Claudy, Frank, 1844-1919

Scope and Contents: Drafts, notes and photographs relating to an 8-act play first performed on "Dec. 28, 1908." Two holograph drafts of play, one corrected and undated and one "Rewritten and remodeled" in April 1907, in notebook, with four printed advertisements for performances dating from 1909-13 tipped in. Loose notes include two holograph manuscripts, one titled "Prolog," one typescript carbon fragment and one autograph note, dated April 21, 1931, signed "Carl H. Claudy." Twenty-seven photographs of stage...

Overview: The collection, a part of the William A. Speck Collection of Goetheana, consists of correspondence, documents, playscripts, and other writings by or relating to Goethe and his work. The major strength of the manuscript collection is its documentation of Goethe's literary reception in England and America in the nineteenth century. There are 25 letters and manuscripts in Goethe's hand, and several Faust-related items. Authors represented prominently besides Goethe include Thomas Carlyle, Frank...