Materials in this series comprise records from Schapiro's personal and educational life and also include documentation from notable milestones in his career.
Subseries: I.1: Awards, degrees, and prizes, 1959-1995
Records in this subseries reflect achievements that Schapiro was recognized for in the form of awards, degrees, and prizes. This includes awards such as Commandeur de l'Order des Arts et des Lettres from the French government, honorary doctorates from various universities and colleges, and prizes such as the CAA Special Award for Lifetime Achievement given by the College Art Association of America. Materials include actual degrees and certificates, correspondence relating to these achievements, and associated publicity material. The subseries is divided further into sub-subseries by the following title designations: Sub-Subseries: I.1.1: Awards, 1959-1995, Sub-Subseries: I.1.2: Degrees, 1966-1988, Sub-Subseries: I.1.3: Prizes, 1979-1985
Sub-Subseries: I.1.1: Awards, 1959-1995
Distinguished contribution to humanistic learning -- American Council of Learned Societies
Brandeis commission award for notable achievement -- Brandeis University
Graduate Faculties Alumni (GFA)98 Awards for Excellence -- Columbia University
Outstanding achievement in art history -- Art Dealers Association of America
Box 98 Folder 4
Acceptance speech (typescript), articles, clippings, invitations, and correspondence,, 1972-1973
Alumni Award -- Hebrew Educational Society
Box 98 Folder 5
Correspondence and invitations, 1974
Alexander Hamilton Medal -- Columbia College Alumni Association
Box 98 Folder 6
Program, invitations, and seating list, 1975
Box 98 Folder 7
Press release and correspondence, 1975
Box 98 Folder 8
Press release and clippings, 1975
Box 98 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1975
Distinguished work in the arts -- National Institute of Arts and Letters
Box 98 Folder 10
Certificate and program, 1976
Commendeur, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres -- France
Box 98 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1976-1977
The mayor's award of honor for arts and culture -- Commission for Cultural Affairs of the City of New York, Mayor Edward I. Koch
Distinguished teaching of art history -- The College Art Association of America
Governor's award for excellence in the arts -- Vermont Council on the Arts
Box 98 Folder 14
Correspondence, 1982
Box 98 Folder 15
Programs and invitations, 1982
Box 98 Folder 16
Articles and clippings, 1982
The Fellows award -- John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation
Box 98 Folder 17
Correspondence, 1987-1995
Box 98 Folder 18
Press releases and clippings, 1987
The Golden Rectangle: The annual IAD award to art educators for publications of extraordinary merit -- The Institute for Aesthetic Development
Box 98 Folder 19
Correspondence and certificate, 1990
CAA special award for lifetime achievement -- The College Art Association of America
Box 98 Folder 20
Certificate, 1995
Box 98 Folder 21
Correspondence and program, 1995
Box 98 Folder 22
Articles and clippings, 1995
Sub-Subseries: I.1.2: Degrees, 1966-1988
Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa -- The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Box 98 Folder 23
Program, correspondence, and badge, 1966
Doctor of Letters (Honorary) -- Columbia University
Box 98 Folder 24
Program and seating lists, 1975
Box 98 Folder 25
Press release and clippings, 1975
Box 633 Folder 3
Degree, 1975
Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary) -- Yale University
Doctor of Fine Arts (Honorary) -- University of Hartford
Box 99 Folder 1
Acceptance speech (notes), 1983
Box 99 Folder 2
Commencement program, 1983
Box 99 Folder 3
Articles, 1983
Honorary degree -- Harvard University
Box 99 Folder 4
Dinner guest list and correspondence, 1983
Box 99 Folder 5
Photograph album, 1983
Box 99 Folder 6
Articles and clippings, 1983
Honorary degree -- The New School for Social Research
Box 99 Folder 7
Programs and invitations, 1984
Box 99 Folder 8
Clippings, 1984
Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary) -- Bard College
Box 99 Folder 9
Correspondence, programs, and photographs, 1988
Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary) -- Brandeis University
Box 99 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1995
Sub-Subseries: I.1.3: Prizes, 1979-1985
Untitled award for publication Modern art: 19th and 20th Centuries--The Mitchell Prize for the History of Art
Box 99 Folder 11
Acceptance speech (typescript), 1979
Box 99 Folder 12
Invitations and correspondence, 1979
Box 99 Folder 13
Clippings, 1979
National Book Critics Circle prize in the field of criticism -- The National Book Critics Circle, Inc.
