The Breasted Letters, 1919-1920

"The goal of this project to edit and prepare for publication a collection of important correspondences of Dr. James Henry Breasted (1865-1935), late Director of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago . These letters document the archaeological and political findings of the Oriental Institute Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Middle East (also known as "The American Scientific Mission"), which Dr. Breasted directed in 1919-1920..."