Correspondence, 1948-1996, undated, bulk 1955-1992
- Extent:
- 2.3 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
- Scope and content:
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Series I consists primarily of letters from collectors and dealers seeking attribution advice, but also includes professional and personal correspondence from other art historians and colleagues. The most substantive correspondence is with Eugenio Battisti, Robert Enggass and, particularly, Denis Mahon. Correspondence in the miscellaneous folders, filed by letter of the alphabet, typically consists of one to three letters per individual or institution.
- Arrangement:
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Correspondence is filed alphabetically by surname or corporate name, either in its own file or in one labelled by letter of the alphabet, e.g. "A" miscellanous. Unidentified materials, one file of material addressed to Salerno's son, Pietro Paolo, and one file of images labelled "Luigi Salerno Collection," are located at the end of the series. The original order of the papers has been maintained whenever possible. As a result, some correspondence is not filed in this series, but may instead be found amongst the Series III. Research files or Series IV. Photographs according to topic, exhibition or artist. These letters have been left in situ, in the order in which they were made or received and set aside by Luigi Salerno.
Contents
Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
- Open for use by qualified researchers except for one letter in Box 3, folder 17, which contains a student record and is SEALED per Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) legislation and institutional policy until 2045.
- Parent terms of access:
- Contact Library Reproductions and Permissions.
- Location of this collection:
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