Arrangement: The collection is arranged as follows: personal correspondence; professional correspondence; student correspondence and recommendations; lectures and reviews of lectures; Bieber's works, Ullstein Lexicon, Laocoon, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age, History of the Greek and Roman Theater, Alexander the Great in Greek and Roman Art, and other papers, Ancient Copies Contributions to a History of Roman Sculpture, Continuation of Ancient Copies Contributions to a History of Roman Sculpture; biography; autobiography; bibliographies; photographs; printed materials; financial material; a photo album; autobiography; offprints by Bieber and others; offprints in bound volumes; bibliographic indexes; and an oversize photograph. The collection is made up of 53 boxes, 69 volumes, and 1 oversize folder. It is 39 linear feet.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1975. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Archaeology., Archaeology and state -- Italy., Art, Classical., Bieber, Margarete, b. 1879., Classical drama., Italy -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945., Pompeii (Extinct city), Sculpture, Hellenistic., Sculpture, Roman., Theater -- Greece., Theater -- Rome., Women -- History.

Forms of Material: Autobiographies., Bibliographies., Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence., Financial records., Lectures., Poems., Scrapbooks.

Languages: English, German

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection is made up of correspondence, lectures, reviews of lectures, student correspondence, recommendations, poems, essays, manuscripts, publishing contracts, clippings, scrapbooks, autobiographies, bibliographies, financial records, off prints, a photo album, and other papers. Margarete Bieber was named a visiting professor at Columbia University in 1936 and by 1937 became Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Archaeology at Columbia until her retirement in 1948. There are numerous book-length manuscripts written after 1951 in the collection as well as a large amount of scholarly correspondence.

Biographical Note

Margarete Bieber (d. 1876) was a Classicist, archaeologist, art historian, and academic. She was the head of archaeology department, Hessische Ludwigs-Universität Giessen and later Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Archaeology, Columbia University. As a writer, she also used the pseudonym Ingeborg Bergen. Bieber is the author of numerous works, including Ullstein Lexicon, Laocoon, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age, History of the Greek and Roman Theater, Alexander the Great in Greek and Roman Art, and other papers, Ancient Copies Contributions to a History of Roman Sculpture, and Continuation of Ancient Copies Contributions to a History of Roman Sculpture.

Subject/Index Terms

Archaeology.
Archaeology and state -- Italy.
Art, Classical.
Bieber, Margarete, b. 1879.
Classical drama.
Italy -- Politics and government -- 1914-1945.
Pompeii (Extinct city)
Sculpture, Hellenistic.
Sculpture, Roman.
Theater -- Greece.
Theater -- Rome.
Women -- History.

Administrative Information

Repository: Louisiana Research Collection

Accruals: Recent biography by Larissa Bonafante and Matthias Recke added to Box 19 in December, 2009.

Alternate Extent Statement: 39 linear feet

Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.

Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

Acquisition Source: Margarete Bieber.

Preferred Citation: Margarete Bieber papers, Manuscripts Collection 410, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans LA 70118.

Processing Information: Collection processed in 1985 by Joan G. Caldwell.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011. Revised by LAC Group 10/17/11.

Other Note: OCLC Number: 29316611

Box and Folder Listing

Box 24: Photo album and photographs: Photo album of Italy, other photographs of classic art; art reproductions, pamphlet, handwritten note.

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