Finding aid for the Massimo Bontempelli papers, 1865-1991 910147
Annette Leddy.
Special Collections
1998
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Massimo Bontempelli papers
Creator:
Govoni, Corrado, 1884-1965
Creator:
Gallian, Marcello, 1902-1968
Creator:
Frank, Nino
Creator:
Falqui, Enrico, 1901-
Creator:
Malaparte, Curzio, 1898-1957
Creator:
Lydis, Mariette, 1887-1970
Creator:
Jacob, Max, 1876-1944
Creator:
Graf, A.
Creator:
Borgese, Giuseppe Antonio, 1882-1952
Creator:
Bontempelli, Massimo, 1878-1960
Creator:
Bontempelli, Alfonso
Creator:
Bompiani (Firm)
Creator:
Cislaghi, Maria
Creator:
Cecchi, Emilio, 1884-1966
Creator:
Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936
Creator:
Quasimodo, Salvatore, 1901-1968
Creator:
Panzini, Alfredo, 1863-1939
Creator:
Petrone, Icilio
Creator:
Vittorini, Elio, 1908-1966
Creator:
Rea, Domenico
Creator:
Ungaretti, Giuseppe, 1888-1970
Creator:
Marinetti, F. T., 1876-1944
Creator:
Masino, Paola, 1908-1989
Creator:
Malipiero, Gian Francesco, 1882-1973
Creator:
Malipiero, Riccardo, 1914-2003
Creator:
Ojetti, Ugo, 1871-1946
Creator:
Ortese, Anna Maria
Creator:
Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990
Creator:
Negri, Ada, 1870-1945
Creator:
Abba, Marta
Creator:
Arnoldo Mondadori editore
Identifier/Call Number: 910147
Physical Description:
65 Linear Feet
(90 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1865-1991
Abstract: This collection details the creative output and life story of Italian writer and composer Massimo Bontempelli (1878-1960)
through extensive correspondence and photographs (bulk 1920-1960), manuscripts, typescripts, drafts, clippings, and other
media, a fair representation of his novels, plays, short stories, essays, lectures, reviews, and musical compositions, as
well as documents about his personal relationships. It also contains papers of Giosuè Borsi, and Paola Masino.
Physical Location: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the
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Language of Material:
Italian
.
Separation List
Related material can be found in the library's general collection, including 28 theses and three books that were separated
from the archive. To find the related material, search the
library catalog for the source collection "Bontempelli Material."
Scope and Content of Collection
The bulk of the Massimo Bontempelli Papers are from 1920-1960, the four decades of Bontempelli's greatest prominence and productivity.
There are, however, selected manuscripts from before his conversion to the avant-garde, including several plays, a WWI novel,
and his university thesis on the problem of free will. There is also a substantial amount of familial correspondence and a
small amount of correspondence with Pirandello (5 letters) from the years when they were both school teachers. Photographs
and clippings help to fill in the collection's otherwise sketchy portrait of the first half of Bontempelli's life.
The collection also contains a small archive of Giosuè Borsi papers, and another of Paola Masino papers.
The collection extensively documents, through correspondence and photographs, Bontempelli's most important personal experiences
after 1920, including his love affair with the French painter Mariette Lydis and his relationship with the writer Paola Masino,
who remained his companion for the rest of his life. The writers and editors with whom he was closely associated are also
represented in the correspondence series.
There are handwritten or corrected typewritten drafts of four of Bontempelli's mature novels and selections from four short
story collections; novels from the early 1920s are not in the collection, and there is no poetry. There are handwritten and/or
corrected typewritten drafts of all plays except
Guardia all luna, many of the essays or lectures eventually collected in
Introduzioni e discorsi and
Passione incompiuta, his major translations, and numerous musical scores. A number of Bontempelli's stories, plays or reviews are featured in
the collection's serials, while the clippings offer comprehensive coverage of his life and times.
Media in the collection include manuscripts, photographs, sculpture, an audio tape, an LP recording, serials, and clippings.
Books and theses on Bontempelli were separated from the collection and are now housed in the Getty Research Institute Library.
Arrangement note
The collection is organized into 9 series: Series I. Correspondence, ca. 1871-1990, undated; Series II. Manuscripts, 1904-1959,
undated; Series III. Personal, ca. 1860s-1959, undated; Series IV. Manuscripts by others, 1940s-1986, undated; Series V. Giosuè
Borsi papers, 1915-1920, undated; Series VI. Paola Masino , 1956-1982, undated; Series VII. Photographs, drawings and sculpture,
1800s-1980; Series VIII. Serials, 1904-1986, undated; Series IX. Newspaper clippings, 1889-1991.
Biographical/Historical Note
Massimo Bontempelli was born in 1878, the son of a railroad engineer whose work obliged the family to move frequently. He
attended secondary school in Milan and university in Turin, where he graduated in both philosophy and letters. After teaching
elementary school for a number of years and failing to win a position teaching Italian in secondary school, he turned to magazine
editing in 1910. During WWI he was a war correspondent, reporting from the front, and then an artillery official (1917-1918).
While teaching elementary school, Bontempelli wrote poetry, stories and plays, producing a new volume every year or two, as
he would continue to do for most of his career. After the war he returned to Milan, where he came into contact with the avant-garde
and consequently reinvented himself, refuting his previous work and the late 19th century style that had characterized it.
At forty years of age, he began editing futurist magazines and writing plays and stories that portrayed bizarre psychological
conditions and uncanny situations. Along with the futurists, Pirandello, with whom Bontempelli was close friends, influenced
work such as
La vita intensa,
La scacchiera davanti allo specchio, and
Eva ultima.
In 1926, Bontempelli and Malaparte started the journal
'900, Cahiers d'Italie et d'Europe, which was edited by an international group and which served as a venue for such writers as James Joyce, Virigina Woolf,
and Blaise Cendrars. In
'900 Bontempelli found a forum for his cultural theory, Novecentismo, which posited three stages in human civilization: the first,
the classical period, ended with the coming of Christ; the second, the romantic, began with the Sermon on the Mount and ended
with WWI; the third, both anti-classical and anti-romantic, was just beginning and would demand the complete political and
cultural renewal that Fascism proposed. Bontempelli believed that the role of the writer within the new order should be that
of mythographer, the producer of myths and fables for mass society. But while writers should employ "magic realism" to inspire
readers to acceptance of the new order, they should not submit to control or censorship of their imaginations.
Bontempelli was the national secretary of the fascist writers' union from 1927-1928; in 1930 he became a member of the Academy
of Italy. Until the late 1930s he served, along with his companion Paola Masino, as a cultural liason and propagandist for
the fascist regime abroad, lecturing frequently on Italian cultural figures. During this period he also produced his "mature"
novels and plays (
Il figlio di due madri;
Vita e morte di Adria e i suoi figli;
La fame;
Nembo) written according to his theories, and became one of the best-selling authors in Italy. In 1938 he came into conflict with
the regime over his refusal of a university chair vacated due to application of racial laws. He was expelled from the party
and suspended from literary activity for one year. Reinstated, he began writing a popular column for
Tempo, entitled "Colloqui," which ran until 1943.
After WWII, Bontempelli aligned himself with the political left and ran for senator. He won, but the Senate nullified his
election because of his fascist past. During the 1950s his health declined along with his literary reputation, despite the
publication of a collection of essays on music and one of previously published stories,
L'amante fedele, which won the 1953 Strega prize. He died in 1960.
Processing History
Annette Leddy processed and described the Massimo Bontempelli papers in 1995-1996.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1991.
Preferred Citation
Massimo Bontempelli papers, 1865-1991, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 910147.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa910147
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Tempo presente (Rome, Italy)
Fascism -- Italy
Valori primordiali
Essayists, Italian
Cavallo di Troia
Magic realism (Literature)
Battana
Futurism (Literary movement)
Bronzes
Scores
Volandum
Dramatists, Italian
Composers, Italian
Cornhill magazine
Comoedia (Milan, Italy)
Rivista italiana di drammaturgia
Lettura
Tempo
Gazzetta del popolo
900 (Rome, Italy)
Corriere della sera (Milan, Italy)
Photographs, Original
Sound recordings
Plaster casts
Novelists, Italian
Poets, Italian
Socialism -- Italy -- History
Photographic prints
Carducci, Giosuè, 1835-1907
Borsi, Giosuè, 1888-1915
Correspondence, Series I.
ca. 1871-1990, undated
Physical Description:
7.5 Linear Feet
18 boxes
Scope and Contents note
The correspondence is both personal and professional. It contains ca. 240 love letters in French between the painter Mariette
Lydis and Bontempelli (1925-1928) and 15 linear in. of correspondence between Bontempelli and Paola Masino (1928-1953), organized
chronologically. The sometimes daily letter exchanges between these two writers, companions for thirty-two years, is especially
rich, containing critiques of their respective writings and ample evidence of their enduring passion for each other. Correspondence
with other friends and associates occupies 20 linear in. and is organized alphabetically. Correspondents include Pirandello
(6), G.A. Borgese (10), Cecchi (10), A. Graf (12), Malpiero (58), Ada Negri (6), Ugo Ojetti (40), Anna Maria Ortese (25),
Jovine Livio Stanis (56) and many other writers, editors, and prominent mid-20th century figures. Correspondence with publishing
houses (5 linear in.) and periodicals (5 linear in.) also features letters from influential figures with whom Bontempelli
was closely associated, including Arnoldo and Alberto Mondadori, Nino Frank, and Malaparte. Correspondence concerning the
right to translate, anthologize or cite from Bontempelli's work (1.5 linear ft.) demonstrates the extent of Bontempelli's
success, as does the correspondence regarding payment (5 linear in.). Correspondence from readers of "Colloqui" in Tempo occupies
1.25 linear ft. Correspondence pulled from clippings and not yet interfiled is stored in Series IV Clippings.
General note
[Numbers in parentheses refer to approximate number of items in folder. Please note that correspondence between Bontempelli's
parents, Maria Cislaghi and Alfonso Bontempelli, and other correspondence relating to them, is filed in Series III (Personal).
Correspondence pulled from clippings is presently stored in Box 60.]
box 1
Correspondence between Mariette Lydis and Bontempelli, in French,
1925-1928
From Mariette Lydis to Bontempelli,
1925-1928
box 1, folder 1
31 May 1925-27 Jul 1925
Physical Description:
12 items
box 1, folder 2
1 Aug 1925-28 Aug 1925
Physical Description:
7 items
box 1, folder 3
9 Sep 1925-30 Oct 1925
Physical Description:
7 items
box 1, folder 4
2 Nov 1925-31 Dec 1925
Physical Description:
15 items
box 1, folder 5
Telegrams,
1924-1925
Physical Description:
10 items
box 1, folder 6
5 Jan 1926-26 Mar 1926
Physical Description:
8 items
box 1, folder 7
1 Apr 1926-30 Apr 1926
Physical Description:
11 items
box 1, folder 8
4 May 1926-30 May 1926
Physical Description:
13 items
box 1, folder 9
4 Jun 1926-25 Jul 1926
Physical Description:
9 items
box 1, folder 10
5 Aug 1926-30 Sep 1926
Physical Description:
8 items
box 1, folder 11
30 Sep 1926-22 Oct 1926
Physical Description:
8 items
box 1, folder 12
4 Nov 1926-25 Dec 1926
Physical Description:
10 items
box 1, folder 13
Telegrams,
1926
Physical Description:
9 items
box 1, folder 14
14 Jan 1927-27 May 1927
Physical Description:
12 items
box 1, folder 15
22 Jun 1927-23 Sep 1927
Physical Description:
10 items
box 1, folder 16
12 Oct 1927-29 Nov 1928
Physical Description:
16 items
From Bontempelli to Mariette Lydis
1924-1926
box 1, folder 17
24 Dec 1924-31 Jul 1925
Physical Description:
18 items
box 1, folder 18
3 Aug 1925-30 Sep 1925
Physical Description:
10 items
box 1, folder 19
16 Oct 1925-22 Feb 1926
Physical Description:
29 items
box 1, folder 20
Telegrams,
1924-1926
Physical Description:
218 items
Correspondence between Bontempelli to Paola Masino,
1927-1954
Letters from Bontempelli to Paola Masino,
1927-1954
box 2
1927-1930
Scope and Contents note
Love letters and commentary on her writings, including rough drafts of
Monte Ignoso.
