Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology

Microforms

Several major collections are available in microform editions, located on the second floor. These collections may be viewed, printed, or scanned. Many of these collections have accompanying indexes or guides, all of which should be on top of the microform cabinets with the material. A few important examples in Marquand Library are described below.

Cicognara Library

The Cicognara Library: Literary Sources in the History of Art and Kindred Subjects, edited by Philipp Fehl and Lizabeth Wilson (Urbana, IL): Leopoldo Cicognara Program, University of Illinois Library, in association with the Vatican Library. Microfiche.

The Cicognara microforms reproduce the complete collection of the Cicognara Library, now in the Vatican Library. The collection, assembled by Leopoldo Cicognara in the early nineteenth century, consists of approximately 5,000 books on art and related topics and ranges from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth century.

A guide to the collection, Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara, is available in Marquand Library's reference room at Z5939 .C568 1821; please ask at the front desk for assistance. A photocopy of the Catalogo is also available above the microfiche cabinets on the 2nd floor. To use the Catalogo, consult has an index at the end, listing all books by author. That entry will give you the Cicognara number. Once you have the Cicognara number, consult our list of fiche, to determine which Vatican Unit the book is in, and therefore which microfiche cabinet houses the relevant fiche.

New York Public Library Artists File

10,878 microfiche containing records, clippings, and other ephemera regarding artists. Arranged alphabetically by artist's last name. This file is particularly useful for information on regional and lesser-known artists. An index, also on fiche, is provided.

Museum of Modern Art Artist Files

5,699 microfiche containing prints, textual, and biographical materials from journals, newspapers, gallery exhibitions, etc., arranged alphabetically by artist's name. This file is particularly useful for information on regional and lesser-known artists. It includes an index of artists' names.

History of Photography

Marquand has a significant collection of history of photography materials in microform. It includes Photographica: A Subject Catalog of Books on Photography, which also contains articles and pamphlets concerning photography; the Victoria and Albert Museum Photographic Collection, 1843-1915; Photographs from the Collections of the Department of Prints and Photographs, Bibliotheque Nationale; as well as many early periodicals concerning photography. The "History of Photography" collection contains more than 2,100 monographs and periodicals published between 1830 and the early 1900s. Primary Source Microfilm has a guide to this collection, which can be viewed or downloaded.