Patricia Hochschild Labalme
Patricia Hochschild Labalme | |
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Born | February 26, 1927 New York City |
Died | October 11, 2002 New York City |
Occupation(s) | Historian, scholar, philanthropist |
Relatives | Berthold Hochschild (grandfather); Harold K. Hochschild (uncle); Frank Oz (son-in-law) |
Patricia Hochschild Labalme (February 26, 1927 – October 11, 2002) was an American historian and executive director of the Renaissance Society of America.
Early life and education
[edit]Hochschild was born in New York City, the daughter of industrialist Walter Hochschild and Kathrin Samstag Hochschild.[1][2] Her grandfather was Berthold Hochschild, and her uncle was Harold K. Hochschild.[3] She graduated from the Brearley School in 1944, and from Bryn Mawr College in 1948. At Harvard University, she earned a master's degree in 1950 and a PhD in 1958.[4] Her dissertation, Bernardo Giustiniani; a Venetian of the Quattrocento, won the Caroline Wilby Prize.[5]
Career
[edit]Labalme taught history at Wellesley College from 1952 to 1959, and at Barnard College from 1961 to 1977.[6] She was an adjunct professor at Hunter College in 1979, and at New York University from 1980 to 1982 and from 1986 to 1987.[5] Labalme's publications included a book based on her dissertation, Bernardo Giustiniani, a Venetian of the Quattrocento (1969).[7] She edited Beyond their Sex: Learned Women of the European Past (1980),[8] a collection of essays, and A Century Recalled: Essays in Honor of Bryn Mawr College (1987).[9] She co-edited Venice, Cità Excelentissima: Selections from the Renaissance Diaries of Marin Sanudo (2008) with Laura Sanguineti White.[10]
Labalme was associate director of the Institute for Advanced Study from 1982 to 1988,[11] and held other positions in leadership at the Institute until 1997. She conducted oral history interviews for the Institute, including interviews with diplomat George F. Kennan,[12] and historians Harry Woolf,[13] John Huxtable Elliott,[14] and Marshall Clagett.[15] She was executive director of the Renaissance Society of America.[5]
Labalme served as a trustee of the Brearley School from 1978 to 1982, and a trustee of the American Academy in Rome from 1979 to 1999. She was the first female trustee of the Lawrenceville School from 1985 to 1996. As a trustee of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation,[16] she created the Venetian Research Program in 1977, to provide grants from British and American scholars studying Venice. She helped found the Friends of the Marciana Library.[5] In 1987, Labalme received the Frances Riker Davis Award from the Brearley School.[17]
Publications
[edit]- "Identification and translation of a letter of Guarino Guarini of Verona" (article, 1955)[18]
- Bernardo Giustiniani, a Venetian of the Quattrocento (1969)[7]
- Beyond their Sex: Learned Women of the European Past (1980, edited collection)[8]
- Sodomy and Venetian justice in the Renaissance (1984)[19]
- A Century Recalled: Essays in Honor of Bryn Mawr College (1987)[9]
- No man but an angel: Early efforts to canonize Lorenzo Giustiniani (1381-1456) (1993)[20]
- Venice, Cità Excelentissima: Selections from the Renaissance Diaries of Marin Sanudo (2008, co-edited with Laura Sanguineti White)[10]
Personal life and legacy
[edit]In 1958,[21] Patricia Hochschild married industrial designer and New York Public Library executive George Labalme Jr.[22][23] They had four children together; her daughter Victoria Labalme is an actress and speaker, married to puppeteer Frank Oz.
Labalme died from pancreatic cancer in 2002, aged 75 years, in New York City.[24][25]
A posthumous collection of her essays was published as Saints, Women and Humanists in Renaissance Venice. (2010).[26] Her estate contributed book collections to libraries at Seton Hall University, the American Academy in Rome, and Kenyon College.[27] The Renaissance Society of America maintains the Patricia H. Labalme Memorial Fund for Venetian Studies, named in her memory.[28]
References
[edit]- ^ Kohl, Benjamin G. (2003). "Obituary: Patricia Hochschild Labalme (1927–2002)". Renaissance Studies. 17 (2): 275–279. doi:10.1111/1477-4658.t01-1-00021. ISSN 1477-4658.
