Aldo S. Bernardo papers

Collection

Identifier: BUA-0024

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains the scholarly and professional papers of Aldo S. Bernardo. The majority of the collection documents Bernardo's work translating Petrarch's works. This includes annotated scans of manuacripts, computer encoded text, drafts of the English translations, correpondence with publishers, and notes. The collection also includes Bernardo's correspondence and photographs of Italian Theater performances that Bernardo directed.

Dates

1950 - 1998

Creator

Bernardo, Aldo S. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection has been reviewed for restrictions and is open for research.

Biographical Note

Aldo Bernardo was a translator and Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, State University of New York at Binghamton Bernardo served as the chair of the state-wide SUNY Faculty Senate, chair of the Division of Humanities, and the founder and director of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies.

From Italica Press' biographical note on Aldo Bernardo from 2015:

"Aldo S. Bernardo was the author, editor or translator of a dozen books, including Petrarch, Scipio and the Africa: The Birth of Humanism’s Dream (1962); Petrarch, Laura, and the Triumphs (1974); The Early Renaissance (1979) and Francesco Petrarca: Citizen of the World (1980), as well as dozens of scholarly articles, essays and reviews. He was the translator of Francesco Petrarch, Letters on Familiar Matters (Rerum familiarium libri) (1975).

"Reta A. Bernardo collaborated with Aldo S. Bernardo on several titles. With him and Saul Levin she was co-translator of Francesco Petrarch, Letters of Old Age (Rerum senilium libri) (1992). With Aldo S. Bernardo she is co-translator of Pseudo-Petrarch, The Lives of the Popes and Emperors (2015) as well as A Concordance to the Familiares of Francesco Petrarca (1994).

"Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Italian and Comparative Literature, State University of New York at Binghamton until his death in November 2011, Aldo S. Bernardo served as the chair of the state-wide SUNY faculty Senate, chair of the Division of Humanities and the founder and director of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies. Aldo S. Bernardo also served on the editorial and executive committees of numerous scholarly journals and societies...

"The Bernardos established the Aldo and Reta Bernardo Fund in 1990. It supports an annual lecture in medieval literature, courses in medieval languages and literature and an Excellence Award for graduating seniors majoring in Medieval or Early Modern Studies."

Bernardo recived his BA and MA from Brown University in 1942 and 1947 respectively. He recieved his PhD from Harvard University in 1950. He served in the US Air Force for four years.

Extent

4 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains the scholarly and professional papers of Aldo S. Bernardo. The majority of the collection documents Bernardo's work translating Petrarch's works. Aldo Bernardo was a translator and Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, State University of New York at Binghamton Bernardo served as the chair of the state-wide SUNY Faculty Senate, chair of the Division of Humanities, and the founder and director of the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Reta Bernardo starting in 2012.

Related Materials

Bernardo's books were also donated to the Rare Books collection.

Processing Information

The Aldo S. Bernardo papers were processed in 2023 by Madison White, Archival Processing Manager.During processing several disperate accessions were combined into one alphabetical arrangement. Oversize materials were rehoused. A new finding aid was written to reflect the new arrangement.