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Guide to the Fritz Mauthner Collection,
1765-1968

AR 3392

Processed by Ilse Turnheim, reprocessed by Ron Axelrad

Center for Jewish History

Leo Baeck Institute

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February 2003. Revised to include Box 10 addenda. Revised by Tanya Elder as FritzMauthner1.xml. Also encoded new partner codes and certain encoded analogues. Revised user restriction note and collection size. September 2004. Converted to ead 2002. Revised as FritzMauthner02.xml by Dianne Ritchey Oummia. Removed deprecated elements and attributes, updated repository codes, added language codes, changed doctype declaration, etc.

Descriptive Summary
Creator: Mauthner, Fritz
Title: Fritz Mauthner Collection
Collection Dates 1765-1968
Abstract: Collection contains correspondence of Fritz Mauthner with translators, newspapers, publishing houses, family members, and other individuals, including Martin Buber, Lion Feuchtwanger, Hermann Hesse, Erich Muehsam, Walther Rathenau and others. Also included are clippings by and about Mauthner, manuscripts of essays and plays, diaries and notebooks; family papers and photographs.
Languages: This collection is in German, French, and English.
Quantity: 9.5 linear feet (10 boxes)
Identification: AR 3392
Repository: Leo Baeck Institute
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Biography

Born in Horitz, Austria-Hungary (now Horice, Czechoslovakia), on November 22, 1849, Mauthner was an author, journalist, theatrical critic, and philosopher, known for his work on the philosophy of language. He moved to Berlin in 1876, to Freiburg im Breisgau in 1900, and died in Meersburg on June 29, 1923.

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Scope and content note

This Collection represents the complete literary estate of Fritz Mauthner, as preserved by the Catholic priest, geistlicher Rat Wilhelm Rostle of Meersburg, Germany, who kept it since Mauthner's death in 1923 and donated it to the Leo Baeck Institute in 1966.

Collection contains correspondence with family members, newspapers, publishing houses, translators, and many prominent writers, philosophers, historians, politicians, actors, musicians, and other individuals, including Berthold Auerbach, Ferdinand Avenarius, Julius Bab, Hermann Bahr, Ludwig Bamberger, Gerson von Bleichroeder, Otto Braun, Martin Buber, Alfred Doeblin, Johann Gustav Droysen, Kurt Eisner, Paul Ernst, Ernst Feder, Lion Feuchtwanger, Heinrich Friedjung, Walter Friedlaender, Ludwig Fulda, Edmond de Goncourt, Maximilian Harden, Hermann Hesse, Arno Holz, Siegfried Jacobsohn, Josef Kainz, Karl Kraus, Gustav Landauer, Helen Lange, Lilli Lehmann, Theodor Lessing, Detlev von Liliencron, Paul Lindau, Emil Ludwig, Ernst Mach, Helmut von Moltke, Theodor Mommsen, Rudolf Mosse, Erich Muehsam, Boerries von Muenchausen, Engelbert Pernerstorfer, Josef Popper-Lynkeus, Walther Rathenau, Alexander Roda-Roda, Rene Schickele, Werner von Siemens, Georg Simmel, Helene Stoecker, Hermann Sudermann, Ferdinand Toennies, Frank Wedekind, and Bruno Wille.

Included are also clippings by and about Mauthner; manuscripts of essays, plays, poetry, proofs, offprints and articles by him; diaries and notebooks of Mauthner, including a diary from the first years of World War I; personal and family documents from Horitz, Berlin and Prague; photos and photo albums of Mauthner's friends and of his family, particularly in Horitz.

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Arrangement

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Use restrictions

Originals closed, use microfilm only. Publication of correspondence and diaries not permitted.

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Access points

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); Fritz Mauthner Collection; AR 3392; box number; folder number; Archives of the Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History.

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Container List

 

Box 1: Inventories, Correspondence to "A-H," Personal, Documents, Photos, Artwork, etc., 1848-19661998.

Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Inventories n.d., 1998
1 2 Photos, Artwork, etc. ca. 1886-1919
1 3 Personal Correspondence ca. 1878-1906
1 4 Personal Documents, etc. 1878-1966
1 5 Notes n.d.
1 6 Correspondence of Minister Wilhelm Restle 1963-1966
1 7 Correspondence to "A" 1886-1923
1 8 Correspondence to "BA" 1863 - 1934
1 9 Correspondence to "BE" 1871 - 1923
1 10 Correspondence to "B1-B6" 1848-1923
1 11 Correspondence to "BO-B2" 1848-1928
1 12 Correspondence to "BU" 1884-1958
1 13 Correspondence to "C" 1878-1923
1 14 : Correspondence to "C" 1895
1 15 Correspondence to P.N., COSSMAN, Paul Nikolaus 1896-1920
1 16 Correspondence to "D" 1902-1920
1 17 Correspondence to "E" 1879-1923
1 18 Correspondence to "EN-ER" 1888-1898, 1914
1 19 Correspondence to "F" 1877-1921
1 20 Correspondence to "G" 1878-1921
1 21 Correspondence to "H-HANSTEIN" 1874-192?
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Box 2: Correspondence to: "Harnack-Lehmann", 1873-1926.

Box Folder Title Date
2 1 Correspondence to: "Harnack - Heldburg" 1884-1923
2 2 Correspondence to: "Harden, M.", Letters 1889-1914
2 3 Correspondence to: "Harden, M.", Postcards 1889-1914
2 4 Correspondence to: "Heller-Huber" 1873-1923
2 5 Correspondence to: "Jacobs, M. and J.H." 1899-1923
2 6 Correspondence to: "Jacobson-Juenemann" 1900 - 1922
2 7 Correspondence to: "K" 1883-1923
2 8 Correspondence to: "LA" 1886-1926
2 9 Correspondence to: "LE - LU" 1875-1922
2 10 Correspondence to: "Lehmann, Lilli" 1898-1904
2 11 Correspondence to: "Lehmann, Lilli" 1905-1906
2 12 Correspondence to: "Lehmann, Lilli" 1907-1913
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Box 3: Correspondence: "L-Z" and Fragmentary Miscellany, 1871-1928.

Box Folder Title Date
3 1 Correspondence to: "Lehmann, Lilli" n.d., 1903 -1919
3 2 Correspondence to: "Lehmann, Lilli" 1914-1923, 1982
3 3 Photographs; "Lehmann, Lilli" 1904-1912
3 4 Correspondence to: "MA-MI" 1974-1919
3 5 Correspondence to: "MO-MU" 1882-1921
3 6 Correspondence to: "N" 1882-1921
3 7 Correspondence to: "O" 1883-1919
3 8 Correspondence to: "P" 1879-1923
3 9 Correspondence to: "Q-R" 1878-1921
3 10 Correspondence to: "Sa-Schi" 1871-1923
3 11 Correspondence to: "Schl-Schw" 1883-1920
3 12 Correspondence to: "SE-SP" 1878-1920
3 13 Correspondence to: "ST-SZ" 1873-1922
3 14 Correspondence to: "T" 1880-1922
3 15 Correspondence to: "V" 1884-1921
3 16 Correspondence to: "Wa-Wi" 1881-1922
3 17 Correspondence to: "Wo-Wu" 1880-1922
3 18 Correspondence to: "Z" 1880-1922
3 19 Envelopes, Notebook, Misc. Correspondence; Fragments ca. 1873-1922
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Box 4: Correspondence, Birthdays, Publishers, Periodicals, Family, Business, 1876-1940.

Box Folder Title Date
4 1 60th Birthday Correspondence 1909 Nov.
4 2 70th Birthday; Correspondence; "A-K" 1919 Nov.
4 3 70th Birthday; Correspondence; "L-Z" 1919 Nov.
4 4 70th Birthday; Publishers' Correspondence 1919 Nov.
4 5 70th Birthday; Correspondence, Friends 1919 Nov.- Dec.
4 6 70th Birthday; Telegrams 1919 Nov.
4 7 Correspondence; Publisher Sales Reports, etc. 1885-1927
4 8 Correspondence; re: "Die Bibliothek der Philosophen"; Georg Mueller Verlag 1906-1920
4 9 Correspondence; Publishers and Periodicals; "A-K" 1891-1920
4 10 Correspondence; Publishers and Periodicals; "L-W" 1885-1936
4 11 Family; Correspondence; Grandparents 1873-1917
4 12 Family; Correspondence; Brother; Ernst and Malvine 1888-1923
4 13 Family; Correspondence; Sister; Marie 1907-1922
4 14 Family; Correspondence; Brother; Gustav and Helene 1885-1922
4 15 Family; Correspondence; Brother; Alfred 1889-1918
4 16 Family; Correspondence; Clara Levysohn 1895-1923
4 17 Business; Correspondence; J.G. Cotta'sche 1891-1928
4 18 Business; Correspondence; Langen, Meiner, Minden 1886-1936
4 19 Business; Correspondence; Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1883-1940
4 20 Business; Correspondence; Berliner Tageblatt; R. Mosse 1879-1933
4 21 Business; Correspondence; Muenchen Verlag 1906-1931
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Box 5: Correspondence, "R-V"; Vertrage; Manuscripts; Theater Pieces; Recitations and Other Writings, 1868-1931.

