Clarence Willis Eastman Papers
Scope and Contents
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 In addition, there is correspondence, personal diaries and unpublished manuscripts on topics in medieval German literature and German linguistics; one folder related to army training at Amherst College during World War I; and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.
Dates
- circa 1935-1955
Creator
- Eastman, Clarence Willis, 1873-1952 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There is no restriction on access to the papers for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Biographical / Historical
Clarence Willis Eastman was born in Concord, New Hampshire on January 3, 1873. He received a Bachelor's degree from Worcester 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.
Extent
3 Linear feet (3 records storage boxes)
Language of Materials
English
German
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 In addition, there is correspondence, personal diaries and unpublished manuscripts on topics in medieval German literature and German linguistics; one folder related to army training at Amherst College during World War I; and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.
- Diaries Subject Source: Library Of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Eastman, Clarence Willis, 1873-1952
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- German literature -- Study and teaching Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hull family
- Hull, Richard, 1599-1662
- Lecture notes Subject Source: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Thompson Family
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Deborah Pelletier, Susannah Pelletier
- Date
- 2002
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Repository
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Robert Frost Library
61 Quadrangle Drive
Amherst MA 01002-5000
(413) 542-2299
archives@amherst.edu