[padg] U.S. Embassy Abuja Nigeria seeks U.S. MSS conservation expert

[jennifer hain teper <jhain@xxxxxxxx>]

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From: Mendelsohn, Henry N
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:13 AM
Subject: U.S. Embassy Abuja Nigeria request for assistance to identify a
U.S. expert on conservation of manuscripts

I am writing to seek your advice about identifying a U.S. conservation
expert who would be willing to travel to Nigeria for a period of
approximately one month (or maybe a bit longer) to conduct a survey of
Islamic manuscripts to identify what needs to be to begin a conservation
project and to make recommendations to this end. The U.S. expert would
work closely with the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy and under
the auspices of the Arewa House, Centre for Historical Documentation and
Research, Ahmadu Bello University. The Arewa House is a premier cultural
institution located in Kaduna. It would be necessary to travel to Kaduna,
Kano, Sokoto and possible Maiduguri to visit publicly and privately held
manuscript collections.

Nigeria has a rich Islamic manuscript heritage that is in danger of being
lost due to lack of conservation efforts. The U.S. Embassy has been
working closely with the Arewa House and took the first steps of funding a
Symposium on Preserving Nigeria's Scholarly and Literary Traditions and
Manuscript Heritage held last March. The first project to result from the
Symposium will be to bring a U.S. conservation expert to survey
manuscripts and to make recommendations on how best to proceed in order to
begin working with Nigerian institutions to facilitate a conservation
project.

If you would be able to recommend a conservation expert please email me at
MendelsohnHN@xxxxxxxxx
with the person's name and contact information.

Henry Mendelsohn
Information Resources Officer
Public Affairs Section
U.S. Embassy Abuja
234-9-461-4329

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