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Title: Friedrich S. Krauss Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1884-1930
Collection number: 996
Creator: Krauss, Friedrich S. (Friedrich Salomo), 1859-1938
Extent: 15 boxes (7.5 linear ft.)
3 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Friedrich S. Krauss (1859-1938) was an Austrian ethnographer and folklorist. He specialized in Slavic ethnography and folklore.
During the course of his fieldwork, he amassed one of the largest collections of Guslar epic songs. He later turned his attention
to erotic folklore, which helped lay the groundwork for the emerging Viennese psychoanalytic school. The collection consists
of research materials, manuscripts, illustrations, and published materials on south Slavic folklore compiled by Krauss. The
collection also includes hundreds of drawings by Max Lehmann.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
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copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
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COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
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- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Wilhelm Krauss, 1968.
Gift of Mel Hart, 1990.
[Identification of item], Friedrich S. Krauss Papers (Collection 996). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1973030
Krauss was born in 1859 in Pozega, Slavonia; awarded degree in classical philology from the University of Vienna in 1882;
later turned his attention to south Slavic ethnography and folklore; took field trip from 1884-85 to Bosnia, Herzegovina,
and Dalmatia, and amassed one of the largest collections of Guslar epic songs; he later turned his attention to erotic folklore,
which helped lay the groundwork for the emerging Viennese psychoanalytic school; books include:
Sitte und Brauch der Südslaven (1885),
Volkesglaube und religiöser Brauch der Südslaven (1890),
Streifzüge im Reiche der Frauenschönheit (1903), and
Die Anmut des Frauenleibes (1904); he died on May 30, 1938 in Vienna.
Collection consists of research materials, manuscripts, illustrations, and published materials on south Slavic folklore compiled
by Austrian ethnographer and folklorist Friedrich Salomo Krauss. Also includes hundreds of drawings by Max Lehmann. Although
most of the materials in the collection are in German, some are in Slavic.
Arranged in the following series:
- Slavenart: Folkloristische Abhandlungen und Folkbresammlungen (Box 1).
- Von Tanz in Sitte, Brauch, Glauben und Gewohnheitrecht der Völker (Box 2).
- Das Mieder in Sitte, Brauch und Glauben der Völker (Box 3).
- Manuscript on trees in folklore (Box 4).
- Tausend Sagen und Märchen der Südslaven (Box 5).
- Female beauty and women in society (Boxes 6-7).
- Miscellaneous folklore material (Box 8, 12).
- Dance and music (Boxes 9-10).
- Writings of other authors and correspondence (Box 11).
- Published materials (Box 13).
- Materials, mostly in Slavic (Boxes 14-15).
- Drawings by Max Lehmann (Boxes 16-17).
- Das Minnelied des Deutschen Land- und Stadtvolkes (Box 18).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Krauss, Friedrich S. (Friedrich Salomo), 1859-1938--Archives.
Folklorists--Austria--Archives.
Folklore--Slavic countries--Archival resources.
Drawings.
- Anfangs und in der Mitte einige sehr wertvolle Volkslieder Auch ein mohamed. Slavisches Rarität ersten Ranges- aufg. von einem Franzi-skaner v. J. 1848. Trinksprüche aus dem Volke. Ein Lied von Dzelalij pasa (an 500 Verse). This manuscript, dated 1848, has been cataloged in the Numbered Collections catalog, available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA (Collection 170 no.585).
- Leoty, Ernest. Le Corset. A Travers les Ages. Paris, Paul Ollendorff Editeur, 1893. Illustrated by Saint-Elme Gautier. This book has been cataloged in the Rare Book Catalog, available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA (GT/2075/L46/1893).
Dr. Donald Ward and I are currently editing the papers of Friedrich Krauss for publication. The manuscripts on
Slavenart (Box 1) and
Das Mieder (Box 3) are listed in none of the standard reference bibliographies with the exception of Dagener's 1928
Wer Ist's, which drew its information in all probability from an update by Krauss. The first selection of these papers targeted for
publication will be the reconstruction of the second volume of
Tausend Sagen und Marchen der Sudslaven (Box 5). Although Krauss announced eight volumes in the series, only the first appeared in print in 1914. Originally the
first two volumes were to contain unpublished fairy tales and legends from Krauss's own collection.
Note
... will ich die ersten zwei Pände nur mit Geschichten aus meinem eigenen Speicher aüsfullen... XVI.
Tausend Sagen und Marchen der Sudslaven. vol.1.
Strong evidence indicates that Krauss intended to reprint volume one, replacing the illustrations with new ones by Max Lehmann
(Box 5 folder 2). Thus, in an attempt to maintain the integrity of Krauss's project, we shall publish both volume one and
the reconstructed second volume in German following, whenever possible, the format indicated by Krauss and Lehmann.
These papers together with the University Research Library's extensive holdings of Krauss's published work (donated to the
library by Wilhelm Krauss) comprise one of the largest collections on Friedrich S. Krauss in existence and offers a wealth
of material on a scholar who played a unique role in the cultural history of Vienna.
Raymond Burt
Department of Germanic Languages
UCLA