Clarence Willis Eastman Papers, ca. 1925-1955

Eastman Papers, ca. 1935-1955

3 records storage boxes (3 linear ft.)

Abstract:

The bulk of the collection consists of notes, assignments and other materials related to Eastman's teaching of German language and literature at Amherst College. In addition, there is correspondence, personal diaries and unpublished manuscripts on topics in medieval German literature and German linguistics; one folder related to army training at Amherst College during World War I; and copious notes and manuscripts for his 1916 genealogy of the Thompson, Hull, Clark, Curtiss, Gunn, Peck, Stiles, Wells (Welles) and Judson families.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the papers for research use.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the papers should be directed to the Amherst College Archivist.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Biographical Note

Clarence Willis Eastman was born in Concord, New Hampshire on January 3, 1873. He received a Bachelor's degree from Worchester Polytechnic Institute in 1894. He studied German Literature at the Universities of Gottingen and Leipzig from 1895 to 1898, and received the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy from the University if Leipzig in 1898. From 1898 until 1907, he taught German at the University of Iowa, and, during the summers, taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Missouri.

Eastman's publications include Die Syntax des Dativs bei Notker (dissertation, 1898); Wilhelm Hauff's "Lichtenstein"(1901); An Account of Some of the Ancestors of Harry Thompson and Myra Hull (1916); Goethe's Poems (editor, 1941).

Eastman became Associate Professor of German Language and Literature at Amherst College in 1907, and full Professor in 1909. He remained at Amherst until his retirement in 1943. He died March 12, 1952.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the papers for research use.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the papers should be directed to the Amherst College Archivist.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Clarence Willis Eastman Papers [Box #, folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

Processing Information

Listed:	1987 summer
By:	Deborah Pelletier Susannah Pelletier

Additional Information

Contact Information

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus
URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives

Language

English.

Sponsor

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Contents List

Heine Assignments	n.d.		Box 1: folder 1

German	n.d.		Box 1: folder 2

First year German written by C.W.E.	1939		Box 1: folder 3

First Year German written by C.W.E. (personal copy)	1939		Box 1: folder 4

German III Dictation	n.d.		Box 1: folder 5

Notes on stories and the German language	n.d.		Box 1: folder 6

Keller, Gotthelf, C.F. Meyer, Deutsche Literatur im 20 Jahrh	1922		Box 1: folder 7

Goethe	n.d.		Box 1: folder 8

Goethe	n.d.		Box 1: folder 9

Goethe	n.d.		Box 1: folder 10

Goethe's Poems - notes by C.W.E.	n.d.		Box 1: folder 11

Goethe's Poems - notes by C.W.E.(private copy)	n.d.		Box 1: folder 12

Goethe's Poems - notes by C.W.E. to Stanley King 1938	n.d.		Box 1: folder 13

Introduction to Translations of the Minnesang Copy 1	n.d.		Box 1: folder 14

Introduction to Translations of the Minnesang Copy 2	n.d.		Box 1: folder 15

Introduction to Translations of the Translations of Minnesang, copy 3	n.d.		Box 1: folder 16

Translations of Minnesang by C.W.E	n.d.		Box 1: folder 17

History and Interpretation of Minnesang by C.W.E.	n.d.		Box 1: folder 18

Minnesang	1929		Box 1: folder 19

Der Minnesang I and Letter to Professor Weigand of Yale	1947		Box 1: folder 20

Der Minnesang I	n.d.		Box 1: folder 21

Der Minnesang II	n.d.		Box 1: folder 22

Der Minnesang III	n.d.		Box 1: folder 23

Letters to Ann, July 9-August 15, 1934	1934		Box 2: folder 1

Notebook on German Linguistics	N.D.		Box 2: folder 2

Three Copies of "Relation of the Biblical Idom to the Idom of Revolution" from the Amherst Graduate's Quarterly , April 1912.	1912		Box 2: folder 3

Alexis Cabanis 1917	1917		Box 2: folder 4

Two Schedules in German (1885-86 and 1896-97)	1885-1897		Box 2: folder 5

Two Diaries in German	1896		Box 2: folder 6

Poems and unidentified picture	n.d.		Box 2: folder 7

Lyrics and Poems	n.d.		Box 2: folder 8

Book: As You Were, 4th Company C.O.T.S, Camp Lee, Virginia.	1918		Box 2: folder 9

Middle High German	n.d.		Box 2: folder 10

Introductions to Translations of Medieval German Lyrics	n.d.		Box 2: folder 11

Roman und Novelle-Des Realismus and Deutsche Literatur	1933		Box 2: folder 12

Beowulf 5-1925	n.d.		Box 2: folder 13

West-Ostlicher Divan, Final Draft April 13, 1940	1933		Box 2: folder 14

Notes on Books, Sept. 30, 1922	1922		Box 2: folder 15

Vocabulary or Glossar of Sachsenspeigel	n.d.		Box 2: folder 16

Notes on Thidreks-Saga and other books	n.d.		Box 2: folder 17

Walther von der Vogelweide I	n.d.		Box 2: folder 18

Walther von der Vogelweide II	n.d.		Box 2: folder 19

The German Novel I	n.d.		Box 2: folder 20

The German Novel II	n.d.		Box 2: folder 21

German Train Pass	1934		Box 3: folder 1

Correspondence concerning Roger Brackett	1917		Box 3: folder 2

Correspondence: Meiklejohn and Secretary of State	1917		Box 3: folder 3

The Amherst Student , May 10, 1917; April 6th & 9th, 1917; March 26, 1917; May 16, 1918.	1917-18		Box 3: folder 4

