Inventaire d'archives : Fonds Whittemore, Thomas - Institut byzantin
Contenu :
Présentation du contenu
The Fonds Thomas Whittemore - Institut byzantin, ca. 1890s-1960s, consists of correspondence, annual reports, acquisition lists, newspaper clippings, postcards, article extracts, translations, photographic prints, film and glass plate negatives, ephemeral items, as well as manuscripts, specimens, moldings of seals and coins, Coptic textiles, and icons. The collection primarily documents the history, mission, and activities of the Paris Library of the Byzantine Institute (Paris Library) in Paris, France, between the 1920s and 1960s. It also documents Thomas Whittemore's archaeological and humanitarian missions in North Africa and Eastern Europe between the 1910s and 1920s, as well as the preservation projects of The Byzantine Institute, Inc., (Byzantine Institute) in Istanbul, Turkey, from the 1930s to the 1940s.
This collection also includes personal correspondence from/to Thomas Whittemore, Boris N. Ermoloff, and Mathew S. Prichard. There are also travel photographs, journals and/or quarterly magazines from Tufts College between 1891 and 1906, and papers that were created and/or kept by Ermoloff concerning a masonic lodge in Paris, France.
Furthermore, Jean Ebersolt's and Marc Rosenberg's personal papers (in whole or in part) are also included in this collection. They mostly contain research notes, article extracts, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Cote :
BYZ-WHI 1-40
Publication :
Service archives du Collège de France
2012, 2017
Paris
Informations sur le producteur :
Origine:
Byzantine Institute, Inc., The. Ermoloff, Boris Nikolaevich. Prichard, Matthew. Whittemore, Thomas
Biographie ou histoire
Thomas Whittemore was born on January 2, 1871 in Massachusetts, and he died on June 8, 1950 in Washington, D.C. He began his professional career at Tufts College, where he taught English Composition, English Literature, and the History of Fine Arts in the early 1900s. Between the 1900s and 1950, Whittemore's career and interests shifted from Ancient Art in Egypt, Early Christian and Byzantine monuments in Bulgaria, humanitarian work with refugees from the former Russian Empire after the October Revolution of 1917, to directing the preservation of Byzantine mosaics and wall paintings in Istanbul and other areas in the former Byzantine Empire
Informations sur l'acquisition :
Historique de conservation :
Historique de la conservation
For the transfer history of the Paris Library, from The Byzantine Institute, Inc., to the École nationale des Langues orientales vivantes and Collège de France, see the
After Whittemore's death in June 1950, The Byzantine Institute decided to keep all of the general library collections in Paris, including the personal papers of Thomas Whittemore, Boris N. Ermoloff, Mathew S. Prichard, and other research papers by byzantine scholars. However, all fieldwork materials, including the administrative papers created by The Byzantine Institute and Thomas Whittemore, were transferred to Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C., between 1953 and 1957. For more information, see the finding aid, The Byzantine and Dumbarton Oaks Fieldwork Records and Papers, ca. late 1920s-2000s , created by the Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.
Jean Ebersolt's papers were donated to the Paris Library by Mrs. Ebersolt on January 20, 1956. [For more information, see the legacy administrative papers “BIBLIOTHEQUE BYZANTINE / Rapport Annuel / du Bibliothécaire / pour l'Année 1960” and “DON / de / Madame Jean Ebersolt / 20 JAN 1956. / LISTE / des tirages à part et périodiques / offerts / à la Bibliothèque de l'Institut Byzantin / par / MADAME JEAN EBERSOLT” (in the folder “Secrétariat / 1956-1966”).]
The acquisition of Marc Rosenberg's archives was not documented. Overall, a small portion of his collection was kept in the Paris Library and the rest of his archives were transferred to the institutional archives of Dumbarton Oaks.
Description :
Évolutions :
Accroissements
Fonds clos
Mise en forme :
Mode de classement
- Subgroup 01: Legacy materials of the Paris Library of the Byzantine Institute, and fieldwork materials of The Byzantine Institute, Inc., ca. 1920s-1950s
- Series 01: Annual reports, 1940-1960
- Series 02: “Old / BOOK OF ISSUES,” ca. 1940s-1950s
- Series 03: “Book of Visitors,” July 1, 1932-October 15, 1958
- Series 04: “Complimentary Copies,” ca. 1946-1950s
- Series 05: Paris Library's acquisitions and catalogs, and register of slides and negatives
- Series 06: Paris Library's collection of secondary sources
- Series 07: Index of Provins, France
- Series 08: Photographs of Byzantine art and architecture, and maps
- Series 09: Film negatives
- Series 10: Glass plate negatives
- Series 11: Rare printed books and objects
- Series 12: “MARC ROSENBERG ARCHIVES,” Jean Ebersolt's papers, and extracts of Julius Lange's publications
- Subgroup 02: Papers of Boris N. Ermoloff, Mathew Prichard, and Thomas Whittemore, ca. 1890s-1960s
- Series 01: Boris N. Ermoloff: “LOGE ‘JUPITER' N° 536 à l'Or:. De Paris,” ca. 1959-1961
- Series 02: Correspondence from Matthew S. Prichard, 1910-1934
- Series 03: Correspondence to Thomas Whittemore, ca. 1890s-1950s
- Series 04: Postcards, 1900s-1950s
- Series 05: Tuftonian materials, ca. 1890s-1905
Note: Related information may also be available in the legacy administrative records and in Whittemore's surviving personal effects. For more information, please consult with the Service des Archives or the Bibliothèque byzantine staff.
