Inventory of the Herman Salinger Papers, 1909-1982
Herman Salinger was a professor of German and Comparative Literature at Duke from 1955-1974.
Collection includes correspondence, course and curriculum materials, poetry and manuscripts, speeches, photographs, and other materials. Also includes documents dealing with Duke activities and people, course and teaching materials, writings, and records of the Arthur Schnitzler Research Association.
- Repository
- University Archives, Duke University
- Creator
- Salinger, Herman, 1905-
- Title
- Herman Salinger Papers, 1909-1982
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 13.2 Linear Feet, 8,000 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection includes correspondence, course and curriculum materials, poetry and manuscripts, speeches, photographs, and other materials. The correspondence includes personal letters, correspondence with former students and professional correspondence. Also includes documents dealing with Duke activities and people, course and teaching materials, writings, and records of the Arthur Schnitzler Research Association.
Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Collection is open for research.
In off-site storage; 24 hours advance notice is required for use.
Use Restrictions
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.
Personal Correspondence, 1957-1972
Box 1
General Correspondence (Originally in Letter Box), 1940-1968
Box 1
Haskell Bloch Correspondence, 1954-1974
Box 1
Job Applicants, 1955-1972
Box 1
General Correspondence, A-Z
Box 1
Wiegand, Hermann Correspondence, 1945-1954
Box 1
Correspondence - Signatures Incomplete or Illegible, 1946-1981
Box 1
Writings, Correspondence, 1962-1971
Box 2
A Tear is an Intellectual Thing
Box 2
David Salinger Correspondence, 1947-1972
Box 2
Near Requiem for a Near Corpse and Time Recaptured
Box 2
Princeton Undergraduate Thesis, 1927
Box 2
Stanford Master's Thesis, 1928
Box 2
Salinger Academic Writings (Bound Volumes), undated
Box 2
Kleist's Penthesila: Amazon or Bluestocking?
Box 2
Concerning Kafka's 'A Country Doctor'
Box 2
On Translating Lyric Poetry
Box 2
Art of the Novel (Address to Princeton Students, 1939); Artist and Society (T. Mann)
Box 2
K. Krolow Poems, Correspondence, etc., 1967-1979
Box 2
UNC Visiting Professorship, 1978-1980
Box 2
Bound Letters, v. I-VII, 1923-1932
Box 3
World War II Correspondence, 1945
Box 3
Wiegand Correspondence, 1961-1975
Box 3
Correspondence with Writers, Artist A. Bloch and Others, 1947
Box 3
Old Family Letters, etc., 1909-1932
Box 3
Kraus Correspondence, 1966
Box 3
Stevens Correspondence, 1954
Box 3
Kaufmann Correspondence, 1961
Box 3
Shapiro and MacLeish Correspondence, 1937-1953
Box 3
General Correspondence, 1957-1980
Box 3
General Correspondence, 1953-1958
Box 3
Correspondence re: Kronow, 1967
Box 3
Freshman Year (Verse), 1923-1925
Box 4
Verse, This House of Verses, 1960-1968
Box 4
Verse and Translations, 1969-1975
Box 4
Verse and Translations, 1975-1982
Box 4
Stifter, Brigitta, Translated by H. Salinger
Box 4
Peter Henisch (Translated by H. Salinger?)
Box 4
Verse, Sacred Play Things
Box 4
Edens, President A. Hollis
Box 5
German 201 and 209 and 133 - Goethe, Lyrics, etc.
Box 5
Library Bibliography (Desirata)
Box 5
Student Papers Retained [May be restricted, check with staff]
Box 5
Krolow Volume - Introduction
Box 5
Schnitzler Association (IASRA), 1961-1969
Box 5
IASRA Correspondence, 1966-1967
Box 5
IASRA Financial Information
Box 5
IASRA Membership, 1966-1967
Box 5
20th Century German Verse
Box 5
Stewart Gordon - Modern Austrian Literature
Box 5
General Robert E. Lee Information
Box 5
Yale University Correspondence
Box 5
Items Separated, circa 1985
Box 6
Addresses: I Write Just for Myself…
Box 6
Addresses: Introduction for Ellis Arnall, circa 1952
Box 6
Addresses: The Three R's of Poetry
Box 6
Addresses: Some general remarks about Undergraduate Writing Problems: Prose and Verse
Box 6
Addresses: How to read a poem (Panel Discussion)
Box 6
Addresses: Is Jesus Christ God?