Box 99 Folder 14
Correspondence and press releases, 1979
Box 99 Folder 15
Articles and clippings, 1979
Jerusalem Prize of Arts and Letters -- Friends of the Bezalel Academy of Jerusalem
Box 99 Folder 16
Programs and invitations, 1983
Box 99 Folder 17
Correspondence and clippings, 1983
Aby M. Warburg Prize -- City of Hamburg (Germany)
Box 99 Folder 18
Acceptance speech (notes and transcript), 1985
Box 99 Folder 19
Correspondence and notes, 1985
Box 99 Folder 20
Press releases and clippings, 1985
Subseries: I.2: Biography Files, 1927-2001
The bulk of this subseries includes Schapiro's collected articles and clippings that referenced him. Schapiro continually collected such material beginning in the late 1920s. Additionally, there are several of Schapiro's own auto-biographical writings relating to key events in his life. Also included are his daily diaries and biographies written by other scholars.
Box 100 Folder 1
Articles and clippings, 1927-1955
Box 100 Folder 2
Articles and clippings, 1955-1959
Box 100 Folder 3 to 4
Articles and clippings, 1970-1977, (2 Folders)
Box 100 Folder 5 to 7
Articles and clippings, 1978-1979, (3 Folders)
Box 100 Folder 8 to 9
Articles and clippings, 1979-1981, (2 Folders)
Box 101 Folder 1 to 3
Articles and clippings, 1982-1983, (3 Folders)
Article -- Epstein, Helen. 1983. Meyer Schapiro: a passion to know and make known. ArtNews, May.
Box 101 Folder 4
Correspondence, notes, and proofs, 1983
Box 101 Folder 5
Correspondence and slides, 1983
Box 101 Folder 6 to 7
Articles and clippings, 1984-1986, (2 Folders)
Box 101 Folder 8
Articles and clippings, 1987-1989
Box 102 Folder 1
Articles and clippings, 1987-1989
Box 102 Folder 2 to 3
Articles and clippings, 1990-1993, (2 Folders)
Box 102 Folder 4 to 5
Articles and clippings, 1994-1996, (2 Folders)
Box 102 Folder 6
Unpublished articles and clippings on or about Meyer Schapiro, 1980s-1990s
Box 653 Folder 1
Diaries, 1940s-1960s
Box 653 Folder 2
Autobiographical account of World War II -- Annotated typescript, 1941 December 7
Box 653 Folder 3
Who's who in America -- Applications, notes, and correspondence, 1955-1995
Box 653 Folder 4
Autobiographical questionnaire -- Annotated typescript, 1983
Box 653 Folder 5
Autobiographical notes on the class of 1929 -- Annotated typescript and notes, 1984, 1929, 1984
Box 653 Folder 6
Autobiographical notes on writings -- Annotated typescripts and notes,, 1993
Box 653 Folder 7
Interview with Ralph Hyams -- Annotated typescript, 1974 February
Box 653 Folder 8
Interview with Diana Loercher -- Annotated typescript and notes, 1978-1979
Box 653 Folder 9
Biography of Meyer Schapiro / Miriam Schild Bunim ; corrected by Meyer Schapiro -- Annotated typescript,, 1980s
Box 653 Folder 10
Notes on Meyer Schapiro's biography / Lillian Milgram Schapiro -- Annotated typescripts and notes,, 1990s-2000
Box 653 Folder 11
Biography of Meyer Schapiro / David Rosand, 1996
Box 653 Folder 12
Biography of Meyer Schapiro / David Craven, 2001
Subseries: I.3: Dedications and eulogies, 1980-1996
This subseries contains material pertaining to official recognitions bestowed to Schapiro and eulogies either delivered by him to fellow friends and those given during Schapiro's funeral. This subseries is divided into the following categories to facilitate the retrieval of records: Sub-Subseries: I.3.1: Dedications, 1980-1996, Sub-Subseries: I.3.2: Eulogies, 1996.
