Inventory of the Clement Vollmer Papers, 1898-1983

Abstract

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.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Vollmer, Clement.
Title: Clement Vollmer Papers, 1898-1983
Language of Material: English
Extent: 3 Linear Feet, 1,000 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

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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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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.

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2 Boxes

Class Books, Class Photo, 1920-1956

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Walter P. Baum Correspondence, 1952-1960

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German 119-120 Notes, 1927-1943

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Schedules and Rosters, 1932-1960

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German Department Enrollment, 1933-1960

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Correspondence Re: Students, 1951-1964

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General Correspondence, 1948-1968

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Department Correspondence and Faculty Meetings, 1935-1952

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18th Century German Literature Course Materials, 1933-1934

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Duke University Church, 1957-1972

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General Duke Correspondence, Clippings, Programs, Memoranda, 1968-1971

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Heinrich Meyer Correspondence, 1955

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Dean Manchester Correspondence, 1950-1961

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Herbert Reichert Correspondence, 1955-1970

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Herman Salinger Correspondence, 1955-1970

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German Honors Program, 1936-1949

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W. Cary Maxwell Correspondence, 1936-1940

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Correspondence Re: Library, 1944-1952

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President's Office Correspondence, 1956

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F.E. Wilson Correspondence, 1940-1956

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News Clippings, 1928

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Paul Gross Correspondence and Clippings, 1949-1970

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Ziolkowski Correspondence, 1950-1971

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Warren Yates Correspondence, 1949-1958

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Wannamaker Correspondence, 1926-1949

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Graduate School Memos and Correspondence, 1935-1956

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Rev. P. Vollmer Thesis, C. Vollmer Reprints, undated, 1937, 1946

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Maude Vollmer Diaries and Notebooks, 1889-1983

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Neighborhood Information, undated

Diaries, address and date books kept by Maude Vollmer, wife of Henry Vollmer, 1898-1983

Box 2

Historical 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.

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