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University of Utah Middle East Center records, 1959-1976
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- University of Utah. Middle East Center
- Title
- University of Utah Middle East Center records
- Dates
- 1959-1976 (inclusive)19591976
- Quantity
- 7 linear feet + 1 oversize box
- Collection Number
- Acc0158
- Summary
- Established in 1960 through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the Middle East Center was created to coordinate an interdisciplinary program of Middle East language and area studies at the University of Utah. Dr. Aziz Atiya was the first director, followed by professors Khosrow Mostofi and Lee Bean in 1967 and 1983, respectively. This collection consists of memoranda, reports, and budgets from the files of the founder of the Middle East Center, Aziz Atiya, and his successor, Khosrow Mostofi. Principal subjects covered are Center administration, budget proposals, technical reports, study abroad programs, and seminars sponsored by the Center.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, University Archives and Records Management
University Archives and Records Management, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
666 Guardsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84112
Telephone: 8015818242
david.buhler@utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection consists of memoranda, reports, and budgets from the files of the founder of the Middle East Center, Aziz Atiya, and his successor, Khosrow Mostofi. Principal subjects covered are Center administration, budget proposals, technical reports, study abroad programs, and seminars sponsored by the Center.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: University of Utah Middle East Center records, Acc. 158, Box [ ]. University Archives and Records Management. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Following Citations:Acc. 158.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series: 1. Aziz Atiya; 2. Khosrow Mostofi. Boxes fourteen and fifteen were an addendum to the original collection.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Aziz Atiya RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 1
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Correspondence |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-15 | Correspondence - Campus |
1960-1963 |
| 16-23 | Correspondence - General |
1960-1963 |
| 2 | Correspondence |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-23 | Correspondence - Campus |
1964-1968 |
| 24-25 | Correspondence - General |
1965-1968 |
| 3 | Correspondence to Wires |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1-14 | Correspondence - General |
1965-1968 |
| 15 | Cables |
|
| 16 | Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare |
|
| 17 | Emery, President |
|
| 18 | Helbling, Dr. R. E. |
1965-1968 |
| 19 | International Congress of Orientalists |
|
| 20 | Middle East Center Studies |
|
| 21 | Missing Packing Lists |
1963 |
| 22 | U. S. Office of Education |
|
| 23 | Wires |
|
| 4 | Scrapbooks |
|
| 5 | Scrapbooks to Middle East Center Budget |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Scrapbooks |
|
| 2 | Middle East Center Budget |
Khosrow Mostofi RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s): Series 2
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 6 | Accreditation Report to Center Library |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Accreditation Report |
|
| 2 | Arabic Papyri (Fine Arts Musuem) |
|
| 3 | American Association of Middle East Studies (AAMES) |
1961-1963 |
| 4 | AAMES Summer Institute |
|
| 5 | American Council on Education - Inventory of Languages and Area Centers |
|
| 6 | American Friends of the Middle East (AFME) |
|
| 7 | American Research Center in Egypt - Correspondence |
1961-1963 |
| 8 | Arabic Language - Cooperative Summer Intensive Program |
|
| 9 | Arabic Union Cards - Correspondence with Library of Congress |
|
| 10 | Asian Studies Institute - Summer |
1962 |
| 11 | Asian Studies Institute - Helmut Callis Correspondence |
|
| 12 | AATA Correspondence and Misc. |
1960-1966 |
| 13 | Books Purchased for the University |
|
| 14 | Cairo Fellowships |
1967 |
| 15 | Center Correspondence - General |
|
| 16 | Center Library - General Information |
|
| 7 | Columbia University to Enrollment Figures |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Columbia University - Professor Maad Madina |
|
| 2 | Committees |
|
| 3 | Consortium of Western Universities for Middle East Studies |
|
| 4 | Contract - NDEA Funding |
|
| 5-6 | Correspondence |
1960-1967 |
| 7 | Correspondence - Public Law 480 |
|
| 8 | Coptic Art Exhibit |
1961 |
| 9 | Davis County Arabic Language Project |
|
| 10 | Department of H. E. W. - Correspondence |
|
| 11 | Education - Middle East Center Plans in Tunisia |
1967 |
| 12 | Enrollment Figures |
1964-1968 |
| 8 | Equipment and Office Space to Iraq |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Equipment and Office Space |
1968-1969 |
| 2 | Foreign Curriculum Specialist Program - Middle East |
1968-1969 |
| 3 | Foreign Language Scholarships |
1960-1964 |
| 4 | Foreign Students Leadership Program |
|
| 5 | Foreign Students' Council |
|
| 6 | Foundation for Iranian Studies - Arashir Zahedi |
|
| 7 | Guest Speakers |
1960-1970 |
| 8 | Hanna, Dr. Sami - Correspondence |
|
| 9 | Hanna, Dr. Sami - Arabic Textbook Project and Miscellaneous |
|
| 10 | Hitti, Phillip K. - Correspondence |
|
| 11 | India - The Daniels Art Exhibit |
1963 |
| 12 | Iran - Correspondence with Iranian Government Officials |
|
| 13 | Iranian Student Association - Directory (Incomplete) |
1962 |
| 14 | Iraq - Correspondence with Ministry of Guidance |
|
| 9 | Islamic Topics to Middle East Center |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Islamic Topics |
|
| 2 | Issawi, Charles |
|
| 3 | Latimer, Dr. Frederick - Near East Conference |
1963 |
| 4-5 | Lectures and Programs Sponsored by Middle East Center |
1960-1966 |
| 6 | Letters of Recommendation - Khosrow Mostofi
(Folder 6 is restricted.)
