Germanic Studies

The German Studies collections in the Department of Special Collections are quite strong in the area of 19th and 20th Century German culture, especially in the area of the avant-garde and the counter-culture movements in Germany after World War II.

Notable collections from the German Studies collections in the Manuscript Division include the Bostelmann Family Papers, 1848-1938 (M0075), the Cassirer collection, 1906-1933 (M0287), DEFA. East German movie posters, 1968-1974 (M0711), Faber du Faur (Kurt von) Papers, 1923-1966 (M0562), Film Programs from East Germany, 1953-1990 (M0771), the Germany. Extraparliamentary movement, 1967-1984 (M0613), the Kiesel (Conrad) Correspondence, 1881-1965, n.d. (M0407), the Komitee fur Grundrechte und Demokratie (M0916), the Carl von Marr Papers, 1874-1949 (M0474), Miscellaneous documents, 1326-1867 (M0535), and the Sozialistisches Buro Records, 1969-1987 (M0913) as well as the Sozialistisches Buro Publications, 1969-1983 (M0914).

Curator Henry Lowood is the curator responsible for selecting manuscript collections that fall into this area. For a fuller description of current collecting activities, please refer to the Germanic Studies home page.