Jane A. Hamm Collection

Collection

Identifier: MC-88

Staff Only

Content Description

Letters, postcards, and photographs sent by Willy Schroder of Dresden, Germany.

Dates

Creation: 1923 - 1925

Creator

Schroder, Willy (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Conditions Governing Use

This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though the University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.

Biographical / Historical

Samuel Carroll Evins graduated with a BA and MA from Vanderbilt University in 1925. Evins was professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) from 1946 until he retired in 1973. He also taught at Arkansas College 1929-1933, Tennessee Wesleyan College 1936-1944, and Vanderbilt University until 1945. He specialized in literature. Evins received correspondence from Willy Schroder of Dresden, Germany. Evins died January 25, 1977 in Mufreesboro, Tennessee at the age of 74.*

Willy Schroder of Dresden, Germany wrote to Professor Samuel Carroll Evins in Tennessee 1923-1924.

*Information derived from "Death Notices," The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee) 26 January 1977, Page 27, newspapers.com.

Extent

0.25 Linear foot (1 box)

Language of Materials

German

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Jane Hamm, 2015.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, and competing priorities. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.