|
1965-1969 |
| 7 | MacLachlan - Reed Islamics Collection |
|
| 8 | Middle East Area Committee - Correspondence and Minutes |
1960-1962 |
| 9 | Middle East Center Library |
|
| 10-11 | Middle East Center Conference |
1960; 1963 |
| 12 | Middle East Center Conference - Minutes |
|
| 13 | Middle East Center Correspondence - Middle East Studies |
|
| 14 | Middle East Center Correspondence - Middle East Studies Brochure |
|
| 15 | Middle East Center - Midle East Institute |
|
| 16 | Middle East Center - Curriculum |
1960-1963 |
| 17 | Middle East Center - Social Hour |
1960-1962 |
| 10 | Middle East Studies and Programs to Organization of Arab Students |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Middle East Studies and Programs |
|
| 2 | Middle East Studies - Dr. Frederick Latimer |
|
| 3 | Ministry of Art and Culture - Iran |
1964-1965 |
| 4 | Miscellaneous Correspondence |
|
| 5 | Miscellaneous Correspondence - Aziz Atiya |
|
| 6 | Miscellaneous Correspondence - Khosrow Mostofi |
|
| 7 | Mulder, William - Director of Intercultural Studies |
|
| 8-9 | National Conference on Middle East Studies held at University of Utah |
|
| 10 | NDEA - Foreign Students |
|
| 11 | NDEA - Languages and Area Centers |
|
| 12 | NDEA - Summer Intensive Program |
1964 |
| 13 | NDEA - General Information |
|
| 14 | Organization of Arab Students - University of Utah |
|
| 11 | Papyrus to Sinah, Navin C. |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Papyrus - Proposal for |
|
| 2 | Past Support Received |
|
| 3 | Persian Standard Test Proposal |
|
| 4 | Petra Excavation Project |
|
| 5-9 | Plan of Operation for Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Hebrew |
1960-1965 |
| 10-15 | Plan of Operations |
1965-1970 |
| 16 | Private Foundations |
|
| 17 | Programs Abroad |
|
| 18 | Psychology Seminar - Middle East Studies |
|
| 19 | Rezai, Mohammad - Immigration and Naturalization |
|
| 20 | Middle East Religious Institute - Summer |
1961 |
| 21 | Reynolds Association |
|
| 22 | Ryan, Father Joseph L. |
|
| 23 | Sayegh, Fayez A. |
|
| 24 | Sinah, Navin C.
(Folder 24 is restricted.)
|
|
| 12 | Sinah, Navin C. to University of Texas |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Sinah, Navin C. - Dissertation
(Folder 1 is restricted.)
