Frederick Malcolm Combellack faculty papers, 1939-1983

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Combellack, Frederick Malcolm, 1906-
Title
Frederick Malcolm Combellack faculty papers
Dates
1939-1983
Quantity
3.0 linear feet, (2 record storage boxes)
Collection Number
UA 226
Summary
Frederick Malcolm Combellack (1906-2002) served at the University of Oregon from 1937 until 1977. He taught in the department of Classics, offering courses in Greek and Latin Literature. Combellack’s main area of Study revolved around Homer and the Odyssey. This collection of Combellack’s Faculty Papers includes his notes and publications on Homer as well as a collection of book reviews by Combellack on works concerning Homer. Additionally, the collection includes lectures and correspondence from Combellack’s time at the University.
Repository
University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public.

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Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Fredrick Malcolm Combellack (1906-2002) was born May 30 1906 in Placerville California to William and Marry Dunston Combellack. Beginning his higher education at Stanford University, Combellack would then go on to receive his masters at the University of Oxford in 1932 and his PHD at the University of California in 1936.

Combellack started his career in education at the University of Oregon in 1937, serving in the department of Classics. Through his career at the University, Combellack taught Greek and Latin language and literature. Through the Department of Classics he taught courses such as Plato’s Socratic Dialogues and Homer’s Iliad, Cicero and Vergil, Greek Tragedy, Greek Historians and Comedy, Plato and Aristotle and Latin Literature of the Augustan and Silver Age, among others. Combellack stayed at the University of Oregon for 40 years, serving as department head and then finally fully retiring in 1977 after teaching two additional years as a professor emeritus.

Combellack’s main study focused on the Work of Homer. His articles mostly center on the examination of the Odyssey. As an expert in this area, Combellack wrote a magnitude of reviews of others scholars’ works on Homer. Additionally he wrote a survey on Homer for The Classical Weekly and acted as part of the John Smith Guggenheim fellowship to assist in research on a study of Homer’s style and Literary Techniques.

After his full retirement in 1977, Combellack continued to live in Eugene, Oregon with his wife Rose, who he had married in England during his time at Oxford. Combellack would live until the age of 95, dying on February 27, 2002.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection of Frederick Malcolm Combellack’s Faculty Papers includes his publications and book reviews as well as his work and research for a survey on Homer written for The Classical Weekly.

The Collection centers around his studies and publications, however there are two folders of lectures conducted in his courses at the University of Oregon, as well as guest lectures at other universities across the country.

Additionally, correspondence concerning projects as well as personal correspondence remain in the collection alongside a personal collection of “Correspondence Sonnets” compiled from newspaper clippings.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Frederick Malcolm Combellack Faculty Papers, UA 226, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Material within this collection may have little to no intellectual or physical arrangement. Any arrangement may have derived from the records' creators or custodians. It may be necessary to look in multiple places for the same types of materials.

Processing Note

Collection processed by Marcella Hardin

This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Carolyn and Stephen Walker

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1 Publications (1 of 5) 1941-1982
1 2 Publications (2 of 5) 1939-1978
1 3 Publications (3 of 5) 1940-1982
1 4 Publications (4 of 5) 1940-1982
1 5 Publications (5 of 5) 1947-1983
1 6 Study of Homer (1 of 3)
1 7 Study of Homer (2 of 3)
1 8 Study of Homer (3 of 3) 1964-1982
1 9 Classical Weekly Survey on Homer: Correspondence and Drafts 1952-1955
1 10 Classical Weekly Survey on Homer: Notes 1952-1955
1 11 Lectures 1947-1977
1 12 Lectures 1958-1968
1 13 Bulletins and Schedules 1941-1959
1 14 Collection of Correspondence Sonnets
1 15 Correspondence 1949-1979
2 1 Book Reviews: Drafts and Notes: Authors A-D
2 2 Book Reviews: Drafts and Notes: Authors E-J
2 3 Book Reviews: Drafts and Notes: Authors K-L
2 4 Book Reviews: Drafts and Notes: Authors M-O
2 5 Book Reviews: Drafts and Notes: Authors P-R
2 6 Book Reviews: Drafts and Notes: Authors S-T
2 7 Book Reviews Drafts and Notes: Authors V-Z

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Classical languages--Study and teaching (Higher)--Oregon--Eugene
  • Colleges and Universities—University of Oregon
  • Literature

Form or Genre Terms

  • Drafts (documents)
  • Lectures
  • Manuscripts for publication