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Archives related to: Bober, Harry, 1915-1988
| title | The Harry Bober Papers | repository | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| description | The Harry Bober Papers (1930s-1988) contain the research notes, correspondence, lectures, reprints, photographs, slides, and negatives collected throughout Bober's career as a Medieval art historian. The papers reflect the diversity of Bober's knowledge and achievements in the field of Medieval art and contain documents generated by Bober as professor, lecturer, scholarly author, editor, art dealers' consultant, and private collector. Bober's interest in the unique concept of Medieval Schemata dominated the middle years of his career and is documented throughout this collection, apparent in many lectures, manuscripts of written works, and research notes. This collection contains much of the research accumulated by Bober on this topic, including his studies of Medieval pictorial language and the scientific and philosophical culture of the Middle Ages. Photograph files contain comprehensive collections of manuscripts and sculptural programs which support his theories pertaining to Medieval Schemata. The primary value of this collection lies in the fact that Bober was unable to publish many of his ideas on Medieval Schemata before his death. Other areas of interest within the collection involve investigation files and lecture materials. Investigation files were created by Bober while working as a consultant for art dealers, primarily H.P. Kraus. While the bulk of the lecture material available within Series II appears to have been generated by Bober, some very interesting files contain notes and lectures by colleagues Erwin Panofsky, Walter Cook, Richard Krautheimer, and Willibald Sauerländer. Citation Identification of item, date (if known), Harry Bober Papers; box number; folder number; The Cloisters Library and Archives, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Organization/Arrangement Organized in seven series. Series I: Card files; Series II: Research files; Series III: Publications; Series IV: Slides; Series V: glass plate negatives; Series VI: Negative films; Series VII: Oversize material. LOCATION Cloisters Library CALL NUMBER Cloisters Archives collection no.43 |
| extent | 64 boxes (53 linear ft.) |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Manuscript Photographs Research Files |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1611896~S1 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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