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Herbert Schaumann papers.

1944-1947

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1517

Herbert Schaumann (1909-1982) was a minor poet, a World War II veteran, and an associate professor of Comparative Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Maryland. In 1944, Schaumann met Katherine Anne Porter in Washington, D.C. The collection consists of correspondence between Schaumann and Porter between 1944 and 1947. Schaumann and Porter developed and ended an intimate relationship during this period. The letters discuss World War II, films, writing, and personal life. The papers of Herbert Schaumann comprise the correspondence between Schaumann and Katherine Anne Porter between 1944 and 1947. Porter's half of the correspondence was sent from Washington, D.C.; her home on 6th Street in Santa Monica, California; a borrowed apartment on South Bentley Avenue in Los Angeles, California; and from in and near Saratoga Springs, New York. Most of Porter's correspondence was written in Santa Monica. Schaumann's letters were sent from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and College Park, Maryland.

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7556579

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Schaumann, Herbert

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Born in 1909 in East Prussia, Dr. Herbert Fran(z) Ferdinand Schaumann came to the United States in 1930 while affiliated with the University of Berlin. Schaumann was part of a team of two sent on the U. S. Debating Tour that year from the German English Speaking Union's Centre for Speech and Debate. Schaumann remained in the United States and earned his bachelor's degree from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. After completing his bachelor's degree, Schaumann then moved on to ...

Herbert Schaumann

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Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980

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Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980) was one of the most brilliant practitioners of the art of the short story. Her literary reputation rests on the stories in her Collected Stories (1964) rather than on her best-selling novel Ship of Fools (1962). Born Callie Russell Porter on May 15, 1890, she was the fourth of Harrison and Mary Alice Porter's five children. When her mother died in March 1892, her father moved the four surviving children from his farm in the central Texas community ...

Schaumann, Herbert, 1909-1982

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Herbert Schaumann was an author, poet, and professor of comparative literature and creative writing. From the description of Herbert Schaumann papers, 1944-1947. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 45659470 ...