Harold Jantz papers, 1500-1989
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Summary
- Creator:
- Jantz, Harold Stein, 1907-1987
- Abstract:
- Noted professor of German literature and collector of German baroque literature. Professional correspondence, note cards, research and teaching files, essays, offprints and reprints of articles by Jantz and scholars associated with him, and other printed material. Notable items are manuscripts about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his FAUST, and manuscripts related to Francis Daniel Pastorius's Bee-Hive. Accession (2008-0159) consists largely of Jantz's correspondence and letters, 1978-1985. Also included are exam blue books, some miscellaneous printed material, and a scrapbook of chromolithographs dating from the Victorian period. The blue books contain writings by Jantz, some relating to Francis Pastorius, and are arranged numerically.
- Extent:
- 30.5 Linear Feet (About 60,000 items)
- Language:
- Material in English, German
- Collection ID:
- RL.00629
Background
- Scope and content:
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Professional correspondence, note cards, research and teaching files, essays, offprints and reprints of articles by Jantz and scholars associated with him, and other printed material. Notable items are manuscripts about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his FAUST, and manuscripts related to Francis Daniel Pastorius's Bee-Hive. Accession (2008-0159) consists largely of Jantz's correspondence and letters, 1978-1985. Also included are exam blue books, some miscellaneous printed material, and a scrapbook of chromolithographs dating from the Victorian period. The blue books contain writings by Jantz, some relating to Francis Pastorius, and are arranged numerically.
- Biographical / historical:
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Harold Jantz was a Professor of German literature at Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Duke Universities, and a collector of German baroque literature and German Americana.
- Acquisition information:
- The Harold Jantz Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift, 1990-2008.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Meghan Lyon, February 2009
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, February 2009
Updated by Meghan Lyon, February 2012
Updated by Laurin Penland, April 2018
This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
- Arrangement:
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This collection has not been processed and therefore no arrangement has been completed at this time.
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[Identification of item], Harold Jantz Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University