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Title: Hubert Jannach collection on B. Traven
Date (inclusive): 1926-1987, undated
Date (bulk): 1950-1975
Collection Number: 245
Creator:
Jannach, Hubert
Extent:
0.5 linear feet
(1 document box)
Repository: Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, notes, and other material regarding research conducted on B. Traven by author Hubert
Jannach.
Languages: The collection is in English.
This collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & Archives. All
requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections
& Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by
the researcher.
[identification of item]. Hubert Jannach collection on B. Traven, Collection 245. University of California, Riverside Libraries,
Special Collections & Archives, University of California, Riverside.
The Hubert Jannach collection on B. Traven was acquired in 1987.
Processed by Heidi Hutchinson, 2012.
Hubert Jannach was a professor in the Department of Modern Languages at Purdue University. He researched and wrote on the
identity and language of B. Traven during the years 1955-1986 and corresponded with many B. Traven scholars, including Rolf
Recknagel and Michael L. Baumann.
B. Traven was the pseudonym for an internationally famous writer who guarded his identity with jealousy and determination
throughout his life, creating one of the greatest literary puzzles of the 20th century. Other names he went by in his lifetime
are Traven Torsvan, Hal Croves, and Ret Marut. His twelve novels, the best known of which are
The Death Ship and the
Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and many short stories have been translated into numerous languages. Films have been made of his the
Treasure of the Sierra Madre,
White Rose,
Macario,
The Death Ship, and
Rebellion of the Hanged. He died in March 1969 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains correspondence, notes, and other material regarding research conducted on B. Traven by author Hubert
Jannach.
This collection is arranged into three series. The series arrangement of this collection is as follows:
- Series 1. Articles about B. Traven and his works, 1948-1986.
- Series 2. Correspondence, 1949-1987.
- Series 3. Research and biographical material, 1926-1978, undated.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Traven, B.
Correspondence.
Research notes.
Typescripts.