This partially describes the materials held in the G. Waldo Dunnington Collection at the Cammie G. Henry Research Center. The collection is currently being processed, and we will add detail as it becomes available. In the meantime, if you have questions, contact the Archivist, Mary Linn Wernet
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The G. Waldo Dunnington Collection contains correspondence, photographs, clippings, pamphlets, publications, oversized materials and three-dimensional items. The bulk of this material deals with Dunnington’s lifelong research into Carl Friedrich Gauss. There are also items that document the personal life, professional life and ancestry of Dunnington himself. Items related to Gauss include a substantial amount of correspondence between Dunnington and Gauss’ relatives in both Germany and America during the 1940’s to 1960’s. Of particular interest are several original letters from Gauss, most of which are written to his second wife. Many of these letters have been translated into English. Also present are photographs, sketches and lithographs of Gauss and other contemporary German scientists, scholars and writers. The bulk of the pamphlets and publications present, many of which are authored by Dunnington, deal with similar subjects. Many drafts of Dunnington’s most extensive work on Gauss, his biography of Gauss, are also included. Other publications in the collection concern math and science research, literature studies and German culture and history. Clippings and other news items on Dunnington’s Gauss research can also be found. Oversized and three-dimensional items include a plaster bust and framed portrait of Gauss, various prints relating to German history and culture and two mathematical models owned by Dunnington.
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Email: wernet@nsula.eduMaterials on Dunnington’s personal life include correspondence, printed material and photographs concerning genealogy research, education career, religion and the town of Bowling Green, Missouri, his birthplace. Offering a glimpse into Dunnington’s professional life are materials in similar format relating to his military and teaching career, as well as his work as a translator in the Nuremberg War Trials. Of particular interest among these items is a certified copy of Adolph Hitler’s will, which was acquired by Dunnington during his work at the war trials.
The Collection:
Letters (originals, transcriptions, and photo reproductions in German and English) from Carl Fredrick Gauss, family members, and close associates (1794-1916)
Typescript and notes on the Gauss book by C. Waldo Dunnington (ca. 1950s)
Research correspondence between G. Waldo Dunnington and the Gauss family (1940s-1960s);
Pamphlets pertaining to Germany, Mathematics, and Gauss (1940s-1960s);
Articles by Dunnington concerning Gauss and his work (1940s-1960s);
2 plaster busts of Gauss;
1 framed portrait of Gauss;
1 framed print of Gauss;
1 framed portrait of Dunnington.Some details of the above:
Notes about Gauss
Two letters from Helen dated 1 August 1911
List and unsigned letter
Fragmentary recent writings, manuscript
Four page typed translation and 1 label
One page typed translation of an 1802 item
Two page transcription of a letter from Chantel to Pernety, 27 Nov 1806
1807 C.F. Gauss letter Letter (signed)
1807 Perthes letter
Three ms transcriptions of letters Reinhart to Gauss, n.d.
Photostat C.F. Gauss letter, transcription, translation,
Transcription & translation of 1811 C.F. Gauss letter
Transcription & translation of 1815 C.F. Gauss letter
Four C.F. Gauss 1816 transcriptions & translations
Translation of an 1818 C.F. Gauss letter to Minna
Transcription & translation of an 1821 C.F. Gauss letter Date
Transcription of an 1822 Edward Everett letter
Transcription of an 1823 C.F. Gauss letter
Typed transcription of an 1824 C.F. Gauss letter
Transcription of an 1825 Gauss letter to Pfaff
Transcriptions & two translations, misc. letters
Transcription of an 1833 C.F. Gauss letter
Transcription of an 1835 Eugene Gauss letter
Transcription of a C.W. Gauss letter dated 24 March 1835
Transcription, translation 1836, 1837 letters Richard Parish to Winfield Scott
Typed transcription of 1840 C.F. Gauss letter
Transcription of 1841 letter of Chas. W. Gauss
Transcription of an 1842 letter from C. F. Gauss
Transcription of 1842 letter Gauss to Fries & note
Photostat, translation, 1844 letter of C.F. Gauss
Transcription & translation 1845 letter Theresa Gauss to Eugene Gauss
Transcription & translation 1846 letter C.F. Gauss to son Eugene
Transcription & translation 1850 Theresa Gauss to Eugene Gauss
Transcription & translation 1851 letter of C.F. Gauss
Transcription of 1852 letter M. Moarevieff to C.F. Gauss
Transcription, 1852 letter from C.F. Gauss
Letter (signed) C.F. Gauss 7 April 1853
Photostat, transcriptions, translations, Asa Grey & Gould letters
Translation 1856 letter from J. Liouville
Transcription, C.W. Gauss letter, 18 Oct. 1859
Transcription, 1892 letter from Ernst Schering to Herr Gauss
1901 typed letter Robert Gauss to Win. T. Gauss
Letter (signed) R. Gauss 1912 & other correspondence. with Florian Cajori.
1912 Robert Gauss to Felix Klein letter carbon copy
Listings on cards
Seems to be an original 1794 mathematical item
A list
Letter (signed) n.d. C.F. Gauss to Frau Waldeck & translation
Letter (signed) c. 1810 C.F. Gauss to Minna & translation
Letter (signed) from C.F. Gauss to Minna 1816 & translation
Letter (signed) .C.F. Gauss to Minna & typed translation 1815
Letter (signed) C.F. Gauss to Minna & typed translation 1811
Letter (signed) C.F. Gauss to Minna & typed translation 1816
Letter (signed) C.F. Gauss to Minna & typed translation 1816
Letter (signed) C.F. Gauss to Minna & typed translation 1818
Letter (signed) C.F. Gauss to Minna & typed translation & commentary 1816
Letter (signed) Theresa Gauss to Eugene (2 letters) & translation 1855
Letter (signed) C.W. Gauss 1835
Letter (signed) Charles Wm. Gauss 1841
Letter (signed) C.W. Gauss 1859
Handwritten booklet 1831
List covering years 1815—1846
2 lists covering years 1808—1822
Handwritten list covering years 1812—1854
Dunnington’s correspondence with various colleges
1902 correspondence
1903 correspondence
Handwritten copy of 1856 obituary of C.F. Gauss
Bibliography and other material written in German
Catalog of Gauss 1ibrary, manuscript book