Findind Aid to the Clair Hayden Bell Papers, 1905-1965

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Finding Aid to the Clair Hayden Bell Papers, 1905-1965

Collection number: BANC MSS 72/157 c

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

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The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

Processed by:: The Bancroft Library staff
Date Completed:: ca. 1972
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Collection Summary

Collection Title: Clair Hayden Bell Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1905-1965

Collection Number: BANC MSS 72/157 c

Creator: Bell, Clair Hayden, 1885-1967

Extent: Number of containers: 2 boxes

Repository: The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Abstract: Correspondence relating to his career as professor of German, University of California, Berkeley, and to his attempts to obtain research materials from post-war Germany; reprints of his writings; reviews by him and of his work; photocopy of materials relating to Georg Hager.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English and German

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Clair Hayden Bell Papers, BANC MSS 72/157 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Clair Hayden Bell's papers were given to the Library by Mrs. Bell on March 14, 1972.

Biographical Sketch

Clair Hayden Bell, professor of German at the University of California at Berkeley, was born in Lafayette, Indiana in 1885. He attended the University of California, graduating in 1908 with a major in philosophy and German. He also acquired his M. L. at Berkeley in 1909 in philosophy, and began his teaching career as a teaching assistant in 1909. From 1910 to 1913, he taught in the Los Angeles High School, with the exception of one year, 1911-1912, which he spent as an exchange teacher at the Real Gymnasium at Frankfurtam-Main, Germany. He returned to the University of California as an instructor in 1913, took time out for military service from 1917 to 1919, and acquired his doctorate in 1921. He continued his professorial career in Berkeley until his retirement in 1955.

Professor Bell's work related in large part to the editing and publishing of medieval German texts of the Minnesänger, particularly the life and works of Georg Hager, and also to the publication of texts for the use of students learning German.

Scope and Content

His Papers include correspondence, much of it relating to the acquisition of research materials in post-war Germany, and reflecting the social and economic conditions there; mss of his writings; book reviews by him and about his work; a bibliography of his writings; photocopies of Georg Hager materials; and clippings, mainly relating to or by Bell.

Box 1

Correspondence

Outgoing letters

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically, 1905-1964

Incoming letters

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. A partial list of correspondents follows the key.

Box 2

Writings by C. H. Bell

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title. For a more complete file of his writings, please consult University Archives.

Reviews of works by Bell

Bibliography

Photocopy of two versions of the Comoedie von Crocodil and related Georg Hager material

Clippings, mainly relating to or by Bell

Miscellaneous personalia, 1918-1963

Material concerning the publication of Bell's Salman and Morolf.

Correspondence

Typed manuscript (ribbon and carbon copies)

Adams, Bertram Martin, 1879-1953

Letter, Jan. 29, 1947

Alexander, R. T.

Letter, Mar. 9, 1948

Additional Note

Written while a member of the Office of Military Government for Germany

American Council of Learned Societies. Pacific Committee for the Humanities.

2 letters, 1947, by Hugh G. Dick

Assmann, Karl, 1890-

See Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek

Barthell, Russell W.

2 letters, 1948

Additional Note

Written while administrative assistant to the President, re possibilities for research in Germany. Carbon copies sent to Bell.

Basel. Universität. Bibliothek

4 letters, 1946-1947, by Max Burckhardt

Berlin. Deutsche Staatsbibliothek

3 letters, 1940-1948

Bischoff, Johannes

15 letters, 1946-1948

Additional Note

Written while archivist, Erlangen, Germany. Some re life in post-war Germany.

Bock, Friedrich, 1886-

See Nuremberg, Stadtbibliothek

Braun, Walter

4 letters, 1950-1951

Additional Note

Written while archivist, Memmingen, Germany.

Brechler, Otto

7 letters, 1947-1948

Additional Note

Re post-war Vienna.

Brewer, Edward Vere, 1887-

See California. University, Berkeley. Department of German

California. University. President

3 letters, 1940-1955

Additional Note

Include letters from Robert Gordon Sproul

California. University. Press

4 letters, 1922-1954

Additional Note

1922 letter by Oliver M. Washburn

California. University, Berkeley. Chancellor

Letter, June 21, 1955, by Clark Kerr

California. University, Berkeley. Dept. of German

Letter, Oct. 31, 1947, by Edward V. Brewer. Copy.

Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Inc.

Letter, Nov. 14, 1946, by Howard Elkinton

Coenen, Frederic Edward

See Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures

Cooper, William Alpha, 1868-

Letter, June 1, 1928

Dick, Hugh Gilchrist, 1909-

See American Council of Learned Societies. Pacific Committee for the Humanities.

Dresden. Sächsische Landesbibliothek

Letter, May 26, 1948, by Karl Assmann

Frick, Heinrich, 1893-

See Marburg, Germany. Universität

Gayley, Charles Mills, 1858-1932

Note, 1922?

