uarc00478 Inventory of the Walter Thomas Pattison papers, 1918-1986 Karen Klinkenberg; updated by Karen Spilman University of Minnesota Libraries Dec. 1992; updated May 2004
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Karen Spilman and Leslie Czechowski, 2004 English University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc] Pattison, Walter Thomas, 1903- Walter Thomas Pattison papers 1918-1986 11 boxes (4.58 linear ft.) This collection consists of the papers of Walter Thomas Pattison, professor of Spanish at the University of Minnesota. 478 English and Spanish Administrative Information Use of Materials

Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

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 Preferred citation

Walter Thomas Pattison papers, University of Minnesota Archives

 Source of acquisition

The papers were deposited in University of Minnesota Archives on December 11, 1987.

Scope and Content

Pattison was an expert on the Spanish novelist, Benito Pérez Galdós and much of his work on Galdós is evident in this collection. Two books on Galdós that are a result of his research, were published in 1954 by the University of Minnesota Press, and in 1975 by Twayne Publishers.

Five folders in the collection contain research on Mary Adriana Tate, whom Galdós knew, and with whom he had a family connection. Other research that stands out in the collection includes folders on Iberian-Basque Syntax, and on Emilia Pardo Bazán, a novelist and contemporary of Benito Pérez Galdós.

While the collection contains two folders of personal correspondence, there is little else to indicate any other interests and activities Professor Pattison may have had. Finally, although he was Chairman of both the Department of Romance Languages (1954-1960, 1966-1967), and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese (1968-1970), no mention is made of this in the Papers, and there is no documentation of any departmental correspondence nor of any committees on which he may have served.

 Biographical Sketch of Walter Thomas Pattison (1903-1992)

Walter Pattison was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 5, 1903 and received his early education in the Chicago area. He attended Harvard University and obtained a B.S. degree in 1925, M.A. in 1926 and Ph.D. in 1931. He also did additional graduate studies at the University of Minnesota from 1926-1928 and Ecole des Chartes in 1933-1934.

He was appointed Assistant Professor at Wesleyan College, Middletown, Connecticut, 1929-1938 and Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota from 1938-1947. Pattison became a Full Professor in 1947 at the University of Minnesota and served in this position until his retirement in 1970.

Professor Pattison's field was Romance Languages with a special interest in Peninsular Spanish Literature, and Spanish Syntax. He also taught elementary and intermediate Spanish and French courses, as well as French Literature. Walter Pattison died in 1992.

Index Terms

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Persons: Agard, Robert Barton, Francis Brown, 1886- Chamberlin, Vernon A., 1924- Cobian, Lorenza Fletcher, Valls Domingo Ham, Edward Billings, 1902-1965 Henry, Marion Pardo, Bazan Emilia, condesa de, 1852-1921 Pattison, Walter Thomas, 1903- -- Archives Perez Galdos, Benito, 1843-1920 Perez Galdos, Ignacio Searles, Francis Brown, 1886- Tate, Mary Adriana, 1803- Thorndike, Al Van Dusen, Al Organizations: Twayne Publishers Material types: Articles Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence Manuscripts Notes Photographs Reprints Subjects: Basques. Language and culture Pais Vasco (Spain). Language and culture Romance languages Spanish literature Detailed Contents of Collection

The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the collection.

Benito Pérez Galdós 1 Biographical material on Galdós and his family

Handwritten notes, correspondence

 1 Lorenza Cobián and Maria Galdós Cobián

Copies of letters from Galdós, notes

 1 Correspondence re Galdós, n.d., 1952-1984

Especially from Vernon Addison Chamberlin, University of Kansas, which also includes some personal correspondence; three letters from Mariá Galdós

1 Galdós' finances. Typed mss. entitled, "Finances, Family and the Third Series"

Handwritten notes; copies of letters to Galdós

 1 Letters to Galdós hand copied by Pattison; photocopies 1 Miscellaneous [notes and news articles on Galdós] Works by Galdós

Folders contain handwritten notes on works, some reprints that pertain to them (not by Pattison) and include the following:

 1 Amigo Manso

Includes correspondence with Ignacio Pérez Galdós, nephew of B. P. Galdós

 1 Angel Guerro 1 Aquel 2 El Audaz 2 La de Bringas 2 El Doctor Centeno 2 Dona Perfecta 2 La Desheredada 2 Electra

notes from newspaper clippings in Museo Canario

 2 Episodios Nacionales 2 Episodios Nacionales, 5th Series 2 La Familia de Leon Roch 2 La Fontana de Oro 2 Fortunata y Jacinta 2 Gloria 2 Krausismo 2 Nazarin 2 Lo Prohibido 2 La Sombra 2 Torquemada 2 Tristana Also pertaining to Galdós are the following folders: 3 Victor Cherbuliez, Le Comte Kostia 3 Dramas 3 English Authors-Especially Dickens 3 E. Feydean, Fanny 3 Ibsen, La Incognita Realidad 3 Misercordia, Miau, Marianela 3 La Razón en la Sinrazón, Romantic Novels 3 Frederic Soulie 3 Tolstoy, Tormento, Turgenieff

