Weaver, W. Mss. II, 1833-2006
This collection is open for research.
Weaver was born July 24, 1923 in Washington, D.C. to Henry Byrne and Beatrice Weaver.
He graduated summa cum laude with his B.A. from Princeton University in 1946. Weaver
withdrew from Princeton in good standing on November 16, 1942 in order to enter the
Armed Forces of the United States, where he served as an ambulance driver in North
Africa and Italy. Prior to conducting his postgraduate work at the University of
Rome in 1949, Weaver was an English instructor at the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville. In the years to follow, he would produce several English
translations for Italian works such as, Umberto Eco's
The
Name of the Rose
and Baudolino, Italo Calvino's
Cosmicomics, Primo Levi's
If Not Now,
When?
, Italo Svevo's
Zeno's Conscience,
Alberto Moravia and Alain Elkann's
Life of Moravia,
Elsa Morante's
History: A Novel, and many others.
Weaver has been granted many awards for his translations; among them are the
Translation Prize from the P.E.N. American Center for the English translation of
Umberto Eco's
The Name of the Rose in 1984, National
Book Award for translation for Italo Calvino's
Comicomics in 1969, and the John Florio Translation Prize from the
Translation Association for the translation of Pier Paolo Pasolini's novel
A Violent Life in 1968.
Weaver is also known for his work on opera and Eleonora Duse. He produced works such
as
Verdi Librettos, Puccini Librettos, Seven Verdi
Librettos,
and
Seven Puccini Librettos,
as well as providing single libretto translations for live performances. A
well-known opera critic, Weaver wrote opera reviews for the
Financial Times, International Herald Tribune, and
Panorama; he was also a speaker on Texaco-sponsored
Saturday afternoon opera broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera House. Among his
several biographies and opera histories are
Duse: A
Biography, The Golden Century of Italian Opera from Rossini to Puccini, The
Verdi Companion, Verdi: A Documentary Study,
and
A Legacy of Excellence, The Story of Villa I Tatti.
Later in his life, Weaver delivered many lectures and conducted translating workshops
and courses at several American and Italian institutions, including Princeton, Yale,
Pisa, Duke, Oxford, and the University of Rome. He was a professor of literature and
a Bard Center Fellow at Bard College in New York. He was known by his students for
being a generous host of class get-togethers at his house, where he would cook
delicious meals. (A copy of Weaver's
Joy of Cooking
with his annotations is included in his book collection.) Honorary degrees were
awarded to Weaver from the University of Leicester in the UK, and Trinity College in
Connecticut.
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II.
Writings; III. Articles and Clippings; IV. Diaries; V. Photographs; VI. Opera
Programs; VII. Bard Course Materials; VIII. Honors and Awards; IX. Address Books; X.
Audio/Visual Materials; XI. Miscellaneous Items; XII. Framed Items.
Correspondents include: Umberto Eco; Elsa Morante; Darryl Pinckney; Ned Rorem;
Winston Silcott; Darina Silone; publishers; institutions and organizations.
Writings include: Fiction; Non-Fiction; Translations; Lectures; Writings not by
Weaver. Within each of these subseries are edited typescripts, edited galley proofs,
and research materials.
Photographs include: American Academy of Arts and Letters members; Mikhail
Baryshnikov; Leonard Bernstein; Maria Callas; Charles Clarke; Aaron Copland; Charles
Darden; Elvira Green; Giuseppe Patroni Griffi; Jarmilla Novotna; Bidu Sayao; William
Weaver; Weaver family.
Series:
I. Correspondence.
Divided into four subseries: Publications, Individual, Lectures and
Presentations, and Institutions and Organizations. Organized alphabetically
and then by date.
Subseries:
Box 1
Correspondence pertaining to publications.
