German literature -- 20th Century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Dimension records
Collection
Call Number: YCGL MSS 29
Overview:
The Dimension Records document the creation and publication of Dimension by its founder and editor, A. Leslie Willson. The collection contains subject files concerning authors and translators of German literature; drafts of writings and translations published in Dimension; drafts and proofs for Dimension, including most issues in volumes 1-19 and several special issues; subscription and other business records for Dimension; writings and translations of A. Leslie Willson; a small amount of...
Dates:
1962-2007, bulk 1968-1994
Curt von Faber du Faur papers
Collection
Call Number: YCGL MSS 23
Overview:
The collection consists of material generated by Curt von Faber du Faur as author, collector, literary historian, curator of the Yale Collection of German Literature, and Yale faculty member. Material comprises writings, including drafts of literary and critical works, articles, lectures, and essays; correspondence; and personal papers.
Dates:
circa 1936-1966
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
Gerdi Sobek-Beutter papers relating to Hommage à Gertrude Stein
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 1244
Scope and Contents:
Papers documenting planning, events, and critical response for student performances in each phase of Hommage à Gertrude Stein, 1990-1996, including notes, correspondence, scripts, publicity, photographs, drawings, audio and audiovisual recordings, and reviews; similar papers for related conferences, lectures, and performances by guest artists; proposals and reports for the project; and notes by Sobek-Beutter on collection content. The papers provide evidence of teaching,...
Dates:
1990-1997
James F. White research files relating to Thomas Mann
Collection
Call Number: YCGL MSS 35
Overview:
The collection consists of manuscript notes and card files, printed material, writings drafts and offprints, and a small amount of correspondence and grant applications relating to White's research on Thomas Mann. Notes and card files mostly concern White's research on Dante's Divina commedia and Karl Vossler's work on Dante as source material for Mann's Der Zauberberg. Some notes concern Mann's Doktor Faustus or works of other German authors. Correspondence with Joseph Angell, founding curator...
Dates:
circa 1940s-circa 1976