Papers, 1937-1989.

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Papers, 1937-1989.

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The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts and typescripts of his writings, notes, correspondence, and clippings. Series I has two subseries: 1. Biographical 2. Notes and writings. The notes and writing subseries includes manuscripts, notes and proofs of Frederick Hartt's books and articles and a report about Villa I Tatti and Bernard Berenson during World War II. Series II. consists of obituaries regarding Berenson's death, and a copy of reminiscences presumably by Alda Anrep, the sister of Berenson's longtime secretary Nicky Mariano.

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Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

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Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies

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Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959

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Anrep, Alda ˜vonœ

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Hartt, Frederick.

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The art historian Frederick Hartt was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1914. He received his B.A. from Columbia College and his Ph.D. from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. He taught at Washington University in St. Louis (1949-1960). During this period, he was instrumental in forming the university's collection of American abstract expressionist art. He later taught at the University of Pennsylvania (1960-1967), and finally at the University of Virginia (1967-1984). ...