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AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH
JERUSALEM AND BAGHDAD
FOUNDED 1900
409 PROSPECT STREET
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
October 12, 1939
Dear Nelson:
Dr. Albright has sent us your article on the second campaign at Tell el-Kheleifeh, and has asked that I consider the matter of the Megiddo gate. The difficulty, as you will see, exists in the fact that there is new published evidence for the gate. I am therefore returning the entire MS to you with the suggestion that you re-write the section beginning with page 8.
Not knowing whether you have available a copy of Megiddo I by Lamon and Shipton, I am enclosing a rough copy of fig. 86 on page 75, which shows the gate regarded by Guy as belonging to Stratum IV. Excavation has shown that this gateway must now be regarded as belonging to Stratum III, dated 780-650 B.C. by the excavators. You will note that this gateway was originally planned, by evidence coming from foundation indications, for two pairs of guard-rooms. During construction the plan was changed and one pair of larger guard-rooms was constructed.
The original plan for Stratum III is of course your best analogy for Ezion-geber, but whether you want to use it in the same way that you used Guy’s IV gate seems doubtful in view of differences in date which must now be recognized. The comparison [outline] certainly to be made, but with regard to your argument for a Solomonic fate for Ezion-geber I, it should be remembered that the real Stratum IV gate at Megiddo has not yet been published. I have a preconceived notion that the real Stratum IV gate may look quite a bit like the III gate as originally planned, although Lamon and Shipton say on page 74 that it is “on a somewhat different plan”.
These are the essential facts in the case and I pass them on for your consideration.
With regard to Dr. Albright’s note on page 8, I think we must conclude that Guy’s original date was incorrect, though no fault of his own, because he was not privileged to see the structures which underlay the Stratum III gate (his IV). From conversation with Lamon I believe there is no doubt that the new IV gate bonded with the old IV wall.
Of course Guy’s Stratum IV, as far as structures other than the gate are concerned, still stands. I hope that you can the new publication for yourself, but if not you may be able to make use of the new evidence from these notes. When you are finished please send the ms. directly to Dr. Albright. I shall send him a copy of this letter to keep him informed and also to save you as much time as possible.
Will you drop me a card saying whether you will be coming to New Haven first before starting on your lecture your? If so, let me know when and we can meet you at the station. I am enclosing the New England section of your schedule.
Also enclosed is a note from Lowell Thomas and a sheet of page proof from the Annual.
With best wishes to you and your wife, and looking forward to seeing you soon,
Sincerely,
Bob
Robert M. Engberg
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AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH
JERUSALEM AND BAGHDAD
FOUNDED 1900
409 PROSPECT STREET
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
December 12, 1939
Dr. Nelson Glueck
c/o Professor J. H. Hicks
3548 McFarlin
Dallas, Texas
Dear Nelson:
I have received your card and letter (with checks) from Richmond and am glad to know that you are still cheerful. I had expected that by now you might not care to write to the person who arranged all those lectures for you.
I have written to President Lacy of Union Theological Seminary and hope for a favorable reply.
By now you have probably received the notice regarding Mrs. Corning. This, together, with other mail, arrived in Philadelphia too late to reach you and was returned here for forwarding. We are glad to have your estimate of travelling expenses but are not entering your total in the budget as a final figure, since we want your final word. Be sure not to overlook everything.
The thirty bulletin envelopes will be sent you in Cincinnati.
Your Annual sherds have been “sold” to Professor Knopf of the University of Southern California for $400. Action on this was initiated by John Trevor. Knopf succeeded in interesting one of his friends. The shipment will be sent today or tomorrow. I am of course reserving one of your five Palestinian collections for Hicks.
Please give him my best, and the same to you.
Sincerely,
Bob
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December 16, 1939
Dr. Nelson Glueck
c/o Professor R. A. Kent
University of Louisville
Louisville, Ky.
Dear Nelson:
We have received the following telegram from A. T. Olmstead:
“North Shore Church Herbert Virgin, pastor, wishes Glueck to lecture either January seventh Sunday overflow auditorium promised, or January third, good crowd. Honorarium not indicated but sure to be good. Have suggested dinner before lecture when Glueck can talk with Krafft. Urge you accept if possible.”
