Armenian Studies Program Book/Video/CD Archival Gifts

Staff Report

Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Prof. Sergio La Porta, and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and archival gifts, either offered personally, or to the Program.

Richard Avedian, Fresno, California, for the gift of eight copies of the book, A Brief History of Armenia, by Rev. Sarkis Papazian and for four metal stamps of literary figures from Vaspouragan (Van).

Dr. J. Michael Hagopian (Armenian Film Foundation), Thousand Oaks, California, for the gift of the book, Tacy Atkinson: “The German, The Turk and The Devil Made a Triple Alliance,” Harpoot Diaries, 1908-1917, with a foreword by J. Michael Hagopian (Princeton, NJ: Gomidas Press, 2001), and a complete set of DVDs produced by the Armenian Film Foundation: The Forgotten Genocide, The Art of Traditional Armenian Cooking, Ararat Beckons, Germany and The Secret Genocide, The River Ran Red, From Bitlis to Fresno, The Armenian Genocide, Voices From The Lake, Where Are My People, Legacy… the Armenian Heritage through Motion Pictures, Cilicia… Rebirth, The Armenian Case, Strangers in A Promised Land, Mandate For Armenia, The Forgotten Genocide, California Armenians: The First Generations, and Historical Armenia.

Hon. Walter J. Karabian, Los Angeles, California, for the gift of two DVDs, Casanova, The Great Chameleon and An Evening of Ivan Aivazovsky dedicated to Antranig Shahinian, held at the home of Walter and Laurel Karabian. He also donated a copy of the Consecration booklet for the consecration of the Western Diocese Cathedral, September 11, 2010.

Dr. Vahe John Kilejian, St. Augustine, Florida, for the gift of the memoirs of his mother Loucine Imirzian Kilejian (1908-1997), How I Survived, in English and in Armenian.

Dr. Leo Keoshian, Palo Alto, California, for the gift of the book, Looking For The Armenians: Eli Smith’s Missionary Adventure, 1830-1831, by Margaret R. Leavy (in Transactions, [1992] The Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences).
Kerop S. Nalbandian, Fresno, California, for the gift of the book The Sacrifice of Zeitun by Rev. D. Antreasian (Cairo, 1915).

John Pakradounian, Burbank, California, for the gift of two Soviet Life magazines.