http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt787037nh No online items Finding Aid for Marta Mierendorff papers 0214 Michaela Ullmann, data transfer by Nicholas Muellerleile USC Libraries Special Collections 2011 Doheny Memorial Library 206 3550 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, California 90089-0189 [email protected] URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/special-collections Finding Aid for Marta Mierendorff 0214334 1 papers 0214 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections Title: Marta Mierendorff papers creator: Mierendorff, Marta Identifier/Call Number: 0214 Identifier/Call Number: 334 Physical Description: 71.84 Linear Feet73 boxes Date (inclusive): 1933-1985 Abstract: The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and ephemera regarding the lives and work of many German-speaking emigre artists in Southern California. One focus of the collection are German Expressionist Theater director Leopold Jessner (1878-1945) and his brother-in-law, the actor and director Fritz Jessner (1889-1946), both of whom left Germany in the 1930s to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. The collection also includes more extensive materials on Walter Wicclair, director William Dieterle, art-director Rudi Feld, Felix Jackson, the Mann family, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Elow as well as about the Jewish Club of 1933. Furthermore it contains transcripts of various conferences on exile studies, articles, presentations, interview transcripts, Wim Wenders screenplays, and data sheets Marta Mierendorff created about various exiled German-speaking artists. The materials were collected by Marta Mierendorff (b. 1911), who was made Emeritus Research Professor in 1984 at USC. Biographical note Marta Mierendorff was born in Charlottenburg (Berlin), Germany in 1911. She received her doctorate in 1949 from Humboldt University in Berlin. In the 1950s, she turned to study of the sociology of art and co-founded the Institut fuer Kunstsoziologie in Berlin with Heinrich Tost in 1954. In the late 1950s, Marta Mierendorff developed an interest in the study of German-speaking exiles from the National Socialist regime. She traveled to Los Angeles in 1964 and there began working on the history of the Jewish Club of 1933, whose members were German Jewish exiles. Marta Mierendorff moved to Los Angeles in 1966. In 1971, she became a professor in the Department of German at the University of Southern California. Professor Mierendorff continued her research on German-speaking refugees, who were active in theater, film, cabaret, and other cultural endeavors, and who came to the United States in the 1930s and 1940s. She also collected materials on their life and work. Considered a pioneer in the study of exiles, Marta Mierendorff was made Emeritus Research Professor in 1984 at USC. Scope and Content The Marta Mierendorff papers comprises correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and ephemera regarding the lives and work of many German-speaking emigre artists in Southern California. Furthermore it contains transcripts of various conferences on exile studies, articles, presentations, interview transcripts, Wim Wenders screenplays, and data sheets Marta Mierendorff created about various exiled German-speaking artists. The materials were collected by Marta Mierendorff (b. 1911), who was made Emeritus Research Professor in 1984 at USC. Conditions Governing Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access. Conditions Governing Use The collection contains published materials; researchers are reminded of the copyright restrictions imposed by publishers on reusing their articles and parts of books. It is the responsibility of researchers to acquire permission from publishers when reusing such materials. The copyright to unpublished materials belongs to the heirs of the writers. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Marta Mierendorff papers, Collection no. 0214, Feuchtwanger Memorial Library, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California. Subjects and Indexing Terms World War, 1939-1945 -- Archival resources Exiles -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources Exiles -- Austria -- 20th century -- Archival resources Exiles -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources Correspondence Jews -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources Finding Aid for Marta Mierendorff 0214334 2 papers 0214 Jewish refugees -- California, Southern -- Archival resources California, Southern -- Emigration and immigration -- Archival resources Jews, German -- California, Southern -- Archival resources Exiles' writings, German -- California -- Archival resources Manuscripts Theater -- Austria -- 20th century -- Archival resources Theater -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources Actresses -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources Clippings Newsletters Authors, German -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Archival resources Artists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources Elow -- Archives European Film Fund -- Archives Lang, Fritz -- Archives Mann, Heinrich -- Archives Mann, Thomas -- Archives Neumann, Alfred, 1895-1952 -- Archives Neumann, Robert -- Archives Wolf, Friedrich -- Archives Wolf, Markus -- Archives Feuchtwanger, Lion -- Archives Müller, Heiner -- Archives Dieterle, William -- Archives Wicclair, Walter -- Archives Wenders, Wim -- Archives Remarque, Erich Maria -- Archives Jewish Club of 1933 -- Archives Jackson, Felix -- Archives Jessner, Leopold -- Archives Jessner, Fritz -- Archives Eisler, Georg -- Archives Mierendorff, Marta -- Archives Graf, Oskar Maria -- Archives Granach, Alexander -- Archives Henreid, Paul -- Archives Eisler, Hanns -- Archives Doblin, Alfred -- Archives Frank, Liesl -- Archives Bruno, Frank -- Archives Baum, Vicki -- Archives Brecht Zentrum der DDR -- Archives Brecht, Bertolt -- Archives Berstl, Julius -- Archives Finding Aid for Marta Mierendorff 0214334 3 papers 0214 Data Sheets and Information on exiled German-speaking artists 26188 Data Sheets and Information on exiled German-speaking artists 26188 Box 1, Folder 1 Adler, Gusti 26189 Box 1, Folder 2 Adlon, Louis 26190 Box 1, Folder 3 Albrecht, Richard 26191 General 1979-1982 Box 1, Folder 4 Albu, Ruth 26192 Box 1, Folder 5 Alpar, Gitta 26193 Box 1, Folder 6 Altmann, Georg 26194 Box 1, Folder 7 Altmann-Hall, Alice 26195 Box 1, Folder 8 Altschul, Lutz (aka Arco, Louis) 26196 Box 1, Folder 9 Anders, Rudolf (aka Amendt, Rudolf) 26197 Box 1, Folder 10 Angold-Larsen, Edith 26199 Box 1, Folder 11 Arno, Siegfried 26200 Box 1, Folder 12 Askin, Leon 26201 Box 1, Folder 13 Aubert, Leonore 26202 Box 1, Folder 14 Auerbach, Helga 26203 Box 2, Folder 1 Bachenheimer, Theodor(e) 26242 Box 2, Folder 2 Bachenheimer, Wilhelm (William) 26243 Box 2, Folder 3 Back-Neft, Else 26244 Box 2, Folder 4 Baedecker, Peer 26245 Scope and Contents oral history manuscript: Mein Leipziger Theaterwinter, 1932/1933 Box 2, Folder 5 Balla, Lizzi (unidentified) 26248 Box 2, Folder 6 Banner, John 26250 Box 2, Folder 7 Barnowsky, Victor 26251 Box 2, Folder 8 Basch, Felix 26253 Box 2, Folder 9 Bassermann, Albert 26254 Scope and Contents correspondence with director William Dieterle, also contains information about Bassermann's wife Else Bassermann-Schiff Box 2, Folder 9 Baum, Vicky 26255 Scope and Contents obituary published in Aufbau Box 2, Folder 10 Beregi, Oscar 26256 Scope and Contents contains portait postcard Box 2, Folder 11 Berger, Ludwig 26257 Scope and Contents correspondence with director William Dieterle from the 1950s Box 2, Folder 12 Berges, Max L. 26259 Box 73 Bergner, Elisabeth Box 2, Folder 13, Berliner, Martin 26260 Box 73 Box 2, Folder 14 Berliner, Trude 26261 Box 2, Folder 15 Bernauer, Rudolf 26263 Box 2, Folder 16 Bernhardt, Kurt (Curtis) 26265 Box 2, Folder 17 Berstl, Julius 26266 Box 2, Folder 18 Bing, Hermann 26267 Finding Aid for Marta Mierendorff 0214334 4 papers 0214 Data Sheets and Information on exiled German-speaking artists 26188 Box 2, Folder 19 Birinski, Leo 26268 Box 2, Folder 19 Bois, Curt 26270 Scope and Contents correspondence between Marta Mierendorff and Curt Bois Box 2, Folder 20 Bois, Ilse 26271 Box 2, Folder 21 Borge, Victor 26274 Box 2, Folder 22 Borodin, Elfriede (aka: Borodkin, Elfriede) 26275 Box 3, Folder 1 Brahm, John (Hans) 26276 Box 3, Folder 2 Brecher, Egon 26277 Scope and Contents very small file Box 3, Folder 3 Brecht, Bertolt (I of IV) 26278 Scope and Contents also contains material about Helene Weigel Box 3, Folder 4 Brecht, Bertolt (II of IV) 26279 Scope and Contents also contains material about Helene Weigel; correspondence between Mierendorff and other researchers, 1970s and 1980s Box 3, Folder 5 Brecht, Bertolt (III of IV) 26280 Scope and Contents also contains material about Helene Weigel Box 3, Folder 6 Brecht, Bertolt (IV of IV) 26283 Scope and Contents also contains material about Helene Weigel Box 3, Folder 7 Bressart, Felix 26284 Box 3, Folder 8 Brill, Klaus 26285 Box 3, Bruckner, Ferdinand (aka: Tagger, Theodor) 26286 Folder 9Brust, Alfred Box 3, Folder 10 Brust, Alfred 26287 Box 3, Folder 11 Bry, Curt 26290 Box 3, Folder 12 Brysac, Peter 26291 Box 3, Folder 13 Buehrlen, Justin 26292 Box 3, Folder 14 Burr, Trude (Kafka) 26293 Box 4, Folder 1 Cassirer, Paul and Fred 26246 Box