Fonds F0263 - Germain Rene Bazin fonds

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Germain Rene Bazin fonds

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F0263

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0.11 m of textual records

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(1901-1990)

Biographical history

Germain Bazin (1901-1990), museum curator, author and teacher, was appointed research professor at York University in 1971, remaining there until 1976. He had previously served on the staff of the Louvre and was chief curator there, 1951-1965. He also taught at the University of Brussels, l'Ecole du Louvre, and was the author of numerous widely-translated monographs and articles, including Le Mont-Saint-Michel (1933) and Historie generale de l'art (1953).

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Scope and content

The fonds consists of Germain Bazin's correspondence with publishers (Abrams, J.P. Taillandier, 'Les nouvelles litteraires', Thames & Hudson), museums and art agencies and exhibitions (International Council of Museums, Theodore Gericault Exposition, Lengyel Project), and administrative matters relating to York University. There is also some personal correspondence, 1971-1974.

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  • English
  • French

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No restrictions on access.

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A listing of books in the Bazin Collection is in the library catalogue under the call number "BAZ."

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The fonds comprises the following accession: 1976-009. Further accruals may be expected.

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Final

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Full

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

2002/04/03 Marie-Josee Levesque:. WordPerfect (Creation)
2002/04/03 Awaiting review by the Data Collection Archivist
2003/04/15 Shannon MacDonald. Added URL for online finding aid. Updated wording in accruals, extent, access restrictions.
2014/07/22 Migrated to AtoM
2018/04/11 KCP. Added GMD , language note (fr/en), and related material (BAZ book collection); fixed dates; and published.
2020/03/28 KCP. Added access point(s).

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  • English

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