Archive Willem Post

Brief overview

Name of the archive: Archive Willem Post

Provenance: Post, Willem (1914-1995)

Dated: 1941-1978         

Size: 47 cm

Language of the materials: Dutch, German

Summary:

Archive of Willem Post (1914-1995), scholar of Germanic languages

Collection number: UBG043

Institute: University Library Groningen

Retainer: University Library Groningen

Provenance and acquisition

Biography

Post studied Germanic languages at the University of Groningen. In 1949, he became a scientific civil servant at the Royal Library of The Netherlands, as the manager of the department for German Language and Linguistics. Shortly after, he was also put in charge of the incunables and post-incunables. Post was also tasked with helping the deputy librarian with the plans for a new building. Even after the completion of this project, it seemed that Post was invaluable at the library: he retired in 1979 but for the next 2 years was still advising on the final phases of the building work. In his testament, he willed his archive and various other goods, such as paintings, rare glass art and ten thousand euros, to the University of Groningen.

Acquisition

Unknown

Future additions

No future additions are expected.

Contents and collation

The archive contains letters, manuscript and print material, personal accolades, notes, offprints and copies as well as books.

Instructions for users of the archive

Accessibility

The archive is accessible for research purposes. To look at the archive, a University Library Access Pass is required.

Limitations to use

As owners of the archive, the University of Groningen has the right to publish (parts of) the archival mateirals.

Accessing the collection

An inventory of the archive is available.

Citations

When referencing (materials from) this archive, the following information must be provided in full at least once. After this, an abbreviated citation suffices.

Archive: University Library Groningen, Archive Willem Post

• Individual items: Groningen, UB, Post [number]

Requests

The materials in this collection can be requested by sending a mail to the Special Collections department.