American Schools of Oriental Research Ancient Manuscripts Committee2010-03-102010-03-102010-03-10http://www.asor.org/archives/collections.htmlhttps://hdl.handle.net/2144/1319This file contains a finding aid for the Ancient Manuscripts Committee Records. To access the collection, please contact the archivist (asorarch@bu.edu) at the American Schools of Oriental Research, located at Boston University.The majority of this collection is correspondence regarding the study, publication rights, and preservation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the funding of the Committee. The correspondence also documents the discovery and purchase of manuscripts by other organizations. A significant portion of the letters were written by, or contain information about Elizabeth Hay Bechtel and John Trever.en-USBechtel, Elizabeth HayTrever, John C., 1915-2006American Schools of Oriental ResearchAncient manuscriptsAcquisition of manuscriptsDead Sea ScrollsOther