Sub-Subseries: I.3.1: Dedications, 1980-1996
Articles and published works dedicated to Meyer Schapiro
25th anniversary honor -- New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
Box 103 Folder 2
Correspondence, invitations, and clippings, 1990
Box 103 Folder 3
Oral history (annotated transcript and notes), 1990
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing -- The Brooklyn Museum
Box 103 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1992-1994
Box 103 Folder 5
Press release and brochures, 1994
Box 103 Folder 6
Notes, 1994
Box 103 Folder 7
Articles and clippings, 1994
The significance of Meyer Schapiro : a symposium in honor of his 90th birthday. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,, 1994 September 24
Box 103 Folder 8
Programs and poster, 1994
Annual benefit honoring Meyer Schapiro -- Yaddo (artist's colony)
Box 103 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1995
Untitled honor -- Coalition for the Homeless, New York
Box 103 Folder 10
Correspondence and acceptance speech (typescript), 1996
(Acceptance speech given by Benjamin Grosof)
Sub-Subseries: I.3.2: Eulogies, 1996
Box 103 Folder 11
Eulogies given by Meyer Schapiro -- Annotated typescripts and clippings,, 1960s-1990s
Meyer Schapiro : eulogy / Wolf Kahn -- American Academy of Arts and Letters
Box 103 Folder 12
Transcript, correspondence, and publication, 1996
Meyer Schapiro memorial service
Box 103 Folder 13
Eulogies (transcripts), 1996
(includes those given by Marshal Berman, George Braziller, David Grosof, and Benjamin Grosof)
Box 103 Folder 14
Visitors' book, 1996
Meyer Schapiro memorial tribute
Box 103 Folder 15
Eulogies (transcripts), program, and invitations, 1996
Box 103 Folder 16 to 18
Obituaries -- Articles and clippings, 1996, (3 Folders)
Subseries: I.4: Exhibitions, 1950, 1960-1989
While Schapiro is well known for his art historical scholarship, he also curated art exhibitions and exhibited art works he himself created. This subseries includes materials from an exhibit he co-curated alongside Clement Greenberg in 1950 at the Kootz Gallery titled "Talent 1950: 23 artists receive a showing under the sponsorship of Meyer Schapiro and Clement Greenberg." There is also substantial material relating to the exhibition "Meyer Schapiro: works of art, 1919-1970" held at Columbia University's Wallach Art Gallery which showcased Schapiro's own art work. Consult Series VIII: Works of art, 1920s-1980s, for a full listing of works of art held in this collection. Additionally, this subseries includes materials relating to exhibits were portraits of Schapiro were included, where works of art dedicated to him were exhibited, or where exhibitions in his honor were curated.
Box 104 Folder 1
"Talent 1950 23 artists receive a showing under the sponsorship of Meyer Schapiro and Clement Greenberg" -- Kootz Gallery (New York, N.Y.) -- Announcements and flyers, 1950 April 25, 1950, 1950 April 25
Box 104 Folder 2
"Critic's choice" -- The American Federation of Arts -- Correspondence,, 1960 February 29
(Letter soliciting Schapiro to curate an exhibition)
Box 104 Folder 3
"For Meyer Schapiro:a portfolio of twelve graphic works" -- Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum-- Correspondence and brochures,, 1978
Box 104 Folder 4
Exhibitions dedicated to Meyer Schapiro -- Articles, clippings, and exhibition catalogs,, 1984-2000
Box 104 Folder 5
"Romanesque sculpture of Moissac" -- Curatorial notes and clippings, 1985
(Exhibition held at Columbia University's Low Rotunda featuring drawings from Schapiro's travel notebooks and photographs by David Finn. Published by George Braziller, Inc. in 1985)
Box 104 Folder 6
"Exhibition of the founding faculty" -- New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture -- Invitations and notes,, 1986
Box 104 Folder 7
"Malarei: Annalisse Hermes" -- Exhibition announcement, correspondence and transparency, 1986 --, 1986
(Exhibition includes a portrait of Schapiro)
"Meyer Schapiro: works of art, 1919-1970" -- Wallach Art Gallery Exhibition
Box 104 Folder 8
Invitations and exhibition catalogs, 1987
Box 104 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1987
Box 104 Folder 10
Visitors' book, 1987
Box 104 Folder 11
Articles and clippings, 1987
Box 104 Folder 12 to 13
Condition reports, 1987, (2 Folders)
Box 104 Folder 14
Slides, 1987
Box 104 Folder 15
"Field and frame: Meyer Schapiro's semiotics of painting" -- New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture -- Brochures and correspondence,, 1989
Subseries: I.5: Photographs, 1928-1990s
This subseries documents portrait photographs of Meyer Schapiro or those taken by him. This subseries is divided into two sub-subseries which reflects this arrangement. For photographs that were ordered, purchased, or collected for research purposes by Schapiro, consult Series V: Research files, Subseries: V.6: Reproductions. Photographs used or considered for use in publications are housed with their respective titles in Series IV: Writings, Subseries: IV.5: Publications.
Sub-Subseries: I.5.1: Portraits, 1928-1990s
The majority of this sub-subseries are photographs of Schapiro used for various publications and also includes photographs of his wife, Lillian Milgram Schapiro.
