Background
Freitag, Wolfgang Martin was born on October 27, 1924 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Georg and Anne Marie (Friess) Freitag. came to the United States 1955, naturalized, 1961.
Freitag, Wolfgang Martin was born on October 27, 1924 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Georg and Anne Marie (Friess) Freitag. came to the United States 1955, naturalized, 1961.
Doctor Phil., University Freiburg, West Germany, 1949. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1952. Master of Science in Library Science, Simmons College, Boston, 1956.
Reference library, program director, United States Information Center, Frankfurt, Germany, 1950-1953;
editor, Droemer-Knaur Publication, Munich, 1953-1955;
cataloger, Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955-1960;
head librarian, Gordon McKay Library, Harvard University, 1960-1962;
chief undergraduate library planning, Stanford University, California, 1962-1964;
librarian Fine Arts Library, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1964-1991;
lecturer bibliography and art historiography, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1967-1975;
senior lecturer, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1975-1991;
lecturer library science, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, 1991-1992. Library consultant J.P. Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 1982-1983, U. Pitts, 1983, The Frick Collection, New York 1984, Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1987. Member visiting committee Metropolitan Museum Art, 1972-1992.
Board visiting School Information Studies, Syracuse University, 1981-1985, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1986, New York University Institute Fine Arts, 1987.
Member Art Libraries Society North America (president 1980), College Art Association, International Federation Library Associations (executive committee art libraries section 1985-1993), Goethe Society New England, Boston Society Printers.
Married Doris Christiane Pfeil, October 25, 1952. Children— Thomas Martin, Tilman George.