Atkins (Stuart P.) Papers, 1949

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Summary

Title:
Stuart Pratt Atkins Papers,
Dates:
1949
Creators:
Atkins, Stuart Pratt, 1914-
Extent:
.2 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Stuart Pratt Atkins Papers. Uarch FacPap 36. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

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

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Special Collections staff
Date Prepared:
© 2004
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 14 July 2004 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Stuart Pratt Atkins Papers. Uarch FacPap 36. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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