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Finding aid for the Nikolaus Pevsner papers, 1919-1979

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Descriptive Summary Title: Nikolaus Pevsner papers Date (inclusive): 1919-1982 Number: 840209 Creator/Collector: Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983 Physical Description: 72.0 linear feet(144 boxes) Repository: The Getty Research Institute Special Collections 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688 (310) 440-7390 Abstract: Papers and manuscripts of the German-born art and architecture historian (1902-1983). Papers date primarily from the years following Pevsner's immigration to England in 1933, and include written and visual materials used for lectures or as research for his many books and articles. Files related to Pevsner's radio lectures and affiliations document his career as a public figure, and correspondence tracks his relationships with many key figures in 20th-century art and architecture. Request Materials: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record for this collection. Click here for the access policy . Language: Collection material is in English and German. Biographical/Historical Note The art and architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) was born in Germany. He worked with the Dresden gallery (1924-1928) and taught at Göttingen University (1929-1933) before immigrating to England in 1933. In England Pevsner taught at Birkbeck College (University of London) and the Courtauld Institute, and lectured as the Slade Professor of Art at Cambridge (1949-1955) and Oxford (1969) Universities. Pevsner was a scholar of Italian baroque painting, German sculpture and the 19th and 20th century architecture of England and Europe. It is as an architectural historian that he is best remembered, partly because of the astonishing amount of work he did in this area, and also because of his strong point of view. His polemical view is evident in his 1936 book Pioneers of the Modern Movement (later re-titled Pioneers of Modern Design) in which he first tried to persuade England to accept the Modern movement. He remained a persistent advocate for modern design and for historical preservation. Among his many publications are the following books: An Outline of European Architecture, the History of Building Types, and the monumental Buildings of England in 46 volumes, of which 35 were researched and written by Pevsner. Pevsner was an editor on the influential journal Architectural Review and edited the Pelican History of Art series which comprised 48 volumes. He received the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1967 and a knighthood in 1969. Pevsner died in 1983. Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Publication Rights Contact Library Reproductions and Permissions . Preferred Citation Nikolaus Pevsner papers, 1919-1979, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 840209. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa840209 Acquisition Information The Getty Research Institute acquired Pevsner's papers with his library in 1984. In addition, material was moved to the collection from accessions 840189 and 920028. Most of the books have been separated to the Getty Research Institute Research Library. Some heavily annotated books remain with the archive. Scope and Content of Collection The Nikolaus Pevsner Papers contain his research files on art and architecture, manuscripts for many of his articles and books, correspondence with scholars, publishers and artists, lectures, and a collection of clippings and offprints of his articles. These papers date from 1919 to 1979, with the bulk dating from his years in England. (N. B.: Penguin Press Ltd has retained the files for The Buildings of England.) A small file of personal items includes family correspondence, photographs,


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manuscripts, awards and diaries. The books in Pevsner's library, many annotated, have been separated to the Getty Research Institute, Research Library. Arrangement note The archive is arranged in seven series: Series I. Correspondence, 1919-1979; Series II. Publication notes and manuscripts, 1919-1974; Series III. Lectures, 1934-1978; Series IV. Research material: abstracts, 1920-1962; Series V. Research material: illustrations - printed material, n.d.; Series VI. Personal file, 1918-1979; Series VII. Articles collection, 1923-1978 Subjects - Names Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 Morris, William, 1834-1896 Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983 Subjects - Corporate Bodies Architectural Association (Great Britain) Architectural guides for travelers Courtauld Institute of Art Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany) Great Britain. Royal Fine Art Commission Jerusalem Committee Omega Workshops Penguin (Firm) University of Cambridge University of London University of Oxford Subjects - Topics Architecture Architecture--Directories Architecture--Education Architecture--England--Guidebooks Architecture--Great Britain Architecture--Great Britain--Guidebooks Architecture--Great Britain--History Architecture--Great Britain--Periodicals Architecture--Historiography Architecture--Modern Architecture--Periodicals Art historians Design Painting, Baroque--Italy Sculpture, German Subjects - Places England--Buildings, structures, etc. England--Buildings, structures, etc.--Guidebooks Great Britain--Description and travel Subjects - Titles A history of building types Academies of art, past and present An outline of European architecture Buildings of England Charles R. Mackintosh Englishness of English art Penguin dictionary of architecture Pioneers of the modern movement from William Morris to Walter Gropius The Architectural review Contributors Ashby, Charles R.


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Ebhardt, Bodo, b. 1865 Fleming, John, 1919-2001 Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 Mackmurdo, A. H. (Arthur Heygate), 1851-1942 Pinder, Wilhelm, 1878-1947 Posener, Julius Russell, Gordon, Sir, 1892-1980 Schlosser, Julius, Ritter von, 1866-1938 Voysey, Charles F. A., 1857-1941

Series I. Correspondence, 1919-1979 Physical Description: 14 boxes 7 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Series contains correspondence related to Pevsner's professional activities and associations, organized in six subseries: A) General correspondence, B) The Architectural Review, C) Publisher's Correspondence, D) Affiliations, E) Exhibitions, and F) Additional Correspondence. (See also correspondence in Series II, IV, and VI.)

