Correspondence with Rudolf Hirsch
Scope and Contents
Manuscript drafts and typescript (carbon) letters, unsigned, from Demus; with typescript letters, signed, from Hirsch. With autograph manuscript poems in a gathering of 24 leaves, previously authored in 1940, 1943, and 1944 (according to dates); and five unidentified photographs, of which two are dated 1953.
Some correspondence concerns the so-called "Goll-Affaire" and the false plagarism charges brought by Claire Goll against Paul Celan.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1996
Language of Materials
German
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted. Consult curatorial staff.
Extent
.1 linear feet (1 envelope)Biographical / Historical
Demus is an Austrian art historian; Hirsch (1905-1996) was an editor and publisher of the works of Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
Arrangement
Collection is unprocessed.
Ownership and Custodial History
Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund, 2003.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Georg Fritsch Antiquariat. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--9 August 2002. Accession number--2003M-44.
Processing Information
Finding aid derived from existing records, Adrien Hilton, 2020.
- Title
- Demus, Klaus, 1927- Correspondence with Rudolf Hirsch, 1958-1996 (2003M-44): Guide
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- November 16, 2018
- Description rules
- appm
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou04052
Repository Details
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