In reply I have wired: “Glueck will wire you Monday or Tuesday regarding January third. Seventh impossible.”
By way of explanation, Kraft is the cheese man and already has an interest in Ezion-geber. The honorarium is probably not as important as the much larger possibilities involved in the interest Kraft may develop.
Yesterday’s mail brought word from the Smithsonian Institution that they are interested in supporting your dig next spring. They have asked me to go to Washington some time after January 10 to discuss the whole matter. I add this at this particular time since Kraft’s interest might be along the same lines.
With best wishes,
Yours,
Bob
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AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH
JERUSALEM AND BAGHDAD
FOUNDED 1900
409 PROSPECT STREET
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
December 19, 1939
Dr. Nelson Glueck
162 Glenmary Avenue
Cincinnati 20, Ohio
Dear Mr. Nelson:
I have received your card from Austin and also your letter of December 17 with checks enclosed. Many thanks for everything. You must be absolutely dead by now and I hope you take the opportunity to rest up. You have done a wonderful job and we have had excellent reports from practically every quarter. This morning’s mail brought your letter of December 8 to Dr. Burrows which I shall simply acknowledge. He will undoubtedly want to answer it himself.
By now you have perhaps received my letter in which I stated that the University of Southern California (Prof. Garl S. Knopf) had purchased the sherds published in your next Annual. The sum agreed upon was $400. This will explain my reference to the box going to Knopf. Incidentally, if my letter did not reach you, you will be interested in knowing that John Trevor initiated this deal.
We have written to the Cornings and will do the same with Bernard Flexner. They have been very generous. Mention will be made to Flexner of the $50 stone in his honor.
You will be glad to know that the State Department has written saying that you will not have to turn in your passport and that everything is satisfactory regarding your return to Palestine.
With best wishes to you and your wife from both of us,
Sincerely yours,
Bob
We are today sending sherd collections to Hicks and you. Yours is the one marked I/-. His is the best of the remainder. The other three will probably be disposed of shortly.
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AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH
JERUSALEM AND BAGHDAD
FOUNDED 1900
409 PROSPECT STREET
NEW HAVEN, CONN.
December 21, 1939
Dr. Nelson Glueck
162 Glenmary Avenue
Cincinnati 20, Ohio
Dear Mr. Nelson:
Since we will not be seeing you at Christmas there are a number of things I would like to take up at this time so that everything will be in order by the time you sail.
Let me tell you first of all that we have ordered ten copies of your Annual sent to the above address. We have in addition a number of copies which you wished to deliver personally in Palestine. These, plus a number of others destined for Palestine, total about twenty-five. My question is, would you care to take the entire batch with you on the boat? If so, please let us know and we will have them delivered to your stateroom on the Excambion. This would have the effect of insurance, since we have lost several volumes this year which were posted to Palestine.
In this same connection, would you take with you a volume of Gerasa for Lankester Harding? A volume sent to him earlier in the year is still lost.
Will you want any more copies of the Annual for yourself?
Can you give us an address for George Horsfield?
Will you tell me again the charges on those four boxes of pots and ossuaries from Jerusalem to Boston?
Do you have anything to report on the manuscript for your volume of lectures?
I plan to go to Washington during the second week of January and am warned by the Smithsonian people that they will want certain questions answered. This affair, you will recall, is in connection with a cooperation between the Smithsonian and the ASOR next spring in completing the excavation of Ezion-geber. What answer can you give me for this:
1) The approximate cost of the third year’s excavation, including all other funds such as the director’s salary, equipment, etc., to be used in 1940.
I should point out of course that certain of these items are already budgeted for an would be no responsibility of the Smithsonian Institute. In your reply let me know how long you propose to excavate for the $1500 which I quoted Setzier in Washington last month.
Here is another question:
2) The approximate cost of shipping a section of the smelter, as well as the building of a suitable diorama for exhibition purposes.
And one final question:
3) A list of articles already recovered which now belong to the ASOR.
I shall explain that no detailed list is possible at this time, since we would have to communicate with you in Jerusalem. But if you can give a rough idea it will be a help.
