Inventory of the Clement Vollmer Papers, 1898-1983
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Repository
University Archives, Duke
University
Creator
Vollmer, Clement.
Title
Clement Vollmer Papers, 1898-1983
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
3 Linear Feet
1,000 Items
Abstract
1,000 Items
Clement Vollmer joined the German Languages and Literature Department at Duke University in 1926, where he remained until his retirement in 1956. In 1918, he published The American Novel in Germany. Professor Vollmer served as chair of the department during the 1950s, as president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, and was a member of numerous academic societies.
Includes correspondence, recommendations, faculty meeting minutes, German Department memoranda, grade books and department enrollment statistics. Also includes date books, address books and diaries kept by Maude Hugo Vollmer (Mrs. Clement Vollmer). Inclusive years are 1898-1983.
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Administrative Information
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Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Clement Vollmer Papers, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
The Clement Vollmer Papers were received by the University Archives as a
gift in 1990.
Processing Information
Processed by Jessica Wood, October 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, October 2006
Accessions A90-7, A90-104 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Clement Vollmer was born in 1889 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He received his A.B. degree at Heidelberg University in Ohio in 1909 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1913 and 1915, respectively. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania for 10 years and at Cornell University for one year before joining the German Languages and Literature Department at Duke University in 1926, where he remained until his retirement in 1956. In 1918, he published The American Novel in Germany. Professor Vollmer served as chair of the department during the 1950s, as president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, and was a member of numerous academic societies. He also served as government interpreter in World War I and also as army and FBI consultant in World War II. Professor Vollmer died in 1972.
[top]Collection Overview
Contains materials related to Vollmer’s career in the German Department at Duke, including correspondence, recommendations, minutes, memoranda, grade books, department enrollment, faculty appointments and wartime activities. Also includes correspondence relating to University Church services, the Academic Council and the Vigil. The rest of the collection includes address/date books and diaries (including travel diaries) kept primarily by Maude Hugo Vollmer, wife of Clement Vollmer. Also includes a list of houses (with architect names) in the Duke Forest, a New Testament, a University of Southern California handbook, a wallet full of expired oil company credit cards. Original brittle folders were replaced for preservation. Inclusive dates are 1898-1983.
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Subject Headings
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Related Material
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Detailed Description of Collection
Container List
2 Boxes
Box 1
Class Books, Class Photo, 1920-1956
Walter P. Baum Correspondence, 1952-1960
German 119-120 Notes, 1927-1943
Schedules and Rosters, 1932-1960
German Department Enrollment, 1933-1960
Correspondence Re: Students, 1951-1964
General Correspondence, 1948-1968
Department Correspondence and Faculty Meetings, 1935-1952
18th Century German Literature Course Materials, 1933-1934
Duke University Church, 1957-1972
General Duke Correspondence, Clippings, Programs, Memoranda, 1968-1971
Heinrich Meyer Correspondence, 1955
Dean Manchester Correspondence, 1950-1961
Herbert Reichert Correspondence, 1955-1970
Herman Salinger Correspondence, 1955-1970
German Honors Program, 1936-1949
W. Cary Maxwell Correspondence, 1936-1940
Correspondence Re: Library, 1944-1952
President's Office Correspondence, 1956
F.E. Wilson Correspondence, 1940-1956
News Clippings, 1928
Paul Gross Correspondence and Clippings, 1949-1970
Ziolkowski Correspondence, 1950-1971
Warren Yates Correspondence, 1949-1958
Wannamaker Correspondence, 1926-1949
Graduate School Memos and Correspondence, 1935-1956
Rev. P. Vollmer Thesis, C. Vollmer Reprints, undated, 1937, 1946
Box 2
Maude Vollmer Diaries and Notebooks, 1889-1983
Neighborhood Information, undated
Diaries, address and date books kept by Maude Vollmer, wife of Henry Vollmer, 1898-1983
