Some materials within this collection are restricted: Personnel records of faculty and staff (including search, tenure/promotion, and disciplinary/grievance records) are restricted for 75 years from the date of creation.
Additions are expected.
Transferred from the Italian Department.
The archivist arranged this colllection chronologically at the file level.
This collection contains 5 boxes of correspondence primarily from Maristella Lorch, Professor and Chairman of the Italian Department and Medieval Renaissance Program, and Director of the Center for International Scholarly Exchange Program (C.I.S.E.) until her retirement in 1990. The C.I.S.E was founded by Lorch in May of 1980 for the purpose of joining "international academic communities in unique exchange programs," with student and professor exchanges spanning for periods varying ten days to a month. It began with an agreement between Barnard College, Columbia University and the University of Rome, but grew to include members from the University of Venice, Hong Kong, the Schlesinger Foundation in Switzerland, and many other institutions both in the U.S. and abroad. The C.I.S.E. also organized joint conferences, congresses, and partnered with the Translation Center of Columbia University.
Italian Department,1974-2002; Box and Folder; Barnard College Archives, Barnard Library, Barnard College.
From September-October 2025, an undergraduate student associate, Samantha Candelo Ortegon rehoused the existing collection and the accural. In October 2025, Olivia Newsome updated the description of this finding aid and processing a significant accrual.
Descriptive Rules Used: Finding aid adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Encoding: Machine readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002.
Finding aid written in English.
This collection contains correspondence, event fliers, and budgets. The bulk of the records are from the 1980s and relate to Center for International Scholarly Exchange Program (C.I.S.E.). This collection also includes documentation surrounding the department founding.
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Proposal for an intern-university Casa Center of Italian Studies, or "The Casa Center" and correspondence.
Departmental correspondence, executive committee of Italian department minutes (1976-09; 1976-10), Italian department budgets (1973-1974; 1974-1975; 1975-1976).
Departmental correspondence.
Departmental correspondence.
Departmental correspondence.
Departmental correspondence.
Departmental correspondence.
Dean of Studies Advisory Staff List (1980-1981).
Aspects of Interculture publication (by Center for International Scholarly Exchange)
Film screening of "Il Messia" to commemorate Roberto Rossellini flyers (circa early 1980's).
CISE "Aspects of Interculture IV" event pamphlet (1983-10), CISE International Conference on Translation flyer (1983-10).
Departmental and CISE budgets and transaction files.
CISE correspondence, International Conference of Translation program (1983-10), Italian department and CISE budgets and transactions (1983-1984).
CISE correspondence, CISE minutes (1983-10).
CISE correspondence, The Court of Este: Myth and History syllabus and flyer (1984), Renaissance Humanism: Its Sources, Forms and Legacy course syllabus (1984).
Departmental and CISE correspondence. Latin Literature of Renaissance course syllabus (1984), CISE minutes (1984-07, 1984-08), Addenda to the Report from Maristella Lorch on CISE (1984-06), Second International Conference on Translation (1984-11).
CISE affiliates information. CISE Members of Executive Committee list (1984-03).
Departmental and CISE correspondence.
CISE correspondence and payment reciepts. CISE program pamphlet (fall 1984).
CISE correspondence.
CISE correspondence, CISE program pamphlets (fall 1984, fall 1985), correspondence with Exxon Education Foundation.
CISE correspondence, the NYT Business issue (1984-12-23).
CISE correspondence.
CISE correspondence, brief report on CISE exchange to University of Rome (1985-05).
CISE financial campaign correspondence.
CISE Budget (1984-1985) and donor profiles.
CISE financial Campaign correspondence.
CISE Donation and thank you letters.
Departmental and CISE correspondence, Italian Department budget (FY 1985-1986).
CISE correspondence and check reciepts.
CISE correspondence and donation thank you letters.
CISE program summary, "The Philosophy and Credo of the Artist Antonia Mastrocristino Sirena" pamphlet (ca. 1985), Brief Report on CISE exchange to the University of Rome from Elizabeth Dalton (May 1985).