That ends my requests and I hope they will not be too difficult for you. Dr. Burrows received your wire and wants to know that we will all miss you in New York, He also asks me to say that if you have anything against me as a candidate for the directorship, you should wire him pronto.
We shall be anxious to hear what transpires in Chicago.
Best of luck to you, and with best wishes to you, Helen and Jonathan,
Yours,
Bob
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December 22, 1939
Dr. Robert Engberg
409 Prospect Place
New Haven, Conn.
Dear Bob:
I have your letters of December 12 and 19. Meanwhile I have been back in Cincinnati, gone to Louisville, returned and Wednesday night gave the lecture to the Cincinnati Chapter of the Archaeological Institute. It was a large and interested audience. I do not know whether or not this Chapter was supposed to pay for the lecture. I send one check in a letter to Doctor Burrows yesterday and I am enclosing endorsed the Princeton University check which you have just send to me. That, I imagine, finishes the checks which are still to arrive. I assume that all those institutions that did not give me the checks directly have already send them in to you, and that I have already endorsed those that were made out in my name. I shall be very interested to find out what the total receipts were and what the amount will be which can be turned over to the Endowment Fund after my travelling expenses have been deducted. In my letter to Dr. Burrows yesterday I detailed all my travelling expenses.
I was delighted to learn that the Annual sherds have been “sold” to professor Knopf of the University of Southern California for $400.00. that is grand, and all credit to John Travor for initiating the “sale”. I note that a number of sherds are missing. I have an idea that the sherds of Plates XX and XXI are still in Jerusalem. It seems to me at the moment that I may have left them with Glidden to whom I have assigned a paper on Medieval Arabic Pottery. As for the other sherds which you have listed, I cannot offhand say what has happened to them. First of all, I shall have to see the printed plates again in order to try to figure out where they are. I think you can assure Professor Knopf that I shall be able to get plates XX and XXI for him and that I shall do my best to locate the few other missing sherds.
I am glad to know that the State Department has written that I shall not have to turn in my passport again and that everything is satisfactory with regard to my returning to Palestine. I think, perhaps, it might be well if Dr. Surrows would send me either this original or a copy of that letter, preferably the original, so that I can take it with me, in case any question arises, when I board the steamer.
President Caldwell of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville expressed the hope that when the finances of his School are in a better state, it might be able to join our Corporation.
I, as you know, am not going to attend the meeting in New York and so will miss seeing you and Reene and I am sorry about that, but to go to New York and to Chicago would be just a little too much of a good thing. Incidentally, I have not heard from Olmstead in reply to my telegram to him Tuesday.
With very best wishes to you and Reene, in which Helen join me, for a happy Holiday Season, I am
Sincerely yours,
Nelson Glueck
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December 24, 1939
Dr. Robert Engberg
409 Prospect Place
New Haven, Conn.
Dear Bob:
The ten copies of the Annual arrived yesterday. I am delighted with the general appearance of the volume and I am everyso grateful to you for the great amount of work you put in on the editing of it. I think the best thing to do with regard to the twenty-five volumes of the Annual which you mention in your letter of December 21 would be to have them delivered to me on the Excambion. You might also include all those volumes, perhaps already wrapped, which are on the School’s mailing list in Palestine and Transjordan, including thus the one for Lancaster Harding. I do not know Horsfield’s address. I could use about five more copies of the Annual. Will you please let me know immediately if you are sending copies of the Annual to people like Bernard Flexner, Mrs. Felix Warburg, Edward Warburg, George Warrington, Semple and President Walters of the University of Cincinnati. I think probably most of these names would be included on the mailing list because of their gifts to the School. If President Walters is not included I shall give him one of the copies which I have. I would also suggest sending a copy to Mr. Siple, Director of the Fine Arts Museum of the city of Cincinnati. I shall appreciate it if these copies are sent out immediately.
I should say that $20.00 would cover the cost of packing and shipping the four boxes of ossuaries and pottery from Jerusalem to Boston. One of the ossuaries I paid for personally in Jerusalem, and the other cost the School a pound. The pottery collection cost another pound.
