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uavollmer Inventory of the Clement Vollmer Papers, 1898-1983 Processed by: Jessica Wood; machine-readable finding aid created by: Sherrie Bowser University Archives Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

Aleph Number: 003793915

Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: October 2006Processed by Jessica Wood, October 2006; Finding Aid encoded by Sherrie Bowser, University Archives, Duke University, October 2006 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Inventory of the Clement Vollmer Papers, 1898-1983 University Archives Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary University Archives, Duke University Vollmer, Clement. Clement Vollmer Papers, 1898-1983 Material in English 3 Linear Feet 1,000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Clement Vollmer Papers, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 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.

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.

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.

Subject Headings

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Duke University. Faculty. Diaries--American authors. Vollmer, Clement. Vollmer, Maude Hugo. Related Material Gross (Paul M.) Papers, 1939-1979. University Archives. Duke University. News Service Biographical Files, 1960-2004. University Archives. Duke University. Contents of Collection Container List 2 Boxes 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 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