Box 105 Folder 1
Graduation portrait of Lillian Milgram Schapiro, 1928
Box 105 Folder 2
Photograph of Meyer Schapiro, 1949
(Image was used in an article for the publicationLife
Box 105 Folder 3
Photographs of Meyer and Lillian Milgram Schapiro, 1950s
Box 105 Folder 4
Photographs of Meyer Schapiro, 1960s
Box 105 Folder 5
Group portrait of fellows and staff of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences,, 1962 September 25
Box 105 Folder 6
Photographs of Meyer Schapiro, 1980s
(Accompanied by a drawing of Schapiro by James Rosen)
Box 105 Folder 7
Photographs of Meyer and Lillian Milgram Schapiro, 1990s
Sub-Subseries: I.5.2: Travel photographs, 1927-1957
This sub-subseries contains photographs and negatives that document Schapiro's travels to Europe and the Near East from two trips taken in 1926 through 1927 and 1957. The 1926 trip was funded by the Carnegie Corporation to complete research on his doctoral dissertation relating to Romanesque sculpture. These photographs add a visual layer to the writings contained in his travel notebooks that are contained in Subseries: I.8. The images are chiefly composed of architecture and architectural details that Schapiro went overseas to study. While the positive prints are organized by country and city traveled, the negatives, with over 1,500 individual negatives, are unsorted due to the volume.
Egypt
Box 641 Folder 1
General, 1927
4 photographs : gelatin silver prints; black and white ; 4 x 6 inches
Box 641 Folder 2
Aswan, 1927
18 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 641 Folder 3
Cairo, 1927
42 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (35) and 5 ½ x 3 ¾ inches (7)
Box 641 Folder 4
Dayr al-Bahri, 1927
7 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (2) and 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches (2)
Box 641 Folder 5
Karnak, 1927
17 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (11) and 5 ½ x 3 ¾ inches (6)
Box 641 Folder 6
Luxor, 1927
18 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (11) and 5 ½ x 3 ¾ inches (7)
Box 641 Folder 7
Mit Rahina, 1927
4 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 641 Folder 8
Philae, 1927
3 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 641 Folder 9
Saqqâra, 1927
2 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 641 Folder 10
Thebes, 1927
29 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (27) and 3 ¼ x 5 3/8 inches (2)
England
Box 641 Folder 11
General, 1957
3 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches
Box 641 Folder 12
Burford, 1957
11 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches
Box 641 Folder 13
Canterbury, 1957
3 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches
Box 641 Folder 14
Lincoln, 1957
5 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 7 ¼ x 4 ½ inches
France
Box 641 Folder 15
General, 1927
4 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 641 Folder 16
General, 1957
16 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ¾ x 3 ½ inches
France
Box 642 Folder 1
Abbeville, 1957
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 5 ¾ x 3 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 2
Aix-en-Provence, 1957
15 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ½ x 3 ¼ inches
Box 642 Folder 3
Baux-de-Provence, Les, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 4
Beauvais, 1957
5 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ¾ x 3 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 5
Chartres, 1957
44 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ¾ x 3 ½ inches (Bulk) (Accompanied by notes and a postcard)
Box 642 Folder 6
Cluny, 1927
3 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 7
Codalet, 1927
5 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 8
Dijon, 1957
8 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ¼ x 3 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 9
Léon, 1927
4 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (3) and 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches (1)
Box 642 Folder 10
Le Puy, 1957
2 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ;6 7/8 x 4 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 11
Le Thoronet, 1957
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ;6 7/8 x 4 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 12
Moissac and region, 1927
59 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (bulk) (Accompanied by hand drawn map of France)
Box 642 Folder 13
Moissac and region, 1957
17 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 14
Narbonne, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 15
Pommevic, 1927
6 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (4) and 5 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches (2)
Box 642 Folder 16
Moustiers-Sainte Marie, 1957
2 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 7 x 4 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 17
Nevers, 1957
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 7 x 4 ½ inches
Box 642 Folder 18
Nîmes, 1957
25 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches
France
Box 643 Folder 1
Poitiers, 1957
7 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 2
Prades, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 3
Riez, 1957
9 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 4 ½ x 7 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 4
Sens, 1957
20 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 5
Souillac, 1957
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 4 ½ x 7 inches
