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Mammitzsch, Ulrich H.R.
(Ulrich Hans Richard), 1935-1990
Ulrich Mammitzsch Papers
1976-1990
1 linear ft.
2 boxes
The Ulrich Mammitzsch Papers consist of manuscripts,
texts of conference presentations, teaching materials, correspondence, and notes
from a teacher, scholar, and translator who specialized in East Asian
Studies.
Collection materials are in English.
A teacher, scholar, and translator specializing in East Asian studies, particularly
in the areas of art involving mandala in the Buddhist traditions of Japan and Tibet,
Ulrich Mammitzch was born on December 15, 1935, in Rodishain, Germany, to Hans
Richard and Helene Mammitzsch. Following his early life in several villages in
eastern Germany, he attended the Franckenshen Stiftung and the university in Halle.
In 1957, he fled to western Germany and received a diploma from the university at
Hamburg in 1959. Moving to the United States, he received the MA in American History
from Southern Illinois University in 1961.
During 1963 and 1964, he taught American and Asian history on Taipei, Taiwan,
followed by seven years as a graduate assistant and subsequently faculty member at
the University of Hawaii, where he received the PhD in 1968. In 1971, he joined the
faculty of Western Washington State College, later Western Washington University, in
Bellingham, where he taught in the General Studies and Liberal Studies departments
and served as director of East Asian Studies. His scholarly work included a new
translation (with R. J. Payton) of Johann Huizinga's classic work Herfsttij der
middeleeuwen and numerous articles as well as presentations at international
conferences on the iconography of the Buddhist mandala. Ulrich Mammitzsch died in
Bellingham, Washington, on November 19, 1990.
The collection consists of manuscripts, texts of conference presentations, reprints,
teaching materials, correspondence, and notes dating from 1976 to 1990. It includes
a draft copy of Mammitzsch's translation (with Rodney Johns Payton) of Johann
Huizinga's Herfsttij der middeleeuwen; a copy of Mammitzsch's two volume translation
of selections from the Propylaen-Weltgeschichte issued as publication no. 9 of the
Western Washington State College Program in East Asian Studies; and correspondence
(1994) addressed to and by R. J. Payton relating to posthumous publication of a
selection of Mammitzsch's works.
The collection is open to the public.
Material in the collection may be subject to copyright restrictions.
Ulrich Mammitzsch Papers, Special Collections, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections,
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103.
The collection was donated by Rodney Johns Payton in 2001.
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Mammitzsch, Ulrich,
1880-1964--Archives
Buddhist art and symbolism
Mandala (Buddhism)
Higher
Education
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the
collection.
Series I
Publications
1976-1990
1/1
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, A history of Chinese civilization from prehistory
to mid-Ch'ing: translated from the 1960 edition of the Propylaeen
Weltgeschichte
1976
1/2
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Women's Emancipation
in China - Reflections on Recent Trends in the Perception of Progress,"
Journal of Ethnic Studies
8
1980
1/3
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "The Ryobu Mandara of
Shingon Buddhism in Religious and Historical Perspective," Ajia Kenkyujo Kiyo 8
1981
1/4
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "On the Evolution of
the Garbhadhatu Mandala," Acta
Orientalia 44 (with manuscript of the original paper
presented at the Bicentenary Csoma de Koros Symposium,
Visegrad-Budapest, Hungary, in 1984
1990
1/5
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Mandala and Landscape
in Japan," Landscape and Mandala, ed.
