Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection, 1906-2024
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection
- Dates
- 1906-2024 (inclusive)19062024
- Quantity
- 10 linear feet
- Collection Number
- UUS_15:36
- Summary
- The Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection includes photographs, plaques, awards, books, and other memorabilia collected by Heravi.
- Repository
- Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection on permanent display in Room 208 at the Merrill-Cazier Library.
- Languages
- English, Latin, Persian
Content Description
The Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection documents Heravi's education endeavors, his extensive career as an academic and philanthropist, and his numerous friendships with high-ranking officials and politicians. This collection includes photographs, plaques, awards, books, and other memorabilia collected by Heravi.
The Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection is on permanent display in Room 208 at the Merrill-Cazier Library. Utah State University Libraries honors and recognizes the generous support and outstanding commitment of Dr. Mehdi Heravi to Utah State University and the University Libraries.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: Mehdi Heravi Seminar Room Collection UUS_15:36. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations:UUS_15:36, USUSCA.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by wall location and as items appear from left to right.
Acquisition Information
These materials were donated to USU Special Collections and Archives by Mehdi Heravi.
Related Materials
Mehdi Heravi photograph and memorabilia collection, UUS_P0735
Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching and Learning Center records, UUS_14.6/13-1
Heravi Peace Institute records, UUS_14.6/13-2
Bibliography
Dr. Mehdi Heravi was born in Tehran, Iran. As a child, he attended an English boarding school. He moved to Logan, Utah, for high school and remained in Logan for his undergraduate degree at USU. He received his Ph.D. from the American University School of International Service. After teaching at Tennessee Technological University for six years, he returned to Iran, where he was the Vice President at the National University of Iran.
After retirement, Mehdi began work in philanthropy, giving support to academic programs and charities, including an orphanage in Iran and Cerebral Palsy research. At USU, he has funded numerous scholarships, including an endowed fellowship opportunity for students working in the Special Collections and Archives. Heravi has also funded the A. A. Heravi Atrium and the Mehdi Heravi Faculty Seminar Room in the Merrill-Cazier Library. Most recently, he funded the construction of a new building on campus, the Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching and Learning Center. In addition to his philanthropic endeavors, Heravi has also received numerous accolades over the years, including the 2015 American University Alumnus of the Year and an honorary degree from USU in 2019.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library Room 208
All items are on permanent display
North Wall
Items are located on cabinet shelves, cabinet numbers are ordered top left to bottom right
- Description: The Israel lobby and U.S. foreign Policy by John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. WaltDates: 2007Container: Cabinet 1
- Description: The terror network : the secret war of international terrorism by Claire SterlingDates: 1981Container: Cabinet 1
- Description: The secret history of World War II : the ultra-secret wartime cables and letters of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin by Konecky and KoneckyDates: 2008Container: Cabinet 1
- Description: The Word is flat : a brief history of the twenty-first century by Thomas L. Friedman
Updated and Expanded Edition
Dates: 2006Container: Cabinet 1 - Description: Flight into darkness : a political biography of Shapour Bakhtiar by Hamid Shokat," translated from the Persian by M.R. Ghanoonparvar"Dates: 2019Container: Cabinet 1
- Description: Fire and fury: inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolf
Includes note written inside to Heravi
Dates: 2018Container: Cabinet 1 - Description: The years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro
Other Title: The Passage of power
Dates: 2012Container: Cabinet 1 - Description: Pictorial history of American Presidents by John Durant and Alice K DurantDates: 1955Container: Cabinet 1
- Description: American presidents and the Middle East by George LenczowskiDates: 1990Container: Cabinet 1
- Description: Legacy of ashes: the history of the CIA by Tim WeinerDates: 2007Container: Cabinet 1
- Description: American political dynasties from Adams to Kennedy by Stephen HessDates: 1966Container: Cabinet 1
- Description: Lost enlightenment : Central Asia's golden age from Arab conquest to Tamerlane by S. Frederick Starr
Includes a note written to Heravi from the author
Dates: 2013Container: Cabinet 1 - Description: The politics of truth : inside the lies that led to war and betrayed my wife's CIA identity : a diplomat's memoir by Joseph C. WilsonDates: 2004Container: Cabinet 1
