Gustav Groeber collection, 1824-1930 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Gustav Groeber collection, 1824-1930

ID: 01/01/MSS00018

Primary Creator: Groeber, Gustav

Extent: 18.0 Cubic Feet

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Series are alphabetical by language.

Within the series, arrangement is alphabetical by author.

Date Acquired: 00/00/1912

Languages: English, German, French, Greek,Modern(1453-), Greek,Ancient(to1453), Germanic(Other), Italian, , Romanian, Portuguese, Spanish;Castilian, Latin

Gustav Grober (1844-1911) was a world-recognized Romance scholar and a Professor of Romance Philology at the University of Strasbourg. Grober was born in Leipzig and studied there before moving to Zurich as an associate professor in 1873. He achieved a full professorship at the University of Breslau in 1874 and at the University of Strasbourg in 1880. While at Strasbourg, Grober and a group of colleagues published the Outline of Romance Philology from 1888-1906, and in 1877 Grober established the Zeitschrift fur romanische Philologie [Magazine for Romance Philology]. Other writings, listed chronologically, include:

"The Old French Romances and Pastourels" (1872)

"The Song Collections of the Troubadours," Romanischen Studien, Vol. 2 (1877)

"Vulgar Latin Substrates for Romanic Words," Archive for Latin Lerocography, Vol. 1-7 (1884-1890)

"History of Romance Philology" in Outline of Romance Philology (1888-1898)

Sources

"Grober, Gustav" in Meyers Grobbes Konversations-Lexikon, Vol. 8. Leipzig, p. 351, 1907.

"Zeitschrift fur romanische Philologie." https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/ZRPH/html.

Born 1844. Died 1911. World-recognized Romance scholar and a Professor of Romance Philology at the University of Strassburg. Celebrated for the encyclopedic breadth of his interests, which were clearly reflected in the titles of the 6,367 volumes and pamphlets comprising his library. Widely known as editor of the <i>Zeitschrift fuer romanische Philologie</i> and of the <i>Grundriss der romanischen Philologie</i>.

While his library was strong in general linguistics and classical literatures, it was particularly rich in Provencal and Italian literature and linguistics. Because of Professor Groeber's recognized position as a leading Romance scholar, he received nearly every brochure published in Germany relating to Romance topics over a course of more than thirty years. It would be almost impossible to duplicate the body of dissertations and other studies thus accumulated. This unique collection nearly doubled the number of books in the University's Romance Library at the time, making it an important center of Romance material.

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Acquisition Method: Purchased for the Library by University of Illinois President Edmund J. James during a visit to Germany in 1912, according to a letter from Dr. D.S. Blondheim to Mr. P.L. Windsor dated June 5, 1912. Negotiations for the purchase of the library were begun through Assistant Professor J.B. Beck, of the University of Illinois, who had been one of Professor Groeber's favorite students.

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