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Finding Aid to the Otto Maenchen-Helfen Papers, 1921-1974, bulk 1921-1965
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Series 1 Correspondence 1921-1961

Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 1-6

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes personal correspondence in the form of letters and postcards, to Professor Maenchen-Helfen in German and English, also includes correspondence concerning the Cahill and Trousdale publications.
Carton 1, Folder 1

Personal to Maenchen-Helfen (mostly in German) 1921-1961

Carton 1, Folders 2-5

Personal (mostly in German) 1938-1943

Carton 1, Folder 6

Re: Cahill and Trousdale publications 1958-1960

 

Series 2 Publications 1924-1974

Physical Description: Carton 1, folders 7-58

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes Maenchen-Helfen's publications on Chinese lacquer, ancient Chinese artifacts, and Hun history, as well as reviews on other books in Art Bulletin and other journals of Asian history and art. Also includes materials regarding Maenchen-Helfen's The World of the Huns, including correspondence, reviews, and materials focusing on its publication.
Carton 1, Folder 7

Bücherbesprechungen: Review 1924

Carton 1, Folder 8

Zwerghirsch 1930

Carton 1, Folder 9

Japan-Kalifornien 1931

Carton 1, Folder 10

Die Träger des Tierstils im Osten 1934

Carton 1, Folder 11

Herakles in China 1935

Carton 1, Folder 12

Carved Red Lacquer of the Ming Period 1936

Carton 1, Folder 13

Zur Geschichte der Lackkunst in China 1936

Carton 1, Folders 14-15

Chinesisches Lackgerät 1937

Carton 1, Folder 16

Der Schub Auf Die Sonnen 1937

Carton 1, Folder 17

Materialien zur Geschichte de Chinesischen Lacks, Zur Üe-tsï-frage 1938

Carton 1, Folder 18

The Ting-Ling, Svetadvtpa in Pre-Christian China 1939

Carton 1, Folder 19

Early Chinese Pottery 1941

Carton 1, Folder 20

From China to Palmyra 1943

Carton 1, Folder 21

Huns and Hsiung-Nu 1944-1945

Carton 1, Folder 22

The Legend of the Origin of the Huns 1944-1945

Carton 1, Folder 23

Some Remarks on Ancient Chinese Bronzes 1945

Carton 1, Folder 24

Are Chinese Hsi-Pi and Kuo-Lo Loan Words? 1945

Carton 1, Folder 25

The Yüeh-Chi Problem Re-Examined 1945

Carton 1, Folder 26

Reviews: Ackerman from Art Bulletin/E.A, Thompson, A History of Attila and the Huns 1946

Carton 1, Folder 27

History in Linguistics 1948

Carton 1, Folders 28-30

Inverted Tree circa 1949

Carton 1, Folder 31

Manichaeans in Siberia 1951

Carton 1, Folder 32

A Parthian Coin Legend on a Chinese Bronze 1952

Carton 1, Folder 33

Reviews: 1) Kirfel: Die Dreikopfige Gotthart 2) Altheim: Atilla und die Hunnen 1952

Carton 1, Folder 34

Reviews: Finsterbusch from Orientalistiche Literaturezitung 1954

Carton 1, Folder 35

The Date of Ammianus Marcellinus' Last Books 1955

Carton 1, Folder 36

Psuedo-Huns 1955

Carton 1, Folder 37

Reviews: 1) The Russian Works, 2) Anales de Historica Antigua y Medieval 1956

Carton 1, Folder 38

Crenelated Mane and Scabbard Slide 1957

Carton 1, Folder 39

Germanic and Hunnic Names of Iranian Origin 1957

Carton 1, Folder 40

Reviews: 1) Carter, 2) Loehr: Chinese Bronze Age Weapons 1957

Carton 1, Folder 41

Die Jassar-Berge, Zinige Bemerkungen zur Palaeoethnologie, and The Ethnic Name Hun 1959

Carton 1, Folder 42

Reviews: Altheim, Geschicte der Hunnen 1959

Carton 1, Folder 43

Archaistic Names of the Hiung-Nu, Ein Unbeachtetes Zeugnis fur das Keltentum der Bastarnen 1961-1962

