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JERUSALEM SCHOOL COLLECTION, 1880-1984

By Ona Coughlan

Collection Overview
Title: Jerusalem School Collection, 1880-1984

Predominant Dates:1930-1979

Creator: American Schools of Oriental Research

Extent: 14.0 Boxes

Languages: English, French, German, Arabic

Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records from the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem (now known as the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research). The dates of the materials range from 1880 to 1984, although the bulk fall within 1930 and 1979. There are financial documents, ledgers, correspondence, as well as legal materials. All pertain to the administrative running of the school. Furthermore, the collection holds artifact drawings and photographs of the many excavations funded by ASOR in Israel.

Box and Folder List

Box 1:
Folder 1-23: General
Folder 1: General, n.d.
Folder 2: Accession List: Pottery and Other Fragments, 1931-1935
Folder 3: Accession List Edits, 1931-1935
Folder 4: Amarna Text Lists, n.d.
Folder 5: Appointees, 1966-1969
Folder 6: Arabic-Language Documents, n.d., 1968?
Folder 7-13: Artifact Drawings (Excavation Unknown), n.d.
Folder 14: Building Supplies Needed, n.d.
Folder 15: Compiled Information on Agricultural Implements, n.d., 1957
Folder 16: Hotel Lists/Hostel Prices, Jerusalem, 1969
Folder 17: Inventory: Albright Institute, 1957, 1978
Folder 18: Inventory: Library, 1967-1969
Folder 19: Jerusalem School Biography, n.d.
Folder 20: Protest, 1968
Folder 21: Report: “Rescue Operation” at Suwwanet eth-Thanya, 1968
Folder 22: Manuscript of Wadi Daliyeh Book, n.d.
Folder 23: “Sumerian Grammar,” by Thorkild Jacobsen, n.d.
Folder 24-32: Correspondence
Folder 24-30: General, 1907-1976
Folder 31-32: Albright, William Foxwell
Folder 31-32: General, 1920-1933

Box 2:
Folder 1-49: Correspondence
Folder 1-20: Albright, William Foxwell
Folder 1-6: General, 1933-1935
Folder 7-12: w/ Barton, George A., 1920-1929
Folder 13-19: Montgomery, James, 1919-1931
Folder 20: w/ Moulton, Warren, 1921
Folder 21-22: American Consulate, 1936-1948, 1960
Folder 23-25: Barton, George A.
Folder 23: w/ Butin, Romaine, 1926-1927
Folder 24-25: w/ McCown, Chester C., 1921-1931
Folder 26: Beisan: University of Pennsylvania Expedition, 1940-1941
Folder 27: Bergman, A., 1936
Folder 28: Building Permits and Design, 1924, 1929-1931
Folder 29: Butin, Romaine w/ Montgomery, James, 1926-1927
Folder 30: Cross, Frank Moore, 1975-1976
Folder 31: Currency Control, 1956
Folder 32-34: Facility and Property, 1912-1974
Folder 35-36: Fall Trips to Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey, 1952-1966
Folder 37: Gelat, Elias Thomas, 1925-1926
Folder 38-40: Glueck, Nelson
Folder 38: General, 1937-1945
Folder 39: w/ McCown, Chester C., 1936
Folder 40: w/ Palestine Department of Antiquities, 1936-1947
Folder 41: Hesbon: Andrews University Expedition, 1966-1967
Folder 42: J.L. Maude & Co., 1934-1935
Folder 43: Jerusalem Residence Permits, 1960-1965
Folder 44-48: Jerusalem School Committee, 1964-1970

Box 3:
Folder 1-46: Correspondence
Folder 1-2: Jerusalem School Directors, 1966-1969
Folder 3: Jerusalem Water Supply Department, 1929-1934
Folder 4: Jordanian Customs Ministry, 1959
Folder 5: Jordan Department of Antiquities, 1951-1957
Folder 6: Kelso, James L., 1949-1950
Folder 7: Khirbet Tuqqa’ Expedition, 1955, 1958
Folder 8: Kreutzmuller, 1922
Folder 9: Lance, Darrell, 1975-1976
Folder 10: Lapp, Nancy, 1970-1974
Folder 11-13: Lapp, Paul, 1947
Folder 14: Library in Jerusalem, 1933-1936
Folder 15: Marks, John, 1966-1975
Folder 16-31: McCown, Chester C.
Folder 16-26: General, 1928-1936
Folder 27-29: w/ Montgomery, James, 1929-1931
Folder 30: w/ Moon, Lewis, 1936
Folder 31: w/ Palestine Oriental Society, 1930-1931
Folder 32: Meiron Expedition, 1974
Folder 33: Mendenhall, George E., 1972-1975
Folder 34: Montgomery, James Alan, 1970-1974
Folder 35: Moon, Lewis C., 1932-1935
Folder 36-38: Newman, Thomas D., 1968-1976
Folder 39: Object Importations to the United States, 1950
Folder 40: Palestine Archaeological Museum, 1950-1960
Folder 41-42: Pella
Folder 41: Newsletters, 1975
Folder 42: Wooster Expedition, 1966-1967
Folder 43: Personnel, 1932-1935
Folder 44: Petra Excavation, 1959-1962
Folder 45: Pope, Marvin, 1975
Folder 46: Prospective Students, 1936-1937

