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Ludwig Marcuse papers

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Identifier: 0209

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Scope and Content

Collection includes personal and business correspondence, manuscripts and published articles, and personal documents and photographs, and pencil drawings dating from Marcuse's years in France, 1933-1940 and Los Angeles, 1940-1950.

Dates

  • Creation: 1925 - 2012
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1933 - 1950

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

The collection contains published materials; researchers are reminded of the copyright restrictions imposed by publishers on reusing their articles and parts of books. It is the responsibility of researchers to acquire permission from publishers when reusing such materials. The copyright to unpublished materials belongs to the heirs of the writers. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Extent

16 Linear Feet (16 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection includes personal and business correspondence, manuscripts and published articles, and personal documents and photographs, and pencil drawings dating from Marcuse's years in France, 1933-1940 and Los Angeles, 1940-1950.

Arrangement

The papers are arranged by type of material:

Box 1A contains correspondence A-J.

Box 1B contains correspondence K-Z. Readers' Reactions to Marcuse's books and articles, Birthday Greetings, Liebesbriefe, and Unidentifiable Correspondence

BOX 2A: Book reviews A-N

BOX 2B: Book and lecture reviews O-Z

BOX 3A: Essays and outlines A-G

BOX 3B: Essays and outlines H-M

BOX 3C: Essays and outlines N-Z

BOX 3D: Unidentifiable essays, notes and outlines (small box)

BOX 4A: Articles by Marcuse A-M

BOX 4B: Articles by Marcuse N-Z

Also at back of box: Theater Reviews and Book Reviews

Processing information

Original inventory compiled by Maruta Taube.

Title
Finding Aids for Ludwig Marcuse papers
Status
Completed
Author
Finding aid prepared by Michaela Ullmann
Date
2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Revision Statements

  • October 2010: Finding aid edited and encoded by Sue Luftschein
  • 2021 August: Finding aid updated by Bo Doub: created a new container record (listed under "Unprocessed material") after finding an unprocessed box during Grand Archives stacks shelf-reading.
  • 2021 November: Finding aid updated by Bo Doub to include material regarding a radio broadcast that had been separated from the collection.

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States