Felix Guggenheim papers, 1941-1976.

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Felix Guggenheim papers, 1941-1976.

This collection comprises the business and private archives of literary agent and Pazifische Presse co-founder Felix Guggenheim (1904-1979). The collection includes private and business correspondence, and contracts with publishers, authors and other business associates between 1925 and 1986 (bulk 1940-1976). The collection also includes manuscripts, some photographs and book reviews of works by many of the authors Guggenheim represented. Authors of the German-speaking Exile community in Los Angeles are particularly well represented.

100 linear ft.

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Heyerdahl, Thor, 1914-2002

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Wolff, Victoria, 1903-1992

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Tau, Max, 1897-1976

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Thorwald, Jürgen, 1916-....

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Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958

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The best-selling novelist, Lion Feuchtwanger, fled Germany in 1933 with the rise of the National Socialists. Living first in exile in France (1933-1940), Feuchtwanger and his wife, Marta, ultimately emigrated to the United States in 1940, coming to Los Angeles in 1941. Lion Feuchtwanger is perhaps best known for his historical novel, Jud Süss (1925; Jew Suess), and his novel Erfolg (1930; Success), the first novel that predicts the reign of terror of National Socialism. Lion Feuchtwanger lived ...

Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft.

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Jewish Club of 1933

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Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942

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Guggenheim, Felix, 1904-1976

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Guggenheim acted as a literary agent for Alma Mahler and also mediated in publishing matters on behalf of Adolf Klarmann. Koretz was at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures; Ninon Tallon Karlweis was a literary agent; Lotsch was an editor at S. Fischer Verlag; Jacoby was an attorney; Bús-Fekete was a dramatist of works by Franz Werfel; Kaplan was the head of the book sectionin the Examining Division at the Library of Congress; Struckmeyer was an editor at Langen-Müller-Verlag. From the des...

Goetz, Curt, 1888-1960

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Simmel, Johannes Mario

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Mahler, Alma

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Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970

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Bamm, Peter, 1897-1975

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Ceram, C.W., 1915-1972

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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955

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Neumann, Alfred, 1895-1952

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Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960

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Novelist. Works by Vicki Baum include GRAND HOTEL, SECRET SENTENCE, HELENE, MEN NEVER KNOW, THE SHIP AND THE SHORE, MARION ALIVE, THE WEEPING WOOD, DANGER FROM DEER, and HEADLESS ANGEL. From the description of Vicki Baum papers, 1929-1953. (University at Albany). WorldCat record id: 84085248 Born (1888) and raised in Vienna, Vicki Baum first published stories as a teenager but then focused on musical studies at the Vienna Conservatory, where she made her profess...
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