Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1928, 1941.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Gerhard, Adele, 1868-1956.

Language:

German

Physical Description:

3 items (4 leaves)

Contained In:

Mahler-Werfel Papers. Folder 367.

Place of Publication:

1928, 1941.

Language Note:

In German.

Biography/History:

Gerhard was a German novelist who emigrated to the U.S.; she was also the co-author with Helene Simon of the psychological and sociological study Mutterschaft und geistige Arbeit (1901). Her daughter Melitta Gerhard (b. 1891) was a professor of German literature.

Summary:

Under cover of a letter dated 1928, addressed to an unidentified professor, Franz Werfel forwards to Gerhard his poem "Strassenaugenblick," which is dedicated to her. 2 letters from Gerhard of 1941 give her address as Rockford, Ill., and mainly concern her attempts to arrange a visit with Werfel.

Notes:

Includes photocopies of 1 cover letter and 1 (enclosed) poem from Franz Werfel.