Correspondence from Maristella Lorch to recipients with surnames A-K.
Correspondence from Maristella Lorch to recipients with surnames L-Z.
CISE check reciepts, most from new and renewing members.
CISE correspondence; CISE "Aspects of Interculture VI" first draft of brochure (1985-1986); CISE: A Program of Scholarly Exchange Between Barnard and Columbia, the University of Rome and Other Major Universities Fall 1985 Update; and Committee on Medieval Renaissance Studies Minutes (1985-11).
CISE correspondence from Maristella Lorch, some regarding her sabbatical, and correspondence on "Statute for CISE and a More Clear Definition of CISE's Relationship to Barnard College."
CISE correspondence, CISE Fall 1987 pamphlet, CISE Tentative Calender of Events (1986-1987), and CISE event flyers (ca.1986-1987).
CISE program pamphlet (Fall 1987), event flyers (ca. 1986-1987), and Fourth International Conference on Translation pamphlet (1986-11).
CISE correspondence, mostly abotu financial matters.
CISE correspondence and materials; CISE program information and flyers; and "La Scoula": A Bilingual Bicultural School Italian-American in New York City by M. Lorch, M. Mooney and E. Wolfe (1987-04).
CISE correspondence from Maristella Lorch to Furio Colombo about financial campaign.
CISE related correspondence from Maristella Lorch.
Departmental and CISE Correspondence, Images of Sainthood in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: The Ninth Annual Barnard Medieval and Renaissance Conference pamphlet (1987-11-14), and CISE Fall 1987 activities.
Italian department and CISE transactions and check reciepts, CISE calender of events (Spring 1987), CISE: After Seven Years of Existence Report (1987), CISE expenditures (1985-1986), and Italian Department Budget (1987-1988).
Italian department and CISE transactions and check reciepts, and Medieval Renaissance and Italian department budgets (1985-1985, requested budget 1986-1987).
Departmental and CISE correspondence, and Facts on CISE: A Report from the Executive Director (1987-12).
Departmental, Medieval Studies program and CISE correspondence.
"La Scoula New York" publication by Maristella Lorch, Micheal Mooney and Ethyle Wolfe; and "Invitation to Fine Dining" by Barnard College booklet (ca. 1987).
Department and CISE financial correspondence, Donations made to CISE for 1988-1989, and Italian department budget (1988-1989).
Department and CISE financial correspondence and reciepts.
CISE correspondence, mostly about expenses related to the release of CISE's publication the "Nuovi Agreement."
CISE event and seminar correspondence, and minutes of the special joint meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Scoula D' Italia, and the Italian Mission in New York (1987-10).
Departmental and CISE budgets and gifts.
CISE event flyers (ca. 1987-1988).
Correspondence, CISE Spring 1988 pamphlet, Maristella Lorch's diary of activites in Europe (1988-07), The Italian Theatre and Its Contributions to European Theater course syllabus (Spring 1988), and Executive comnmittee of CISE minutes (1988-09).
CISE pamphlet (1988-1989), CISE and department accounts/budgets/gifts correspondence.
CISE and department accounts/budgets/gifts correspondence.
Minutes of meeting of the Executive Committee of CISE (1988-09), CISE program report (1988-1989), department and CISE budget (1988-1989).
CISE and department accounts/expenses/gifts (1989).
CISE pamphlets (1988-1989, Spring 1989), "CISE Libri" publication (Spring 1989), CISE symposium "Dietro Le Quinte" flyer.
CISE and department accounts/budgets/gifts (1980's-1990).
CISE and department accounts/budgets/gifts (1989-1990).
Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America At Columbia University Letter to the Guarantors from Maristella Lorch (1991-09-17).
The archivist attempted to transfer over the information on the floppies, but they could not be read.
Contains faculty and student files, department files arranged by language
Personnel records of faculty and staff (including search, tenure/promotion, and disciplinary/grievance records) are restricted for 75 years from the date of creation