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Title Pope. Arthur Upham, 1881-1969. Papers.

Approximate inclusive dates 1921-1951.
Lkte of receipt

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V ~ l m eon arrival 18.75 'linear ft.

N m h r of boxes (after rebcrxing)

16 record cartons, 1 5" box, 1 flat box. 18.75 linear ft.

Condition Good.
Restrictions
Description
Pope was an American authority on Iranian art and archaeology. He began
his work on Iran during the 19201s,making many expeditions to Iran from the
1920's until his death; serving as Honorary Art Advisor to the Iranian
government beginning in 1925; advising the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Philadelphia Museum, and the Textile Museum of the District of Columbia on
Iranian art during the 1920's and 1930's; acting as a middleman between dealers
and purchasers of Iranian art objects and antiquities; serving as organizer,
director, or co-director of international exhibitions of Iranian art in
Philadelphia, 1926, London, 1931, and Leningrad, 1935; editing the important
multi-volme Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric to the Present Times
(first published in 1938 by the Oxford University Press under the auspices of
the American Institute of Persian Art and Archaeology); conducting, beginning
in 1929, a photographic survey of Iranian Islamic architecture in Iran, as
well as in Armenia, the Caucasus, Turkestan, Afghanistan, India, Iraq, and .
the African coast; founding, in 1930, the American Institute for Persian Art
Special Formats 0Rlotographs 0Maps OAudio Tapes U Films 0 Graphics
ufbtifacts ElMachhe-readable records
OOther (list)
Temporary catdog card added entries
See attached.
Accessioned by

Julie Miller.

Date

October 14, 1987

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and Archaeology; and writing and lecturing in his field.

Pope's wife, Dr. Phyllis Ackerman, 1893-1977, was also an Iran specialist.
Her work was on early and prehistoric myths and symbols in Iranian culture,
and art and textiles of Iran and other Asian and European cultures. She
was on the faculty of the American Institute of Persian Art and Archaeology,
and was the Assistant Editor of ope's Survey of Persian Art..
The American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology, whose records
make up a large part of the collection, was founded in order to carry
out research, publication, and instruction in Iranian languages, art, and
culture. Pope was the first Director. In 1937 the name was changed to the
American Institute for Iranian Art and Archaeology to reflect current usage;
the Institute was also known by the shorter "Iranian Institute." The Institute
opened its School for Iranian Studies, with Pope as Chancellor, in the Spring
of 1939, offering courses for academic credit. In 1942 the School's name
was changed to the School for Asiatic Studies, and its program was expanded to
offer courses inY(0&13) Asian languages and cultures. In 1947 the Institute's
name was changed to the Asia Institute, reflecting its new focus on the
languages and cultures of all of Asia. The new Asia Institute was composed
of the Iranian Institute (carrying on the Iranian work of the original organization), the School for Asiatic Studies, and the Institute of Asiatic
Economics.
The Institute had a museum, library, archives, and bookstore; its
publication program produced a semi-annual Bulletin, a reprint series,
Pope's Survey of Persian Art.. , and other books and publications; it
organized archaeological expeditions, either independently, or jointly with
other institutions, to Kish, Barghouthiat, Rayy (Rhages), North and South
Luristan, Astarabad, Damghan, and other sites in or important to Iran; t o , - ,
it sponsored projects and expeditions to document and preserve the traditional
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arts and crafts of Iran producing, among other things, a film documenting
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carpet weaving techniques, late 1930's; and offered lectures, concerts, ~R+&Y+s,
and other presentations of Iranian and, later, Asian culture.
During World War Two the Institute helped train Office of War Information
field representatives, and also offered its special skills to the Office of
Strategic Services, the State Department, and the United States Army.

