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Show ?;^/6j> M E M O R A N D U M MIDDLE EAST CENTER UNIVERSITY OF UTAH ?ic© Nleiilint 8rlgh« Msdsen Date: October 23, 1968 ii. S. Atiya Subject: h0Qk hw±ng la g^ Mollis IM Pursuant to our meeting and deliberations of October 20, 1 vrimh m submit t*»« following far consideration by t.-w* University Administration* O B the occasion of my jroti,ent travels in ivce^.er to tho Middle East and India* i^ cofl'^cti^n with my r*sc*«rc!i* I shall he happy to offer wy services to tbt* University for the purchase of Middle Eastern Library acquisitions sorely n->ndv4 to c.«r -.1, ue, or sw;;.>!.. IO.>J our pr*-*.-.- '.^.\«- *;,s. **"• J*. will include I 1. Gaps in our Middle Eastern periodicals* 2. Publications susp€nniad during t-n* period in t#hic-v -'yl-iic Law 480 became iuaettir* for political reasons. 3* Materials ©a s*»s ct^lecsed facets of our riol-Jit^a pertaining t^ sticii araas ee ilm Sndm* &ut*alt, v'egev* Islamic India, ete. 4, Microfilms of fatuous Arabic manuscripts obtainable at the Institute of ilriibic Manuscripts is Cairo. rhese say bo accu-'nxlkt'.d ir. tha coarse of 2sy travels &Z throe centers: Cairo6 Beirut and Hyderabad, I eetiuate that a aodastt total of $5,000 <$2#00O for Cairo, f2,000 for Beirut sod $l»tKV> for ;syt«erar>ad) will M M our aost ft* *sl i r.t •!? and result in considerable economics for the University la much the sass way as in forsaer book~buylng expeditions* It is needless to point out that a major fart of the aforementioned Material is unottai^M** thro\k*,i* \orval channel* of purchasing. Whe»ov-?.r aa occasional acquisition is thus tmdm^ the, price usually soars to fabulous hi*lt*hts» ^irtl^nnoros r»o o\'-.r*"-,rt'; trans** ,Nrtati-,n is c.-mt -y: I f>r tMs VAtrpose * li this inject is approved, I proposa to eooeentrate tho handling of the fund through t' *,',Tle Bast Ccnuivr. "tho axo^rtcace : ii* i. ' by its adffiinistratioa in thv past on similar occasions will facilitate the e#* cc -1 " • t tf «n operation '*M*-% *nl1r *Vr JM|4 "lad',.* of ft&l Kiel I feefV To: From: |