Sally A. Immerwahr Collection

COLLECTION OVERVIEW

Collection Number: GR ASCSA SAI 121
Name(s) of Creator(s): Sally Anderson Immerwahr (1914-2008)
Title: Sally Immerwahr Collection
Date [bulk]: 1977-1982
Date [inclusive]: 1976-1988
Language(s): English
Summary: The collection consists of two scrapbooks and one folder of loose items documenting the social activities of the ASCSA during Henry Immerwahr's directorship (1977-1982)
Quantity: 0,10 linear meters
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Gift of Mary Immerwahr Hiniker, 2021
Information about Access: The collection is available for research
Cite as: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Archives, Sally Immerwahr Collection (Αμερικανική Σχολή Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα, Συλλογή Sally Immerwahr)
Notes: Please handle the scrapbooks with extreme attention because they are fragile.

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The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
54 Souidias Street, Athens 106 76, Greece
phone: +30 213 000 2400 (ext. 425)
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Sally Anderson Immerwahr was a Regular Member from 1938-1939 and Fellow of the School from 1939-1940 (serving as acting Librarian). She first met her future husband at the School in 1939, when Henry came as a member. She returned in 1970-1971 as Senior Research Scholar at the Agora Excavations, being assigned the publication for Neolithic and Bronze Ages which culminated in her book, XIII of the Agora series, The Neolithic and Bronze Ages, published in 1971. After teaching in the Art Department at the University of North Carolina for some years she returned to the School as the Director’s wife and Senior Research Fellow of the School from 1977-1982, organizing trips and museum sessions for the School’s academic program. Read more here.