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Sammy McLean papers, 1952-2003
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- McLean, Sammy, 1929-2018
- Title
- Sammy McLean papers
- Dates
- 1952-2003 (inclusive)19522003
- Quantity
- 6.94 cubic feet (6 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 6312 (Accession No. 6312-001)
- Summary
- University of Washington professor of Germanics and compartative literature papers
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
No restrictions on paper-based materials. No user access copies exist for analog media. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English, German
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Sammy McLean was a University of Washington professor of Germanics and comparative literature. Sammy was born on September 29, 1929 in El Dorado, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in German and French, and then earned a Ph.D. in Germanic Language and Literature at the University of Michigan. Sammy joined the University of Washington's Department of Germanics in 1967, after teaching at Dartmouth College and for the University of Maryland Overseas Program in England. He taught at all undergraduate and graduate levels in Germanics and Comparative Literature. He published a book on Bertolt Brecht; articles on Brecht, Franz Kafka, Gerhart Hauptmann, and the Double; reviews and abstracts; poems; and English translations of poetry and short prose fiction from German. In 1990 he retired as Associate Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Germanics. He was a member of the Seattle Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and a lifetime member of the American Literary Translators Association.
Sammy also had a lifelong interest in music. He played the trumpet in jazz bands when he was in high school and college, served as a member of an Air Force band in the 1950s, and, after retiring from the University of Washington, played with several local groups including the Magnolia Big Band and the Seattle Symphonic Band.
Sammy McLean passed away in Seattle at age 88 on August 6, 2018.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Translations of German poetry and literature, articles and papers, poetry and other writings, correspondence, course materials; including two floppy disks and one poetry reading recorded on Mylar tape.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 8 series:
- Series 1, Articles and Other Publications.
- Series 2, Translations by McLean.
- Series 3, Correspondence.
- Series 4, Poems and Drawings.
- Series 5, Presentations and Reviews.
- Series 6, Course Materials.
- Series 7, Miscellaneous.
- Series 8, Published materials.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Articles and Other PublicationsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
1 | "Aspects of the Banelsang in the Works of Bertolt
Brecht" Dissertation |
1962 |
1 | "The Bankelsang and the Work of Bertolt Brecht"
book |
1972 |
1 | CV - Resume |
undated |
1 | Bibliography - Quick lit. - Historicaly Sources, A
Psychoanalysis, Lit., Translations, Poems, Stories, and Plays |
undated |
1 | Male Sexuality, Female Sublimation and Mother-Son Incest
Bonding in Brecht Plays |
undated |
1 | Communism, Communal Ethic, and Heroine-Mother in Plays
by Brecht |
1982 |
1 | Mother-Son Incest Bonding and the Attainment of the Good
Community in Brecht's Later Plays |
1983 |
1 | Brecht and the Double |
undated |
1 | Bertolt Brecht and Messianism |
undated |
1 | Kafka and Messianism |
undated |
1 | Gerhart Hauptmann / Double - Notes |
undated |
1 | Hauptmann/Double |
undated |
1 | Hauptmann/Double: Scholarship |
undated |
1 | "The Biblical Structure, Cultural Commentary, and
Psychic Content of Franz Kafka's 'The Metamprphosis'" |
1973 |
1 | McLean Abstract |
1986 |
1 | "A Suggestion Concerning..." draft |
undated |
1 | "A Suggestion Concerning the Psychic Problem of the Life
and Literary Work of Franz Kafka" Complete Copy |
undated |
1 | German, French, American Poets of the 20th C.
