the plane for your return trip so am enclosing herein two copies of the article which referred to your talk before the Salt Lake Rotary Club. Also you will find enclosed some copies of •a report of commencement activities together with some photographs taken from the Deseret News and Telegram church section dated June 9, 1956. You are quite photogenic. And now, Doctor Atiya, I would like to ask if there is any possibility that you could come to Salt Lake City for a special series of courses or lectures during the summer or fall quarter of 1957? Many people both in and out of the University have asked us if it would be possible to have you join our faculty for one regular term. If you are obligated to return to Cairo soon after your tour of duty at Columbia and therefore could not spend a full quarter with us, we would settle for a shorter period, say six weeks. The longer term, of course, would be desirable. I thought I would invite you now to become a special lecturer here so you could plan your affairs accordingly. We would love to have the association of yourself and family during the pleasant summer or fall season. With kindest regards. Very si AR0:cw
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