box 2, folder 1
1927-Aug 1928
Physical Description:
12 items
box 2, folder 2
Aug 1928-Sep 1928
Physical Description:
27 items
box 2, folder 3
Oct 1928-Dec 1928
Physical Description:
19 items
box 2, folder 4
Mar 1929-Jun 1929
Physical Description:
19 items
box 2, folder 5
Jul 1929
Physical Description:
18 items
box 2, folder 6
Aug 1929
Physical Description:
22 items
box 2, folder 7
Sep 1929
Physical Description:
29 items
box 2, folder 8
Oct 1929
Physical Description:
30 items
box 2, folder 9
Jun 1930-Jul 1930
Physical Description:
35 items
box 2, folder 10
Aug 1930-Sep 1930
Physical Description:
35 items
box 2, folder 11
Nov 1930-Dec 1930
Physical Description:
34 items
box 2, folder 12
Telegrams
1930
Physical Description:
16 items
box 3, folder 1
Mar 1931-Jul 1931
Physical Description:
53 items
box 3, folder 2
Aug 1931
Physical Description:
24 items
box 3, folder 3
1932-1933
Physical Description:
13 items
box 3, folder 4
Telegrams
1932-1933
Physical Description:
48 items
box 3, folder 5
1934-1936
Physical Description:
29 items
box 3, folder 6
Telegrams
1934-1936
Physical Description:
29 items
box 3, folder 7
Oct 1937
Physical Description:
17 items
box 3, folder 8
Letters and telegrams
Nov 1937-Dec 1937
Physical Description:
21 items
box 3, folder 9
1938
Physical Description:
22 items
box 3, folder 10
Telegrams
1938
Physical Description:
16 items
box 3, folder 11
1939
Physical Description:
35 items
box 3, folder 12
Telegrams
1939
Physical Description:
15 items
box 4, folder 1
1940-1941
Physical Description:
13 items
box 4, folder 2
Telegrams
1940-1941
Physical Description:
26 items
box 4, folder 3
1942-1943
Physical Description:
29 items
box 4, folder 4
Jan 1947-May 1947
Physical Description:
19 items
box 4, folder 5
Jun 1947-Jul 1947
Physical Description:
22 items
box 4, folder 6
Aug 1947-Dec 1947
Physical Description:
18 items
box 4, folder 7
1948
Physical Description:
38 items
box 4, folder 8
1949
Physical Description:
37 items
box 4, folder 9
Telegrams
1949
Physical Description:
35 items
box 4, folder 10
1950-1954
Physical Description:
10 items
Letters from Paola Masino to Bontempelli,
1928-1953
box 5
1928-1935
Scope and Contents note
Love letters from Paris, descriptions of her efforts to write, discussions of difficulties her family imposed on their relationship.
box 5, folder 1
May 1928-Sep 1928
Physical Description:
32 items
box 5, folder 2
Oct 1928-Dec 1928
Physical Description:
30 items
box 5, folder 3
Mar 1929-Sep 1929
Physical Description:
65 items
box 5, folder 4
Oct 1929-Dec 1929, Jun 1930-Jul 1930
Physical Description:
64 items
box 5, folder 5
Aug 1930-Sep 1930
Physical Description:
64 items
box 5, folder 6
Letters and 7 pp. of chapter entitled "Agosto"
1931
Physical Description:
42 items
box 5, folder 7
1932-1935
Physical Description:
37 items
box 5, folder 8
Telegrams
1932-1935
Physical Description:
32 items
box 6
1936-1953
Scope and Contents note
Love letters, accounts of home life, her nervous breakdown and recovery, her efforts to start a magazine.
box 6, folder 1
Letters and 2 photographs,
1936-1938
Physical Description:
60 items
box 6, folder 2
1939-1940
Physical Description:
28 items
box 6, folder 3
Telegrams
1939-1940
Physical Description:
7 items
box 6, folder 4
Letters and 2 photographs
1941-1943
Physical Description:
26 items
box 6, folder 5
Telegrams
1941-1943
Physical Description:
13 items
box 6, folder 6
1945-1946
Physical Description:
20 items
box 6, folder 7
Apr 1947-Jun 1947
Physical Description:
30 items
box 6, folder 8
Jul 1947-Dec 1947
Physical Description:
20 items
box 6, folder 9
1948
Physical Description:
22 items
box 6, folder 10
Jan 1949-Jul 1949
Physical Description:
16 items
box 6, folder 11
Jul 1949-Dec 1949
Physical Description:
15 items
box 6, folder 12
1950-1953
Physical Description:
11 items
box 7
Correspondence from Bontempelli's friends and associates,
1890-1960
Scope and Contents note
Organized alphabetically by last name (A-Du).
box 7, folder 1
A., includng correspondence with Alvaro,
1890-1958
Physical Description:
56 items
box 7, folder 2
Abba, Marta,
1925-1934
Physical Description:
5 items
box 7, folder 3
Aleramo, Sibilla,
1930-1945
Physical Description:
3 items
box 7, folder 4
Alfieri, Dino,
1935-1939
Physical Description:
6 items
box 7, folder 5
Ausonio, Franchi,
1890-1892
Physical Description:
6 items
box 7, folder 6
Ba-Bl,
1913-1959
Physical Description:
41 items
box 7, folder 7
Bo-Bu and unidentified,
1916-1959
Physical Description:
40 items
box 7, folder 8
Baldini, Antonio,
1931-1939
Physical Description:
16 items
box 7, folder 9
Bartolieri, Luigi,
1930-1941
Physical Description:
9 items
box 7, folder 10
Beck, Christian,
1913-1915
Physical Description:
5 items
box 7, folder 11
Beer, Emilio,
1939
Physical Description:
2 items
box 7, folder 12
Bellonci, Maria,
1941-1947
Physical Description:
4 items
box 7, folder 13
Berera, Giovanni,
1952-1953
Physical Description:
12 items
box 7, folder 14
Bernasconi,
1912-1913
Physical Description:
4 items
box 7, folder 15
Bertini, Daria,
1951-1960
Physical Description:
12 items
box 7, folder 16
Bodrero, Emilio,
1905-1946
Physical Description:
36 items
box 7, folder 17
Borgese, G.A.,
1924-1932
Physical Description:
10 items
box 7, folder 18
Bragaglia, Anton Giulia,
1933-1951
Physical Description:
3 items
box 7, folder 19
Ca-Cl,
1920-1957
Physical Description:
41 items
box 7, folder 20
Co-Cu and unidentified,
1918-1948
Physical Description:
19 items
box 7, folder 21
Calliope,
1936-1943
Physical Description:
6 items
box 7, folder 22
Cami,
1930
Physical Description:
3 items
box 7, folder 23
Candelarini(?),
1943
Physical Description:
1 item
box 7, folder 24
Canevari, Maria,
1910-1957
Physical Description:
16 items
box 7, folder 25
Carrà, Carlo,
1941-1943
Physical Description:
3 items
box 7, folder 26
Casella, Alfredo,
1916-1918?
Physical Description:
4 items
box 7, folder 27
Cecchi, Emilio,
1927-1943
Physical Description:
15 items
Scope and Contents note
11 photocopied letters from Bontempelli to Cecchi. See also correspondence regarding film projects, Box 14, f. 16, and regarding
'900, Box 12, f. 3.
box 7, folder 28
Cena(?), Giovanni,
1907-1913
Physical Description:
10 items
box 7, folder 29
Cerra, Bruno,
1932
Physical Description:
3 items
box 7, folder 30
Chiarini, Luigi,
1933-1983
Physical Description:
3 items
box 7, folder 31
Chiavelli, Luigi,
1915
Physical Description:
3 items
box 7, folder 32
Chiesa, Ivo,
1950s
Physical Description:
6 items
box 7, folder 33
Chiesa(?), Franceso
Physical Description:
6 items
box 7, folder 34
Ciognani(?),
1932-1943
Physical Description:
5 items
box 7, folder 35
Civicini(?),
1951
Physical Description:
3 items
box 7, folder 36
Clemens, Cyril,
1930-1938
Physical Description:
5 items
box 7, folder 37
Comin,
undated
Physical Description:
1 item
box 7, folder 38
Commisso, Giovanni,
1929-1941
Physical Description:
10 items
box 7, folder 39
Conti, Primo,
1941
Physical Description:
1 item
box 7, folder 40
Cremonese, Bianca,
1949-1950
Physical Description:
3 items
box 7, folder 41
Institutions with names beginning with "C"
box 7, folder 42
Da-De,
1928-1959
Physical Description:
24 items
box 7, folder 43
Di-Du and unidentified,
1905-1955
Physical Description:
22 items
box 8
Correspondence from Bontempelli's friends and associates,
1901-1960
Scope and Contents note
Organized alphabetically by last name (D'Ambra - Morelli).
box 8, folder 1
D'Ambra, Lucio,
1932
Physical Description:
13 items
box 8, folder 2
D'Angona, Vera, (2)
1927
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 3
Dalla Piccola, Luigi,
1940
Physical Description:
5 items
box 8, folder 4
De Chirico, Giorgio,
1936
Physical Description:
1 item
box 8, folder 5
De Robertis, Giuseppe,
1941
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 6
De Sabata, Victor,
undated
Physical Description:
5 items
box 8, folder 7
De Vida, Corrado,
1947-1958
Physical Description:
4 items
box 8, folder 8
De Luca, Giuseppe,
1939-1940
Physical Description:
3 items
box 8, folder 9
De Pino, Pippo,
1940-1947
Physical Description:
5 items
box 8, folder 10
Deledda, Grazia,
date illegible
Physical Description:
1 item
box 8, folder 11
Duse, Eleonora,
undated
Physical Description:
3 items
Scope and Contents note
Photocopied letters.
box 8, folder 12
E,
1952-1975
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 13
Fa-Fo,
1918-1959
Physical Description:
26 items
box 8, folder 14
Fr-Fu and Unidentified,
1926-1957
Physical Description:
23 items
box 8, folder 15
Falqui, Enrico,
1934-1953
Physical Description:
10 items
box 8, folder 16
Ferraris, Umberto,
1948-1953
Physical Description:
5 items
box 8, folder 17
Fiorentino, Luigi,
1951-1955
Physical Description:
16 items
box 8, folder 18
Formiggini, A.F.,
1909
Physical Description:
4 items
box 8, folder 19
G.,
1930-1956
Physical Description:
17 items
box 8, folder 20
Gassmann, Vittorio,
1947-1948
Physical Description:
3 items
box 8, folder 21
Gallian, Marcello,
1925-1941
Physical Description:
12 items
box 8, folder 22
Gentile, Giovanni,
1934-1936
Physical Description:
3 items
box 8, folder 23
Ghedini, Giorgio,
1941
Physical Description:
3 items
box 8, folder 24
Ghiringhelli, Gino,
1931-1943
Physical Description:
5 items
box 8, folder 25
Goll, Ivan,
1930-1933
Physical Description:
4 items
Scope and Contents note
See also Box 12, f.3.
