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.