Alwin Thaler Papers
This collection consists of a typescript of Alwin Thaler's "Ports and Happy Havens: An Autobiography." Also included are letters sent to and from Alwin Thaler and a few index cards with notes.
Dates
- 1920-1971
- Majority of material found in 1971
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Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 quarter box [3 folders])
Abstract
This collection consists of a typescript of Alwin Thaler's "Ports and Happy Havens: An Autobiography." Also included are letters sent to and from Alwin Thaler and a few index cards with notes.
Biographical/Historical Note
Alwin Thaler was born to Adolf and Rosa (Von Halle) Thaler in Hamburg, Germany on January 10, 1891. The family immigrated to the United States in 1900 and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Thaler earned his B.A. from Adelphi College (1912), his M.A. from Columbia University (1914), his Ph.D. from Harvard (1918), and his Litt.D. from Adelphi University (1967). He married Harriet Page Albright (1895-1977) on August 14, 1920 and the couple had two children, Richard Winston (1925-1972) and Roderick Page (1927-1974). Thaler began his professional career as an Instructor in English at Adelphi University (1912-1913) and went on to work as an Instructor in English at Northwestern University (1913-1916), as a Sheldon Traveling Fellow at Harvard (1919-1920), and as an Assistant Professor of English at the University of California at Berkeley (1920-1923) before coming to the University of Tennessee as a Professor of English. He continued to teach at UT until retiring in 1961. Alwin Thaler died in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 2, 1977.
Arrangement
This collection in arranged in three folders stored in a single box.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository