Collection Guide
Brief record only
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Herman George Scheffauer papers, 1893-1927.
Collection Number:
No online items
Collection Overview
Title:
Herman George Scheffauer papers, 1893-1927Creator/Contributor:
Scheffauer, Herman George, 1876-1927, creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Doyle, C. W. (Charles William), 1852-1903, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Eucken, Rudolf, 1846-1926, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Feuchtwanger, Lion, 1884-1958, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Förster-Nietzsche, Elisabeth, 1846-1935, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Grierson, Francis, 1848-1927, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Hindenburg, Paul von, 1847-1934, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone), 1849-1913, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Keyserling, Hermann, Graf von, 1880-1946, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
London, Charmian, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Michaëlis, Karin, 1872-1950, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Schnitzler, Arthur, 1862-1931, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Spengler, Oswald, 1880-1936, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Sudermann, Hermann, 1857-1928, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
O'Neill, Eleanora, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Scheffauer, Ethel Talbot.Abstract:
Correspondence, manuscripts and other writings of Herman George Scheffauer. A good portion of the material pertains to Scheffauer's
mentor, Ambrose Bierce (including copies of Bierce's correspondence with Dr. C.W. Doyle). The letters from Bierce to Scheffauer
include references to Jack London, George Sterling and other writers (and include transcriptions as well as originals). Also
included in the collection is a small amount of correspondence and writings of Scheffauer's wife, Ethel (Talbot) Scheffauer.
Date:
1893 (issued)Subject:
Scheffauer, Herman George -- 1876-1927 -- ArchivesBierce, Ambrose -- 1842-1914?
Bierce, Ambrose -- 1842-1914? -- Correspondence
Doyle, C. W. (Charles William) -- 1852-1903 -- Correspondence
Dreiser, Theodore -- 1871-1945 -- Correspondence
Eucken, Rudolf -- 1846-1926 -- Correspondence
Feuchtwanger, Lion -- 1884-1958 -- Correspondence
Förster-Nietzsche, Elisabeth -- 1846-1935 -- Correspondence
Grierson, Francis -- 1848-1927 -- Correspondence
Hindenburg, Paul von -- 1847-1934 -- Correspondence
Housman, Laurence -- 1865-1959 -- Correspondence
Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) -- 1849-1913 -- Correspondence
Graf von -- Keyserling, Hermann -- 1880-1946 -- Correspondence
London, Charmian -- Correspondence
London, Jack -- 1876-1916
Mann, Thomas -- 1875-1955 -- Correspondence
Michaëlis, Karin -- 1872-1950 -- Correspondence
Schnitzler, Arthur -- 1862-1931 -- Correspondence
Spengler, Oswald -- 1880-1936 -- Correspondence
Sterling, George -- 1869-1926
Sudermann, Hermann -- 1857-1928 -- Correspondence
Zweig, Stefan -- 1881-1942 -- Correspondence
Scheffauer, Ethel Talbot -- Correspondence
O'Neill, Eleanora -- Correspondence
Poets, American -- 20th century
Authors, American -- 20th century
Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Copies of typed transcripts of letters of Ambrose Bierce to Dr. C.W. Doyle [one folder] and to Herman George Scheffauer [two
folders] from carton 1: Also available on microfilm with call number BANC FILM 2307.
Collection processed at container level in 2012.
Collection numbers BANC MSS C-H 89, BANC MSS 84/22 c were consolidated into BANC MSS 73/87 c during the course of processing.
Herman George Scheffauer papers, BANC MSS 73/87 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Photograph album transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1984.019--fALB).
Inscribed books transferred to the book collections of The Bancroft Library and traced by provenance.
Herman George Scheffauer was born in San Francisco, California on February 3, 1876 (although many reference sources incorrectly
give his year of birth as 1878), the son of John George Scheffauer and Maria Theresa Eisele. Trained as an architect, Scheffauer
worked in that field until coming to prominence as a poet in 1904. A protegé of Ambrose Bierce, Scheffauer was an active member
of the Bohemian Club, writing the club's Grove Play in 1908. Scheffauer lived in London for a number of years, where he met
and married his wife, the poet Ethel Talbot, in 1912. After a brief return to San Francisco, he moved to Germany in 1915.
Scheffauer committed suicide after murdering his secretary, Katherine von Meyer, in Berlin on October 7, 1927.
In English and German.
Type:
Manuscripts for publication.Scripts (documents)
Poems.
Clippings.
Physical Description:
print
microfilm reel
2.5 (2
1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2566) and positive
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.