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Oswald Mueller manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MS 243
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a typewritten manuscript called "Seeking the Garden of the World", which is Oswald Mueller’s English translation of Fritz Scheffel’s Deutsche suchen den Garten der Welt. Mueller authors the preface, in which he describes the story as that of the failed German attempt to colonize Texas into a New-Germania. The manuscript is 351 pages long.

Dates

  • 1948

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Oswald Mueller manuscript must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

No information is currently available on the author.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (2 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

This typewritten manuscript is titled "Seeking the Garden of the World". It is Oswald Mueller’s English translation of Fritz Scheffel’s Deutsche suchen den Garten der Welt. Mueller authors the preface, in which he describes the story as that of the failed German attempt to colonize Texas into a New-Germania.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Oswald Mueller.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Oswald Mueller manuscript, ca. 1948
Status
Completed
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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