Paul Oskar Kristeller papers, 1910-1989

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Series VII: Notebooks and Notes, 1920-1990

This series contains research notes, correspondence with libraries and colleagues, and some manuscript drafts related to various areas of Kristeller's research interests.


Subseries VII.1: Notebooks on the History of Universities, 1940s-1987

These notebooks include research notes and drafts related to Kristeller's research on the history of Universities and Humanistic education in Europe.



Box 149 One and Two, 1940s


Box 149 Three and Four, 1940s


Box 149 Five and Six, 1940s


Box 149 Seven, 1940s


Box 149 Eight, 1940s


Box 149 Nine and Ten, 1940s


Box 149 Eleven and Twelve, 1940s


Box 149 Thirteen and Fourteen, 1940s


Box 149 Fifteen, 1940s


Box 149 Sixteen, 1940s


Box 149 Seventeen, 1940s


Box 149 Eighteen, 1940s


Box 149 Nineteen, 1940s


Box 149 Twenty, 1940s


Box 149 Twenty-One, 1940s


Box 149 Twenty-Two, 1940s


Box 149 Twenty-Three and Twenty Four, 1940s



Box 150 Twenty-Five and Twenty-Six, 1940s


Box 150 Twenty-Seven, 1940s


Box 150 Twenty-Eight, 1940s


Box 150 Twenty-Nine, 1940s


Box 150 Thirty, 1940s


Box 150 Thirty-One through Thirty-Three, 1940s


Box 150 Thirty-Four, 1940s


Box 150 Thirty-Five, 1940s


Box 150 Thirty-Six, 1940s


Box 150 Thirty-Seven, 1940s


Box 150 Thirty-eight, 1940s


Box 150 Thirty-Nine through Forty-One, 1940s


Box 150 Forty-Two and Forty-Three, 1940s


Box 150 Forty-Four, 1940s


Box 150 Forty-Five, 1940s


Box 150 Forty-Six and Forty-Seven, 1940s


Box 150 Forty-Eight and Forty-Nine, 1940s


Box 150 Fifty and Fifty-One, 1940s


Box 150 Fifty-Two and Fifty-Three, 1940s


Box 150 Fifty-Four and Fifty-Five, 1940s



Box 151 Fifty-Six and Fifty-Seven, 1940s


Box 151 Fifty-Eight and Fifty-Nine, 1940s


Box 151 Sixty and Sixty-One, 1940s


Box 151 Sixty-Two and Sixty-Three, 1940s


Box 151 Sixty-Four and Sixty-Five, 1940s


Box 151 Sixty-Six and Sixty-Seven, 1940s


Box 151 Sixty-Eight through Seventy, 1940s


Box 151 Seventy-One and Seventy-Two, 1940s


Box 151 Seventy-Three and Seventy-Four, 1940s


Box 151 Seventy-Five and Seventy-Six, 1940s


Box 151 Seventy-Seven and Seventy-Eight, 1940s


Box 151 Seventy-Nine, 1940s


Box 151 Eighty through Eighty-Three, 1940s


Box 151 Unnumbered Notebooks and Notes, 1940s


Subseries VII.2: Unidentified Notebooks, undated, 1945-1946

These notebooks include Kristeller's research notes. These notebooks are not identified by project, but some include notes related to manuscript research.


Box 151 A and B, undated


Box 151 C and D, undated


Box 151 E through G, undated


Box 151 H through J, undated


Box 151 K through M, undated



Box 152 N through P, undated


Box 152 Q and R, undated


Box 152 S and T, undated


Box 152 U and V, undated


Box 152 W, undated


Box 152 X, undated


Box 152 Y and Z, undated


Box 152 ZZ, undated


Box 152 Unidentified, undated, (7 Folders)


Box 152 Unidentified, 1945


Box 152 Unidentified, 1946


Subseries VII.3: Research and Topical Notes, 1920-1990

The Research and Topical Notes subseries includes notes, manuscript drafts, and correspondence related to numerous research projects, books, and articles. These files are arranged alphabetically by research topic.


Box 152 General, 1941-1989, (7 Folders)


Box 152 Aristotle's Rhetoric , undated


Box 152 Arts Liberaux, 1966-1967


Box 152 Ermolao Barbara, undated, 1946


Box 152 Bartolomeus Facius, 1964-1965


Box 152 Buoninsegni, 1969-1971


Box 152 Cardinal Elbarada, undated


Box 152 Cassirer, Ernst, 1994


Box 152 Corsin 582, 1990


Box 152 Creativity, 1982


Box 152 Cusanno, 1970-1972, 1989, 1970-1972, 1989


Box 152 De Libri, 1948-1958


Box 152 Early Manuscripts (German), undated, 1943, (2 Folders)


Box 152 Festschrift, 1958-1961


Box 152 Festschrift, 1981-1983


Box 152 Ficino Research, 1955-1985, (5 Folders)


Box 152 Filosofia Greci, undated


Box 152 Gilbert, Neal, undated, (2 Folders)


Box 152 Humanists



Box 153 Italian Humanists, 1966-1970


Box 153 Kant, 1931 September, 1931


Box 153 Landino Polizano and Lorenzo di Medici, undated


Box 153 Laurus Quirinus, undated


Box 153 Merlan Review, 1976


Box 153 More, Henry, undated


Box 153 Music and Learning in the Early Renaissance, 1946


Box 153 Nardi Article, undated


Box 153 Nardi Volume Cortona, 1956-1959


Box 153 Neoplatonism and the Renaissance, 1990


Box 153 Philosophy


Box 153 Pico della Mirandola, undated


Box 153 Pletho, undated


Box 153 Plotinus, [1928]


Box 153 Pomponazzi, undated, 1955


Box 153 Proclus, 1985-1987, (3 Folders)


Box 153 Purnell, Frederick, 1967


Box 153 Petrus Candidus, 1964-1967


Box 153 Religious Orders in the Renaissance, 1982


Box 153 Renaissance Aristotelianism, 1964-1965


Box 153 Renaissance Humanism, 1958-1971, (2 Folders)


Renaissance Humanism and Universities


Box 153 General


Box 153 Heidelberg, 1984-1988


Box 153 Italian Universities, (2 Folders)


Box 153 Renaissanceforschung und Altertumswissenschaft, 1958-1959



Box 154 Rhetoric


Box 154 Salerno, 1975-1988, (2 Folders)


Box 154 Santini, 1954


Box 154 Charles B. Schmitt, 1969-1972, 1986, 1969-1972, 1986


Box 154 Shaftsbury, undated


Box 154 Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, 1989


Box 154 System, 1950-1951


Box 154 Tasso, undated


Box 154 Viro


Box 154 Vives


Box 154 Unlabled, 1920s-1959, (3 Folders)


Subseries VII.4: Research Notecards

This subseries contains notecards including bibliographic citations related to his ongoing research projects.



Box 155 Notecards



Box 156 Notecards



Box 157 Notecards



Box 158 Notecards



Box 159 Notecards



Box 160 Notecards



Box 161 Notecards



Box 162 Notecards



Box 163 Notecards



Box 164 Notecards