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Rare books, manuscripts and archives
German literature at the Beinecke
Rare Book Library
The Collection of
German Literature
Other Beinecke collections related to German literature:
H.F.
Broch de Rothermann Papers: The H.F. Broch de Rothermann Papers are
composed primarily of correspondence, which documents the life and career of
the Austrian writer, Hermann Broch, the father of Herman Friedrich Broch de
Rothermann.
Ernst
Cassirer Papers: The Ernst Cassirer Papers consist of manuscripts,
research notes, correspondence, and personal papers documenting the life of
philosopher Ernst Cassirer.
German literature in Manuscripts
and Archives
Finding aids for these documents are available at Manuscripts and Archives.
Click on the collection title to access the record in Orbis.
Joseph Warner Angell papers: Library Shelving Facility-Request
for Use at Manuscripts and Archives MS 1615
These papers consist of correspondence, financial and legal papers, writings,
and printed material which trace the acquisition of the Thomas Mann Collection
for the Yale University Library in 1938 and the preparation of the 1950 exhibit
to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of Mann's birth. The papers
also document the role of Joseph W. Angell as curator of the Thomas Mann Collection.
Adolph Burnett Benson papers:
Library Shelving Facility-Request for Use at Manuscripts and Archives MS 76
This collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs, clippings and
teaching materials largely related to Benson's career at Yale University and
his work in connection with the American-Swedish community. Included in
the papers is the unfinished draft of a book, Americans in Sweden, as
well as articles on literary subjects.
William Bayard Hale papers:
Library Shelving Facility-Request for Use at Manuscripts and Archives MS 814
The Hale collection consists of correspondence, writings, memorabilia, scrapbooks
and printed matter chiefly concentrated in the years 1910-1923. Included
are letters from such correspondents as Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan,
John Burroughs, Thomas Hardy, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Dean Howells, Theodore
Roosevelt, George Bernard Shaw, and Sigmund Freud. The largest part of
the collection, however, is made up of scrapbooks and printed matter reflecting
Hale's position during World War I as a secret agent of the Germans.
Ernst Toller papers:
Library Shelving Facility-Request for Use at Manuscripts and Archives MS 498
The major part of these papers is made up of a nearly complete collection of
Ernst Toller's plays printed in German and in English translation, together
with copies of his articles (1917-1939) which were gathered from newspapers
and periodicals from many countries by John M. Spalek, editor of Toller's works.
Also assembled are articles, books, and dissertations (1922-1972) about Toller
in both German and English. The personal papers stem from the last five
years of Toller's life and consist of manuscripts for eight plays, typescripts
of short stories in English and German, speeches, memorabilia and photographs.
Finding aids for Yale rare book and manuscript collections
The Yale University Library EAD (Encoded
Archival Description) Finding Aids Project
Collections on microfilm and -fiche
Bibliothek der deutschen Literatur
Based on the standard bibliographic work, the "Taschengoedeke," this collection
includes approximately 15,000 works by some 2,500 authors, published between 1650
and 1924, with emphasis on the 18th and 19th centuries. Consult the guide for
the authors and titles included, as the individual works are not cataloged in
Orbis.
SML, Microform Fiche B3952 (Fiche 1-Fiche 19963)
Guide at Microtexts Desk and in Sterling Reference Z2231 +B494 1995 (LC)
Die Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft (description
and index)
Includes printed books, manuscripts, copperplate engravings, maps and other
graphic materials pertaining to Germany’s first learned society (founded 1617)
and covering various subjects, including law, art, religion, theology, history,
Near Eastern philology, geography, music, hagiography and mathematics. The original
collection, collected by the Baroque scholar Martin Bircher, is held by The
Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Consult the online
index, above, for authors, titles, imprint information, and subjects.
