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Franz Werfel Papers, 1910-1944 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt800007v5 No online items Finding Aid for the Franz Werfel Papers, 1910-1944 Processed by Lilace Hatayama; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Franz Werfel 512 1 Papers, 1910-1944 Finding Aid for the Franz Werfel Papers, 1910-1944 Collection number: 512 UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Contact Information UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ Processed by: Lilace Hatayama, February 1980 Encoded by: Caroline Cubé Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by: Apex Data Services Online finding aid edited by: Josh Fiala, April 2002 © 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Franz Werfel Papers, Date (inclusive): 1910-1944 Collection number: 512 Creator: Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945 Extent: 37 boxes (18.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: Franz Werfel (1890-1945) was one of the founders of the expressionist movement in German literature. In 1940, he fled the Nazis and settled in the U.S. He wrote one of his most popular novels, Song of Bernadette, in 1941. The collection consists of materials found in Werfel's study at the time of his death. Includes correspondence, manuscripts, clippings and printed materials, pictures, artifacts, periodicals, and books. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Papers cannot be published except with the permission of Marina Mahler Restrictions on Access Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Finding Aid for the Franz Werfel 512 2 Papers, 1910-1944 Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Alma Mahler Werfel, 1948-1956. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Franz Werfel Papers (Collection 512). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Biography Franz Werfel was born September 10, 1890 in Prague, Bohemia; one of the founders of the expressionist movement in German literature, Werfel began writing poetry when still a boy and published his first play when 20; published first book of verse in 1911; plays Goat Song (1922) and Juarez and Maximilian (1925) were successfully produced in Europe and New York; published novel, Verdi, in 1924; married Alma Mahler, composer Gustav Mahler's widow, in 1929; in 1940 fled Nazis to U.S.; wrote one of his most popular novels, Song of Bernadette, in 1941; died of a heart attack on August 26, 1945 in Beverly Hills. Scope and Content Collection consists of materials found in Werfel's study at the time of his death. Includes correspondence, manuscripts (including Das Lied von Bernadette and Jacobowsky un der Oberst), clippings and printed materials, pictures, artifacts, periodicals, and books. Correspondents include Alma Mahler Werfel and Lion Feuchtwanger. Collection has materials in English and German. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-4). 2. Notebooks (Boxes 5-6, 37). 3. Manuscripts (Boxes 7-17, 37). 4. Magazines and clippings (Boxes 18-21, 23). 5. Letters, contracts, telegrams, ephemera (Box 22). 6. Werfel's library (Boxes 24-33). 7. Objects, microfilm (Boxes 34-36). Note NOTE: The collection was arranged by John M. Spalek. His checklist follows the register, annotated with Box numbers for location of material. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945--Archives. Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958--Correspondence. Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964--Correspondence. Authors, Austrian--20th century--Archival resources. Dramatists, German--20th century--Archival resources. Correspondence Note NOTE: Not all letters are original; Photocopies are included. Photocopies of some of the letters in box 3 will be found in the last folder (51 items). [Correspondence] to Alma Mahler-Werfel, 1918-1945 Scope and Content Note 264 letters and 36 telegrams: Box 1 Letters to Alma Mahler Werfel from Franz Werfel. v.p., ca. 1911-1932. Physical Description: 225 items (367 leaves). Finding Aid for the Franz Werfel 512 3 Papers, 1910-1944 Correspondence Box 2 Letters to Alma Mahler Werfel and others from Franz Werfel. v.p., ca. 1933-1945. Physical