Digging into the Oriental Institute: The Director's Office Correspondence of James Henry Breasted, 1916–1935

Digging into the Oriental Institute: The Director's Office Correspondence of James Henry Breasted, 1916–1935

The Director's Office Correspondence of the founding director of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, James Henry Breasted (1865–1935), comprises the most important hidden collection in the Oriental Institute's Archives and serves as a significant body of source materials for scholars researching institutional and biographical histories, archaeological and philological projects, and US-Middle East cultural relations. The correspondence includes office letters, reports from the field (archaeological missions), and letters to and from Middle Eastern government officials. The project will involve the re-housing of the materials and the generation of a finding aid that will list the contents of the collection at the item level.

Digitizing Hidden Collections

2014

1916 - 1935

North America, Europe, and the Middle East

50 Manuscript

The Oriental Institute Museum, University of Chicago

Oriental Institute Museum

N/A

11652839

Dr. John D.M. Green

$159,944

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