Gilbert Waterhouse papers
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- Creator
- Waterhouse, Gilbert (1888-1977) scholar of German
TitleGilbert Waterhouse papers
Held atUniversity of London, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Reference codeGWA
Date1911-1968
Scope and ContentPapers of Professor Gilbert Waterhouse, comprising:
Personal correspondence and papers including personal and academic correspondence (1911-1939); papers on Waterhouse's time as Assistant Lecturer in English, University of Leipzig (1911-1914), including copies of letters from Karl Breul to Waterhouse (1910-1913) and Waterhouse's letters from Leipzig (1911-1914); papers on holidays in France and Germany (1920-1930); papers on vist to Munich (1930); papers on move from Dublin to Belfast (1933); papers on exchange visit to the USA (1950-1951).
Research notes and papers, including miscellaneous articles (1912-1937); correspondence and papers on The Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Seventeenth Century (1913-1950); correspondence and papers on translation of Franz Grillparzer: Weh' dem der lügt (1917-1964); notes and papers for articles on St Patrick's Purgatory (1923-1926); correspondence and papers on Waterhouse's translation of Clara Viebig: The Sleeping Army (1927-1929); correspondence and papers on publication of A Short History of German Literature (1928-1968); correspondence and papers on Waterhouse's translation of General von Seeckt, "Thoughts of a Soldier" (1930); correspondence and papers on Waterhouse's articles and lectures on Goethe (1927-1935); notes and papers on Anglo-German relations, particularly under the Nazis (1933-1943); notes on the mineralogist, Sir Charles Giesecke [1761-1833] (1936-c1970); Newspaper cuttings from British, German and French newspapers, mainly on Germany and National Socialism (1929-1937).
Personal correspondence and papers including personal and academic correspondence (1911-1939); papers on Waterhouse's time as Assistant Lecturer in English, University of Leipzig (1911-1914), including copies of letters from Karl Breul to Waterhouse (1910-1913) and Waterhouse's letters from Leipzig (1911-1914); papers on holidays in France and Germany (1920-1930); papers on vist to Munich (1930); papers on move from Dublin to Belfast (1933); papers on exchange visit to the USA (1950-1951).
Research notes and papers, including miscellaneous articles (1912-1937); correspondence and papers on The Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Seventeenth Century (1913-1950); correspondence and papers on translation of Franz Grillparzer: Weh' dem der lügt (1917-1964); notes and papers for articles on St Patrick's Purgatory (1923-1926); correspondence and papers on Waterhouse's translation of Clara Viebig: The Sleeping Army (1927-1929); correspondence and papers on publication of A Short History of German Literature (1928-1968); correspondence and papers on Waterhouse's translation of General von Seeckt, "Thoughts of a Soldier" (1930); correspondence and papers on Waterhouse's articles and lectures on Goethe (1927-1935); notes and papers on Anglo-German relations, particularly under the Nazis (1933-1943); notes on the mineralogist, Sir Charles Giesecke [1761-1833] (1936-c1970); Newspaper cuttings from British, German and French newspapers, mainly on Germany and National Socialism (1929-1937).
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