| OCR Text |
Show ftsrtft 26, I960 Wis Excellency Tha Anifeossador of the *mited Arab *»puo1ic 2310 O^cotur Place, H.W. Washington 8, 0. c. ixcellency; At tha saaaaatlaa of Or, A. H« Wash Ia, Hinistor of education of Hit United Arab Republic (ggyatton Kaaiaa>i I am writing to" consult you tiSSJt a proposed archaeological expedition this y®ar to the Ifonastery of Saint Catharine at ttotiat Sinai* or. Hashlro advises m» to out U na our project and to Include three mount Sjttttartpfcjt of each BStSSar of Hit proposed group, m further suggests that I ask you to forward our proposal to tha Hactor of the On!varsity of Alexandria, If you wl 11 km kind enou# to de so* I shall ba damply grateful. In May, It5©, this University SSSSt Mr. frad Andsraff and myself to Saint Catherines l«stast#ry at Mount Sinai In order to explore the possibilities of producing a scholariy publication of tha fmwos structure and Its historical &n4 artistic Irttaart*. Ms tetrs accompanied by the §tat$a§afa§S*t> Byzaatinlst, i*rofotsec Hurt *feit«ntan of Nrtassttt University. The Egypt ftttt MWtrsSSStjS afftrissl m Hit Mtatattrtf clearances m& permissions with tht utmost courtssy, Hr. Andoragg ®n4 t rasaalned SJStf fiat days, 5>uf Pftifwmr satlwssani continued his stifles In Um Nonast#ry library for an additional thrm w«wiks, US) warn so S*tJ**§l*t*Jt ttstft the opportunities for scholarly rasaareh at ftafat Gather fa* *• that *t undertook to Interest our rassactlva Institutions in tho possibility of tMMSSrtiag t fuM-scale • Ml of r Starch m*i publication thorson, Both Princeton and «lchlf«n «Jniv«trsities wars ttjraaaMa to such m atis*** taking, and tho Iol1owin§ division of labor was m§rmd upon* Professor HsfttNftHS was appointed Sditor of Sit tartat of scholarly publications which would Patall from our researches Iff the ?*onastsrv »nx$ I was made Plata1 ilreetor ti tha expeditions to $inai. in April, 1956, Profussor ttsUxmsmt, Mr* Andera§9, and I «sot in Cairo, wa ware joined by Hrs. Grace- jifftii who tarvasl es photagraahic assistant, 1- four satStltataal the basic sSSStarS of tha party. Others, who Jofnarf us fw Itaftr or shortor parlexis at tht Honast^ry, atrat 3rafattar Paul MsJlsssfSSf, Director of Hit ^yzantin® institute of America; Mr, ftnfetrt Van Mlat of tha Husfearton Oaks aesaarch Library tad Col lections fltSf'fPSl Univarsity); f¥o» fester it tit) a, Serry of the University of Kichigan; aarf Profasser Oliver Strath of Princeton University. • : |
