Overview
Correspondence and typescripts of the German writer Bertolt Brecht and correspondence about him.
Dates
- Creation: 1943-1978
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in German, English and Czech.
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted: fragile; consult curatorial staff.
Extent
.5 linear feet (2 boxes)Contains typescripts of Bertolt Brecht's plays and poetry, his and Helene Weigel's correspondence with Brecht's collaborator and friend, novelist and scriptwriter Ferdinand Reyher, and his bibliographer Walter Nubel. Also contains Walter Nubel's correspondence concerning Brecht with various correspondents; notes, programs, clippings, commemorative stamps, a medal, and negatives.
Biographical / Historical
Bertolt Brecht was a German dramatist and poet.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Compositions
- II. Correspondence
- III. Other material
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
85M-52. Purchased with the Amy Lowell Fund; received: 1985 November.
85M-53. Gift of Stefan Brecht; received: 1986.
Separated Materials
Broadside of Brecht's poem An Meine Landsfleutewas separated from this collection and cataloged separately.
Processing Information
Processed by: Irina Klyagin
- Title
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Bertolt Brecht additional papers, 1943-1978: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02442
Repository Details
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