Martin Buber letters to Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann
Overview
Letters to Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann from the German-Jewish writer Martin Buber concerning family matters.
Dates
- Creation: 1961-1965
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in German.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
These manuscripts were restricted until 1 January 1990.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Includes 63 letters from Buber to Naëmah Beer-Hofmann, 18 letters from Buber to Miriam (Beer-Hofmann) Lens, a typescript of recollections by Naëmah Beer-Hofmann of Lucerne, one letter from publisher Lambert Schneider to Buber, and photographs. Letters chiefly concern family matters and annual summer trips to Zurich and Lucerne, where photographs were taken.
Biographical / Historical
Buber was a German-Jewish religious philosopher, biblical translator and interpreter, and master of German prose style. Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann were daughters of the Austrian dramatist and poet Richard Beer-Hofmann and Pauline Lissey.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*75M-5. Gift of Miriam Beer-Hofmann Lens, 412 Cathedral Parkway, New York, New York 10025; received: 1975 July 11.
- Title
- Buber, Martin, 1878-1965. Martin Buber letters to Miriam and Naëmah Beer-Hofmann: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00607
Repository Details
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