Series I.A. General Correspondence, 1919-1979 Physical Description: 5 boxes 2.5 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Correspondence with scholars, architects, artists, and publishers, arranged alphabetically according to correspondent (See also correspondence in II, IV, and VI).

Box Box Box Box

1 2 3 4

A-D, 1919-1979 E-H, 1930-1979 I-N, 1921-1929 O-W, 1920-1979

Box 5

Z, 1942-1945

Series I.B. The Architectural Review 1945-1947 1961-1977 Physical Description: 1 box .5 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Correspondence and material related to architecture magazine includes editorial correspondence, information regarding war damage in Germany and Austria, and general correspondence arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Includes letters from Walter Gropius, Andor Gomme, Frau Erich Mendelsohn, Julius Posener, and Ala Fern.

Box 6

Letters and printed material 1945-1977

Series I.C. Publishers correspondence, 1963-1976 Physical Description: 1 box .5 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Includes letters with publishers regarding various Pevsner articles and manuscripts (See also correspondence related to specific publications.).

Box 7 Box 7

Box 7


Prestel Verlag 1963-1976 The Johns Hopkins Press 1967-1972 Fritz Thyssen Stiftung 1964-1974

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Series I.Correspondence, 1919-1979 Series I.D.Affiliations, 1959-1977

Series I.D. Affiliations, 1959-1977

Physical Description: 6 boxes 3.0 lin. Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence related to offi commissions, committees, professional organizations, associations, historical s and preservation boards with which Pev was affiliated. Box 8 Box Box Box Box

Advisory Board for Redundant Church 1973-1977

9 9 9 9

The Architectural Association 1964-19 Art Workers Guild Trustees 1973-1975 British Academie 1975-1977 Historic Buildings Council of England 1975-1977 International Council of Monuments a (ICOMOS): National Committee for the United Kin 1967-1974 The Professional and Academic Region Visits Organization, PARVO; 1975-197

Box 9 Box 9 Box 9 Box 9 Box 9

Royal Fine Art Commission 1966-1973 The Society for the Protection of Anci Buildings 1967-1973 Society of Architectural Historians of Britain 1959-1966

Box 9 Box 9 Box 9 Box 10-11

The Victorian Society 1973-1979 The William Morris Society 1975-1978 Jerusalem Committee 1970-1977 Scope and Content Note

Includes correspondence (Box 10) a related documents (Box 11). Box 12

Shepheard and Epstein 1972-1973 Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, documents, photos hearings regarding the preservation Russell Square. Box 13

Milton Keynes Development Corporati 1967-1971 Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and Pevsner's "Pres and Contervanda in Milton Keynes" regarding the preservation of the vil Milton Keynes.

Series I.E. Exhibitions, 1960-1975 Physical Description: 1 box .5 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Correspondence and documents regarding Pevsner's contributions to art and architectural exhibitions.


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Series I.Correspondence, 1919-1979 Series I.E.Exhibitions, 1960-1975 Box 14

The Sources of Twentieth Century Exhibition, Council of Europe, 1960: Scope and Content Note Correspondence, notes, drafts and meeting minutes.

Box 14

Art Nouveau Exhibition, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1965 Scope and Content Note Correspondence, notes, typescripts and proof.

Box 14

Gothic Art in Europe, Council of Europe, 1968: Scope and Content Note Correspondence, notes, drafts and documents.

Box 14

Bauhaus Exhibition, 1969 Scope and Content Note Correspondence and notes.

Box 14

Mackintosh Exhibition, Vienna, 1969: Scope and Content Note Correspondence.

Box 14

Victorian Church Art Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971: Scope and Content Note Correspondence, lists.

Box 14 Box 14

Age of neo-classicism, Council of Europe The Croydon Exhibition, 1975 Scope and Content Note Correspondence, documents.

Series I.F. Additional Correspondence, 1909-1982 Physical Description: 2 boxes 1.0 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Correspondence arranged in chronological order, with miscellaneous notes and printed material (these items have been transfered from the library). Most of the letters received concern complimentary copies and reviews by Pevsner.

Box 14A

Correspondence, notes, 1909-1982

Box 14B

Notes, printed items, 1909-1982 Series II. Publication Notes and Manuscripts, 1919-1974 Physical Description: 37 boxes ca. 19.0 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Series includes manuscripts, notes, correspondence, photographs, reviews, and other material related to Pevsner's books and articles. Arranged in general chronological order by publication date.

Box 15

"Vincent Van Gogh", 1919 Scope and Content Note Manuscript.

Box 15

"Die Gemalde des Giovanni Battista Crespi gennant Cerano", 1925 Scope and Content Note Correspondence.


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Series II.Publication Notes and Manuscripts, 1919-1974

Box 15

"Gegeninformation und Manierismus", 1925 Scope and Content Note Correspondence, notes.

Box 15

"Spatbarock und Rokoko: Handbuch, III teil", n.d. Scope and Content Note Typescript.

