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The 1944 Trust Deed agreed by the Warburg family and the University of London

The Warburg Institute (WIA I)

The Archive holds extensive resources on the history of the Warburg Institute from its beginnings as a private library through the building of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg (K.B.W.) in Hamburg in 1926, to the move to London in 1933/34 which resulted in a name change and two further moves before it found its present home in Bloomsbury.

Click here to download a PDF of the Archive catalogue for WIA I, the history of the Warburg Institute

Further Resources for the History of The Warburg Institute (WIA Ia and WIA V)

Annual Reports
Visitors' Books
Accession Books
'Scrap' Book
Newsletters
Click here to download a PDF of WIA Section Ia

Account Books
Click here to download a PDF of WIA Section V
 

General Correspondence to/from members of The Warburg Institute

General Correspondence to/from Members of The Warburg Institute (WIA GC)

The catalogue is accessible online from 1873 up to 1933, with abstracts until 1929.

Following 1933, we have a finding aid for the correspondents in the years 1934-1950. This lists which years we have correspondence for individuals/institutions.

If you have identified an individual/institution on this list and would like to know the dates and number of letters for a particular year, please contact the Warburg Institute Archive.

For any queries concerning correspondence beyond 1950 please contact the Warburg Institute Archive.

The following table lists further correspondence held in the Archive which is separate from the General Correspondence as it is subject specific. This material is currently uncatalogued so please contact the Warburg Archive regarding access.

*Documents relating to and correspondence by/to living individuals are not available for study during their lifetimes without permission from the individuals.

Bibliography of the Survival of the Classics and Publishers for the Bibliography (1932-38)Saxl Fund (1948-91)*
Personnel Photograph Orders (1934-36)Yates Fund (1981-90)*
Booksellers (1934-36) J Paul Getty Trust (1984-93)*
Banks, Caterers, Conferences, Consulates, Embassies etc. (1934-36)Italian Renaissance Course (1947-1965; 1990-97)*
Libraries/Archives (1934-90)*Census & Census Correspondence
Institutes, Academies, Schools, Congresses (1939-90)*School of Advanced Study (1994-96)*
Museums and Galleries (1934-90)*Publishers, General (1937-91)*
Associations, Societies, Councils, Foundations (1937-94)*Publishers, Printers, Individual (Augustin, Baylis, Brill, Clarendon, Kraus, Oxford University Press) (1935-96)*
Firms (1934-83)*Trapp/Publishers OUP (1990s)*
Universities, Institutes (1934-92)*Publications, Non-Journal Copyright (1992-93)*
Courtauld Institute (1934-38)Fellowships: Senior and Junior, Special etc. (1947-2005)*
M.M. Warburg & Co., Bank Archive Material (Copies), (1935-40) [Staatsarchiv, Hamburg (Copies)]University of London Quinquennial Reports (1947-78)*
Warburg Institute Negotiations (1933-38; 1943-44) University and HE Reports (1935-73)*, incl. Murray Report
Warburg Institute Trust Deed and Library Status (1945-68)* WI Research Assessment Exercise Report (1989)*
Director and Assistant Director (1934-60)* University Grants Committee (1965-80)
Prof. Gertrud Bing; Director 1955-1959Finance, Grants & Purpose Committee (1971-95)*
Warburg Institute Staff CVs (1945-90)*WI Committee [Warburg Society] (1934-38)
Warburg Institute (1939-90)*WI Committee of Management (1939-83)*
Warburg Institute Administration (1971-89)*WI Committee of Management Minutes (1945-92)*
Official visits to the Institute (1945-76)*WI and University of London (1935-48)
Lectures, Informal Talks (1949-86, 1993-96)*Correspondence with Government Offices (1937-83)*
Colloquia (1987-93)*Press Cuttings (1942-44, 1990-2015)*
Publications: Corpus Platonicum, MARS, Encyclopaedia of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Saturn & MelancholiaFounding of SAS Institute Data (1991-95)*
Journal Subscribers Nicholas Mann, Director’s papers*
Warburg Publications: Expenses (until c.2000)*Charles Hope, Director’s papers*
Warburg Institute Publications (Standing Orders (1940-2008)*Account cards (1940-42)
University of London I: Administration (1932-45 
(copies from Senate House); Dec. 1944-July 1990)*		Exhibitions (1939-1950), (1959-2020)* 
University of London II: Institutes, Schools, Boards of Studies (Dec. 1944-July 1994)*Nat Buildings Record Photographers, NBR (1947-1952)
Teaching Administration*Newspapers, Ecclesiastics, Periodicals, Photographers (1934-83)*
Journal Collaborators (1937-48)College Art Associations Orders (1951-59)* 
Journal (1937-38)Lorenzo de’Medici Carteggio (Aug. 1954)
Journal Publicity (1937-39)Austrian Book Appeal Committee (1946-48)
Journal (Authors) / Correspondence (1949-2021)*Warburg Publications, Publication Copyright Permissions, Publication Committee
Journal misc. (1964-89)* and Photographs 
(1964-2000)*		Spanish Appeal (1992)* 
Library Correspondence (1945-2006)*Annual Report (1991-96)*
Photographic Collection Correspondence (1948-2010)*Accountant’s Department (1944-58)*
Archive Correspondence (1991-2020)*