Manuscripts and ephemera relating to the legend of the Wandering Jew, [ca. 1850-1960].

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Manuscripts and ephemera relating to the legend of the Wandering Jew, [ca. 1850-1960].

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Includes Louttit's correspondence and bibliographic materials, along with his collected materials on the history of the Wandering Jew, related manuscripts, both originals and copies (letters, fiction, poetry, and essays by Frank W. Reed, Edgar Allan Poe, Alexandre Dumas, George Croly, Leonhard Neubaur, George Kumler Anderson, et al.), clippings, and photographs. Also includes a collection of correspondence, notebooks, bibliographic notes, poems, articles, cartoons, and clippings relating to this legend, mostly in German, formed around the turn of the 20th century by Moritz Maier, a "Religionslehrer" in Munich, at Mathildenstrasse 9.

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Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Louttit, W. Easton (William Easton), 1904-1973

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Croly, George, 1780-1860

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Reed, F. W. (Frank Wild), 1874-1953

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Neubaur, Leonhard, 1847-1917

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Anderson, George Kumler, 1901-1980

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Engineer for Great Northern Railway. From the description of Ms., 1916. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17661334 ...

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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Wandering Jew Collection (Brown University)

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Maier, Moritz

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