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Title: Arthur Schnitzler papers
Collection number: 0511
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.5 linear ft.
(3 boxes and 9 oversize boxes)
Date: 1875-1931
Abstract: Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) was a physician and author. He wrote poems, plays, short fiction, and novels. The collection
consists of microfilm copies of the Arthur Schnitzler Archives from Cambridge. The microfilm includes manuscripts, correspondence,
scripts, sketches, a dissertation on Schnitzler, and autobiographical material and documents related to Arthur Schnitzler's
father, Johann Schnitzler.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Originals of most of the microfilm material are located in the Arthur Schnitzler Archives at the University Library, Cambridge, England.
- Gift of Henry Schnitzler, 1951 & 1956.
- Gift of Heinrich Schnitzler, 1970.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233739
[Identification of item], Arthur Schnitzler Papers (Collection 511). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Schnitzler was born May 15, 1862 in Vienna, Austria; graduated from the University of Vienna in 1885 and became a practicing
physician; he was more interested in a literary career, and his poems began to appear in literary journals under the pen name
Anatol in 1886; he characterized himself as an Austrian writer of Jewish origin and wrote plays, short fiction, and novels;
died in Vienna on October 21, 1931.
The bulk of this collection is microfilm copies of the Arthur Schnitzler Archives from Cambridge. Microfilm includes manuscripts,
correspondence, scripts, and sketches. The microfilm also includes Henry Schnitzler's letters to Theodor Hersel, a copy of
Susan Polsterer's Ph.D thesis about Arthur Schnitzler from the University of Vienna, and autobiographical material and documents
related to Arthur Schnitzler's father, Johann Schnitzler. Original material includes Arthur Schnitzler's manuscript diaries
(1879-1931).
Note: The Collection consists of 38 reels of microfilm, reproducing the entire material that is being kept at the University
Library, Cambridge, England. The reels are numbered as follows: A, B, C; no.1, to no.23; 23A; no.24 to no.34.
Reels A, B, and C, contain material which was microfilmed several years ago, while the other reels contain everything not
included in that first selection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931--Archives.
Schnitzler, Heinrich, 1902- --Correspondence.
Schnitzler, Johann, 1835-1893.
Authors, Austrian--Archives.
Dramatists--Austria--Vienna--Archives.