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Kerry Mitchell
Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Contains materials that are in English, German, French and Italian.
Abstract
This collection largely documents Egon Verheyen's research and manuscripts through articles, notes and correspondence. It
also contains information about his time as a Robinson Professor at George Mason University.
Egon Verheyen was born in Germany in 1936. In 1962 he was awarded a degree in Art History with a minor in Classical Archaeology
and Historical Studies from the University of Würzburg. He immigrated to the United States of America in 1966. He worked at
many universities including the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Wesleyan University, University of Michigan, Johns
Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia until 1987 when he came to work at George Mason
University. From 1987 until his retirement in 2008, he was a Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Humanities at George Mason
University.
Besides being a professor, he was also an accomplished writer. His first book was Die Minoritenkirche zu Duisburg, Neue Untersuchungen
zu ihrer Geschichte (1959). He then went on to write The Paintings in the Studiolo of Isabella d'Este at Mantua (1971) and
The Palazzo del Te in Mantua Images of Love and Politics (1977). He also wrote articles and book reviews including a few articles
about early architecture in Washington D.C.
This collection largely documents Egon Verheyen's research and manuscripts through articles, notes and correspondence. It
also contains information about his time as a Robinson Professor at George Mason University.
Series 1 contains correspondence with colleagues and friends about different topics that he was working on or hoped to work
on. This series also contains correspondence with institutions that he worked at (except George Mason) and who he worked with
to get information from for his works. Newspaper articles and some photographs are interwoven with some of the correspondence.
The series is arranged alphabetically then by date.
Series 2 is the largest series in this collection, it contains materials relating to the works done by Egon Verheyen throughout
his career. Materials include: copies of research, letters to publishers, research requests, drafts of works, notes, newspaper
articles, and some of the finished manuscripts. This series also includes advertisements for lectures and his lecture notes.
This series is arranged alphabetically then by date.
Series 3 includes materials relating to Egon Verheyen's time working at George Mason University. This includes correspondence
with George Mason colleagues, his time as a Robinson Professor, his time on the CAS Council Task Force and on the Logan Award
Committee. It also includes evaluations, course descriptions and his CV. This series also includes materials from his retire
party and recognition rewards. This series is arranged alphabetically then by date.
Series 4 contains photographs and illustrations that relate to Verheyen's different projects. Many of the photographs are
actually copies of works of art. There are some negatives in this series as well as 2 photographs that Verheyen took of the
Gerry Monument. This series is arranged alphabetically then by date.
Missing Title
Series 1: Correspondence, 1967-2000 (Box 1)
Series 2: Publications, 1959-2003 (Boxes 1-7)
Series 3: George Mason University, 1986-2008 (Boxes 7-8)
Series 4: Photographs, 1960s-1990s (Boxes 8-9)
Contains correspondence with colleagues and friends about different topics that he was working on or hoped to work on. Also
includes correspondence with institutions that he worked at (except George Mason).
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