Heimito von Doderer letters to Henry Caraway Hatfield
Overview
Letters to American scholar and critic of German literature Henry Caraway Hatfield from Austrian writer Heimito von Doderer concerning their literary research and publications.
Dates
- Creation: 1954-1965
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in German.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.1 linear feet (1 volume)Includes ten letters from Doderer to Hatfield concerning their literary research and publications, three photographs of the grand staircase Strudlhofstiege in Vienna, which Doderer made famous in his 1951 novel, and a printed announcement of Doderer's death.
Biographical / Historical
Doderer was an Austrian writer. Hatfield (Harvard graduate, 1933) was an American scholar, a German literary critic, and a Harvard faculty member in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
67M-11. Gift of Mr. Henry C. Hatfield, 410 Boylston Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; received: 1967 July 7.
- Title
- Doderer, Heimito von, 1896-1966. Heimito von Doderer letters to Henry Caraway Hatfield, 1954-1965: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01293
Repository Details
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