Carton 1, Folder 44

Reviews: Sullivan's Introduction to Chinese Art 1961-1962

Carton 1, Folder 45

Zu Moor's Thesen Über die Hunnen 1963

Carton 1, Folder 46

The Date of Maximus of Turin's Sermo XVIII. Le Crogne di Aquileia 1964

Carton 1, Folder 47

Early Barbarian Tombs of China's Border 1965

Carton 1, Folder 48

Umehara and Rudenko Artibus Asiae XXVII 1965

Carton 1, Folder 49

Akatir 1966

Carton 1, Folder 50

Thegri and Tengri 1966

Carton 1, Folder 51

Byzantinische Zeitschrift 1968

Carton 1, Folder 52

Bibliographies 1969

Carton 1, Folders 53-54

The World of the Huns 1973-1974

Carton 1, Folder 55

The Huns on the Danube undated

Carton 1, Folder 56

Materialtien zur Geschichte des Chinesischen Lacks undated

Carton 1, Folder 57

Books Reviews and Articles about Professor Maenchen-Helfen undated

Carton 1, Folder 58

Vortrag Wein-Munchen undated

 

Series 3 Professional Associations 1931-1965

Physical Description: Carton 1, folder 59-61; Carton 2, folders 1-3

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes documents, correspondence, and articles in English, Russian, and German from Professor Maenchen-Helfen's career with the University of California and materials regarding his participation in the American Oriental Society and the Society for Asian Art.
Carton 1, Folders 59-60

American Oriental Society 1931-1942

Carton 1, Folder 61

University of California 1934-1965

Carton 2, Folders 1-3

University of California 1934-1965

 

Series 4 Research 1921-1967

Physical Description: Carton 2, folders 4-53; Carton 3-6; Carton 7, folders 1-33

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes research in German, English, Italian, Russian, Greek, and Chinese on the history, artifacts, warfare, language, traditions, and territories of the Hun Empire. Also includes information about the Chinese Dynasty and its trademark process of lacquering. Photographs, maps, and bibliographies accompany some of the folders, especially those on Hun artifacts, Hun wars and battles, and Chinese lacquer.
Carton 2, Folder 4

