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Martin Sebastian Soria papers

 Collection
Call Number: ART 27

Scope and Contents

The papers consist of photographs, correspondence, research notes, and clippings assembled by art historian Martin Soria and documenting his studies of art and architecture in Europe, particularly Spain.

Dates

  • 1940-1960

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been transferred to Yale University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the office of George Kubler, 1990. Transferred from the Catalog Dept., SML, 2007. Transferred from Manuscripts and Archives (MSSA) to the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, 2014.

Arrangement

Preliminary box listing only.

Extent

11 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/arts.art.0027

Abstract

The papers consist of photographs, correspondence, research notes, and clippings assembled by art historian Martin Soria and documenting his studies of art and architecture in Europe, particularly Spain.

Biographical / Historical

Martin Sebastian Soria was born in Berlin, Germany, on July 3, 1911. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Madrid, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. Soria also studied at the University of Zurich. He was an instructor at Princeton from 1944-1946, and a member of the art department at Michigan State University from 1948 until his death in Brussels on February 15, 1961.

Processing Information

A more detailed, unpublished finding aid is available in the repository as well as in Box 1.

Title
Preliminary guide to the Martin Sebastian Soria Papers
Author
Compiled by ALSC staff
Date
October 2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

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