Last months and death, 1971

Title

Last months and death, 1971

Shelfmark

MS. Wind 21

Summary

Papers relating to Edgar Wind's last months, and to his death on 12 September 1971, including:

Folder 1: Edgar Wind's last papers, Feb-Sep 1971, including receipts from his last travel to Paris, Feb 1971, plans for travel to Hamburg in May 1971, correspondence with Selby Whittingham relating to, and a draft of, a letter to the editor of The Times about entry charges at national museums, Aug 1971, miscellaneous correspondence and invitations, notes by Margaret Wind on Edgar Wind's last afternoon; printed obituaries for Edgar Wind from the Times, The New York Times, The Oxford Times, Art News, La Chronique des Arts, Trinity College Oxford Report, Oxford University Gazette, Sep 1971. [I, 20A, i; WIND 33]

Folder 2: Letters of condolence received by Margaret Wind on the death of Edgar Wind, 1971-1972, with some reply letters and related paper. [I, 20A, ii; WIND 33]

Folder 3: Correspondence of Margaret Wind with Colin Hardie relating to Colin Hardie's proposed obituary for Edgar Wind for the Burlington Magazine, 1971-1972, and correspondence and other papers to relating later biographical work on Edgar Wind by Colin Hardie, including manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Edgar Wind, some personal impressions', 1973-1977. Also includes related correspondence, and recollections of Edgar Wind, by Father Vincent Turner, Isaiah Berlin, Benedict Nicholson, John Cooper, Austin Gill and others, and notes by Margaret Wind on Colin Hardie. [I, 20A, iii; WIND 33]

Date

1971-1977

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (3 folders)