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Title: Franz Werfel Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1910-1944
Collection number: 512
Creator:
Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945
Extent: 37 boxes (18.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Franz Werfel (1890-1945) was one of the founders of the expressionist movement in German literature. In 1940, he fled the
Nazis and settled in the U.S. He wrote one of his most popular novels,
Song of Bernadette, in 1941. The collection consists of materials found in Werfel's study at the time of his death. Includes correspondence,
manuscripts, clippings and printed materials, pictures, artifacts, periodicals, and books.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Papers cannot be published except with the permission of Marina Mahler
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Alma Mahler Werfel, 1948-1956.
[Identification of item], Franz Werfel Papers (Collection 512). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library,
University of California, Los Angeles.
Franz Werfel was born September 10, 1890 in Prague, Bohemia; one of the founders of the expressionist movement in German literature,
Werfel began writing poetry when still a boy and published his first play when 20; published first book of verse in 1911;
plays
Goat Song (1922) and
Juarez and Maximilian (1925) were successfully produced in Europe and New York; published novel,
Verdi, in 1924; married Alma Mahler, composer Gustav Mahler's widow, in 1929; in 1940 fled Nazis to U.S.; wrote one of his most
popular novels,
Song of Bernadette, in 1941; died of a heart attack on August 26, 1945 in Beverly Hills.
Collection consists of materials found in Werfel's study at the time of his death. Includes correspondence, manuscripts (including
Das Lied von Bernadette and
Jacobowsky un der Oberst), clippings and printed materials, pictures, artifacts, periodicals, and books. Correspondents include Alma Mahler Werfel
and Lion Feuchtwanger.
Collection has materials in English and German.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-4).
- Notebooks (Boxes 5-6, 37).
- Manuscripts (Boxes 7-17, 37).
- Magazines and clippings (Boxes 18-21, 23).
- Letters, contracts, telegrams, ephemera (Box 22).
- Werfel's library (Boxes 24-33).
- Objects, microfilm (Boxes 34-36).
Note
NOTE: The collection was arranged by John M. Spalek. His checklist follows the register, annotated with Box numbers for location
of material.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Werfel, Franz, 1890-1945--Archives.
Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958--Correspondence.
Mahler, Alma, 1879-1964--Correspondence.
Authors, Austrian--20th century--Archival resources.
Dramatists, German--20th century--Archival resources.