Guide to the Theodore and Heinrich Gomperz Collection
Processed by Carrie Marsh
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Theodore and Heinrich Gomperz Collection
Collection number: H1959.1
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
Libraries of The Claremont
Colleges
Claremont, California
- Processed by:
- Processed by Carrie Marsh
- Date Completed:
- March 2007
- Encoded by:
- Encoded by Kelley Bachli
© 2004 Claremont University Consortium. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
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
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Special
Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Theodore and Heinrich Gomperz collection. Special
Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.
Acquisition Information
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.
Indexing Terms
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
Folder 1
Inventory lists for this collection
Folder 2
Heinrich Braun
1909-1913
Physical Description: 8 Items
Physical Description: 43 Pages
Folder 3
Lily Braun
1909-1914
Physical Description: 14 Items
Physical Description: 61 Pages
Folder 4
Lewis Campbell
1896-1908
Physical Description: 29 Items
Physical Description: 63 Pages
Folder 5
Hermann Diels
1871-1889
Physical Description: 53 Items
Physical Description: 141 Pages
Folder 6
Hermann Diels
1890-1896
Physical Description: 43 Items
Physical Description: 107 Pages
Folder 7
Hermann Diels
1897-1912
Physical Description: 30 Items
Physical Description: 100 Pages
Folder 8
H. [Goering?]
1900[?]-1912
Physical Description: 2 Items
Physical Description: 7 Pages
Folder 9
Heinrich Jaques
1851-1883
Physical Description: 14 Items
Physical Description: 58 Pages
Folder 10
Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton
1860-1862
Physical Description: 19 Items
Physical Description: 56 Pages
Folder 11
Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton: [1863-1866]
undated
Physical Description: 17 Items
Physical Description: 35 Pages
Folder 12
Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton
1863-1869
Physical Description: 21 Items
Physical Description: 76 Pages
Folder 13
Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton
1871-1890
Physical Description: 11 Items
Physical Description: 67 Pages
Folder 14
Mss. of poems by Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton
1861
Physical Description: 4 Items
Physical Description: 10 Pages
Folder 15
Edith Lytton
1892-1912
Physical Description: 9 Items
Physical Description: 31 Pages
Folder 16
Ernst Mach
1895-1912
Physical Description: 21 Items
Physical Description: 30 Pages
Folder 17
Heinrich Maier
1903
Physical Description: 2 Items
Physical Description: 15 Pages
Folder 18
Richard Mueller-Freienfels
1917
Physical Description: 3 Items
Physical Description: 5 Pages
Folder 19
Johann August Nauck
1864-1892
Physical Description: 45 Items
Physical Description: 153 Pages
Folder 20
Edvard Norden
1915-1925
Physical Description: 3 Items
Physical Description: 5 Pages
Folder 21
S. Luria to Heinrich Gomperz
1927
Physical Description: 1 Items
Physical Description: 5 Pages
Folder 22
Unidentified correspondent Robert Di--?
1917, [1930]
Physical Description: 2 Items
Physical Description: 3 Pages
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1873-1934
Physical Description: 11 Items
Physical Description: 26 Pages
Folder 23
a. 9/22/73 - signed letter Wallisrode
Physical Description: 1 Pages
Folder 23
b. 12/13/73 - signed letter [Ludwig?] Wallisrode
Physical Description: 4 Pages
Folder 23
c. 7/7/74 - from [S.? T.?] Bush to Max Mueller (in English) with
note from Mueller
Physical Description: 2 Pages
Folder 23
d. 3/22/78 - signed letter to von Wertheimstein (with envelope)
Physical Description: 3 Pages
Folder 23
e. 6/13/93 - signed by [Niyra?] (in French)
Physical Description: 1 Pages
Folder 23
f. 2/5/94 - from C. [Homelle] (in French)
Physical Description: 1 Pages
Folder 23
g. 11/18/98 - from Friedrich Marx
Physical Description: 7 Pages
Folder 23
h. 1/12/05 - from L. [Muelleray?]
Physical Description: 1 Pages
Folder 23
i. 4/30/30 - from Maurice Croiset (in French)
Physical Description: 2 Pages
Folder 23
j. 11/30/30 - from J.L. Stocks (in English)
Physical Description: 2 Pages
Folder 23
k. 11/4/34 - signed letter, Dr. Egmont Colerus
Physical Description: 2 Pages
TOTALS
Physical Description: 362 Items
Physical Description: 1097 Pages