box 8, folder 26
Gotta, Salvator,
1912-1938
Physical Description:
4 items
box 8, folder 27
Govoni, Corrado,
1932-1950
Physical Description:
4 items
box 8, folder 28
Graf, A.,
1902-1912
Physical Description:
12 items
box 8, folder 29
Gualino, Ricardo,
1936-1939
Physical Description:
3 items
box 8, folder 30
Guglielminetti, Amalia,
undated
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 31
I.,
1933-1954
Physical Description:
25 items
box 8, folder 32
J., and unidentified
1930s
Physical Description:
5 items
box 8, folder 33
Jacob, Max,
1924, undated
Physical Description:
4 items
box 8, folder 34
Jakobi, Basia,
undated
Physical Description:
3 items
box 8, folder 35
K.,
1930-1934
Physical Description:
3 items
box 8, folder 36
L.,
1916-1960
Physical Description:
25 items
box 8, folder 37
Lanckrock, Rik,
1950
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 38
Lebrecht, Daniele,
1923
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 39
Lifano(?),
1938-1941
Physical Description:
4 items
box 8, folder 40
Lisi, Nicola,
1941-1943
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 41
Lorris, Arturo,
1936-1952
Physical Description:
9 items
box 8, folder 42
Ma-Mi,
1905-1957
Physical Description:
33 items
Scope and Contents note
For Malaparte see
'900 correspondence.
box 8, folder 43
Mo-Mu,
1901-1960
Physical Description:
29 items
box 8, folder 44
Malpiero, Gian Francesco,
1932-1955
Physical Description:
53 items
box 8, folder 45
Malpiero, Gian Francesco,
undated
Physical Description:
9 items
Scope and Contents note
Eight letters and an 8 pp. manuscript.
box 8, folder 46
Mantella, Ennio,
1918
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 47
Mariani, Alberto,
1929-1930
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 48
Marinetti, F.T.,
undated
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 49
Martini, Arturo(?),
1932-1940
Physical Description:
9 items
box 8, folder 50
Martini,
1911-1913
Physical Description:
13 items
box 8, folder 51
Martini, Virgilio,
1956
Physical Description:
1 item
box 8, folder 52
Marussi, Garibaldo,
1954-1957
Physical Description:
12 items
box 8, folder 53
Mazzocchi, Giovanni,
1935
Physical Description:
3 items
box 8, folder 54
Mazzoni, Guido,
1907-1911
Physical Description:
3 items
box 8, folder 55
Montale, Eugenio,
1941
Physical Description:
1 item
box 8, folder 56
Morandi,
1941
Physical Description:
1 item
box 8, folder 57
Moravia, Alberto,
undated
Physical Description:
2 items
box 8, folder 58
Morelli(?),
undated
Physical Description:
5 items
box 9
Correspondence from Bontempelli's friends and associates,
1871-1961
Scope and Contents note
Organized alphabetically by last name (N-Stanis).
box 9, folder 1
N.,
1912-1953
Physical Description:
14 items
box 9, folder 2
Negri, Ada,
1917-1924
Physical Description:
7 items
box 9, folder 3
Notari(?), Delia,
1921-1923
Physical Description:
40 items
box 9, folder 4
Novaro, A.,
1934-1936
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 5
O,
1906-1958
Physical Description:
9 items
box 9, folder 6
Ojetti, Ugo,
1911-1941
Physical Description:
40 items
box 9, folder 7
Ortese, Anna Maria,
1934-1952
Physical Description:
25 items
box 9, folder 8
Pa-Pu and Unidentified,
1911-1956
Physical Description:
31 items
box 9, folder 9
Pagallo, Giuseppe,
1941-1943
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 10
Palazzeschi, Aldo,
1938-1940
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 11
Pancrazi, Pietro,
1924-1928
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 12
Pane,
1947-1948
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 13
Panzini, Alfredo,
1914-1930
Physical Description:
12 items
box 9, folder 14
Papi, Roberto,
1934-1940
Physical Description:
4 items
box 9, folder 15
Papini, Giovanni,
1919-1943
Physical Description:
6 items
box 9, folder 16
Parenti, Marino,
undated
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 17
Pastonchi, Francesco,
1948, undated
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 18
Patrignani, Franco,
1952
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 19
Pellizzari, Ludovico,
1918
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 20
Petrassi, Goffredo,
1941
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 21
Petrone, Icilio,
1935-1941
Physical Description:
9 items
box 9, folder 22
Piacentini, Marcello,
1934-1937
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 23
Pingitore, Raffaele,
1950-1951
Physical Description:
6 items
box 9, folder 24
Pirandello, Luigi,
1908-1932
Physical Description:
8 items
Scope and Contents note
Two letters from Bontempelli.
box 9, folder 25
Pizzetti, Ildebrando,
1931-1958
Physical Description:
7 items
box 9, folder 26
Prampolini, Enrico,
1927, undated
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 27
Pringhelli, Antonio,
1934-1949
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 28
Protti,
1943-1947
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 29
Provencal, Alessandro,
1954-1958
Physical Description:
5 items
box 9, folder 30
Puccini, Mario,
1922-1935
Physical Description:
4 items
box 9, folder 31
Piero _____?,
1937-1938
Physical Description:
4 items
box 9, folder 32
Q.,
1950-1955
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 33
Quasimodo, Salvatore,
1940-1941
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 34
R.,
1903-1959
Physical Description:
27 items
box 9, folder 35
Ramperti, Marco,
1930s
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 36
Rea, Domenico,
1947-1948
Physical Description:
6 items
box 9, folder 37
Reinhardt, Max,
undated
Physical Description:
1 item
Scope and Contents note
Letter written by P. Masino?
box 9, folder 38
Ridenti, Mario,
1950s
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 39
Robert, Ernesto N.,
1937
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 40
Romagnoli, Ettore,
1916-1934
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 41
Rossi, Giovanni,
1943-1957
Physical Description:
23 items
box 9, folder 42
Rossi, Vittorio,
1936
Physical Description:
4 items
box 9, folder 43
Rusconi, Edilio,
1941
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 44
Russo, Luigi,
1959
Physical Description:
1 item
Scope and Contents note
A poem by Bontempelli.
box 9, folder 45
Sa-Si,
1928-1959
Physical Description:
17 items
box 9, folder 46
So-Su,
1917-1961
Physical Description:
14 items
box 9, folder 47
Sacchetti, Enrico,
1936
Physical Description:
4 items
box 9, folder 48
Salerini, Guido,
1927, undated
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 49
Salsa, Carlo,
1958
Physical Description:
3 items
box 9, folder 50
Santangelo, Giulio,
1929
Physical Description:
3 items
Scope and Contents note
Including one from Bontempelli.
box 9, folder 51
Sborgi,
undated
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 52
Schuck, Karl,
1948-1949
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 53
Sella, Giuseppe,
1871?
Physical Description:
1 item
box 9, folder 54
Serato(?), Arrigo,
1940
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 55
Solmi, Sergio,
1949
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 56
Spampanato, Bruno,
1927
Physical Description:
2 items
box 9, folder 57
Spianuzza, Umberto,
1959
Physical Description:
2 poems
box 9, folder 58
Stanis, Jovine Livio
1950-1951
Physical Description:
56 items
box 10
Correspondence from Bontempelli's friends and associates,
1906-1977, undated
Scope and Contents note
Organized alphabetically by last name (T-Z, misc.).
box 10, folder 1
T.,
1930-1957
Physical Description:
24 items
box 10, folder 2
Tacchini,
1955
Physical Description:
3 items
box 10, folder 3
Ternj Cialente, Fausta,
1930-1931
Physical Description:
2 items
box 10, folder 4
Terragni, Giuseppe,
1935-1939
Container Summary: ca. 8 items
Scope and Contents note
With clippings and photocopies.
box 10, folder 5
Togliatti, Palmiro,
1951-1958
Physical Description:
6 items
box 10, folder 6
Toni, Alceo,
1933
Physical Description:
4 items
Scope and Contents note
Two letters and 2 responses.
box 10, folder 7
Trillini, Walter,
1932
Physical Description:
2 items
Scope and Contents note
One letter from and one response.
box 10, folder 8
U.,
1941-1954
Physical Description:
7 items
box 10, folder 9
Ugolini,
1906
Physical Description:
2 items
box 10, folder 10
Ungaretti, Giuseppe,
undated
Physical Description:
6 items
Scope and Contents note
1 letter about a duel with Bontempelli.
box 10, folder 11
V-Z,
1910-1956
Physical Description:
20 items
box 10, folder 12
Verga, Giovanni,
1914-1931
Physical Description:
2 items
box 10, folder 13
Vergani, Orio,
undated
Physical Description:
3 items
box 10, folder 14
Villari, Pasquale,
1911
Physical Description:
2 items
box 10, folder 15
Villaroel, Giuseppe,
1951-1954
Physical Description:
5 items
box 10, folder 16
Vittorini, Elio,
1942-1958
Physical Description:
2 items
Scope and Contents note
See also Bompiani, 1940s, Box 11, f. 6.
box 10, folder 17
Vivanti, Annie,
1915-1919
Physical Description:
5 items
box 10, folder 18
Zacconi, Enrico, et al,
1916
Physical Description:
4 items
Scope and Contents note
Three letters and a clipping.
box 10, folder 19
Zavattini, Cesare,
1930s
Physical Description:
7 items
box 10, folder 20
Zippitelli, Michele,
1933
Physical Description:
3 items
Scope and Contents note
One letter, 2 manuscripts.
box 10, folder 21
Zizani(?), Alberto,
1941-1952
Physical Description:
6 items
box 10, folder 22
Zucca, Giuseppe,
1930?
Physical Description:
2 items
box 10, folder 23
Miscellaneous or illegible correspondence,
1903-1950
Physical Description:
29 items
box 10, folder 24
Letters from Bontempelli to assorted correspondents, some involving Lupa sculpture,
1933-1951
Physical Description:
7 items
box 10, folder 25
Correspondence regarding literary contests and committees,
1930-1977
Physical Description:
60 items
box 10, folder 26
Correspondence regarding prizes/money awarded Bontempelli,
1955-1963
Physical Description:
8 items
box 10, folder 27
Cards of condolence upon Bontempelli's death,
1960
Physical Description:
42 items
Scope and Contents note
From funeral guest book?
box 10, folder 28
Letters of condolence upon Bontempelli's death,
1960
Physical Description:
83 items
box 10, folder 29
Telegrams of condolence upon Bontempelli's death,
1960
Physical Description:
100 items
box 10, folder 30
Telegrams of condolence upon Bontempelli's death,
1960
Physical Description:
70 items
box 11
Correspondence from publishing houses,
1904-1969
Scope and Contents note
With some letters from Bontempelli or Paola Masino. Mondadori correspondence from Arnoldo and his son Alberto is both personal
and professional. A highlight is Alberto's distraught note from exile in Switzerland, 1944.
box 11, folder 1
Vallecchi,
1919-1953
Physical Description:
20 items
box 11, folder 2
Bemporad, R.