Box 15

"Austellung der Akademie Dresden..", 1927 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 15

"Beitrage zur Stilgeschichte des Fruh-und Hochbarok", 1928 Scope and Content Note Correspondence.

Box 15

"Die Lehrjahre des Cararaggio: 1928-1929 Scope and Content Note Notes, Correspondence, ephemera.

Box 15

"Giulio Cesare Procaccion:", 1929: Scope and Content Note Notes, correspondence.

Box 15

"Die Antwerpener Jahrhundert Ausstellung", 1930 Scope and Content Note Illustrations.

Box 15

"Gemeinshaft Sideals unter den Bildenden Kunstlern des 19 Jahrhunderts", 1931 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 15

"Die wandlung um 1650 in der Italienishes Malerei, Werner Jahrbuch fur Kunstgegichte", 1932 Scope and Content Note Correspondence.

Box 15

"Die Deutsche Kunst und die Hoheren Schulen", 1933 Scope and Content Note 1 letter.

Box 15

"Kunst der Gegenward und Kunst der Zukunft", 1934 Scope and Content Note Manuscript and correspondence.

Box 15

"Pottery", 1936 Scope and Content Note Correspondence.

Box 15

"The Designer in Industry", 1936 Scope and Content Note Correspondence.


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Box 16 Box 16

Pioneers of the Modern Movement from William Morris to Walter Gropius, 1935-1974 English Editions, 1935-1974 Scope and Content Note Correspondence: including; Faber-Faber (1936-1941, 1946-1961) and letters by Charles R. Ashbee, Walter Gropius, Josef Hoffmann, Arthur Mackmurdo, Gordon Russell, Henry van de Velde and Charles A. Voysey (1935-1936); press cuttings; typescript forward and correspondence for the Museum of Modern Art edition (1947-1963); forward, additions, illustrations and correspondence for Penguin books editions, the later arranged according to correspondents (1957-1974).

Box 17

Foreign Editions, 1937-1965 Scope and Content Note Correspondence regarding foreign editions (1953-1965); photos (see also illustrations in: Ch. R. Mackintosh, 1950 and in: Minor Masters of the 19th century; Christopher Dresser.., 1937); printed material.

An Inquiry into Industrial Art in England, 1937 Scope and Content Note Letters by Gordon Russell, Frank Pick and Frank Murphy 36 items; photos; reviews.

"Minor Matters of the 19th century; Christopher Dresser, Industrial designer", 1936, 1978 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1936, 1978) with Ada Nettleton Dresser and the Victoria and Albert Museum; photos.

"English and German art and their inter-relations in German life and letters", 1937-1938: Scope and Content Note Correspondence with L. A. Willenghly 1937-1938.

"The First Plywood Furniture", 1938-1939 Scope and Content Note Manuscript, correspondence (1938-1939), notes, printed material.

Box 17

"George Walton, his life and work", 1939 Scope and Content Note Correspondence including letters by Frank Pick and Daisy A. Walton, 1939, photo.

Box 18

"The Elements of Contemporary Architecture in Britain - Historicism and Traditionalism", 1939 Scope and Content Note Typescript and manuscript, correspondence with J. H. Richards, notes, printed material, photos.

Box 18

"Ch. R. Mackintosh, A Glasgow Pioneer of Modern Architecture", 1939 Scope and Content Note Correspondence, print.


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Box 18

"Charles F. Annsley Voysey", 1939-1947 Scope and Content Note Original edition published in 1940. Includes typescript, correspondence (1939-1947) including letters by Charles A. Voysey and C. Cowles Voysey, notes, photos and research material.

Box 20

Academies of Art, Past and Present, 1921-1976 Scope and Content Note Original edition published in 1940.

Correspondence, 1931-1949, 1968-1976 Scope and Content Note Includes letters by Walter Gropius; notes; printed material including catalogues for the Bauhaus and academies in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Nurnberg, Dresden, Leipzig and Stuttgart.

Box 21

Schools and Academies 1921-1952 Scope and Content Note Printed material regarding schools and academies in the United States, Holland, Great Britain, Sweden, Italy, Czechoslovakia and Belgium.

Box 22

"Omega", 1941: Scope and Content Note Correspondence regarding the `Omega' workshops including letters by Margaret Armitage, J. M. Keynes, Frederik Etchelle, E. M. Forster, Vanessa Bell, Margery Fry, notes, photos and printed material.

Box 22

"Schuttsschiffer von Ramaduri" (i.e. Nikolaus Pevsner), 1941 Scope and Content Note Typescript.

Box 22

"Architecture in Germany under the Nazis by Peter F. R. Donner" (i.e. Nikolaus Pevsner), 1941 Scope and Content Note Notes; newspaper clippings.

Box 22

"The Evolution of the Easy Chair", 1942 Scope and Content Note Notes; sketches; photos.

Box 22

"Patient progress: the Life work of Frank Pick", 1941-1942 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1941-1942), notes and research material regarding industrial design.