Box 6
Addresses: Realism in Germany: 1830-1885
Box 6
Addresses: 5th Century B.C.: End of Classical Greek Period
Box 6
Addresses: Romancement and Advancement: Moon As a Lollipop
Box 6
Talk and Poem on Christmas, circa 1950s
Box 6
Notes, Quotations, Miscellaneous
Box 6
Public Lectures, Poems, etc.
Box 6
Addresses - SAMLA - 1977-1978
Box 6
Heine - The Child in the Mann
Box 6
Poems on Latin American Project, 1975
Box 6
Experience in Africa (diary)
Box 6
Poems, Copy II, 1965-1967
Box 6
Unpublished Manuscript, 1977
Box 6
Poem Drafts/Sketches, undated
Box 6
Books Abroad, Summer 1948
Box 6
Above Ground Review, Spring 1971
Box 6
German Lyric Final Exam, Germ 133
Box 6
The Nineteenth Century (Comp Lit 119, University of Washington)
Box 6
Comp Lit C58: Romanticism (and Comp Lit Miscellaneous)
Box 6
Comp Lit 205 Introduction
Box 6
Kafka Parables - Salinger Essay
Box 6
Camus, Lorca and Hagerkirst
Box 6
Comp Lit 204: Realism and Symbolism - Materials
Box 6
Emery George - 1972 - Krolow and Lit Review
Box 6
Franco-German Relations - Comp Lit 7 - MLA
Box 6
Emery George - Literary Review - Translations
Box 6
Miscellaneous Clippings, Printed Matter, Photos, etc.
Box 6
Correspondence with Writers and Princeton Administrators, 1935-1942
Box 6
Artists Editions Mailing Envelope from Italy, 1954
Box 6
Items Separated, 1971-1980
Box 7
Patriotic Plays, Grinnell College
Box 7
Austrian Lit Program - Memos, Papers, 1973
Box 7
Comparative Literature Committee Minutes, 1971-1972
Box 7
Comparative Literature Program, 1970-1972
Box 7
Correspondence w/European Writers, Relatives, Immigrant Writers (Krolow), Translators, Students, 1955-1966
Box 7
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1944-1980
Box 7
Lectures, Including Announcements, 1972
Box 7
Heine - Valkyren Paper and Correspondence w/Johns Hopkins
Box 7
Fichte Schelling Lecture Notes
Box 7
Correspondence Re: Publications, 1982-1983
Box 7
Verse (Beginnings, Final Jottings, Miscellaneous), 1963-1980
Box 7
Auerbach: Philologie der Weltliteratur, 1967
Box 7
Bienkowsky Correspondence
Box 7
Albert Bloch Correspondence
Box 7
Haskell Bloch Correspondence
Box 7
Broch Correspondence, circa 1950
Box 7
Hoyle Carpenter, The Swan and Correspondence
Box 7
Paul Celan Correspondence
Box 7
Dishman - de Jong Correspondence
Box 7
Albert Einstein - Letter, Eulogy by H. Salinger
Box 7
Fitzbauer - Correspondence and Translations
Box 7
Grillparzer Correspondence
Box 7
Hagelstange Correspondence
Box 7
Henisch, Peter - Correspondence and Translations
Box 7
D.L. Salinger - Correspondence and Poems
Box 7
Richard Seymour Correspondence
Box 7
Adlai Stevenson, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford Correspondence
Box 7
Vollmer Correspondence (Including Re: Salinger's Duke Appointment), 1955
Box 7
Weigand Correspondence, 1964-1982
Box 7
Donald Yates Correspondence
Box 7
German State Theater Program, 1936
Box 8
Speech to Angier B. Duke Candidates, 1969
Box 8
German Embassy Press Kit, 1959
Box 8
Herman Salinger grew up in St. Louis, MO. He received his B.A. from Princeton University, his M.A. from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from Yale University. He also undertook graduate studies at the University of Berlin and the University of Cologne. During World War II, he fought in Germany as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. After teaching at Princeton, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Kansas and Grinnell College, Salinger came to Duke in 1955 as a professor of German and Comparative Literature, serving as chair in both departments. He remained on the Duke faculty until his retirement in 1974. His 1963 book of poetry, A Sign is the Sword won the Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Award. He died in 1983.
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[Identification of item], Herman Salinger Papers, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Herman Salinger Papers were received by the University Archives as a
transfer in 1963-1983.
Processed by Jessica Wood, November 2006
Encoded by Kimberly Sims, October 2007
Accessions A88-54, A85-511, A88-5, A83-67, A85-24, A88-13, A63-141, A69-56, A70-75, A73-5, and A74-26 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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