RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE HUMANITIES
opments of Christian art in the West. The evidences
are found in murals and in articles of wood,
stone, and leather, and in textiles. The present
grant will be used for the expenses of completing
the recovery of the mural paintings and for the
further excavation of certain defined areas.
University of Chicago
Oriental Institute
The sum of 335,000 has been appropriated by
The Rockefeller Foundation to the University
of Chicago for support of the research and field
work of the Oriental Institute. This is a supplementary
grant, available during the remainder
of the calendar year 1935. The Foundation has
made annual grants for this work since April
1932.
As in immediately preceding years, the Foundation
in 1935 also contributed extensively toward
the support of the regular research and
field work of the Oriental Institute. In addition
to the special appropriation mentioned above,
the amount given to the institute in 1935 was
2395,000.
In 1930 the Persian Government gave the
Oriental Institute important concessions for
work in Persia. Excavations were begun on the
Persepolis site and have gone forward there continuously
during a period of five years. Rapid
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