WAUMcLeanSammyUA6312.xml Guide to the Sammy McLean Papers 1952-2003 McLean (Sammy) Papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2019 (Last modified: 1/31/2020)
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 6312 (Accession No. 6312-001) McLean, Sammy, 1929-2018 Sammy McLean papers 1952-2003 6.94 cubic feet (6 boxes) English German University of Washington professor of Germanics and compartative literature papers

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.

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.

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.

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Donated by: Marilyn Priestley.

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Series 1 Articles and Other Publications 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 McLean 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 Correspondence 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 Drawings 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 Reviews 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 Materials 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 Miscellaneous 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 materials 5 Articles and Poems in Bound Books 28 issues 5-6 Published Translations in Bound Books 34 issues