Collection ID: 4079037 MS#0792

Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Livingston, Arthur, 1883-1944
Extent:
3 boxes and 3 boxes
Language:
Italian , Latin .
Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur Livingston Venetian papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Background

Scope and Content:

Part I of this collection contains 140 literary and political papers and documents relating to Venice and Venetian families from the 15th through 18th centuries. The material includes a group of the Busenello family papers which are largely wills, transfers of property, laudatory verses, and Latin prose (related to Dr. Livingston's LA VITA VENEZIANA NELLE OPERE DI GIAN FRANCESCO BUSENELLO, Venice, 1913); a series of moral and political sonnets in the Venetian dialect by Angelo Mario Labia (1690-1775); and a number of other documents and papers related to the Viscordi family and tne Venetian state.

Biographical / Historical:

This collection is in two parts, the first of which is housed in the Dept. of Special Collections, and the second in the Avery Architectural Library.

Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Family of Dr. Arthur Livingston. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1944. Accession number--M-44.
Processing information:

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

PREFERRED CITATION:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Arthur Livingston Venetian papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th St.
New York, NY 10027, United States
CONTACT:
(212) 854-5590
rbml@library.columbia.edu