Carl Hammer, Jr. papers, 1947-1964.

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Carl Hammer, Jr. papers, 1947-1964.

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Correspondence includes letters in German and English concerning a lecture tour by L. A. Willoughby, a British Goethe scholar; letters from national and Louisiana state chairmen relating to plans for regional participation in the Goethe Bicentennial Celebration, under the auspices of the Goethe Bicentennial Foundation, Chicago, Illinois; letters related to Hammer's editing of "The Rheinlanders of the Yadkin, Longfellow's 'Golden Legend' and Goethe's 'Faust'" (195-), "Goethe, Prevost, and Louisiana" (195-), and Krumpelmann's festschrift, "Studies in German Literature" (1963). Manuscripts include essays by various authors for the monograph "Goethe after two centuries" published by LSU press, 1952, and two drafts of the essay "Goethe and geology," not included in "Goethe after two centuries". Newspaper clippings include items in German and English concerning the Goethe bicentennial celebration, Hammer's publications, the commemoration of Friedrich von Schiller's death, friends in Rowan County, North Carolina, and LSU Boyd professorships. Two printed volumes published by the Goethe Bicentennial Foundation, Chicago, concern the Goethe bicentennial convocation and music festival at Aspen, Colorado, 1949.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Hammer, Carl, 1910-....

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Carl Hammer, Jr., a native of Salisbury, North Carolina, was a professor of German at Louisiana State University and a Goethe scholar. He edited a festshrift in honor of John T. Krumpelmann, entitled "Studies in German Literature", and he published writings pertaining to German Americana and German literature. From the description of Carl Hammer, Jr. papers, 1947-1964. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122580331 ...

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....

Goethe Bicentennial Foundation (Chicago, Ill.)

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Krumpelmann, John T., 1892-1986

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John T. Krumpelmann was professor emeritus of German and Russian at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. He retired in 1962. From the description of John T. Krumpelmann manuscript, 1935-circa 1968. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 181340383 ...