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Berenson, Bernard and Mary. Papers, 1880-2002

FOUND IN: Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

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for both Mary and Bernard Berenson biographical material, diaries, correspondence, and writings, both published and unpublished.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, Antiquities, 1880-1959.

FOUND IN: Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

Collection Identifier: BER-19

Overview: Includes photographs of Prehistoric, Egyptian, and Classical Antiquities that are part of the Berenson Library core photo collection.

Borsook Eve. Papers regarding the Florentine Flood.

FOUND IN: Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

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.

Castelfranco, Giorgio. Papers

FOUND IN: Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

Collection Identifier: BER -11

Overview: Notes, manuscripts, clippings and published articles relating to the research interests of Giorgio Castelfranco, Italian Art Historian and officer of the Italian Fine Arts administration.

Clark, Kenneth: Correspondence

FOUND IN: Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

Collection Identifier: BER-16

Abstract : Incoming letters to Kenneth Clark and his wife Jane, with occasional carbon copies of Clark's responses and partial diary from 1934.

Committee to Rescue Italian Art, Papers: Palazzo Pitti Office.

FOUND IN: Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

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, Papers: Villa I Tatti.

FOUND IN: Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

Sub-Fonds Identifier: BER -3

Overview: Papers from the Villa 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.

Frederick Mason Perkins photographs and papers (1890-2017)

FOUND IN: Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

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.