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Boime (Albert) papers
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Description
The collection contains drafts, correspondence, notes, course materials, research aids, CVs, and audiovisual materials pertaining
to the academic career of art historian and professor Albert Boime. Materials in the collection span Boime's graduate studies
and lengthy career, including seminal research on Vincent Van Gogh, Impressionism and the French Commune, and a 6-volume History
of Modern Art written from a social history perspective. Though best known for his work on 18th and 19th century European
art, Boime's papers cover a broad range of traditional and avant-garde Art History topics approached from a social history
theoretical framework.
Background
Albert Boime was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 17, 1933 to Max and Dorothy Boime, both eastern European Jewish immigrants.
In 1955 Boime joined the U.S. Army, serving in Germany before his discharge in 1958. Upon returning to the States Boime began
his studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and received his B.A. in 1961. He went on to receive both his M.A.
(1963) and Doctorate (1968) from Columbia University. Through his brother Jerome (1934-1977), Boime met teacher and social
activist Myra Block, and they married in 1964.
Extent
64.8 Linear Feet
(151 boxes, 3 oversize flat boxes, 2 shoe boxes, and 1 carton)
Restrictions
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by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue
the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Availability
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