In my letter to Dr. Burrows, I have written saying that two of the chapters of my volume of lectures are about finished, namely, the ones dealing with Ezion-Geber and with the Nabataeans. I can send you these two chapters, although I should like to work on them somewhatmore. The other two chapters I shall write either on the boat or send you within a month after I shall have returned to Jerusalem. There have been very numerous requests during the course of the lecture tour for just such a volume. These requests always expressed the desire, furthermore, that such a volume contain as many pictures as possible. There are already enough cuts present from my articles in the Bulletin and from various Annuals dealing with my Explorations to furnish, I believe, more than enough photographs without any added expense.
With regard to the Smithsonian Museum:
- The actual excavations, with the exception of Director’s salary, equipment and so forth, will amount to at least $1500.00.
- The approximate cost of shipping a section of the smelter as well as the building of a suitable diorama for exhibition purposes might well cost another $1500.00
- No detailed list of articles recovered from the excavations which now belong to our School can be given until a final division has taken place. This division will not take place until the excavations have been completed. However, to judge from my past experience, the School will receive a very fair half share of the total finds, including pottery of all kinds, inscriptions, metal objects, weights, slag and Jewelry. I furthermore think that whatever institution furnishes $1500 or more for the actual carrying out of the excavations could be promised at least one-half or our half of the finds, and if necessary, the entire half.
I need not assure you again how happy I am that you are to be appointed Director of the Jerusalem School in my place. I am frank to confess that I watched you and Rene very carefully during the days of my contact with both of you form the point of view of you two being in Jerusalem at the head of the School. You must know full well what my reactions to both of you are. I consider the School exceedingly fortunate in having you and Rene available. To both of you I offer now my heartiest congratulations. We of the School are more than delighted to be able to entrust the work there to competent hands. You are to be congratulated upon having an opportunity to work in a job for which you have shown yourself so eminently fit and to have at your side as charming and capable a helpmate as Rene. My natural regret at the thought of leaving Jerusalem at the end of this academic year is greatly tempered by the realization that I shall be able to turn the School over to both of you for whom I have learned to entertain an affectionate regard. As ever,
Sincerely yours,
Nelson Glueck
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1941
Preliminary Announcement
THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL DINNER of the
EXPLORERS CLUB, HOTEL PLAZA, NEW YORK CITY
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11th, 1941
Reservations (strictly without preference) will be allotted commencing Wednesday, December 11th, upon receipt of requests from members for tickets for themselves and guests, in the order of filing – when accompanied by check. Form enclosed.
Tickets for members with reservations will be delivered at the door, Grand Ballroom, Hotel Plaza (58th Street entrance) beginning at 6 p.m. Or they may be called for earlier at the Club.
The price includes tips and tax. Members $4.40. Guests $5.40. Please note that the dinner is for men only. Your checks will be promptly acknowledged.
There will be no tables (without exception) for more than twelve people. Ten is a more workable number.
Plan on prompt arrival. Dinner will positively start at seven o’clock. Extreme preparations in planning and timing the program and dinner are being made to ensure an ending well before eleven o’clock, to give opportunity for post-dinner greetings.
An exceptional menu has been arranged.
There will be no long speeches, no lengthy showings of film. President Herbert J. Spinden will open. Lowell Thomas will be Master of Ceremonies. We can promise you outstanding entertainment. Fuller particulars in a later announcement.
Reserve early or you will be disappointed. Requests are more numerous than before but no reservations will be considered until the date already mentioned December 11th, and then in sever and proper rotation. Do not ask for special privilege. A successful event depends upon your cooperation.
Your Committee,
W.H. HOLDEN, Chairman E. IRVING HUNTINGTON
SEWARD S. CRAMER ERICH M. SCHLAIKJER
- ALLAN DUNN LOWELL THOMAS
HEYWARD HUNTER W.E. TAYLOR
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AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH
JERUSALEM AND BAGHDAD
409 PROSPECT ST., NEW HAVEN, CONN.
May 31, 1941.
