Rudolf Angermann

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August Moritz Rudolf Angermann (born December 27, 1880 in Dresden , † July 17, 1954 in Hagen ) was a German librarian.

Life

He was the son of the royal Saxon long judge council Wiprecht Angermann and his wife Marie Elisabeth nee Roßberg. After attending grammar school in Dresden, Rudolf Angermann went to Leipzig University . In addition, Angermann received specialist musical training at the Dresden and Leipzig conservatories.

He completed his studies in 1911 with his doctorate as Dr. phil. from. The topic of his dissertation was The Typus des Liedvoll in the German folk ballad. Then Rudolf Angermann worked at the public library in Dresden-Plauen and then at the city libraries in Elberfeld and Stettin . He successfully applied for the position of director of the Hagen city ​​library in Westphalia . He held this office from July 1, 1921 to January 1, 1946. He had specialized specifically in library studies and music libraries.

Rudolf Angermann was among other things editor of the Westdeutsche Blätter für Büchereberatung . From 1922 to 1947 he headed the state advisory center for public libraries in the Prussian province of Westphalia .

family

Rudolf Angermann was married to Charlotte, born Willkomm. The children Dittrich (* 1915), Ulrike (* 1916) and Burkhart (* 1917) emerged from their marriage.

Works (selection)

  • The lieder type in the German folk ballad , 1911.
  • Standard book size and standard floor height , 1915.
  • (with Ad. Waas): Points to note about the popular library system , 1922.
  • Walter Hofmann on his 50th birthday . In: Hefte für Büchereiwesen 13 (1929), p. 107ff.
  • Basics of a theory of the systematic subject catalog for public libraries , two volumes, Siegburg, Schmitt, 1949/50.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Maria Steinhoff, Rudolf Reuter: Librarian Training in Times of War: Letters from Maria Steinhoff to Rudolf Reuter and other documents on the West German Volksbüchereischule in Cologne 1939 to 1944 , 2014, p. 24f.
  2. ↑ Margarete Timme: History and Chronicle of the Coesfeld City Library 1943–2016 , p. 2018, p. 18.
  3. ↑ Margarete Timme: History and Chronicle of the Coesfeld City Library 1943–2016 , p. 2018, p. 18.
personal data
SURNAME Angermann, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Angermann, August Moritz Rudolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librarian
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1954
Place of death Hagen