Alvin J. Cottrell Papers

Collection

Identifier: GTM-840611

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Scope and Contents

Papers of Middle East scholar Dr. Alvin J. Cottrell (1924-1983), consisting of correspondence from U.S. and Iranian officials, including Alexander Haig, Henry Kissinger, J. William Middendorf, Ronald Reagan, Assadollah Alam, and Ardeshir Zahedi. Other correspondents include C. Edmund Bosworth, Keith McLachlan, Roger Savory, and Malcolm Yapp. Contains files relating to publication of Cottrell's edited work "The Persian Gulf States: A General Survey" (1978).

Dates

Creation: 1968-1980

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