Archives and manuscript collections beyond Yale
ArchivesUSA
Guide
to Searching ArchivesUSA
ArchivesUSA integrates three resources: The National Union Catalog of Manuscript
Collections (NUCMUC), The Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories
in the US (DARMUS), and The National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the
United States (NIDS). Researchers can search descriptions of manuscript collections
in the United States, link to information about the repositories, and locate
the finding aids in NIDS, a microfiche collection in the Microtext Center of
SML.
Exilpresse digital. Deutsche
Exilzeitschriften 1933-1945
Web access to 14 representative titles from the special collections of the Deutsches
Exilarchiv Frankfurt am Main and the Sammlung Exil-Literatur in the Deutsche
Bibliothek Leipzig. A total of ca. 50.000 Seiten are included from journals
such as "Aufbau" (New York), "Der deutsche Schriftsteller" (Paris), "Juedische
Revue" (Mukacevo u.a.), "Neuer Vorwaerts" (Karlsbad; Paris) und "Das Andere
Deutschland/La Otra Alemania" (Buenos Aires/Montevideo). Bibliographic notes
are included. A search engine allows full-text searching within a single issue
or title, or across publications. There are multiple display options, including
PDF format.
Handschriften
des Mittelalters
Information
in English
A catalog of medieval manuscripts in German libraries.
Schiller-Nationalmuseum / Deutsches Literaturarchiv (Marbach)
The Deutsche Literaturarchiv, a research institution for German literature with
an extensive collection of manuscripts and publications.
Schweizerisches
Literaturarchiv (SLA)
A searchable index to the approximately 100 collections at the archive, which
specializes in 20th century Swiss literature.
Printed guides to manuscript and archives collections
Bischoff, Bernhard. Die südostdeutschen Schreibschulen und Bibliotheken
in der Karolingerizeit.
2 vols.Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1960-80.
SML Reference Z115.5 G4 B57 (LC)
Lists and describes manuscripts of the Carolingian period in the diocesan libraries
of South East Germany. The basic arrangement is by diocese, and then by major
scriptoriums. There are indexes of manuscript titles, scribes, areas and schools,
and subjects.
Denecke, Ludwig. Die Nachlässe in
den Bibliotheken der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Boppard am Rhein: Boldt Verlag, 1969.
SML Reference Z6620 G4 D45 (LC)
A list of bequests of writers' personal manuscripts to German archive depositories
and libraries. Though the proportion of creative writers is small,
the book provides a valuable directive to primary materials.
Powitz, Gerhardt. Die Handschriften der
Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main.
2 vol. Frankfurt a.M.: Klostermann, 1968-74.
SML Reference Z6621 F724 +P68 (LC)
Each volume in this series is devoted to a particular group of manuscripts.
Items are fully described. There are indexes by author, subject and opening
words of title. In addition there is a signature concordance.
Raabe, Paul. Quellenrepertorium zur neueren
deutschen Literaturgeschichte.
2. Aufl. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1966.
SML Reference Z2231 R25 1966 (LC)
A small but very informative guide to literary source materials. The collections
of libraries, general archives ad individual archives are described. The extant
papers of many writers are located and printed sources such as memoirs and
diaries are listed.
Raabe, Paul. Einführung in die Quellenkunde
zur neueren deutschen Literaturgeschichte.
2. Aufl. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1966.
SML Reference Z2231 R24 1966 (LC)
A companion piece to Raabe's Quellenerepertorium (above). Not a directory
of source locations, but rather a handbook by Germany's most talented bibliographer,
guiding the research in locating and using primary sources.
Scriptorium: revue internationale des
Ètudes relatives aux manuscrits.
Bruxelles: Standard Boekhandel SA - Anver Aux Edition Erasme, 1946/47-57;
1962-.
SML Stacks Ba16 035 (Yale)
A semi-annual journal containing contributions
from the whole of Europe and including current bibliographies of manuscript
studies and facsimile editions.
ZVAB
Zentrales Verzeichnis Antiquarischer Bücher.
A searchable index of over 1300 antiquarian booksellers. und Werbung. Essen:
Stamm Verlag,
(Bibl. Z6956 G3 S69 1972 -- (LC) (latest)) |
