Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1966-2005 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
4 digital files (5 MB)
0.13 m of textual records (1 box)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Professor Alan Latta was an Associate Professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature (1969-2001), and based at Trinity College, University of Toronto. His main research endeavours include: Thomas Mann, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Post-1945 German Literature.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of two accessions:
-
B2012-0024: Four digital files (PDF) of typed extracts from the personal diary Professor Latta began keeping in Dec. 1965, relating to the Department of German at Trinity College, the Combined Departments of German, and, as of July 1, 1975, the university German Department. No. 1 contains entries dating from November 1966 to December 1988; No. 2 runs from January 1989 to December 1995; No. 3 covers from January 1996 through December 1998; and No. 4 is January 1999 to December 2005.
-
B2019-0016: Research files, drafts of articles (published in 1987 and 1993), and lectures, relating to the reception of Thomas Mann's novella Die Betrogene [in English: The Black Swan]. Accession also includes teaching and course files on German language and literature (GER 202, 204Y, 220, 422, 434S, 435S) that Professor Latta taught at the University of Toronto. [1 box, 1966-2000]
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
-
B2012-0024: Files are closed to the general public until 1 January 2036. Anyone writing about the history of the Department of German and/or the University of Toronto and/or Trinity College may be granted access by the University Archivist before then.
-
B2019-0016: Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Accession
Accession
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Dates of creation revision deletion
-Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, August 2016
- B2019-0016 added by E. Sommers, Feb. 2020