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William A. Speck collection of Goetheana : manuscripts, 1542-1967, bulk 1770-1900
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The collection, a part of the William A. Speck Collection of Goetheana, consists of correspondence, documents, playscripts, and other writings by or relating to Goethe and his work. The major strength of the manuscript collection is its documentation of Goethe's literary reception in England and America in the nineteenth century. There are 25 letters and manuscripts in Goethe's hand, and several Faust-related items. Authors represented prominently besides Goethe include Thomas Carlyle, Frank Claudy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the Faust collector Georg Ehrhardt, Walther Wolfgang von Goethe, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, University of Illinois professor Julius Goebel, Anna Jameson, Johann Caspar Lavater, Friederich von Müller, Henry Crabb Robinson, Friedrich Schiller, Carl Frederick Schreiber, Horatio Robinson Storer, Bayard Taylor, Marie (Hansen) Taylor, Karl August Ludwig Philipp Varnhagen von Ense, and Albert Wünsch.
11 ALS : Tübingen, to Arnold Ruge, 1838-1842 Box 17, Folder 747
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21 p. ; 20-22 cm.
January 16, 1838 to July 8, 1842.
Chiefly concerning contributions by
Vischer to the Hallesche Jahrbücher
für Kunst und Wissenschaft and
Deutscher Musenalmanach of which
Ruge was co-editor.
The letters of Jan. 16 and Dec. 10,
1838 include references to works on
Goethe's Faust.
Published by Adolph B. Benson in
Philological quarterly, v. 3.,
p. 32-47.
With: ALS : Tübingen, to Lauppische
Buchhandlung in Leipzig, 1842 Apr 5;
pertaining to the Collier edition of
Shakespeare's works. - Collection Context
11 ALS, to William Alfred Speck, 1920-1925 Box 12, Folder 438
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28 p. ; various sizes.
1920 Feb 23, Kew Gardens, L.I. with
envelope.
1920 Mar 3, Kew Gardens, L.I. with
envelope.
1920 May 3, Kew Gardens, L.I. with
envelope.
1920 May 11, Kew Gardens, L.I.
1920 May 17, Kew Gardens, L.I.
1920 Jun 10, correspondence card.
1921 Apr 19, Partenkirchen.
1921 Aug 10, Partenkirchen.
1922 Dec 10, Partenkirchen.
1925 Sep 13, Partenkirchen, within
black border.
n.d., Kew Gardens, L.I.
All bearing on her father's interest
in Goethe. - Collection Context