The papers of Jean Bony, historian of French and English architecture and one time chair of the Department of Art History at the University of California, at Berkeley. Includes: correspondence; manuscripts of published and unpublished works; reprints and publications; bibliographies on index cards; research notes; field notes and sketches; diaries; maps; postcards; lecture notes and audiotapes of lectures; as well as photographic documentation of his research. His research topics included: English and French romanesque churches; and French gothic architecture and sculpture. His best known published works were: Notre-Dame de Mantes, 1947; The Resistance to Chartres, 1958; French Gothic Architecture of the 12th and 13th Centuries, 1983; and The English Decorated Style, 1979.
