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Exiled Jewish authors

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Else Lasker-Schüler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 265
Abstract

This collection contains letters and cards sent by Else Lasker-Schüler to Carl Seelig, Georg Koch, members of the Asher family and others, as well as 3 handwrittens drafts of poems which appear in Lasker-Schüler's Hebräische Balladen .

Dates: circa 1913-2002; Majority of material found within 1913-1942

Ernst Toller Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1641
Abstract

This collection contains a handful of letters written by Toller both while in Germany in the 1917-1931 and later during exile in California. In the second folder is a wanted poster (Steckbrief) issued by the Munich Police Department in which Toller is accused of treason for his role in the Bavarian revolution (1919), as well as a few newspaper articles and essays on Toller.

Dates: 1917-1972; Majority of material found within 1917-1938

Franklin C. West Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25112 / MF 1025
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the historian Franklin C. West's research on Emil Ludwig and his works. It primarily includes an extensive amount of notes and articles assembled during West's research. In addition, there is some correspondence and drafts of articles.

Dates: 1909-1997

Lessie Sachs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4031
Abstract

Poems and essays, both published and in manuscript form, as well as correspondence and some personal papers comprise this collection.

Dates: 1931-1944

Martin Beradt Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 2286
Abstract

The Martin Beradt Collection centers on literary items. It holds manuscripts by the lawyer and writer Martin Beradt and the correspondence with several publishers. Furthermore there is material about Martin Beradt, for example reviews and broadcasting reports.

Dates: 1902-1988; Majority of material found within 1909-1965

Max Rieser Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 7207
Abstract

The Max Rieser Collection predominantly documents the life and work of the lawyer, philosopher and writer Max Rieser. The main subjects of the collection are his life, his writing and his publishing work. The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, official documents and photographs.

Dates: 1893-1987

Paul Amann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 3305/MF 771
Abstract

The collection of author and translator Paul Amann (Prague, 1884 – Connecticut, 1958) contains both personal and professional correspondence and manuscripts. The manuscripts include novels, essays and short stories as well as nonfiction works, translations and one folder of poetry. The collection also contains personal papers and a folder of material from third parties.

Dates: 1911-1972

Pavel and Winn Family Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25076
Abstract

The collection contains materials pertaining to the Winn-Pavel families, mainly their personal correspondence with friends and family members, and also literary works of Josef Wiener (Joseph Alcantara Winn) and Richard Weiner.

Dates: 1927-1993

Philipp Flesch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25197
Abstract

This collection is comprised of the papers of the librarian and author Philipp Flesch. It prominently features manuscripts of his writing, which consists of poetry, essays, short stories, and a novel. In addition, the collection holds a small amount of Philipp Flesch's personal and professional correspondence as well as some personal papers, including official documents.

Dates: 1890-1973; Majority of material found within 1940-1948

Richard Beer-Hofmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 745 / MF 494
Abstract

The Richard Beer-Hofmann Collection documents the correspondence of Richard Beer-Hofmann and other family members. It contains letters from Ludwig August Frankl, Hermann Struck, Fritz Mauthner, and Hedwig Mauthner. Letters from several family members, for example Katharina, Rosa and Hieronymus Beer, Alois und Bertha Hofmann and Agnes and Sigmund Beer can be found in this collection as well. Photos of Richard and Paula Beer-Hofmann, personal items, transcriptions of correspondence, books, a bible and certificates are held in this collection as well as family trees, drawings and clippings.

Dates: 1706-1995; Majority of material found within 1810-1976

Rudolph Seiden Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 406
Abstract

The Rudolph Seiden Collection describes the life and work of Rudolph Seiden, who was a chemist and a Zionist activist. Included in this collection is personal and editorial correspondence regarding Judaism, Zionism, anti-Semitism and the proposed Jewish resettlement in Alaska in the 1930s. Unpublished manuscripts collected by Rudolph Seiden for the Foreign Authors’ Syndicate can be found in this collection as well as autographs from Max Brod, Lujo Brentano, Franz Oppenheimer, Erich Muehsam, Arthur Schnitzler and Otto Warburg.

Dates: 1840-1939; Majority of material found within 1916-1939

Winn Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25493
Abstract

This collection primarily contains the correspondence of the Winn and Taussig families of Czechoslovakia and the United States.

Dates: 1905-1983; Majority of material found within 1926-1963