Description: 250 items (294 leaves) Manuscript and photocopy. Boxes 3-4 ca. 300 leaves. Scope and Content Note Including leaves from: Hermann Bahr, Alban Berg, Gottfried Bermann-Fischer, Hermann Borchardt, Lazi Bus-Fekete, Alfred Döblin, Albert Einstein, Herbert Fuchs-Robetin, Willy Haas, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Benjamin W. Huebsch, Heinrich Eduard Jacob, Alfred Kantorowicz, Annette Kolb, Lawrence Langner, Else Lasker-Schüler, Peter M. Lindt, Jacques Maritain, Georg Marton, Erich Mühsam, Arthur Schnitzler, Friedrich Torberg, Ludwig Ullmann, Johannes Urzidil, F.C. Weiskopf, Anton Wildgans, Theodor Wolff, Arnold Zweig, Stefan Zweig. Boxes 3-4 ca. 500 leaves. Scope and Content Note Including leaves to: Samuel Behrman, Gottfried Bermann-Fischer, Lazi Bus-Fekete, Lion Feuchtwanger, Herbert Fuchs-Robetin, Hamish Hamilton, Benjamin W. Huebsch, Heinrich Eduard Jacob, Lawrence Langner, Ludwig Lewisohn, Georg Marton, Heinrich Schnitzler, Edith Snow, Archbishop Francis Spellman, Friedrich Torberg. Box 3 Letters to Franz Werfel from various persons. v.p., v.d. Physical Description: 300 items. Manuscript and photocopy. Note See List of Correspondents. Box 3 Albrecht, Joseph. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Arlt, Gustave Otto, 1895- . Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Auernheimer, Raoul, 1876- . Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Basserman, Albert, 1867-1952. Physical Description: 2 items. Box 3 Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960. Physical Description: 2 items. Box 3 Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Physical Description: 2 items. Box 3 Bermann-Fischer, Gottfried, 1897- , and Tutti. Physical Description: 29 items. Box 3 Borchardt, Hermann, 1888- . Physical Description: 4 items. Box 3 Brod, Max, 1884- . Physical Description: 1 item. Finding Aid for the Franz Werfel 512 4 Papers, 1910-1944 Correspondence Box 3 Bus-Fekete, Laci. Physical Description: 15 items. Box 3 Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Fischer, Cyril B. Physical Description: 8 items. Box 3 Friedell, Egon, 1878-1938. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Fuchs-Robetin, Herbert. Physical Description: 29 items. Box 3 Fulda, Ludwig, 1862-1939. Physical Description: 3 items. Box 3 George, Manfred. Physical Description: 10 items. Box 3 Grillparzer-Prize Certificate. Academie der Wissenschaft in Wien. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969. Physical Description: 2 items. Box 3 Haas, Willy, 1891- . Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Habe, Hans, 1911- . Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Hamilton, Hamish. Physical Description: 7 items. Box 3 Hardt, Ludwig. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Helburn, Theresa, 1887(?)- . Physical Description: 4 items. Box 3 Herzfelde, Wieland, 1896- . Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Hiller, Kurt, 1885-1972. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Hofmannsthal, Hugo Hofmann, edler von, 1874-1929. Physical Description: 1 item. Finding Aid for the Franz Werfel 512 5 Papers, 1910-1944 Correspondence Box 3 Buebsch, Benjamin W. (Viking Press). Physical Description: 79 items. Box 3 Jacob, Heinrich Edward, 1889- . Physical Description: 2 items. Box 3 Jewish reactions. Physical Description: 8 items. Box 3 Kantor-Berg, Friedrich, 1908- . Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Kantorowicz, Alfred, 1899- . Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Kolb, Annette. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Kornfeld. Physical Description: 2 items. Box 3 Krakowski, Meyer, 1901- . Physical Description: 5 items. Box 3 Langner, Laurence, 1890- . Physical Description: 25 items. Box 3 Lasker-Schüler, Else, 1869-1945. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1883- . Physical Description: 2 items. Box 3 Lindt, Peter M. Physical Description: 3 items. Box 3 Ludwig, Emil, 1881-1943. Physical Description: 2 items. Box 3 Mann, Klaus, 1906-1949. Physical Description: 2 items. Box 3 Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973. Physical Description: 1 item. Box 3 Monter,
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