Albin Schram collection of letters from French theatrical figures

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Albin Schram collection of letters from French theatrical figures

1841-1945

Correspondents include: Jean Louis Barrault, Réjane, Jean (Eugène) Coralli, and Jacques Offenbach.

.05 linear feet

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11656559

Houghton Library

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Schram, Albin, 1926-2005

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Albin Schram (1926–2005) was one of the most prolific collectors of autograph letters by shapers of world history. He was born in Prague to Austrian parents. He studied law at Vienna University and worked in Vienna, Germany and Switzerland. After the annexation of Czechoslovakia, he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht in 1943. Schram was a voracious collector of letters, owning manuscripts written by literary, historical, musical, political and scientific figures across 500 years. He was a wealth...