GB 0367 GWA - Waterhouse, Gilbert (1888-1977)

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GB 0367 GWA 1911-1968 Collection (Fonds) 19 boxes Waterhouse , Gilbert , 1888-1977 , Professor of German

Gilbert Waterhouse: Born Hipperholme, Yorkshire, 15 July 1888, son of Harold Waterhouse of Tarleton, Lancs; Educated at Pendleton Grammar School, Wigan Institute, Pendleton Higher Elementary School and Manchester Grammar School (Foundation Scholar 1900), St John's College Cambridge and the University of Berlin; first recipient of the Tiarks University German Scholarship, Cambridge, 1910; Assistant Lecturer in English, University of Lepzig, 1911-1914; Assistant Master, Manchester Grammar School, 1914-1915; Professor of German, University of Dublin, 1915-1932; Administrator, Government Scheme of Grants to ex-Service Students (Ireland), 1919-1925; Secretary, Royal Commission on the University of Dublin, 1920; Professor of German, Queen's University, Belfast, 1933-1953; Died 25 July 1977. Married 1920, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Wobert Woods, 3 daughters.
Publications: The Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Seventeenth Century, 1914; The War and the Study of German: a public lecture delivered in Trinity College, Dublin, on Tuesday, May 29th, 1917 , (1917); ed Franz Grillparzer: Weh' dem der lügt, (1923); The Prince of Peace, (1927); A Short History of German Literature, (1928); (trans) Clara Viebig: The Sleeping Army, (1929); (trans) General von Seeckt Thoughts of a Soldier, (1930); Simon van der Stel's Journal of his Expedition to Namaqualand (1685), (1932, supplement 1953).

Bequeathed to IGS by Professor Waterhouse.

Papers of Professor Gilbert Waterhouse, 1911-1968, comprising:
Personal correspondence and papers including personal and academic correspondence, 1911-1939; papers on GW's time as Assistant Lecturer in English, University of Lepzig, 1911-1914, including copies of letters from Karl Breul to GW, 1910-1913, and GW's letters from Leipzig, 1911-1914; papers on holidays in France and Germany, 1920-1930; papers on vist to Munich, 1930; papers on move from Dublin to Belfast, 1933; papers on exchange visit to the USA, 1950-1951.
Research notes and papers, including miscellaneous articles, 1912-1937; correspondence and papers on The Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Seventeenth Century, 1913-1950; correspondence and papers on translation of Franz Grillparzer: Weh' dem der lügt, 1917-1964; notes and papers for articles on St Patrick's Purgatory, 1923-1926; correspondence and papers on GW's translation of Clara Viebig: The Sleeping Army, 1927-1929; correspondence and papers on publication of A Short History of German Literature, 1928-1968; correspondence and papers on GW's translation of General von Seeckt Thoughts of a Soldier, 1930; correspondence and papers on GW's articles and lectures on Goethe, 1927-1935; notes and papers on Anglo-German relations, particularly National Socialism, 1933-1943; notes on the mineralogist, Sir Charles Giesecke (1761-1833), 1936-c 1970; Newspaper cuttings from British, German and French newspapers, mainly on Germany and National Socialism, 1929-1937.

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Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. May 2002 Breul , Karl Hermann , 1860-1932 , Professor of German, University of Cambridge Europe European literature France German Germanic languages German literature Germany Indo-european languages National literatures Nazism Political doctrines Totalitarianism University of Leipzig x Leipzig University Waterhouse , Gilbert , 1888-1977 , Professor of German Western Europe

Bequeathed to IGS by Professor Waterhouse.

Papers of Professor Gilbert Waterhouse, 1911-1968, comprising:
Personal correspondence and papers including personal and academic correspondence, 1911-1939; papers on GW's time as Assistant Lecturer in English, University of Lepzig, 1911-1914, including copies of letters from Karl Breul to GW, 1910-1913, and GW's letters from Leipzig, 1911-1914; papers on holidays in France and Germany, 1920-1930; papers on vist to Munich, 1930; papers on move from Dublin to Belfast, 1933; papers on exchange visit to the USA, 1950-1951.
Research notes and papers, including miscellaneous articles, 1912-1937; correspondence and papers on The Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Seventeenth Century, 1913-1950; correspondence and papers on translation of Franz Grillparzer: Weh' dem der lügt, 1917-1964; notes and papers for articles on St Patrick's Purgatory, 1923-1926; correspondence and papers on GW's translation of Clara Viebig: The Sleeping Army, 1927-1929; correspondence and papers on publication of A Short History of German Literature, 1928-1968; correspondence and papers on GW's translation of General von Seeckt Thoughts of a Soldier, 1930; correspondence and papers on GW's articles and lectures on Goethe, 1927-1935; notes and papers on Anglo-German relations, particularly National Socialism, 1933-1943; notes on the mineralogist, Sir Charles Giesecke (1761-1833), 1936-c 1970; Newspaper cuttings from British, German and French newspapers, mainly on Germany and National Socialism, 1929-1937.

As described in the scope and content.

Researchers should apply to consult material at least forty-eight hours in advance by letter, facsimile, e-mail or telephone. The Library staff need a name and contact number, a concise and clear idea of the nature of the enquiry and a date and time for consultation.

Photocopies may be made, although this is at the discretion of the Librarian and is dependent on the nature of the material.

• English

• Latin

English and German

Box list.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• English