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Erwin Panofsky Letters to the Burrages

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968.

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

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.

Arranged chronologically.

This collection was the gift of Earle G. Shettleworth in 1992.

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Letters to Mildred and Madeline (Bob) Burrage, 1938-1967. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Letters to Mildred and Madeline (Bob) Burrage [Transcripts], 1938-1967. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1946-1969. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Photographs of Erwin and Dora Ponofsky, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Printed Material, 1943-1969. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

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