Box 23

An Outline of European Architecture, 1947-1976 Scope and Content Note Original edition published in 1942.

Box 23

New Editions 1957-1976 Scope and Content Note Correspondence; reviews; additions, correspondence and illustrations for new editions.


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Box 24

Correspondence regarding foreign editions 1947-1975 Scope and Content Note Additions, illustrations and reviews.

Box 25

"Terms of Architectural Planning in the Middle Ages", 1942 Scope and Content Note Proof, notes, extracts.

Box 25

The Leaves of Southwell, 1945-1953 Scope and Content Note Photographs by F. L. Attenborough 1945-1953; correspondence 1945-1953); reviews.

Box 25

"Visual Planning and the City of London", 1945 Scope and Content Note Manuscript, notes, illustrations.

Box 25

"Architecture of Mannerism", for Geoffrey Grigsonis Mint, 1946 Scope and Content Note Addition.

Box 25

"Frank Lloyd Wright", 1946 Scope and Content Note Proof.

Box 25

"Neue Baukunst und Bautradition" 1947 Scope and Content Note Proof.

Box 26

"The Picturesque in Architecture", 1947 Scope and Content Note Notes.

Box 26

"Price on Picturesque", 1949 Scope and Content Note Notes.

Box 26

"Richard Payne Knight", 1949 Scope and Content Note Proof, notes.

Box 26

"Reassessment 4. Three Oxford colleges", 1949 Scope and Content Note see "Visual Planning..." in Box 25.

Box 26

Matthew Digby Wyatt, The First Cambridge Slade Professor of Fine Art, 1949-1950 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1949-1950); notes.

Box 26

"Goethe and Architecture", 1950 Scope and Content Note Notes.


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Box 26

Ch. R. Mackintosh, 1950 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1948-1961), notes, printed material, illustrations; also correspondence, clippings and notes regarding the Ingram Street tea-room article, 1953 and `No Grace for Mackintosh', 1955 (1953-1956).

Box 27

"A Century of Industrial Design and Designers",1851-1951, 1951 Scope and Content Note In Designers in Britain. Includes correspondence, notes.

Box 27

High Victorian Design: A Study of the Exhibit of 1851, 1949-1978 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1949-1978); notes.

Box 27

The Buildings of England, 1951, 1974-1979 Scope and Content Note Typescript and correspondence regarding 2nd edition of Nottinghamshire (1974-1979).

Box 27

"COID: Progress Report. Industrial Design: 1951, An examination of the exhibits chosen by the COID for the South Bank exhibition", 1951 Scope and Content Note Photos.

Box 27

"Thoughts on Coventry Cathedral", 1952 Scope and Content Note Notes; printed material; photos.

Box 27

"Art Furniture in the Eighteen Seventies", 1952 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1949), notes, photos.

Box 28

"Colonel Gillum and the Pre Raphaelites", 1953 Scope and Content Note Typescript, notes, correspondence, photos.

Box 28

"A Note on the Art of the Exeter Carvers", 1953 Scope and Content Note Notes.

Box 28

"Old Somerset House", 1953 Scope and Content Note Correspondence, notes, photo.

Box 28

Christopher Wren, 1632-1723,, 1954 Scope and Content Note Manuscript, notes, correspondence, photo.

Box 28

"Hill Hall", 1953-1955 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1953), notes.


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Box 28

The Englishness of English Art, 1955-1975 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1955-1975); additions, notes, printed material (see also the Reith Lectures under BBC Talks, Box 50.

Box 28

"The Egyptian Revival", 1951-1969 Scope and Content Note With Susi Lang. Includes correspondence (1951-1969), notes, photos.

Box 28

"An Italian Miscellany: Pedrocchino..", 1957 Scope and Content Note Manuscript, correspondence, notes, photos.

Box 28

"Universities: I. Yesterday", 1957 Scope and Content Note Manuscript; notes.

Box 28

"A Note on the East End of Winchester Cathedral", 1958-1960 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1958-1960).

Box 29

"Libraries, I.: Nutrimentum Spiritus", 1961 Scope and Content Note Notes and correspondence.

Box 29

The Planning of the Elizabethean Country House, 1961, May 23, 1980: Scope and Content Note An inaugural lecture delivered at Birkbeck college. Includes correspondence and typescript of "A Tudor Checklist" (not dated); notes.

Box 29

"Gropius and Van de Velde", 1962 Scope and Content Note Notes (see also correspondence, Gropius in Box 1).

Box 30

"Gordon Russell", 1925-1962 Scope and Content Note Manuscript; notes; correspondence including correspondence with Gordon Russell (1958-1962); research material including catalogues and prospectuses (1925-1959), with Pevsner's "Roots and Branches: the Story of Gordon Russell, 1961, and Gordon Russell Ltd. archives (xerox); photos.

Box 30

The Choir of Lincoln Cathedral, 1963 Scope and Content Note Typescript.

Box 30

"Kunzle", 1964 Scope and Content Note Notes.

Box 30

"Randall Wells", 1964 Scope and Content Note With Enid Ratcliffe. Correspondence; notes; photos.


