Finding aid for the Richard Huelsenbeck papers, 1910-1978
Finding aid prepared by Teresa Morales.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Richard Huelsenbeck papers
Date (inclusive): 1910-1978
Number: 910082
Creator/Collector:
Huelsenbeck, Richard, 1892-1974
Physical Description:
1.25 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Papers of German poet, Richard Huelsenbeck, who was involved with the Dada movement and edited several of its important journals.
The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, some photographs, clippings and catalogues.
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Language: Collection material is in
German
Biographical/Historical Note
Richard Huelsenbeck was a German poet, closely involved with the Zürich Dada movement, who introduced Dada to Berlin and edited
several important Dada journals.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Richard Huelsenbeck papers, 1910-1978, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 910082.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa910082
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1991.
Alternate Form Available
Correspondence available in photocopies.
Scope and Content of Collection
TheRichard Huelsenbeck Papers contain manuscripts by Huelsenbeck and Raoul Hausmann, correspondence to and from Huelsenbeck
with some photographs, clippings and catalogues, and about 130 letters between other correspondents.
The archive contains a rich file of letters written to Huelsenbeck from Erich Buchholz (ca. 95 items), George Grosz (ca. 50
items), Raoul Hausmann (ca. 175 items), Hannah Höch (15 items), Marcel Janco (10 items), Hans Richter (ca. 65 items) and Michel
Seuphor (ca. 30 items) that date from 1912-1978 (bulk 1950s and 1960s) and contain discussions of current work and reputations,
as well as recountings of pre-war Dada activities. There are also ca. 160 letters from Huelsenbeck to various correspondents,
including about 15 letters to and from Hans Rudolf Hilty and ca. 20 letters between Huelsenbeck and Kurt Hiller. The letters
date from 1930-1974, bulk 1950-1967. Within the Huelsenbeck correspondence files are ca. 50 pages of his writings in manuscript.
The Hausmann file includes about 80 pages of his manuscripts, and the Richter file includes exhibition catalogues and Richter's
script for
Narcissus.
The correspondence between others includes a lengthy file of Hausmann letters. In addition to his letters to Huelsenbeck,
there are letters between Hausmann and Kurt Schwitters, 1946-64 (ca. 110 items), Hausmann and Elfriede Stegemeier, 1949-54
(ca. 30 items), Hausmann and Jan Tschichold, 1930 (20 items), and between Hausmann and Augustin Tschinkel, 1949-59 (20 items).
There are also 4 letters from 1964 between Tristan Tzara and Werner Schmalenbach.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Huelsenbeck, Richard, 1892-1974
Subjects - Topics
Art, Modern--20th century
Assemblage (Art)
Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
Dadaism
Expatriate artists
Genres and Forms of Material
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Contributors
Buchholz, Erich, 1891-1972
Grosz, George, 1893-1959
Hausmann, Raoul, 1886-1971
Hiller, Kurt, 1885-1972
Hilty, Hans Rudolf
Höch, Hannah, 1889-1978
Janco, Marcel, 1895-1984
Marc, Franz, 1880-1916
Richter, Hans, 1888-1976
Schmalenbach, Werner, 1920-2010
Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948
Seuphor, Michel, 1901-1999
Stegemeier, Elfriede
Tschichold, Jan, 1902-1974
Tschinkel, Augustin
Tzara, Tristan, 1896-1963
Box 1
Correspondence and catalogues
Box 1, Folder 1
Erich Buchholz letters,
1952-1955
Physical Description:
ca. 45 items
Box 1, Folder 2
Erich Buchholz letters,
1956-1958
Physical Description:
ca. 50 items
Box 1, Folder 3
Erich Buchholz,
1955
Physical Description:
10 photographs, 1 catalogue
Box 1, Folder 4
Erich Buchholz, , ,
1961 1965 1978
Physical Description:
