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Show The Tilman Johnson Collection, particularly strong in American Indian holdings, was another eminent addition. No reference to gifts and collection development would be complete if we did not cite the remarkable role of Dr. Aziz Atiya, Distinguished Professor of History, in obtaining some of the major ornaments of the truly superior Middle East Collection. Furnished with $20,000 in the late 1950's, Dr. Atiya proceeded to the Middle East where he personally selected and packed 49 crates of materials weighing ten tons! Today, many of the items are nowhere obtainable and are priceless. Included among them is what is probably the finest collection of medieval Arabic papyri in a U.S. university. The Judaica Library Project was launched in 1965, largely through the efforts of Mr. Ben M. Roe and Dr. Louis C. Zucker. Responding magnificently to the established goal of $100,000, the Jewish Community has already added 9000 Hebraica and Judaica items and the project continues. In 1969 came the greatest gift of all-Si million for the purchase of materials which could not otherwise be obtained by the libraries. The donor, Mr. J. Willard Marriott, specified that he wished most of the money to be expended on working resources. The A d Hoc Committee formed for judicious use of this gift recommended, therefore, that back issues of scholarly journals, an improved undergraduate collection, and rarities which come on the market at irregular intervals t be given primary consideration. The Marriott Gift proved to be a major milestone in library assistance. |