Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Adolf Klarmann, 1945-1978.

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Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Adolf Klarmann, 1945-1978.

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3 items are addressed to Alma Mahler, 1 of which is a fragment of what was apparently a condolence letter, upon Werfel's death; the remaining items from Melnitz are addressed to Adolf Klarmann. Significant topics of the correspondence include Melnitz's reminisces about the last weeks of Werfel's life, as well as news and impressions of Alma Mahler in the period immediately following Werfel's death; reports from Melnitz about his work in locating and sorting manuscripts of Werfel; and, in 1975, matters related to the reburial of Werfel in an honorary grave in Vienna. In general, the correspondence reflects a friendship between Melnitz and Klarmann which included exchanges about their respective scholarly endeavors. Included is a clipping from the Philadelphia Inquirer about Melnitz's being named director of the Division of Performing Arts at the new Annenberg School Center for Communication Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.

54 items (104 leaves).

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Kellner, Heimo.

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Melnitz, William W.

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William Melnitz was born in Germany in 1900 and was a theater director there, before emigrating to the U.S. in 1941. In early 1945 he succeeded Albrecht Joseph as Franz Werfel's secretary. After Werfel's death, later in 1945, Melnitz worked in conjunction with Adolf Klarmann to sort and take stock of Werfel's unpublished and/or unfinished manuscripts, including the first draft of Werfel's last novel, Stern der Ungeborenen, and the fragment Cella. Melnitz, who had begun a doctoral degree in Germa...