Carl H. Kraeling Papers, 1947-1955

This file contains a finding aid for the Carl H. Kraeling Collection. To access the collection, please contact the archivist (asorarch@bu.edu) at the American Schools of Oriental Research, located at Boston University.

This collection contains correspondence with other archeologists and ASOR associates regarding research, finances, and political conditions in the Near East. The records also include annual financial records, 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 Fourth Dead Sea Scroll and correspondence with the Archbishop Athanasius Yeshue Samuel.