Box 4:
Folder 1-16: Correspondence
Folder 1: Prospective Students, 1936-1937
Folder 2: Publications, 1974-1976
Folder 3: Replies to Invitations to Archaeological Meeting, 1943
Folder 4: Salzmann, Alfred, 1926
Folder 5: Schoonover, Kermit, 1968
Folder 6: Shipping Artifacts to the United States, 1950-1959
Folder 7: Student Recommendations, 1945-1947
Folder 8: Summer Institute, 1932
Folder 9: Summer School Events, 1933-1934
Folder 10: Supreme Moslem Council, 1931-1935
Folder 11: Taxes, 1924-1947
Folder 12: Tell er-Rumeith, 1967
Folder 13: Tell el Kheleifeh Project, 1979
Folder 14: Tushingham, Doug, 1950-1954
Folder 15: Wadi el Yabis Excavation, n.d.
Folder 16: Worrell, W.H., 1919-1920
Folder 17-37: Financial
Folder 17-18: General, 1950-1960
Folder 19-20: Account Reports, 1931-1941, 1961
Folder 21-31: Bank Statements, 1929-1979
Folder 32-37: Cash Balance Sheets, 1920-1950

Box 5:
Folder 1-17: Financial
Folder 1: Cash Balance Sheets, 1935
Folder 2: New Building Design, 1931-1932
Folder 3: Plumbing Services, 1925
Folder 4-6: Property and Facility
Folder 4: Building Contracts, 1922-1927
Folder 5: Construction: Railing and Bannisters, 1925
Folder 6: Construction Supplies, 1925-1926
Folder 7: Receipts, 1964
Folder 8-10: Salaries and Wages
Folder 8: Salary Vouchers, 1967
Folder 9: Total Salaries, 1967-1968
Folder 10: Wages of Laborers, n.d.
Folder 11: Shipping Artifacts to the United States, 1951, 1953, 1958
Folder 12-16: Taxes
Folder 12: General, 1925-1947
Folder 13-15: Income Taxes, 1950-1969
Folder 16: Property Taxes, 1948-1965
Folder 17: Wadi Jervis Expedition, 1964-1965
Folder 18: Meeting Minutes of the Trustees, 1923, 1936-1949
Folder 18a: Student Registry Book, 1900-1929
Digital version only. Physical copy held at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israel.
Folder 19-27: Photographs
Folder 19: Albright Institute Rugs, 1939
Folder 20: Artifacts: Unknown Excavations, n.d.
Folder 21: Building Plans, n.d.
Folder 22: Construction, n.d.
Folder 23: Ghassul Excavation, n.d.
Folder 24: Khirbet Kufin Excavation, 1959
Folder 25: Meggido Excavation, 1926
Folder 26: School Buildings In Philadelphia, n.d.
Folder 27: Suwwanet eth-Thaniya Excavation, n.d.
Folder 28: Ta-annek Cuneiform Tablets, 1968

