Stuart Pratt Atkins Papers, 1949

Summary

Creators:

Atkins, Stuart Pratt, 1914-

Extent:

.2 linear feet (1 half-size document box)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection mainly contains invitations, programs, articles, reviews, and other items relating to the 1949 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Bicentennial Celebration, which were collected by Goethe - Faust scholar Stuart Pratt Atkins (1914-2000), UCSB professor of Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Atkins previously had retired from Harvard University.

Included is a program for Lotte Lehmann's recital of lieder based on Goethe texts, given at UC Berkeley, and a photograph of Albert Schweitzer and an autograph by Thornton Wilder in an Aspen program. Atkins also donated a number of monographs to UCSB Special Collections, mainly German literature, which have been cataloged separately.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Stuart Pratt Atkins, ca. 1991.

Physical location:

Annex 2

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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