Papers, 1937-1984.

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Papers, 1937-1984.

Correspondence, memoranda, contracts, royalty statements, manuscripts, diaries, daybooks, photographs, and printed material of Strassman. The correspondence is with authors and book and magazine publishers, covering nearly forty years of Miss Strassman's career as a literary agent. Of particular interest are the files concerning the works of William Goyen, Harry Mark Petrakis, and Friderike Zweig, the first wife of Stefan Zweig.

33.5 linear ft. (ca. 30,160 items in 73 boxes)

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Goyen, William

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Author; b. 1915; d. 1983. From the description of William Goyen papers, 1937-1978. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28424723 ...

Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942

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Austrian writer Stefan Zweig was one of the most prolific and popular European authors in the years before World War II. He wrote plays, poetry, and fiction, but his most popular works were highly fictionalized biographies of well-known historical figures. His central themes were nostalgia and humanism. From the description of Stefan Zweig letter and pamphlet, 1929-1932. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51589995 Austrian writer. From...

Strassman, Toni

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Authors' representative. From the description of Papers, 1937-1984. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309772230 ...

Petrakis, Harry Mark

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Zweig, Friderike Maria Burger Winternitz, 1882-1971

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A native of Vienna, Friderike Zweig (née Burger) was Stefan Zweig's first wife (it was her second marriage); they married in 1920 and divorced in 1938. Friderike emigrated to France in 1938 and to the U.S. in 1940, where she settled at first in New York and later in Stamford, Conn. Dr. Alichanian apparently held a position within an Armenian organization and provided Zweig with other contacts within the Armenian community. From the description of Correspondence with Alma Mahler and ...