Oxford I: Chichele Lectures; appointment to chair

Title

Oxford I: Chichele Lectures; appointment to chair

Shelfmark

MS. Wind 12

Summary

Papers relating to Edgar Wind's tenure at the University of Oxford, 1955-1967, including:

Folder 1: 'Chichele Lectures, All Souls College, 1954': Correspondence relating to Edgar Wind's Chichele Lectures 1954, correspondents including John Sparrow, Isaiah Berlin, Jean Seznec, Feb-Nov 1954; articles and lecture lists relating to the teaching of art history at British universities; personal correspondence between Edgar Wind in Oxford and Margaret Wind in Northampton, Massachusetts, Nov-Dec 1954; correspondence Edgar Wind with The Clarendon Press relating to the publication of the Chichele Lectures, 1954-1955. Also includes retrospective notes and later correspondence by Margaret Wind relating to the Chichele Lectures, All Souls College and Edgar Wind's 1933 visit to Oxford, 1986 and 1991. [I, 13, i; WIND 15]

Folder 2: 'Chair of History of Art, 1955': Official and personal letters (including invitations) to Edgar Wind relating to his application, appointment and first term as Professor of the History of Art in Oxford, correspondents including Jean Seznec, Douglas Veale, Isaiah Berlin, John Sparrow, A.H. Smith, Bruno Snell, Maurice Bowra, Herbert Davis, E.R. Dodds, Eduard Fraenkel, Jan 1955-Nov 1956. Also includes obituaries for A.H. Smith, 1958, and Sir Douglas Veale; address delivered by Isaiah Berlin at the memorial service for Maurice Bowra, 1971; and later correspondence relating to a proposed quotation of the letter from Maurice Bowra in the History of the University of Oxford, 1991. [I, 13, ii; WIND 15]

Folder 3: Typescript summaries of Edgar Wind's tenure 1955-1967 and his Oxford years, including a list 'Oxford lectures and classes delivered by EW, 1954-67'; 'History of the University' with photocopy extracts from The Illustrated History of Oxford University, 1993, and The History of the University of Oxford Vol. VIII, 1994, relating to Edgar Wind, with related correspondence between Margaret Wind and Brian Harrison, T.J. Reed, Christopher White and Bryan Ward-Perkins, 1989-1994; summary of the transfer of the Warburg Library and staff from Hamburg to London 1933. [I, 13, iii; WIND 15]

Folder 4: 'Personal correspondence re life in Oxford, 1955-56': Typescript extracts from letters from Edgar Wind and Margaret Wind to Josephine Crane, Oct 1955- Jul 1956, relating to life in Oxford (for originals see III, 3A); miscellaneous letters and invitations to Margaret Wind, c. 1964-1969. [I, 13, iv; WIND 15]

Folder 5: 'Oxford Architecture': Correspondence of Edgar Wind with J.C. Masterman, John Betjeman, Penelope Betjeman and Sadie Martin, 1957-1966; note by Margaret Wind on architects of Oxford University and college buildings, n.d.; poster and programme relating to the Paul Shuffrey lectures given in Oxford by the architect Pier Luigi Nervi, 1960; press cuttings relating to architecture, mainly in Oxford, c. 1959-1966. [I, 13, iv; WIND 15]

Folder 6: Typescript text by Jim McConica, 'The Oxford Years of Edgar Wind', 1999, with a German translation [by Bernhard Buschendorf], 'Edgar Winds Oxforder Jahre'. [I, 13, v; WIND 15]

Date

1954-1999

Language

English

French

German

Physical extent

1 box (6 folders)