Box 643 Folder 6
Toulouse, 1927
33 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (bulk)
Greece
Box 643 Folder 7
General, 1927
10 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 8
Athens, 1927
20 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 9
Corinth, 1927
2 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 10
Dhafní, 1927
10 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 11
Elevsís, 1927
14 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 12
Epídhavros, 1927
5 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 13
Olympia, 1927
8 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 14
Tírins, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Italy
Box 643 Folder 15
Assisi, 1927
6 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 16
Bari, 1927
6 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 17
Bologna, 1927
8 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 18
Civate, 1930
4 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 4 x 2 ½ inches
Box 643 Folder 19
Florence, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Italy
Box 644 Folder 1
Milan, 1927
7 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 4 x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 2
Naples, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 3
Orvieto, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 4
Ostia Antica, 1927
9 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 5
Parma, 1927
3 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 6
Perugia, 1927
3 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 7
Pisa, 1927
3 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 8
Pompeii, 1927
12 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 9
Ravenna, 1927
11 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 10
Rome, 1927
38 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 1/2 x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 11
Siena, 1927
2 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 12
Turin, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 644 Folder 13
Verona, 1927
5 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Jordan
Box 644 Folder 14
Amman, 1927
77 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (bulk)
Box 644 Folder 15
As-Salt, 1927
3 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Lebanon
Box 645 Folder 1
Ba'labakk, 1927
15 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 645 Folder 2
Beirut, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 645 Folder 3
Ra's Ba'labakk, 1927
2 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Palestine
Box 645 Folder 4
Bethlehem, 1927
4 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 645 Folder 5
Jerusalem, 1927
82 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 645 Folder 6
Kefar Nahum
7 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Spain
Box 645 Folder 7
Burgos, 1927 [?], 1927
12 photographs : gelatin silver prints, black and white ; 5 x 6 ½ inches (bulk) (Photographs are assembled in a handmade card)
Box 645 Folder 8
Gerona, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 645 Folder 9
Huesca, 1927
19 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (bulk)
Box 645 Folder 10
Santo Domingo de Silos, 1927
5 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Syria
Box 645 Folder 11
Damascus, 1927
34 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 645 Folder 12
Salahiyeh, 1927
4 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Turkey
Box 645 Folder 13 to 14
Istanbul, 1927
105 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches (bulk)
Box 645 Folder 15
Izmir, 1927
1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; black and white ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Negatives
Box 646 Folder 1
General-- Unsorted, 1926-1927
261 photographs : gelatin silver negatives ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 646 Folder 2
General-- Unsorted, 1926-1927
250 photographs : gelatin silver negatives ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 672 Folder 1
General-- Unsorted, 1926-1927
250 photographs : gelatin silver negatives ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Box 672 Folder 2
General--Unsorted, 1926-1927
262 photographs : gelatin silver negatives ; 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches
Europe
Box 647 Folder 1
Architecture, circa, 1926-1947
3 gelatin silver negative strips
Box 647 Folder 2
Architecture and sculpture, Gothic, circa, 1926-1947
5 gelatin silver negative strips
France
Box 647 Folder 3
Aix-en-Provence, circa, 1926-1947
6 gelatin silver negative strips
Box 647 Folder 4
Albi, circa, 1926-1947
3 gelatin silver negative strips
Box 647 Folder 5
Beauvais, circa, 1926-1947
5 gelatin silver negative strips
Box 647 Folder 6
Chartres, circa, 1926-1947
8 gelatin silver negative strips
Box 647 Folder 7
Moissac and region, circa, 1926-1947
3 gelatin silver negative strips
Box 647 Folder 8
Nîmes, circa, 1926-1947
4 gelatin silver negative strips
Box 647 Folder 9
Périgny, 1947 April-June
13 gelatin silver negative strips
Box 647 Folder 10
Poitiers, circa, 1926-1947
1 gelatin silver negative strip
Box 647 Folder 11
Sens, circa, 1926-1947
3 gelatin silver negative strips
Subseries: I.6: Private Collection, 1961-1998
Files in Subseries: I.6 document the management and administration of Meyer and Lillian Milgram Schapiro's private art collection, including lists, notes, appraisals, condition reports, exhibition loan agreements, and gifts given to assorted art and cultural institutions.
