CARL HERMAN KRAELING PAPERS, 1947-1955
By Cynthia Rufo
Collection Overview
Title: Carl Herman Kraeling Papers, 1947-1955
Creator: Kraeling, Carl Herman (1897-1966)
Extent: 3.0 Boxes
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject.
Languages: English, Hebrew, Arabic, French
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence with archeologists and ASOR associates regarding research, finances, and political conditions in the Near East. The records also include correspondence with ASOR trustees and corporation members regarding the publication of ASOR bulletins, journals, and scholarly papers. The collection includes annual budgets and financial information, trustee meeting minutes and memoranda, and information on an ongoing microfilming project. Of particular interest is correspondence regarding the discovery, processing, interpretation, and public unveiling of the Mar Athanasius Dead Sea Scroll. Later re-named the Genesis Apocrypha, the scroll was discovered in Qumran in 1947, and purchased by Archbishop Athanasius Yeshue Samuel. The collection contains correspondence with Archbishop Athanasius regarding the ownership of the physical and intellectual contents of the scroll.
Box and Folder List
Series 1: Administrative, 1947-1955. This series contains records regarding ASOR alumni, corporation and trustee members, corporation and board of trustee agendas and meeting minutes, presidential correspondence and reports, and administrative memoranda and notes.
Box 1:
Folder 1: Alumni, 1951-1954
Folder 2-5: Board of Trustees, 1944-1954
Folder 6-12: Corporation, 1943-1958
Series 2: Subject Files, 1947-1955
Box 1:
Folder 13: General, 1947-1955
The General file contains various items collected during Kraeling’s presidency. The file includes the will of George Barton, in which ASOR is named as a beneficiary.The file also contains manuscripts submitted to ASOR for review, a notice of the semi-centennial anniversary of ASOR, and information on a project led by Henry Field.
Folder 14-17: Appointments, 1947-1954
The Appointments files contain correspondence regarding applicants for appointments to various institutions affiliated with ASOR. These institutions include the Jerusalem School, Yale University, and the University of Chicago. All appointments are for positions in teaching about the archeology, history, religions, and languages of the Near East.
Folder 18-20: Baghdad School, 1948-1956
Folder 21-59: Correspondence, 1947-1956
Folder 21: Abercrombie, Robert F., 1952
Folder 22: Albright, William, 1953-1955
Folder 23: American Levant Shipping and Distributing, 1950-1953
Folder 24: Archaeological Institute of America, 1949-1954
Folder 25: Bechtel, K.K., 1953-1954
Folder 26: Blair, Edward P., 1950-1954
Folder 27: Bollinger Foundation, Inc., 1952-1954
Folder 28: Braidwood, Robert J., 1952-1954
Folder 29: Brownlee, William H., 1950-1954
Folder 30: Bull, Ludlow, 1949-1955
Folder 31: Burrows, Millar, 1946-1954
Folder 32: Cadbury, Henry J., 1947-1954
Folder 33: Cameron, George C., 1949-1954
Folder 34: Catholic University of America, 1949, 1951, 1953-1954
Folder 35: Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 1952-1954
Folder 36: Clapp, Verner, 1950-1955
Folder 37: Clark, Kenneth W., 1950-1954
This folder contains photographs.