Adam undated

Carton 2, Folder 5

Aetius-Hostage, Aetius and the Burgundians undated

Carton 2, Folder 6

Afrasiab Photographs undated

Carton 2, Folder 7

Alans in the West and River Burials undated

Carton 2, Folder 8

Albero Secco undated

Carton 2, Folder 9

Altheim undated

Carton 2, Folders 10-11

Animal Handles with photographs undated

Carton 2, Folder 12

Apahida undated

Carton 2, Folder 13

Appendices and Allegedly Religious Motives in Hunnic Art undated

Carton 2, Folder 14

Archaeology, China/Chinese circa 1960

Carton 2, Folder 15

The Archaeological Evidence undated

Carton 2, Folder 16

Archaeology of Korea, Arimitsu Lectures 1951

Carton 2, Folder 17

Arrows undated

Carton 2, Folder 18

Asia. Innermost undated

Carton 2, Folder 19

Assorted Artifacts with photographs undated

Carton 2, Folder 20

Assorted Cardboard Index Pages containing notes and captions undated

Carton 2, Folder 21

Atlas SSSR 1950

Carton 2, Folder 22

Attila undated

Carton 2, Folder 23

Attila, typescript in German undated

Carton 2, Folder 24

Attila, Huns Threaten West Wars on the Balkan undated

Carton 2, Folders 25-27

Attila's Kingdom circa 1967

Carton 2, Folders 28-29

Attila's Kingdom Economy undated

Carton 2, Folder 30

Battle of the Huns Draft undated

Carton 2, Folder 31

Bird's Head, Bottles, and Buckles undated

Carton 2, Folder 32

Borovoe undated

Carton 2, Folder 33

Bow, Politische Geschicte undated

Carton 2, Folders 34-36

Bows/Bogen, includes illustrations undated

Carton 2, Folder 37

Bows at High Altai undated

Carton 2, Folder 38

Bows, Hunnic undated

Carton 2, Folder 39

Bows, material and literature used undated

Carton 2, Folder 40

Bronzes, Chinese Art undated

Carton 2, Folder 41

The Burgundians undated

Carton 2, Folder 42

Burial types undated

Carton 2, Folders 43-44

Burials, River and Alans in the West undated

Carton 2, Folder 45

Camel/Gyongosapat pictures undated

Carton 2, Folder 46

Chernyakhov undated

Carton 2, Folder 47

China Borders/Okladnikov's "Bows" undated

Carton 2, Folder 48

China, Historical Chart 1958

Carton 2, Folder 49

China's Cultural Development Chart undated

Carton 2, Folders 50-51

Chinese Art, Bronzes undated

Carton 2, Folders 52-53

Chinese Notes undated

Carton 3, Folders 1-2

Chinese Notes undated

Carton 3, Folder 3

"Collapse" undated

Carton 3, Folder 4

Concesti photographs undated

Carton 3, Folder 5

Cranes and Pygmies, Monsters undated

Carton 3, Folder 6

Cranial Deformation circa 1966

Carton 3, Folder 7

Cranial Deformation Notebook undated

Carton 3, Folders 8-9

Crenelated Mane undated

Carton 3, Folder 10

Crenelated Mane, includes illustrations undated

Carton 3, Folder 11

Csongrad undated

Carton 3, Folders 12-13

Danube, On to undated

Carton 3, Folder 14

Two Dark Decades 1950-1955

Carton 3, Folder 15

Deformation undated

Carton 3, Folder 16

Deformed Heads, photographs undated

Carton 3, Folders 17-18

Der Stand der Hunnenforschung undated

Carton 3, Folder 19

Die Russen undated

Carton 3, Folder 20

Dress undated

Carton 3, Folder 21

Eidola undated

Carton 3, Folder 22

Erdfischung undated

Carton 3, Folder 23

Far Eastern Bibliography 1932-1936

Carton 3, Folder 24

Fibulae undated

Carton 3, Folder 25

German Bibliography with notes undated

Carton 3, Folder 26

Germanic finds in Hungary undated

Carton 3, Folder 27

Gesamtdarstellungen and Thompson undated

Carton 3, Folder 28

Gesellschaft undated

Carton 3, Folder 29

Graves, Hunnic undated

Carton 3, Folder 30

Győngyősapáti undated

Carton 3, Folder 31

Handbook of the Department of Oriental Art 1933

Carton 3, Folder 32

Heikel-Talas undated

Carton 3, Folder 33

Hephthalites, Xyon, Kidara undated

Carton 3, Folder 34

Herakles in China undated

Carton 3, Folder 35

Hiu Shï Lu, general undated

Carton 3, Folders 36-37

Hiu Shï Lu Composition Books, I and II. undated

Carton 3, Folder 38

Hormilac, draft undated

Carton 3, Folder 39

Horses 1921-1960

Carton 3, Folders 40-41

Hsi-Pi undated

Carton 3, Folder 42

Hsi-Pi and Kuo-Lo undated

Carton 3, Folder 43

Huai and Ordos undated

Carton 3, Folder 44

Hun Composition Notebook undated

Carton 3, Folder 45

Caucasus Huns undated

Carton 3, Folder 46

Hunnic Cauldrons circa 1964