- Description: The eagle and the lion : the tragedy of American-Iranian relations by James A. BillDates: 1988Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: The long shadow : culture and politics in the Middle East by Daniel PipesDates: 1989Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: All fall down : America's tragic encounter with Iran by Gary SickDates: 1985Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: Iran in the service of world peace by Zaven N. Davidaian
Includes "On the occasion of the 2500th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Iranian empire." listed on the front cover
Dates: 1971Container: Cabinet 2 - Description: Winds of change : the future of democracy in Iran by Reza Pahlavi
Signed copy
Dates: 2002Container: Cabinet 2 - Description: Rise and kill first : the secret history of Israel's targeted assassinations by Ronen Bergma; translated by Ronnie HopeDates: 2018Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: Honeymoon in Tehran : two years of love and danger in Iran by Azadeh MoaveniDates: 2009Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: 20th century journey : a memoir of a life and the times by William L. ShirerDates: 1976Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: The art of interpretative speech; principles and practices of effective reading by Charles H. Woolbert and Serverina E. Nelson
Fourth edition
Dates: 1956Container: Cabinet 2 - Description: Sumner Welles : FDR's global strategist : a biography by Benjamin WellesDates: 1977Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: Revolutions and military rule in the Middle East : the northern tier by George M. Haddad (Jūrj Marʻī Ḥaddād)Dates: 1965Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: The last shah : America, Iran, and the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty by Ray TakeyhDates: 2021Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: The second world war by Winston S. Churchill
First page embossed with "Abbass N. Malageri"
Dates: 1948Container: Cabinet 2 - Description: Iran, past and present by Donald N. Wilber
Seventh edition
Dates: 1975Container: Cabinet 2 - Description: Ākharin safar-i Shāh : sarnivisht-i yak muttaḥid-i Amrīkā by William Shawcross
Translation of: The Shah's last ride.
Dates: 1988Container: Cabinet 2 - Description: Palestine : peace not apartheid by Jimmy CarterDates: 2006Container: Cabinet 2
- Description: A study of history by Arnold Toynbee and Jane Caplan
Includes two notes written inside likely from Abbass N. Malageri
Dates: 1972Container: Cabinet 3 - Description: A time to betray : the astonishing double life of a CIA agent inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran by Reza Kahlili and Richard AllenDates: 2010Container: Cabinet 3
- Description: Talleyrand : A biographical Study by Joseph McCabeDates: 1906Container: Cabinet 3
- Description: Iran: emergence of a Middle Eastern power by Firouz BahrampourDates: 1970Container: Cabinet 3
- Description: Iran in the 1970's; opportunities in a dynamic developing economy by Iran Chamber of CommerceDates: 1971Container: Cabinet 3
- Description: Iran and the rise of Reza Shah : from Qajar collapse to Pahlavi rule by Cyrus Ghani (Sīrūs. Ghanī)
Signed copy
Dates: 1998Container: Cabinet 4 - Description: All the Shah's men : an American coup and the roots of Middle East terror by Stephen KinzerDates: 2003Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: America held hostage : the secret negotiations by Pierre SalingerDates: 1981Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Debacle, the American failure in Iran by Michael Ledeen and William LewisDates: 1981Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: The mantle of the prophet : religion and politics in Iran by Roy P. MottahedehDates: 1985Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: The Great October Socialist Revolution and the national-liberation movement of the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America by Y. M. ZhukovDates: 1977Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Persian kingship in transition; conversations with a monarch whose office is traditional and whose goal is modernization by E. A. BayneDates: 1968Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: The fall of the Shah by Fereydoun Hoveyda and translated by Roger LiddellDates: 1979Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Iran: emergence of a Middle Eastern power by Firouz BahrampourDates: 1970Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Iran: the impact of United States interests and policies, 1941-1954 by Michael Kahl SheehanDates: 1968Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Labor unions and autocracy in Iran by Habib Ladjevardi
Includes a letter/note tucked inside the book written in English and Persian
Dates: 1985Container: Cabinet 4 - Description: The strangling of Persia : a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative by W. Morgan Shuster
Inside embossed with "Presentation Copy"
