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Arthur T. Hamlin papers, 1967-1969

1.5 linear feet

Files of Hamlin, dealing with the American Library Association's (ALA) aid to Italian libraries to help them restore book manuscripts and other library materials after the 1966 floods in Florence. These papers contain correspondence with American and Italian librarians and related memoranda and reports. In addition there are photographs, clippings, pamphlets, monographs, and serials documenting the flood, its aftermath and restoration efforts. The chief correspondents are Paul N. Banks, Chairman, Study Committee of Book Conservation, Committee to Rescue Italian Art; Emanuele Casamassima, Director of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence; Verner Clapp, Council on Library Resources; John Charles Finzi, Library of Congress; John Lorenz, Deputy Director, Library of Congress; Foster E. Mohrhardt, President, ALA; Peter Waters, a preservation specialist.

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Paul Oskar Kristeller papers, 1910-1989

115 linear feet
Professional and personal papers of the German émigré scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller. Kristeller was a professor of philosophy at Columbia University and a world renowned scholar of Renaissance humanism and Renaissance philosophy who published widely, notably his major catalog of uncataloged manuscripts from the Italian Renaissance, the Iter Italicum.
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Subseries III.3: Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA), 1966-1968

Subseries III.3: Committee to Rescue Italian Art (CRIA), 1966-1968

CRIA is a committee formed in response to the flood of 1966 in Florence, Italy. Subseries 3 contains: committee correspondence, photographs of the flood damage, academic articles on the damage done to works of art and manuscripts, and reports on committee work. Included are related books and articles on the flood.

  1. Series III: Professional Activities, 1941-1996

Series III: Professional Activities, 1941-1996

the Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum, the Committee to Rescue Italian Art, and the Journal

This series consists of Kristeller's correspondence, research, and writings with various associations, societies, and committees. The records focus on project research for articles and books along with administrative tasks for each organization. The three prominent components of the series are on the Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum, the Committee to Rescue Italian Art, and the Journal of the History of Ideas.