Call Number:

Ms. Coll. 1114

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Extent:

0.6 linear feet (2 boxes)

Preferred Citation:

William M. Calder collection, 1970-1992, Ms. Coll. 1114, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania

Date:

1970-1992 (inclusive)

Creator:

William M. Calder (William Musgrave)

Form:

Correspondence and Writings (documents)

Abstract:

This collection contains some of the writings, correspondence and research materials of the philologist, historian and classicist William M. Calder III. Although Calder's intellectual interests are extensive, this collection is primarily composed of his scholarship on and correspondence relating to the German classical philologist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff.

William M. Calder III is a Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a preeminent philologist, historian and classicist. Born in New York City in 1932, Calder received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Harvard University and his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago. Before his professorship at the University of Illinois, Calder taught at Columbia University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. An active member of many learned societies, Calder's fields of particular expertise include the history of classical scholarship, Greek and Roman religion, and various genres of Ancient Greek writings.

Source: Calder, William Musgrave III. "Curriculum Vitae", September 18, 2006. Accessed from: http://www.classics.illinois.edu/people/wmcalder

This collection consists primarily of William M. Calder's scholarship on the German classical philologist Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Series one is comprised of Calder's articles about Wilamowitz that were published in academic journals including Antike und Abendland, Emerita, Philologus, Quaderni di storia, and publications released by Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, the Rheinisches Museum fur Philologie of the University of Cologne and Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies of Duke University. Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff: Selected Correspondence, 1869-1931, a volume edited by Calder and published by Jovene Editore in 1983, is also included herein. Most of Calder's articles on Wilamowitz, published between 1970 and 1987, are written in English but many of the journals include some text (such as tables of contents, notes or dedications) in German, Italian or Spanish. A few of Calder's reviews and articles relating to topics other than Wilamowitz are included in this series (1981-1992, undated), as are some newspaper clippings and photocopied articles by other writers, which relate to either Wilamowitz or Calder himself (1979-1992, undated).

The second series of this collection (1975-1986) contains Calder's correspondence relating mainly to his Wilamowitz research. Although most of these letters are of a professional nature, Calder had close and friendly relationships with some of his colleagues including Elfriede Regina Knauer (known to her friends as Kezia) and her husband, Georg Nicolaus Knauer (who went by the nickname Niko). Both native German speakers and accomplished classicists, the Knauers shared intellectual interests and expertise with Calder. Many of these letters discuss translation advice Calder received from the Knauers on a collection of letters which were eventually published as Seventeen Letters of Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff to Eduard Fraenkel in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology and the way in which the Knauers would be given credit for their contribution. Along with letters and postcards sent between the Knauers and Calder at this time, are photocopies and handwritten transcriptions of Wilamowitz's original letters.