Biographical / Historical Note
Arthur H. Palmer (1859-1918), translator of German and Scandinavian literature. Palmer became a professor of Germanic languages and literature at Yale University in 1894.
Summary
The papers consist of autograph manuscript writings and notes (box 1), clippings (box 1), and prints and photographs (box 2), relating to Palmer's work in Scandinavian languages and literatures, 1882-1901 and undated. Manuscript material includes notes from a course on Norse philology, taught by Julius Hoffory, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin, 1882; notes and writings on Norwegian authors Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, 1883 and undated, and Henrik Ibsen, undated; and notes on Norwegian vocabulary, undated. Photographs include panoramic photographs of Stockholm, Sweden, and Oslo, Norway, by Axel Lindahl, undated; views of Bergen, Norway, by Knud Knudsen, undated; and images of the restoration of the cathedral of Trondheim, Norway, by an unidentified photographer, undated.