Letters to Barbara von Bechtolsheim from Adrienne Rich, 1988-1993
Overview
Letters from Adrienne Rich to Barbara von Bechtolsheim concerning Um die Freiheit schreiben: Beiträge zur Frauenbewegung, Rich's reasons for not wanting to participate in a biographical project, and her reflections on German culture and feminism.
Dates
- Creation: 1988-1993
Creator
- Bechtolsheim, Barbara von (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the letters written by Adrienne Rich is held by the Adrienne Rich Literary Trust.
Extent
1 folderThe collection contains eight letters from Adrienne Rich to Barbara von Bechtolsheim concerning rights issues related to including "Women and Honor" and "Split at the Root" in Um die Freiheit schreiben: Beiträge zur Frauenbewegung and apologizing for not being able to write a foreword for the book due to illness and needing to care for her mother. Other letters contain Rich's reasons for not wanting to participate in a biographical project and her reflections on German culture and feminism.
BIOGRAPHY
Barbara von Bechtolsheim studied German literature, philosophy, and psychology at the University of Munich and Stanford University. Since receiving her PhD from Stanford, she has worked as a free lance literary translator and has taught classes on American and German literature at several universities. She translated and wrote an afterward for the German collection of Adrienne Rich's essays, Um die Freiheit schreiben: Beiträge zur Frauenbewegung (Suhrkamp, 1990) and is the author of Paare: Von Beziehungskünstlern und ihrer Liebe (Insel, 2022).
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2023-M14
The letters to Barbara von Bechtolsheim from Adrienne Rich were given to the Schlesinger Library by Barbara von Bechtolsheim in January 2023.
Processing Information
Processed: March 2023
By: Johanna Carll
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Creator
- Bechtolsheim, Barbara von (Person)
- Title
- Bechtolsheim, Barbara von. Letters to Barbara von Bechtolsheim from Adrienne Rich, 1988-1993: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by the Alice Jeannette Ward Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch02214
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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