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Historical society. Copy of a memorial service for John J. Warkentin, and a copy of his German-language publication, “Geographical Description of Countries of the World” (1866).

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Collector. An autograph book (undated) written in German and a class grade record book (1884-1891) by a German student.

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Typescripts of unpublished short stories by Lucka, an Austrian author. After falling into disfavor with the German occupation forces in Austria in 1939, Lucka sent the manuscripts to literary colleagues in Oklahoma for safekeeping.

George Jones Goodman (1904-1999). Botanist. Professor. Curator Emeritus of the Bebb Herbarium, University of Oklahoma. This collection contains primarily the offprints, preprints, and reprints given to Dr. George J. Goodman and the History of Science Collections by colleagues.

Physics professor. Correspondence, publications, and research materials from the life and career of University of Oklahoma physics professor J. Rud Nielsen. The papers focus on his research files, his publications, and collected works by other authors. The research files include his work on early volumes of Niels Bohr’s Collected Works; his research on molecular structure using Raman spectroscopy; reports of grant and contract projects for the Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; and materials for physics courses taught at OU. Other materials document OU Physics Department events such as Niels Bohr’s visits to the Norman campus for public lectures. The collection also includes 1,041 glass slides depicting research results and physics principles; and printing blocks of graphics for articles in the Journal of the Optical Society of America and the Journal of Chemical Physics.

Conference papers, translated papers, newsletters and short published works, and excerpts of longer published works all on the topic of Jean Gebser and the Jean Gebser Society. Bound philosophical texts by various authors are cataloged into the online catalog and shelved separately.

The manuscript collection complements the Paul E. Klopsteg collection of books and journals relating to archery and the history of archery. It consists of materials collected by Klopsteg and donated to the university along with his archery library. The items are arranged in folders by author or creator of each item in generally alphabetic order. One exception: the folder labeled "Archery correspondence" consists of letters to, and copies of letters from the Collection concerning the Klopsteg Collection.

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Collector. Correspondence (1864-1889) received by the Schmidt family, immigrants to the United States, from family members remaining in Germany. The letters are written in German.

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Translator. This collection contains the personal and professional papers (1956-2019) of Wolfgang Kubin, a German poet and translator of modern Chinese literature. The papers feature manuscript and published poetry by many authors, including Yang Lian, Bei Dao, Zheng Chouyu, Duoduo, and Gu Cheng. Translation drafts and notes in German, Chinese, and English are present throughout the collection, along with related correspondence with Kubin. The papers also contain newspaper clippings and magazine articles about Chinese poets and poetry during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.