Box 6: Oversized
Folder 1-38: Correspondence
Folder 1-3: General, 1949-1970
Folder 4-6: Albright, William Foxwell, 1921-1936
Folder 7: Antiquities Law, 1952
Folder 8: Bab edh-Dhra Excavation, 1965-1983
Folder 9: Bethel Excavation, 1954, 1957, 1960
Folder 10: Barton, George A., 1918-1919
Folder 11: Building Permits and Design, 1924-1931
Folder 12: Building and Land, 1923-1941
Folder 13: Building Contracts, n.d., 1924
Folder 14: Excavation Insurance, 1950-1953
Folder 15: Facility Repair, 1963
Folder 16-17: Glueck, Nelson
Folder 16: w/ Department of Antiquities, 1936-1947
Folder 17: w/ Palestine Department of Migration, 1927-1939
Folder 18: Jerash Excavation, 1932-1935
Folder 19-20: Jericho Excavation
Folder 19: General, 1952-1953, 1955
Folder 20: Plans, 1950-1951
Folder 21: Jordanian Department of Antiquities, 1964, 1967
Folder 22: Jordanian Ministry of Education, undated
Folder 23: Kelso, James L., 1949-1950
Folder 24: Land Purchases, 1967-1974
Folder 25: Land Registry Office of Jerusalem, 1921
Folder 26: Marks, John, 1974
Folder 27: McCown, Chester C., 1931, 1936
Folder 28: Montgomery, James Alan, 1914, 1919, 1929
Folder 29: Palestine Government, 1929-1947
Folder 30-31: Palestine Archaeological Museum, 1960-1969
Folder 32: Palestine Oriental Society, 1938-1960
Folder 33: Personnel, 1967-1968
Folder 34: Replies to Invitations to Archaeological Meeting, 1943
Folder 35: Shipping Artifacts to United States, 1964
Folder 36: Taxes, 1929-1933, 1936-1937
Folder 37: Tel er-Ras Excavation, 1966-1967
Folder 38: Tushingham, Doug, 1950-1954
This folder contains correspondence concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls, among other subjects.
Folder 39-43: Financial
Folder 39: Audits, 1951-1960
Folder 40-43: Bank Statements, 1920-1964
Folder 44: Inventory: Gordon Book Collection in School Library, 1980

Box 7: Oversized
Folder 1-12: Financial
Folder 1: El Jib Expedition, 1957-1962, 1979
Folder 2: Facility Repair, n.d., 1961-1962, 1965
Folder 3: Jericho Excavation, 1952-1953, 1955
Folder 4: Palestine Archaeological Museum Reports, 1950-1969
Folder 5: Salary Vouchers, 1969
Folder 6: Shiloh Expedition, 1932
Folder 7: Shipping Artifacts to United States, 1951
Folder 8-10: Taxes
Folder 8: General, 1925-1947
Folder 9: Income, 1950-1959
Folder 10: Property, 1951
Folder 11-12: Telephone Accounts, 1935-1947
Folder 13-23: Legal
Folder 13: Antiquities Law, 1953, 1964, 1966
Folder 14: Building Contracts, 1924-1925, 1930
Folder 15: Building Permits, 1930
Folder 16: Clarence Fisher Estate, 1941-1942, 1950-1952
Folder 17: Insurance, 1943-1946
Folder 18: Jerusalem Water Supply Department Agreement, 1933
Folder 19: Jerusalem Residence Permits, 1960-1965
Folder 20: Jordani an Income Tax Law, 1964
Folder 21: Jordanian Labor Law, 1960, 1965
Folder 22: Palestine Museum Temporary Law, 1966
Folder 23: Permit for Mohanned Adawi, 1971 or 1921
Folder 24: Lilst of Summer School Attendees, 1934-1935
Folder 25: Manuscript: Maclean, Norman, 1941
Folder 26-28: Minutes
Folder 26: Palestine Department of Antiquities Archaeological Advisory Board, 1926
Folder 27-28: Palestine Archaeological Museum Minutes, 1950-1959
Folder 29: Cuneiform Symbols Alphabet Chart (?), n.d.

Box 8:
Item 1-4: Jerusalem School Accounts, 1949-1954

Box 9:
Item 1-4: Jerusalem School Accounts, 1956-1963, 1967-1970

Box 10:
Bound Volume 1: Jerusalem School Accounts, 1977-1980
Bound Volume 2: Hostel Reservations, 1979-1984

Box 11:
Bound Volume 1: Receipts and Expenditures, 1955-1970
Bound Volume 2: School Hotel Accounts, 1967-1970
Bound Volume 3: Coin Register, 1935

Box 12: Bibliography Index About Dolmens, 1880-1976, undated
Box 13: Bibliography Index About Dolmens, 1880-1976, undated

Box 14:
Folder 1-3: Early and Middle Bronze Age Artifact Drawings, undated

Box 15:
Folder 1-3: Late Bronze Age Artifact Drawings, undated
Folder 4: Iron Age Jug Drawings, undated

Box 16:
Folder 1-3: Byzantine Artifact Drawings, undated
Folder 4: Hellenistic Artifact Drawings, undated

Box 17:
Folder 1: Chalcolithic Artifact Drawings, undated
Folder 2: Roman Artifact Drawings, undated
Folder 3: Jordanian Customs Department Forms, undated
Folder 4: Unknown Excavation Site Plans, undated

Box 18:
Folder 1: Facility and Property
Folder 1: Construction Blueprints, undated
Folder 2: Construction Blueprints, n.d.

Tube 1:
Item 1: Facility and Property
Item 1-2: Facility Blueprints, undated
Item 2: Facility Blueprints, n.d.
Item 3: Unknown Excavation Map, n.d.