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| Title: | Tribolet, Harold W. Archive on the Florence Flood |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1929-1990s |
| Accession Number: | 2011-259 |
| Size: | 1 linear feet (2 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | This collection consists of material on the 1966 Florence, Italy flood, the damage it caused, and the subsequent restoration that was undertaken. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Tribolet, Harold W. Archive on the Florence Flood, Accession 2011-259, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Harold Tribolet was a lecturer at the University of Chicago, the Library of Congress and the New York State Historic Association. He worked for R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. from 1927-1973. He was also a consultant in Florence, Italy after the flood of 1966. In 1970 he received a U. S. Presidential Commendation for his work in Italy.
The collection contains black and white photographs, several reports, articles and books on the flood and the process of restoration.
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| Box 1 | List of Contents, 2 copies, 01/17/1989 and Description of pictures 134-139, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Matte Photographs post-1966 Florence flood, circa 1966 |
| Box 1 | Glossy Photographs post-1966 Florence flood, circa 1966 |
| Box 1 | Photographs of 1966 Florence flood and damage, R. R. Donnelley and Sons Co., circa 1966 |
| Box 1 | Photographs of 1966 Florence flood and damage, LIFE, circa 1966 |
| Box 1 | Photographs of 1966 Florence flood damage, CRIA, circa 1966 |
| Box 1 | Photographs of 1966 Florence flood, damage, and restoration, United Press International, circa 1966 |
| Box 1 | Negatives, circa 1966 |
| Box 1 | Weekly, "Antiquarian Bookman", 12/12/1966 |
| Box 1 | Pier Francesco Listri, "Florence/1967: The Third Renaissance", 1967 |
| Box 1 | National Geographic with article "Florence Rises from the Flood", 7/1967 |
| Box 1 | "Florence Rises from the Flood" by Joseph Judge with "Restoration in Florence" by Harold W. Tribolet, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Magazine Clippings, 1966-1974 |
| Box 1 | Offprints by Arthur T. Hamlin, "The Libraries of Florence" and "The Library Crisis in Italy", 1966-1967 |
| Box 1 | "Automation Activities at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale – Firenze" by Joseph Becker, 10/15/1968 |
| Box 1 | Reports on the flood damage to Libraries in Florence, 1966-1967 |
| Box 1 | "Allgemeiner Anzeiger Fur Buchbindereien", 3/1967 |
| Box 1 | Checklists to Catalog Damaged Books, n.d. |
| Box 1 | Correspondence, 1968-1989 |
| Box 1 | Abbey Newsletter Correspondence, Index, and Clippings, circa 1980 |
| Box 2 | Kathrine Kressmann Taylor, Diary of Florence in Flood, 1967 |
| Box 2 | Franco Nencini, Florence: The Days of the Flood, 1967 |
| Box 2 | Howard Greenfield, The Waters of November, 1969 |
| Box 2 | Reports on the Restoration after the 1966 Florence flood, Folder 1, 1966-1967 |
| Box 2 | Reports on the Restoration after the 1966 Florence flood, Folder 2, 1966-1967 |
| Box 2 | Publications and Clippings on Conservation and Bookbinding, 1929-1977 |
| Box 2 | Notes and Publications, circa 1970-1990 |