Guide to the Hubert Jannach collection on B. Traven
B.
Traven
by author Hubert Jannach.
B.
Traven
, Collection 245. University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives, University of California,
Riverside.
B.
Traven
during the years 1955-1986 and corresponded with many
B.
Traven
scholars, including Rolf Recknagel and Michael L. Baumann.
B.
Traven
was the pseudonym for an internationally famous writer who guarded his identity with jealousy and determination throughout
his life, creating one of the greatest literary puzzles of the 20th century. Other names he went by in his lifetime are Traven
Torsvan, Hal Croves, and Ret Marut. His twelve novels, the best known of which are
The Death Ship and the
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and many short stories have been translated into numerous languages. Films have been made of his the
Treasure of the Sierra Madre,
White Rose,
Macario,
The Death Ship, and
Rebellion of the Hanged. He died in March 1969 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
B.
Traven
by author Hubert Jannach.
- Series 1. Articles about
B.
Traven
and his works, 1948-1986.
- Series 2. Correspondence, 1949-1987.
- Series 3. Research and biographical material, 1926-1978, undated.
Collection Contents
Series 1.
Articles about
B.
Traven
and his works.
1948-1986.
Series Scope and Content Summary
B.
Traven
. Includes several articles on
B.
Traven
by Michael L. Baumann, Judy Stone, Gerd Heidemann, Rolf Recknagel, and Jannach himself.
Magazine titled The Pennsylvania Gazette, complete copy, vol. 74, no. 6 (April, 1976) including article by Michael L. Baumann,
"Who is
B.
Traven
?" on p. 15-21, 40-42; and story from magazine Showcase vol. 2, no. 6 (1960s?) by
B.
Traven
, "Why I don't get drunk no more at Doña Amalia's cantina", p. 2-4, 63-65.
1960-1976.
Series 2. Correspondence. 1949-1987.
Correspondence between Hubert Jannach and Michael L. Baumann. 1974-1977.
Correspondence between Hubert Jannach and Peter Briscoe. Includes typescripts of two papers on
B.
Traven
presented by Jannach in 1952 and 1965, a conference program from the 1982 Penn State conference on
B.
Traven
, and correspondence regarding transfer of Jannach's papers and selected
B.
Traven
books to the University of California, Riverside Library.
1952-1987.
Correspondence between Hubert Jannach and Charles R. Humphrey. 1963-1964.
Correspondence between Hubert Jannach and Charles Miller. 1963-1974.
Correspondence between Hubert Jannach and Carl Mora, University of New Mexico Press. 1974.
Correspondence between Hubert Jannach and various correspondents, including E.R. Hagemann. 1949-1979.
Series 3. Research and biographical material. 1926-1978, undated.
Research notes, manuscript and typed, Hubert Jannach. circa 1938-1978.
Research notes, manuscript, Hubert Jannach; and photocopied excerpts from the National Union Catalogue. circa 1978, undated.