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Title:
Paul Neumann Collection
Scope & Content:
Poems and minor prose works of Hermann Hesse, German-Swiss writer (b. 1877, d. 1962) with related material; 1906-1962. Followed by correspondence of his wife Ninon Hesse, formerly Doblin née Ausländer (b. 1895, d. 1966); 1944-1948 and 1962.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1906-2004
Extent:

5 files

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Title:
Hermann Hesse Typescripts
Scope & Content:
Typescripts of original poems by Hesse; composed 1906-1941, though the present copies are mostly undated. Hesse had the habit of making copies of his works for presentation to friends, often adding his signature and / or an autograph dedication or illustration. Three postcards similarly inscribe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1906-1957
Extent:
1 folder

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Scope & Content:
Poem 'Allein'; composed 6 May 1906. Photocopy of typescript including inscription 'Dank und gute Wünsche! Ninon Hesse'. With a photocopy of a sketch of Hesse on his deathbed from the verso of the original, including MS inscription 'Isa 9. August /62'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
after 1962
Extent:
Two folios

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Scope & Content:
Six poems collected under the autograph title 'Ein paar Gedichte von Herm. Hesse'; composed 1929-1931. Hesse used the title 'Ein paar Gedichte . . .' for various collections of his poems, but this copy is personalised with an autograph dedication, 'Herrn Dr. Neumann überreicht mit Grüssen von H....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
after 1931
Extent:
9 folios (including wrappers)

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Poem 'Müssige Gedanken eines Soldaten'; composed 21 Jan 1940.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
after 1940
Extent:
1 folio

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Scope & Content:
Poem 'Der Heiland'; composed 26 Nov 1940.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
after 1940
Extent:
1 folio

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Scope & Content:
Poem 'Stufen'; composed 4 May 1941.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
after 1941
Extent:
1 folio

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Scope & Content:
Three inscribed postcards as follows: i) Two cards stuck together, showing a wooded landscape and Mother and Child icon, signed in pencil 'Gruss v. H Hesse'; n.d. ii) Postcard showing Hesse with his youngest grandchild in 1956, photographed by Heiner Hesse. Inscribed in pencil 'Gute Wünsche v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1956-1957
Extent:
3 postcards

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Title:
Hermann Hesse Printed Single Sheets
Scope & Content:
Poems and prose by Hesse, mostly privately printed on single sheets or folded bifolia, some with autograph annotations; composed 1914-1962, though the prints are mostly undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1914-1962
Extent:
1 folder

10. Add MS 88979/2/1

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Poem Wenn auch . . . beginning 'Wenn auch der Abend kalt und traurig ist'; composed, according to the printed statement 'im Jahr 1918, dem vierten Jahr des Weltkrieges' but actually in April 1917.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 folio