Folder 38: Crawford, Vaughn, 1951-1954
Folder 39: Cross, Frank M., Jr., 1953-1954
Folder 40: Davies, W.D., 1954
Folder 41: Day, Florence, 1953-1954
Folder 42: Dodge, Bayard, 1949-1954
Folder 43: Dorner, Frederick K., 1952-1954
Folder 44: Earle, Ralph, 1949
Folder 45: Eberhardt, Charles R., 1954
Folder 46: Ehlhardt, George B., 1940-1950
Folder 47: Ettinghousen, Richard, 1950
Folder 48: Evangelical and Reformed Church Seminary of Longcaster, PA, 1952
Folder 49: Evangelical School of Theology, Reading, PA, 1952-1953
Folder 50: Filson, Floyd V., 1949, 1952-1953
Folder 51: Forsythe, George, 1954
Folder 52: Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, undated
Folder 53: Furniss, Provost Edgar S., 1950
Folder 54: Gehman, Henry S., 1949-1953
Folder 55: Garrett Biblical Institute, 1951-1954
Folder 56: General Motors Corporation, 1950-1951
Folder 57: Goell, Theresa B., 1954
Folder 58: Gold, Victor, 1952-1954
Folder 59: Goldman, Hetty, 1952-1953
Box 2:
Folder 1-57: Correspondence
Folder 1: Grabar, Andre and Oleg, 1952-1954
Folder 2: Harding, Gerald Lankester, 1955
Folder 3: Hitti, Philip, 1954Folder 4: Hotels, 1954
Folder 5: Iliff School of Theology, 1954
Folder 6: Ingholt, Harald, 1954
Folder 7: Jacobsen, Thorkild, 1954
Folder 8: Jeffery, Arthur, 1949-1952
Folder 9: Jewish Education Committee of New York, Inc., 1954
Folder 10: Jewish Studies, College of, 1954
Folder 11: Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of, 1950-1953
Folder 12: Kapelrud, Arvid S., 1950
Folder 13: Kee, Howard, 1949-1952
Folder 14: Kraft, Charles F., 1954
Folder 15: Kenyon, Kathleen M., 1951, 1953
Folder 16: Loeser Frederick and Co. Inc., 1950-1951
Folder 17: Mack, S. Franklin, 1954
Folder 18: Manoog, Charles, 1954
Folder 19: McGinley, Laurence J. (Fordham University), 1954
Folder 20: Mechanical Equipment for Excavations, 1954
Folder 21: Muilenburg, James, 1949, 1952-1954
Folder 22: Nakarai, Toyozo W., 1954
Folder 23: Napier, W. Davie, 1954
Folder 24: National Association of Biblical Instructors, 1954
Folder 25: New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1950
Folder 26: North, Frank, 1948-1954
Folder 27: Northwestern Lutheran Theology Seminary, 1952
Folder 28: Oberman, Julian, 1951
Folder 29: O’Callaghan, Timothy, 1954
Folder 30: Orlinsky, Harry, 1947-1952
Folder 31: Oxtoby, Gurdon C., 1950
Folder 32: Palestine Archaeological Museum, 1947-1954
Folder 33: Pepper, Bodine, Stokes and Hamilton, 1950, 1952-1953
Folder 34: Phillips, Wendell, 1948-1949
Folder 35: Pope, Dean Liston, 1951-1954
Folder 36-37:Public, 1948-1956
Folder 38: Reynolds, Oliver, 1947-1954
Folder 39: Richardson, H. Neil, 1953
Folder 40: Rowell, Henry T., 1953-1954
Folder 41: Scott, Donald, 1949-1953Folder 42: Shelton College, 1953
Folder 43: Smith, Louise Pettibone, 1951-1952
Folder 44: Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Wake Forest, NC, 1953
Folder 45: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1951-1954
Folder 46: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Seminary Hill Station, TX, 1951-1953
Folder 47: Speiser, Ephraim A., 1949-1954
Folder 48: Sukenik, Eleanor, 1949-1950
Folder 49: Szarkowkski, John, 1955
Folder 50: Toronto University, 1950-1951
Folder 51-53: Trever, John C., 1949
Folder 54: Tushingham, Doug, 1953-1954
Folder 55: Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, 1945-1946, 1948-1950F
older 56: United Nations Arab Relief Program, 1949-1951
Folder 57: Whipple, Allen O., 1949-1952, 1954
Folder 58-61: Dead Sea Scrolls, 1947-1953
The Dead Sea Scrolls files contain records pertaining to the acquisition, processing, and publication of the Mar Athanasius Dead Sea Scroll, later known as the Genesis Apocrypha. The files also contain the processing agreement, publication and exhibition agreements, and financial statements regarding the Scroll. These files contain a sizable amount of correspondence between ASOR and the Archbishop Athanasius Yeshue Samuel.
Folder 62-63: Fellowships, 1947-1953
Folder 64-75: Financial, 1947-1955
Box 3:
Folder 1: Financial, 1947-1955
Folder 2-6: Jerusalem School, 1947-1955
Folder 7: Materials for Classroom Use, n.d., 1948
The Materials for Classroom Use file contains descriptions of materials produced by ASOR for use as teaching aids in classrooms. These materials include slide sets and coin collections.
Folder 8-10: Microfilming Project, 1949-1950
The Microfilming Project files contain records concerned a project to microfilm the Greek Patriarchate manuscripts located in Sinai and Jerusalem. The files contain a financial agreement between ASOR and the Library of Congress, lists of microfilmed manuscripts, financial records, and correspondence about the project.
Folder 11-12: Publications, 1948-1953
The Publications files series contain publications produced by ASOR. Materials include descriptions of books and journals for purchase, and press releases and articles for publication.