Carton 3, Folders 47-48

Huns, crafts, cauldrons, diadems, etc. undated

Carton 3, Folder 49

Hun Destroyers undated

Carton 3, Folder 50

The Huns in Dionysus Periegetes circa 1960

Carton 3, Folder 51

Early Hun Drafts undated

Carton 4, Folder 1

Early Huns in Eastern Europe undated

Carton 4, Folder 2

Huns, Hsiung-Nu 1963

Carton 4, Folder 3

Huns, in Italy 452 A.D. undated

Carton 4, Folder 4

Huns, material 395 A.D. undated

Carton 4, Folder 5

Huns, material 451-452 A.D. undated

Carton 4, Folder 6

Huns, material 452-453 A.D. undated

Carton 4, Folder 7

Huns, Origin of the circa 1958

Carton 4, Folder 8

Huns and religion undated

Carton 4, Folder 9

Huns-Sarmatian Swords undated

Carton 4, Folders 10-11

Hun society undated

Carton 4, Folders 12-13

Huns, use of gold, jewelry, etc. undated

Carton 4, Folder 14

Hunnic warfare undated

Carton 4, Folder 15

Huns, weaponry, language, etc, bibliography undated

Carton 4, Folder 16

Huns, list of people whose works were used during research undated

Carton 4, Folder 17

Illustrations/Photographs, cauldrons 1935-1965

Carton 4, Folder 18

Illustrations/Photographs, crenelated mane undated

Carton 4, Folder 19

Illustrations/Photographs, diadems undated

Carton 4, Folder 20

Illustrations/Photographs, granulation, miscellaneous undated

Carton 4, Folder 21

Illustrations/Photographs, horses house undated

Carton 4, Folder 22

Illustrations/Photographs, Hunnic art, articles undated

Carton 4, Folder 23

Illustrations/Photographs, Hunnic art, miscellaneous undated

Carton 4, Folder 24

Illustrations/Photographs, jewelry circa 1961

Carton 4, Folders 25-26

Illustrations/Photographs, mirrors undated

Carton 4, Folder 27

Illustrations/Photographs, miscellaneous, Kava, Aguck undated

Carton 4, Folder 28

Illustrations/Photographs, Octar and Ruga undated

Carton 4, Folder 29

Illustrations/Photographs, race circa 1958

Carton 4, Folder 30

Illustrations/Photographs, religion, Eidola undated

Carton 4, Folder 31

Illustrations/Photographs, Samokvasov, Caucasus jewelry undated

Carton 4, Folder 32

Illustrations/Photographs, Uoin, Ula, and Ordos circa 1959-1963

Carton 4, Folder 33

Illustrations/Photographs, warfare circa 1960

Carton 4, Folder 34

Inverted Tree undated

Carton 4, Folder 35

Iranisches bei Berossos undated

Carton 4, Folder 36

Iuvare Occisos Parentes/Killing Parents circa 1965

Carton 4, Folder 37

Jakuszowice undated

Carton 4, Folder 38

Jumg Keng circa 1937-1946

Carton 4, Folder 39

Kama, Kharina, and Bashkirskii undated

Carton 4, Folder 40

Kan X. die Renwirtschaft undated

Carton 4, Folder 41

Kazakhstan circa 1956

Carton 4, Folder 42

Kenkol, Kerch, Panticapaeum undated

Carton 4, Folder 43

Khwarezm undated

Carton 5, Folder 1

Karasuk, China 1928-1947

Carton 5, Folders 2-3

Kirgiz undated

Carton 5, Folder 4

Kyros undated

Carton 5, Folder 5

Lacquer, Black undated

Carton 5, Folder 6

The Lacquer Tree undated

Carton 5, Folder 7

Lacquer, Ancient Chinese undated

Carton 5, Folder 8

Lacquer, Chinese circa 1941

Carton 5, Folders 9-12

Lacquer, Chinese Art circa 1938

Carton 5, Folders 13-14

Lacquer, Chinese Art History undated

Carton 5, Folder 15

Lacquer, Chinese technique undated

Carton 5, Folder 16

Lacquer, Japanese circa 1941

Carton 5, Folder 17

Lacquer, Materialien zur Geschichte des Chinesischen Lacks undated

Carton 5, Folders 18-21

Lacquer, technique and masters undated

Carton 5, Folder 22

Lacquer, Oriental 1921-1938

Carton 5, Folder 23

Langobards in "Attila's Kingdom" undated

Carton 5, Folders 24-25

Language of the Huns undated

Carton 5, Folder 26

Language Introduction, Germanic, Iranian, and Tribal circa 1955

Carton 5, Folder 27

Language Conclusion, Ethnic Name undated

Carton 5, Folder 28

"Light and Laughter" 383-427 A.D. undated

Carton 5, Folder 29

The Literary Evidence undated

Carton 5, Folder 30

Magna Mater Scythia undated

Carton 5, Folder 31

Manichaeism, Manichaean rock pictures in Siberia 1931-1957

Carton 5, Folder 32

Maps, Classical lands, Cradle of Western civilization undated

Carton 5, Folders 33-34

Maps, Far East and Central Asia undated

Carton 5, Folder 35

Maps, Hungary undated

Carton 5, Folder 36

Maps, Patsch circa 1965

Carton 5, Folder 37