- ^ "Kathrin S. Hochschild, Ex-Trustee of Museum". The New York Times. 1984-04-24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ "Walter Hochschild, Headed American Metal Climax Inc". The New York Times. 1983-02-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (2002-10-16). "Patricia Labalme, 75, Educator And Scholar of the Renaissance". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ a b c d Brown, Patricia Fortini (2002). "Patricia Hochschild Labalme, 1927-2002". Renaissance Quarterly. 55 (4): 1320–1322. ISSN 0034-4338. JSTOR 1262105.
- ^ "Middle Ages Meet Renaissance". Barnard Bulletin. 1968-12-18. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-12-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Labalme, Patricia H (1969). Bernardo Giustiniani; a Venetian of the Quattrocento. Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura. OCLC 28952.
- ^ a b Labalme, Patricia H (1980). Beyond their sex: learned women of the European past. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-4998-2. OCLC 6194873.
- ^ a b Labalme, Patricia H; Bryn Mawr College; Library (1987). A Century recalled: essays in honor of Bryn Mawr College. OCLC 16871929.
- ^ a b Sanudo, Marino; Labalme, Patricia H; Sanguineti White, Laura (2008). Venice, cità excelentissima: selections from the Renaissance diaries of Marin Sanudo. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8765-9. OCLC 144570948.
- ^ "People: Patricia Labalme". The Central New Jersey Home News. 1982-08-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ Kennan, George F.; Labalme, Patricia Hochschild (1990). "Oral History Interview of George F. Kennan, February 27, 1990". Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.) School of Historical Studies.
- ^ Woolf, Harry; Labalme, Patricia Hochschild (1993). "Oral History Interview of Harry Woolf, 1993". Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.) School of Historical Studies.
- ^ Elliott, John Huxtable; Labalme, Patricia Hochschild (1990). "Oral History Interview of John Huxtable Elliott, May 15, 1990". Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). School of Historical Studies.
- ^ Clagett, Marshall; Shore, Elliott; Labalme, Patricia Hochschild (1998-06-08). "Oral History Interview of Marshall Clagett, March 4 and March 14, 1996". Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). School of Historical Studies.
- ^ "Board Legacy". The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ "Frances Riker Davis '15 Award". Brearley School. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ Hochschild, Patricia (1955). "Identification and translation of a letter of Guarino Guarini of Verona". Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes: 142–143. ISSN 0083-7180. OCLC 888151385.
- ^ Labalme, Patricia H (1984). Sodomy and Venetian justice in the Renaissance. Antwerp: Kluwer. OCLC 614670683.
- ^ Labalme, Patricia H (1993). No man but an angel: early efforts to canonize Lorenzo Giustiniani (1381-1456). Vicenza: Neri Pozza. OCLC 81311220.
- ^ "Patricia Hochschild Bride of Designer". The New York Times. 1958-06-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ "George Labalme". Kenyon College Bulletin. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ George Labalme, Jr. Collection (AFC/2001/001/94381), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- ^ "Patricia Hochschild Labalme, Renaissance Scholar And Educator". Institute for Advanced Study. 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (2002-10-16). "Patricia Labalme, 75, Educator And Scholar of the Renaissance". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ^ Labalme, Patricia H. (2010). Kohl, Benjamin G. (ed.). Saints, women and humanists in Renaissance Venice. Farnham: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6861-9. OCLC 461272591.
- ^ Deyrup, Marta (August 1, 2013). "Highlights from the Valente Library" University Libraries, Seton Hall University.
- ^ "Patricia H. Labalme Memorial Fund for Venetian Studies", RSA: The Renaissance Society of America.