Project |
undated |
1 | "Bertolt Brecht: A Poetic Credo" |
undated |
1 | Hugo von Hofmannsthal |
1970 |
1 | Brecht Bibliographies and McLeans Notes on
Poems |
undated |
1 | Brecht - General Secondary Lit. |
undated |
2 | Bankellieder - Songs and Secondary Lit. |
undated |
2 | Brecht - Psychoanalytic |
1983 |
2 | Kafka - General Secondary Lit- I |
undated |
2 | Kafka - General Secondary Lit- II |
undated |
2 | Kofka - Doubling and Sexual Identity |
1978-1980 |
2 | The Double - Secondary Lit. |
undated |
2 | Biological Doubling in the Work of Franz Kafka and
Bertolt Brecht |
1989 |
2 | A Copy of W. Fraenger (ed.) "Schock schwere Not! Drei
Dutzend Moritaten" |
1755 |
2 | McLean term paper - Intro to Goethe's "Faust" (German
W162) |
1957 |
2 | "The Psychological Approach to and understanding of
Suicidal Tendencies" paper for Psychology 141 |
undated |
2 | French 115 - Outside Reading Report |
1952 |
2 | McLean term paper - Prose Fiction 19th, 20th Centuries
(German 240) |
1958 |
2 | McLean term papers - Life and Works of Goethe (German
321) |
1957 |
Series 2: Translations by McLeanReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
2 | "Brother" copy 1 and 2 on disks |
undated |
2 | Translation of "The Younger Brother" by Hans Erich
Nossack |
undated |
2 | "My Younger Brother" (Der Jungere Bruder) by Hans Erich
Nossack |
1997 |
2 | Translations |
undated |
2 | Uncompleted Translations |
undated |
2 | Copies of Translations |
undated |
2 | Irmgard Hunt: Originals Not Translated or Incompletely
Translated |
1994 |
2 | Irmgard Hunt: Translations and Originals |
2002 |
2 | Collections of Poetry with Some Translations |
undated |
2 | Translations: Poems/Some Short Prose |
undated |
2 | Hans Erich Nossack -Short Prose |
1975 |
2 | Hans Erich Nossack - Secondary and Notes |
1977 |
2 | Helga M. Novak: 52 Poems and 2 Stories |
undated |
2 | Marie Luise Kaschnitz - "steht noch dahin" or "Wait and
See" (1970) Incomplete Translation |
1987 |
Series 3: CorrespondenceReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
2 | Correspondence regarding Novak and Chappel
Materials |
1986-1989 |
2 | Translation Correspondence |
1970-1983 |
2 | Translation Correspondence: II |
1984-1996 |
2 | Correspondence: "Younger Brother" |
1982-2002 |
3 | Correspondence regarding McLean's Own Work |
1972-1996 |
3 | Grant Correspondence (Bankelsang & Brecht NEA
translation grant, UW grant); Student Letters of Appreciation, Academic Letters
of Introduction |
undated |
Series 4: Poems and DrawingsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
3 | Copies of Published Articles, Poems, Translations, etc.
Compiled by Sammy McLean in 2003 |
1963-2003 |
3 | Poems and Prose written by Sammy McLean |
1960-1970 |
3 | Chapbook MSS: Front & End Matter, and The
Poems |
1970-1990 |
3 | Copies of Poems and Other Works by McLean |
undated |
3 | "Poems and Translations" -Dartmouth 1965; 10 Poems to
Kathleen Fraser 1975 |
1965, 1975 |
3 | Various Versions of Original Poetry (Typed and
Handwritten) |
undated |
3 | McLean Poems from English 422A |
1975 |
3 | Poetry Reading on Mylar Recording Tape ft. Sammy
McLean |
1965 |
3 | Faculty Meeting and Colloquia Drawings |
1984-1985, 1999 |
3 | Misc. Drawings on Napkins, Coasters, etc. |
undated |
3 | Completed Drawing Copies |
undated |
3 | Penultimate Versions, Barcoasters, Original Versions of
Drawings |
undated |
Series 5: Presentations and ReviewsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
3 | Copies - Papers and Presentations |
1970-1980 |
3 | Globe Radio Repertory - "The Castle" |
1980 |
3 | Comp. Studies Seminar - Foreign Language Study
Program |
1963 |
3 | Manuscripts for Talks Given |
undated |
3 | Brecht & Dylan Address Given at University of
Washington |
1969-1970 |
3 | "The American Friend" and Other Films |
1981 |
3 | Evaluations (Ed.) |
1976-1995 |
3 | Published Book Reviews |
1983, 1994 |
3 | Book Reviews and Reppen-Charney
Correspondence |
1987 |
3 | Reviews on the work of "The Bankelsand and the Work of
Bertolt Brecht" |
1974-1977 |
Series 6: Course MaterialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
3 | Modern German Lit. (late 19th C., 20th C.) (German 7.
Dartmouth) |
1964-1965 |
3 | Modern German Lit. (20th Century) (German 65,
Dartmouth) |
1962-1963 |
3 | Franz Kafka (In English) (German 341) - I |
1971 |
3 | German 575 - Teaching Lit. and Language |
1969 |
4 | German Lit. (Ger. 8, Dartmouth) |
1961-1962 |
4 | German Lit. Reading Courses (Ger. 203, 301), (Ger. 3,
Dartmouth) |
1982, 1987-1989 |
4 | Brecht's Poetry (Ger. 517, 528, 581) |
1975, 1978, 1989 |
4 | Bertolt Brecht: Life and Work (Ger. 528) |
undated |
4 | Major Figures: Bertolt Brecht (Ger. 312) |
1988 |
4 | Bertolt Brecht: The Development of an Aesthetic (Ger.
