Finding aid for the Günther Anders correspondence with Erna Budzislawski 6273

Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Special Collections

2023 February

Doheny Memorial Library 206

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Los Angeles, California 90089-0189

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Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Title: Günther Anders correspondence with Erna Budzislawski

Creator: Anders, Günther, 1902-1992

Identifier/Call Number: 6273

Physical Description: 0.208 Linear Feet 1 box

Date (inclusive): 1956-1982

Abstract: Collection consists of correspondence in German of German-Austrian philosopher Günther Anders with Erna Budzislawski, an emigre living in Southern California.

Language of Material: English.

Container: 1

Biographical / Historical

Günther Anders (1902-1992) was a German-Austrian Jewish émigré, essayist, philosophical anthropologist, and journalist.

Erna Budzislawski was a Jewish émigré, secretary to playwright Bertolt Brecht and was the sister-in-law of journalist Hermann Budzislawski.

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of correspondence in German of German-Austrian philosopher Günther Anders with Erna Budzislawski, an emigre living in Southern California. Materials include a of Anders' book Die Antiquiertheir des Menschen (1956 ) with an inscription from Anders to Budzislawski, along with letters from Anders to Budzislawski from the 1950s, and press clippings about Anders' work from the 1970s and 1980s.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Michaela Ullmann, Exile Studies Librarian, transferred this material from Special Collections storage to the archival processing center on January 25, 2023. The original source of this material is unknown.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Günther Anders correspondence with Erna Budzislawski, Collection no. 6273, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Authors -- 20th century -- Archival resources

Correspondence

Exiled Jewish authors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

Jewish refugees -- California, Southern -- Archival resources

Anders, Günther, 1902-1992 -- Archives