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Box 30

Introduction for Ludwig Hunz and Gustave Kunstler's Adolf Loos..., 1965-1966 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1965-1966).

Box 31

The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, 1966 Scope and Content Note Notes; revisions.

Box 31

Correspondence related to Penguin Dictionary of Architecture, 1966-1977 Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence with John Fleming and Hugh Honour; correspondence with Penguin Books Ltd (1966-1977) and with Prestel Verlag (1966-1970); mixed correspondence arranged alphabetically and including Alan Gowans, J. Burke, Ivor Prinsloo and Nicholas Taylor (1966-1977).

Box 33

Introduction for Oscar Beyer's edition of Eric Mendelsoh: Letters of an Architect, 1966-1969 Scope and Content Note 1967 edition; translation by Geoffrey Strachan. Typescript, notes, printed material, correspondence including letters by Louise Mendelsohn and Ralph Beyer (1966-1969).

Box 33

"The Architectural setting of Jane Austen's Novels", 1968 Scope and Content Note Proof, notes, correspondence (1966-1968), photos.

Box 33

The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design, 1968-1969 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (2 letters).

Box 33

Foreword for Andor Gomme and David W. Walker's Architecture in Glasgow, 1968 Scope and Content Note Typescript; proof.

Box 33

Foreword for Alison Smithson and Peter Smithson's The Euston Arch and the Growth of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1968 Scope and Content Note Correspondence and notes.

Box 33

Foreword for William B. O'Neal's American Association of Architectural Bibliographers, Papers, 1970, 1969-1970 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1969-1970); notes.

Box 33

Some Architectural Writers of the XIXth Century, 1972 Scope and Content Note Typescripts.

Box 34

Some Architectural Writers of the XIXth Century, related material, 1969-1973 Scope and Content Note Addenda, notes, correspondence (1969-1973), illustrations and reviews. (See also Oxford Slade Lectures in Box 57).


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Box 34

"A Westminstor Cathedral Episode" with Norbert Wibiral, 1975-1976 Scope and Content Note 1976 publication. Includes manuscript, notes, correspondence (1975-1976), photos.

Box 35

The History of Building Types, 1976 Scope and Content Note Typescripts (complete).

Box 36 Box 37-41

The History of Building Types: Addenda; notes. 1971-1976 The History of Building Types: Notes, 1965-1977 Scope and Content Note Notes organized according to chapters: Box 37 (general, royalty, national monuments, Houses of Parliament, government buildings, law courts, town halls), Box 38 (university buildings, libraries, museums), Box 39 (hospitals; prisons, hotels), Box 40 (exchanges, banks, stations, theater halls, exhibition building, public baths, shops and stores and arcades), Box 41 (factories; office buildings; warehouses, skyscrapers, houses, churches, town planning, types not done); addenda.

Box 42

The History of Building Types: Index cards, n.d. Scope and Content Note Index cards (bio- and bibliography data).

Box 43

The History of Building Types: Correspondence - General, 1969-1976 Scope and Content Note General correspondence arranged alphabetically according to correspondentts or subject; includes correspondence with Thames and Hudson and with Princeton University Press (1973-1975).

Box 44-45

The History of Building Types: Correspondence - Chapters, 1970-1974 Scope and Content Note Correspondence arranged according to chapters and therein according to correspondents or subjects. Box 44 (national monuments, parliaments, government buildings, law courts, town halls, theatres, libraries, museums, hospitals, prisons), Box 45 (hotels, banks and exchanges, stations, exhibition buildings, market halls, shops and stores).

Box 46-48

The History of Building Types: Correspondence - Illustrations, 1970-1976 Scope and Content Note Correspondence regarding illustrations, arranged alphabetically according to correspondent. Box 46 (A-O), Box 47 (P-Z), Box 48 (copyrights and invoices).

Box 49

The History of Building Types Printed material 1955-1974 Scope and Content Note Printed material arranged according to chapters.

Box 50

The History of Building Types: Photos, n.d. Scope and Content Note Photos arranged according to chapters.

Box 51

Book reviews by N. P., 1928, 1930-1932, 1949, 1957-1977 Scope and Content Note Typescripts, correspondence and notes; includes important file for the Architect in History by M. Briggs 1930/32.


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Box 52

BBC talks, 1946-1977 Scope and Content Note Material related to the "Art for Everyone" radio talks. Includes typescripts, correspondence, letters to newspapers, clippings from the Listener, printed material; includes the Reith Lectures (1955).

Series III. Lectures, 1934-1978 Physical Description: 25 boxes ca. 12.0 lin ft. Scope and Content Note Series contains notes, correspondence, agendae, visual aids, and other material related to Pevsner's lectures and lecture tours. There are three subseries: A) Courtlauld Institute, Birbeck College, Cambridge, and Oxford Slade lectures, B) Special Lectures and lecture Tours, C) Lecture Notes.

