Max Freund "Houston Journal" and related editorial papers
Scope and Contents
The papers of Max Freund, Professor Emeritus of Rice University. The papers relate for the most part to Freund's works, especially Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal, which he edited and translated. Also included are lecture notes on Ireland and Anglo-Irish Literature, a translation of George Moor's "The Wild Goose" as well as translations of other Moore materials, and the published version of his Ph.D. thesis "Die Moralischen Erzaehlungen Marmontels."
Dates
- Creation: 1904 - 1975
Creator
- Freund, Max (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.
Access restrictions
This material is open for research.
Use restrictions
Permission to publish from the Max Freund papers must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Biographical Sketch
Dr (Friedrich Ernst) Max Freund was born at Hainichen in the former kingdom of Saxony on February 27, 1879. He received his education and training in Leipzig. In 1903 he was appointed to the chair of the modern languages at Queen's College at Belfast. When World War I began in the summer of 1914 he was assigned to military service in Germany and stationed in the Eastern front. He was professor of modern English at the universities of geissen and Marburg in Germany from 1915-1925. In 1925 he accepted the position of Professor of German and Head of the German department at Rice. Together with his wife, Anna Regina Keck Freund, he founded the Goethe-Vereien and was active in the German-American Societies of Houston. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1933. He retired in 1947 and in his retirement he completed his translation and critical edition of Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal, and had conferred on him the Officer's Cross First Class of the Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany. Dr. Freund died aged 101 on June 16, 1980.
Extent
2.1 Linear Feet ( (3 boxes))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains the correspondence, photos, newsclippings, proofs, and manuscripts of Max Freund, Professor Emeritus of Rice University. The papers relate for the most part to Freund's works, especially Gustav Dresel's Houston Journal, which he edited and translated. Also included are lecture notes on Ireland and Anglo-Irish Literature, a translation of George Moor's "The Wild Goose" as well as translations of other Moore materials, and the published version of his Ph.D. thesis "Die Moralischen Erzaehlungen Marmontels."
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Max Freund and Mrs. Freund, 2/16/65 and February 1981.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Max Freund "Houston Journal" and related editorial papers, 1904-1975
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586
woodson@rice.edu