Guide to Letters and Papers by German Authors, 1777-1912
Scope and Contents
This collection primarily contains various Y.c. call numbers, plus a few individual items outside that call number range.
Dates
- 1777-1912
Extent
175 items (approximately)
Language of Materials
German
Abstract
Letters and other documents from 68 authors, written almost exclusively in German and mostly pertaining to the works of Shakespeare. The items range in date from 1777-1912, although most of them fall within the nineteenth-century. More than three-quarters of the items are letters, many from the Augustin Daly collection. Also included are newspaper clippings, a short biography, an encomium, poetry and translations, a 21 folio typescript called “Nochmals Shakespeares Totenmaske” (along with other materials concerning the Darmstadt Shakespeare death mask), a printed flyer, a visiting card, a library slip, several course announcements, an examination report, and a lecture.
Arrangement
Items are arranged alphabetically by author’s surname.
Acquisition Information
The items listed in this finding aid were acquired at various times in the early twentieth century by Henry Folger.
Other Formats
We are in the process of updating links in this finding aid. Until all links have been updated, please go to Collection of German papers relating to William Shakespeare, 1777-1912 to view digital images of select items.
Translations and/or transcriptions of many of the letters are housed with the letters themselves. Portions of this collection have been microfilmed.
Acknowledgements
This list could not have come into existence without the encouragement, expertise and constant help of Laetitia Yeandle, the Folger Library’s curator of manuscripts emerita. Her commitment has been inspiring, her advice has proved indispensable and her competence has prevented many an error. Thanks are also due to the Folger Shakespeare Library itself for a fellowship, which, in October 1991, permitted a month’s concentrated work. Sibylle Wetzker and Helen Fineron (University of Würzburg) have helped to process the results into presentable shape. W.H.
- Title
- Guide to Letters and Papers by German Authors, 1777-1912
- Author
- compiled by Werner Habicht
- Date
- 1992
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- Completed in 1992, with additions and revisions in 2000 (original typescript on file). Initial tagging provided by Apex Data Services, February 2000; revisions made by Folger staff, April-June 2000, June-July 2001. Project partially funded by the Gladys Kreble Delmas Foundation, in collaboration with the Research Libraries Group.
Revision Statements
- June-July 2001, March-April 2000.: Coding and textual changes made by Folger Cataloging, Curatorial, and Technical Services staff.
- March 23, 2004: PUBLIC "-//Folger Shakespeare Library//TEXT (US::DFo::::Letters and Papers by German Authors, 1777-1912.)//GER" "dfogerman.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
Repository Details
Part of the Folger Shakespeare Library Repository
201 E. Capitol St. SE
Washington DC 20003 USA