Series III.A. Courtauld Institute, Birkbeck College, Cambridge and Oxford Slade lectures, 1934-1978

Physical Description: 7 boxes 3.5 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Material includes correspondence, study schemes, student lists and lecture preparations (see also Lecture Notes). Box 53

Courtauld Institute, 1934-1976 Scope and Content Note Correspondence (1963-1974); examination material (1934-1976); candidates and (1958-1966); study schemes (1958-1969) (see also Lecture notes).

Box 54

Birkbeck college, 1942-1968 Scope and Content Note Lecture notes, bibliography, schedules, lists of students (1942-1968). See also Planning of the Elizabethan Country House, box 29.

Box 55-57

Lecture preparations, ca. 1944-1945 Scope and Content Note Notebooks.

Box 58

Cambridge, 1948-1978 Scope and Content Note Lecture notes (1948-1978); see also Lecture notes and Matthew Digby Wyatt, 1950 in Box 24.

Box 59

Oxford Slade lectures, 1967-1969 Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence (1967-1969); lecture preparations (see also Some Architectural writers of the XIXth Century, 1972 in Boxes 31-32).


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Series III.Lectures, 1934-1978 Series III.B.Special lectures and lecture tours, ca. 1950-1978

Series III.B. Special lectures and lecture tours, ca. 1950-1978 Physical Description: 8 boxes 4.0 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Agenda, notes, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures, and correspondence, including correspondence and clippings relating to subsequent publication such as Palladio and Europe (Venize, 1955), L'Inghiererra e il Manierismo and Palladio e il Manierismo (Vicenza, 1967), Borromini e l'Inghieterra (Rome, 1968), Ruskin and Violet-le-Duc (W. Neurath Memorial Lecture, 1969) Die Stadt in 19 Jahrhundert (Munich 1971). Correspondents include Alford Albini, Marcia Allentuck, Alf Boe, Henry R. Hitchcock, Hans Kaufmann, Brian Knox, P. Douglas Knowles, Susi Land, Stephen Tschudi Madsen, Michael McCarthy, William B. O'Neal, Anna Zador (see also 3. Lecture notes).

Box 60

Maitland Historical Society, 1950 Scope and Content Note Correspondence regarding lecture on Anglo-Saxon art.

Box 60

Society of Antiquaries: "The Warwick Giltern", 1952-1953 Scope and Content Note (Abandoned.) Includes Correspondence, notes, printed material, photos.

Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

61 62 62 62 62 62 63 63

Australia and New Zealand, 1958 Canada, 1959 Hambourg, 1959 South America, 1960 Austria, 1962 Denmark, 1962 Munich, 1963 Miami, 1963. Scope and Content Note AIA Convention.

Box 63 Box 63

Yale, 1963 Rome, 1964. Scope and Content Note Italia nostra.

Box 63 Box 63

Switzerland, 1965 Aachen, 1965 Scope and Content Note Council of Europe.

Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

63 63 63 64 64 64 64 64 64

North Germany, 1965 Baltimore, 1965 Hungary and Yugoslavia, 1965 Hamburg, 1966 Munster, 1966 Turkey, 1966 Prague, 1966 Dusseldorf, 1967 Vicenza, 1967 Scope and Content Note Centro Internationale di Studi Architectura Andrea Polladio. Correspondence (1966-1969), L'Inghilterra e il Manierismo and Palladio e il Manierismo Manuscript, typescript and notes.


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Series III.Lectures, 1934-1978 Series III.B.Special lectures and lecture tours, ca. 1950-1978 Box 64

Rome, 1967: Scope and Content Note Convegno di Studi Borrominiani Academia, Nazionale di San Luce. Correspondence (1966-1968), Manuscript and typescript.

Box 64

Smith College, 1968: Scope and Content Note Correspondence regarding agenda and publication of Robert Willis lecture; memorabilia.

Box Box Box Box

64 64 64 64

Munich, 1968 Czechoslovakia, 1968 Germany, 1968 Walter Neurath Memorial lecture, 1969 Scope and Content Note Ruskin and Viollet-le-Duc: correspondence.

Box 64 Box 64

Coburg, 1969 Zagreb, 1969 Scope and Content Note 300th anniversary of University of Zagreb.

Box 65

Mellon Lectures, 1970: Scope and Content Note Correspondence, lecture notes, slide lists, photos, clippings, memorabilia. See also The History of Building Types.

Box 65 Box 65 Box 65

Southwestern State University in Great Britain, 1971 Berkley, 1971 Munich, 1971 Scope and Content Note Die Stadt in 19 Jahrhundert Symposium. Correspondence, notes, agenda, proofs.

Box 65 Box 65

Israel, 1971 Cuno Amiet, 1971. Scope and Content Note Giacometti Exhibition Opening speech, Cambridge.

Dumbarton Oaks: The Picturesque Garden and its influence outside the British Isles, 1972.

Box 66

Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence with Anna Zador, Michael McCarthy, Marcia Allentuck, Brian Knox and Susi Lang, transcription of tape, notes, and memorabilia. Box 66

Columbia University, 1972 Scope and Content Note Mathews Lectures.