1920-1930
Physical Description:
18 items
box 11, folder 3
Mondadori,
1920s
Physical Description:
24 items
box 11, folder 4
Bompiani,
1929-1939
Physical Description:
46 items
box 11, folder 5
Mondadori,
1930s
Physical Description:
45 items
box 11, folder 6
Bompiani,
1940-1949
Physical Description:
88 items
box 11, folder 7
Casoni ("Girasole"),
1943
Physical Description:
33 items
box 11, folder 8
Mondadori,
1940s
Physical Description:
72 items
box 11, folder 9
Mondadori,
1950s
Physical Description:
104 items
box 11, folder 10
Bompiani,
1950-1965
Physical Description:
90 items
box 11, folder 11
Mondadori,
1960-1969
Physical Description:
100 items
Scope and Contents note
Includes copy of Carlo Bo's introduction to
Opere narrative di Massimo Bontempelli.
box 11, folder 12
Various publishers, including Fratelli Treves, Lattes, Alberto Stock, Lateraza,
1904-1930
Physical Description:
50 items
box 11, folder 13
Various publishers, Neri Pozza, Zanichelli, Sansoni, Einaudi,
1936-1968
Physical Description:
50 items
box 12
Correspondence regarding periodicals Bontempelli edited or to which he contributed columns or articles,
1922-1961
Scope and Contents note
Of note are the letters from Nino Frank and other editors/contributors about
'900.
box 12, folder 1
'900 letters from Nino Frank,
1922-Sep 1926
Physical Description:
24 items
box 12, folder 2
'900 letters from Nino Frank,
1926-1950
Physical Description:
18 items
box 12, folder 3
'900 letters from co-editors/contributors,
1926-1930
Container Summary: ca. 100 items
Scope and Contents note
Organized alphabetically by correspondent's last name.
box 12, folder 4
'900 letters from co-editors/contributors,
1926-1931
Container Summary: ca. 100 items
Scope and Contents note
Organized by date.
box 12, folder 5
'900,
1927
Physical Description:
50 items
Scope and Contents note
Editorial letter from Bontempelli; accounting statement.
box 12, folder 6
Corriere della sera,
1923-1943
Physical Description:
45 items
box 12, folder 7
La Stampa,
1926-1942
Physical Description:
20 items
box 12, folder 8
Mattino,
1927-1932
Physical Description:
8 items
box 12, folder 9
Quadrante,
1928-1934
Physical Description:
20 items
box 12, folder 10
Gazzetta del Popolo, with many letters from Amicucci,
1928-1930
Physical Description:
58 items
box 12, folder 11
Gazzetta del Popolo,
1931-1939
Physical Description:
60 items
box 12, folder 12
Tempo,
1939-1951
Physical Description:
100 items
Scope and Contents note
With many letters from Alberto Mondadori and Tofanelli.
box 12, folder 13
Domus,
1941-1942
Physical Description:
28 items
box 12, folder 14
Città,
1944
Physical Description:
4 items
box 12, folder 15
Correspondence with various periodicals,
1922-1961
Physical Description:
100 items
box 13
Correspondence regarding translation of Bontempelli's work,
1878-1975
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence about an individual work is filed in the folder for that work. Correspondence regarding multiple works is filed
together. Within files, material is organized in rough chronological order. Interspersed throughout files are Paola Masino's
cross-referencing notes that advise the reader of further materials regarding a given work; consult this finding aid to determine
the current location of such materials.
box 13, folder 1
Gente nel Tempo,
1937-1954
Physical Description:
60 items
box 13, folder 2
Gente nel Tempo,
1941-1955
Physical Description:
40 items
box 13, folder 3
Stato di grazia,
1931-1941
Physical Description:
5 items
box 13, folder 4
Sette savi,
1945-1950
Physical Description:
5 items
box 13, folder 5
Giro del sole,
1940-1958
Physical Description:
40 items
box 13, folder 6
L'amante fidele,
1946-1964
Physical Description:
23 items
box 13, folder 7
Eva ultima,
1926-1943
Physical Description:
6 items
box 13, folder 8
Il figlio di due madri,
1929-1958
Physical Description:
70 items
box 13, folder 9
La vita e morte di Adria,
1930-1963
Physical Description:
52 items
box 13, folder 10
La scacchiera davanti allo specchio,
1938-1956
Physical Description:
14 items
box 13, folder 11
522,
1943-1946
Physical Description:
2 items
box 13, folder 12
Discorsi,
1937-1947
Physical Description:
15 items
box 13, folder 13
Assorted stories,
1920-1939
Physical Description:
45 items
box 13, folder 14
Assorted stories,
1940-1949
Physical Description:
35 items
box 13, folder 15
Assorted stories,
1950-1959
Physical Description:
65 items
box 13, folder 16
Assorted stories translated into English (William Dale, transl.),
1959-1961
Physical Description:
45 items
box 13, folder 17
Assorted stories,
1960-1975
Physical Description:
45 items
box 13, folder 18
Correspondence regarding translations of multiple narrative works or theatrical and narrative works,
1878-1949
Physical Description:
100 items
box 13, folder 19
Correspondence regarding translations of multiple narrative works or theatrical and narrative works,
1950-1973
Physical Description:
100 items
box 14
Correspondence regarding translation, rights or performances of theatrical works,
1918-1990
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence about an individual theatrical work is filed separately. Correspondence about multiple theatrical works are
filed together. Correspondence regarding anthologizing and citation refers to all genres. Film correspondence regards adaptation
of Bontempelli's narratives and original screenplays.
box 14, folder 1
Nostra Dea,
1926-1965
Physical Description:
60 items
box 14, folder 2
Venezia Salvata,
1947-1954
Physical Description:
8 items
box 14, folder 3
La Cenerentola and Bassano,
1941-1961
Physical Description:
14 items
box 14, folder 4
Valoria and La famiglia del fabbro,
1933-1948
Physical Description:
14 items
box 14, folder 5
La fame,
1935-1968
Physical Description:
30 items
box 14, folder 6
Minnie,
1937-1964
Physical Description:
40 items
box 14, folder 7
L'Innocenza di Camilla,
1950-1957
Physical Description:
13 items
box 14, folder 8
La guardia alla luna,
1920-1948
Physical Description:
12 items
box 14, folder 9
Correspondence regarding translation, rights and/or performances of multiple theatrical works,
1918-1939
Physical Description:
60 items
box 14, folder 10
Correspondence regarding translation, rights and/or performances of multiple theatrical works,
1940-1977
Physical Description:
70 items
box 14, folder 11
Correspondence regarding anthologizing and citation,
1954-1969
Physical Description:
50 items
box 14, folder 12
Correspondence regarding anthologizing and citation,
1970-1979
Physical Description:
50 items
box 14, folder 13
Correspondence regarding anthologizing and citation,
1980-1990
Physical Description:
70 items
box 14, folder 14
Correspondence regarding requests for archival materials, scholarly work on Bontempelli, etc.,
1959-1989
Physical Description:
50 items
box 14, folder 15
Correspondence with Alvise Memmo regarding Bontempelli,
1976-1990
Physical Description:
10 items
box 14, folder 16
Correspondence regarding film projects,
1923-1949
Physical Description:
50 items
box 15
Correspondence from publishers, Società degli Autori ed Editori, and Società Esercizio Diritti Riproduzione Meccanica,
1926-1989
Scope and Contents note
Primarily regarding payment. Correspondence with SIAE regarding translations, rights, etc., filed in Boxes 13 and 14. Approximately
50 items per folder.
box 15, folder 1
Royalty statements and receipts from publishers,
1926-1949
box 15, folder 2
Royalty statements and receipts from publishers,
1953-1988
box 15, folder 3
Royalty statements and receipts from publishers,
1970-1975
box 15, folder 4
Correspondence from SIAE,
1935-1955
box 15, folder 5
Correspondence from SIAE,
1956-1959
box 15, folder 6
Correspondence from SIAE,
1960-1963
box 15, folder 7
Correspondence from SIAE,
1964-1989
box 15, folder 8
Correspondence from SEDRIM,
1959-1970
box 16
Correspondence from readers of Bontempelli's "Colloqui" column in
Tempo,
1940-1941
Scope and Contents note
Approximately 50 items per folder.
box 17
Correspondence from reader's of Bontempelli's "Colloqui" column in
Tempo,
1942
Scope and Contents note
Approximately 100 items per folder.
box 18
Correspondence from readers of Bontempelli's column "Colloqui" in
Tempo,
ca. 1943-1947
box 18, folder 1
May-Dec 1943
Physical Description:
50 items
box 18, folder 2
Jan-Apr 1943
Physical Description:
50 items
box 18, folder 3
1946-1947
Physical Description:
30 items
box 18, folder 4
undated
Physical Description:
20 items
box 18, folder 5
Clippings found in correspondence
Physical Description:
100 items
box 18, folder 6
Clippings found in correspondence
Physical Description:
100 items
Manuscripts, Series II.
1904-1959, undated
Container Summary: ca. 10 lin. ft. 21 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Bontempelli's manuscripts are organized by genre, within which category they are organized either chronologically or alphabetically.
They include handwritten and/or corrected typewritten drafts of four novels,
Il figlio di due madri,
Vita e morte di Adria e dei suoi figli,
Gente nel tempo, and
La famiglia di fabbro, a partial draft of 522, and selections from four different short story collections, including
L'amante fedele. All major plays are present in handwritten and/or corrected typewritten drafts, with the exception of
Guardia all luna. Several pre-1920 refuted plays are also present. There are also a few movie treatments and screenplay drafts.
Among the essays and lectures are numerous drafts of essays on Novecentismo, including handwritten essays from the first two
issues of
'900. The essays and lectures on Italian history and literature eventually collected in
Introduzioni e discorsi ( 1945) are present in handwritten and/or corrected typewritten drafts, and in the completed book manuscript. There are also handwritten
drafts of
Antologia della lirica italiana (pub.
Lirica Italiana, 1944) translations of the Bible, Stendahl, Moliere and others. There are numerous musical scores by Bontempelli in draft and printed
form, several of which were written for plays in the collection, and drafts of Bontempelli's essays on music, collected under
the title
Critici musicali (pub.
Passione incompiuta, 1958). There are drafts and notes of the idearium
Bianco e nero (1.25 linear ft.), an abbreviated version of which was published in 1987.
box 19
Fiction manuscripts,
1915-1929
Scope and Contents note
Note that the date appearing on the manuscript may be different from the publication or performance date, and that a number
of manuscripts were published in more than one collection.
box 19, folder 1
Dallo stelvio al mare,
undated
Scope and Contents note
156 typewritten pp. Published 1915.
box 19, folder 2
"Il buon vento,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
7 typewritten pp. From
La donna dei miei sogni ( 1925), this version revised for inclusion in an anthology for Scuola Media Inferiore.
box 19, folder 3
4 stories from
Donna nel sole,
1926, undated
Scope and Contents note
Published 1928, including "Porto rosso" ovvero "La catastrofe," 15 handwritten pp., 1926; "Il segreto" ovvero "La donna che
ride per fedelta," 20 handwritten pp., undated; "La spiaggia miracolosa" ovvero "Premio della modestia," 1926; "Apocalisse"
ovvero "I presagi funesti," 11 handwritten pp., undated.
box 19, folder 4
Stories from
Stato di Grazia,
1926, 1928, undated
Scope and Contents note
Including "Capitali," 10 handwritten pp., 1926; "Quartetto Sbornia," 15 handwritten pp., 1928; "Suono di telefono in casa
vuota," 5 handwritten pp., undated, and notes.
box 19, folder 5
Story about Carthage,
undated
Scope and Contents note
26 handwritten pp.
box 19, folder 6
"Sopra una locomotiva,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
8 typewritten pp.
box 19, folder 7
"Ramiro e la fatalitá,"
1922-1923
Scope and Contents note
20 handwritten pp. With notes. Earlier beginning of
Il figlio di due madri?
box 19, folder 8
Il figlio di due madri,
1928
Scope and Contents note
300 handwritten pp.
box 19, folder 9
Il figlio di due madri,
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 drafts, 142 typewritten pp/ea.
box 19, folder 10
Il figlio di due madri,
1929
Scope and Contents note
Corrected proofs, 263 pp.
box 20
Fiction manuscripts,
1929-1934, undated
box 20, folder 1
Vita e morte di Adria e dei suoi figli,
1930
Scope and Contents note
309 handwritten pp.
box 20, folder 2
Vita e morte di Adria e dei suoi figli,
1930
Scope and Contents note
2 drafts, 157 corrected typewritten pp/each.
box 20, folder 3
522,
1930
Scope and Contents note
Approximately 50 handwritten pp. and 11 typewritten pp., with notes and indexes.
box 20, folder 4
La famiglia di fabbro,
1931
Scope and Contents note
194 corrected typewritten pp.