Box 106 Folder 1 to 2
Works of art in private collection. -- Notes and lists, 1960s, (2 Folders)
Box 106 Folder 3
Loan forms, 1961-1999
Box 106 Folder 4
Inventory of furnishings at Rawsonville home -- Sketchbook, 1972-1988
Box 106 Folder 5
Inventory of works of art at Vermont home. -- Lists, 1994-1996
Box 106 Folder 6
Gifts relating to correspondence -- Lists and notes, 1994
Box 106 Folder 7
Gifts to assorted institutions. -- Correspondence, 1963-1967
Box 106 Folder 8
Gifts to the Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Correspondence and receipts,, 1968-1983
Box 106 Folder 9
Gifts to the Rudolf Wittkower Fellowship Fund -- Correspondence, catalogs, and receipts,, 1973
Box 106 Folder 10
Gifts to the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture -- Correspondence and clippings,, 1973-1979
Box 106 Folder 11
Gifs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Correspondence, appraisals, and forms,, 1976-1998
Box 654 Folder 1
Gifts to Columbia University, Avery Library-- Lists, notes, and correspondence,, 1980s
Box 654 Folder 2
Gifts to Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library-- Correspondence, appraisals, and lists,, 1979-2002
Box 654 Folder 3
Gifts to the Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.) -- Correspondence, lists, and receipts,, 1979-1996
Box 654 Folder 4
Bequests -- Lists and notes, 1980s-1990s
Box 654 Folder 5
Gifts to Columbia University -- Articles, 1981-1989
Box 654 Folder 6
Gifts to the Archives of American Art -- Correspondence, 1984
(Accompanied by photocopies of Forest Clemenger Bess letters)
Subseries: I.7: School Records, 1919-1929
Material in subseries I.7 includes Schapiro's earliest records in the collection, a 1919 student newsletter he edited for the Latin club at Boys High school Brooklyn. The bulk of this subseries, however, is focused on Schapiro's college days at Columbia University. This includes his student notes of college courses, notes and typescripts for his 1926 master's thesis ("The sculptures of Moissac"), and, finally, material focused on his doctoral dissertation which was completed in 1929 ("The Romanesque sculpture of Moissac"). Schapiro was one of the three first recipients to be awarded a masters degree in fine arts at Columbia University and his doctoral dissertation was the first in fine arts and archeology at the university. For further materials relating to Schapiro's doctoral dissertation, also consult Series V: Research files, Subseries: V.5 under the subject term Saint-Pierre (Abbey : Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, France).
Box 107 Folder 1
"Forum latinum : Boys High school Brooklyn" -- Student newsletter, 1919 December 24
(Schapiro served as editor)
Box 107 Folder 2
Fine Arts 182: Spanish Art, Professor Professor Ernest T. DeWald -- Lecture Notes, Spring, 1925
Box 107 Folder 3
Lecture notes from university classes attended-- 1 notebook, 1924-1926
(Includes notes from the following classes followed by instructor: Medieval Art, Ernest T. DeWald ; Medieval Architecture, Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin ; Renaissance Architecture, William Bell Dinsmoor, Sr. ; and Roman and Early Christian Art, Steuben Butler Murray, Jr.)
Box 107 Folder 4
Course notes -- Holograph papers, 1924-1926
Box 107 Folder 5
Reproduction requests, 1924-1926
Box 107 Folder 6
Notes from Paul Pelliot lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1928 November 10
Box 107 Folder 7
Examinations, 1928
(Examinations from university classes relating to art and architecture)
Box 107 Folder 8
Library cards, 1930-1931
Box 107 Folder 9
Class of 1924 Columbia College 40th anniversary reunion -- Pamphlet, 1964, 1924, 1964
Box 107 Folder 10
Class of 1924 Columbia College: 65th reunion -- Directory, 1989, 1924, 1989
"The sculptures of Moissac" -- Masters thesis
Box 655 Folder 1
Annotated typescript, 1926 March
Box 655 Folder 2
Research notes, 1926
Box 655 Folder 3
Research file, 1926
"The sculptures of Moissac" -- Masters thesis
Box 639 Folder 1
Reproductions -- Moissac, 1926
133 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; black and white ; 5 x 7 inches (bulk)
Box 639 Folder 2
Reproductions -- Moissac, 1926
158 photographs : gelatin silver prints; black and white ; 5 x 7 inches (bulk)
"The sculptures of Moissac" -- Masters thesis
"The Romanesque sculpture of Moissac" -- Doctoral Dissertation
Box 108 Folder 1
Annotated typescript, 1929
(Part I of dissertation. Accompanied by editorial notes from 1986)
Box 108 Folder 2
Annotated typescript, 1929
(Part II and chronology of dissertation. Accompanied by editorial notes from 1986)
Box 108 Folder 3
Drafts and notes, 1929
(Includes pages 43-122 relating to capitals)
Box 108 Folder 4
Drafts and notes, 1929
(Carbon copy of pages 62-71)
Box 108 Folder 5
Drafts and notes, 1929
(Excerpts from Part I, pages 125-177, relating to tympanum)
Box 108 Folder 6
Drafts and notes, 1929
Box 108 Folder 7
Drafts and notes, 1929
Box 108 Folder 8
Drafts and notes, 1929
Box 108 Folder 9
Drafts and notes, 1929
Box 108 Folder 10 to 11
Drafts and notes, 1929, (2 Folders)
Box 108 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1935 December 20
Subseries: I.8: Travel notebooks, 1926-1990s
In 1926, Schapiro received a grant from the Carnegie Corporation to research his doctoral dissertation on Romanesque sculpture. That trip, which lasted 15 months, provided Schapiro with first hand visual experience with architectural works he had only known through reproductions and texts. This subseries includes his complete travel notebooks and is organized by country and/or city.