Galdós' Library. Lists of books in Galdós' personal library

2 folders

 3 Journalism. Notes re articles by Galdós Articles by Galdós in the following publications: (Typewritten) 3 Vida Nueva, 1898

Contains articles on Cervantes

 3 Revista de España, 1872 4 El Debate, 1871-1872 4 Las Novedades, 1868 4 La Nación, Feb. 3, 1865-1866

3 folders

 5 La Nación, Feb. 3, 1865-1866 5 La Nación, Jan. 2, 1868-March 29, 1868 5 Correo de España, 1871

2 folders

 5 Las Cortes, 1869 5 El Contemporaneo, 1865

not Galdós

 6 Tate. Research re the Tate family, especially Mary Adriana Tate 6 Correspondence

5 folders

 6 Ambrosio Hurdado de Mendoza, husband of Mary Adriana Tate

1 folder

 6 Pardo, Bazán Emilia 6 Photographs and transcripts possibly of letters between Galdós and Emilia Pardo Bazán 7 Notes on research for book by Pattison

3 folders; includes 1 folder of news articles

 7 Photos

4 folders

 7 France, mostly postcards 7 Spain, pictures 7 Mexico, photos 7 Charleston-Savannah, photos including some with Walter and Marion Pattison 7 General unidentified photos possibly intended for use in a book by Pattison 7 Twayne-TWAS Publishers 7 Correspondence, n.d., 1964-1974

re books by Pattison for Twayne Publishers, including Emilia Pardo Bazán and Benito Pérez Galdós

1 folder

 7 Correspondence re research and publication of research, n.d., 1967-1980

1 folder

 8 Representative Spanish Authors, n.d., 1967-1981

Correspondence re permission to reprint works of various authors

 8 Representative Spanish Authors, 3rd edition permissions 1969-1971

[Jose de] Espronceda. Notes for articles published in PLMA, Dec. 1946 by Pattison

 8 "Aspectos de la Cultura Española." Mss by Pattison 8 [Jóse de] Espronceda. Notes for article published in PMLA by Pattison, Dec. 1946 8 Notes from various Spanish Newspapers

2 folders

 9 Provencal Mss. 9 Provencal Influence in Spain 9 Iberian and Basque Mss. First draft finished, Spring 1977 9 Basque, historical phonetics and history of the language

Handwritten Mss.

 9 Iberian and Basque Mss, 1970 9 Iberian and Basque Mss., 1980 9 Iberian and Basque Bibliography 9 Correspondence re Iberian [especially with Domingo Fletcher y Valls], 1978-1986 9 Iberian-General notes 9 Iberian-Basque Inscriptions 9 Iberian-Basque Names 9 Iberian-Basque Phonology 9 Iberian-Basque Phonology and Syllabary 9 Iberian Religious Symbolism 10 Iberian-Basque Interpretations of Iberian Texts 10 Iberian-Basque Linguistic Substratum 10 Iberian-Basque History 10 Iberian-Basque Celtic 10 Iberian-Basque Miscellaneous Archeology 10 Iberian-Basque Ceramics 10 Iberian-Basque, Basque Syntax 10 Outline of Italian Phonology 10 Naturalism in Spain. Notes 10 Old French. Notes

Some which were probably for paper Pattison wrote for a college course in French

 10 Outline of Zauner

Probably a paper written for a college course in Comparative Philology

 10 Some Sources of Gongorism, by "Tizona"

Paper by Pattison for which he apparently was awarded a prize of $75 in 1925

 10 Reprints by Pattison 10 Writings. Include the following: Poems by Pattison (unpublished) "The Capture of the Bubble-gum Snatcher" "Galdós and Naturalism" "Sources of Espronceda's El Mendigo" "Some Considerations on the Relationship of the Provencal Chansonniers" "El amigo Manso and el amigo Galdós" "Fernando Diaz Plaja: Antologia del Romanticismo Espanol, Revista de Occidente, Madrid [1959]" Article for Encyclopedia Britannica on Benito Perez Galdós "Don Quitjote and the Tyranny of the Majority" "Pio Baroja and Martin Zalacain" (handwritten) 10 Miscellaneous reviews by Pattison of books by others 10 Reprints by Pattison 11 Personal Correspondence, n.d. 1918, 1931-1956, 1960, 1966, 1969, 1972-1978, 1982

Correspondence re appointment at Wesleyan University, Middletown Connecticut, 1933- 1936

Letters between Pattison and Francis Brown Barton, Chairman of Dept. of Romance Languages, U. of M. re hiring of Pattison in the Department, 1937

Letters from Colbert Searles, in 1932 and 1937; Pattison's resignation from U of M and surrounding circumstances in letters to Edward Billings Ham, University of Michigan, subsequent job searches at other institutions and decision to remain at the University, 1947-1948

Correspondence between Pattison, Al Thorndike, Al Van Dusen and Robert Agard re Wesleyan Outing Club, detailing trips taken by the Club, many of which Pattison participated in, can be found throughout the 1930's correspondence.

11 Diary of trip to Paris, 1926 11 Taquigrafia Gregg, July 1928

An unpublished ms. by Marion Henry, Madrid

 11 Gloria Mss

possibly a typewritten copy of Galdós' manuscript with notes by Pattison

3 folders