Robert E Cazden papers

Collection

Identifier: GA-11-01

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection contains the papers of Robert E. Cazden, Professor Emeritus of the College of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky and scholar of printing, publishing, and the German-American book trade, and his papers focus largely on the research he conducted for his books including German Exile Literature in America 1933-1950: A History of the Free German Press and Book Trade (1970) and Social History of the German Book Trade in America to the Civil War (1984). Throughout his career, Dr. Cazden compiled an extensive and diverse collection of research on the German American book trade and on exile literature. Dr. Cazden's research on exile literature includes anti-Fascist broadsides, testimony from the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, and pamphlets on socialism. For his research on the German American book trade, Dr. Cazden collected an immense amount of literature in both German and English. The collection includes his research notes, drafts of chapters, and correspondence with scholars, librarians, and archivists.

Dates

Creation: 1798-1999

Creator

Cazden, Robert E. (Robert Edgar), 1930-2002 (Person)

Language of Materials

The records are in English and German

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research.

Biography of Robert E Cazden

Robert E. Cazden was Professor Emeritus of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Cazden was a scholar of printing, publishing, and the German-American book trade. In addition to his work in library science, he was also an accomplished pianist studying at the Juilliard School, and received an M.A. in Musicology from the University of Southern California. He completed an MLS at Berkeley and a PhD at the University of Chicago in 1965. He was employed in the libraries of the University of California, Berkley and Oregon State University before being appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1969 and to full Professor in 1976. Dr. Cazden was a member of the American Antiquarian Society, Printing Historical Society, Immigration History Society, Gutenberg Gesellschaft, and the Wolfenbuetteler Arbeitskreis fur Geschichte des Buchwesens. Robert E Cazden died in 2002.

Extent

19 Linear Feet (20 boxes, 1 oversize item)

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Robert E. Cazden, Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Kentucky and a scholar of printing, publishing, and the German-American book trade. His papers focus largely on the research he conducted for his books including German Exile Literature in America 1933-1950: A History of the Free German Press and Book Trade (1970) and Social History of the German Book Trade in America to the Civil War (1984). Dr. Cazden's research on exile literature includes anti-Fascist broadsides, testimony from the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, and pamphlets on socialism. For his research on the German American book trade, Dr. Cazden collected an immense amount of literature in both German and English. The collection includes his research notes, drafts of chapters, and correspondence with scholars, librarians, and archivists.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged into 9 series.

Original Documents collected by Cazden
Correspondence
Papers and articles by Cazden
Unpublished papers/Manuscripts by other authors
Notebooks
Research Files
Catalogs / Newsletters / Journals on German Exile Literature and German-American Literature
Note Cards
Oversize