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During the Nazi years, the Institute received grants from the Emergency
Comnittee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars to finance the salaries of some
of its faculty.
Pope retired from the Institute in 1953.
Pope's correspondence, 1921-1951 (the bulk dates from the 1920's and
1930's) concerns his work as an adviser to individuals interested in buying
Iranian art objects and antiquities (his clients included Mrs. John D.
Rockefeller and William Randolph Hearst); trips to Iran; the Exhibition
of Persian Art held at the Sesquicentennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1926,
and the related Conference on Oriental Art held in New York and Philadelphia;
the International Exhibition of Persian Art, London, 1931; the Survey of
some Institute matters; writing, lecturing, and other
Persian Art.
professional activities; and personal matters. Some letters are addressed
to Dr. Ackerman and relate to her own work and to Pope's. Reprints, manuscripts,
and typescripts, ca.19301s-1951,of speeches and articles by Pope, Ackerman,
and others are included, as well as page proofs of the Survey of Persian Art...
Also included are correspondence, reports, minutes, and printed material
from various World War 'Ityo and Spanish Civil War cmittees with which Pope
was involved. These include: United China Relief; Cmittee for National
Morale (which Pope organized and directed); Writers' War Board; the International
Brigade Dependants and Wounded Aid Comnittee (London); Friends of the Spanish
Republic; others.
A few miscellaneous personal and financial papers are included.

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Records of the Institute, ca.1930-1951, consist of correspondence and

subject files in various alphabetical sequences. Both types of files consist
largely of correspondence, most of which is Pope's as Director of the Institute
and % the School. Minutes, financial documents, reports, programs, invitations,
announcements, press releases, memoranda, clippings, guest registers,
radio scripts, course catalogs, syllabi, reading lists, course schedules,
descriptive brochures, and other printed material are included. Despite
the staff's multi-lingual activities, records are in English, with a few
letters in French. Discussed are: exhibitions, conferences, lectures, concerts,
luncheons, annual and honorary dinners, and celebrations; the Institute's

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archives, library, museum, and bookshop; archaeological expeditions and

anthropological work; appeals to foundations and other fundraising and
financial matters; Board and cornnittee matters; membership; publicity;
planning; research, teaching, and office staff applications, appointments,
activities, and deaths; and School activities.
Scrapbooks of clippings (some mounted but unbound) of articles from
United States newspapers relating to archaeological, artistic, and political
matters in or relating'toIran, and activities of the Institute and of Pope,
Sir Edward Denison Ross, and other Iran scholars, 1930-1941. Mounted,
unbound clippings of articles about other countries in Asia, and five
scrapbooks containing clippings of articles about current events in China,
1945-1947, are included.

Hox No.
-General (:orres?onder:ce
1921 (one item!;
1926-27, "A1*

of Arthur I J ~ h a ml'ope

1325 (one i t e m )

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1928-23,

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General CorresponJence..

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1934, hmer. Inst. of P e r s i a n A r t G A r c h i t e c t u r e ,

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Pox No.
-General Correspondence.. .!cont

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[no 1938-39 c o r r e s p .

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1 folder

1940-41
1940-42, Committee f o r N a t i o n a l 1,lorale
1941, IJnited China R e l i e f
1942
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1943-44 c o r r e s p .

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1945, W r i t e r s ' War Roard

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e t c . 5 ?.!iscellaneous P a p e r s
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MS. of w r i t i n g s by Pope
R e p r i n t s of k i r i t i n g s by Pope
1930-32
1933
1934
1935-56
1937-51 & n.d.

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: ! e p i r ; t s of :i!;eeches by I'ope
X e p r i n t s of . . r i t i n g s by D r .

17hylli6 Ackerrnan

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7 e p r i n t s of :)rit i ~ ~ g
bys O t h e r s

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'Typescript ( i ~ c o n ~ p l e t eof) u n i d e n t i f i e d w r i t i n g s
on Asia

2 folders

r o o f s o f tile S;;rvey,of P e r s i a n
i e r s o n a l I: i :;c,. I i;!rieous P a p e r s
P e r s o n a l k ' i r!ar,ci . I ?

P a p e r s , 1937

(Oxford,

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1 folder

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Correspondence ( c . l 9 3 0 ' ~ - l 9 ~ t Q ' : j ~

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American Feder;ition uf Artists (c.1932-33)

Appeals t o Youndations (c.1742)
A r c h i t e c t u r a l ;hotographic E x h i b i t i o n , c.1932-4
IIBtt

"C"

Carpet-weaving f i l m , 19S:1-41
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E a s t and .lest A s s o c i a t i o n , 1942-45
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Cr~mebaum, :lr. !;ustave von (c.1939-4;)

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K e l l e y , C h a r l e s F.
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Ross, S i r :3. Ilenison (c.1931-32)

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Schmidt, E r i c h F. (c.1936-41)
Scholars
:;chroeder, D r . L r i c (c.1939-47)
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. , l z e r , Theodore (c.1930-42)
Smith, Myron R. (c.1930-31)

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l ' a y l o r , blyron C.

