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THE CLOISTERS ARCHIVES Collection No. 43 The Harry Bober Papers Processed 1995, 2013 The Cloisters Library The Metropolitan Museum of Art Ft. Tryon Park 99 Margaret Corbin Dr. New York, NY 10040 (212) 396-5365 [email protected] 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE…….…………………………………………..……………….….…………………2 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION…….……………….………….………………….……3 HARRY BOBER TIME LINE…….…………………………………………………….………4 HARRY BOBER BIBLIOGRAPHY…….…………………………………..…………….……5 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE…….………………………………………….………..……..8 SERIES DESCRIPTIONS…….………………………………………………………….…….10 CONTAINER LISTS Series I. Card Files…………….……………………………………………..……..13-30 Series II. Research Files………….……………………………………...…………31- 72 Series III. Publications ………….…………………………………………….…..73 Series IV. Slides………….……………………………………………..….………..74-77 Series V. Glass Plate Negatives………….…………………………………….………..78 Series VI. Negative Films………….………………………………………..………79-81 Series VII. Oversize Material………….……………………………….....……....…82-83 Series VIII. 1974 Messenger Lectures, Recordings (tapes and CDs) …………....…..…84 1 PREFACE In 1991, the papers of Harry Bober were donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by his sons, David and Jonathan Bober. The collection was delivered to the Medieval Department of the museum, where it was housed until its transfer to The Cloisters Archives during the summer of 1993. Funding for the first year of a two-year processing project was provided through the generosity of Shelby White and Leon Levy. The first year of the project to process the Harry Bober Papers began in August of 1994 and ended in August of 1995, conducted by Associate Archivist Elaine M. Stomber. Tasks completed within the first year included: rehousing the collection within appropriate archival folders and boxing systems; transferring original folder titles to new folders; conservation repair work to the deteriorating card file system; creating a container list to Bober's original filing system; transferring published material from research files; and preparing a preliminary finding aid to the collection. The second phase of the project began in January of 2013 and ended in July 2013. The project was completed by archival intern Katherina M. Fostano under the direction of the Cloisters Librarian. Tasks completed within the second year include the following: creating a bibliography of all publications by Harry Bober; dispersal of all duplicate publications; identification and labeling of all material previously listed as "unidentified" with the aid of consultants; providing further identification and description for files pertaining to Bober's special area of interest, Medieval Schemata, with the aid of consultants and producing a final finding aid which reflects the additional arrangement and description of the second year's work. This finding aid should provide future researchers with ready access to the collection of Harry Bober Papers. We hope that all information provided in the finding aid can help researchers navigate easily through this valuable collection. The collection is a beautiful synthesis of bibliographical and visual resources that could serve as the foundation for studies in medieval art history. Elaine M. Stomber Associate Archivist August, 1995 Katherina Fostano Archival Intern July, 2013 2 HARRY BOBER PAPERS ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION THE CLOISTERS ARCHIVES The Cloisters Archives Collection No.: 43 Location: The Cloisters Archives Room Access: Open for research by appointment from The Cloisters Library and Archives staff, see: http://libmma.org/portal/the-cloisters-library-and-archives/ Provenance: The papers of Harry Bober were donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by his sons, David and Jonathan Bober in 1991. The collection was delivered to the Medieval Department of the museum, where it was housed until its transfer to The Cloisters Archives during the summer of 1993. The recordings of the 1974 Messenger Lectures were donated by David Bober in 2017. Form of Citation: Identification of item, date (if known), The Harry Bober Papers; box number; folder number; The Cloisters Library and Archives, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Watsonline Record: http://library.metmuseum.org/record=b1611896~S1 3 HARRY BOBER PAPERS TIME LINE THE CLOISTERS ARCHIVES Abraham Herschel Bober (1915-1988): 2 September 1915 Born to Hyman and Fannie Newman Bober in Brooklyn, NY [date unknown] Graduates from Boys' High School in Brooklyn 1935 Graduates from City College 1935-1938 Works at City College as a research assistant, tutor, and lecturer 1936 Enrolls at New York University 1939 Travels to Brussels on a Belgian American Education Foundation Fellowship to study the Brussels Apocalypse, masters thesis topic 1940 Thesis is completed WWII Joins the Navy and serves