Viola Hitti Winder correspondence with Philip K. and Mrs. Phillip K. Hitti is restricted.
Philip Khuri Hitti (1886-1978) was born in Shimlan, Lebanon. He graduated from the American University of Beirut and taught there until he came to the United States in 1913. In 1916, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, where he lectured in the Department of Oriental Languages. In 1920, he returned to the American University of Beirut as a professor of history. From 1926 until his retirement in 1954, he taught at Princeton University in the Departments of Oriental Languages and Literatures and Near Eastern Studies. In the United States, he was an authority on the cultures, history, religions and languages of the Near East and did much to create among Americans an appreciation and understanding of Arabic and Islamic cultures. In 1945, he served as adviser to the Arab delegations to the United Nations organizational meeting in San Francisco. He also served as a consultant to American government agencies and corporations. Hitti was the author of numerous books and trained generations of scholars. His major work was the History of the Arabs.
Papers (1915-1976) of Philip Khuri Hitti (1886-1978), a Lebanese American scholar and college professor and authority on the Near East include personal correspondence; professional correspondence; lectures and speeches; book reviews; writings; personal memorabilia; tapes, films, photographs, maps, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and copies of United States sponsored archaeological dig contracts. Correspondents include Viola (Hitti) Winder, and Mrs. Philip K. Hitti.
Inventory available.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.