Since these travel notebooks were compiled by Schapiro by region traveled, they are occasionally not individual, discrete notebooks and are therefore described by leave count and dimensions. In the event where an actual notebook is intact, it will be described as such. Consult Series V: Research files, Subseries: V.5: Research notes under the appropriate subject heading for other drawings and notes created during Schapiro's travels. Also consult Subseries: I.5: Photographs, Sub-Subseries: I.5.2: Travel photographs for photographs taken during his 1926 trip and that complement the notebooks in this subseries.
The 2007 publicationMeyer Schapiro abroad: letters to Lillian and travel notebooksreproduced several sheets of Schapiro's travel notebooks from the years 1926 through 1927. Items in that publication reproduced material in this subseries and also items from Series V: Research files, Subseries: V.5: Research notes, especially for notes relating to illuminated manuscripts.
In the 1980s and 1990s, several leaves were detached and placed on mats, these are also arranged by country and/or city.
This subseries is arranged as follows: Sub-Subseries I.8.1: Notebooks, 1926-1974, Sub-Subseries I.8.2: Detached leaves and tourist maps, 1927-1947.
Sub-Subseries I.8.1: Notebooks, 1926-1974
Box 634 Folder 1
Toulouse (France) and region, 1926-1927
165 leaves, 8 x 5 ½ inches (bulk) (Includes material from 1930-1931 and material relating to the Saint Pierre Abbey in Moissac, France)
Box 634 Folder 2
Poitiers (France), 1926 November and Dijon (France), 1927 January 22-29, 1926 November, 1927 January 22-29
17 leaves, 7 ½ x 5 ½ inches (bulk)(Includes material from the following locations: Dijon ; Beaune ; Lyons ; Vienne ; Orange ; Avignon ; Arles ; and Genova)
Box 634 Folder 3
Moissac (France) and Toulouse (France), 1926-1931
150 card files, 4 x 6 inches ; 40 leaves, 7 ½ x 5 ½ inches (bulk)(An inscription indicates that the small pages (index cards) date from 1931 and the large pages (leaves) date from 1926)
Box 634 Folder 4
France, Southwest, 1926
60 leaves, 8 x 5 ¼ inches (bulk)
Box 634 Folder 5
France, Romanesque architecture and sculpture, 1926-1931
47 leaves, 8 x 5 inches (bulk) (Includes material from Italy, Belgium, and England)
Box 634 Folder 6
Greece, Paris (France), Ghent (Belgium), and Berlin (Germany), 1926-1931
36 leaves, 7 x 5 inches (bulk)
Box 635 Folder 1
France, Southern, 1926
41 leaves, 7 ¾ x 5 inches (bulk) (Notes are chiefly relating to architectural illustrations attached to an A.K. (Arthur Kingsley) Porter publication. Notes also contain a draft letter to Jules Momméja)
Box 635 Folder 2
Normandy (France): Amiens, Caen, and Bayeux, 1926
1 notebook, 8 ¼ x 5 1/8 inches (Includes notes reflections on A.K (Arthur Kingsley) Porter )
Box 635 Folder 3
Moissac (France), 1926-1930
202 leaves, 8 3/16 x 5 ½ inches (bulk) (Schapiro referred to this notebook as "Moissac and Comparisons." For individual leaves placed in mats, refer to Box)
Box 635 Folder 4
Catalonia (Spain), 1927
39 leaves, 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches (bulk)
Box 635 Folder 5
Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Toledo (Spain), Madrid (Spain), and Burgos (Spain),, 1927 August
1 notebook, 8 x 5 ¾ inches ; 64 leaves, 7 ½ x 5 inches (bulk)
Box 635 Folder 6
Aragon (Spain), Navarra (Spain), Segovia (Spain), Ávila (Spain), Castile (Spain), and Galicia (Spain),, 1927
71 leaves, 7 ½ x 5 7/8 inches (bulk)
Box 636 Folder 1
Rome (Italy) and Bari (Italy), 1927 May
2 notebooks, 7 ½ x 4 inches
Box 636 Folder 2
Florence (Italy) and Ravenna (Italy), circa, 1927
1 notebook, 7 ½ x 5 3/8 inches
Box 636 Folder 3
Venice (Italy), Verona (Italy), Bologna (Italy), Padua (Italy), Ravenna (Italy), Milan (Italy),, 1927
1 notebook, 7 ½ x 5 ¼ inches
Box 636 Folder 4
Vienna (Austria), 1927
1 notebook, 6 3/8 x 3 7/8 (inches)
Box 636 Folder 5
Greece and Egypt, 1926-1927
