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Papers relating to Hans Sachs and the Verein der Plakatfreunde
Title
Papers relating to Hans Sachs and the Verein der Plakatfreunde, 1907-1957 (bulk 1907-1922).
Physical Description
0.5 linear feet (4 boxes)
Language
German
Notes
Most materials in German.
Provenance
Gift of Henry S. Hacker, 2017.
Organization
Organized into four series: I. Scrapbook, 1907-1935. II. Papers Relating to the Verein der Plakatfreunde, 1914-1922. III. Papers Relating to Das Plakat, 1912-1922. IV. Biographical Material about Hans Sachs, 1957.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Hans Sachs (1881-1974), German dentist, collector of European and American posters, and writer on commercial art. In 1905, Sachs and Hans Meyer founded the Verein der Plakatfreunde, an international society based in Berlin that advocated poster collecting and research. Sachs founded and edited the Verein's journal, Das Plakat, published monthly, 1910-1921, and he wrote articles for Das Plakat and other periodicals about posters, poster artists, poster collecting, and topics relating to commerical art, advertisting, and propaganda. During the 1890s-1930s, Sachs assembled a collection of circa 12,000 posters and circa 18,000 other graphic arts materials. Persecuted by the Nazis, Sachs and his family fled Germany in 1938, and his collection was dispersed. Sachs settled the United States, where he died in 1974.
Summary
Scrapbook assembled by an unidentified creator, containing offprints and clippings of writings by Sachs and newspaper clippings about the Verein der Plakatfreunde, most from Berlin newspapers, 1907-1935 (boxes 1-2); and printed material relating to the Verein der Plakatfreunde, 1914-1922 (box 3), Das Plakat, 1912-1921 (box 4), and Hans Sachs, 1957 (box 4). Some items are identified by brief manuscript annotations.
Writings by Sachs, from the Mitteilungen des Vereins der Plakatfreunde, Das Plakat, Archiv für Buchgewerbe, and other German periodicals, are about the Verein der Plakatfreunde, posters, poster artists, book design, and other subjects relating to commercial art. Some writings include color plates of posters or samples of paste papers or picture postcards. Printed material relating to the Verein der Plakatfreunde includes a list of members, 1914; “Der Verein der Plakatfreunde, 1905-1915: ein Rückblick,” 1916; annual reports, 1917-1922; and advertisements soliciting new members, circa 1920. Printed material relating to Das Plakat include copies of issues for 1914 July and 1920 June, and annual indexes for 1912, 1914, and 1917-1921. Printed material relating to Sachs consists of an autobiographical essay, in English, with reproductions of photographs of Sachs and a bibliography of his writings, 1957. Additional autobiographical writings are present in the scrapbook.
Variant and related titles
Plakat (Berlin, Germany)
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
March 28, 2017
References
Papers Relating to Hans Sachs and the Verein der Plakatfreunde. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Papers Relating to Hans Sachs and the Verein der Plakatfreunde. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Paste paper - Germany - 20th century.
Picture postcards - Germany - 20th century.
Scrapbooks - Germany - 20th century.
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