Student Army Training and Pictures of Students	1918		Box 3: folder 5

Middle High German Lyrics (Walter von der Vogelweide)	n.d.		Box 3: folder 6

German Nouns and Grammar	1938		Box 3: folder 7

Humorous Quifrs in German (newspaper clippings)	1934		Box 3: folder 8

Verbs, Idioms, Prefixes and Subjunctives	n.d.		Box 3: folder 9

Pronunciation with Introduction	n.d.		Box 3: folder 10

The Badger Family	n.d.		Box 3: folder 11

The Bean Family	1916		Box 3: folder 12

The Boltwood Family	n.d.		Box 3: folder 13

The Cheney Family	1914		Box 3: folder 14

The Clark Family	n.d.		Box 3: folder 15

The Currier Family	n.d.		Box 3: folder 16

The Curtiss Family	1917		Box 3: folder 17

The Dey Family	1906		Box 3: folder 18

The French Family	1915		Box 3: folder 19

Obituaries: Griswold, Goodrich, Greenleaf, Graves	n.d.		Box 3: folder 20

The Hart Family	n.d.		Box 3: folder 21

The Hull Family	1915		Box 3: folder 22

The Judson Family	n.d.		Box 3: folder 23

The Kingstons and Woosters	n.d.		Box 3: folder 24

Professor Sinclair's Obituary	n.d.		Box 3: folder 25

An Account of Some of the Ancestors of Harry Thompson and Myra Hull , Complied and Printed by C.W.E. in 1915.	1916		Box 3: folder 26

The Philbrick Family	n.d.		Box 3: folder 27

The Porter Family	n.d.		Box 3: folder 28

Unidentified	1916		Box 3: folder 29

The White Family	n.d.		Box 3: folder 30

Sons of the American Revolution National Society	1915		Box 3: folder 31

Der Deutsche Roman	n.d.		Box 3: folder 32

Der Deutsche Roman	n.d.		Box 3: folder 33

Die Romantische Schule	1914		Box 3: folder 34

Romantic School (Die Romantische Schule)	n.d.		Box 3: folder 35

Jung Deutschland, German 4, 1830	1936		Box 3: folder 36

Dorfgeschichte	n.d.		Box 3: folder 37

Dorfgeschichte	n.d.		Box 3: folder 38

Dorfgeschichte	n.d.		Box 3: folder 39

Gellert	n.d.		Box 3: folder 40

Goethe	n.d.		Box 3: folder 41

The Historical Novel	n.d.		Box 3: folder 42

Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre	n.d.		Box 3: folder 43

Munchener Schule	n.d.		Box 3: folder 44

Proben Von Deutschen Mundarten	n.d.		Box 3: folder 45

Realism-Poetischer Realismus	n.d.		Box 3: folder 46

Robinsonaden	n.d.		Box 3: folder 47

Schelmanroman	n.d.		Box 3: folder 48

Volksbuscher	n.d.		Box 3: folder 49

Cristoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813)	n.d.		Box 3: folder 50

Wieland (1733-1813)	n.d.		Box 3: folder 51

German Novels Bibliography	n.d.		Box 3: folder 52

Correspondence: F.S. Crofts for Goethe's Poems	1941		Box 3: folder 53

Acknowledgements for Goethe's Poems	1941-1947		Box 3: folder 54

F.S. Crofts; Review of Goethe's Poems	1942, 1949		Box 3: folder 55

Goethe's Poems , Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. Royalty Statements and Review	1941-1950		Box 3: folder 56

Notes from Goethe's Poems	n.d.		Box 3: folder 57

D.C. Heath & Company	1940		Box 3: folder 58

Manthorne & Burack, Inc. Publishers	1940		Box 3: folder 59

Library of Congress for First Year German	1939		Box 3: folder 60

Professor Faust, Acknowledgement Copyright for First Year German , and Goethe's Poems.	1938-1940		Box 3: folder 61

Professor Faust	1939		Box 3: folder 62

Professor Faust	1940-1941		Box 3: folder 63

American Relief Administration	1921		Box 3: folder 64

Camp Dudley	1921		Box 3: folder 65

The State University of Iowa May 16, 1921	1921		Box 3: folder 66

Edward E. Bancroft, M.D.	1921		Box 3: folder 67

Correspondence

To C.W.E. in German	1922	Box 3: folder 68

Automatic Heating Corporation	1923	Box 3: folder 69

Atkinson (Paris)	1926	Box 3: folder 70

Deerfield Academy	1927	Box 3: folder 71

Spaulding Moss Corporation	1939	Box 3: folder 72

Stanley King	1939	Box 3: folder 73

Yale	1947-1950	Box 3: folder 74

A-C	1922-1928	Box 3: folder 75

D, E	1923-1927	Box 3: folder 76

F, G	1921-1928	Box 3: folder 77

H-J	1921-1925	Box 3: folder 78

K, L	1920-1927	Box 3: folder 79

M	1920-1927	Box 3: folder 80

N-P	1920-1928	Box 3: folder 81

Q-S	1920-1928	Box 3: folder 82

T-V	1920-1927	Box 3: folder 83

W	1921-1926	Box 3: folder 84

Search Terms

The following terms represent persons, organizations, and topics documented in this collection. Use these headings to search for additional materials on this web site, in the Five College Library Catalog, or in other library catalogs and databases.

Subjects

Amherst College--Faculty.
Eastman, Clarence Willis,|d1873-1952
German literature--Study and teaching--Massachusetts--Amherst.
Hull, Richard, 1599-1662--Family.
Hull family.
Thompson, Anthony, 1612-1648--Family.
Thompson family.

Genre terms

Diaries.
Genealogies.
Lecture notes--Amherst College.

Questions about this collection? Contact the archives
Home | Help | About | Search