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Victor Wolfgang von Hagen papers, 1935-1983 (bulk 1940-1960).
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Victor Wolfgang von Hagen papers, 1935-1983 (bulk 1940-1960)Creator/Contributor:
Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1908-1985, creatorAbstract:
Contains material from von Hagen's career as a writer, historian, and explorer. The majority of the collection consists of
drafts in varying levels of completeness, as well as notes and correspondence, for von Hagen's writing projects, some of which
were never completed or published. Particularly well-represented are The Four Seasons of Manuela (1952), about Manuela Sáenz
and Simón Bolívar; The Fourteen Bottles of Boussingault (unpublished?), a translation; The High Voyage: Fernando Colón Sails
the Ocean-Sea (unpublished?); South America Called Them (1945), on Charles Darwin and other naturalists; and various projects
concerning Frederick Catherwood, John Stephens, and Alexander von Humboldt. The collection also contains several folders of
notecards from von Hagen's research on various topics. Von Hagen's advocacy for a research station on the Galapagos Islands
is noted in correspondence and writings on the subject. The collection includes a small amount of personal material, including
what appear to be travel journals and a partial draft of an autobiography.
Date:
1940 (issued)Subject:
n------ -- s------ -- pogg---Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang -- 1908-1985 -- Archives
Humboldt, Alexander von -- 1769-1859
Sáenz, Manuela -- 1797?-1856
Darwin, Charles -- 1809-1882
Catherwood, Frederick
Stephens, John L -- 1805-1852
Colón, Fernando -- 1488-1539
Aztecs -- History
Mayas -- History
Indians of North America
Central America -- History
Galapagos Islands
Latin America -- History
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The four seasons of Manuela, carton 1, folders 12-18: also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 3367.
Victor Wolfgang von Hagen papers, BANC MSS 92/906 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Related collection: Victor Wolfgang von Hagen works : typescript (BANC MSS Z-Z 163).
Associated collection: Victor Wolfgang von Hagen papers; Also located at; Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
Victor Wolfgang von Hagen (1908-1985) was an American writer, archeologist, and explorer, who devoted much of his life to
studying and writing about the pre-Columbian civilizations of Central and South America.
Forms part of the Victor Wolfgang von Hagen collection.
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print
2 cartons (2.5 linear feet)
1 microfilm reel : negative and positive.
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.