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Show j ^ . ^ >* . t Jitf\ ***, , ^ « « i ^ & : ,,^» & « \ *:^'ii//^ • ,'.-.^1 Fags Two October 30, 1963 • r^ The creation of these archives cost th* Institute over #250,000./) I see no immediate prospect of the Institute beirg revived, *md this collection ought to go to sssie place that will ultimate.lv beeome * research **»~it«rs At the moment we have made no com* mltment aboi-t it except that the entire archives could be purchased for ISO,000, one-fifth of whet it rest, and on extended payments. The archives would ultimately contain quite an extraordinary index of iconographlc motifs, mor% than 27,000 items,certainly increasing, all well documented and cross-referenced. These are the work of I*r. Pnyiiis Aafcermaa, who has been working on them for nearly thirty y^are, and the index le still being enlarged. This ofUr might be worth investigating. we nave at the present made no real commitments about-the archives, as I mentioned above, although the Persian government has discussed the matter rather inconclusively a number of times. kmi 1% ** **••• *Jrahlves aa well as my modest personal library that the Wert Foundation has been interested %n$ but a© ©orrespondence has taken place for nearly six months although ' I am told the matter ia still under discussion. I am r%rf happy to know that a Persian is well establlahed la^aa American university, and it certainly looks as if you had made a most aerious start. In any case, you can count ©n my sympathetie Interest in your undertaking.. With every best wish for your success, Regards, |r©feea©r Eh. Mostofi **«*©* fret, ©f Political Soltnce in c a m e ©f Feralaa Staddea Oraon Spencer Hall . University of ftah Salt Xake mty, Btah mmnpii i |