Box 67

America, 1972 Scope and Content Note Victorian Society lectures.

Box 67

Box 67


America, 1973. Groningen, 1975

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Series III.Lectures, 1934-1978 Series III.B.Special lectures and lecture tours, ca. 1950-1978 Box 67 Box 67

Leningrad, 1975 East Germany, 1976-1977 Scope and Content Note "Buildings of England" [1977] typescript.

Box 67 Box 67

Leicester Convocation lecture: Social Aspects of Architecture, 1978 Scope and Content Note Correspondence.

Series III.C. Lecture notes, n.d. Physical Description: 10 boxes 5.0 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Organized and indexed by Pevsner according to periods and countries; also contains correspondence, bibliographical material and clippings.

Box 68 Box Box Box Box Box Box Box Box

General and miscellanea

69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

Funeral monuments Antiquity and Middle Ages (General) 1750-1914 Modern architecture and design Germany Britain I Britain II Britain III; Architectural theory (Pugin and after)

Box 77

Italy and Spain Series IV. Research Material: Abstracts, 1920-1962 Physical Description: 14.0 lin. ft. 28 boxes Scope and Content Note Labeled as: Vorlesung S-S or W-S (lecture notes) or (Excerpts). Reading notes, biographical and bibliographical data, occasional correspondence and clippings organized according to subject by Pevsner. There are four subseries: A) History, philosophy, and literature, B) Art history: origins to XVIIIth Century, C) Art history, XIX-XXth Century, and D) Miscellanies.

Series IV.A. History, philosophy and literature, 1912-1951 Physical Description: 3 boxes Scope and Content Note Contains clippings, notes, and other materials on various non-art or architecture-related topics.

Box Box Box Box Box Box

78 79 79 79 79 79

Box 80


Philosophy and religion, 1912-1942 History, 1912-1942 History of Science, agriculture, botany, 1912-1951 Trade and industry, 1922-1951 Navy, 1937-1944 Music, 1922-1947 Literature, history of literature and intellectual history, 1919-1944

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Series IV.Research Material: Abstracts, 1920-1962 Series IV.BArt history: origins to XVIIIth century, 1919-1977

Series IV.B Art history: origins to XVIIIth century, 1919-1977 Physical Description: 13 boxes 6.5 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Contains clippings, photographs, printed material, notes, and correspondence related to the history of art and architecture from antiquity to the 18th century.

Box 81

Art history, 1921-1962 Scope and Content Note Antiquity, ancient Orient, Roman, early Christian and Byzantine.

Box 82 Box 83

Medival, Mannierism, applied art, furniture, iconography, 1921-1965 Architecture, 1944-1955 Scope and Content Note General, whole countries including United States, Spain and Portugal.

Box 84

Italy, 1938-1970 Scope and Content Note Architecture (early Christian to Baroque); Sculpture (Romanesque).

Box 85

Painting and sculpture, 1921-1977 Scope and Content Note (Renaissance and Baroque).

Box 86

Germany, 1919-1968 Scope and Content Note Medieval Sculpture, painting and architecture.

Box 87 Box 88

XVth-XVIIth century sculpture and painting France, 1927-1975 Scope and Content Note Painting, sculpture and architecture (Medieval to XVIIIth century).

Box 89 Box 90

Dutch and Flemish painting (XIVth XVIIth century), 1921-1930 Britain, 1944-1951 Scope and Content Note Prehistoric, AngloSaxon, Norman; Medieval architecture.

Box 91

Britain, 1950-1958 Scope and Content Note Medieval architecture (English vaults/St. Stephen's controversy, Secular architecture); Medieval painting and sculpture.

Box 92

Britain, 1941-1973 Scope and Content Note 1600-1820 (General); XVIth-XIXth century painting.

Box 93

Britain Scope and Content Note Architecture (1600-1830) and minor art, 1950-1951, n.d.


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Series IV.Research Material: Abstracts, 1920-1962 Series IV.C Art history: XIX-XXth century, 1906-1977

Series IV.C Art history: XIX-XXth century, 1906-1977 Physical Description: 6 boxes 3 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note (Index in Box 94). Contains clippings, photographs, printed material, notes, and correspondence related to the history of art and architecture in the 19th and 20th century.

Box 94 Box 94

[I] XIXth century painting and sculpture, 1943-1968, n.d. [II] Art theory and aesthetics, 1947-1976, n.d. Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence and notes about John Broad's Clio, 1961-1962.

Box Box Box Box

94 95 95 95

[III] Architectural theory, 1955-1976, n.d. [V] Victorian: General, 1963-1973, n.d. [VI] Victorian: XIXth century architecture, 1956-1976, n.d. [VII] Victorian: William Morris, 1941-1947 n.d. Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence with Fred. J. Mayers and J. Scarrett Rigby; the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Box 96

[VII] Victorian: William Morris, 1939-1969, n.d. Scope and Content Note Printed material and photos.