Dear Nelson:
Enclosed are copies of the Jerusalem School accounts recently sent us by Dr. Fisher, together with a copy of his covering letter. Also enclosed is copy of a letter to Dr. Moulton taking up various questions dealing with the rendering of accounts. We hope you will be able to go over them in the light of our suggestions to Dr. Moulton and give us your reactions to the various points raised. Dr. Burrows is anxious to have a statement from both you and Dr. Moulton before he writes to Dr. Fisher. Please do not hesitate to point out any misconceptions that we may have regarding the accounts.
What do you know about the item charged to Mr Colt and what, if anything, should be done about it?
We realize that it may be difficult to establish a set maximum sum for the Hostel account in Jerusalem in view of possible things to come. In the same connection it is essential that sufficient funds be held in reserve in Jerusalem for the possible evacuation of Dr. Fisher. Please give us your full reaction to these questions and all they involve.
I am sure you will be interested in Dr. Fisher’s archaeological activities, especially at Kerak. We are wondering whether he was actually able to go there, since at that time German planes were filtering into Syria and the Palestinian government must have been deeply concerned with any activities in the northern part of the country. As soon as we get further word we shall of course keep you informed.
With best wishes to all of you,
Sincerely yours,
Bob
Robert M. Engberg
Copy to Dr. Moulton.
P.S. In writing to Dr. Fisher, Dr. Burrows will naturally be fully appreciative of his managing of the affairs in Jerusalem, but in addition will suggest the best way of handling accounts. The best way will be a consensus of the situation as seen by you, Dr. and Moulton and Dr. Burrows.
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May 31, 1941
Dear Dr. Moulton:
Several days ago we received from Dr. Fisher the monthly statement herewith enclosed. You will note that they extend from July 1940 through March 1941. Also enclosed is a copy of his covering letter which has helped us to understand some of the figures and which doubtless will be of interest to you in general. We have gone over the accounts and at first had considerable trouble understanding them. As a result we have drawn up the School account for March, 1941 on the basis of the system used by the Provident Trust Company, with which we are quite familiar and which seems to be eminently satisfactory from the point of view of quick understanding. We would appreciate your reaction to our suggested new form of accounting for funds before Dr. Burrows writes to Dr. Fisher. Following your suggestions and reaction, suggestions will be made to Dr. Fisher for the keeping of books after July 1, 1941, the beginning of the new fiscal year.
Our only real objection to the system employed at present is that monthly income and payments are not kept apart from standing obligations, such as Mr. Colt’s account, which appears as a receipt month after month. We believe it better to relegate such items as an appendage to the real monthly report. At such time as they may be paid in, they can then appear under actual receipts.
The items listed under the names Dr. Polotsky and Dr. Glueck in our rendering are actually [cleared] by now and have been paid into the Provident Trust Co. These we feel should not continue to be carried as debts to the Jerusalem School but should be listed in the statement which we have placed at the bottom of our trial arrangement. The Tell el-Kheleifeh items should presumably be paid out of the Kheleifeh account in the Provident Trust Co. and under present world circumstances should also be regarded as asset dollars in our concluding sentence.
None of us in the office know anything about the sums placed against Mr. Colt and Tell Beit Mirsim. Since Mr. Colt is in this country perhaps it might be better for us to arrange for collection than Dr. Fisher. As far as we know there is no TBM account at the Provident Trust and presumably the sum, whatever is my represent, should be placed in the budget for next year, or else drawn from the general account in Philadelphia, and held for Jerusalem.
The question of holding money for Jerusalem may become acute within a short time. We now face the possibility that Palestine may be overcome and funds confiscated. We hope that this will not happen but we must be prepared for any possibility. Therefore can you inform us whether in the past decision has been made as to how much money must remain in the various School accounts for minimum purposes? You will note from the Hostel account for instance, that on March 31, 1941 it contained in cash LP 438.596. The question is, is it necessary to maintain such a balance, particularly if it might be jeopardized by invasion of the country. We believe it would be satisfactory to establish a set sum, if such does not exist, for Hostel purposes, with all over and above that figure to be transferred to the School account and regarded as a prepayment on the next year’s budget.
