Thomas Goddard Bergin papers, 1930-1974 (inclusive).

ArchivalResource

Thomas Goddard Bergin papers, 1930-1974 (inclusive).

The papers contain correspondence; lectures; photographs; writings; and administrative, research and subject files documenting the professional life of Thomas Bergin, eminent scholar of Italian literature and authority on Boccaccio, Dante, and Petrarch. The papers mainly document Bergin's academic career and relate to his involvements with scholars, institutions, and publishers. The papers highlight Bergin's activities to commemorate the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth and his administrative roles at Yale.

5 linear ft. (13 boxes)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8011722

Yale University Library

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Devito, Anthony P.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk9kwg (person)

Yale University.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r8240t (corporateBody)

Pacifici, Sergio.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b45qt (person)

Yale University. Dept. of Italian.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w44j63 (corporateBody)

Bergin, Thomas Goddard, 1904-1987

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cv8mmd (person)

Thomas Goddard Bergin was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1904. He received both a B.A. (1925) and Ph.D. (1929) from Yale University. Bergin was an instructor in Italian at Yale from 1925 until 1930 and an associate professor of romance languages at Western Reserve University from 1930 until 1935. He taught romance languages at New York State Teachers College, Albany, from 1935 to 1941 and at Cornell University from 1941 to 1948. During World War II he served with the Allied Commission in Ital...

Musa, Mark.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz6dqn (person)

Dante society of America

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jt3x45 (corporateBody)

The Dante Society of America, based at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., was an association of Dante scholars, mostly professors at American universities. From the description of Correspondence and records, 1883-1904. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122609247 From the description of Additional correspondence, 1883-1898. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81988809 From the guide to the Dante Society of America correspondence and records, 1883-1...

Wilkins, Ernest Hatch, 1880-1966

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j68628 (person)

Ernest Hatch Wilkins was born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts on September 14, 1880. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College in 1900 and began his teaching career there, receiving the M.A. from Amherst in 1903. He taught at Harvard University from 1906 to 1912 while working towards the Ph. D. in Romance Languages, which he received in 1910. In 1912, he was appointed Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Chicago and in 1923 became Dean of the university's College ...

Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cr63vj (person)

Moravia was an Italian writer also known by the pseudonym of Alberto Pincherle. From the description of Vita di Moravia: conversations with Alain Elkann, [ca. 1990]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612223071 ...

Cioffari, Vincenzo, 1905-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65t7pq0 (person)

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t15227 (person)

Prolific poet, Florentine exile, and advocate of the Italian vernacular's destined role in the diffusion of literature, philosophy, and political thought. Dante's Divine Comedy proves its importance as a testimony to the beliefs, customs, and the contemporary experience of the late medieval period whose sense of vision prefigures the first signs of Renaissance civilization. This collection original works, criticial works, and memorabilia remains the largest of its kind outside of Italy (Enciclop...