IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1370 WIA, Roberto Weiss
Held at: Warburg Institute
Title: WEISS, Roberto (1906-1969)
Date(s): c 1924-1969
Level of description: collection
Extent: 5 boxes
Name of creator(s): Weiss | Roberto | 1906-1969 | historian and scholar of humanism
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Roberto Weiss was born in Milan, 1906 and studied at the University of Oxford, receiving his DPhil in 1938; excepting a period of military service, he taught in the Italian Department at University College London from 1938 (as Professor from 1946) until his death in 1969. He was naturalized as a British subject in 1934.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Roberto Weiss c 1924-1969, including notes, working papers and correspondence. Topics covered include: the Italian Renaissance; humanism; coinage and medals, and antiquarianism.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and Italian
System of arrangement:
Arranged in sections as follows: notes, working papers, correspondence.
Conditions governing access:
Archive material is accessible for the purpose of private study and personal research and within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Archive reading room. Access is with permission from the Institute Director and by prior appointment only. Potential users are advised to browse the Institute website and contact the Archivist, Dr des Claudia Wedepohl, before planning a visit. Access to individual items in the Warburg Institute Archives may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies, at the discretion of the Archivist, may be provided for research use only (working papers: up to 10% of any archive pressmark; correspondence by authors for whom the department doesn't hold copyright: up to 10% of the Institute's holdings). Traditional photography is allowed at the discretion of the archivist; no digital cameras. Scans and digital photographs can be ordered at the discretion of the Archivist. Requests to publish original material have to be submitted to the Archivist.
Finding aids:
Collection level description available on-line at the University of London Research Services website
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by the family.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2008