582) |
1977, 1980, 1983 |
4 | Franz Kafka (In English) (German 341) - II |
1973-1981, 1986, 1989 |
4 | Kafka and His Critics (Proseminar Ger. 517) |
1980 |
4 | German Lit. 18th C (Ger. 310) |
undated |
4 | Ger. 210 - Classics of German Lit. and Thought (In
English) |
1985, 1987-1988 |
4 | German Lit. 19th C. - Novella/Novelle and Poetry (Ger.
311, 312) |
1979, 1983-1984, 1986-1987 |
4 | Lit. and Soc. Of Weimar and National Soc. Germany (Ger.
352)-I (In English) |
1981-1990 |
4 | Lit. and Soc. Of Weimar and National Soc. Germany (Ger.
352)-II (In English) |
1981-1990 |
4 | Ger. Lit - Early 19th & 20th Cents / 20th Cent (Ger.
300, 310) |
1981-1985 |
4 | Ger. 540 - 20. Cent. Poetry - II |
1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982 |
4 | Types of German Poetry - Medieval Thru Expressionism
(Ger. 581) |
1981 |
4 | 20th Cent. Lit. and Civilization (Ger. 516) |
1984, 1986 |
4 | Ger. 540 - Modern Poetry: Expressionism |
1978 |
4 | 20th Century Lit. (Ger. 412) |
1971, 1973, 1975 |
4 | 20th Cent. Lit. and Civilization (Ger. 512) |
1972-1975 |
4 | Lit. and Civilization 1918-1945 (Ger. 517) |
1976-1979 |
4 | Quest/Vagabonds and Outsiders-I |
1973, 1979, 1987, 1988 |
4 | Quest/Vagabonds and Outsiders-II |
1973, 1979, 1987, 1988 |
4 | Non-Aristotelian Drama and Theater - I |
1973, 1975, 1978-1979, 1982, 1984, 1986-1988, 1990 |
4 | Non-Aristotelian Drama and Theater - II |
1973, 1975, 1978-1979, 1982, 1984, 1986-1988, 1990 |
4 | Literature and Psychoanalysis (C.L. 580) |
1983 |
4 | Brecht in English (Ger. 245) |
1971-1975, 1977-1980 |
4 | "W" Course Materials |
undated |
4 | C.L. 301 - Classics of Germany, Scandinavia, and Russia
|
1974 |
4 | C.L. 301 - Comparative Study of Period |
1980 |
4 | Literature of the Double (Comp. Lit. 410) |
1980-1989 |
4 | American, German, and French Poets of the 20th Century-
II |
1971-1989 |
5 | Literary Analysis (i.e, of Poetry)/Studies in Ger.
Poetry/Translating Poetry |
1990 |
5 | German Imagist Poets (Ger. 517 - M.A.
Proseminar) |
1987 |
5 | Ger. 540-20th Century Poetry - I |
undated |
5 | American, German, and French Poets of the 20th Century-
I |
1971-1989 |
Series 7: MiscellaneousReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box | ||
5 | Article Clippings |
1970-1980 |
5 | My [McLean's] Notes on Various Writers and Works.
Various Secondary Lit |
undated |
5 | Pinter: Characters, Psychology, Situations, and
Themes |
undated |
5 | Possible Topics for Articles |
undated |
5 | National Socialism: Poem; Psycho-historical Articles on;
Holocaust |
undated |
5 | Comp. Lit. - Ideas for Courses |
undated |
5 | Carol Thomas, "Poetry in Opposition: Three Voices
Against the Third Reich" |
1980 |
5 | Copies of Addenda |
1964-2003 |
5 | "Vienna and Freiburg" Notebook |
1963 |
5 | Military Honorable Discharge Papers |
1960 |
5 | Ephemera |
1952 |
Series 8: Published materialsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description |
---|---|
Box | |
5 | Articles and Poems in Bound Books 28 issues
|
5-6 | Published Translations in Bound Books 34 issues
|
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- German teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Translators--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- McLean, Sammy, 1929-2018--Archives
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives