A Preliminary Inventory of the Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
German Plays
Title:
German Plays Collection
Dates:
circa 1870-1910 (bulk 1875-1900)
Extent:
47 document boxes (19.74 linear feet)
Abstract:
The German Plays Collection, circa
1870-1910 (bulk 1875-1900), documents the achievements of the German stage from
the
pre-unification period to the golden age of middlebrow amusement and diversion
during the first decade of the twentieth century.
Call Number:
Performing Arts Collection
PA-00037
Language:
German
Access:
Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. Part or all of this collection is housed off-site and may require up to three business days’ notice for access in the Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this material: reference@hrc.utexas.edu
Administrative Information
Acquisition:
Gift of E. Raba, 1948; transferred to Harry Ransom Center from University Archives
in
1965
Processed by:
Jennifer Moore, 2001; William Grange, 2003; Kevin O’Sullivan, 2010; Grace Hansen,
2016
The German Plays Collection, circa 1870-circa 1910 (bulk 1875-1900), documents the
achievements of the German stage from the pre-unification period to the golden
age
of middlebrow amusement and diversion during the first decade of the twentieth
century. The collection was transferred to the Ransom Center from the University
of
Texas at Austin Archives in 1965 and consists of printed plays, actors’ sides,
theatrical catalogs, and song books. Most material is in German. The collection
is
ordered alphabetically by title, with the names of playwrights included in the
folder list.
A number of well-known German authors are well represented in the collection
including Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer, Roderich Benedix, Ludwig Angely, David Kalisch,
Adolph L’Arronge, Julius Rosen, Gustav von Moser, Franz von Schönthan, Oskar
Blumenthal, Gustav Kadelburg, Carl Laufs, Oskar Walther, and Leo Stein.
Related Material
The Ransom Center also holds the Conrad Seidemann collection of German plays.