(c.1939-44)

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Watson, & kc Sons (c.1934-37)

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Subject F i l e
Advisory Council / Executive Committee, n o t i c e of
1 folder
meetings
1 folder
Annual Meetings
2 folders
Appeal f o r ;rants/Funds
1 folder
h - c h i t e c t u r a l Survey
1 folder
Archives I ' r o ~ r a m
3 folders
.!()32-44)
i b a r d of 3: r e c t o r s ( m i n u t e s , e t c . ,
1 folder
irulletin
1 folder
iiy-laws
1 folder
)Clark (Kenneth) 3 nner, 1936
Conference on konrxnic Problerns of t h r ?!ear
1 folder
E a s t , 1ClLt5

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American I n s t i t u t e of -irariinr. A r l ii ;,rci,aeology ( c o n t ' d . )

6.

,<;\abject F i l e ( c o n t ' d )
Curricula
Diniler, itnnual , 1933
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f o r r : . liolmes, 1935
Dinners, 1934
!Ii n n e r , Annual, 1935
ilinner f o r Paul r e l l i o t , 1936
Vinner, Annual, 1937
1)j.nner
:;upper Conf., 1938
Dinners, r ~ d .& u n s o r t e d

Executive Committee
minutes, 1030
Index t o t h e Minutes, c.1932-36, A-K
minutes, r p t s . , p u b l i c a t i o n s , e t c . , 19-54
n o t ? c e s o f meetings, 1136-37
n o t i c e s r\( memoranda. 1938
n o t i c e s R mtg., 1939
K x h i b i t i o n of I h o t o g r a p h s of P e r s i a n I s l a m i c
A r c h i t e c t u r e , 1934 ( i n c l . c o r r e s p . w/
American k'ederation of A r t s , 1933-34
1,:xhibition of P e r s i a n t e x t i l e s , 1935-54
Misc.
Exhibitions
':'ravelling
Xxhibitions
Financial Papers
1930-31
- 1932
1934
1936 (b!isc.)
$1
( A r c h i t e c t u r a l Survey)
1'337-49
1943

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1944

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F i r d a u s i C e l e b r a t i o n ( e p i c poet bf 'ersia),
1934-35
Flyers
!"und- raisin^, 1932
General Proaram of t h e I n s t i t u t e
Jobs, applications f o r
L e c t u r e s , 1938
I,imcheon, 1932
I l i s c e l l a n e o u s Papees
Name Change, 1'15 7 (from Amer I n s t . of i e r s i a n
A r t L ~rchaeology)

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I. f o l d e r
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American I n s t i t u t e

8.

- -!i ;~rciiat?ology( c o n t ' d . )

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Cubject F i l e ( c o n t ' d . )
I'ersian a r t c o l o r reproductions (papers i n r e )
P r e s s Yeleases, 1930
I J r i n t e d Nat,ter
l ' r o x i e s , 1937
Publicity
Purpose of t h e I n s t i t u t e
Rayy SZuhj.bition, 1934
Register:; ( o f names and v i s i t o r s )
R e p o r t s , 1'136
Yeprint S e r i e s
Ross ( S i r s e n i s o n ) Dinner, 1931
School Advisory Committee, 1938
S e c r e t a r y ' s Report, 1935, 1936, 1938
Sobernhei III ( : o l l e c t i o n
Supper Conference, 1937
; s i n ( r . 'rederick 2.) !)inner, 1932
Iranian l n s t i t u t e
Correspondence
1940-41
19'12
1943 (inti. H.3.
Young)
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948-50
Board of X r e c t o r s , 1945
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Report t o
C o n t i n e n t a l Survey
Curricula
!)evi, ttsj<ini, 19/16
L x I i i b i t i o n , 1940
Faculty
I*'inanciai i'apers, 1942
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1945-46
II
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1949
Flyers
Foundations, a p p l i c a t i o n s t o , 1944-45
Gifts
Nindusiani c o u r s e
i - a t c h a d o , ~ r i a nt k h i b i t i o n , 1941-43
l.oans

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American I n s t i t u t e of I r a n i a n Art id Archaeology ( c o n t ' d . )

9.

