Maurice Kurtz papers, 1943-1946, 2004.

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Maurice Kurtz papers, 1943-1946, 2004.

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The collection includes a scrapbook, an audio interview and accompanying transcript, and other items documenting Maurice Kurtz's service in the United States Army during and after World War II. The scrapbook contains photographs from various locations in the United States, France, and Germany where Kurtz was stationed. There are also clippings describing major events in World War II, and a few personal items. In the interview, Kurtz describes the contents of the scrapbook and his time in the army in detail. Also included are letters and other items documenting Kurtz's wartime and post-war activities. The latter included his involvement in the American Military Government in Germany and work with German prisoners of war. Among these items are letters recounting a meeting between Kurtz and Jacques Copeau, founder of the Theatre du Vieux-Colombier and the subject of Kurtz's doctoral dissertation, and a chance encounter with Gertrude Stein in Paris. Also included is correspondence, 2004, between Kurtz and Remi Krug of Krug Champagnes, Reims, France, in response to a article in New York Times about Jeanne Krug, Remi Krug's grandmother, who Kurtz had met in France. Also included is a photocopy of a French pamphlet about Raoul Nordling, a Swedish diplomat during World War II. According to one of Remi Krug's letters, Nordling was instrumental in freeing Jeanne Krug from Gestapo custody in 1944.

ca. 400 items (0.5 linear feet)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7805708

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946

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Gertrude Stein (b. February 3, 1874, Allegheny, PA-d. July 27, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. She moved to Paris and acquired a love for modern painting. Stein began building a personal collection of major artists, many of whom became her friends and formed the core of her regular salons. In 1907, as Stein was struggling to establish herself as a writer, she met Alice Babette Toklas, a fellow American who had come to P...

Copeau, Jacques, 1879-1949

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French actor and producer. From the description of Letters, to Maurice Browne, 1917-1924. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365169 ...

Kurtz, Maurice, 1913-

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Maurice Kurtz is a writer, playwright and adapter of plays. In his early career he was an assistant to Erwin Piscator in the Studio Theater. He was instrumental in starting the theater program in UNESCO and was a former secretary-general of the International Theatre Institute (ITI). He has also written about theater for Arts, Le Monde and The New York Times . From the guide to the Maurice Kurtz papers, 1965-1999, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Ma...

Krug (Firm)

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Nordling, Raoul, 1881-1962

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Krug, Rémi, 1942-

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