With regard to the Hostel account, we feel that it too could be better arranged on the basis of receipts, payments and assets. In this connection we also note that on each monthly statement of the Hostel account there is included a serviced account. We do not understand what this implies but we have noticed that in the distribution of the balance the service account is kept rigidly separate from what is called the board and room account. The latter balance is carried from month to month. If you will itemize the receipts from July 1940 through March 1941 you will find, I believe, that there is a service account balance of 75.901. The office is not interested in what the service account stands for. It simply wishes to have all receipts and payments clearly stated with balance carried through from month to month. We suggest therefore, unless there be reasons which we do not know, that the board and room account be kept separate from the service account and treated as the special account which it seems to be, judging from the break-up of the balance.
We have gone into considerable detail at this time since we believe that it will lead to grater clarity and understanding in the future. Please let us have your reactions.
In future we would appreciate it if you could have your letters to the Provident Trust Co. done by a public stenographer so that we may have a carbon, and charge expenses to your account. It frequently happens that information send by you to Philadelphia would be most useful if we had it in the office. Perhaps it might be well to follow the same system in communicating with Dr. Fisher.
With best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Robert M. Engberg
Copy to Dr. Glueck.
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AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH
JERUSALEM AND BAGHDAD
409 PROSPECT ST., NEW HAVEN, CONN.
June 17, 1941.
Dear Nelson:
Thank you for your letter of June 12th. In the same mail came a communication from Vice-Chancellor Guerry of the University of the South, saying that he would communicate with you at your Cincinnati address regarding a lecture.
Your proposed trip to Wyoming sounds excellent and I know you will both enjoy it. The first part of August will be vacation time in Wyoming and I think we can assure you that your vacation will be uninterrupted as far as we are concerned.
Congratulations on your invitation to the Institute for Advanced Study next year. This honor is well deserved and we are very, very proud of you.
We are glad to know that things are in order for a division of the Kheleifeh booty. Please give my regards to Wetmore and Setzler when you see them. If I can arrange to be in Cincinnati for the division I would enjoy it very much. It so happens that I will be going to Chicago the latter part of September and if the date you select is close enough I will make every effort to join you.
With reference to Dr. Burrows’ forthcoming book WHAT MEAN THESE STONES? he may need to use one or two of the Air-Force photographs which you used in THE OTHER SIE OF THE JORDAN. Do you think it would be necessary to get further permission to use these? The mails are so slow now that it would cause considerable delay if we had to wait to get renewed permission.
With best wishes to all of you,
Yours,
Bob
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September 18, 1941
Dear Dr. Burrows:
I am writing, as you requested, to give you my views on the directorship of the Jerusalem School. Let me say first of all that I am perfectly willing to go to Jerusalem at any time if such a course seems advisable to the Trustees of the Schools. The State Department, however, has recently given the opinion that no American should go abroad at the present time except on a defense mission. That apparently has settled one aspect of the question. In view of this situation and the uncertainty of the war’s duration, I believe it to be in the best interests of the Schools to appoint a business manager, now in the Near East, to manage the Jerusalem School until it is possible to resume work. The principal job in Jerusalem at present is to manage the full house of guests. An unusual opportunity exists for the School to more than pay for its upkeep. Recent monthly statements from the School are very interesting in this respect. Thus with good management the School ought to be in a fine financial position when the war is over. Perhaps Mrs. Pommerantz, who from her letters seems extremely capable, might be entrusted with this responsibility. Dr. Glueck could answer this.
As for myself I have become most restive and dissatisfied due to the trend of circumstances. Since the State Department opinion arrived I have come to the conclusion that the only sensible thing for me to di is to locate another position. I have some notion as to how difficult is to raise funds doe the Schools and archaeology, and therefore am lath to accept the Schools’ funds while not performing my expected duties, although it is true that the office has continued to claim most of my attention. These considerations make it clear to me that the best solution, for the Schools and for myself, is to find another job. While canvassing the field, a matter in which I would appreciate any assistance, I shall turn over my Wellesley salary to the Schools.