box 20, folder 5
La famiglia di fabbro,
1931
Scope and Contents note
194 corrected typewritten pp. with notes.
box 20, folder 6
"A ballare, una sera tardi,"
1929-1930
Scope and Contents note
9 handwritten pp. and 4 handwritten pp., from
Galleria degli schiavi, published 1934.
box 20, folder 7
"Una rosa di piu,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
12 handwritten pp., and 5 typewritten pp., from
Schiavi.
box 20, folder 8
"Pelliccia," ,
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 typewritten pp., 13 handwritten and typewritten pp. of various drafts, from
Schiavi.
box 20, folder 9
"Felicita della madre,"
1931
Scope and Contents note
8 typewritten pp., from
Schiavi.
box 21
Fiction manuscripts,
1935-1950
box 21, folder 1
Gente nel tempo,
1935
Scope and Contents note
155 typewritten pp. and 136 typwritten pp.
box 21, folder 2
Gente nel tempo,
undated
Scope and Contents note
163 corrected typewritten pp. Published 1937.
box 21, folder 3
Notes, indexes, title pages for
Gente nel tempo
box 21, folder 4
Viaggio d'Europa,
1959
Scope and Contents note
56 corrected typewritten pp., from
Giro del sole, published 1941.
box 21, folder 5
Le ali dell'ippogrifo,
1940
Scope and Contents note
42 corrected typewritten pp. with notes, from
Giro.
box 21, folder 6
L'Acqua,
1943
Scope and Contents note
101 typewritten pp. and 95 typewritten pp., later collected in
L'amante fedele (1953).
box 21, folder 7
L'Acqua,
1944
Scope and Contents note
67 handwritten pp., with notes.
box 21, folder 8
"L'Amante fedele,"
1950
Scope and Contents note
4 drafts, ca. 20 corrected typewritten pp./ea., with notes, title story of award winning collection
L'Amante fedele (1953).
box 21, folder 9
"I pellegrini,"
1943
Scope and Contents note
13 handwritten pp., also in
L'amante.
box 21, folder 10
"La violetta,"
1945
Scope and Contents note
13 handwritten pp., also in
L'amante.
box 22
Fiction manuscripts ,
1945-1953, undated
box 22, folder 1
"Ottuagenaria,"
1945
Scope and Contents note
57 handwritten pp. and 49 handwritten pp., also in
L'Amante.
box 22, folder 2
"Ottuagenaria,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
22 typewritten pp. and 24 typewritten pp., with notes.
box 22, folder 3
"Ottuagenaria,"
1945
Scope and Contents note
20 corrected typewritten pp.
box 22, folder 4
"Gallo,"
1941-1951
Scope and Contents note
7 handwritten pp. and 2 typewritten drafts, 6 pp/ea, also in
L'Amante.
box 22, folder 5
"Nitta,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 typewritten pp. and 7 typewritten pp., in
L'Amante.
box 22, folder 6
"Il buon figliolo,"
1948-1949
Scope and Contents note
14 assorted handwritten and typewritten draft pp., notes, clippings.
box 22, folder 7
"Ladro di biciclette,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
4 typewritten pp.
box 22, folder 8
"Dubbio atroce alla spiaggia,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
4 typewritten pp.
box 22, folder 9
"Idoli,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 drafts, 6 typewritten pp/ea.
box 22, folder 10
"Il fumo,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
39 handwritten pp. By Bontempelli?
box 22, folder 11
"Angelo-salvatore,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
3 typewritten pp., not published.
box 22, folder 12
Notes for a novel (unidentified),
undated
Scope and Contents note
20 handwritten pp.
box 22, folder 13
Fiction fragments,
undated
Scope and Contents note
20 typewritten pp.
box 23
Theater manuscripts,
1905-1935
box 23, folder 1
Eloquenza,
1905
Scope and Contents note
58 typewritten pp.
box 23, folder 2
La legge del perdono,
1910s
Scope and Contents note
30 handwritten pp. and 30 handwritten pp.
box 23, folder 3
Santa Teresa,
1913
Scope and Contents note
56 typewritten pp., refuted.
box 23, folder 4
Fauste nozze,
1914
Scope and Contents note
45 handwritten pp.
box 23, folder 5
La guardia alla luna,
undated
Scope and Contents note
33 printed pp., published 1916.
box 23, folder 6
Gocciastella,
1918
Scope and Contents note
7 handwritten pp.
box 23, folder 7
Siepe a nordovest,
1919
Scope and Contents note
42 handwritten pp.
box 23, folder 8
Siepe a nordovest,
1919
Scope and Contents note
26 typewritten pp., 3 copies.
box 23, folder 9
Buisson au nordouest,
1923
Scope and Contents note
Translated by Nino Frank, 47 handwritten pp., with score, 15 printed pages.
box 23, folder 10
Eva ultima,
1920
Scope and Contents note
121 handwritten pp.
box 23, folder 11
Minnie la Candida,
1925
Scope and Contents note
75 handwritten and typewritten pp. and an additional draft of Act I.
box 23, folder 12
La statua di B___?,
1932?
Scope and Contents note
ca. 20 pp.
box 23, folder 13
Valoria,
1932
Scope and Contents note
35 typewritten pp., 45 typewritten pages and ca. 50 handwritten pp.
box 23, folder 14
Valoria,
undated
Scope and Contents note
42 typewritten pp., 3 copies and 1 incomplete draft.
box 23, folder 15
Bassano, padre geloso,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typewritten pp. 12-72, published 1933.
box 23, folder 16
Bassano, padre geleoso,
undated
Scope and Contents note
42 pp. proof, published 1933.
box 23, folder 17
Fame,
undated
Scope and Contents note
56 typewritten pp. and ca. 65 handwritten and typewritten pp., published 1934.
box 23, folder 18
Fame,
undated
Scope and Contents note
58 typewritten pp., published 1934.
box 23, folder 19
La faim,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Translated by Arnaud, 85 typewritten pp.
box 23, folder 20
Nembo,
1935
Scope and Contents note
27 typewritten pp.
box 23, folder 21
Nembo,
undated
Scope and Contents note
19 printed corrected pp.
box 24
Theater manuscripts,
1938-1949
box 24, folder 1
Cenerentola,
1938
Scope and Contents note
60 handwritten and typewritten pp., with notes.
box 24, folder 2
Cenerentola,
undated
Scope and Contents note
57 typewritten pp., published 1942.
box 24, folder 3
Cenerentola,
undated
Scope and Contents note
37 pp. proof, 3 copies, published 1942.
box 24, folder 4
Nostra Dea,
1941
Scope and Contents note
91 handwritten pp.
box 24, folder 5
Venezia Salva,
1946
Scope and Contents note
88 handwritten pp.
box 24, folder 6
Venezia Salva,
1946
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 corrected typewritten pp.
box 24, folder 7
Venezia Salva,
1946
Scope and Contents note
120 typewritten pp., 2 copies.
box 24, folder 8
Venezia Salva,
1946
Scope and Contents note
120 typewritten pp.
box 24, folder 9
Venezia Salva,
1949
Scope and Contents note
147 pp. proof.
box 25
Theater manuscripts and film manuscripts,
1946-1948, 1933-1938
box 25, folder 1
Innocenza di Camilla,
1947-1948
Scope and Contents note
144 handwritten pp. with notes.
box 25, folder 2
Innocenza di Camilla,
1947-1948
Scope and Contents note
81 corrected typewritten pp.
box 25, folder 3
La vita doppia,
undated
Scope and Contents note
135 handwritten pp.
box 25, folder 4
No title,
undated
Scope and Contents note
32 handwritten pp., (on a yacht "Maremare").
box 25, folder 5
Specchio di virtu,
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 typewritten pp.
box 25, folder 6
Play about Christopher Columbus,
undated
Scope and Contents note
36 typewritten and handwritten pp.
box 25, folder 7
Teatro,
1946
Scope and Contents note
Typewritten collection of 4 plays by Bontempelli,
Siepe,
Guardia,
Minnie,
Nostra Dea, with introduction.
box 25, folder 8
Photocopies of published plays
Bassano and
Valoria
box 25, folder 9
Photocopies of published plays
La fame and
Nembo
box 25, folder 10
Assorted mss. and clippings regarding Bontempelli's film
Angelo,
1933-1938
box 25, folder 11
Assorted screenplay treatments based on Bontempelli's works
box 25, folder 12
Treatments and drafts of screenplays regarding the historical figures Teodosio, Onorio and Galla Placida
box 25, folder 13
Cristoforo Colombo screenplay and notes
box 25, folder 14
Theater mss. fragments,
undated
Scope and Contents note
25 typewritten, printed, and handwritten pp.
box 26
Essays or lectures on literature, theater, and Novecentismo,
ca. 1900-1958, undated
Scope and Contents note
Dated manuscripts are organized chronologically.
box 26, folder 1
Studio sopra il verso italiano, (very early)
undated
Scope and Contents note
9 handwritten pp. with 1 p. notes,
box 26, folder 2
"Giosue Carducci,"
1907
Scope and Contents note
20 printed photocopied pp.
box 26, folder 3
First article from
900 (giustificazione),
1926
Scope and Contents note
13 handwritten pp.
box 26, folder 4
"Fondamenti,"
1926
Scope and Contents note
10 handwritten pp., 17 handwritten pp., and 8 typewritten pp., from
900 n.2.
box 26, folder 5
Novecentismo letterario,
1931
Scope and Contents note
82 printed pp.
box 26, folder 6
"Idee vecchie e idee nuove nell'Italia d'oggi,"
1931
Scope and Contents note
20 printed pp., with notes and typewritten fragments.
box 26, folder 7
"La mia magia innocente,"
1932
Scope and Contents note
21 typewritten pp., with outline.
box 26, folder 8
On Ariosto,
1933, undated
Scope and Contents note
15 typewritten pp. and 23 typewritten pp.
box 26, folder 9
"Novecentismo,"
1934-1947
Scope and Contents note
20 typewritten pp., 8 typewritten pp., 4 tpyewritten pp., 9 typewritten pp.
box 26, folder 10
"Novecentismo,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
21 typewritten pp.
box 26, folder 11
Various incomplete drafts of "Novecentismo,"
1930s
Scope and Contents note
approximately 50 pp.
box 26, folder 12
"Verso il teatro per masse,"
1936-1937
Scope and Contents note
20 typewritten pp., with French version.
box 26, folder 13
"Leopardi, o l'uomo solo,"
1937
Scope and Contents note
26 typewritten pp., with French trans. and notes.
box 26, folder 14
On Pirandello,
1937
Scope and Contents note
20 typewritten pp., 16 typewritten pp., 16 typewritten pp., and 26 typewritten pp.
box 26, folder 15
On D'Annunzio,
1930s
Scope and Contents note
37 typewritten pp., with notes.
box 26, folder 16
"Verga,"
1940
Scope and Contents note
Proof, 20 pp.
box 26, folder 17
"Foscolo,"
1945
Scope and Contents note
23 typewritten pp.
box 26, folder 18
On Gorky,
1948, undated
Scope and Contents note
2 drafts of 16 typewritten pp. and 2 drafts of 14 typewritten pp.
box 26, folder 19
Preface to translation of
L'Avaro (Moliere),
1950
box 26, folder 20
"Teatro di massa,"
1951
Scope and Contents note
4 typewritten pp.
box 26, folder 21
About theater,
1958?