Iranian I n s t i t u t e (cont'd.)
iliscellaneous papers
O f f i c e of J a r I n f o r m a t i o n , 1944
P e r s i a n Garden c o u r s e
P l a n f o r School of A s i a t i c S t u d i e s , 1944
I'rogram
Publicity
Reports, Memoranda
Research Bureau f o r P o s t War Economics
Sales
S p e c i a l L e c t u r e c o u r s e , 1940-41
Stationary
Supper Conference, 1944
Text Books

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School f o r A s i a t i c S t u d i e s
Iranian I n s t i t u t e
Board of T r u s t e e s mtg., 1946
China L e c t u r e s , 1945
Curricula
F a c u l t y Meetings, 1946-47
Summer S t a f d
Caculty
F a l l Semester, 1942
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Seminar, 1943
Semester, 1946
It
Semester, 1947
l e c t u r e s , 1943
Recruitment of s t u d e n t s , 1945-47
S t u d e n t Council, 1947-50
S p r i n g , 1.942

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" , 1943

Summer, 1942
I n t e n s i v e Language c o u r s e
Arabic
Summer S c h o o l , 1042
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Russian
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Summer S e m e s t e r , 1943
Withdrawals from s c h o o l , 1950-51

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Institute

Correspondence ( c .1947-51)
A s s o c i a t i o n of Colleges.. .of
1947
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Y.,
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pile Asia
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I n s t i t u t e (cont'd.)

Correspondence ( c o n t 'd. )
Barlow (Samuel I,.f.I.) Appezl, 1'94,)

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Foundations,
- ''MI8
Membership -

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't f o l d e r s
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1948-49

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New !:embers

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N a t i o n a l C i t y Bank

New York S t a t e Roard of Regents

New York j t a t e U n i v e r s i t y

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American School of A s i a t i c S t u d i e s

Curriculum,

Appeal f o r Funds
A s i a t i c S t u d i e s , proposed conference on
mtgs, e t c .
Board of T r u s t e e s
Riiilding p l a n s
C h a r t e r Amendment
Convocation, 1947
Curricula
Dinner, lcJ51
Diplomas

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Executive Committ'ee
Japanese e x h i b i t
h'xhibitions
F a c u l t y - r:aps, !:owns, measiironent:.
I,
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::inancia1 k a p e r s . 1947-50
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Flyers
Governmen:. informil t i o n -Forms
G r e a t e r New York C o l ~ n c i lf o r I ' o r c i ~ r : Jt.udents

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1945-48

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11.

Institute (coct'd.)

Subject Yile (cont'd.)

1 folder
:!istory of A s i . l t i c ' I ' e x t i l e s
1
folder
Tndin F l i g h t (:;;~n:;ored by A . I . )
1 folder
India I n s t i t u t e
1 folder
I n s t i t u t e fo:. ~ ' l s i a t i cEconomics
1 folder
I n s t i t u t e of A r a h c S t u d i e s ( p r o p o s e d )
1 folder
I m t i t u t e of Chinese S t u d i e s (proposed)
1
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Insurance
1
folder
I r a n , s h a h o f , l i e c e p t i o n , 1917
1
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Iran
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applicants
Jobs
1
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Language 1 n : i t i t u t e
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2
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!4anuscript C o l l e c t i o n ( c a t a l o g i n g n o t e s )
1 folder
$.embership
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P.!iscellaneouc p a p e r s
r e , an i n t e r y r e t a tion..
by
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A.S. P ! a r t i n e l i i
1 ful dcr
!:ew York, .'rate U n i v e r s i t y o f
1 fo! d e r
:Jew:; L e t t e r
1 !'older
Cccaisiorial Papers
1 f'uldcr
C?l'Lce S t a f f
1 folder
i?ri:ariization "hart
t a k i : i t a n (memorandum r e its s t r a t e g i c i r n p o r t a n c e ) l f o l i e r
1 folder
, ' t r s i a , Y l i g h t t o ( s p o n s o r e d by A . I. )
i'lacement t e s t ( ~ h i n e s el a n g u a g e )
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1 folder
Prcss lleleases
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i'rinting
P r i n t e d ephemera
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1 folder
i'ublicity

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Radio ; i r o a d c a s t , 19'17
Radio F r e e Europe
; : e ~ i s L e r s o f names
Registrar
R e ~ r g n n i ~ d t i opnr o c e e d i n c s
.leque:;ti; f o r I n f o r m a t i o n
;Ieprts
S c a r b o r v A ) , i :Commission
c t e !e of Courses
SchosL C. r k i a t i c S t u d i e s
:
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-.I I :I,. : ; e n e s t e r , 1948

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InstituLe (cont'd.)