Germany. Minister der geistlichen und Unterrichts-Angelegen-heiten

Letter, May 17, 1913

Göttingen. Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitäts-Bibliothek

Letter, Feb. 2, 1950, by E. Will

Götze, Alfred [August Woldemar], 1876-1946

Postcard, Oct. 31, 1936

Gürsching Heinrich

11 letters, 1947-1952

Additional Note

Written while archivist in Nuremberg. One letter is incomplete. Copies of his reviews of Bell's Georg Hager also included.

Hagboldt, Peter Harmann, 1886-

2 letters, 1940

Hager, Ernst

Letter, Oct. 9, 1940

Additional Note

Re Hager family genealogy

Hannemann, Kurt

4 letters, 1948

Harrassowitz, Hans

Letter, Mar. 13, 1947

Hinz, Stella M.

2 letters, 1937

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Letter, Mar. 13, 1947, by Henry Allen Moe

Kartzke, Georg

2 letters, 1947-1948

Keil, Günther, 1890-

Letter, June 30, 1947

Kerr, Clark, 1911-

See California. University, Berkeley. Chancellor

Koester, Leonard, 1904-

2 letters, 1947

Lokke, Carl Ludwig, 1897-

3 letters, 1944-1954

Marburg, Germany. Universität

2 letters, 1948

Additional Note

Letter of Feb. 2 by Heinrich Frick; letter, Feb. 12, is a copy, with translation.

Martin, Thomas Powderly, 1887-

See U.S. Library of Congress

Mediaeval Academy of America

4 letters, 1946, by Charles R. D. Miller

Miller, Charles R. D.

See Mediaeval Academy of America

Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-

See John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Morgan, Bayard Quincy, 1883-

3 letters, 1947-1948

Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1878-

Letter, May 24, 1951

Müller, Georg

Letter, Nov. 3, 1948

Nagel, Bert

Letter, July 28, 1952

Noble, George Bernard, 1892-

See U.S. Dept. of State

Noyes, George Rapall, 1873-1952

2 letters, 1947-1951

Nuremberg, Germany. Landeskirchliches Archiv

2 letters, 1947, by Dr. Siman

Nuremberg, Germany. Germanisches Nationalmuseum

Letter, Sept. 21, 1948, by Dr. Rothenfelder

Nuremberg, Germany. Staatsarchiv

4 letters, 1948, by Fridolin Solleder

Nuremberg, Germany. Stadtsbibliothek

2 letters, 1947, by Friedrich Bock

Reinsch, Frank Herman, 1885-

Letter, May 12, 1928

Ruf, Paul

3 letters, 1947-1949

Additional Note

1947 letter is a copy, with translation. Archivist, Munich Staatsbibliothek.

Schilling, Hugo Karl, 1861-1931

Letter, Dec. 15, 1921

Selmer, Carl, 1896-

2 letters, 1947-1948

Additional Note

1948 letter written on behalf of the Modern Language Association.

Senn, Alfred, 1899-

Letter, Mar. 14, 1947

Solleder, Fridolin, 1886-

See Nuremberg, Germany. Staatsarchiv

Spaulding, Ernest Wilder, 1899-

See U.S. Dept. of State

Sproul, Robert Gordon, 1891-1975

See California. University. President.

Starck, Taylor, 1889-

2 letters, 1945-1947

Steiner, John P.

6 letters, 1948

Additional Note

Written from the Office of Military Government in Germany, re microfilming of manuscripts from various depositories.

Strübing, Eduard

20 letters, 1940-1949

Additional Note

Librarian in Weimar. Comments on post-war Germany.

Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures

Letter, Mar. 31, 1964, by F. E. Coenen

Stuttgarter Verlagskontor GMB H

5 letters, 1964, by Hermann Maier

Taylor, Archer, 1890-

Letter, n.d.

U.S. Dept. of State

5 letters, 1940-1947, by E. Wilder Spaulding and G. Bernard Noble

U. S. Library of Congress

Letter, Oct. 9. 1940, by Thomas P. Martin

Vail, Curtis Churchill Doughty, 1903-

Letter, Mar. 24, 1947

Wahrhaftig, Matt

Letter, [1947]

Walter, Max, 1857-1935

Letter, Ju1y 27, 1912

Additional Note

Letter of recommendation for Bell's teaching work at the Frankfurt Musterschule. Two copies, one in longhand, the other typed, both signed.

Walz, John Albrecht, 1871-

Letter, May 9, 1947

Washburn, Oliver Miles

See California. University. Press

Werner, Friedrich

9 letters, 1947-1948

Additional Note

Re post-war Germany.

Wolff, Ludwig, 1892-

2 letters, 1949-1952