Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1962 - 2007
- Majority of material found within 1968 - 1994
Creator
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Boxes 68-69 (Teaching Materials): Restricted until 2085. For further information consult the appropriate curator.
Boxes 71-80 (Audiovisual Materials): Restricted fragile material. Reference copies may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Box 81 (computer disks): ‡a Restricted fragile material. Reference copies are available for disks 4-6 and 8-11; reference copies for disks 1-3, 7, and 12-18 may be requested. Consult Access Services for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
75.4 Linear Feet ((85 boxes) + 1 broadside, 1 package, 1 roll)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Dimension
Dimension was funded by the University of Texas at Austin from its inception in 1968 through 1975. Funding was increasingly problematic after this, and when Willson's term as chairman of the University's German Department ended in 1980, he continued publication of Dimension without clerical or editorial support. Volumes 1-15:1 were designed and produced by the University of Texas Press at Austin. Starting with volume 15:2, Willson designed and produced the journal himself on an Apple computer. Dimension²: Contemporary German-language Literature , edited by Ingo R. Stoehr, began publication in 1994, continuing the format of the original journal.
A. Leslie Willson
Willson's translations include novels by Michael Krüger (The Man in the Tower and Himmelfarb), Gerhard Köpf (There is no Borges; Papa's Suitcase; Innerfar; Bluff, or The Southern Cross; Way to Eden; Nurmi, or The Journey to the Trout; and Piranesi's Dream), and Ulla Berkéwicz (Angels are Black and White), and Hermann Kurzke's Thomas Mann: Life as a Work of Art. In addition to founding and editing Dimension, his work as an editor included several volumes of The German Library (Continuum Press). Willson co-founded the American Literary Translators Association in 1979 and was its first president. He served as president of the American Translators Association from 1991 to 1993.
Processing Information
- American Literary Translators Association
- American Translators Association
- Art, German -- 20th Century
- Artists -- Germany -- 20th Century
- Audiotapes
- Audiovisual materials
- Authors, German -- 20th Century
- Bender, Hans, 1919-2015
- Bichsel, Peter, 1935-
- Born digital
- Dimension (Austin, Tex.)
- Drawings (visual works)
- Electronic documents
- German literature -- 20th Century
- German literature -- Translations into English
- Grass, Günter, 1927-2015
- Gruppe 47 (Germany)
- Interviews
- Jandl, Ernst, 1925-2000
- Kunert, Günter, 1929-2019
- Köpf, Gerhard, 1948-
- Lectures
- Lenz, Siegfried, 1926-2014
- Little magazines
- Long-playing records
- Mayröcker, Friederike, 1924-
- Periodicals -- Publishing -- United States
- Photographic prints
- Posters
- Prints (Visual works)
- Radio plays, German
- Slides (photographs)
- University of Texas at Austin. Department of Germanic Languages
- Videotapes
- Willson, A. Leslie (Amos Leslie), 1923-2007
- Willson, Jeanne
- Wohmann, Gabriele, 1932-2015
- Wolf, Christa, 1929-2011
Creator
- Dimension (Austin, Tex.)
- Willson, A. Leslie (Amos Leslie), 1923-2007
- Bender, Hans, 1919-2015
- Bichsel, Peter, 1935-
- Grass, Günter, 1927-2015
- Jandl, Ernst, 1925-2000
- Köpf, Gerhard, 1948-
- Kunert, Günter, 1929-2019
- Lenz, Siegfried, 1926-2014
- Mayröcker, Friederike, 1924-
- Wohmann, Gabriele, 1932-2015
- Wolf, Christa, 1929-2011
- Title
- Guide to the Dimension Records
- Author
- by Karen Spicher
- Date
- 2010 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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