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Robert Louis Benson papers, ca. 1955-1996
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Series 1. Correspondence. c.1955 - 1996.

Physical Description: 2.0 boxes

Scope and Content

Series 1 contains Benson's professional correspondence dating from the mid-1950s until he died in 1996. The correspondence is filed in alphabetical order by last name of correspondent and includes correspondence from John Benton, Peter Classen, Giles Constable, Hurst Fuhrman, Robert Figueira, Ralph Giesey, John H. Mundy, Robert Somerville, Brian Tierney, and John Van Engen.
Box 1

A-F. c.1958-1996.

Physical Description: 1.0 box
Box 2

G-Z. c.1958-1996.

Physical Description: 0.5 box
 

Series 2. Subject files. c. 1955 - 1996.

Physical Description: 15 boxes (14.5 linear ft.)

Scope and Content

Series 2 contains Benson's miscellaneous research notes collected into folders and arranged alphabetically by the folder heading (title). Series 2 includes: Benson's major research topics and all notes, drafts and finished versions of Benson's papers and lectures and presentations resulting from his research; and materials relating to Benson's book, The Bishop Elect a study in medieval ecclesiastical office (1968). Major topics of interest to Benson found in Series 2 include Boncompagno da Signa; Frederick Barbarossa; Election; Gratian and the canonists; and the people and events germane to the development of papal/imperial relations of the High Middle Ages.
Series 2 also includes a collection of research note cards created by Benson; a miscellaneous assortment of offprints presented to Benson by other scholars; manuscript transcriptions, microfiches, microfilms and photographic prints used in Benson's research: and manuscript inventories created by Benson.
Series 2 contains materials relating to the joint Harvard/UCLA conference held in 1977 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of Charles Homer Haskin's Renaissance of the Twelfth Century. Finally, Series 2 includes materials relating to Ernst Kantorowicz that were in Benson's possession.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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Box 2

"A" research notes -- Bishop, Metropolitan and Primate.

Physical Description: 0.5 box
Box 3

Boncompagno and Libertas in Italy -- Election.

Physical Description: 1.0 box
Box 4

Election, continued -- "H" Research notes.

Physical Description: 1.0 boxes
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Haskins Conference -- "I" research notes.

Physical Description: 1.0 box
Box 6

Iconeme, Narrative and Order -- Manuscripts.

Physical Description: 1.0 box

Scope and Content

Box 6 contains Benson's research microfiche, prints and transcriptions and materials that relate to the life and work of Ernst Kantorowicz but which were not generated by Kantorowicz. Box 6 also contains a file relating to Kantorowicz's connection to the Stefan George Kreis and correspondence between Benson and Marion Doenhoff regarding Kantorowicz and the George Kreis.
Box 7

Melnikas corpus appendix -- Provincia Regnum.

Physical Description: 1.0 box
Box 8

Poetry and prose composed by Benson -- Wesleyan [University, Middletown, Connecticut].

Physical Description: 1.0 box
Box 9

Inventories of manuscripts by various canonists, including Gratian and Gelasius, arranged by Benson according to manuscript location and type. n.d.

Physical Description: 1.0 box
Box 10

Inventories of canonist manuscripts listed on note cards. n.d.

Box 11

Manuscript microfilms.

Box 12

Manuscript microfilms, 3.5 inch floppy disks, and research slides. n.d.

Oversize-Box 13

Manuscript copies. n.d.

Boxes 14-16

Miscellaneous offprints presented to Benson by various colleagues. Unorganized.

 

Series 3. Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz files. c. 1931 - 1961.

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 3.0 boxes

Scope and Content

Series 3 contains drafts, research notes,and source materials generated or possessed by Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz (b.1895 - d.1963). The materials are organized alphabetically by topical folder heading using Kantorowicz's folder headings when possible. Many of the folder headings are in German.
Box 17

Actus primus incipit feliciter. n.d.

Box 17

Adesto. n.d.

Box 17

Adoptianismus. n.d.

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Alt Testament - Heilige. n.d.

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Altar. n.d.

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Anglo-Saxon. n.d.

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Animal Sacrifice. n.d.

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Apokolypse. n.d.

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Apostolisch. n.d.

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Arianismus. n.d.

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Ars Distandi/Bildungsethik. n.d.

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Arvalia. n.d.

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Ascensio: Tanz. n.d.

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Asylrecht. n.d.

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Bethlehem. n.d.

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Bienen/Wachs. n.d.

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Bildenfrage. n.d.

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Bilder. n.d.

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Bilderweibe Marienbilder. n.d.

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Byzant. England. n.d.

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Byzantinische Kroenung. n.d.

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Carneval and Fasten. n.d.

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Centesimum miliarium. n.d.

Box 17

Chronologia. n.d.

Box 17

Cluny. n.d.

Box 17

Coronation - The Sacring of the East Frankish Carolingians. n.d.

Box 17

Correspondence. c.1941 - 1962.

Box 17

Correspondence between Kantorowicz and Benson. c.1951 - 1961.

Box 17

Curia - Senatus. n.d.

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David. n.d.

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Deeis. n.d.

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Dei gratia. n.d.

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Diakone. n.d.

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Dionysos. n.d.

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Diptycha: Litanei. n.d.

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Duplication. n.d.

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[? Greek]. n.d.

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East and West. n.d.

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Engel. n.d.

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Epiphany. n.d.

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Eschatology. n.d.

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Exultet. n.d.

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Etimasie. n.d.

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Fuerstenspiegel. n.d.

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Gallikans Ritus. n.d.

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Geheime Deutschland. n.d.

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Golden Age. n.d.

