Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Morton G. Wurtele collection of Brechtiana
- Dates:
- 1938-1960
- Creators:
- Wurtele, Morton G., collector.
- Abstract:
- Collection of material by and about Bertolt Brecht, including typescripts of prose and poetry, books, recordings and a script for an adaptation of Brecht's play Galileo, collected by Morton G. Wurtele, professor emeritus of atmospheric science at UCLA.
- Extent:
- 2 boxes (1 linear ft.) 1 oversize flat box.
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Morton G. Wurtele collection of Brechtiana (Collection 1962). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of material by and about Bertolt Brecht collected by Morton G. Wurtele, Professor in the UCLA Department of Atmospheric Sciences. It includes typescripts of Brecht's prose and poetry, recordings of Brecht songs, a copy of Charles Laughton's adaptation of Brecht's Galileo, and books inscribed to and by Bertolt Brecht.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Morton G. Wurtele, 1998.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Playwrights --Archival resources.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2012
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from finding aid processed using the Archivists' Toolkit, encoding added via Archivists' Toolkit and Notetab Pro. Date of source: May 2012 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Morton G. Wurtele collection of Brechtiana (Collection 1962). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988