Letters from 1950 and 1951 between Aziz S. Atiya, William F. Albright, Mrs. James MacMillan, Luther H. Evans, Verner W. Clapp, and Sue Sullivan

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3/ f V * 0 « ** s THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON May 24, 1950 Dear Professor Atiya: Further to my letter to you of May 15, 1950: I have explored further with Professor Albright the possibilities for your coming to the Library of Congress for some months to complete the work on the Arabic Firmans. Pro­fessor Albright is hopeful that he may be able to make some arrangements for lectures or other academic assignments. Meanwhile, I find that it will be possible for us to offer you a consultantship here at the Library of Congress for three months at $500.00 a month to advise us in matters relat­ing to the acquisition and organisation of materials within your very wide field of competence, and for the especial pur­pose of reviewing the films of the Arabic Firmans which have been copied with your assistance at St. Catherine's Monastery. With respect to the latter, we especially need your help in making such arrangements, lists, etc., to make known the con­tents of these films to the learned world, so that scholars in this field may-if they desire to do so-order microfilm copies from us. With respect to the Greek manuscripts, we al­ready have in preparation a list of this kind for publication, and we wish to subject the other manuscripts to similar treat­ment. I very much hope that you will be able to accept this appointment. It will be both an honor and a pleasure to have you with us. Sincerely yours, Wm ? Wdm9 Verner V« Clapp Acting Librarian of Congress Professor A. S. Atiya 13 Sharia Mariette Pasha Cairo, Egypt,