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Show > if lu y UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NEAR EASTERN STUDIES ANN ARBOR. MICH. June 6, 1955 Dr. Aziz S. Atiya lij. Sharia Wadi el-Nil Maadi, Egypt Dear Dr. Atiya: At the moment I feel very virtuous, and, from the standpoint of obtaining pleasant living quarters for you and your family, successful. I have, for next year, rented from September 1 through June 15 the residence of Professor Anthony M. Pasquariello at 1216 Russell Road, Ann Arbor, with telephone number NOrmandy 2-2776. This is a compact, modern, 3 bedroom home. The rooms are not large, but in my-.-Judgement very comfortable, with a modern kitchen which I am sure Mrs. Atiya will much appreciate, in a newly developed section of Ann Arbor on a fairly quiet street perhaps two miles from the University campus. In the finished basement, Professor Pasquariello has a study, which I think you too will find very convenient. It is just the sort of thing I had hoped to be able to find for you and your charming family, and I sincerely trust that you will enjoy It as much as have the Pasquariellos, who are delighted that such a distinguished scholar will be in their residence during this period. They themselves are going to Spain for the year. To be sure, the rental is $lj>0 a month plus utilities, where I had hoped to be able to find a place for you for •;?125. The housing situation being what it is, however, I f eel extremely fortunate, and since the University is supplementing the Medieval Academy grant, I feel sure that you will hot too much object to upping by #250 (10 months at #25 more per month) the figure I tentatively quoted to you when I talked with you in Maadi. The furnace is automatic, so there will be no heating problems. There is no extensive garden. In back of the house are a number of trees which are set in land belonging to the city, and behind the trees is a very modern school. There are many children in the neighborhood, which I think will please your youngsters and it may well be that your younger child would prefer to be enrolled in this school rather than in the University school to which, in accordance with your desires, we have made tentative application. As I indicated above, I am really quite elated that I have been able to secure this residence for you. I noted in your letter of April 28 your slight preference for an apartment. In my Judgement, this home has all the advantages of an apartment with none of its disadvantages, and, curiously enough, here in Ann Arbor apartments - that is, the kind you would wish to live in - are infinitely more expensive. You should have little or no difficulty in finding a cleaning woman to come in one or two half days a week if you wish it. Professor Pasquariello and his wife are delighted (and have discussed vrlth their neighbors the whole matter) that his home will be tenanted by you and your family. They will be leaving Ann Arbor around the last of August and expect to leave everything intact: bedding facilities, |