Overview
Compositions and correspondence of the Australian-born writer Robert Pick.
Dates
- Creation: 1915-1977
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English and German.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
2.5 linear feet (5 boxes)Chiefly compositions and letters (in German and English) of Pick. Included are 3 boxes of his compositions, 1915-1977; 75 letters, 1942-1976, to Pick from friends and other authors, publishers, and historians; and 6 letters written by Pick. Letters concern mainly his writings, though some also reflect the work of others, such as Hermann Broch and Richard Beer-Hofmann. Among Pick's compositions are an unpublished typescript "Die beiden Ringe;"
drafts of poems, 1915-1937; fragments of an autobiography; typescripts with manuscript corrections and revisions of Agnes d'Arcey; essays; and parts of Pick's translation into German of Malcolm Lowry's Under the volcano. Also includes typescript of The last days of imperial Vienna.
Biographical / Historical
Pick (1898-1978) was an Austrian-born novelist, editor, and translator.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- bMS Ger 201: Compositions and correspondence
- ___I. Compositions
- ___II. Correspondence
- bMS Ger 201.1: The last days of imperial Vienna
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*77M-77 (bMS Ger 201). Gift of Priscilla Pick [Mrs. Robert Pick], 138 East 78th Street, New York, New York 10021; received: 1978.
*87M-85 (MS Ger 201.1).
Gift of Robert Pick, 138 East 78th Street, New York, New York 10021; received: 1975.
- Title
- Pick, Robert, 1898-. Robert Pick papers: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00388
Repository Details
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