Box 97

[VIII] Victorian: British Museum, 1906-1964 n.d. Scope and Content Note Early iron (used for Pioneers, New York edition, including notes and correspondence with Erika Hellich (1948-1949), model housing; non conformist churches.

Box 97

[X] Victorian: town planning (England - continent), 1941-1964, n.d. Scope and Content Note Victorian architects (biographical material arranged alphabetically according to architect).

Box 97

[XI] Early XXth century, 1934-1974, n.d. Scope and Content Note Includes reading on Pioneers arranged alphabetically.

Box 98 Box 98

[XII] Classical revival, [XIII] Gothic revival, neo oriental, neo Egyptian, neo Jacabean, neo Moorish, 1953-1977 [XIV] Victorian history and culture, Victorian taste, design, typography, 1948-1974, n.d.

Box 98 Box 98

Early Modern and modern architecture and painting, ca. 1920s-1966 Scope and Content Note Includes material on Walter Gropius and on town planning.

Box 99

Fabrics, advertising The Architect in history, 1912-1949, n.d. Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence with Julius Schlosser and Burkhard Meier.


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Series IV.Research Material: Abstracts, 1920-1962 Series IV.C Art history: XIX-XXth century, 1906-1977 Box 99

Social Aspects of Art, n.d. Scope and Content Note Statistics.

Box 99

Thomas Mann, 1921-1977 Scope and Content Note Includes notes and printed material.

Series IV.D Miscellanies, 1927-1976 Physical Description: 6 boxes 3 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Subseries contains notes, index cards, magazines, lists, and various other materials Pevsner used for research and reference.

Box 100-101

Biographical data, n.d. Scope and Content Note Index cards): Box 100 (A-I), Box 101 (K-Y).

Box 102 Box 102

Register of artists, n.d. Architectural magazines, 1938, n.d. Scope and Content Note Copies of extracts from 1828-1930.

Box 102

Country Life, 1926, n.d. Scope and Content Note General extracts. Also includes index of memorabilia.

Box 103-104

Notes, 1929-1976 Scope and Content Note Arranged alphabetically according to country or subject: Box 103 (A-K), Box 104 (N-Y).

Box 105

Travel notes, 1930-1951 Scope and Content Note (notes on museums).

Box 105

Bibliographical material, 1927-1956 Scope and Content Note (miscellaneous lists).

Series V. Research Material: Illustrations - Printed Material, 1921-1977 n.d. Physical Description: 28 boxes 14.0 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Series includes photographs, clippings, pamphlets, books, postcards, and other printed material Pevsner used for research and as illustrations for his writings and lectures.

Box Box Box Box Box

106 107 108 109 110

Box 111


Photograph and clipping files: Austria; France, 1932-1965, n.d. Germany, 1921-1966, n.d. Great Britain, 1931-1975, n.d. Great Britain (XIX - XX), 1931-1972, n.d. Hungary; Turkey, 1931-1970, n.d. USA; Yugoslavia and Miscellaneous, ca. 1915-1965

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Series V.Research Material: Illustrations - Printed Material, 1921-1977 n.d.

Box 112-131 Box 132 Box 133-134

Post and collection, ca. 1923-1977 Pamphlets and offprints, 1921-1976 Annotated books, 1954-1958, n.d. Scope and Content Note Includes Colvin's Biographical Dictionary of English Architects, 1660-1840 (1958) and Hart's Giulio Romano (1958).

Box 134

Unpublished material submitted to Pevsner, ca. 1967-1970 Series VI. Personal File, 1918-1979 Physical Description: 2 boxes 1.0 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Series contains correspondence, awards, commendations, diaries, poems, short stories, notes, and other personal materials.

Box 135

Correspondence, 1919-1979 Scope and Content Note Personal letters received by Pevsner or members of his family; includes a number of letters from his mother in Leipzig, 1937-1942, a letter from Thomas Mann, 1919 relating to his "Betrachtungen eines Unpoliteschen" (see also II: `Beitrage zur Stilgeschichte des Fruh - und Hochbarok', 1928).

Box 135

Personal notes, ca. 1970s, n.d. Scope and Content Note Early notes, some with literary references; autographs; memorabilia.

Box 135

Manuscripts: Scope and Content Note Short stories and poems, one dedicated to Thomas Mann (1918-1919).

Box 135

Awards and honorary degrees, 1974-1979 Scope and Content Note Correspondence, agenda, speech notes.

Box 135

Photographs, n.d.

Box 136

Diaries, 1951-1977 Series VII. Articles Collection, 1923-1978 Physical Description: 7 boxes 3.5 lin. ft. Scope and Content Note Clippings are mainly from German periodicals; many are mounted in books. Articles are on various aspects of art and architecture, some in German and others in English. Boxes 140-143 contain two identical sets of Xerox copies of Pevsner's newspaper cuttings and offprints.

Box Box Box Box

137 137 138 139

Box 140-143


Collection of clippings and offprints of Pevsner's articles, 1923-1935 Clippings and offprints, 1923-1942 Clippings and offprints, 1936-1949 Clippings and offprints, 1950-1978 Photocopies, 1923-1978

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