Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1940-1945.

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Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1940-1945.

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Concerns a variety of business and personal matters unrelated to the publication of Werfel's works. 4 items pertain to the publication by Simon and Schuster of Hermann Borchardt's novel The Conspiracy of the Carpenters, for which Werfel wrote a foreword. Simon's communication with the U.S. Consulate in London was in regard to an affidavit in support of Anna Mahler's application for an immigration visa. Werfel's letter expressed his support for a book project of Ludwig Marcuse.

9 items (11 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Mahler, Anna.

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Simon, Richard L. (Richard Leo), 1899-1960

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Publisher, co-founder of Simon and Schuster, Inc. in 1924. From the description of Papers, 1915-1992. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309772065 ...

Howe, Quincy, 1900-....

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Journalist. From the description of Reminiscences of Quincy Howe : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309740310 ...

Simon and Schuster Inc

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Simon and Schuster had been a publisher of English translations of Werfel's works in the 1920s and 1930s (by the time of this correspondence, those rights had been transferred to Viking Press). Richard Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster were the founders and heads of the company, which was based in New York City; they maintained a personal friendship with Werfel and Alma Mahler. Howe was an editor at Simon and Schuster. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Wer...

United States. Consulate (London, England)

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Borchardt, Hermann, 1888-

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A politically active author, Borchardt had been forced to leave Germany in 1933 and had lived for a while in the Soviet Union but was expelled in 1936. Following his return to Germany, he was eventually arrested and imprisoned in concentration camps, including Dachau, where, through mistreatment, he suffered the loss of his hearing and of one finger. He and his family, including wife Dorothea, emigrated to the United States in 1937 and lived in New York. Franz Werfel and Alma Mahler carried on a...

Schuster, M. Lincoln (Max Lincoln), 1897-1970

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Publisher. Schuster was co-founder and chairman of the board of Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the guide to the Max Lincoln Schuster Papers, [ca. 1913-1976], (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Editor, publisher. From the description of Reminiscences of Max Lincoln Schuster : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309725228 Publisher. Schuste...