Maps, Sarmatians undated

Carton 5, Folder 38

Maps, Sarmatian and Chernyakhov circa 1964

Carton 5, Folder 39

Maps, Romania undated

Carton 5, Folder 40

Maps, Central Asia 1949

Carton 5, Folder 41

Maps, Chernyakhov undated

Carton 5, Folder 42

Maps, various historical events undated

Carton 5, Folder 43

Maps, various undated

Carton 5, Folder 44

Märchen von der Scwanenjungfrau 1936

Carton 5, Folder 45

Mirrors, drafts circa 1960-1965

Carton 5, Folders 46-47

Mirrors, drafts undated

Carton 5, Folder 48

Miscellaneous, mythological creatures, in Chinese, German, and Greek undated

Carton 6, Folders 1-8

Miscellaneous, writings and translations undated

Carton 6, Folder 9

Musliumova/Muslyumovo undated

Carton 6, Folder 10

Novogrigor'evka undated

Carton 6, Folder 11

Octar and Ruga undated

Carton 6, Folder 12

Parducz, Hunnenzeit photographs undated

Carton 6, Folder 13

Paulus, Khwarezm undated

Carton 6, Folder 14

Pazyryk, lecture in Italian undated

Carton 6, Folders 15-16

Photographs, miscellaneous, includes negatives undated

Carton 6, Folder 17

Photographs, "World of the Huns" undated

Carton 6, Folder 18

Pottery undated

Carton 6, Folder 19

Photostat undated

Carton 6, Folder 20

Priscus Collapse and Aftermath, 376-476 A.D. undated

Carton 6, Folder 21

Proben undated

Carton 6, Folder 22

Psuedo-Huns. Ammianus, Jerome undated

Carton 6, Folder 23

Quiver undated

Carton 6, Folder 24

Race undated

Carton 6, Folder 25

Race II circa 1959

Carton 6, Folder 26

Radensk, Saga, Shcherbatinamotlovina, Shipovo undated

Carton 6, Folder 27

Religion undated

Carton 6, Folder 28

Religion, Sacred sword undated

Carton 6, Folder 29

Ruga undated

Carton 6, Folder 30

Sarmatian Distribution undated

Carton 6, Folders 31-32

Sarmatians circa 1959

Carton 6, Folders 33-35

Sarmatians, Early, Middle, and Late undated

Carton 6, Folders 36-37

Sarmatians, Latest undated

Carton 6, Folder 38

Sarmartians, Late undated

Carton 6, Folders 39-40

Sarmatians, West of the Don, Maslovo, etc. undated

Carton 6, Folder 41

Sarmatian Script undated

Carton 7, Folder 1

Schamanismus undated

Carton 7, Folder 2

Scythian art, early, lectures, "Romans and Barbarians Attila's Court" undated

Carton 7, Folder 3

Scythia, Early Sarmatian, Early on Volga undated

Carton 7, Folder 4

Scyths, Sarmats undated

Carton 7, Folder 5

Shou Chou undated

Carton 7, Folder 6

Siberia, prehistory undated

Carton 7, Folder 7

Si-Pi undated

Carton 7, Folder 8

Si-Pi and Kuo-Lo, Chinese Lacquer undated

Carton 7, Folder 9

Silk Road, East on undated

Carton 7, Folder 10

"Speculations about the Language of the Huns" undated

Carton 7, Folder 11

Sprache undated

Carton 7, Folder 12

Strap Ends undated

Carton 7, Folder 13

Swan Maiden undated

Carton 7, Folder 14

Swords, Central Asia and China undated

Carton 7, Folder 15

Swords, Sarmatian Bosp. and general term for swords circa 1959

Carton 7, Folder 16

Sword, Sasanian circa 1965

Carton 7, Folder 17

Szeged, Nagyszéksόs undated

Carton 7, Folder 18

Szirmabesenyő, Szirmateseny undated

Carton 7, Folder 19

Tribal Names undated

Carton 7, Folder 20

Turkmenistan, Southern 1963

Carton 7, Folder 21

Temple Pendants undated

Carton 7, Folder 22

Tuva undated

Carton 7, Folders 23-24

Typescripts, various, German and Italian undated

Carton 7, Folders 25

Uldin and Charaton undated

Carton 7, Folder 26

Verknaya Rutkha/Ruchka undated

Carton 7, Folder 27

Varia Au Shk undated

Carton 7, Folder 28

Viele Sonnen undated

Carton 7, Folder 29

Warfare 9 undated

Carton 7, Folder 30

Wein, Simmering, Zdvizhengkde undated

Carton 7, Folder 31

World Tree Bibliography undated

Carton 7, Folder 32

Wu-Sun undated

Carton 7, Folder 33

Yueh-Chih and notebooks (2) with bibliographies undated

 

Series 5 Biographical Materials 1965-1969

Physical Description: Carton 7, folders 34-37

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

Includes Maenchen-Helfen's Honorary degree and photographs of his workspace in Berkeley.
Carton 7, Folder 34

Maenchen-Helfen's Honorary Degree 1965

Carton 7, Folders 35-36

Photographs, Maenchen-Helfen's Study, includes slides 1969

Carton 7, Folder 37

Addresses and phone numbers of certain colleagues undated