Alexander Macdonald (with letters between Mammitzsch and Macdonald from
1989 and 1990
1997
1/6
Huizinga, Johann, The Autumn of the Middle Ages, translated by Ulrich
Mammitzsch and Rodney Payton (draft copy)
1990
Series II
Conference Presentations
1983-19900
1/7
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Imago Mundi - the
Ryobu Mandara of Shingon Buddhism and Its Symbolic Pattterns" - paper
presented at the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Tokyo
and Kyoto, Japan, with "Travel Information" brochure
1983 August 30-September 7
1/8
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "The Iconography of
Acarya-designed Images in the Garbhadhatu (Womb World) Mandala of the
Ryobu Mandara of Shingon Buddhism" -
paper presented at the International Seminar on Buddhist Iconography,
New Delhi
1984 March 31-April 2
1/9
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "On the Structure of
the Outermost Enclosure of the Genzu Garbhadhatu Mandala" - paper
submitted at the 7th Conference of the International Association of
Buddhist Studies, Bologna, Italy (with photocopies of conference
announcement, preliminary registration form, and "1st
circular")
1985 July 8-13
2/1
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Art and Icon" - paper
presented at the Sculpture Symposium, Western Washington University,
Bellingham, Washington
1986 May 19-23
2/2
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Form and Function in
Japanese Mandala" - paper and slide presentation at the 31st
International Congress for Asian and North African Studies (ICANAS),
Hamburg
1986 August 25-30
2/3
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "On the Definition and
Classification of Mandala in the Japanese Tradition" - paper presented
at the 8th Conference of the International Association of Buddhist
Studies, Berkeley, California, with letter from lewis R. Lancaster,
Conference Chairman and conference program
1987 August 8-10
2/4
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "The Mandalas of the
Tibetan and Sino-Japanese Versions of the Mahavairocana Sutra" - paper
presented at the Csoma de Koros Symposium, Sopron, Hungary
1987 August 29-September 4
2/5
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "The Tibetan and
Sino-Japanese Versions of the Mahavairocana-Sutra Mandala" - paper given
at the Csoma de Koros Symposium, Sopron, Hungary, with letter from
Gyorgy Kara and geza Bethlenfalvy of the Organizing Committee,
conference program and List of Participants
1987 August 29-September 4
2/6
Fisher, Michael, Milton Krieger [and]
Ulrich Mammitzsch, "Teaching Non-European Humanities: a Coherent
Curricular Model" - paper presented to the 27th Annual Conference of the
Association for General and Liberal Studies, Cincinnati,
Ohio
1987 October 29-31
2/7
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Lecture 13: The
World-Wide Expansion of European Power," Meiji University International
Exchange Programs Guest Lecture Series, no. 9 : The American Experience
and Its Place in World History
1988
2/8
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "The Notion of
Stupidity in East Asia" - paper presented at the Symposium on Stupidity,
Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington,
1989
2/9
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Shogon and Mandala in
the Maha-Vairocana Sutra and Its Commentaries in the Sino-Japanese
Tradition" paper presented at the International Seminar on Tibetan
Studies, Narita, Japan, with original with Japanese characters inserted
in red ink; two letters to Mammitzsch from Prof. Shoren Ihara; photocopy
of the "Third Circular" of December 1988 describing conference
arrangements; and conference program
1989 August 27-September 2
2/10
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Shogon and Mandala in
the Maha-Vairocana Sutra and Its Commentaries in the Sino-Japanese
Tradition" paper presented at the International Seminar on Tibetan
Studies, Narita, Japan, with original with Japanese characters inserted
in red ink
1989 August 27-September 2
2/11
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Concepts I Found
Useful in Carrying Out My Research" - paper presented under title "Some
Models, Concepts and Ideas That I Have Found Useful in Teaching and/or
Research" at Linguistics Seminar, Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures, [Western Washington University], with copy of
announcement
1990 February 21
2/12
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "Mandalas - the
Changing Face of an Imago Mundi" - paper presented at the 33rd
International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Toronto, with
notations and inserted Japanese characters in red ink; one photocopy
with with brief notations by Mammitzsch attached; one copy of "shorter
version" [for publication]; one copy of publisher's proof with
corrections and attached letter to publisher written by Linda Pettigrew,
Office Assistant [Western Washington University]; with brochure "First
Circular and Call for Papers;" "Second Circular;" letter included in
registration packet; letter to Mammitzsch from Dr. A. Harrak,
acknowledging acceptance of paper proposal and inviting presentation;
photocopy of paper proposal; registration acknowledgment, with attached
receipt and cancelled envelope
1990 August 19-25
Series III
Correspondence
1984-1986
2/13
Letters from Ulrich Mammitzsch to:
Professor Alexaner W. MacDonald; Professor Bhikshu Samdhong Rinpoche;
Dr. L. S. Dagyab Rinpoche; Professor Ishida; Professor Manabe Shunsho;
Doboom Tulku; Professor Dietrich Seckel; Dr. Wilhelm Muller; Professor
Amamlia Pezzali
1984
2/14
Letters to Ulrich Mammitzsch from Lokesh
Chandra
1986 January 15
Series IV
Miscellaneous
1971-1994
2/15
Addiss, Stephen, Rev. of Buddhist Art of East Asia, by Dietrich
Seckel, translated by Ulrich Mammitzsch, Journal of Asian Studies; with photocopy of Choice card
1990
2/16
Mammitzsch, Ulrich, "[Raw Data - Mandala
Comparison"]
1985 Winter
2/17
Photocopies: "Patriotism," by Mishima
Yukio, from New Writing in Japan; "From:
the Myth-Narrative - The Deity Age"; and notes
undated
2/18
Correspondence between Dr. Lokesh Chandra
and Professor Rodney J. Payton regarding posthumous publication of a
number of Mammitzsch's articles and papers in book form
1993-1994
2/19
Matthies, Volker, "Black Africa: Political
Conflicts and Development Crises (Opladen, 1971)," translated by Ulrich
Mammitzsch and Milton Krieger, Bellingham ("For Classroom Use
Only")
1974