A Legacy of Excellence: The Story of
Villa I Tatti,
1983-1996
Arion Press's edition of Calvino's
Invisible Cities,
1998-1999
Baldini and Castoldi, 1994-1995
Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1993-1997
Canadian Opera Company, 1996-1998
Carcanet Press, 1988-1994
The Century Association, 2001
Chicago Lyric Opera, 1990-1994
City Light Publishers, 2001-2003
Collins Publishers, 1987-1992
Columbia University Press, 1997-2000
The Edinburgh Journal of Gadda
Studies,
2000
English National Opera, 1992-1997
Everyman's Library, 2000-2002
FMR magazine, 1991-2000
G. Schirmer, Inc., 1971-2001
Grand Street magazine,
1998-2000
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc., 1984-1994
Japanese edition of Weaver's
The
Golden Century of Italian Opera,
1997-1998
Locus Solus Rare Books Ltd., 2001
The Ned Leavitt Agency, 1990-1999
The Ned Leavitt Agency, 2000-2003
The Ned Leavitt Agency,undated
Opera (London), includes some
of Weaver's writings, 1985-1986
Opera Now, includes some of
Weaver's writings, 1997
Puccini Companion,
1973-1984
(folder in original order)
Puccini Companion,
1983-1992
(folder in original order)
Puccini Companion,
1993
Ravenna Festival, 1991
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1983-1994
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2000-2002
Sarasota Opera, 1996-1997
The State Opera of South Australia, 1990-1993
Steerforth Press, 1997-1998
Steerforth Press, 1999-2001,
undated
Box 2
Southwest Review (includes
Pendulum Diary), 1985-1994
Texaco Metropolitan Opera, 1984-1999
Thames and Hudson International Ltd., 1961-1990
Titanus Film Productions, 1998-2000
The University of Chicago Press, 1987-1998
Various Publishers, 1965-2002
Various Publishers concerning Weaver's
Verdi Librettos,
1960-1997
Viking Penguin Publishers, 1990-2002
W. W. Norton & Company, 1964-1979
W. W. Norton & Company, 1980-1989
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999-2002,
undated
Weaver's unpublished
Tuscany, pictures
and conversations,
1992-1993
William Morris Agency, 1962-1969
William Morris Agency, 1972-1979
William Morris Agency, 1980-1989
William Morris Agency, 1990-1999
William Morris Agency, 2000-2002,
undated
Yale Review,
1992-2000
Subseries:
Box 3
Correspondence with individuals
Correspondence with students, 1998-2002
Correspondence between Weaver and his friend, Vance,
1946-1993
(folder in original order)
Eco, Umberto and Weaver at Fairleigh Dickinson University,
1997-1998
Eco, Umberto, with notes on
Baudolino,
2001-2002
Heinegg, Peter, 2001
Khalip, Jacques, 2000
Martin, George, 1985-1987
Morante, Elsa, 1953
Pinckney, Darryl, 1985-1996
Rorem, Ned, 1995-2001
Silcott, Winston, 1992-1994
Silcott, Winston, undated
Silone, Darina, 1999-2000
Sonzogoni, Marco, 1999
Various correspondence, 1952-1978
Various correspondence, 1984-1989
Various correspondence, 1990-1995
Various correspondence, 1996-1999
Various correspondence, 2000-2002,
undated
Warren, Rosanna, 1979
Weaver, Jane and John, 1995-1999
Subseries:
Correspondence pertaining to lectures and
presentations.
Lectures and presentation invites, 1970-1979
Lectures and presentation invites, 1980-2002
Lectures and presentation invites, undated
Subseries:
Correspondence with institutions and organizations.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1988-2006
Italiaidea, 2001-2001
PEN American Center, 1991-2001
Villa I Tatti, 1998-2001
Series:
II. Writings.
Divided into five subseries: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Translations, Lectures,
and Writings not by Weaver. Organized alphabetically and then by date.
Subseries:
Box 4
Fiction.
A House of Ghosts typescript,
undated
The Plaster Muse typescript,
undated
A Tent in This World Italian
book reviews, 1994-1995
A Tent in this World
introduction, June 8,
1998
A Tent in this World third
proof, December 10,
1998
A Tent in this World third
proof, undated
A Tent in this World
typescript, undated
Weaver's handwritten poetr and prose, undated
Untitled partial typescript, undated
Subseries:
Non-Fiction.
Bring on the Pagliacci
typescript, undated
Duse research materials,
1880-circa
1980s
Duse research materials,
Cenere, 1884-1952
Duse research materials,
1888-1959
Duse research materials,
1893-1983
Duse research materials,
1895-1956
Duse research materials,
1897-1940
Duse research materials,
1903-1983
Box 5
Duse research materials,
1906-1982
Duse drafts, notes, and
reviews, 1912-1985
Duse research materials,
1918-circa
1980s
Duse research materials,
Circa
1920s-1981
Duse research materials and
notes, 1921-1987
Duse research materials,
1926-1985
Duse research materials,
1945
Duse research materials,
1980
Duse research materials,
1985
Duse research materials,
undated
Duse and Papini research
materials, 1981-1990
Box 25 (Oversize)
Duse and Lugnaoe research
materials, 1930-1985,
undated
Box 5
Photocopies of correspondence between
Duse and Papini, 1915-1922
Photocopies of correspondence between
Duse and Papini, 1915-1985
Photocopies of correspondence between
Duse and Yvette Guilbert, 1905-1980
Duse research materials from
Biblioteque Nationale, 1897-1982
Weaver's notes on Duse from various archives, circa
1980s
Box 6
Weaver's notes on Duse from various archives, undated
Weaver's notes on Duse from various archivesundated
Duse, chapters 1-7 drafts and
notes, circa
1980s
Duse, chapters 8-11 drafts and
notes, circa
1980s
Duse, chapters 12-15 drafts
and notes, circa
1980s
Duse, second draft, pp. 1-174,
April 28,
1983
Duse, second draft, pp.
175-355, April 28,
1993
Duse, second draft, pp.
336-547, April 28,
1993
Duse, third draft with
revisions, pp. 1-100, 1983-1991
Duse, third draft with
revisions, pp. 101-200, 1983
Duse, third draft with
revisions, pp. 201-300, 1983
Duse, third draft with
revisions, pp. 301-400, 1983
Duse, third draft with
revisions, pp. 401-547, 1983
Duse, third draft with
revisions, pp. 386-547 (duplicate pages), 1983
Box 7
Duse, photocopy of edited
incomplete typescript, 1983
Duse, gallery proof no. 2,
1983
Duse, photocopy of edited
typescript, pp. 1-248, undated
Duse, photocopy of edited
typescript, pp. 249-547, undated
Duse, edited typescript,
undated
Duse clippings and correspondence, 1899-1985
Duse book reviews and correspondence, 1978-1984
Duse clipings, correspondence, notebooks, 1982-1992
Box 8
Duse miscellaneous materials and clippings, 1961-1985
Duse miscellaneous materials, 1976-1988
Duse letters on photo paper, 1893-1911
Duse photographs, undated
I Tatti, biography of a house,
undated
A Legacy of Excellence, The Story of
Villa I Tatti
proofs, 1993-1996
A Legacy of Excellence, The Story of
Villa I Tatti
book reviews, 1995-1997
Box 25 (Oversize)
A Legacy of Excellence, The Story of
Villa I Tatti
gallery proofs, August 6, 1996
Box 8
The Many Lives of Giuseppe
Verdi,
1999-2000
Open City typescript,
undated
Puccini Companion, William
Weaver chapter, circa
1980s
Puccini Companion, Michael
Kaye chapter, 1984-1990
Puccini Companion, Jagen
Maehder chapter, 1984-1992
Puccini Companion, Maria
Grazia Banjoni chapter, circa
1988
Puccini Companion, Fedele
D'Amico chapter, circa
1988
Puccini Companion, William
Ashbrook chapter, 1988-1989
Puccini Companion, David
Hamilton chapter, 1988-1989
Puccini Companion, Julian
Budden chapter, 1988-1990
Puccini Companion, Michael
Elphinstone chapter, 1988-1990
Puccini Companion, Harvey
Sachs chapter, 1989-1990
Puccini Companion, Leonardo
Pinzauti chapter, 1990-1991
Puccini Companion, Nigel
Jamieson chapter, 1991-1992
Puccini Companion, Franco
Serpa chapter, 1991-1992
Puccini Companion, Simonetta
Puccini chapter, 1992
Box 9
Puccini Companion, Arthur
Groos chapter, undated
Puccini Companion, Dramatis
Personae, undated
Puccini Companion,
Introduction typescript, undated
Puccini Companion drafts,
1991-1992
Puccini Companion drafts,
1991-1992
Puccini Companion drafts,
1991-1992
A Thoroughly Respectable
Murder,
undated
Tuscany, pictures and
conversations
typescript, September 21, 1992
Tuscany, pictures and
conversations
typescript, June 3, 1993
Tuscany, pictures and
conversations
selected chapters, June 3, 1993
Tuscany, pictures and
conversations
gallery proof, undated
Inediti Verdiani,
1953
Verdi materials, 1833-1998
Verdi materials, 1923-1981
Verdi Companion, research
materials, 1960-1979
Verdi Companion, notebook,
undated
Verdi and the drama of power
typescript, undated
Weaver's edited typescript for the introduction of Eleanor
Clark's
Rome and a Villa,
undated
Weaver's memoirs of Rome, circa 1940s and
1980s
Weaver's Princeton thesis,
Stephen
Crane: An examination of his fiction,
1946
Weaver's work on Simon Boccanegra, 1986-1995
Writing and research materials on
Un
giorno di regno,
1963-1985
Subseries:
Box 10
Translations
The Achievement of I Campi Phlegraei
and its protagonists: Sir William Hamilton and Peter Fabris,
1984
Aracoeli galley proofs, pp.
1-100, 1984
Aracoeli galley proofs, pp.
101-200, 1984
Aracoeli galley proofs, pp.
201-236, 1984
Aracoeli galley proofs, pp.
237-303, 1984
Aracoeli typescript, pp.
1-200, 1984
Aracoeli typescript, pp.
201-400, 1984
Aracoeli typescript, pp.
401-563, 1984
Aracoeli typescript, pp.
1-100, undated
Aracoeli typescript, pp.
101-200, undated
Aracoeli typescript, pp.
201-300, undated
Aracoeli typescript, pp.
301-400, undated
Aracoeli typescript, pp.
401-500, undated
Aracoeli typescript, pp.
501-604, undated
Baudolino rough draft on disk,
November 26,
2001
Baudolino typescript, pp.
1-100, December 12,
2001
Baudolino typescript, pp.
101-200, December 12,
2001
Baudolino typescript, pp.
201-300, December 12,
2001
Baudolino typescript, pp.
301-400, December 12,
2001
Baudolino typescript, pp.
401-438, December 12,
2001
Baudolino typescript, pp.
1-100, December 12,
2001
Box 11
Baudolino typescript, pp.
101-200, December 12,
2001
Baudolino typescript, pp.
201-300, December 12,
2001
Baudolino typescript, pp.
301-400, December 12,
2001
Baudolino typescript, pp.
401-481, December 12,
2001
Baudolino typescript,
December 28,
2001
(3 folders; in original order)
Baudolino galley proofs, pp.
1-275, March 9,
2002
Baudolino galley proofs, pp.
276-522, March 9,
2002
Baudolino typescript, pp.
1-100, undated
Baudolino typescript, pp.
101-200, undated
Baudolino typescript, pp.
201-300, undated
Baudolino typescript, pp.
1-100, undated
Baudolino typescript, pp.
101-200, undated
Baudolino typescript, pp.
201-300, undated
Baudolino typescript, pp.
301-345, undated
Baudolino typescript, pp.
1-164, undated
Baudolino typescript, pp.
165-366, undated
Baudolino typescript, chapters
30-34, undated
Baudolino typescript, chapters
35-40, undated
Box 12
Caprie non Capri,
circa 1998
Caprie non Capri (2 chapters),
undated
Cosmicomics book review,
1985
Eros, Magic, and the Murder of
Professor Culianu
book review, 1997-1999
Foucalt's Pendulum book
reviews, 1989
History: A Novel typescript,
pp. 1-162, May 3,
2000
History: A Novel typescript,
pp. 163-354, May 3,
2000
History: A Novel typescript,
pp. 355-361, January 9 - May 9,
2000
History: A Novel typescript,
pp. 455-655, January 4 -
May 9, 2000
History: A Novel,
2000
History: A Novel edited copy,
2000
History: A Novel edited copy,
2001
If not now, when? typescript,
pp. 1-100, 1984
If not now, when? typescript,
pp. 101-200, 1984
If not now, when? typescript,
pp. 201-300, 1984
If not now, when? typescript,
pp. 301-400, 1984
If not now, when? typescript,
pp. 401-472, 1984
Box 13
If not now, when? incomplete
transcript, 1984
If not now, when? galley
proofs, pp. 1-100, 1985
If not now, when? galley
proofs, pp. 201-300, 1985
If not now, when? galley
proofs, pp. 301-349, 1985
The invention of
beans,
1999
Italo Calvino partial works, including Weaver's translation
of
The Mirror and the Target,
undated
Lately, a play by Furio Bordon
partial typescript and correspondence, 1995-1998
Lately, a play by Furio Bordon
typescript, 1996
Life of Moravia edited
typescript, 1999
Life of Moravia edited
typescript, January 4,
2000
(2 folders)
Life of Moravia galley proofs,
pp. 1-100, July 5,
2000
Life of Moravia galley proofs,
pp. 101-200, July 5,
2000
Life of Moravia galley proofs,
pp. 201-300, July 5,
2000
Life of Moravia galley proofs,
pp. 301-369, July 5,
2000
Life of Moravia galley proofs,
August 4,
2000
(2 folders)
Life of Moravia edited
typescript, 2000
Life of Moravia galley proofs,
2000
Box 14
Life of Moravia galley proofs,
2000
Life of Moravia galley proofs,
final corrections, undated
Life of Moravia glossary, with
Weaver's revisions, undated
Love and Magic and Mama's Kitchen,
1982
Serendipities, index and list
of queries for Weaver, June 1,
1998
Sicily,
1984
Two Germans typescripts and
galley proofs, circa
2002
Weaver's notebooks on the Verdi-Boito correspondence and
Zeno's Conscience,
1989-1998
Zeno's Conscience typescript,
2001
Subseries:
Lectures.
