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THE WARBURG INSTITUTE ARCHIVE
Warburg.archive@sas.ac.uk
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THE ARCHIVE OF THE INSTITUTE
The Archive of the Institute preserves the working materials and papers of the Institute’s founder Aby M. Warburg (1866-1929) and of other distinguished scholars closely associated with the Institute from its days in Hamburg to the present, including the former directors Fritz Saxl (1890-1948) and Gertrud Bing (1892–1964), the cultural historian Dame Frances A. Yates (1899–1981), the historian of religion Robert Eisler (1882-1949) and the art historian Otto Kurz (1908-1975). In addition it contains papers relating to the following scholars: A.A. Barb (1901-1979; Leopold D. Ettlinger (1913-1989); Henri Frankfort (1897-1954); Sir Ernst H. Gombrich (1909-2001); Evelyn Jamison (1877-1972); Karl Ernst Krafft (1900-1949); Otto (1908-1975) and Hilde Kurz (1910-1981); Charles Mitchell (1912-1995); R.A.B. Mynors (1903-1989); Siegfried Seligmann (1870-1926); Walter Solmitz (1905-1962); Daniel P. Walker (1914-1985); Roberto Weiss (1906-1969) and the academic and administrative records of the Institute.
II. AIDS TO CONSULTATION
The portion of the Archive relating directly to Aby Warburg has been briefly described by E. H. Gombrich in his Aby Warburg: an Intellectual Biography, London (2nd ed.) 1986, pp. 343-47; there is a fuller but now superseded summary list in Aby M. Warburg, Ausgewählte Schriften, ed. D. Wuttke, Baden-Baden (3rd ed.) 1992, pp. 585-97, 648; cf. also Wuttke's list of over 3000 published works concerning Warburg in Aby M. Warburg-Bibliographie 1866-1995, Baden-Baden 1998. Additions as well as an update consisting of over 1300 titles are published in Björn Biester, Dieter Wuttke Aby M. Warburg-Bibliographie 1996-2005, Baden-Baden 2007.
Aby Warburg’s working papers have been inventoried and described by A.M. Meyer and J.B. Trapp; the catalogue has been revised by S. Meurer and C. Wedepohl. It is not yet in definitive form, but is available for consultation at the Institute.
The General Correspondence of Aby Warburg, and of
the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg
(K.B.W.) in
III. ACCESS
Access to all materials in the Archive is at the discretion of the Director;
considerations of working space and staffing may make it necessary to restrict
the number of persons admitted at any given time. Written applications
from suitably qualified persons must reach the Director at least fourteen
days in advance of the beginning of any proposed visit (applications by
telephone are not acceptable), and should specify as exactly as possible
the material to be consulted. They must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation
from an academic referee. Applicants should note that restrictions apply
to materials which mention persons now living, as also materials of a clinical
nature relating to the years 1918-24. Those wishing to consult archival
material are advised to make preliminary contact with the Archivist, Dr.
Claudia Wedepohl (Warburg.archive@sas.ac.uk).
Click here for some examples of
Warburg's handwriting
IV. OPENING HOURS
The Archive is open Monday – Friday, 10 am – 5 pm, except during the week at Christmas and at Easter when the Institute is closed. Due to shortage of staff it may be necessary to restrict this timetable.
V. COPYRIGHT
Copyright in unpublished notes and letters belongs to their authors or his/her heirs or assigns, irrespective of present ownership.
VI. CONDITIONS
Material, whether text or images, is available on the following conditions:
1. That due acknowledgement is made in any resulting publication, whether as book, thesis, article, microfilm, other photographic or audiovisual medium, of the Institute’s ownership and, where relevant, copyright.
2. That two copies of offprints or one copy of books are supplied free of charge, addressed to the Director; the author of an unpublished M.A. or Ph.D. dissertation which draws substantially on material in the Archive is requested to submit one copy.
3. That any material prepared for publication on the basis of papers in the possession of the Institute which makes reference to persons now living will be shown to the Institute in typescript before it is sent to a publisher, and that the Institute retains the right to delete or amend reference to living persons in it.
4. That the Institute is indemnified by the person to whom material as specified in 3. is made available against any action brought as a result of publication.
5. That correct archival references are provided for any material that is published.
VII. NOTE-TAKING
Pencil only is to be used in the Archives NO ball-,
fibre- or metal-point pens; computers may be used.
VIII. REPRODUCTIONS
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Aby Warburg c. 1905. |
Reproductions may be ordered for study purposes only. [cf. IX].
At the Archivist’s discretion, typescript and manuscripts written in ink may be photocopied by authorized staff only. Manuscripts written in pencil and any material in a fragile condition may not be photocopied.
Photographs in the collection of the Archive may not be photocopied. Reproductions need to be ordered.
Black-and-white photographs, colour slides which can be used as a positive colour microfilm, digital photographs or scans can be supplied.
Before leaving users must supply on their order forms the catalogue numbers of material reproduced. Please note that the reproduction of material is restricted to a maximum of 10 % of every pressmark or 50 copies per week – keeping in mind other restrictions mentioned above. Reproduction of letters in the Correspondence Archive is at the discretion of the Archivist. Reproduction of unsorted material is not permitted.
Reproduction
fees: price list on application.
Dictation into a recording machine is not permitted.
IX. PERMISSION TO PUBLISH
Permission to publish copyright material must be sought in writing from the Director.
X. HOW TO QUOTE ARCHIVE MATERIAL
The Archive is currently organised into four main sections.
I. Material relating
to the library in
II. Photographs
III.-IV. Aby Warburg’s Papers
This structure will be subject to changes in the near future.
Quotations should be as follows:
Papers:
WIA [for Warburg Institute Archive], complete catalogue number, title.
Example:
WIA, III.53.2. ‘Bildniskunst und florentinisches Bürgertum’,
Photographs:
WIA, ‘Gertrud Bing in Gardens of East Dulwich Grove’, (c. 1960).
Letters:
WIA, GC [General Correspondence], F. Saxl to A. Warburg, 12 April 1929.
WIA, FC [Family Correspondence], A. Warburg to Max M. Warburg, 5 April 1908.
The Archivist, Dr. Claudia Wedepohl (Warburg.archive@sas.ac.uk), will be pleased to answer any enquiries regarding the Archive, and to provide further information.
The website of the Archive has been included in the new UNESCO Archives Portal at http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives.
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