Overview
Correspondence and manuscripts of the German writer Bertolt Brecht.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1952
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in German and English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
1 linear feet (1 box)Contains correspondence of Ferdinand Reyher, a friend and collaborator of Bertolt Brecht. Includes 11 letters from Brecht, 1949, and copies of Reyher's letters (8 items) to Brecht, 1946-1949. Also Reyher's correspondence with Eric Bentley, translator of Brecht works into English, and with Brecht family members including: 9 letters, 1946-1952, from Helene Weigel, as director of Berliner Ensemble; 19 letters, 1947-1951, from Stefan Brecht; and correspondence (13 letters) with Barbara Brecht. Most of the correspondence concerns productions of Brecht's plays in the U.S.--contracts and other documents accompany some of the letters--as well as activities of Brecht's children. Papers are in German, except for Bentley's letters which are in both English and German; and Reyher's letters to Brecht. Also 5 folders of photographs, mainly portraits of Reyher.
Biographical / Historical
Brecht was a German dramatist and poet.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Correspondence
- II. Manuscripts
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*70M-57. Purchased with the Lincoln fund from Ernest Halberstadt, Onset, Massachusetts 02558; received: 1970.
- Title
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Bertolt Brecht papers: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00728
Repository Details
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