Warburg Institute 1940-1954

Title

Warburg Institute 1940-1954

Shelfmark

MS. Wind 7

Summary

Papers relating to Edgar Wind's work for the Warburg Institute from the USA, 1940-1945, and to his dealings with the Warburg Institute after his resignation, including:

Folder 1: '1940 on behalf of the Warburg Institute': Papers relating to negotiations about a transfer of the Warburg Library from London to the USA and Edgar Wind's role in this, including summary by Margaret Wind; Warburg Institute Reports 1939/1940 and 1940/1941; telegram from Fritz Saxl, Rudolf Wittkower and Gertrud Bing in London to Edgar Wind at Mills College, California, advising Wind to stay in the US, 21 May 1940; draft of a letter from members of the Warburg Family to the American Consul in London asking to take the Warburg Library under American protection, and related memorandum for Mr Luis Weiss, 1940; correspondence Edgar Wind with Robert Bliss and Mildred Bliss, Max Warburg, Henry E. Sigerist and Lord Lee discussing options for a transfer of the Warburg Institute to the USA, 1940-1941; letter Edgar Wind to Edward M.M. Warburg, New York, about options for a future American home for the Warburg Institute, 13 Jun 1942. Also includes a private letters to Edgar Wind from Gertrud Bing (with detailed financial accounts), Jan 1940, April 1940 and Apr 1242, Margot Wittkower, Oct and Nov 1940, Rudolf Wittkower, Oct 1942, Heidi Heimann, Dec 1942, with many references to the situation at the Warburg Institute and in London. [I, 5, i, WIND 9]

Folder 2: '1943-1945': Papers relating to the negotiations for the final settlement of the Warburg Institute in the University of London, including correspondence between Edgar Wind, Fritz Saxl and Gertrud Bing, 1943-1944 (original letters and photocopies from the Warburg Institute Archive "Warburg Institute Negotiations 1943/33 (4.2.)"); correspondence relating to publication plans at, and in cooperation with, the Warburg Institute, including Edgar Wind's plans to return to England, Nov 1943-Jun 1945; correspondence relating to Fritz Saxls visit to the USA, Apr-Jun 1945, with Edgar Wind's report of his years 1939-1945 to Saxl; correspondence between Edna Purdie, Edgar Wind and Eric M. Warburg relating to Edgar Wind's resignation from the Warburg Institute, Nov 1945-Jan 1946; correspondence Edgar Wind with Gertrud Bing, Rudolf Wittkower, Margot Wittkower, Fritz Saxl relating to the resignation, Jun 1945-May 1946, also including informal comments by friends; summary by Margaret Wind; personal correspondence Edgar Wind and Margaret Wind with Gertrud Bing, Margot Wittkower, Charles Mitchell, Hugo Buchthal, Heide Heimann, Jan 1944-Dec 1947. [I, 5, ii; WIND 9]

Folder 3: 'Warburg Institute 1948 - ': Correspondence, Feb-Mar 1948, between Fritz Saxl, Edgar Wind, Rudolf Wittkower and Frances Yates, relating to Frances Yates, 'The French Academies of the Sixteenth Century', 1948; correspondence, Jun-Aug 1948, between Gertrud Bing, Edgar Wind and Rudolf Wittkower relating to 'British Art in the Mediterranean', including a related letter by Mario Wittkower, 1966; correspondence between Gertrud Bing and Edgar Wind relating to the death of Henri Frankfort, Aug 1954; printed obituaries for Rudolf Wittkower and other Warburg staff, 1971- 1985; papers relating to the publication of 'The Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation, 1982, including excerpts from correspondence between Edgar Wind and Kenneth Clark, 1948. [I, 5, iii; WIND 9]

Folder 4: 'London Library of EW': Papers relating to the transfer of Edgar Wind's personal library from London to the US, including summary by Margaret Wind; correspondence, Feb 1947-Aug 1948, Edgar Wind with Rudolf Wittkower, Hugo Buchthal, Gertrud Bing and others relating to loss of books and photographs during the transfer from London to Northampton, Massachusetts; inventories of books, literature, household effects and personal effects to be transmitted to Edgar Wind in Northampton; lists of missing books. [I, 5, v; WIND 9 = I, 4 A, iii; WIND 8]

Folder 5: 'EW's letter to Seznec': Drafts of letter Edgar Wind to Jean Seznec, Summer 1954, about the history of, and general situation at, the Warburg Institute, with reply letter by Jean Seznec 25 Sep 1954; transcripts of Edgar Wind's drafts and comment with part translations into English, c. 1984-1985; correspondence between Margaret Wind, Jean Seznec, Bruno Neveu, 1977 and 1984-1985 relating to the recovery of the letter. [I, 5, iv; WIND 9]

Date

1940-1985

Language

English

German

French

Physical extent

1 box (5 folders)