Guide to the Egon Verheyen papers C0217 Egon Verheyen

Guide to the Egon Verheyen papers C0217

Egon Verheyen


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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

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Kerry Mitchell

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0217
Title
Egon Verheyen papers 1959-2008
URL:
http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/verheyen.htm
Quantity
3.75 Linear Feet, (9 boxes)
Creator
Verheyen, Egon
Language
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.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Egon Verheyen papers, Collection #C0217, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Gwen White in 2012.

Processing Information

Processed by Kerry Mitchell in 2012.


Biographical Information

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.

Scope and Contents Note

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.

Arrangement

Organized into 4 series

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)

Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds the Harold J. Morowitz papers and the Vassily Aksyonov papers

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Architecture
  • College teachers
  • George Mason University
  • George Mason University--Faculty
  • Photographs
  • Photography -- Negatives
  • Washington (D.C.)

Container List

Series 1: Correspondence
1967-2000
(1 box)
Scope and Content

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).

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
    Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe
    1988-1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
    Bialostocki, Jan
    1983-1988
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
    Courtlauld Institute of Art
    1973
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
    Fries
    1983-1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
    Gomrich, Ernst
    1970-1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
    Graf, Dieter
    1969-1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
    Harleman, Kathleen
    1976-1995
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
    Heckscher, William S. and Roxanne
    1979-2000
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
    Huse, Robert
    1967-1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
    Johns Hopkins University
    1972-1987
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
    Max-Planck-Institut Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rom
    1965
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
    Munich- Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammulungen
    1966
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
    Princeton, NJ Institute for Advanced Study
    1961
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
    Siebenhuner, Herbert
    1970-1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 15
    Simon, Erika
    1965-1971
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 16
    Stechow, Wolfgang
    1972-1989
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
    University of Massachusetts, Amherest
    1966
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 18
    University of Michigan
    1967-1971
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 19
    University of Pennsylvania
    1969-1970
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 20
    University of Virginia
    1985
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 21
    von Effra, H.M.
    1971-1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 22
    Various
    1970-1978
Series 2: Publications
1959-2003
(6 boxes)
Scope and Content

Contains materials relating to the works done by Egon Verheyen throughout his career.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
    Article for the Festschrift fur Herbert Siebenhuner
    1976-1978
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 1
    Art and Literature
    1983-1984
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 1 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 2
    Art and Literature
    1984-1993
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 2 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 3
    Book Review: Raphael by John Pop-Hennessy and Raphael by Luitpold Dussler
    1971-1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 4
    A Deposition by Guglielmo della Porta
    1969-1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 5
    Durer's Cities: Nuremberg and Venice
    1970-1971
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 6
    An Early Painting By Frans Pourbus the Younger
    1969-1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 7
    Embellishing the Temple of Liberty
    1979-1991
  • Mixed Materials box: 2 folder: 8
    Embellishing the Temple of Liberty Part 1
    1991
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 1
    Embellishing the Temple of Liberty Part 2
    1991
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 2
    Embellishing the Temple of Liberty (Index and Bibliography)
    1991
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 3
    Emblematica Vol. 1, No. 1. Spring
    1986
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 4
    Festschrift Jan Bialostocki
    1989-1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 5
    The Frazees' Gerry Monument
    1982-1989
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 6
    "Grundfagen der Kunstwissenschaft"
    1971-1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 7
    Heckcher Festschrift (The Verbal and the Visible)
    1989
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 8
    Henry III
    1983-1989
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 9
    James Hoban's Design for the White House
    1979-1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 3 folder: 10
    John Trumbull and the U.S. Capitol
    1981-1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 1
    John Quincy Adams Project
    1990s
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 2
    Karlsruhe/Petersburg
    1989-1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 3
    Laurence Hall Fowler Exhibit
    1983-1984
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 4
    Lectures
    1959-2003
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 1 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 5
    Lectures
    1959-2003
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 2 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 6
    MacMillan Encyclopedia of Architects
    1981-1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 7
    Music of the 19th Century Harris Theatre, GMU
    1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 4 folder: 8
    On Devices, Emblems and Architecture
    1996
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 1
    The Paintings in the "Studiolo" of Isabella d'Este at Mantua
    1969-1990
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 2
    The Palazzo Del Te: In Defense of Jacopo Strada
    1972
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 3
    The Palazzo Del Te In Mantua
    1971-1976
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 1 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 4
    The Palazzo Del Te In Mantua
    1977-1985
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 2 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 5
    Research on Hieroglyphs
    1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 6
    "Retaining the Original"
    1984-1989
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 7
    Rhine Lecture Research
    1980s
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 8
    Sala di Psiche
    1971-1976
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 9
    Sculpture in the Federal City: The Tripoli Monument and the Hall of Representatives
    1979-1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 5 folder: 10
    Theodor Fontane Research
    1993-2001
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 1 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 1
    Theodor Fontane Research
    1993-2001
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 2 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 2
    Thomas Jefferson European Travels
    1996-1997
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 1 of 3

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 3
    Thomas Jefferson European Travels
    1997
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 2 of 3

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 4
    Thomas Jefferson European Travels
    1997
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 3 of 3

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 5
    Thomas Jefferson Research
    1992-2001
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 1 of 5

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 6
    Thomas Jefferson Research
    1992-2001
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 2 of 5

  • Mixed Materials box: 6 folder: 7
    Thomas Jefferson Research
    1992-2001
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 3 of 5

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 1
    Thomas Jefferson Research
    1992-2001
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 4 of 5

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 2
    Thomas Jefferson Research
    1996-1997
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 5 of 5

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 3
    U.S. Capitol
    1990s
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 4
    The Washington Monument 1783-1801
    1986-1987
Series 3: George Mason University
1986-2008
(1 box)
Scope and Content

Contains materials relating to Egon Verheyen's time as a Robinson Professor at George Mason University.

  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 5
    CAS Council Task Force
    1997-1998
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 6
    Course/Teaching Recommendations
    2002-2007
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 7
    Dept. of History and Art History
    2005
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 8
    Egon Verheyen CV
    2008
  • Mixed Materials box: 7 folder: 9
    GMU
    1986-1993
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 1
    GMU
    1994-2002
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 2
    GMU
    2003-2008
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 3
    Logan Award: Ellen Layman
    2005
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 4
    Logan Award: Gwendolyn White
    2000-2001
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 5
    Logan Award: Jessica Legnini
    2001-2002
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 1 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 6
    Logan Award: Jessica Legnini
    2001-2002
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 2 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 7
    Peter Stearns/Dave Rossell
    2002-2006
  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 8
    Robinsons Committees, Task Force
    1997-1998
Series 4: Photographs,
1960s-1990s
(1.5 boxes)
Scope and Content

Contains photographs and illustrations that relate to Verheyen's different projects.

  • Mixed Materials box: 8 folder: 9
    Gerry Monument
    1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 1
    Illustration Copies
    undated
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 1 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 2
    Illustration Copies
    undated
    Scope and Contents

    Folder 2 of 2

  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 3
    L.P. from Illustrirte Zeitung
    undated
  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 4
    Negatives
    1976-1981
  • Mixed Materials box: 9 folder: 5
    Thomas Jefferson European Travels
    1990s