Biographical records, 1910-1970.

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Biographical records, 1910-1970.

This collection is Leona Running's research materials used to write her book, William Foxwell Albright: A 20th Century Genius. Included are extensive transcripts (and cassette recordings) of many interviews with family members colleagues, and former students. Additionally, there are over 700 photocopies or re-typed excepts from Albright's correspondence.

11 boxes (4.75 linear ft.).

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Running, Leona Glidden, 1916-

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Albright, William Foxwell, 1891-1971

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Orientalist, Professor of Semitic Languages, Johns Hopkins University, 1929-1958. From the description of Papers, 1916-1972 (inclusive). (Harvard University, Divinity School Library). WorldCat record id: 181964363 William Foxwell Albright was an Orientalist, archaeologist, and linguist. He received his Ph.D. from John Hopkins in 1916 and then took a professorship there in 1927, and was the W. W. Spence Professor of Semitic Languages, 1930-1958. Albright was the ...