Dates: 1912Container: Cabinet 4 - Description: The strangling of Persia : a story of the European diplomacy and oriental intrigue that resulted in the denationalization of twelve million Mohammedans, a personal narrative by W. Morgan ShusterDates: probably 1913Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Diplomatic history of Persia, 1917-1923 : Anglo-Russian power politics in Iran by Nasrollah Saifpour FatemiDates: 1952Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Atomic Iran : how the terrorist regime bought the bomb and American politicians by Jerome R. Corsi and Craig R. SmithDates: 2005Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Witness : from the Shah to the secret arms deal : an insider's account of U.S. involvement in Iran by Mansur RafizadehDates: 1987Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: The spirit of Allah : Khomeini and the Islamic revolution by Amir TaheriDates: 1985Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Musaddiq, Iranian nationalism, and oil by James A. Bill and WM. Roger LouisDates: 1988Container: Cabinet 4
- Description: Framed image of Merril-Cazier Library's east entrance
About 9 x 11 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 5 - Description: Porcelain jar with Chinese characters
About 8 inches tall
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 5 - Description: Framed image of Heravi and Admiral James G. Stavridis, senior military analyst at CNN and 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATODates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 6
- Description: Wall plaque awarded to Heravi in recognition of his support given to Utah State University's Political Science department and College of Humanities and Social SciencesDates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 6
- Description: Framed photograph of Heravi and classmates
Includes 11 primary to secondary school age children likely taken at the UK boarding school Heravi attended in the yearly 1950s, 8 by 6 inches or About 11 by 10 with frame
Dates: probably 1953 SummerContainer: Cabinet 7 - Description: 2015 American University School of International Service Alumnus of the Year award
Presented by Dean James M. Goldgeier, globe is not attached to award, please handle with care
Dates: 2015 November 2Container: Cabinet 7 - Description: Framed image of Heravi and Vivek H. Murthy, 21st Surgeon General of the United States
About 9 x 11 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 8 - Description: American University School of International Service, Dean's Board of Advisors Appreciation award
Awarded to Heravi in recognition as the longest serving board member and first to achieve Emeritus status on the board.
About 5 x 3 x 2 inches.
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 8 - Description: Framed image of Heravi and General Mark A. Milley, 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
About 9 x 11 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 9 - Description: Framed image and letter of former United States President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush
About 9 x 11 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 9 - Description: Framed photograph of Old Main and signed card
Likely corresponds to the Old Main Society award, About 13 by 15 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 10 - Description: The Old Main Society award
In shape of Old Main and About 10 inches tall
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 10 - Description: Utah State University Buzzer 60'Dates: 1960Container: Cabinet 11
- Description: Utah State University Buzzer 61'Dates: 1961Container: Cabinet 11
- Description: Utah State University Buzzer 62'Dates: 1962Container: Cabinet 11
- Description: Utah State University Buzzer 63'Dates: 1963Container: Cabinet 11
- Description: Utah State University Buzzer 64'Dates: 1964Container: Cabinet 11
- Description: Utah State University Buzzer 65'Dates: 1965Container: Cabinet 11
- Description: Framed image of Heravi with Anne Korbel Albright, Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland, and Alice Patterson Albright CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation; daughters of Madeline Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State
About 9 x 11 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 11 - Description: Framed photograph of Heravi, classmates, and teachers
Includes roughly 60 primary to secondary school age children and teachers, likely taken at the UK boarding school Heravi attended in the yearly 1950s, 12 x 5 inches or 15 x 8 inches with frame
Dates: probably 1953 SummerContainer: Cabinet 12 - Description: Wall plaque awarded to Heravi in recognition for contribution to the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean's development board and support of students, faculty, and the dean.
Presented by Dean John C. Allen
Dates: 2016 AprilContainer: Cabinet 13 - Description: Framed photograph of Old Main and Cache Valley
About 5 x 9 inches or 9 x 11 inches with frame
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 13 - Description: Framed image of Heravi with Ted Leonsis, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports and Entertainment
About 9 x 11 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 14 - Description: Signed framed image of former USU president Elizabeth Cantwell
About 9 x 11 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 14 - Description: Framed tryptic of images of USU campus buildings
About 13 x 5 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 15 - Description: Framed photo of Heravi and USU President Brad L. Mortensen
Includes a note written on the photo from Brad.
