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Contains administrative records for the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies collected by Robert C. Taylor, dated 1961-1998. Includes financial records, letters, memorandums, proposals, reports, clippings, minutes and agendas, and various booklets, pamphlets, and other publications, as well as journals and histories. Topics include the academic development of the center, BYU Travel study programs, development of a film on Abraham, and diplomatic relations in Israel.

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Contains artifacts, including Robert C. Taylor's BYU Travel Study name badge and keepsake stones from the Jerusalem Center's time capsule ceremony. Dated approximately 1965-1988.

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Contains agendas, minutes, and memorandums of the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies Committee, later called the Jerusalem Center Academic Coordinating Committee. Materials discuss the creation of curriculum and faculty selection for the center. Collected by Robert C. Taylor. Materials dated 1983-1988.

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence discussing the establishment and daily routine of the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies as well as the Division of Continuing Education's Study in Jerusalem program that preceded the establishment of the Jerusalem Center. It also contains participant evaluations of this study abroad program. Also included are information packets given to students and parents before the departure for the Center and schedules for the semester. The packets contain...

Scope and Contents Contains records of the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, collected by Robert C. Taylor, dated approximately 1950-1998. Includes minutes of the Jerusalem Center Academic Coordinating Committee, administrative records, journals, histories, and records concerning the development of the center. Also includes architectural records, including two 3D models, photographic slides, photographs, and negatives, and audio recordings. Much of the material is related to the BYU Travel Study...

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Contains slides of the facilities and students of the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies taken by Mark Philbrick. Materials also consist of two discs of these slides used by Jennifer Paustenbaugh in a 2014 presentation. Dated 1994-2014.

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Five audiocassettes of sound recordings associated with the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. Collected by Robert C. Taylor. Dated approximately 1980-1987.

Scope and Contents Collection contains photocopies and bound copies of Ogden's personal journals (1976-2020) that provide background on the personalities and institutions behind the conception, construction, and operations of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center. Also includes a scrapbook made by D. Kelly Ogden while he was living in Jerusalem to document the publicity both for and against the building of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center, Jerusalem Center publicity documents, Ogden's...

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Contains the research and writings of Orin Parker (mainly regarding his career in AMIDEAST), personal writings of Rita Clement Parker, research and documents on the Parker and Clement family lines (Bird, Drury, Duke Estes, Kartchner, Murphy, and others), 25 family "logs" (yearly scrapbooks compiled by Rita), and assorted other family papers. Materials are dated approximately 1940-2015.