This unique photographic compilation, taken from long-forgotten glass plates, was published as a limited edition in commemoration of AUB's 140^th anniversary and depicts scenes from Lebanon, Syria and AUB the late nineteenth and very early twentieth centuries, when Dr. Franklin T. Moore taught at the Syrian Protestant College (now the American University of Beirut).  The collection constitutes an important historical archive for Lebanon and the American University of Beirut.  The volume includes an introduction by AUB President John Waterbury, a socio-historical account of Ras Beirut and AUB by Professor Samir Khalaf, a history of the Moore Collection by Helen Khal, a description of the restoration process along with comments on Moore's photographic techniques by Professor Marwan El-Sabban, and a brief history of the AUB Medical Photography Department by Professor Emeritus Raif Nassif. 

English, 2006, 167 pages, 105 black-and-white plates, $40

ISBN 9953-9019-3-7

The Moore Collection Book Celebrates AUB's 140^th Anniversary