Erwin Panofsky Letters to the Burrages, 1938-1969

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Panofsky, Erwin (1892-1968)

Title:

Erwin Panofsky Letters to the Burrages

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dn39x158f

Dates:

1938-1969

Size:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists primarily of letters by Erwin and Dora Panofsky to the artist Mildred Burrage and her sister Madeleine ("Bob").

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection contains 84 letters and cards from Erwin and Dora Panofsky to the artist Mildred Burrage and her sister Madeleine ("Bob"). Many of the letters discuss their mutual friendship with Booth Tarkington and vacations spent in Kennebunkport, Maine. Also present are typed transcripts of the letters, a letter (1969) by Gerda Panofsky to Miss Burrage, a few other miscellaneous letters, ten photographs of Erwin and Dora Panofsky, and printed items containing articles by the Panofskys.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Collection Creator Biography:

Panofsky

Erwin Panofsky was a German Jewish art historian who emigrated to America and remains highly influential in the modern academic study of iconography.

Collection History

Acquisition:: This collection was the gift of Earle G. Shettleworth in 1992.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

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