19 leaves, 7 x 5 ¼ (bulk)(Accompanied by correspondence)
Box 636 Folder 6
Damascus (Syria), Ba'labakk (Lebanon), and Beirut (Lebanon), 1927 -, 1927
35 leaves, 5 ½ x 4 ¼ inches (bulk)
Box 636 Folder 7
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey, 1927
100 leaves, 7 ½ x 4 7/8 inches (bulk)
Box 637 Folder 1
Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1931
1 notebook, 8 ¼ x 5 1/8 inches
Box 637 Folder 2
France, 1926
318 leaves, 7 5/8 x 5 inches (bulk); board covers: 8 ¾ x 5 ¼ x 1 ¾ (Leaves are housed in a book stripped of pages)
Box 637 Folder 3
England, 1957 ; France, 1957 ; Brasília (Brazil), 1960s ; Japan, 1966-1967 ; Holland, 1957 ; Israel, 1961 ; Paris (France), 1974 May, 1957, 1957, 1960s, 1966-1967, 1957, 1961, 1974 May
1 notebook, 5 ¾ x 4 inches ; 185 leaves, 5 x 4 inches (bulk)
Box 637 Folder 4
Europe, 1954
Box 637 Folder 4
Istanbul (Turkey), Greece, Italy, Switzerland, and France, 1961
1 notebook, 5 ¼ x 3 ½ inches
Box 637 Folder 4
Jerusalem (Israel) and Paris (France), 1974
1 notebook, 4 ½ x 2 7/8 inches
Box 637 Folder 5
Administrative records, 1980s-1990s
Sub-Subseries I.8.2: Detached leaves and tourist maps, 1927-1947
Box 638 Folder 1
France, 1927
20 leaves, 7 ½ x 5 ¼ inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 2
Bibliothèque nationale de France, circa, 1927
12 leaves, 8 ¼ x 5 5/16 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 3
Cahors (France), 1927
6 leaves, 8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 4
Autun (France) and Charleville (France), 1926-1927
7 leaves, 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 5
Europe, 1926 -1957, 1926
23 leaves, variable dimensions (Chiefly landscapes and church interiors)
Box 638 Folder 6
Lescure-d'Albigeois (France), 1927
7 leaves, 7 5/8 x 5 7/16 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 7
Le Mans (France), 1927
Box 638 Folder 8
Lyon (France), 1927
1 leaf, 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches
Box 638 Folder 9 to 10
Moissac (France), 1927
leaves, 8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches (leaf); 11 ½ x 9 inches (mat)(In 1985 Iinvidual leaves from the travel notebook in Box 635, enclosure 3 were placed in mats for the Columbia University exhibition "Romanesque sculpture of Moissac." See Box 104, Folder 3 for materials relating to this exhibition. Material relates chiefly to Saint-Pierre (Abbey : Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, France), see below for further detached leaves on this structure)
Box 638 Folder 11
Nantes (France), 1927
Box 638 Folder 12
Palestine, 1926
1 sheet, 8 1/8 x 5 ¼ inches (Accompanied by a note from 1980)
Box 638 Folder 13
Pommevic (France), 1927
7 leaves, 8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 14
Rodez (France), 1927
2 leaves, 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches
Saint-Pierre (Abbey : Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, France)
Box 638 Folder 15
General, 1927
11 leaves, 8 ¼ x 6 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 16
Tower, narthex, and porch, 1927
39 leaves, 8 ¼ x 6 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 17
East gallery capitals, 1927
26 leaves, 8 ¼ x 6 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 18
West gallery capitals, 1927
12 leaves, 8 ¼ x 6 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 19
North and south gallery capitals, 1927
17 leaves, 8 ¼ x 6 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 20
Pier reliefs, 1927
14 leaves, 8 ¼ x 6 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 21
Porch, 1927
9 leaves, 8 ¼ x 6 3/8 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 22
Trumeaux, 1927
leaves, 8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 23
Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 1927
34 leaves, 7 5/8 x 5 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 24
Spain, 1927
32 leaves, 7 5/8 x 5 inches (bulk)
Box 638 Folder 25
Tourist maps, 1927-1947