Hans Sperber Papers 1911-1964

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The Hans Sperber Papers contain speeches and writings on political language, radio talks (in German) on the German language, essays, articles, lectures, and audio recordings of lectures. Hans Sperber was a professor in the German Department at Ohio State University from 1934 to 1955.

[identification of item], Hans Sperber Papers, RG 40.119, Ohio State University Archives, The Ohio State University

The Hans Sperber Papers contain speeches and writings on political language (1944-1959), radio talks (in German) on the German language (1927-1928) and studies on word derivations and semantics. It also includes essays, articles, lectures, and audiotapes of lectures.

Materials are arranged in the order received.

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Contains audiotapes.

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• Engels

English, German

Accession Number UA.1985.0040: Wolfgang Fleischauer, date unknown

Ohio State University Archives Biographical File: Hans Sperber

Hans Sperber (1885-1963) received a Ph.D. in Germanic and Romance Philology from the University of Vienna in 1907. He taught from 1909 to 1916 at the University of Upsala in Sweden, and then at the University of Cologne from 1919 to 1933. He was a professor in the German Department at Ohio State University from 1934 to 1955.

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Finding aid written by Karen Glenn, 2016 June

Finding aid prepared by Karen Glenn