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Helen Foster Snow photographs, approximately 1853-2000

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2219 Series 5
Scope and Contents Contains photographs, including slides and negatives, taken by or collected by Helen Foster Snow throughout her life. Photographs of Helen’s personal life include family members, friends, vacations in the United States, Europe, and other destinations, and trips she took throughout Asia with her husband, Edgar Snow. The bulk of the photographs come from her professional life, documenting her time as a photojournalist in China beginning in 1931 and later returns to China in 1972 and 1978. Also...
Dates: approximately 1853-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2219, Helen Foster Snow papers

Hugh Nibley correspondence, 1920-2003

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2721 Series 1 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains letters written to Hugh Nibley to thank him, ask questions, or invite him to participate in an event. Some letters also deal with his family history. Also included are letters written by Hugh Nibley in response to incoming letters. Materials date from 1920 to 2003, bulk from 1938 to 2003.

Dates: 1920-2003
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2721, Hugh Nibley papers / Hugh Nibley family and personal papers

Hugh Nibley education papers, approximately 1886-1989, bulk: bulk approximately 1922-1973

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2721 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains notebooks, notes, articles, research papers, drafts, and other materials written and collected by Hugh Nibley. Materials are from the primary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate schooling of Hugh Nibley. Materials date from approximately 1922-1973.

Dates: approximately 1886-1989; Majority of material found within approximately 1922-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2721, Hugh Nibley papers

Hugh Nibley graduate school papers, 1886-1973, bulk: bulk 1936-1973

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2721 Series 2 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains notes, dissertation drafts, photocopies of books, and articles written and collected by Hugh Nibley during his studies at the University of California, Berkeley. The content's topics include language studies of Arabic, Coptic, Ancient and Modern Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and many more languages. Also included is the study of hieroglyphic scripts. Materials date from 1936 to 1973.

Dates: 1886-1973; Majority of material found within 1936-1973
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2721, Hugh Nibley papers / Hugh Nibley education papers

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Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 3
Home and Family 3
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Asia -- Photographs 1
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China -- Photographs 1
China -- Politics and government -- 1928-1937 1
Communism -- China -- History 1
Connecticut -- Photographs 1
Drafts (Documents) 1
Letters 1
Negatives 1
Notebooks 1
Notes 1
Photocopies 1
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Photojournalism -- China 1
Photojournalists -- China 1
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United States -- Photographs 1
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Arabic 3
Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE); Imperial Aramaic (700-300 BCE) 2
Coptic 2
Hebrew 2
Latin 2
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Norse, Old 2
Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) 2
Persian 2
Russian 2
Syriac 2
Chinese 1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Indonesian 1
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Nibley, Hugh, 1910-2005 3
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976 1
Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972 1
Snow, Helen Foster, 1907-1997 1
University of California, Berkeley 1
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Zhongguo gong chan dang 1
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