Finding aid for the Ulrich Alexander Middeldorf papers, 1925-1981
Scope and Content of Collection
Series I. Clippings files, ca. 1925-1981
Scope and Content Note
Costumes: 17th century
Costumes: 18th century
Ceramics: (pre-history, ancient, antiquity)
Ceramics: Italy- 15th and 16th centuries, porcelain, majolica
Embroidery: (incl. middle ages, 15th - 17th centuries)
Textiles: lace, 15th - 18th centuries
Textiles: general, 15th - 18th centuries
Furniture: gothic, baroque, rococo, 17th - 18th centuries
Drawings and prints: German - 15th - 18th centuries, Durer, prints, drawings - modern
Drawings: England, Dutch, Flemish - 17th -18th centuries, France - up to 1600, France - 17th - 18th centuries, Spain
Drawings: Italy (by artist A-Z)
Drawings: Old Masters, drawings with net, various drawings, drawings - Hamburg, drawings - private
African art
Various subjects: Pre-columbian and American Indian; Metalwork - ancient and near East; Stained glass; Wall paintings; Seals (primarily middle ages); Ormolu; Greece - 14th century musical instruments
Greece: archaic, 4th century, 5th century, Cyclades - Crete - Mykonos, Hellenistic, Italic and Etruscan, Antique small scale, Pre-history, Glass, Roman
Various subjects: Bookbinding; International modern art; Scandinavia; Photography; Exotic - various (incl. American Indian, South Seas, Latin America); Egypt; Ancient Middle East
Iconography
Series II. Letters and bibliographic notes, ca. 1925-1981
Scope and Content Note
Letters and bibliographic notes
Bibliographic notes (unsorted)
Series III. Journals and offprints, ca. 1925-1981
Scope and Content Note
unsorted
Series IV. Annotated books, ca. 1925-1981
Scope and Content Note
Armand. Les Médailleurs Italiens. vol. 1, vol. 2
Armand. Les Médailleurs Italiens. vol.3
Plates, correspondence, pamphlets relating to Stothard, R.A. Antiken Munzen by H. Grote, 1842, heavily annotated by Grote.
German transcription (by Middeldorf) of p.7, Pasional Abatyse Kunhuty by Jan Stenc, 1922.
Lavin, Marilyn Aronberg. Art in context: Piero della Francesca
Kreytenberg, Gert. Der Dom zu Florenz, 1974.
G.F. Hill's autobiographical notes, annotated by Middeldorf
Ms. about Bernardo Rosselino by Maryla Tysckiewicz, trans. from Polish by Rosa Rosmaryn.
Coxhead, A.C. Thomas Stothard R.A., 1906. With reading notes and some correspondence
Origin and development of Porcelain in China, by Hyulton Armond Thomas. Ph.D. diss (University of Chicago, 1943).
Book review and notes by Middeldorf for book, Old Master Drawings by Charles de Tolnay, 1943. (Book now in Research library).
Famous Foreigners in Florence 1400-1900 by C. L. Dentler (1964). With correspondence, notes and clippings regarding the author.
Typescript of a story (based on an analysis of a painting) by Philipp P. Fehl, inscribed to Middeldorf, Christmas 1979.
Letter from the Gallerie St. Etienne referring to its continuation despite death of O. Kallir, dated 21 Feb 1979.
Creighton Eddy Gilbert mimeograph bibliography for art history.
Prel. printed draft of a memoir about Koehler (Koehler Evangelist Portraits) by Prof. David Wright.
Copies of letters by Thomas Patch. With publication by Middeldorf Due Inediti di Thomas Patch in offprint, and letter from F. J. B. Watson on Patch.
"Rudolf Ebershtadt Neue Shrdren (?) uber Stadtebarn und Wokunngseusen I" in ms. With article "Numismatica e Sfragistica" by Francesco Panvini Rosatti and book review of Justus Bier's Tilmann Riemenschnei der: Die Spaten Werke in Stein by Middeldorf, from the Renaissance Quarterly (v.29, #1, Spring 1976)
La Donazione Loeser in Palazzo Vecchio by Alfredo Lensi, 1934). With letter from Charles Loesser.
Armand. Les Medailleurs Italiens, 1897.
Uncorrected galley proofs of More Memoirs of an Aesthete by Harold Acton, signed by author, 1970.
Article: "Der Meister von 1515 und das Bambaja-Skizzenbuch in Berlin" by Peter Dreyer and Matthias Winner, with notes by Middeldorf.
Youth of Michelangelo vol.I, The Medici Chapel vol.III, by De Tolmay, 1943.
Bronzetti Italiani de Rinascimento (exhibition catalog), with letters and notes.
Die Verwendung des Naturbgusses in der Italienishchen Protratplastik der Renaissance by Joseph Pohl, 1938.
Middeldorf's review of Le Placchette Italiane Secolo XV - XIX by Eugenio Imbert, offprint from Art Bulletin, with notes and annotations.
Die Deutschen Renaissance: Plaketten der Sammlung A.