Conditions d'accès :
Modalités d'accès
The Fonds Thomas Whittemore - Institut byzantin is available for reference use by appointment only.
Notes:
- The Fonds Thomas Whittemore - Institut byzantin has been moved to the service des Archives at Marcelin Berthelot in August 2016. For access information, please
- Not all sources mentioned in the finding aid are available for reference and/or publication purposes; permission from the Bibliothèque byzantine staff must be obtained beforehand.
- Transcriptions for Subgroup 02, Series 02 and Series 03 are available as PDFs on Salamandre.
Langues :
Langue des unités documentaires: English, French, German, Greek, Romanian, Russian, and Turkish
Description physique :
Description physique: Document d'archives
Administrative records, letters, newspaper clippings, postcards, article extracts, translations, photographic prints, film negatives, glass plate negatives, ephemeral items, rare printed books, and objects (e.g., textiles, icons, etc.)
Nombre d'éléments
Nombre d'éléments: Approximately 500+ letters, 233 dedications, 214 film negatives, 344 glass plate negatives, 6 boxes of rare printed books, 10 boxes of textiles (including icons), 4 blocks of marbles, etc.
Ressources complémentaires :
Références bibliographiques :
- Jolivet-Lévy, Catherine, Miltos Garidis, and Frédéric Proust. Tissus coptes et îcones :Bibliothèque byzantine (Fonds Thomas Whittemore - Institut byzantin). Paris: Bibliothèque byzantine - Collège de France, 1986.
- Razon, Rona. “Thomas Whittemore and his manifold narrative.” English version : Colligere of Collège de France, May 2017.
- Razon, Rona. “Thomas Whittemore: un byzantiniste à Paris.” French version : Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) Explore, May 2017.
Observations :
Commentaire
A portion of the collection (i.e., Subgroup 01, Series 08, Series 09, and Series10) was initially processed between November 1991 and November 1995. There are legacy inventory lists for Subgroup 01, Series 08, Series 09, and Series 10.
In 2005, items in Series 06, Subseries 04 were examined and described. Additionally, the letters and dedications in Subgroup 02, Series 02 and Series 03 were photocopied and transcribed. In ca. 2011-2012, the transcription project was completed, including the list of name index terms. For more information about the transcription project, see
In 2012, a succinct finding aid was published in Collège de France's collection management system Salamandre, which also included the newly transcribed correspondence and the list of name index terms. For more information,
Starting in April 2016, all items related to Thomas Whittemore and The Byzantine Institute in the Bibliothèque byzantine were examined and processed. The existing list of name index terms was also enhanced, and transferred from Microsoft Word to Microsoft Excel (for more information about the new name taxonomy list, please consult with the Service des Archives or the Bibliothèque byzantine staff).
The box order for Subgroup 01, Series 08 was also reorganized, but the contents' original order was respected. The new box order roughly corresponds to the chronological order of Thomas Whittemore's and/or The Byzantine Institute's travels or fieldwork projects. Some items in Subgroup 01, Series 08 were also removed from their original box location due to their size, format, or condition.
Archival descriptions were also improved. Contextualized information was added to the series and folder units. Original titles, supplied by The Byzantine Institute, were transcribed verbatim and are written with quotes. However, secondary titles, supplied by the Bibliothèque byzantine staff starting in the 1990s, are in brackets.
The finding aid was finalized and revised on Salamandre in October 2017. For more information about the project, see
Localisation physique :
Localisation physique: The Fonds Thomas Whittemore - Institut Byzantin (ca. 1890s-1960s) and associated legacy administrative records are preserved and available for reference use at the:
Service des archives
Collège de France
11 place Marcelin Berthelot
75231 PARIS
For related library materials and Whittemore's personal effects, see the:
Bibliothèque byzantine - Collège de France
52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine
75005 PARIS
Service des archives
Collège de France
11 place Marcelin Berthelot
75231 PARIS
For related library materials and Whittemore's personal effects, see the:
Bibliothèque byzantine - Collège de France
52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine
75005 PARIS
Organisme responsable de l'accès intellectuel :
Organisme responsable de l'accès intellectuel: Bibliothèque byzantine (Collège de France) / Service des archives
Identifiant de l'inventaire d'archives :
FR075CDF_BYZ-WHI
Personnes :
Institutions :
Personnes ou Institutions :
Byzantine Institute, Inc., The. Ermoloff, Boris Nikolaevich. Prichard, Matthew. Whittemore, Thomas