Set of rough draft notes detailing the realization of the Mount Sinai Manuscript Project, handwritten between 1950-1960

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Title Set of rough draft notes detailing the realization of the Mount Sinai Manuscript Project, handwritten between 1950-1960
Alternative Title 0480_023_009_Descriptive_Misc_1960_Stapled_Set_08
Contributor Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1950; 1960
Temporal Coverage 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960
Spatial Coverage Cairo (Egypt); Sinai (Egypt)
Subject Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-1988; Sinai (Egypt); Archbishops; Porphyrios III, Archbishop of Sinai, 1926-1968; Expeditions & surveys--1940-1950; Library of Congress; Preservation; Monastery of Saint Catherine (Mount Sinai); Manuscripts; Microfilming; Microfilms--1950-1980; Public relations; Living conditions; Reports
Description Set of rough draft notes detailing the realization of the Mount Sinai Manuscript Project, handwritten between 1950-1960. Document is 11 pages long. Contains citation of: "The Library of Congress Information Bulletin" Vol. 9 No. 27. July 3, 1950, page 18. Highly detailed narration of the project from early beginnings, the nature of the monastery manuscripts, surprising discoveries during the expedition, living conditions at the monastery, and current status of the project as the Library of Congress continues documentation of the microfilmed manuscripts
Type Text
Genre Fieldwork; Reports; Manuscripts (document genre)
Format application/pdf
Collection Name 0480_023_009
Collection Number and Name 0480_023_009 Aziz Suryal Atiya Papers
Language eng
Rights
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv99560
Conversion Specifications Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm
Scanning Technician Niko Amaya
File Name 0480_023_009_Descriptive_Misc_1960_Stapled_Set_08.pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s60p1rs6
Setname uum_asap
ID 781437
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60p1rs6
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