|
|
| 2 | Spotlight on the Orient |
1959 |
| 3 | Spotlight on the Middle East |
1961 |
| 4 | Spotlight - Greece |
1964 |
| 5 | Study Conference on Teaching Arabic at the Secondary Level |
|
| 6 | Symposium on Middle East History |
|
| 7 | An Evening With Tagore |
1961 November 16 |
| 8-16 | Technical Reports |
1961-1973 |
| 17 | Tuesday and Thursday Lectures |
|
| 18 | Tundra Films - Mrs. Betty Nelson |
|
| 19 | Tunisia Summer Program |
1972 |
| 20 | Turkish Program |
|
| 21 | University Travel Club Series |
1959-1962 |
| 22 | University of Arizona Correspondence |
|
| 23 | University of Princeton Correspondence |
|
| 24 | University of Texas Correspondence |
|
| 13 | University of Wisconsin to Zen Buddhism |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | University of Wisconsin Correspondence |
|
| 2 | University - Miscellaneous Correspondence |
|
| 3 | Antioch College Correspondence |
|
| 4 | Baldwin Wallace College Correspondence |
|
| 5 | Eastern Montana College Correpondence |
|
| 6 | Portland State College Correspondence |
|
| 7 | U. S. Exchange Programs |
|
| 8 | U. S. Information Agency |
|
| 9 | U. S. Office of Education |
|
| 10 | Utah High School Conference - Introduction to the Middle East |
1961-1963 |
| 11 | Visiting Professors |
|
| 12 | Visiting Professors - Income Tax Information |
|
| 13 | Voice of America Broadcast |
1963 January |
| 14 | Williams, Stuart Mendenhall |
|
| 15 | Working Faculty Information - Publications |
|
| 16 | World and Community Affairs Programs |
|
| 17 | World Peace Study Mission - Hibakusha |
1964 |
| 18 | Zen Buddhism - Chief Abbot of Tokyo |
|
| 14 | Addendum |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | Anthropology - Iranian Specialization |
1976 |
| 2 | Anthropology - Middle East Emphasis |
1969 |
| 3 | Arabic Program at Bountiful High School - Report |
1968 |
| 4 | Asian Courses |
1973 |
| 5 | BA in Middle East Studies - Proposal |
1976 |
| 6 | BA Major in Arabic Language/Literature |
1967 |
| 7 | BA Major in Persian Language/Literature |
1967 |
| 8 | Biographical Sketches |
undated |
| 9 | Budget |
1967-1974 |
| 10 | Consortium of Western Universities |
1967-1972 |
| 11 | Decentralization of Responsibilities |
1976 |
| 12 | Degrees Awarded in Middle East Studies |
1971-1973 |
| 13 | Durham, L. H. - Fulbright-Hays Fellowship |
1967 |
| 14 | Extension of Middle East Center - Proposals |
1967-1974 |
| 15 | Faculty Seminar to Middle East |
1968 |
| 16 | Fellowships |
1975-1976 |
| 17 | Follow-Up Faculty Seminar - Proposal |
1969 |
| 18 | Ford Foundation |
1967-1973 |
| 19 | Hoveida, A. - Contribution to Iranian Studies |
1973 |
| 20 | Graduate Programs |
1972 |
| 21 | Intensive Summer Programs |
1973 |
| 22 | Iranian Program - Phase II |
1976 |
| 23 | Language and Area Program |
1974-1975 |
| 24 | MA and Ph.D. Degrees in Arabic |
1966 |
| 25 | MA in Iranian Studies - Proposal |
1975 |
| 26 | Middle East Center Extension - Proposal |
1975 |
| 27 | Middle East Center - Funding Difficulties |
1972-1974 |
| 28 | Middle East Center Permanent Staff Appointment Committee - Minutes |
1970 |
| 29 | Middle East Image in Secondary Schools Committee - Report |
undated |
| 30 | Miscellaneous |
1973 |
| 31 | Mostofi, Khosrow - Papers Presented |
undated |
| 32 | National Figures in Iran who Obtained College Education at the University of Utah - List |
1973 |
| 33 | NDEA Federal Assistance Proposal |
1973 |
| 34 | NDEA Fellowship Proposal |
1970 |
| 15 | Addendum |
|
| Folder | ||
| 1 | NSF Proposal from Middle East Center |
1968 |
| 2 | Outreach |
1976 |
| 3 | Peace Corps - Department of State |
1968-1969 |
| 4 | Petra Expedition |
1976 |
| 5 | Plan of Operation |
1968-1974 |
| 6 | Program Developments |
1967 |
| 7 | Projection of Needs |
1975-1976 |
| 8 | Reduction in NDEA Funds |
1973-1974 |
| 9 | Staff - Professional Activities |
1974-1975 |
| 10 | Status Report |
1974 |
| 11 | Student Exchange with University of Cairo - Proposal |
1971 |
| 12 | Student Exchange with University of Tehran |
1973-1976 |
| 13 | Summer Intensive Language Program in Arabic Studies - Tunisia |
1963-1974 |
| 14 | Summer Intensive Language Program in Middle East Studies |
1973 |
| 15 | Summer Intensive Middle East Language and Area Program |
1973 |
| 16 | Technical Reports |
1966-1972 |
| 17 | Utah Educators' Conference on the Middle East |
1976 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Middle East--Study and teaching--Utah--History--Sources
- Research institutes--Utah--History--Sources
- Universities and colleges--Utah--Salt Lake City--History--Sources
Personal Names
- Atiya, Aziz Suryal, 1898-
- Mostofi, Khosrow
Corporate Names
- University of Utah--Archives
Form or Genre Terms
- Budgets
- Memorandums
- Reports
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