Walcher
, 1918.
Gaetano Ballardini: l'uomo, il
maestro, lo studioso, il realizzatore
by Guiseppe Liverani (report from
convention on study of ceramics, Faenza, Italia, 1978)
"Michelange et la France."
typescript (not by Middeldorf) 1964.
Typescript of "Storia della Critica su
Michelangelo" by Eugenio Battisti, with handwritten corrections.
Typescript with
annotations "Italienische Plastik" by Martin Weinberger, between 1934 and
1936?
Diderot. Oeuvres Complètes, v. 1, v. 2, v.3.
Part printed, part ms book with pasted in illustrations and annotations: Kreis Brilon by Paul Michels, 1952.
La Pittura Bizantina by Paolo Muratoff, 1928, not annotated but with anonymous enclosed notes regarding the text.
"A Nollekens Bust in the Art Institute of Chicago," typescript by Clifton B. White, 1940.
Papers pulled from books:
3 letters to C.R. Rudolf re his drawings collection.
1 folder of letters, most to Middeldorf, regarding offprints he sent to others to read and material others sent to him. Includes letters from: Irwin Panofsky, Elizabeth Jastrow, John Pope Hennessy, ca. 10 letters, scattered dates, 1936-1962.
Clippings, re: Michelangelo.
Various offprints, typescripts about Michelangelo.
G. F. Hill. A Corpus of Italian Medals. 2 vol, text and plates.
Annotated books
Annotated books
Annotated books
Annotated books, with some correspondence, & studies
Annotated books
Annotated books
Series V. Bibliographic files, ca. 1925-1981
Scope and Content Note
Postcards, Sculpture: Germany up to 1450
Postcards, Sculpture: Germany 1450- 1880
Postcards, Sculpture: not German and Italian.
Postcards Furniture and Metal
Postcards, Dec Arts
Postcards, Minor Arts, Costume
Postcards, Dwgs. Minor Arts Foreign and Late Copies
Postcards Siena, Pavement. Drwgs. Prints
Postcards: Painting Classic Middle Ages
Postcards Painting Various Countries.
Postcards Modern and to be filed
Postcards Architecture Town Planning
Postcards Architecture Various Countries
Postcard Architecture Germany H - Z Austria etc.
Related Fields
Collecting Dealing
Museums Protection Forgery
History of Art History Critics A - K
Critics L - Z
History General Antiquity Countries
Art in Fiction
Law Artist and Society Academies
Bibliographies Dictionaries
Collectanea
History Aides
Method Style Art Theory
Dec. Arts Sources Theory Techn. Sources
Arch. Theory 'til 18th C.
Arch. Theory 1800 ft. Gardens Sources Theory
Techn. Treatises Painting
Tech. Treatises Painting Special Problems Graphics
Hist. Sources France
18th C. Napoleon General, Middle Ages, 15th C., 17th C. around 1700's
Hist. Sources England
Hist. Sources Germany
Hist. Sources Italy
Est. Sources Collectanea till 17th C.
Est. Sources 19th C. Hist. Sources Varia
Hist. Est. Topics Est. Sources 20th C. Towns
Top Sources General and Outside Italy
Top Sources Outside Italy Rome
Top Sources Italy (not Rome)
Travel
Iconography General
Iconography Portrait
Iconography History, Culture, Lit., Book III.
Icon. Religion General Hist. Liturgy
Icon. Bible Old and New Test
Icon. Trinity Christ
Icon. Late Cycles Saints
Icon. Symbols
Iconography Symbols (Nature)
Icon. Allegory Astrology, Mythology
Drawings
Graphic Arts Paper
Minor Arts General
Goldsmiths
Goldsmiths Italy
Minor Arts Metal General
Minor Arts Textiles
Minor Arts Textiles II
Minor Arts Textiles III
Minor Arts Wood
Minor Arts Ceramics
Minor Arts Ceramic Countries
Minor Arts Miscellanea
Study of Sculpture
Study of Sculpture II
Study of Sculpture III
Study of Sculpture IV
Study of Sculpture Technique
Study of Sculpture VI
Sculpture Italy General
Sculpture Italy Ren.
Sculpture Italy Ren. Relation with Antiquity
Sculpture Italy Ren. Problems
Founders
Decor. Bronzes
Medals
Wood
Ammanati
Amorotti
Bandinelli
Benedetto
Bologna
Bresciano
Caraffe
Ciona
Donatello
Desiderio
Ferrucci
Gagini
Giovanni
Gabriele
Jacquerio
Liberale
Michelangelo
Mabila
Matera
Modesto
Occhio
Pilacorte
Portigiani
Robbia
Rossimini
Scacciera
Verroccio
Tabacchetti
Topography
Topography Veneto
Topography South of Apennine
Jumbled notes
Italy Topography
Arch. I
Italy Ren. Arch
Italy Ren. Arch. II
Photos, Medals
Jumbled Notes Possibly Sculptors
Annotated Books -adds (See Series IV.)