Material relating to Bernstorff, 'Des Teutschen Scholaren Glossarium in Oxford'

Title

Material relating to Bernstorff, 'Des Teutschen Scholaren Glossarium in Oxford'

Shelfmark

MS. Braun 156

Summary

Materials relating to the translation and (re-)publication of Albrecht von Bernstorff, 'Des Teutschen Scholaren Glossarium in Oxford', a description of English university life and practical guide to studying in Oxford from the perspective of a German Rhodes Scholar, 1912.

Folder 1: Correspondence relating to Albrecht von Bernstorff and other German Rhodes Scholars, to finding the original version of the 'Glossarium', to commissioning the translation into English and to finding funds for publishing, 1994-2004. Correspondents include Nigel Nicholson, Richard Sheppard, Sir Anthony Kenny, Annelies Bernstorff, Dieter Jakob.

Folder 2: Photocopies of Albrecht von Bernstorff, 'Des Teutschen Scholaren Glossarium in Oxford', printed in a private edition,1912; English translation of the first part of the 'Glossarium'; 'Essay read before the Anglo-German Society on the 15th May 1912', by E.M. Rosen 1940; translation of the complete 'Glossarium' titled 'Edwardian Oxford Explained by a German Rhodes Scholar' by Hazel Harvey, 2002.

Folder 3: Collected material about German Rhodes Scholars in Oxford, including a typescript 'Jahrelange Beziehungen eines Deutschen zu England' by Conrad Frederick Roedinger, recounting his years as a Rhodes Scholar, 1905-1908.

Date

1994-2004

Language

English

German

Physical extent

1 box (3 folders)