American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology
Formerly known as
Institute promoting Iranian studies, founded in 1928 by Arthur Upham Pope as the American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology. It later became the Asia Institute. According to Encyclopedia Iranica, it's charter "authorized it to promote research and interest in Persian art and archaeology through exhibitions, lectures, congresses and publications, and to assist in the excavation and conservation of monuments in Persia. Steps taken toward these goals included the provision of a library and archives of photographs and slides of art and archaeology, and scholarships for students in colleges and universities."
Re. photographs: "A survey of archaeological sites and a photographic survey of Islamic architecture in Persia, already begun almost single-handedly by Pope, continued with Eric Schroeder, Donald Wilber, Robert Byron and Faraj-Allāh Baḏl as assistants."
Sources:
Richard N. Frye, “Asia Institute,” Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2012, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/asia-institute-the-1 (accessed on 16 October 2012). Archived at: https://perma.cc/5KKE-Z3XP.
Institute promoting Iranian studies, founded in 1928 by Arthur Upham Pope as the American Institute for Persian Art and Archaeology. It later became the Asia Institute. According to Encyclopedia Iranica, it's charter "authorized it to promote research and interest in Persian art and archaeology through exhibitions, lectures, congresses and publications, and to assist in the excavation and conservation of monuments in Persia. Steps taken toward these goals included the provision of a library and archives of photographs and slides of art and archaeology, and scholarships for students in colleges and universities."
Re. photographs: "A survey of archaeological sites and a photographic survey of Islamic architecture in Persia, already begun almost single-handedly by Pope, continued with Eric Schroeder, Donald Wilber, Robert Byron and Faraj-Allāh Baḏl as assistants."
Sources:
Richard N. Frye, “Asia Institute,” Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, 2012, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/asia-institute-the-1 (accessed on 16 October 2012). Archived at: https://perma.cc/5KKE-Z3XP.