Scope and Contents note
16 typewritten and handwritten pp.
box 26, folder 22
On Carducci,
undated
Scope and Contents note
20 handwritten and typewritten pp., and on Gelli, 9 typewritten pp.
box 26, folder 23
Preface to translation of
L'asino d'oro,
undated
Scope and Contents note
7 handwritten pp. and 4 typewritten pp., with note.
box 26, folder 24
"Fermenti letterari del 20 secolo,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
9 typewritten pp., 11 typewritten pp. and 15 typewritten pp.
box 26, folder 25
Account of La Duse,
undated
Scope and Contents note
3 typed pp.
box 26, folder 26
3 incomplete essays,
undated
box 26, folder 27
Bontempelli's list of lectures [to be found among others in this box],
undated
box 27
Essays and lectures about history, politics, philosophy, art
box 27, folder 1
Sul problema del libero volere
Scope and Contents note
Bontempelli's tesi di laurea (his university thesis on the problem of free will). 123 handwritten pp. with notes.
box 27, folder 2
"La Lourdes Lombarda,"
1904
Scope and Contents note
7 handwritten pp., with submission letter and photograph.
box 27, folder 3
5 articles about South America,
1930s?
Scope and Contents note
3-4 typewritten pp./ea.
box 27, folder 4
Inagural lecture for Galleria Sabatello, Rome,
1932
Scope and Contents note
25 handwritten pp.; 3 pp. for Galleria Giacomini.
box 27, folder 5
"Ufficio di Roma,"
1933
Scope and Contents note
13 typewritten pp., 123 handwritten pp. with notes.
box 27, folder 6
"Lorenzo il Magnifico,"
1933
Scope and Contents note
17 typewritten pp.
box 27, folder 7
"Galileo poeta,"
1942
Scope and Contents note
20 typewritten pp., with printed version and notes.
box 27, folder 8
"Tempere di Mario Sironi,"
1943
Scope and Contents note
3 typewritten pp., with essay by Sironi.
box 27, folder 9
Introduzioni e discorsi,
1945
Scope and Contents note
292 typewritten pp., a collection of some of the pieces found in Boxes 29 and 30.
box 27, folder 10
"Martini," 10 typewritten pp.,
1947
box 27, folder 11
"Fronte Democratico Popolare,"
1948-1949
Scope and Contents note
16 typewritten pp., 16 typewritten pp., and 13 typewritten pp.
box 27, folder 12
"Dei cineclub,"
1951
Scope and Contents note
4 handwritten pp., 5 typewritten pp., 5 typewritten pp., and 4 typewritten pp.
box 27, folder 13
"L'uomo senza avventura,"
1952
Scope and Contents note
20 typewritten pp. 18 typewritten pp., and 15 typewritten pp.
box 27, folder 14
About progress in the 20th century
1959
Scope and Contents note
13 typewritten pp.
box 27, folder 15
"Dell'architettura naturale,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
8 handwritten pp.
box 27, folder 16
"Lo spirito sportivo,"
Scope and Contents note
15 typewritten pp., with French version.
box 27, folder 17
"Francesco de Sanctis,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
18 typewritten pp.
box 27, folder 18
"Planetario allo zenit,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 typewritten pp.
box 27, folder 19
"Elisire di lunga vita,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
8 handwritten pp.
box 27, folder 20
"Il problema della gioventu femminile in Europa,
undated
Scope and Contents note
12 typewritten pp., 2 copies.
box 27, folder 21
Book on magic and superstition,
undated
Scope and Contents note
80 typewritten pp., with notes.
box 27, folder 22
7 essays of general interest
box 27, folder 23
7 essays about art or literature
box 27, folder 24
Bontempelli's list of lectures [to be found among others in box]
box 28
Essays, lectures, criticism
box 28, folder 1
Antologia della lirica italiana,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 pp., published
Lirica Italiana, 1944.
box 28, folder 2
Antologia della lirica italiana,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 pp.
box 28, folder 3
Antologia della lirica italiana,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 pp.
box 28, folder 4
Antologia della lirica italiana,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 70 pp.
box 28, folder 5
Antologia della lirica italiana,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 80 pp., including avvertenza.
box 28, folder 6
Corrections to above anthology by ___?,
1943
Scope and Contents note
32 handwritten pp.
box 28, folder 7
Assorted critical and historical writings,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 60 pp.
box 28, folder 8
Assorted critical and assorted writings,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 60 pp.
box 28, folder 9
Re-copied articles from
Gazzetta del Popolo,
1920s-1930s
Scope and Contents note
37 pieces, 3pp. ea.
box 28, folder 10
Fragment of manuscript regarding writers and publishers,
undated
Scope and Contents note
3 typed pp.
box 28, folder 11
Correspondence, report, clippings regarding writers, publishers, booksellers,
undated
Scope and Contents note
15 pp.
box 28, folder 12
Demo of journal
Italia, by Bontempelli?,
undated
box 29
Notes, fragments and miscellaneous manuscripts
box 29, folder 1
Assorted notes,
ca. 1905
Scope and Contents note
ca. 30 pp.
box 29, folder 2
Apoteosi della donna, notes,
1928?
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 pp.
box 29, folder 3
Notes on art,
1917-?
Scope and Contents note
Two items, 50 pp.
box 29, folder 4
Miscellaneous notes,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 10 pp.
box 29, folder 5
List of works for
Valoria? (anthology?),
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 20 pp.
box 29, folder 6
Notes for assorted articles or Colloqui, ca. 60 pp.
after 1943?
Scope and Contents note
ca. 20 pp.
box 29, folder 7
Assorted notes from
1910s
box 29, folder 8
Miscellanous notes and drafts,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 30 pp.
box 29, folder 9
Miscellaneous notes and fragments regarding theater,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 15 pp.
box 29, folder 10
Notes about italian writers, with pamphlet,
1940s?
Scope and Contents note
ca. 25 pp.
box 29, folder 11
Miscellanous notes and fragments,
1940s-1950s
Scope and Contents note
ca. 25 pp.
box 29, folder 12
List of writers and their works (for anthology?),
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 10 pp.
box 29, folder 13
Miscellanous proofs and notes,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 30 pp.
box 29, folder 14
Mscellaneous notes,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 30 pp.
box 29, folder 15
Notes for "Colloqui,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
10 pp.
box 29, folder 16
Miscellaneous fragments of essays,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 35 pp.
box 30
Translations by Bontempelli,
1940s-1950s, undated
Scope and Contents note
Organized alphabetically through Boxes 30-31.
box 30, folder 1
Bible, selections from
Nuovo Testamento,
undated
Scope and Contents note
131 handwritten pp.
box 30, folder 2
Bible, selections from
Vecchio Testamento,
undated
Scope and Contents note
105 handwritten pp.
box 30, folder 3
Bible, selections from
Vecchio Testamento and
Nuovo Testamento,
1948
Scope and Contents note
198 typewritten pp.
box 30, folder 4
Bible, Gospel, Apocalypse, Letters of St. John,
undated
Scope and Contents note
211 handwritten and typewritten pp.
box 30, folder 5
Bible,
dall'Antico e dal Nuovo Testamento,
undated
Scope and Contents note
113 typewritten pp.
box 30, folder 6
Bible, notes and correspondence regarding translations
box 30, folder 7
La Germania (Tacito),
1953
Scope and Contents note
Printed translation by Canilli, 1942. ca. 40 pp.
box 30, folder 8
Il gran maestro di Santiago (Montherlant),
undated
Scope and Contents note
46 typewritten pp.,
box 30, folder 9
Lamiel (Stendahl),
undated
Scope and Contents note
404 handwritten pp.
box 31, folder 1
Lamiel (Stendahl),
undated
Scope and Contents note
234 typewritten pp.
box 31, folder 2
Ossit Elsa (Moliere)
undated
Scope and Contents note
81 handwritten pp.
box 31, folder 3
Porta Chiusa (Sartre),
1947
Scope and Contents note
46 typewritten pp.
box 31, folder 4
La regina morta (Montherlant),
undated
Scope and Contents note
78 handwritten and typewritten pp.
box 31, folder 5
Ricordi d'Egotismo (Stendahl),
undated
Scope and Contents note
209 handwritten pp.
box 31, folder 6
La scuola delle mogli (Moliere),
undated
Scope and Contents note
61 typewritten pp.
box 31, folder 7
La scuola delle mogli (Moliere),
undated
Scope and Contents note
53 typewritten pp.
box 31, folder 8
La Signora dalle Camelie (Dumas),
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 300 typewritten pp.
box 31, folder 9
"Thomas Heywood" (Symonds),
undated
Scope and Contents note
14 typewritten pp.,
box 31, folder 10
Trippe d'Oro (Crommelinck),
1952, undated
Scope and Contents note
21 printed pp., with unpublished preface, 3 typewritten pp.,
box 32
Scores
Scope and Contents note
By Bontempelli unless otherwise noted. Organized alphabetically by title through Boxes 32-34 and within Box 35. Where there
are multiple drafts or versions, the page count refers to the approximate total number of pages.
box 32, folder 1
"Balli," per il terzo atto di
Nostra Dea,
1925
Scope and Contents note
13 copies, 7 printed pp./each.
box 32, folder 2
"Balli," per il terzo atto di
Nostra Dea,
1925
Scope and Contents note
13 copies, 7 printed pp./each.
box 32, folder 3
"Bululù," by Lino Liviabella, for Bontempelli's
Eva ultima,
1931
Scope and Contents note
4 printed pp.
box 32, folder 4
Cenerentola,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 pp. [See box 35* for LP recording.]
box 32, folder 5
"Cinque liriche," music by D.P. Alderighi, poetry by Bontempelli,
1939
Scope and Contents note
13 printed pp.
box 32, folder 6
Estratti musicali, by Daniele Napoletano,
1933
Scope and Contents note
Containing piece about Bontempelli, 2 versions, ca. 150 total pp.
box 32, folder 7
La donna è mobile by Malpiero,
1956
Scope and Contents note
Based on Bontempelli's
Nostra Dea, 140 printed pp.
box 32, folder 8
Minnie la Candida, by Malpiero,
1955
Scope and Contents note
Based on Bontempelli's play, 120 printed pp.
box 32, folder 9
Minnie la Candida, by Malpiero,
1942
Scope and Contents note
Based on Bontempelli's play, 120 printed pp.
box 32, folder 10
Nembo, photocopy of printed score (incomplete)
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 pp.
box 32, folder 11
"ninna-nanna," by Schmerel,
undated
Scope and Contents note
4 printed pp.
box 32, folder 12
Nostra Dea, photocopy of printed score,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 60 pp.
box 33, folder 1
"Notturno e Mattutino,"
1938
Scope and Contents note
3 versions, ca. 30 pp.
box 33, folder 2
"Nove preludi e finale,"
1919
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 pp.
box 33, folder 3
Partita, score and some parts,
1936
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 pp.
box 33, folder 4
Partita, parts and photocopied score,
1936
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 pp.
box 33, folder 5
"Purosangue,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
2 pp.
box 33, folder 6
"Quattro tempi per Quintetto," 20 pp.,
1919
Scope and Contents note
2 pp.
box 33, folder 7
Salamandra,
1928
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 pp., with 22 pp. notes.
box 33, folder 8
"Scena di Arlecchino,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
12 handwritten pp.
box 34, folder 1
Siepe a nordovest,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 printed pp.
box 34, folder 2
"Sonata per trio,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
25 handwriten pp.
box 34, folder 3
"Sonata,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
16 pp.
box 34, folder 4
"Sonata per orchestra," (piano reduction)
1919
Scope and Contents note
ca. 30 pp.
box 34, folder 5
"Sonata breve,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
35 pp.
box 34, folder 6
Suite popolare,
1937
Scope and Contents note
77 handwritten bound pp.
box 34, folder 7
"Tre notturnini infantili,"
1940?