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Griechisch im M.A. n.d.

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Guido Farba/Ars Dictandi. n.d.

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Heer. n.d.

Box 17

Herrscherbild - Heiligenbild. n.d.

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Herrschergebert. n.d.

Box 17

Heutigen Deutschen Historikertages. n.d.

Box 17

Hierarchica. n.d.

Box 17

Holl (excerpts). n.d.

Box 17

Iconographica. n.d.

Box 17

Improperia. n.d.

Box 17

Italian Bishops. n.d.

Box 17

January - Kalendum. n.d.

Box 17

Jerusalem - Romidee. n.d.

Box 17

Johannes Bapt. n.d.

Box 17

Juden in d. Liturgie. n.d.

Box 17

Judex - Sacerdos. n.d.

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Kaiser. n.d.

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Kanonisierung. n.d.

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Karfreitag. n.d.

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Kinder. n.d.

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The King's Deportment. n.d.

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King's Two Bodies. n.d.

Box 18

Koptica. n.d.

Box 18

Kroenungsbilder. n.d.

Box 18

Litany of the Saints. n.d.

Box 18

Liturgical Kingship and Divine Right. n.d.

Box 18

Liturg. Litteratur. n.d.

Box 18

Manuscripts: Stefan George; Deutsches Papsttum; and two unidentified papers. c.1931-1939.

Box 18

Messe. n.d.

Box 18

Militans (ecclesia). n.d.

Box 18

Mimesis. n.d.

Box 18

Mission. n.d.

Box 18

Monarchie-Monotheism. n.d.

Box 18

Mystologie, Theologie. n.d.

Box 18

Narrheit. n.d.

Box 18

Normannen (S. Italy). n.d.

Box 18

Numismatics. n.d.

Box 18

Ohlig's Image of the Emperor in the Song of Roland. n.d.

Box 18

Paidophilia. n.d.

Box 18

Palmzweige (Palm Sunday). n.d.

Box 18

Papa imperator. n.d.

Box 18

Papst-Portraits-Iconographia. n.d.

Box 18

Paradiso terrestre. n.d.

Box 18

Paris B.N. Lat. 8567 Notes. n.d.

Box 18

Pater et Filius, Rex et Sacerdos. n.d.

Box 18

Perikopen. n.d.

Box 18

Pontifex Maxima. n.d.

Box 18

Prince and Scientiae. n.d.

Box 18

Profectio Regis. n.d.

Box 18

Prostration. n.d.

Box 18

Psalm 109 (110). n.d.

Box 18

Renaissance-Liturgie. n.d.

Box 18

Rex: Sacerdos. n.d.

Box 18

Rom. n.d.

Box 18

Romanesque: Gothic. n.d.

Box 18

Sacramentalism saec. X/XI. n.d.

Box 18

Sacramentarien. n.d.

Box 18

Sacro Poema. n.d.

Box 18

St. Gall. n.d.

Box 18

Saenger scholae (als Engel). n.d.

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Seneca and Glossators. n,d..

Box 18

Seven Stars. n.d.

Box 18

Silentium. n.d.

Box 18

Sinne (Hierarchy of the Five Senses). n.d.

Box 18

Sol-XPC (Christ). n.d.

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Spanien [Liturgica]. n.d.

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Stefanus. n.d.

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Superman. n.d.

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Sustentatio. n.d.

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Theater. n.d.

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Theurgie. n.d.

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Toga Picta of Justinian. n.d.

Box 18

Totenkult. n.d.

Box 18

Tractatus Eboracenses Notes. n.d.

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Transitio. n.d.

Box 18

Trasimundus. n.d.

Box 18

Trinity (Janus). n.d.

Box 18

Tupha [Tufa]. n.d.

Box 18

Unclassified Research Notes. n.d.

Physical Description: 2.0 folders
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Victoria. n.d.

Box 18

Vorhang. n.d.

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Vortragekreuz. n.d.

Box 18

XP [Christ] Interrex. n.d.

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XP [Christ] imperator. n.d.

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XP [Christ] Miles. n.d.

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XPC [Christ]. n.d.

Box 18

XPC [Christ]: Achilles. n.d.

Box 18

XPC [Christ]: Gott-Vater. n.d.

Box 18

XPC [Christ] nomina devina. n.d.

Box 18

XPC [Christ] - Pontifex. n.d.

Box 18

Karolingiana-Aachen: Rom. n.d.

Box 18

Karolingiana-Arianisme Staaten und Imp. Rom.[Imperial Rome]. n.d.

Box 18

Karolingiana-Antisemitismus, Karol. n.d.

Box 18

Karolingiana-Europa - Begriff (Karol.). n.d.

Box 18

Karolingiana-Renovatio Regni Francorum. n.d.

Box 18

Karolingiana-St. Denis. n.d.

Box 18

Ottonen: Salier-Heinrich III. n.d.

Box 18

Ottonen: Salier-Himmelfahrt Mariae: Otto III - Poem. n.d.

Box 18

Ottonen: Salier-Otto III. n.d.

Box 19

Offprints of articles written by Kantorowicz presented to Benson. n.d.

Physical Description: 1.0 document box (0.5 linear ft.)
 

Series 4. UCLA. c.1974-1996.

Physical Description: 4 folders (0.5 linear ft.)

Scope and Content

Series 4 contains UCLA University records generated by the UCLA Department of History and the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Box 2

UCLA materials.

Physical Description: 4.0 folders
Container List
Series 1. Correspondence.
Series 2. Subject files.
Series 3. Ernst Hartwig Kantorowicz files.
Series 4. UCLA.
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