Amleto lecture, undated
Various lecture materials, 1974-1984,
undated
Various lecture materials, 1985,
undated
Verdi lectures, undated
Weaver's materials for the
Sixth
International Congress of Verdi Studies,
1979
Subseries:
Writings not by Weaver.
Buon Compleanno, Pierro by
Furio Bordon, undated
Dog in Mouth by Malcolm
Cowley, 1941
The Dry Season, by Malcolm
Cowley, 1941
Fires of the Mind: A Memoir
translaed by Melanie Nicholson, undated
Gabetti and Isola, Furniture with
ambiance
by Fulvio Ferrari, undated
The Genesis of Tosca with New
Documentation
by Deborah Burton, January 18, 1994
Giacomo's Seasons by Mario
Rigoni Stern, 2000
Ned Rorem's writings on Aaron Copeland, circa 2000
One Way by Felix Hart,
undated
Parole Della Vita By
Alessandre Lavapuiuo, 1994
Box 15
Rossini script, undated
Senilita,
undated
The Stranger Within: a novel
by Adam Paul Lounsbery, undated
Sunday Excursion by Lawrence
Bortman,1998
Tema Dell 'Addio by Furio
Bordon, undated
There's a sucker born every minute,
attributed to P.T. Barnum, undated
Unidentified typescript, undated
Various plays written by Nick Jones, undated
Works of Pedro Rodriguez, 1998-1999
The World of Mothers by Antonio Lai da
Teulada,
pp. 1-100, 2002
The World of Mothers by Antonio Lai da
Teulada,
pp. 101-200, 2002
The World of Mothers by Antonio Lai da
Teulada,
pp. 201-300, 2002
The World of Mothers by Antonio Lai da
Teulada,
pp. 301-400, 2002
The World of Mothers by Antonio Lai da
Teulada,
pp. 401-500, 2002
Series:
III. Articles and Clippings.
Organized alphabetically and then by date.
Adelaide Fesival Writer's Week materials, 1990
(2 folders)
Aida,
1964-1995
ArtNews,
1990-1991
Articles about Weaver, 1960-1993,
undated
Articles on Georgio Bassani, 2000,
undated
Articles written by Weaver, 1945-1998
Articles witten by Weaver, 1956-1999
Articles witten by Weaver, 1981-1990
Articles witten by Weaver, 1987-1989
Un Ballo in Marschera,
1977-1981,
undated
Book reviews, 1973
Book reviews, 1980-1989
Book reviews, 1990-1998,
undated
Box 16
Don Carlo,
1963-1981
Duse at the art of silenceby
Weaver, 2000
Falstaff,
1964-1983
Financial Times articles,
1972-1979
Financial Times articles,
1980-1989
Financial Times articles,
1990-1999
Financial Times articles,
2000-2001
La Forza del Destino, 1952-1987
I Tatti article draft, undated
Ignazio Silone's
Emergency Exit
photocopy, 1968
Ignazio Silone, 1984-2001
Ignazio Silone, 1987-1998
Ignazio Silone, 1999-2000
Ignazio Silone, 2001
Ignazio Silone, 2002
The Silone Case, and Environs by
Weaver, 2000
The Silone Case, and Environs by
Weaver, undated
Lingua franca,
1996-1997
The Love-song of G. Verdi by
Weaver, undated
NEST article on Jakob Guttman, 1966-2000
New York Times,
1997-1998
The New York Review of Books,
1997
The New York Review of Books,
1998-2002
Noguchi materials, 1990-1997
Nuovi Argomenti,
1990-1991
Box 17
The Paradoxes of the Anti-Hero by
Victor Brombert (inscribed to Weaver from Brombert),1994
Primo Levi and the Canto of
Ulysses
by Victor Brombert (inscribed to Weaver rom
Brombert) 1996
"Il primo Pasolini tradotto,
"
in
Italian Quarterly by Weaver,
1980-1981
Radiocoriere clippings, 1950-1988,
undated
Reviews of Weaver's works, 1994-1999,
undated
Il Travatore,
1964-1986,
undated
Vanity Fair articles, 1984-1986
Various clippings, 1948-1979
Various clippings, 1980-1989
Various clippings, 1990-1998
Various clippings, undated
Various magazines, 1948-1989
Various magazines, 1991-1994
Various opera articles, 1966,
undated
Weaver's aticles for
Amadeus,
2000
Weaver's articles for
Architectural
Digest,
1991-1993
Weaver's articles for
Architectural
Digest,
1993-1999
World,
1972