Scope and Contents note
Drafts and final version (in program), ca. 20 pp.
box 34, folder 8
"Tre preludi,"
undated, 1944
Scope and Contents note
3 printed versions with drafts, ca. 25 pp., with 1 copy in
Antologia pianistica, 1944.
box 34, folder 9
"Tre racconti," per pianoforte,
1934
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten and printed versions, 25 pp.
box 34, folder 10
Valoria,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of printed score, ca. 30 pp., (incomplete).
box 34, folder 11
Unidentified score fragments,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 pp.
box 34, folder 12
Unidentified scores,
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 pp.
box 34, folder 13
Unidentified materials found with scores,
undated
Scope and Contents note
15 pp.
box 35*
Oversize scores and 1 LP recording
box 35*, folder 1
"Danza in cinque tempi per Quintetto,"
1919
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 pp.
box 35*, folder 2
"Nove preludi e finale,"
1919-1920
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 pp.
box 35*, folder 3
Siepe a nordovest,
1919
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 pp.
box 35*, folder 4
Siepe a nordovest, continued,
1919
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 pp.
box 35*, folder 5
"Suite popolare,"
1937-1938
Scope and Contents note
7 copies, ca. 112 pp.
box 35*, folder 6
"Tre preludi in Re minore per Trio,"
1921
Scope and Contents note
3 copies, 50 pp.
box 35*, folder 7
Cenerentola, LP recording
Scope and Contents note
1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm [?].
[See Box 32, f. 5 for score.]
box 36
Essay and lectures on music
Scope and Contents note
Dated manuscripts organized chronologically.
box 36, folder 1
Lectures on music,
1937-1938
Scope and Contents note
5 typewritten pp. and 6 typewritten pp.
box 36, folder 2
"Scarlatti,"
1940s
Scope and Contents note
18 typewritten pp.
box 36, folder 3
3 printed monographs (on Scarlatti, Pergolesi, and Verdi)
1940s
Scope and Contents note
ca. 20 pp/each, with clipping.
box 36, folder 4
"Malpiero,"
1948
Scope and Contents note
4 typewritten pp. and 7 typewritten pp.
box 36, folder 5
Indices and tables of content for book on music,
1950
Scope and Contents note
Ca. 80 pp.
box 36, folder 6
Critici musicali,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Ca. 100 pp. Published in
Passione incompiuta, 1958.
box 36, folder 7
Critici musicali,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Ca. 100 pp.; 2nd half of above manuscript in folder 6.
box 36, folder 8
"Pergolesi,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
7 typed pp.
box 36, folder 9
"Dopo il diluvio,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
11 typed and corrected pages.
box 36, folder 10
Notes and fragments of Verdi essay,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Ca. 20 pp.
box 36, folder 11
Lecture on music,
1950
Scope and Contents note
25 pp.
box 36, folder 12
Miscellaneous notes and fragments,
undated
Scope and Contents note
4 pp.
box 36, folder 14
Notes for music essay,
undated
Scope and Contents note
5 pp.
box 37
Drafts, Bontempelli's idearium,
Bianco e nero
Scope and Contents note
Generally typewritten but with some handwritten notes and entries, of Bontempelli's idearium,
Bianco e nero, an abbreviated version of which was published in 1987.
box 37, folder 1
Preface and indices
Scope and Contents note
22 typed pp.
box 37, folder 2
A
Scope and Contents note
34 pp.
box 37, folder 3
B
Scope and Contents note
11 pp.
box 37, folder 4
C
Scope and Contents note
70 pp.
box 37, folder 5
D
Scope and Contents note
38 pp.
box 37, folder 6
E
Scope and Contents note
20 pp.
box 37, folder 7
F
Scope and Contents note
20 pp.
box 37, folder 8
G
Scope and Contents note
20 pp.
box 37, folder 9
I
Scope and Contents note
20 pp.
box 37, folder 10
J
Scope and Contents note
5 pp.
box 37, folder 11
L
Scope and Contents note
15 pp.
box 37, folder 12
M
Scope and Contents note
40 pp.
box 37, folder 13
N
Scope and Contents note
10 pp.
box 37, folder 14
O
Scope and Contents note
15 pp.
box 37, folder 15
P
Scope and Contents note
100 pp.
box 37, folder 16
Q
Scope and Contents note
7 pp.
box 37, folder 17
R
Scope and Contents note
20 pp.
box 37, folder 18
S
Scope and Contents note
50 pp.
box 37, folder 19
T
Scope and Contents note
25 pp.
box 37, folder 20
U
Scope and Contents note
25 pp.
box 37, folder 21
V
Scope and Contents note
25 pp.
box 37, folder 22
Appendices A-C
Scope and Contents note
35 pp.
box 37, folder 23
Additional entries
Scope and Contents note
20 pp.
box 37, folder 24
Assorted notes found among
Bianco e Nero notes
box 37, folder 25
Notes for
Bianco e Nero
Scope and Contents note
In a small notebook, ca. 50 pp.
box 38, folder 1
Outlines and tables of contents
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 items.
box 38, folder 2
Outlines and tables of contents
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 items.
box 38, folder 3
Outlines and tables of contents
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 items.
box 38, folder 4
Notes
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 items.
box 38, folder 5
Notes
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 items.
box 38, folder 6
Notes
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 items.
box 38, folder 7
Notes
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 items.
box 39, folder 1-8
Notes for
Bianco e Nero
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 items.
Personal, Series III.
ca. 1860s-1959, undated
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Scope and Contents note
Much of this series concerns Bontempelli's parents, from whom there is correspondence (ca. 110 items) with each other and
with Bontempelli, as well as documents relating to the administration of their estate (1930s) and Bontempelli's mother's stay
in a sanitorium. A portion of Bontempelli's early life is chronicled by a group of his report cards, letters of recommendation
from professors, university degrees, and materials relating to military service. There are also financial papers, address
books, tesssere and resumes.
box 40
Correspondence, documents, and other personal materials
box 40, folder 1
Letters from Bontempelli to his mother, Maria Cislaghi Bontempelli,
1889, 1931-1932
Physical Description:
8 items
box 40, folder 2
Correspondence regarding Maria Cislaghi's stay in the sanitorium,
1930-1932
Container Summary: 35 items
box 40, folder 3
Correspondence between Alfonso Bontempelli (Bontempelli's father) and Maria Cislaghi
1871-1896
Physical Description:
80 items
box 40, folder 4
Letters from Alfonso Bontempelli,
1888-1896
Physical Description:
16 items
box 40, folder 5
Scrapbook of Maria Cislaghi,
1860s
Container Summary: ca. 100 pp.
box 40, folder 6
Letters and papers found loose in above scrapbook
Container Summary: ca. 30 pp.
box 40, folder 7
Documents regarding administration of parents' estate,
1930s
Container Summary: ca. 50 pp.
box 40, folder 8
Report cards from Ginnasio and Liceo
1880s and 1990s
Physical Description:
10 items
box 40, folder 9
Letters of recommendation from professors,
1902-1908
Physical Description:
7 items
box 40, folder 10
Letters regarding military service, with clippings,
1913-1940
Physical Description:
13 letters
box 40, folder 11
Photocopied clippings, correspondence, and other materials regarding Coselschi-Bontempelli duel,
1913-1981
Container Summary: ca. 80 items
box 40, folder 12
Pencil sketch of S. Marinella (Castello Odescalchi), illegible date
box 40, folder 14
Documents and correspondence relating to military service of Bontempelli and his father,
1866-1930
Physical Description:
17 items
box 40, folder 15
Miscellaneous documents,
1899-1953
Physical Description:
12 items
Scope and Contents note
Including Bontempelli's birth certificate, his mother's death certificate, identity papers, etc.
box 40, folder 16
University degrees of Bontempelli and his father,
1865-1902
Physical Description:
13 items
Scope and Contents note
See also oversize box 42*.
box 41
Legal, financial, notebooks, and other personal materials
box 41, folder 1
Insurance policies,
1912-1942
Container Summary: ca. 25 items
box 41, folder 2
Correspondence regarding taxes,
1945-1959
Physical Description:
13 pp.
box 41, folder 3
Taxes,
1938-1953
Container Summary: ca. 50 pp.
box 41, folder 4
Bank statements,
1940
Physical Description:
5 pp.
box 41, folder 5
Legal brief regarding theatrical rights,
1930?
Physical Description:
17 pp.
box 41, folder 6
Address book,
1930s-1940s?
box 41, folder 7
Passports and tessere,
1929-1958
Physical Description:
20 items
box 41, folder 8
Appointment calendars,
1929-1957
Physical Description:
24 items
box 41, folder 9
Notebook of names and organizations,
1950s
box 42*
Oversize personal and miscellaneous items
Scope and Contents note
Diplomas and certificates (10), posters (15), notes for
Galeria degli schiavi pasted to large piece of paper, and 3 serials (see Series VIII. Serials for titles).
box 43
Bontempelli biographical materials
Scope and Contents note
Including resumes, lists of publications, and biographical narratives written by Bontempelli, Masino, and others.
box 43, folder 4
Index of poems by first lines,
undated
Physical Description:
50 pp.
box 43, folder 5
Lists of theater articles by Bontempelli,
undated
Container Summary: ca. 50 pp.
box 43, folder 6
Handwritten lists of publications, translations, etc.,
undated
box 43, folder 7
Biographical pieces about Bontempelli
Physical Description:
6 items
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of published biographical notes about Bontempelli bibliography of articles about Bontempelli.
box 43, folder 8
Fragments of personal writings,
undated
Container Summary: ca. 20 pp.
Manuscripts by others, Series IV.
1940s-1986, undated
Physical Description:
16 folder(s)
1 box
Scope and Contents note
This series mainly consists of essays about Bontempelli, many by students who submitted them for a contest in 1964.
box 44
Essays on Bontempelli and some photocopies
box 44, folder 1
Letter announcing essay contest in honor of Bontempelli,
1964
Scope and Contents note
With list of contestants.
box 44, folder 2
Essay for contest by Anderson, Amadeo
Scope and Contents note
18 typewritten pp., 2 copies.
box 44, folder 3
Essay for contest by Cialdella
Scope and Contents note
6 typewritten pp., 3 copies.
box 44, folder 4
Essay for contest by Foti
Scope and Contents note
19 typewritten pp., 2 copies.
box 44, folder 5
Essay for contest by Grossi
Scope and Contents note
44 typewritten pp., 4 copies.
box 44, folder 6
Essay for contest by Carnazzi
Scope and Contents note
26 typewritten pp.
box 44, folder 7
Essay for contest by Bogliolo
Scope and Contents note
38 typewritten pp., 3 copies.
box 44, folder 8
Student writings about Bontempelli,
1943
Scope and Contents note
7 handwritten pp.
box 44, folder 9
Student essay on Bontempelli,
1981
Scope and Contents note
44 typewritten pp.
box 44, folder 10
Assorted essays and photocopied articles about Bontempelli,
1950-1986
Scope and Contents note
Five essays, 40 total typewritten or printed pp.
box 44, folder 11
Essay by Leonardo Borgese and Manifesto of the Centro Internazionale delle Arti e del Costume,
undated
Scope and Contents note
10 typewritten pp.
box 44, folder 12
Essays not by Bontempelli?
Scope and Contents note
Three essays: 4 typewritten pp., 10 typewritten pp., 12 typewritten pp.
box 44, folder 13
"Edouard Manet's first 'plein air' painting," not by Bontempelli?
undated
Scope and Contents note
10 typewritten pp.
box 44, folder 14
Unidentified writings, by Bontempelli?
undated
Scope and Contents note
35 handwritten pp.
box 44, folder 15
Miscellaneous manuscripts not by Bontempelli,
undated
Scope and Contents note
10 pp.
box 44, folder 16
Translations by others for international short story anthology, ,
1940s
Scope and Contents note
Edited by Bontempelli? Ca. 100 typewritten pp., several drafts of each story, often fragmentary.
Giosuè Borsi papers, Series V.