Subject F i l e (cont'd.)
S o u t h e a s t Asja I ~ s t i r u t e
Stationary
Students
- P'oreign
Transcripts
Translations
U.S.
F e d e r a l S e c u r i t y ,Agency
Woochefee I n s t i t u t e

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1 folder
1 folder
1 folair
1 folder
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1 folder
1 folder

The Asia I n s t i t u t e Rookshop

c o r r e s p . , book o r d e r s , i n v o i c e s , r e c e i p t s

11 f o l d e r s

10 folders

Cancelled Cl~ecks
The Asia I n s t i t u t e

2 folders

American I n s t i t u t e of I r a n i a n A r t il k_ci:aeology

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Pope, Arthur Upham, 1881-1969. Addition to Papers.

Approximate inclusive dates 1930-1952
Date

Of

Received ficm

receipt December, 1987

NYET Oriental Division.

Volume on arrival 1 linear ft. (1 record carton).

Number of boxes (after reboxing)
Condition

Good. Some letters and printed material is crumbling.

Restrictions
Description
This group of papers constitutes an addition to the Arthur Upham Pope Papers
(18.75 linear feet, 1921-1951) that is already held by the Library's
Manuscript Division. For a biographical/historical statement about Pope
and the Asia Institute, which he directed, see the accession record for
the original collection.
Description
The addition includes a small, miscellaneous group of Pope's correspondence
files. Major topics are: arrangements, 1930-1931, for the International
Exhibition of Persian Art, London, 1931, for which Pope was a director;
Asia Institute trips to Iran, India, and Pakistan, 1949 (press releases,
lists of participants, itineraries, telegrams, and printed material relating
to the Iran trip are also included). General and miscellaneous matters,
dating largely from 1948, relating to the Asia Institute and to the Institute's
~ra~hics
Special Formats [japhotographs maps QAudio Tapes DFilms 13
artifacts UMachine-readable records
Other (list
Temporary catalog card added entries
See attached.
Accessioned by JM
Date

December
-- 15, 1987

Arthur Upham Pope Papers, Addition.

School for Asiatic Studies are also discussed. A message to Pope, February
2, 1952, from the faculty of the School for Asiatic Studies on his retirement,
and miscellaneous notes, forms, minutes, and printed material are also
included. Correspondents include: William Phillips; the Pakistan Consulate
in New York, and Embassy in Washington D.C.; John A. Pope (of the Freer Gallery
of Art in Washington D.C.) and Joseph Pope, about both family and Asia
Institute matters; Rajendra M. Prasad; orientalist Sir E. Denison Ross,
concerning a 1931 American lecture tour, with a list of lectures;
Rex Stead; Robert Strausz-Hupe; and the Syrian Legation, Washington D.C.
Printed material includes: course catalogs of the School for Asiatic
Studies, 1947-48, 1949-50, 1950-51, and 1951-52, and of the School's Far
Eastern Section (in cooperation with the Woochefee Institute of New York),
1947-48; scrapbooks of clippings about China, 1945-46; proceedings and a list
of members of the Second International Congress on Persian Art, London, 1931;
a bulletin, Troisieme Congres International D'Art et D'Archaeologie
Iraniens, Leningrad, 1935; reprints of articles about the Institute and of
writings by Pope, Dr. Phyllis Ackerman (Pope's wife and an Iran scholar at
the Asia Institute), and others; brochures, reports, exhibition catalogs,
newsletters, bibliographies, and publications issued by the institute, and
publications containing articles about the Institute.
A group of 55 black and white photographs is also included. These include
40 interior and exterior views of the Masjid-i Shah, Masjid-i Jami and the
Palace of Ali Kapu, Isfahan, Iran. These are probably part of Pope's
photographic survey of Iranian architecture undertaken during the 1930s and
1940s. The rest, both mounted and unmounted, show monuments, rural and
urban scenes, and people,'nineteenth and early to mid-twentieth centuries in
Iran and elsewhere in the middle east, including a view of Cairo signed
"Bonfils." One print showing a street scene in Eritrea, twentieth century,
ca. pre-World War Two, is included.

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- Arthur Upham Pope Papers, Addition

Box
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19

20
21

Correspondence, 1930-1952
Printed Material, ca.1930-1952
Photographs
Scrapbooks; oversized photographs and publication