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Pechstein, Max, 1881-1955. Letters and writings, 1909-1948.

Title: Letters and writings, 1909-1948.

Collection includes: an illustrated letter to Dr. Rosa Schapira, 1917 Dec. 22, informs her of prints to be send by Cornelius Gurlitt. A postcard to Lutz Weltmann, 1929 April 5, concerns signing a woodblock print. A series of eleven letters to Dr. Fritz Schneider, 1934-1946, mostly about their common hobby fishing, with some remarks about political events of the time, art and personal matters. One letter, 1947 Dec. 8, from Hugo Pechstein to a Miss Dieterle requests payment for pictures bought from his brother in Berlin, and a letter from Max Pechstein to Miss Dieterle, 1948 Oct. 30, asks her for help in collecting outstanding payments for a painting bought by an American collector. Pechstein goes on to report that all his money and property has been confiscated by the Russians, while the Americans have confiscated all of his remaining works in America and auctioned them off. With a 2 p. typescript essay, "Symbolismus und Realität"(n.d.) about the sources of Pechstein's work, and three poems about war (n.d.).

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78524928 View

Arthur Schnitzler Autographs Collection, 1880-1931, 1962

Title: Arthur Schnitzler Autographs Collection 1880-1931, 1962

The collection consists entirely of autographs – letters, cards, postcards, notes, and one photograph – by Arthur Schnitzler to various friends and acquaintances, mainly in Austria and in Germany. The correspondence is private as well as professional (as an author) in nature.

ArchivalResource: 8 folders

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Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967. Siegfried Sassoon letters, 1919-1955.

Title: Siegfried Sassoon letters, 1919-1955.

The collection consists of nine letters: to Dear sir [H.P. de Lima], 28 Jan. 1919, asking for details about a proposed American lecture tour; also, eight letters to Dr. Lutz Weltmann, 1939-1955, about various aspects of his work, including permission to use his name, agreeing to allow translations of his work in German to be sent for publication, concerning an article about Sassoon, agreeing to guarantee a bank loan to purchase a house, declining to write an article on Goethe, agreeing to be patron of an unspecified magazine venture, and comments about a BBC program.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79637057 View