1915-1920, undated
Physical Description:
5 folder(s)
1 box
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of photographs (2), correspondence and critical writings about or by this Italian poet and WWI hero,
a close friend of Bontempelli's. A highlight is a letter Borsi wrote to Bontempelli just before his death, describing in detail
the contents of his desk and how he would like Bontempelli to dispose of them.
box 45, folder 1
Borsi, "Lettere dal fronte,"
1915
Scope and Contents note
5 handwritten pp.
box 45, folder 2
Correspondence from Borsi to Bontempelli and others; and between Bontempelli, Borsi family members, and publishers of Borsi's
work,
1915-1920
Physical Description:
34 items
box 45, folder 3
Photographs of Borsi,
undated
Physical Description:
2 items
box 45, folder 4
Bontempelli, "Giosuè Borsi,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
11 printed pp.
box 45, folder 5
Cantini, P.G.,
Giosuè Borsi, Biografia e discorso,
1916
Scope and Contents note
71 printed pp.
Paola Masino papers, Series VI.
1956-1982, undated
Container Summary: ca. 1 lin. ft. 2 boxes
Scope and Contents note
This series contains fragmentary or miscellaneous materials found among the Bontempelli papers, written by or belonging to
Paola Masino, the writer who was Bontempelli's companion for the last thirty years of his life, and the person primarily responsible
for organizing and maintaining the Bontempelli papers until they were sold. The most complete item is a typewritten translation
of a novel which is most likely Barbey d'Aurevilly's
Il cavaliere des touches, though it has not been possible to verify this.
box 46
Paolo Masino materials
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, printed matter. See also correspondence with Bontempelli, Boxes 2-6, and photographs of
Paola Masino, Box 50.
box 46, folder 1
Correspondence,
1956-1982
Container Summary: ca. 50 pp.
Scope and Contents note
Includes many drafts of her letters to others.
box 46, folder 2
Correspondence between Masino and Pietro (?)
undated
Physical Description:
10 items
box 46, folder 3
"Prova d'amore,"
undated 1964
Scope and Contents note
14 typewritten draft pp. Short story, (published title "Anicia,"); Photocopy of article by Croce printed in
La Voce.
box 46, folder 4
Assorted writing,
undated
Container Summary: ca. 20 pp.
box 46, folder 5
Miscellaneous notes,
undated
Container Summary: ca. 60 pp.
box 46, folder 6
Address books (2), with clippings
box 46, folder 7
Miscellaneous: printed materials, receipts, key
box 47
Translation manuscripts by Paola Masino,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Probably
Il cavaliere des touches by Barbey d'Aurevilly, 1979. Typed.
box 47, folder 2
pp. 151-256,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Perhaps follows section in Folder 1.
box 47, folder 3
(Seconda parte)
undated
Scope and Contents note
183 typewritten pp. Features same characters as above ms.
box 47, folder 4
pp. 104-204,
undated
Scope and Contents note
Features same characters as above manuscript but page numbers suggest different draft.
Photographs, drawings, and sculpture, Series VII.
1800s-1980
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Scope and Contents note
This series includes numerous photographic portraits of Bontempelli from every stage of his life and also of Paola Masino,
before, during, and after her relationship with Bontempelli. There are ca. 250 photographs of the literary and social occasions
that filled the lives of Bontempelli and Masino, including their trip to Buenos Aires (1933). These photographs feature other
literary figures of the day, most frequently Pirandello and Marta Abba. Sculpture includes two death masks of Bontempelli,
one plaster and one bronze, and a metal relief sculpture of him.
box 48
Photographs of Bontempelli and family .
ca. 1800s-1950s
box 48, folder 1
Family and childhood,
1800s-1920
Physical Description:
68 items
box 48, folder 2
Bontempelli,
1910s-1920s
Container Summary: ca. 80 items
Scope and Contents note
31 images, some duplicates, plus 50 postcards made from portrait photograph.
box 48, folder 3
Bontempelli,
1930s
Physical Description:
88 items
Scope and Contents note
Some duplicates.
box 48, folder 4
Bontempelli,
1940s
Physical Description:
55 items
box 48, folder 5
Bontempelli,
1950s
Physical Description:
19 items
box 48, folder 6
Drawing of Bontempelli's brother
box 49
Photographs of Bontempelli and others, .
ca. 1910s-1950s
box 49, folder 1
Military and theatrical,
1910s-1920s
Physical Description:
12 items
box 49, folder 2
Literary and social occasions,
1930s
Physical Description:
146 items
Scope and Contents note
Includes views of Futurist conference at Montecatini, Bontempelli's visit to Santiago, vacations and dinners with Pirandello,
Marta Abba, Marinetti, and others.
box 49, folder 3
Bontempelli and Pirandello's Buenos Aires trip,
1933
Physical Description:
24 items
box 49, folder 4
Literary and social occasions,
1940s
Physical Description:
55 items
Scope and Contents note
Includes views of Picasso, Marshall Tito, and others.
box 49, folder 5
Literary and social occasions,
1950s
Physical Description:
16 items
box 49, folder 6
Theater sets, scenes, costumes, etc.,
1920s-1950s
Container Summary: ca. 50 items
box 50
Photographs of Bontempelli and others, .
ca. 1910s-1970s
box 50, folder 1
Bontempelli's women friends,
1910s-1920s
Physical Description:
32 items
Scope and Contents note
Includes 1 drawing.
box 50, folder 2
Bontempelli with Paola Masino,
1928-1955
Physical Description:
53 items
box 50, folder 3
Paola Masino,
1922-1978
Physical Description:
174 items
Scope and Contents note
Includes 1 collage and 4 photocopies.
box 50, folder 4
Bontempelli's houses in Frascati and Venice
Physical Description:
20 items
box 50, folder 5
Children (unidentified)
Physical Description:
26 items
box 50, folder 6
Color photographs, primarily of Paola Masino,
1960s-1970s
Physical Description:
35 items
box 50, folder 7
Photographs of sculpture by Ettore Calvelli
Physical Description:
5 items
box 51*
19 portraits and 1 painting on wood
Scope and Contents note
The majority of the photographs are views of Bontempelli; 7 are views of people other than Bontempelli, including 2 of Pirandello
and 1 of Alfonso Bontempelli.
box 54
Bontempelli relief portrait in metal
General note
Note: Box 58 contains photographic negatives, in cold storage
Serials, Series VIII.
1904-1986, undated
Physical Description:
1.25 Linear Feet
5 boxes
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of journals and magazines, all but two of which are Italian, organized alphabetically by title. Many
of these serials feature a story, play, or review by Bontempelli, some of which are annotated.
Serials and single issue commemoratives,
Arrangement
Organized alphabetically by title. Many feature a story, play or review by Bontempelli, sometimes annotated, to which page
numbers in parentheses refer.
box 55, folder 1
Anniversario della cinematografia, (p. 30)
1935
box 55, folder 3
Anni venti e dintorni, (p.21)
1979
box 55, folder 4
Aprutium,
1915, 1914
Scope and Contents note
Page 595 (1915) and page 235 (1914).
box 55, folder 7
la battana, (p.49)
May 1966
box 55, folder 8
la battana, (p. 110)
Oct 1966
box 55, folder 9
les cahiers jaunes, undated
1920s?
box 55, folder 10
il cavallo di Troia, (p. 49)
1982
box 55, folder 13
Comoedia,
1928, 1932
Scope and Contents note
Page 37 (1928) and page 34 (1932).
box 55, folder 14
Comoedia, (p. 797)
1925
Scope and Contents note
2 copies.
box 55, folder 15
Comoedia, (p. 9)
1920
Scope and Contents note
2 copies.
box 55, folder 16
Concorso per il Palazzo del Littorio e della mostra della rivoluzione fascista in Roma,
undated, 1930s?
box 56, folder 1
The Cornhill,
1961/1962, 1962
Scope and Contents note
Page 268 (1961/1962) and page 43 (1962).
box 56, folder 2
The Cornhill,
1962/1963, 1963/1964, 1965
Scope and Contents note
Page 430 (1963/1064) and page 375 (1965).
box 56, folder 3
East and West, no. 1 (p.1) and no. 3 (p. 135)
1952
box 56, folder 4
Echi d'Italia, (p. 95)
1957
box 56, folder 5
L'Espresso (Pirandello dall'A alla Z di Sciascia),
1986
box 56, folder 8
L'Illustrazione Italiana, (p. 88)
1985
box 56, folder 9
Italien, (p. 77)
1943
Scope and Contents note
2 copies.
box 56, folder 12
La Lettura, (p. 793)
1919
box 56, folder 14
Neue Deutsche Hefte, (p.161)
1955
box 56, folder 15
Nuove Lettere Emiliane, (p. 41)
1962
box 56, folder 16
Nuovi Argomenti, (p. 132)
1984
box 57, folder 1
Pagine Libere, (p. 514)
1910
box 57, folder 3
Pensieri sull'aeroplano, (p. 16)
1943
box 57, folder 4
Il premio Napoli, (p. 76)
1954
box 57, folder 5
Progetto presentato al concorso di II Grado; Progetto per tre edifici,
undated
box 57, folder 6
Le professioni e le arti,
undated
box 57, folder 8
il Racconto, (p. 24)
1976
box 57, folder 9
Reale automobile club d'Italia, (p. 11)
1937
Scope and Contents note
2 copies.
box 57, folder 10
Revue des Pays Latins, (p. 25)
1911
box 57, folder 12
La Riviera Ligure,
1908-1912
Physical Description:
7 issues
box 57, folder 13
Rivista italiana di drammaturgia,
1976, 1978, 1979
Scope and Contents note
Page 123 (1976), page 81 (1978), page 7 (1979).
box 57, folder 14
La Romagna, (p. 259)
1904
box 57, folder 15
I romanzi del quadrifoglio,
1954
box 58, folder 3
Tempo Presente, (p. 1)
1964
box 58, folder 6
Valori primordiali, (p. 7)
undated 1930s?
gli avvenimenti, (p.14)
1915
Cronache dell'automobile,
1954
Oggi, The Gospel According to St. John, translated by Bontempelli : special edition?
1965
box 59
Negatives and audiotape
Scope and Contents note
Photographic negatives.
1 sound tape reel : analog. Of a debate between DeFeo and others.
Newspaper clippings, Series IX.
1889-1991
Physical Description:
40 Linear Feet
30 boxes
Scope and Contents note
This series contains newspaper and magazine clippings, organized chronologically by decade. They include Bontempelli's "Colloqui"
from
Tempo, coverage of his Senate election and nullification, reviews, accounts of his travels, Bontempelli's many columns, reviews
of his many books and plays, accounts of his Senate election, etc. There is one box of correspondence and manuscripts pulled
from clippings, to be interfiled with Series I and Series II at a later date.
box 60
Correspondence pulled from clippings and roughly sorted
box 60, folder 1
Correspondence regarding Senate Annullment of Bontempelli's election and other materials
box 60, folder 2
Letters from Marcello Gallian (photocopies)
box 60, folder 4
Television and Radio plays based on Bontempelli's work
box 60, folder 5
Correspondence regarding Bontempelli's plays and productions.
box 60, folder 6
Correspondence regarding Bontempelli's novels and stories
box 60, folder 7
Correspondence regarding Bontempelli's columns, his music, his writings
box 60, folder 8
Correspondence regarding Bontempelli's translations
box 60, folder 9
Correspondence with publishers and regarding Bontempelli's columns
box 60, folder 10
Radio lectures and French manuscripts
box 60, folder 11
Correspondence regarding political issues and Bontempelli's "D'Annunzio" lecture
box 60, folder 12
Correspondence regarding Bontempelli's novels, stories and other matters
box 60, folder 13
Correspondence regarding Bontempelli's early works and lectures
box 60, folder 14
Correspondence regarding Bontempelli's trip to Scandinavia,
1937
box 60, folder 15
Correspondence regarding business and institutional matters
box 71, box 72, box 73, box 74
box 75, box 76, box 77, box 78
box 79, box 80, box 81, box 82, box 83
