{"value"=>"<p>The personal correspondence is arranged chronologically and includes incoming letters and post cards documenting Esfandiary's personal friendships and family contacts. Much of the correspondence from Esfandiary's friends and family in Tehran, Iran is composed in Farsi. Correspondence from 1943 to 1945 includes letters to Esfandiary while he attended school in Jerusalem. The letters from 1948-1953 include correspondence received by Esfandiary as a student at University of California, at Berkeley and Los Angeles. Correspondence throughout the 1950s includes letters from Esfandiary's friends and family in Iran and England. He traveled from 1958 to 1965 and correspondence between these dates is addressed to Esfandiary in Los Angeles, Tehran, and Paris. Esfandiary's personal correspondence from the 1970-1979 onward is increasingly casual in tone and includes small notes, greeting cards and post cards from friends and lovers. Correspondence from 1980-1989 documents the social network of Esfandiary, as FM-2030, in Los Angeles, and includes letters from former students. He often noted personal opinions of people on letters received that served as reminders as to how to follow up with these contacts. The last group of correspondence is addressed to the author in Coconut Grove, Florida, 1990-1999.</p>"}