Conferences Harvard 1947 and Paris 1952

Title

Conferences Harvard 1947 and Paris 1952

Shelfmark

MS. Wind 10

Summary

Papers relating to conferences attended by Edgar Wind, including:

Folder 1: ' Music and Criticism, Harvard, 1947': Correspondence relating to symposium arrangements, 1946-1947; invitations and programmes; correspondence with speakers and symposium attendees, including E.M. Foster, A. Tillman Merritt, Peter Viereck, Virgil Thomson, Paul H. Lang, Russel Lynes, Henry Blanchard, Donald J. Grout, C.H. Talbot, Robert Müller-Hartmann, Herbert Davies, Lincoln Kirstein, Olin Downes and Glenway Wescott, 1947-1949; photocopy extracts from the proceedings of the symposium, published as Richard F. French, ed., 'Music and Criticism. A Symposium', 1948; extensive press cuttings relating to the symposium. See also IV, 20, i; IV, 4, iv and IV, 34, i ff. [I, 10, i; WIND 13]

Folder 2: 'L'œuvre du XXme siècle, Paris, 1952': Correspondence, notes and programme drafts relating to arrangements for international exposition 'Masterpieces of the XXth Century' held under the auspices of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, 1952, correspondents including Nicolas Nabokov, Albert L. Donnelly Jr., René Tavernier, Roger Caillois; later correspondence relating to the conference with Kot A. Jelenski, 1955 and 1956. Also includes a letter from Lowell M. Clucas Jr., International Broadcasting Service, 1952, with a photocopy of the transcript of a round table discussion between Edgar Wind, James Farrell and Glenway Wescott (recorded for Voice of America during the exposition). [I, 10, iii; WIND 13]

Folder 3: 'L'œuvre du XXme siècle, Paris, 1952': Programmes and admission tickets, exhibition catalogue; summary transcripts of sessions (inaugural session, 'Isolation and Communication', 'Rebellion and Communion', 'The Spirit of Painting in the Twentieth Century', 'Diversity and Universality', 'The Future of Culture') with contributions by W.H. Auden, Edgar Wind, Louis MacNeice, André Malraux; copy of Problèmes de l'Art Contemporain, Supplement de la revue 'Preuves', 29, July 1952, comprising papers given at the session on 'The Spirit of Painting in the Twentieth Century'; press cutting from Le Monde. See also Bibliography (72), IV, 22, i. [I, 10, iii; WIND 13]

Folder 4: 'Europe 1949-1952, 1953-1955': Summaries by Margaret Wind relating to Edgar Wind's travels to and in Europe 1949-1955; notes relating to itineraries; transcript of a letter from Edgar Wind to Josephine Boardman Crane describing travels in Italy, Aug 1951. Also includes printed programme of a concert at Christ Church College, Oxford, Jun 1949. [I, 10, ii; WIND 13]

Date

1946-1956

Language

English

French

Physical extent

1 box (4 folders)