Wensinger, Arthur S. mss., ca.
1798-2007
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
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Creator
Wensinger, Arthur S., 1926-
TitleWensinger, Arthur S. mss., ca.
1798-2007
Collection No.
LMC 2877
Extent
31,500 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Wensinger, Arthur S. mss., ca
1798-2007, consist of the papers of Arthur S. Wensinger, translator and
academic.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Arthur Wensinger was raised in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He graduated from Phillips
Academy Andover and attended Dartmouth University, graduating in 1944. At Dartmouth
he majored in biology and German. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in German literature
from the University of Michigan. Upon graduation he went with the “experiment” in
Putney, Vermont, to help rebuild a bombed-out student dorm in Munich, Germany. He
then was awarded one of the first two James B. Reynolds scholarships from Dartmouth
and studied German literature in Munich and, as a Fulbright scholar, studied German
literature and linguistics at the University of Innsbruck in Austria from 1953 to
1954. He joined Wesleyan University first as an instructor and later as a full
professor of German and the humanities. He was instrumental in initiating a
three-year college-of-letters program covering literature, history and philosophy.
He retired from Wesleyan in 1994. Wensinger has translated and edited over 20
books.
Arrangement
The collection is organized by the following series: I. Translations; II. Research;
III. Reviews; IV. Correspondence; V. Additional Translated Works; VI. Miscellaneous
Files; VII.
Shabbat: A Right of Passage; VIII.
Two States; One Nation; IX.
In
the Shadow of the Reich
; X.
Paula
Modersohn-Becker: The Letters and Journals
; XI.
The Jungle Paintings.
Scope and Content Note
Translations include several edited copies of the Lichtenberg manuscript,
translations notes, and parts of completed translations, as well as a copy of part
of The Theatre of Bauhaus. Research is compiled of untranslated German articles and
English articles regarding Hogarth, Bauhaus, and Paula Modersohn-Becker, as well as
a spiral bound notebook. Reviews consist of reviews of Wensinger’s translations, as
well and newspaper and magazine clippings regarding published translations.
Correspondence relates several translations that Wensinger worked on and is in both
English and German. (Contracts are included here.) Miscellaneous Files includes some
reviews and work with the American Translation Association. Additional Translated
Works includes both published and non-published translations with materials related
to the projects, including:
The Work in Color
Bibliography
;
Goedel's Letter;
The Work in Color;
The
Well-Tempered Dream
;
Querelle;
Hannah Schygulla;
Liebelei/Flirtations;
Methusalem;
Kafka;
Mary: Virgin, Mother,
Sovereign
;
Zwischen den Zeiten;
Illuminations;
Schinkel;
Das Politische Theater; as well as some
poetry.
Series VII through XI include materials pertaining to specific works.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2015
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patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Wensinger, Arthur S. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.
Series:
I. Translations
Box 1
Hogarth proof (5 folders)
Hogarth reading copy (3 folders)
Hogarth (5 folders)
Paula Modersohn Becker: In Her Letters (4 folders)
Paula Modersohn Becker: In Her Letters Draft (4
folders)
Box 2
Hogarth preface
Siddhartha
The Theatre of Bauhaus
Series:
II. Research
Hogarth (3 folders)
Paula Modersohn Becker: In Her Letters (4 folders)
Siddhartha
The Theatre of Bauhaus
Series:
III. Reviews
Hogarth (3 folders)
Paula Modersohn Becker: In Her Letters
The Theatre of Bauhaus
Series:
IV. Correspondence
Box 5
Hogarth
Paula Modersohn Becker: In Her Letters 1971-1979
Paula Modersohn Becker: In Her Letters 1980-4 (2
folders)
Paula Modersohn Becker: In Her Letters misc. dates
Siddhartha
Theatre of Bauhaus (2 folders)
Series:
V. Additional Translated Works
Box 3
The Work in Color Bibliography
Goedel's Letter
The Work in Color
The Well-Tempered Dream
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Marlene Dietrich: Portraits
Box 4
Querelle
Querelle Final
Querelle (Gemet)
Querelle (RHW)
Hannah Schygulla (4 folders)
Methusalem/Yuan Gull
Poetry Anthologies
Bantam Poetry
Anthology of Modern European Poetry
Box 5
Kafka (8 folders)
Mary: Virgin, Mother, Sovereign
Zwischen den Zeiten
Illuminations
Schinkel
Das Politische Theater
Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Theaters
Mother Courage and Her Children
Series:
VI. Miscellaneous Files
Box 3
American Translation Assc.
Reviews (PMB)
Series:
VII.
Shabbat: A Rite of
Passage
Box 6
Correspondence
Source Material
Edits and Editorial Correspondence (4 folders)
Reviews and Publicity
Series:
VIII.
Two States, One Nation
Correspondence
Source Material
Edits and Editorial Correspondence
Proofs
Reviews and Publicity
Series:
IX.
In the Shadow of the Reich
Correspondence
Edits and Editorial Correspondence (5 folders)
Proofs (2 folders)
Reviews and Publicity
Relevant Works
Series:
X.
Paula Modersohn-Becker: The Letters and Journals
Box 7
Correspondence
Source Material
Edits and Editorial Correspondence (5 folders)
Proofs (3 folders)
Reviews and Publicity
Proposal
Fischer Proofs (2 folders)
Relevant Works
Series:
XI.
The Jungle Paintings
Correspondence
Source Material
Edits and Editorial Correspondence
Relevant Works
