Word: vidalã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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Nothing was done to effect the transfer, though, until retired Houghton keeper of printed books James Walsh happened to visit Vidal??s villa outside of Ravello, Italy, on a trip to the country...
Famed historian David Herbert Donald was the first to suggest that Harvard should house the Vidal collection. Donald, who is Warren professor of American history emeritus, had become acquainted with Vidal while writing a biography on Abraham Lincoln, the subject of one of Vidal??s best-known novels...
...While at Vidal??s villa, Walsh and Vidal agreed that Harvard—which already had a near complete collection of Vidal??s printed materials—was a more appropriate permanent location for the manuscripts and correspondences than the University of Wisconsin...
...acquisition also includes a collection of video tapes and film of Vidal??s past appearances on television...
...collection should be fully accessible to students and faculty by 2007, Morris said, and in the meantime Houghton will offer “as much access as we can” to students writing dissertations involving Vidal??s work...