JERASH EXCAVATION RECORDS, 1928-1965
By Ona Coughlan
Collection Overview
Title: Jerash Excavation Records, 1928-1965
Predominant Dates: 1928-1952
Creator: American Schools of Oriental Research
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Languages: English
Scope and Contents
The collection contains mostly photographs and correspondence documenting different areas of the Jerash excavation site. The two sketchbooks include detailed architectural drawings and some journal entries, while the General file has an excavation report. Included in this collection is a wood printing plate of the site map. [The 4” x 6” sketches with notes in the General folder are associated with the first two pages of photos in the photographs folder.]
Box and Folder List
Box 1:
Folder 1: General, undated
Folder 2-10: Correspondence, 1928-1952
Folder 2-3: General, 1931, 1949-1952
Folder 4: Glueck, Nelson, 1933
Folder 5-6: Horsfield, George, 1930-1933
Folder 7: Hucklesby, C.M., 1932
Folder 8-10: Financial Correspondence, 1928-1933
Folder 11: Diary, 1933
Folder 12-13: Financial, 1930-1933
Folder 12: General, 1930-1933
Folder 13: Accounts, 1931-1933
Folder 14: Legal: Permits, 1931
Folder 15: Lists of Jerash Photos, undated
Folder 16-17: Sketchbooks, 1931, 1934
Box 2:
Folder 1-23: Photographs, undated
Folder 1-2: General, undated
Folder 3: Ain Kerawan Pool, undated
Folder 4-5: Arch, undated
Folder 6: Architectural Details, undated
Folder 7: Baths of Placcus, undated
Folder 8: Birkitain, undated
Folder 9: Bridge, undated
Folder 10: Camp Hill, undated
Folder 11: Cathedral, undated
Folder 12: Church of St. George, undated
Folder 13: Church of St. Theodore, undated
Folder 14: City Wall, undated
Folder 15: Forum, undated
Folder 16: Great Theatre, undated
Folder 17: House of Ziper, undated
Folder 18: Houses, undated
Folder 19: Monastery of St. Theodore, undated
Folder 20: North Gate, undated
Folder 21: North Tetrapylon, undated
Folder 22: Nymphaeum, undated
Folder 23: Propylaea Church, undated
Box 3:
Folder 1-11: Photographs
Folder 1: South Gate, undated
Folder 2: South Tetrapylon, undated
Folder 3: Streets, undated
Folder 4: Suf, undated
Folder 5: Temple of Artemis, undated
Folder 6: Temple “C”, undated
Folder 7: Temple of Zeus, undated
Folder 8: Tomb of Germanos, undated
Folder 9: Tourism Project, 1965
Folder 10: [Untitled], undated
Folder 11: W. Bath, undated
On Shelf: Photographs
Folder 1: General, n.d.
