Warburg Institute London 1933-1939

Title

Warburg Institute London 1933-1939

Shelfmark

MS. Wind 6

Summary

Papers relating to the transfer of the Bibliothek Warburg from Hamburg to London, 1933, and to the Warburg Institute in London in the 1930s, including:

Folder 1: 'Hamburg London 1933 (Transfer)': Papers relating to the transfer of the Bibliothek Warburg from Hamburg to London and Edgar Wind's role in it, including summaries and notes by Margaret Wind; typescript of an article by Bernhard Buschendorf, 'Edgar Wind und die Emigration der Bibliothek Warburg', 1993; articles and extracts relating to the history of the Warburg Library and the Warburg Institute, with references to the transfer. Also includes a reproduction of a photograph of Edgar Wind in London, 1930s. [I, 4, i; WIND 7]

Folder 2: 'Academic Assistance Council / Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL)': Correspondence between Margaret Wind and Esther Simpson, Liz Fraser and the Bodleian Library, concerning access to papers about Edgar Wind and the Warburg Library among the SPSL archives held at the Bodleian Library, 1985; Margaret Wind's notes from the SPSL papers; newspaper cuttings and articles relating to the SPSL, the Courtauld Institute and prominent members; summary, correspondence and notes relating to a lunch at the Hon Mrs Franklin's house in London on 24 May 1933 where Edgar Wind was present and the transfer of the Warburg Library was discussed; transcripts from correspondence between Edgar Wind and Gertrud Bing, 1933, 1935 and 1936, with references to the Warburg Library transfer and the establishment of the Warburg Institute in London; papers relating to Edgar Wind appearing on the Nazis' 'Black List' (Sonderfahndungsliste GB - a wanted list of British citizens and German refugees), including a summary by Margaret Wind, articles and press cuttings. [I, 4, ii-iii; WIND 7]

Folder 3: 'Warburg Institute London 1933-1993': Summary by Margaret Wind of Edgar Wind's work as the Deputy-Director of the Warburg Institute and Honorary Lecturer at University College London, and notes on his lectures; Warburg Institute Annual Report 1934-1935 and Warburg Institute Report June 1940-August 1941; Warburg Institute lecture and course lists 1935, 1936, 1939 and 1940; letters Ellis Waterhouse and Joseph Burge to Edgar Wind, 1939, with reference to Warburg Institute lectures; photocopies of article, 1974, and excerpts relating to Johan Huizinga's 1937 lecture at the Warburg Institute and on his theory of play. [I, 4, iv; WIND 7]

Folder 4: 'Journal of the Warburg Institute': Papers relating to early publications of the Warburg Institute and Edgar Wind's role as an editor, including a summary by Margaret Wind, photocopies of title pages of the Journal of the Warburg Institute, 1937-1939, and the Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 1940 and 1944; letters by Henry Russell Hitchcock, Walter Muir Whitehill, Henry A. LaFarge and George Kubler to Edgar Wind as the editor of Journal of the Warburg Institute, 1942-1945; Edgar Wind's notes on an article by Ernst Gombrich on Botticelli, and related correspondence, c. 1947; press cuttings, 1976 and 1983 relating to the history of the Journal of the Warburg Institute; 'Warburg Institute: Miscellaneous comments': Letters to Edgar Wind, 1949 and n.d., and miscellaneous articles, c. 1948-1986, with references to the Warburg Institute. [I, 4, v+vii; WIND 7]

Folder 5: 'University College London': Papers relating to Edgar Wind's Honorary Lectureship at University College London, 1934-1939, including a summary by Margaret Wind; pages of the University College Annual Report 1934-1935 and copies from the University College Calendar Session MCMXL-MCMXLL mentioning Edgar Wind; press cuttings, 1978, relating to C.K. Ogden, obituary for John MacMurray, 1978. Also includes a postcard invitation to the Professor's Dining Club, 1948. [I, 4 A, i; WIND 8]

Folder 6: 'Personal notes, letters etc.': Personal papers relating to Edgar Wind's time in London, 1933-1939, including a letter from Lesley Laurence, Oct 1939; papers relating to Edgar Wind's nomination for the Reform Club, with a reference for Wind by Anthony Blunt and Alexander Halpern, May 1939; programme for a concert at Goldsmiths' Hall London, Jul 1939; notes by Margaret Wind on Edgar Wind's travels in the 1939s; picture postcards and a tourist brochure from Glengarriff, Ireland, 1930; Italian concert and theatre programmes, 1934 and 1937, and itinerary of travels in Italy, 1930s.

Date

1933-1993

Language

English

German

Physical extent

1 box (6 folders)