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H1959.1
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Title: Theodore and Heinrich Gomperz collection
Dates: 1851-1934
Bulk Dates: 1870-1920
Collection number: H1959.1
Creator:
Gomperz, Heinrich, 1873-1942
Creator:
Gomperz, Theodor, 1832-1912
Collection Size:
1 linear foot
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd
Library.
Claremont, CA 91711
Abstract: The collection consists mainly of correspondence of Theodore
Gomperz and his son Heinrich Gomperz with friends and associates including Edward
Bulwer-Lytton, Hendrich Jaques, Lily and Heinrich Braun, Hermann Diels, and Ernst
Mach.
Physical location: Please consult repository.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
German
Collection open for research.
All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Special
Collections.
[Identification of item], Theodore and Heinrich Gomperz collection. Special
Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.
Gift of Philip and Franciszka Merlan, 1959.
Biography / Administrative History
Philosopher and classics scholar Heinrich Gomperz, born in Vienna in 1873, was the
son of philosopher Theodor Gomperz. While living in Vienna, Heinrich Gomperz was on
the periphery of the Schlick Circle, a discussion group organized in 1924 by the
physics professor Moritz Schlick. This discussion circle was pluralistic and
committed to the ideals of the Enlightenment; The Circle sought to make philosophy
scientific with the help of modern logic on the basis of scientific and everyday
experience.
Heinrich Gomperz came to Southern California in 1936 as Visiting Professor at the
University of Southern California when his position at the University of Vienna was
eliminated. In 1938, Gomperz, who was Jewish, made the decision to permanently
emigrate to the United States. He died in 1942. His widow, Ada, gave this collection
of correspondence to long-time friends, Claremont Colleges professor Philip Merlan
and his wife Franciszka.
Researchers may be interested in the collection file for these materials, which contains
a 1983 article titled "Robert Lytton and Theodor Gomperz and the Gomperz Collections in
Southern California" by Tania Rizzo. Please contact Special Collections staff to view
this file.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists mainly of correspondence of Theodore Gomperz and his son
Heinrich Gomperz with friends and associates including Edward Bulwer-Lytton,
Hendrich Jaques, Lily and Heinrich Braun, Hermann Diels, and Ernst Mach.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Diels, Hermann, 1848-1922 -- Correspondence
Gomperz, Theodor, 1832-1912 -- Correspondence
Gomperz, Heinrich, 1873-1942 -- Correspondence
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873
Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916
Philosophy, Ancient
Classicists -- Austria -- Correspondence