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Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: June 26, 1865 - October 6, 1959

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Bernard Berenson Photographic Archive at Villa I Tatti

 Collection
Call Number: VRC 54
Abstract:

Postcard size reproductions of photographs in Bernard Berenson's photographic archive at Villa I Tatti, Florence, Italy. Among the photography studios represented are Fratelli Alinari and A.C. Cooper. "Most [photographs] were collected by Bernard Berenson from the 1880s until his death in 1959. This partial reproduction of his photographic archive focuses on paintings and drawings by more than 700 Italian Renaissance artists." ---Fogg Library, Harvard University catalog record.

Dates: ca. 1964-1973

Royal Cortissoz papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 146
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, a small quantity of personal papers, and printed material relating to the life and career of Royal Cortissoz. Correspondents include Henry Bacon, Bernard Berenson, Joseph Duveen, John La Farge, Clarence Mackay, Whitelaw Reid, Edmund Clarence Stedman, William Winter, and other critics and friends. The personal papers include drafts of articles and lectures by Cortissoz and awards presented to him. Printed material includes copies of writings by Cortissoz,...
Dates: 1864-1955, bulk 1920-1955

Miriam Hapgood DeWitt Papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 277
Abstract:

The Miriam Hapgood DeWitt Papers consists of original and photocopied material, including letters, documents, and literary papers, related to the journalists and authors Hutchins Hapgood (1869-1944) and Neith Boyce (1872-1951), their forebears, and their circle of intellectuals, social reformers, and artists. The collection was created by their daughter Miriam Hapgood Dewitt (1906-1990), with the assistance of her sister Beatrix Hapgood Faust (1910-1994).

Dates: 1812-1990, bulk 1903-1990

Hapgood family papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 41
Abstract:

The Hapgood Family Papers contain correspondence; manuscripts of books, plays, poems, articles, book reviews, essays, and short stories; plus business papers, diaries, maps, photographs, subject files, writings of others, and miscellaneous papers which document the lives and careers of various members of the Hapgood family and to a lesser extent the Boyce family, most notably Hutchins Hapgood and Neith Boyce Hapgood.

Dates: 1829-2000, bulk 1900-1940

Alvin Saunders Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 615
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes, clippings and photographs of Alvin Saunders Johnson. Although records relating to his career are relatively scanty, two manuscript drafts of his autobiography, Pioneer Progress, are among the writings. The correspondence of some 1,700 letters includes: Max Ascoli, Jacob Billikopf, Gerhard Colm, Agnes DeLima, Thomas E. Dewey, Eduard Heinmann, Edith Johnson, Corliss Lamont, Adolphe Lowe, Thomas Mann, Harry Scherman.

Dates: 1902-1969

Letter : Settignano, Italy to Theodore Sizer, Department of History of Art, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1956 July 7

 Part of Collection — Box 105: [Barcode: 39002140920316], Folder: 8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Autograph letter, signed, discussing family news and Berenson’s health. With envelope.

Dates: 1956 July 7

Sinclair Lewis papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 268
Abstract:

The Sinclair Lewis Papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers documenting the life and work of novelist and author Sinclair Lewis.

Dates: 1866-1964, bulk 1910-1950

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 76
Abstract: The Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Papers contain manuscripts of writings, letters, clippings, photographs, artworks, and personal papers relating to the life and work of Gertrude Stein and her companion, Alice B. Toklas, and to Gertrude's brother, Leo Stein, an artist and writer. As well as holding the bulk of Stein's literary output (often described as "experimental" or "cubist" writing), the materials document Stein and Toklas' involvement with the literary and art...
Dates: 1837-1961

Leo Stein Collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 78
Abstract:

The Leo Stein Collection contains manuscripts of writings by Stein, letters from such persons as: Bernard Berenson, Mabel Dodge Luhan and Maurice Sterne, personal papers, photographs, and artworks (mainly by Stein), which document the life of Leo Stein, an artist and writer.
Many letters to Leo Stein for the period before 1913 can be found in the Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Papers, YCAL MSS 76, also owned by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Dates: 1892-1950

Maurice Sterne papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 39
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, sketches, photographs, and papers relating to the life and career of painter-sculptor Maurice Sterne.

Dates: 1903-1963

Edith Wharton collection

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 42
Abstract:

The Edith Wharton Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers relating to the life and career of American author Edith Wharton, as well as letters and research material gathered by Gaillard Lapsley, Percy Lubbock, Oscar Lichtenberg, Georges Markow-Totevy, and Louis Auchincloss.

Dates: 1868-1981 (inclusive)