Donald A. Shelley research papers on fraktur.

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Donald A. Shelley research papers on fraktur.

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Collection pertains to Donald Shelley's research into and writing about Pennsylvania German frakturs. It includes photographs of frakturs from many different collections, drafts of his dissertation for New York University, galley proofs of the Pennsylvania German Society publication The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans, books from Germany about German folk art, some research notes, a bibliography compiled while doing research, lists of fraktur illuminators and printers, and some correspondence. A later addition to the papers gives insight into Shelley's interests outside of fraktur. Included is correspondence (some letters from Henry Francis du Pont), lists of lectures given in the late 1940s, a very few publications by him, plus papers by others, and photographs and some information about American art and decorative arts.

15 boxes, 17 volumes : ill.

Winterthur Library

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Shelley, Donald A.

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Donald A. Shelley was a noted expert on Pennsylvania German fraktur. He was born in York, Pennsylvania, on July 11, 1911, and was descended from Pennsylvania Germans. He received degrees from Pennsylvania State College (B.A.), Harvard University (M.A.), and New York University (Ph.D.). He also studied at the Universities of London and Paris and traveled in Germany to research the European antecedents of Pennsylvania German folk art. He held positions in various museums, including the Reading (Pe...

Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969

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Curator of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum; Winterthur, Delaware. From the description of Henry F. Du Pont interview, 1962 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502900 Henry Francis du Pont was born at Winterthur, Del., on May 27, 1880, the son of Henry Algernon du Pont and the great-grandson of E. I. du Pont, the founder of the Du Pont Company. He was a director of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1915 until his death in 1969, and a member of its ...