Hans-Jürgen Frick papers relating to German literature, 1934-1995.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

German

In German.

Purchased from Moirandat Company on the Beinecke German Literature Collection and Edwin J. Beinecke Book funds, 1997.

Organized into three series: I. Correspondence, 1934-1995. II Writings, 1934-circa 1949. III. Other Papers, undated.

This collection is open for research.

Hans-Jürgen Frick, book collector based in Switzerland.

Small collection of correspondence, writings, and other papers relating to German authors active in the 1930s through 1950s. Correspondence includes: one autograph postcard, signed, from H. Braun, dated 21 January 1934, to "Prof." Gruhle, possibly Hans Walter Gruhle; one postcard to Frick from a Bremen bookseller, Antiquariat Beim Steinernen Kreuz GmbH; and one autograph note, signed, from Donald Prater to an unidentified recipient. Writings include: an undated autograph fair copy, bound, of Sieg: Novelle aus altgermanischer Zeit by Kurt Bock; one draft, autograph, of "Die Tafulrunde" by Bruno Goetz, published in Das Heile Wort: Gedichte (Horb am Neckar: Verlag Paul Christian, c1935); a typescript draft of a review by "Dr. Bartsch" of Das Eisenwerk (Berlin: Wolfgang Krüger Verlag, c1939) by August Scholtis; and a printed version of Bonaparte in Jaffa: Historisches Schauspiel (Berlin: Aufbau-Bühnen-Vertrieb, c1949) by Arnold Zweig, annotated and with manuscript revisions pasted in. Other papers include manuscript notes and photographs. The latter include one photograph and one photographic postcard of Kurt Heynicke, one photograph of a theatrical performance of "Der Lobgesang" by Goetz, and a printed reproduction of a photograph of Carl Hauptmann.

Archives or Manuscripts / Images

October 17, 2022

Hans-Jürgen Frick Papers Relating to German Literature. Yale Collection of German Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Hans-Jürgen Frick Papers Relating to German Literature. Yale Collection of German Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Photographic prints.