throughout the war Post-WWII Teaches at Queens College 1949 Completes doctorate on the illustrations in printed books of hours 1950-1952 Senior Research Fellow with the Warburg Institute in London -develops the concept of Medieval Schemata in conjunction with ideas of Fritz Saxl 1950-1954 Teaches at Washington Square College, Smith, and Harvard 1954 Returns to teach at New York University Institute of Fine Arts 1956-1959 Founding member and first secretary of the International Center of Medieval Art 1960,1962 Visiting Scholar at the Warburg Institute in London 1965 Awarded first Avalon Foundation chair in Humanities at NYU 1981 Elected Fellow for Life of the International Center of Medieval Art 17 June 1988 Death 4 HARRY BOBER PAPERS BIBLIOGRAPHY THE CLOISTERS ARCHIVES Publications by Harry Bober M.A. Thesis “The Brussels Apocalypse of the Bibliothèque Royale, containing also the Lumière as Lais and the Pénitence Adam.” M.A. Thesis.; New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Ph.D. Dissertation “The Illustrations in the Printed Books of Hours Iconographic and Stylistic Problems.” Ph. D. diss.; New York University, 1949. Edited Works Saxl, Fritz, and Hans Meier. Catalogue of astrological and mythological illuminated manuscripts of the Latin Middle Ages. III Manuscripts in English libraries. London: Warburg Institute, University of London. 1953. Mâle, Émile. Religious art in France: The Twelfth Century: A Study of The Origins of Medieval Iconography. Princeton: Princeton U.P. 1978. Mâle, Émile. Religious art in France: The Thirteenth Century. Sumner McKnight Crosby, consulting ed. Princeton: Princeton U.P. 1984. Books and Catalogues MacKinney, Loren Carey. A Thirteenth-Century Medical Case History in Miniatures. Cambridge: The Mediaeval Academy of America. 1960. The Saint-Blasien Psalter. New York: H. P. Kraus. 1963. Miniatures from Illuminated Manuscripts: The Mortimer Brandt Collection. Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tenn., [Exhibition] April thirteenth to May eighth, 1966. 5 The Passover story: an exhibition. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1975. Jan van Vliet's Book of Crafts and Trades: With a Reappraisal of his Etchings. Albany: Early American Industries Association. 1981. Articles “Flemish Miniatures From The Atelier of Jean de Grise: MS. 11142 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique.” Revue belge d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art (1947-48): 15-21. “The First Illustrated Books of Paris Printing: A Study of the Paris and Verdun missals of 1481 by Jean Du Pré.” Marsyas (1947-49): 87-104 "The Zodiacal Miniature of the Tres Riches Heures of the Duke of Berry: Its Sources and Meaning." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes (1948): 1-34. "French Gothic Ivory Mirror Case." Annual Report: Fogg Art Museum. (1952): 5. "Andre Beauneveu and Mehun-sur-Yevre." Speculum (1953): 741- 753. "An Illustrated Medieval School-Book of Bede's "De Natura Rerum". The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery. (1956): 64-97. "Dark age science: the light beyond the sun". Art News. Vol. 54 N.10 (1956): 42-45. “The Cleveland Crucifixion: On a Miniature from an Illuminated Manuscript with Illustrations.” Overdruk uit Miscellanea Prof. Dr. D. Roggen. 1957 “The Coronation Book of Charles IV and Jeanne d'Évreux.” H.P Kraus’s Rare Books: Notes on the History of Old Books and Manuscripts. (1958): vol. 8 “In Principio. Creation Before Time.” Essay in Honor of Edwin Panofsky: De artibus opuscala. (1961): I, 13-28; II, 5-8. “Reappraisal of Rayonnant Architecture.'' The Forward Movement of the Fourteenth Century. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press. 1961. "The Gothic Tower and the Stork Club." New York University. 1962. 6 http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/about/history_bober.htm. Plummer, John, de Cleves Catherine, and Frederick B. Adams. “The Book of hours of Catherine of Cleves.” New York: Pierpont Morgan Library. 1964. “Foreword.” The Living Theatre of Medieval Art by Henry Kraus.” Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1967. “Manuscript Treasures.” Masterworks of Medieval and Renaissance Painting and Illumination owned by H.P. Kraus. New York: [s.n.]. 1970. “Medieval Art in the Guennol Collection.” The Guennol Collection, edit. By Ida Ely Rubin. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1975. “Teeming with Life: Treasures of Early Irish Art.” Art News. Vol. 77. (1978), pp. 46-49. Reviews and Obituaries Review of Illustrations in Roll and Codex, A Study of the Origin and Method of Text Illustration by Kurt Weitzmann. The Art Bulletin Vol. 30, No. 4 (Dec., 1948): 284-288. Review of British Art and the Mediterranean by F. Saxl; R. Wittkower. College Art Journal Vol. 8, No. 4 (summer, 1949): 322-323. Review of Las Cántigas, Estudio Arqueologico de sus Miniaturas by José Guerrero Lovilloby. 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