3 catalogues
Box 1, Folder 5
Erich Buchholz: 3 catalogues, , ,
1963 1968 1971
Box 1, Folder 6
George Grosz: letters,
1945-1955
Physical Description:
ca. 30 items
Box 1, Folder 7
George Grosz: letters,
1955-1960
Physical Description:
ca. 20 items
Box 1, Folder 8
Raoul Hausmann: letters,
1949-1956
Physical Description:
ca. 30 items
Box 1, Folder 9
Raoul Hausmann: letters,
1957-1962
Physical Description:
ca. 15 items
Box 1, Folder 10
Raoul Hausmann: letters,
1920-1964
Physical Description:
ca. 50 items
Box 1, Folder 11
Raoul Hausmann: letters,
1920-1964
Physical Description:
ca. 30 items
Box 1, Folder 12
Raoul Hausmann: letters,
1956
Physical Description:
ca. 50 items
Box 1, Folder 13
Raoul Hausmann and Kurt Schwitters: letters,
1946-1964
Physical Description:
ca. 80 items
Box 1, Folder 14
Raoul Hausmann and Kurt Schwitters: letters,
1946-1947
Physical Description:
ca. 30 items
Box 2
Correspondence, documents, manuscripts, and small book
Box 2, Folder 1
Raoul Hausmann and Elfriede Stegemeier: letters,
1949-1954
Physical Description:
ca. 30 items
Box 2, Folder 2
Raoul Hausmann and Jan Tschichold: letters,
1930
Physical Description:
ca. 25 items
Box 2, Folder 3
Tristan Tzara and W. Schmalenbach: letters,
1964
Physical Description:
4 items
Box 2, Folder 4
Raoul Hausmann and August Tschinkel: letters,
1949-1959
Physical Description:
ca. 20 items
Box 2, Folder 5
Raoul Hausmann and August Tschinkel: letters,
1959-1971
Physical Description:
ca. 25 items
Box 2, Folder 6
Raoul Hausmann: manuscripts,
1953(?)
Physical Description:
ca. 30 items
Box 2, Folder 7
Raoul Hausmann: manuscripts,
n.d.
Physical Description:
ca. 30 items
Box 2, Folder 8
Raoul Hausmann: manuscripts,
n.d.
Physical Description:
20 items
Box 2, Folder 9
Kurt Hiller,
Geistige Grundlagen
1947
Physical Description:
1 book
Box 2, Folder 10
Kurt Hiller and Richard Huelsenbeck: letters,
1944-1954
Physical Description:
ca. 20 items
Box 2, Folder 11
Hannah Hoch: letters,
1952-1964
Physical Description:
15 items
Box 2, Folder 12
Richard Huelsenbeck: documents and manuscripts,
1933-1971
Physical Description:
ca. 25 items
Box 2, Folder 13
Richard Huelsenbeck: documents and manuscripts,
1960-1974
Physical Description:
ca. 25 items
Box 2, Folder 14
Richard Huelsenbeck and various authors: letters,
1942-1963
Physical Description:
ca. 25 items
Box 2, Folder 15
Richard Huelsenbeck: letters,
1930-1960
Physical Description:
ca. 20 items
Box 2, Folder 16
Richard Huelsenbeck: letters,
1956-1973
Physical Description:
ca. 25 items
Box 2, Folder 17
Richard Huelsenbeck: letters,
1948-1964
Physical Description:
ca. 35 items
Box 3
Correspondence, small books, exhibition catalogues, and announcements
Box 3, Folder 1
Richard Huelsenbeck: letters,
1925-1965
Physical Description:
ca. 20 items
Box 3, Folder 2
Richard Huelsenbeck: letters,
1936-1967
Physical Description:
ca. 20 items
Box 3, Folder 3
Richard Huelsenbeck and Hans Rudolf Hilty: letters,
1927-1963
Physical Description:
15 items
Box 3, Folder 4
Richard Huelsenbeck, Tagebuch with poetry,
1910
Physical Description:
4 items
Scope and Content Note
Loose pages found in book.
Box 3, Folder 5
Richard Huelsenbeck,
Tagebuch,
1910
Physical Description:
1 book
Box 3, Folder 6
Richard Huelsenbeck: notebooks,
n.d.
Physical Description:
1.0 item
Box 3, Folder 7
Marcel Janco: letters,
1949-1962
Physical Description:
10 items
Box 3, Folder 8
Franz Marc: letters,
1912-1913
Physical Description:
15 items
Box 3, Folder 9
Hans Richter: letters and script for Narcissus,
1947
Physical Description:
ca. 25 items
Box 3, Folder 10
Hans Richter: letters and photograph,
1952-1962
Physical Description:
ca. 30 items
Box 3, Folder 11
Hans Richter: exhibition catalogues and announcements,
1946-1976
Physical Description:
9 items
Box 3, Folder 12
Michel Seuphor: letters,
1950-1954
Physical Description:
ca. 15 items
Box 3, Folder 13
Michel Seuphor: letters,
1954-1957
Physical Description:
ca. 15 items
