An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Herrmann, John, 1900-1959
Title:
John Herrmann Collection
Dates:
1923-1971, undated
Extent:
3 boxes (1.26 linear feet), 1 galley folder (gf)
Abstract:
Includes manuscripts and letters written by the expatriate novelist John Herrmann,
as well as letters he received, and items associated with his first wife, the writer
Josephine Herbst, including a photo album with her reminiscences. Correspondents include
Sylvia Beach, John Dos Passos, Ford Madox Ford, Ernest Hemingway, Herbst, H. L. Mencken,
Katherine Anne Porter, William Carlos Williams, and others.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-1928
Language:
English, French, and German
Access:
Open for research
Administrative Information
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Jamie Hawkins-Kirkham, 2011
Note: This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a card catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations
commonly used in descriptions.
