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Bernard and Mary Berenson papers

Collection Identifier: BER -8
Scope and Contents:

The papers contain for both Mary and Bernard Berenson biographical material, diaries, correspondence, and writings, both published and unpublished. There is also an extensive file of "Berensoniana," writings about Berenson and Villa I Tatti, but excluding reviews of publications. The papers are organized into seven series: I. Biographical, II. Collections, Villa I Tatti, and Harvard, III. Diaries, IV. Correspondence, V. Research and Writings, VI. Berensoniana, and VII. Photographs.

Berenson Library core photograph collection

Collection Identifier: BER-47
Overview:

Includes photographic and photomechanical prints reproducing Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as illuminated manuscripts from various cultures.

Eve Borsook papers regarding the Florentine flood

Collection Identifier: BER-15
Overview:

The papers include correspondence and documentation related to the rescue of the Florentine cultural heritage damaged by the 1966 flood.

Committee to Rescue Italian Art Palazzo Pitti office records

Sub-Fonds Identifier: BER -2
Overview:

Papers from the Palazzo Pitti office of the American Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA), founded to restore cultural heritage damaged by the 1966 Florentine flood, include correspondence, reports, invoices, and photographs related to the organization’s activities.

Committee to Rescue Italian Art Villa I Tatti office records

Sub-Fonds Identifier: BER -3
Overview:

Papers from the I Tatti office of the American Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA), founded to restore cultural heritage damaged by the 1966 Florentine flood, include correspondence, reports, and photographs related to the organization's activities.

Giannino Marchig glass plate collection, 1939-1949

Collection Identifier: BER-48
Content Description: The collection includes 1342 negatives: glass plates: b w; various sizes, most 21 x 27cm and 13 x 18cm Scope and Contents The collection comprises 1342 black-and-white negatives on silver gelatin glass plates taken by an unidentified photographer between the early 1930s, when GM devoted himself to conservation, and the end of 1949 when he left Florence and moved to Switzerland. Before leaving Florence, GM donated his glass plate collection...

Frederick Mason Perkins photographs and papers

Collection Identifier: BER-20
Overview:

Photographs, correspondence, notes, and other records. Most photos were sent to Frederick Mason Perkins by collectors and art dealers and they reproduce Italian art.

Ennio and Piero Riccardi Antichità records

Collection Identifier: BER-35
Overview:

Includes photographs and other documents related to the activity of Ennio and Piero Riccardi Antichità in Assisi, Italy.