Edwin C. Rae Papers, 1929-1999 | University of Illinois Archives

Papers of Edwin Carter Rae (1911-2002), Professor of Art History (1939-1942, 1947-1979), Chairman of Art History Department (1954-79), Chief of Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section of the United States Army of Occupation in Bavaria, Germany (1945-47), contain biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, course syllabi, notes, assignments and exams from Harvard University (1930- 1942), Brown University (1938- 39), and the University of Illinois (1939-78), administrative records, Master of Arts preliminary and qualifying exams, photographs, negatives, drawings, moulding drawings, illustrated postcards, 35 millimeter Kodachrome slides, glass plate slides, architectural stone samples, published and unpublished articles, drafts of articles, and research notes, concerning art history and the teaching of art history, medieval ecclesiastical, agricultural, and sepulchral architecture and sculpture of Ireland, Europe, and the Americas, especially St. Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin), travel in Europe and the Americas, Latin American Studies, local politics, and work for the United States military regarding the restitution of artwork confiscated by Nazis in World War II.

Note: Materials in Box 16 Translations into English by Tom Kilton, 31 January 2013. This box contains 27 separate items (folders, albums, and separate sheets) in which are included photographs. Some special notes of dedication to Edwin C. Rae are also included. The following represents an inventory of the separate folders, albums, and separate sheets that constitute the presentation box. The items reflect the names typed on them. Brackets below indicate labels that Tom Kilton assigned to items not already labeled. The vast majority of the items are in German and have been rendered in English below.