Berstl, Julius
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1883 - 1975
biographical statement
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Julius Berstl papers
Collection
Identifier: 0031
Abstract
Literary archive of the German emigre author and playwright Julius Berstl (1883-1975). The collection includes typescripts, manuscripts, personal and professional correspondence, personal and biographical documents, theater memorabilia, and a small number of literary journals, both in English and in German. Julius Berstl was born on August 6, 1883 in Bernburg, Germany to a theatrical family. Upon graduation from university, he became the dramaturg, or literary advisor, of the renowned...
Dates:
1858 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1901 - 1975
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Marta Mierendorff papers
Collection
Identifier: 0214
Abstract
The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and ephemera regarding the lives and work of many German-speaking emigre artists in Southern California.
One focus of the collection are German Expressionist Theater director Leopold Jessner (1878-1945) and his brother-in-law, the actor and director Fritz Jessner (1889-1946), both of whom left Germany in the 1930s to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. The collection also includes more extensive materials on Walter...
Dates:
1933 - 1985
Found in:
USC Libraries Special Collections
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- Authors, German -- California, Southern -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- California, Southern -- Emigration and immigration -- Archival resources 1
- Cookbooks 1
- Diaries 1
- Exiles -- Austria -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
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- Exiles -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Exiles' writings, German -- California -- Archival resources 1
- German literature -- Archival resources 1
- Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Archival resources 1
- Jewish refugees -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
- Jews -- California, Southern -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Jews, German -- California, Southern -- Archival resources 1
- Magazines (periodicals) 1
- Newsletters 1
- Scripts 1
- Theater -- Austria -- 20th century -- Archival resources 1
- Theater -- Germany -- 19th century -- Archival resources 1
- Typescripts 1
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