Wolff, Helen, 1906-1994
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1906 - 1994
Helen Wolff (1906-1994), U.S.-German publisher; founded Pantheon Books in 1942; ran the Helen and Kurt Wolff Books imprint at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Wife of publisher Kurt Wolff (1887-1963).
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Hermann Broch archive
Collection
Call Number: YCGL MSS 1
Overview:
The Hermann Broch Archive contains correspondence; manuscripts of books, plays, poems, articles and essays, book reviews, and short stories; writings of others; personal papers; photographs; and videocassettes.
Dates:
1872-1990s, bulk 1930-1951
Anne Morrow Lindbergh papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 829
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, childhood, school and college materials, housekeeping and social records, reports, memoranda and correspondence from the many organizations in which Anne Morrow Lindbergh took an active interest. Also included are voluminous mail from members of her reading public and memorabilia, both objects sent by admirers and items collected by her on her travels. The death of Charles Lindbergh in 1974 is documented by mail from friends, members of...
Dates:
1906-1997
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh papers
Elizabeth Mayer and Wolfgang Sauerländer papers
Collection
Call Number: YCGL MSS 36
Overview:
The collection consists of letters to Elizabeth Mayer and Wolfgang Sauerländer concerning their translation and editorial work, with related reports and legal documents relating to business operations of Pantheon Books, Random House, and the Bollingen Foundation. Many letters concern Mayer's and Sauerländer's personal and professional relationships with Kurt and Helen Wolff. Other correspondence includes letters to Sauerländer from Jacques Schriffrin, letters and documents relating to...
Dates:
circa 1933-1977
Steven Schuyler papers relating to Kurt Wolff and Hermann Broch
Collection
Call Number: YCGL MSS 17
Overview:
Papers related to Steven Schuyler's doctoral thesis entitled Kurt Wolff and Hermann Broch: Publisher and Author in Exile.
Dates:
1943-1991
Helen and Kurt Wolff papers
Collection
Call Number: YCGL MSS 16
Overview:
The Helen and Kurt Wolff Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, and personal papers documenting the professional lives of Helen and Kurt Wolff through their affiliations with Kurt Wolff Verlag, Pantheon Books, and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Series I, Correspondence, consists predominantly of professional correspondence with authors, publishers, and translators, though correspondence can also be found with friends, editors, literary agents, periodicals, and...
Dates:
1888-1994