Digging into the Oriental Institute: The Director's Office Correspondence of James Henry Breasted, 1916–1935
Item
Title
Digging into the Oriental Institute: The Director's Office Correspondence of James Henry Breasted, 1916–1935
Description
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.
Program
Date
Temporal Coverage
1916 - 1935
Spatial Coverage
North America, Europe, and the Middle East
Extent
50 Manuscript
Applicant Unit
Collaborating Institution
Identifier
Primary Contact
Dr. John D.M. Green
Request
$159,944