I understand that the question of a reduction in my salary may be raised in the event of my being unable to go to Jerusalem. I should be most reluctant to have to accede to such a suggestion. Beyond that I am unable to say what my final reaction and decision would be. I dislike any possible implication that any decision of mine has brought about the present situation: the Executive Committee has made the decision regulating my activities. A reduction in salary would therefore appear to me to place full responsibility on me for my not being in Palestine. I am, on the other hand, as I have said, most anxious to relieve the Schools of my salary item in the budget as soon as possible. This, of course, is stated on the assumption that I will be unable to go to Jerusalem.
As a result of our various talks I believe you understand my thoughts in the matter and think you will be able to answer any further questions which may come up at the Executive Committee meeting.
Sincerely yours,
Robert M. Engberg (signed)
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AMERICAN SCHOOLS OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH
JERUSALEM AND BAGHDAD
409 PROSPECT ST., NEW HAVEN, CONN.
Oct. 30, 1941.
Dear Nelson:
Thanks for yours of October 27th. We have just heard from Mrs. Pommerantz, who explains in detail how it came about that you paid six pounds too much on your personal indebtedness to the Jerusalem School. She says that she is writing to you about the matter. In a few days you should receive a check for the equivalent of six pounds.
We have received only one acknowledgement, from Kirkbride, in connection with our mailings of the OSJ.Up to now we have sent copies to the following: Illiffe, Harding, Kirkbride, Hamilton, Fisher. Since Kirkbride and Harding received their copies we are now going ahead with mailings to the following: High Commissioner McMichael, Keith-Roach, Major Glubb, Dr. Maisler, President Magnes, Professor Mayer, and Professor Sukenik. We have decided to add Petrie to your list, and hope you do not object. All copies contain the usual slip – Compliments of the author and the American Schools. I hope that all arrive safely.
With very best wishes to Helen, Charles, and yourself,
Yours,
Bob
Robert M. Engberg
1947
Encyclopedia Britannica
Office of the Editor: 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago 6
I shall be glad to rewrite the article on Edom & Moab, Elath, Ezion-Geber, Gelead, Amman, Nabateans, Transjordan
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March 28, 1947
Nelson Glueck
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati 20, Ohio
Dear Mr. Glueck:
We are presently in the midst of a program of revision and modernization of the Britannica Religion Classification. Would you be willing to look over and possible revise the article on ABRAHAM (2,500 words)? Also, we would like you to rewrite the articles, EDOM (1,200 words), MOAB (1,330 words), and SOLOMON (1,760 words). If you accept this invitation, we will of course send you proofs of the standing articles to use in whatever way you wish.
It has been suggested that the articles on EDOM and MOAB be lengthened by approximately 500 words, for these topics are inadequately presented as they now stand. However, the article on SOLOMON and the revision of ABRAHAM need not involve lengthening.
Britannica contributors are paid 2 cents a word for new material, and $5.00 a text page (1,500 words), if little or not rewriting is required. As for deadline, we will be glad if you will set your own time for submitting this assignment. It would be most helpful though if we could have this material in hand by the latter part of this summer.
I very much hope you will feel drawn to participate in this important work.
Yours sincerely,
Walter Yust
Editor
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Office of the Editor: 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago 6
August 27, 1947
Nelson Glueck
162 Glenmary Avenue
Cincinnati 20, Ohio
Dear Mr. Glueck:
We were very glad to receive the copy on your article, MOAB, for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. We are enclosing a check for $29.30 in payment for this article.
We are also enclosing for your signature a copyright release form. Will you be good enough to return it, signed, at your earliest convenience, please?
Yours sincerely,
Walter Yust
Editor
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Office of the Editor: 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago 6
September, 4 1947
Nelson Glueck
162 Glenmary Avenue
Cincinnati 20, Ohio
Dear Mr. Glueck:
Thank you for the copy of your article on EDOM.
We are enclosing a check for $34.10 in payment for this article. We are also enclosing the usual copyright release form for your signature. If you will sign this and the form for your article, MOAB, which we send you on August 27, and return both forms to us at your earliest convenience, we shall appreciate it very much.
The corrections for MOAB which you noted in your letter of August 29 have been made.
Thank you for your work on these topics.
Yours sincerely,
Walter Yust
Editor