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Biblioteca Berenson

Hours: Mon.-Thurs., 9am to 6pm.
Phone Numbers:
+39 055603251
Fax+39 055603383
Email Addresses:
Archivistidellamonica@itatti.it
Director, Berenson Librarymrocke@itatti.it
Address:Biblioteca Berenson
Villa I Tatti
The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Via di Vincigliata, 26
50135 Florence, Italy
Access Policy:
Open to qualified researchers.
Open by appointment.
Letter of introduction required.
Extent of Collections: 242 linear ft.
Dates:ca. 1890-present
Holdings Description:In addition to the extensive papers and correspondence of Bernard and Mary Berenson, founders of I Tatti, the holdings of the archive include private papers of individuals in the circle of the Berensons' friends and acquaintances, or people and institutions associated with I Tatti. These include Nicky Mariano, Roberto and Livia Papini, Giorgio Castelfranco, Frederick Hartt, Andrea Francalanci, Eric Stenbock, Kenneth Clark, Laurence and Isabel Roberts, and CRIA (Committee to Rescue Italian Art).
Printed Guides & Catalogs:Nicky Mariano, The Berenson Archive: An Inventory of Correspondence (Florence: Villa I Tatti, Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1965).
Online Guides & Catalogs:Some records are cataloged in HOLLIS (http://discovery.lib.harvard.edu/), and full finding aids for some collections are available in OASIS (http://oasis.harvard.edu).
Contact for permission to publish requests:Curator of the archive, Biblioteca Berenson
Reproduction services:
Photographic reproduction services.
Items allowed in Reading Room:
Laptops


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