Container: Cabinet 15 - Description: Red and metallic ceramic pitcher vase
Likely handmade and includes "KAZ 84" written on the bottom, About 14 inches tall
Dates: probably 1984Container: Cabinet 16 - Description: Flower by Christopher Beane and Anthony F. JansonDates: 2008Container: Cabinet 17
- Description: The Stephen Decatur House : a history by James Tertius de Kay, Michael Fazio, Osborne Phinizy Mackie, Katherine Malone-France, and Bruce M. WhiteDates: 2004Container: Cabinet 17
- Description: Abol Ghassem of Tūs : the epic journey of Abol Ghassem Bakhtiar, M.D. by Laleh Bakhtiar, Lailee Bakhtiar, and Jamshid A. BakhtiarDates: 2003Container: Cabinet 17
- Description: The Venice of Armenian painters (Hay nkarichʻneri Venetikě or La Venezia Dei Pittori Armeni) by Ara Hakobian and Sarahh Mari Shaboian
Text in Armenian and Italian, signed copy
Dates: 2015Container: Cabinet 17 - Description: Helen of Tus : her odyssey from Idaho to Iran : purple faded mountains : gathered letters by Laleh Bakhtiar and Lailee Bakhtiar; Introduction by Jamshid A. BakhtiarDates: 2002Container: Cabinet 17
- Description: Splendor of Islam by Wilfrid BluntDates: 1976Container: Cabinet 17
- Description: Istanbul : city of two continents by John Cleave and John FreelyDates: 2008Container: Cabinet 17
- Description: The land of kings by Ali Massoudi
Second Edition
Dates: 1974 MarchContainer: Cabinet 17 - Description: Celebration at Persepolis by Jacques Lowe, Jay Maisel, Burt Glinn, and Gregory LimaDates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 17
- Description: Persia : the immortal kingdom by Roman Ghirshman, Valadimir Minorsky, and Ramshe SanghviDates: 1971Container: Cabinet 17
- Description: Framed photograph of Heravi, classmates, and teachers
Includes roughly 54 primary to secondary school age children and teachers, likely taken at the UK boarding school Heravi attended in the yearly 1950s, About 8 x 7 inches or 11 x 10 inches with frame
Dates: 1953 SummerContainer: Cabinet 18 - Description: Framed image of Heravi and James Woolsey, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and former Ambassador to the Negotiations on Conventual Armed Forces in Europe
About 9 x 11 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 19 - Description: Wall plaque awarded to Heravi in recognition of a honorary doctorate from USU's College of Humanities and Social SciencesDates: 2019 May 2Container: Cabinet 19
- Description: Comparative political systems by Dr. Mehdi HeraviDates: 2024Container: Cabinet 20
- Description: Framed image of Heravi and Sylvia Burwell, 15th President of American University and former Secretary of Health and Human Services
About 9 x 11 inches
Dates: undatedContainer: Cabinet 20
West Wall
Items are mounted on wall
- Description: Wall mounted panel that gives an overview of Heravi's life and accomplishmentsDates: undatedContainer: Item Right
- Description: Wall mounted panel that documents Heravi's contributions to USU librariesDates: undatedContainer: Item Left
South Wall
Items are mounted on wall, items are listed in order as they appear from left to right
- Description: Framed correspondence between USU Board of Trustees and Dean John C. Allen concerning the naming of the Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching and Learning Center
About 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 2016 June 27 - Description: Heravi's framed USU 'The Heritage Society' membership certificate
Awarded in recognition of one of Heravi's gifts to USU, about 11 x 13 inches
Dates: undated - Description: Framed certificate of Heravi's election to the office of Independent Senator for the 1961/1962 school year
About 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 1961 May 1 - Description: Heravi's framed Logan High School diploma
About 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 1959 May 28 - Description: Framed speech
Given when Heravi was awarded 'the International Student of the Year' at the 1965 Robins Awards at USU, about 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 1956 May 1 - Description: Heravi's framed USU Bachelor of Science diploma
About 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 1963 June 5 - Description: Framed photograph of Old Main with engraved plate
"2014 Friend of CHaSS Dr. Mehdi Heravi" engraved plate, about 20 x 24 inches
Dates: 2014 - Description: Framed collage of images featuring Heravi with various USU representatives in celebration of the Heravi Peace Institute
Photos were taken in front of Heravi Peace Institute plaque in Old Main building, about 24 x 12 inches
Dates: 2022 - Description: Heravi's framed USU Master of Arts diploma
About 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 1964 June 6 - Description: Heravi's framed USU Honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters diploma
About 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 2019 May 2 - Description: Framed speech
Given during Heravi's honorary USU degree ceremony, about 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 2019 May 2 - Description: Heravi's framed Degree of Doctor of Philosophy diploma from American University's School of International Service
About 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 1967 May 25 - Description: Heravi's framed USU President's Club Charter of membership
About 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 1969 April 21 - Description: Framed copy of the Liberalis magazine featuring Heravi on the front cover
Includes handwritten note on cover, about 11 x 13 inches
Dates: 2015 Winter - Description: Framed USU Board of Trustee's Resolution approving the naming of the Mehdi Heravi Global Teaching and Learning BuildingDates: 2016 October 21
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Subject Terms
- Language and Languages
- Multiculturalism
- USU--Iran relations.
