Oxford II: Administrative matters; Department of the History of Art

Title

Oxford II: Administrative matters; Department of the History of Art

Shelfmark

MS. Wind 13

Summary

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

Folder 1: 'Administrative matters': Edgar Wind's correspondence and other papers, 1955-1967, relating to the Department of the History of Art and the teaching of history of art at Oxford, topics including subjects/syllabi for courses, examination papers and regulations, facilities for study and research, funding and fundraising, lectureships, sabbatical leave, guest lectures; correspondents including Ernest Jacobs, G.A. Holmes, Monroe Wheeler, Josephine Crane, John Sparrow, Anthony Blunt. Also includes some later articles relating to the history and development of the Department of the History Art, 1988. [I, 14, i; WIND 16]

Folder 2 'Departmental finance and buildings, 1955-65': Correspondence and other papers, 1955-1968, relating to the finances and accommodation of the Department of the History of Art; subjects including the conversion of 34/35 Beaumont Street for the use of the Department of the History of Art and the Institute of Archaeology, the allocation and administration of space, research assistants and support staff, the photographic collection, equipment; correspondents including the University Registry, the University Chest, the University Surveyor, the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Christopher Hawkes, John Boardman, Sonia Hawkes, Kodak Ltd., P.E. Lasko, Francis Haskell, Michael Dudley. Also includes a printed obituary for Christopher Hawkes, 1992. [I, 14, ii; WIND 16]

Folder 3: 'Committee for Fine Arts, 1955-58': Agenda papers, minutes and reports of the University Committee for the Fine Arts, 1955-1958, with papers and report of the sub-committee on the Diploma in the History of Art, 1957-1958; subjects including lecture lists, course syllabi, supervision of candidates, diplomas awarded, relations to the Ruskin School of Drawing; correspondents including A.H. Smith, Percy Horton, K.B. McFarlane, Christopher Woodeforde, Lawrence Stone, W.A. Pantin, Howard Colvin, Walter Oakeshott, Otto Pächt, Christopher Hawkes, John Boardman. [I, 14, iii; WIND 6]

Folder 4: 'Establishment of the Committee for the History of Art and of Department of the History of Art 1961': Correspondence, reports and other papers, 1961-1963, relating to the activities and membership of the Committee for the History of Art and to the status of the Department of the History of Art; correspondents including the University Registry, Walter Oakeshott, R.W. Hamilton. Also includes extracts from the Oxford University Gazette relating to the committee, 1961-1972. [I, 14, iv; WIND 16]

Folder 5: 'Proposals for expanding teaching posts, 1956-65': Correspondence and other papers, 1956-1965, relating to the staff of the Department of the History of Art, largely concerning an unsuccessful attempt to appoint a lecturer in the History of Art in 1963 and the subsequent appointment of a reader in Architectural History in 1965; correspondents including E.P. Jacob, Walter Oakeshott, C.H. Paterson, Otto Pächt, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Otto von Simson, L.M.J. Delaisse, Howard Colvin. [I, 14, v; WIND 16]

Folder 6: 'Preparations for new professor, 1966-7': Edgar Wind's correspondence and other papers relating to the preparations for the succession to his post, 1966-1967; subjects including advertisements for the professorship, financial planning, development of the professorship under Wind and current position of the department; correspondents including the University Registry/Sir Folliott Sandford, Larissa Haskell, Anthony Blunt, David Daube. Also includes replies to retirement parties held for Edgar Wind at the Department of the History of Art, June 1967. [I, 14, vi; WIND 16]

Folder 7: 'Awards': Papers relating to honours bestowed on Edgar Wind, 1966-1968. Grosses Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany, 1966; Serena Medal for Italian Studies, awarded by the British Academy, 1967. [I, 14, vii; WIND 16]

Date

1955-1992

Language

English

German

Physical extent

1 box (7 folders)