Arthur Schnitzler Autographs Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists entirely of autographs – letters, cards, postcards, notes, and one photograph – by Arthur Schnitzler to various friends and acquaintances, mainly in Austria and in Germany. The correspondence is private as well as professional (as an author) in nature.
Dates
- Creation: 1880-1931, 1962
Creator
- Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German, and some English.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Arthur Schnitzler (May 15, 1862 - October 21, 1931), the son of a Jewish physician, took a medical degree and practiced medicine for much of his life, interesting himself particularly in psychiatry. He made his name as a playwright and novelist, known for his psychological dramas that dissect turn-of-the-century Viennese bourgeois life.
His first success was Anatol (1893), a series of seven one-act plays depicting the casual amours of a wealthy young Viennese man. In his play Liebelei (1896) and in his most successful novel, Leutnant Gustl (1901) he depicted the hollowness of the Austrian military code of honor. In the play Professor Bernhardi (1912) and the novel Der Weg ins Freie (1908) he analyzed the position of the Jews in Austria. His works include plays, novels, collections of stories, and several medical tracts.
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2012. Web. 28 Dec. 2012.
Extent
8 Folders
Abstract
The collection consists entirely of autographs – letters, cards, postcards, notes, and one photograph – by Arthur Schnitzler to various friends and acquaintances, mainly in Austria and in Germany. The correspondence is private as well as professional (as an author) in nature.
Subject
- Fischer, Samuel, 1859-1934 (Person)
- Gütersloh, Albert Paris, 1887-1973 (Person)
- Heimann, Moritz, 1868-1925 (Person)
- Müller, Hans, 1882-1950 (Person)
- Schmid, Franz Otto, 1879- (Person)
- Schnitzler, Olga, 1882-1970 (Person)
- Wassermann, Jakob, 1873-1934 (Person)
- Weltmann, Lutz, 1901-1967 (Person)
- Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Arthur Schnitzler Autographs Collection., 1880-1931, 1962 AR 531
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Hermann Teifer, Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
