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[Identification of item], Harold Jantz Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
The Harold Jantz Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift, 1990-2008.
Processed by Meghan Lyon, February 2009
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, February 2009
Updated by Meghan Lyon, February 2012
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Harold Jantz was a Professor of German literature at Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, and Duke Universities, and a collector of German baroque literature and German Americana.
Professional correspondence, note cards, research and teaching files, essays, offprints and reprints of articles by Jantz and scholars associated with him, and other printed material. Notable items are manuscripts about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his FAUST, and manuscripts related to Francis Daniel Pastorius's
This collection has not been processed and therefore no arrangement has been completed at this time.
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The Harold Jantz collection of early manuscripts, music manuscripts, and autograph albums, 1477-1905 is also housed at Duke University. The collection consists primarily of bound manuscripts, many illustrated, from the 15th through the early 20th centuries. Most materials are in German or English, with some materials in French, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Greek, or Latin. In addition to the above noted subgroups, the collection includes medical texts; historical chronicles, mostly German; and alchemical/astrological/occult treatises. Among the identified authors are Georg Fabricius, Edward Young, Sebastian Chiesa, Henry Marchant, Jacob Böhme, J.M. Firmenich, and Carl and Julius Dresel. For more information, please see the collection's finding aid.
There is also a collection of graphic arts featuring prints collected by Jantz from Europe, America, and Asia.
Professional correspondence, note cards, research and teaching files, essays, offprints and reprints of articles by Jantz and scholars associated with him, and other printed material. Notable items are manuscripts about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his
Accession (2008-0159) (2625 items; 3.5 lin. ft; dated 1880-1985) consists largely of Jantz's correspondence and letters, 1978-1985. Also included are exam blue books, some miscellaneous printed material, and a scrapbook of chromolithographs dating from the Victorian period. The blue books contain writings by Jantz, some relating to Francis Pastorius, and are arranged numerically. Most of the scrapbook's chromolithographs appear to be artwork promoting a particular brand or product.
This accession has not been processed. Letters and other correspondence arrived at Duke in bundled envelopes. These bundles have been maintained, but are now in archival folders. No further arrangement or processing has been conducted at this time.
Professional personal papers of Harold Jantz. Includes materials related to travel, his collecting, and academic correspondence. Also includes numerous drafts, notes (in exam blue books), and correspondence related to his research and writing about Goethe, Faust, German Americana, Baroque writings, and other topics.