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Show His Excellancy the Ambassador of tho United Arab Republic -2- March 2$, ¥960 During our stay \t% Cairo, wa were fortunate in seating tha Hector of Alexandria University Bn4 wore able to interest him In tha possibility of joining our #nterprist. After furthar discussions with htm and his staff In Mnntsstrla, it was m§rm4 that tha University of aJasssairta would join Princeton aai Michigan Unlvarsitias in backing tha project. To hnptsissat action the following assstltasa was astabfished? Professors Metoataasd Kits Ufa lit, yean of tha faculty of Arts, and Hassan $h#fol, PatSJ of Has faculty of engineering, diversity of Alexandria; trafassort SaaSttftar If, U e , ChaJriaan of the ©apartiuent of Art and Archasoiofy, Prtncaton University, and Kurt Waltzwann, of the same flaaartmtnt; Mr* Carl K, graai$*§# §ir#ctor of tha SVIaata! Institute, University of €hl€#f©j Mr, Prad AaSai SjSU Saaarvisor of f*hotographic Sarvieat, Th« tin Ivors I ty of Michigan, and Praftattl 6#©r§e N, Forsyth, Jr., Chairmen of USS DapartfaMit of Hit History of .Art, Th* ynlvorsity of Hichlfan. The University of Alexandria appointed as its suKtibar of the 1958 Expedition fcr. %am? Sehonoyda, of tha Faculty of Arts. Mt was with our party during most of tha stay at thus Monastery, From the beginning of Ma, 1956, to tha and of July, 1938, our party r#^alnad mt Saint Catharine*s. Tha Ministry of Education facilitate mir arrattf©»t«t§ for the trip, and the military ©utter I ties granted us durances with extrama courtesy. Otiring our stay at Us* Hanasttry la ifSS, Ht wart able to mate a prototrophic record of tho architecture and of a istrft proportion of the art works. This - f fcti harvest has boon of SjTttM interest to scholars hart «nd abroad* L!feats ise, the Sjtfatla prass has devoted a flattering amount of 5f»c® to re-z-er^, the expedition. mmbars of the »rty have described it la S N M N S Itftta* tratad lectures, mm4 thare hme tmm two eaisaufi! exhibits of phatttrtaltlc *n- M*rffttS»Slt of SNs »©nastary and its contents of art treasures. | stlttaat tha project l^s mada t raal contribution to mutual undarst«nii»§ between our two countries, basad on zmmm cultural interests. The Universities of Princeton and Michigan ara SSBUJtVfSjj tha possibility of sand I net another axpadltlon to Saint Catherine's Monaatary this year, m sincerely hope that tha University of Alexandria will ba itttTSttsd in continuing the partnership already established, it is tho purpose of sty latter to baspaak your good offices In conveying that hopa to the University of Alexandria, it would ba possible for tha American members of the ftxpadSttoo to arrive in Cgytjt abmt September 10, I960, and to regain at Houat Sinai until about tha middla of Pecamber, i960. Pcwr of tha Ai«rtcan regw«sant#~ tivas on the expedition would ba tha same as in 1958, namely; MPS, Greta fturfee, professor Kurt Waltxumnn, Wr. Frad &tiara§§9 *nd myself, in Mmff« llai wa should lika to brinf with us Professor Ihor Savpnio, of Columbia tJattjtrtttv. Ha Is a distinfufshed Syxaotine historian'a^rgrapher, who could help us with tha dating of various documents and manuscripts in tha library Bn4 could rmed tha numerous historical inscriptions which are found on tha monastic bat Id i aft. Ptstts find tarsal t* thrm recant phot©§r#tihs of etab |
