| Title: | Fischer mss. |
| Collection No.: | LMC 1366 |
| Dates: | 1888-1975 |
| Quantity: | Quantity: 7 Boxes |
| Abstract: | The Fischer mss., ca. 1888-1975, consists of the correspondence and manuscripts from the files of German publisher Samuel Fischer, 1859-1934. |
| Location: | ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) |
| Language: | Materials are in German . |
| Repository: | Lilly Library 1200 E. Seventh St. Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500 Business Number: 812-855-2452 liblilly@indiana.edu URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library |
The Fischer mss., 1888-1975 contains the correspondence and writings of German publisher Samuel Fischer (1859-1934). Born in Hungary, Fischer started out as a bookseller in Germany. While living and working in Berlin, he joined the publishing firm of Hugo Steinitz. In 1886, Fischer then founded his own publishing house S. Fischer, Verlag, which continues to publish prestige literature today in Germany.
The Fischer mss., ca. 1888-1975, consists of the correspondence and manuscripts from the files of German publisher Samuel Fischer, 1859-1934. Where available, correspondence includes carbon copies or transcripts of Fischer's correspondence with the particular author. Correspondents include Ilse Aichinger, Edward Albee, Peter Altenberg, Stefan Andres, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Raymond Aron, Ingeborg Bachmann, Hermann Bahr, Fritz Bauer, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Martin Brandt, Thomas Bernhard, Horst Bienek, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Franz Blei, Johannes Bobrowski, Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, Otto Brahm, Ernst Cassirer, Paul Celan, Lovis Corinth, Edward Gordon Craig, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Anna Johanson Dauthendey, Max Dauthendey, Richard Dehmel, Tibor Déry, Alfred Döblin, Albert Einstein, Otto Flake, Jean Giono, Albrecht Goes, George Grosz, Olaf Leonhard Gulbransson, Otto Erich Hartleben, Gerhardt Hauptmann, Margarete Hauptmann, Manfred Hausmann, Herbert Heckmann, Moritz Heimann, Hermann Hesse, Kurt Heuser, Rolf Hochhuth, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, James Jones, Josef Kainz, Annette Kolb, Lotte Lehmann, Mechtilde Christiane Marie von Arco-Zinneberg Lichnowsky, Max Liebermann, Jacques Lipchitz, Franz Liszt, Oskar Loerke, Joachim Maass, John Henry Mackay, Aage Madelung, Golo Mann, Katja Pringsheim Mann, Thomas Mann, Marino Marini, Julius Meier-Graefe, Yehudi Menuhin, Henry Moore, Robert Musil, Peter Nansen, Max Osborn, Karl Otten, Boris Pasternak, Walther Rathenau, Christa Reinig, Hans Reisiger, Gabriele Reuter, Rainer Maria Rilke, Luise Rinser, Rudolf Rittner, Felix Salten, René Schickele, Carl Ludwig Schleich, Kurt Schuschnigg, Albert Schweitzer, Emil Strauss, Peter Suhrkamp, Friedrich Torberg, Hendrik Willem Van Loon, Bruno Walter, Jakob Wassermann, Franz V. Werfel, Alma Schindler Mahler Werfel, Thornton Wilder, Kurt Wolff, Heinrich Robert Zimmer, Carl Zuchmayer, and Stefan Zweig.
The writings in the collections are also arranged alphabetically by author. For a guide to the collection, see I.U. Bookman , no. 14 (Mar. 1982).
Note on Indexing Term - "World War, 1914-1918": Of interest is the file of Richard Dehmel which contains letters he wrote from the front which give a fascinating account of first hand experience in the trenches. [In German]
Note on Indexing Term - "World War, 1939-1945": There is extensive correspondence from the World War II era.
The contents of this collection are arranged into four series: I. Correspondence; II. Writings; III. Pictures; IV. Acquisition Information.
The contents of series I and II are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
This collection is open for research.
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[Item], Fischer mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Purchase: 1977