Box Folder Title Date
5 1 Correspondence; "George Mueller Verlag" 1912-1931
5 2 Correspondence; "R-U" (Reissner-Ullstein) 1978-1930
5 3 Correspondence; Vertrage "B-U" ca.1878-ca.1924
5 4 Manuscripts; Newspaper Fragment n.d.
5 5 Manuscripts; Handwritten Manuscript n.d.
5 6 Manuscripts; Handwritten Manuscript n.d.
5 7 Manuscripts; Handwritten Manuscript; 2 ca. 1875
5 8 Handwritten Manuscript; #2 n.d.
5 9 Manuscripts; Handwritten Manuscript; *3 ca. 1922
5 10 Manuscripts; Unknown ca.1900-1913
5 11 Manuscripts; Unknown ca.1918
5 12 Manuscripts; Typed n.d.
5 13 Manuscripts; Typed; "A-N" n.d.
5 14 Manuscripts; Typed; "L-S" n.d.
5 15 Manuscripts; Typed; "S" n.d.
5 16 Manuscripts; Typed; "S-Z"; no Titles (Fragments) n.d.
5 17 Manuscripts; Typed; Theater Pieces ca.1873-1887
5 18 Theater Pieces; Recitations ca.1875-1890
5 19 Writings 1868-1906
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Box 6: Writings, Manuscripts, [1854]1880s-1938.

Box Folder Title Date
6 1 Manuscripts; Poetry (No. 2) n.d., ca. 1890s
6 2 Manuscripts; Miscellany 293 pages n.d.
6 3 Manuscripts; Notes, Writings, etc, (Varia 2) n.d., ca.1890
6 4 Manuscripts; Fragments, Miscellaneous (Varia 3) ca.1908-1921
6 5 Manuscripts; Miscellaneous [1854-], ca.1906-1938
6 6 Writings; "Der Letzte Tod"; Unknown n.d.
6 7 Writings: "Hypatia" n.d.
6 8 Writings: "Band 6" n.d.
6 9 Writings: Unknown n.d.
6 10 Writings:"Woerterbuch der Philosophie" 1910
6 11 Writings: "Der Atheismus II" n.d.
6 12 Writings: "Nach Beruehmten Mustern" n.d.
6 13 Writings: "Der Atheismus I" n.d.
6 14 Writings: "Aus dem Maerchenbuch der Wahrheit" n.d.
6 15 Writings: Varia n.d.
6 16 Writings: "Xanthippe" n.d., 1882-
6 17 Writings: "Schmock" (Satire) n.d.
6 18 Writings: "Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache" ca.1912
6 19 "Der Atheismus II" 1920
6 20 Writings: "Spinoza - Buechlein," "Gespraeche im Himmel," "Don Juan d'Austria" n.d.
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Box 7: Galley Proofs (edited); Clippings, 1874-1919.

Subseries 1: Writings,  1909-1912.

Box Folder Title Date
7 1 Galley Proofs; p. 201-209 1911
7 2 Galley Proofs; "Zu Fahne" (?); p 201-211 1910
7 3 Galley Proofs; p. 210-220 n.d.
7 4 Galley Proofs; p. 214-238 1910 - 1911
7 5 Galley Proofs; p. 233-243 1911
7 6 Galley Proofs; "Schopnehauer"; "Wille"; p. 239-250 1911
7 7 Galley Proofs; p.200-307 1910
7 8 Galley Proofs; p. 308-409 1910
7 9 Galley Proofs; p. 324-345 1911
7 10 Galley Proofs; p .325-335 1911
7 11 Galley Proofs; p. 348-364 1911
7 12 Galley Proofs; p. 359-369 1911
7 13 Galley Proiofs; p. 365-381 1911
7 14 Galley Proofs; p. 373-378; p. 382-392 1911
7 15 Galley Proofs; p. 393-417 1911
7 16 Galley Proofs; p. 411-421, 434-443 1911
7 17 Galley Proofs; "Spinoza Buechlein" n.d.
7 18 Galley Proofs; Rossberg, Leipzig 1912
7 19 Manuscript; "Fuenfter Abschnitt" n.d.
7 20 Galley Proofs; "Woerterbuch der Philosophief"'; p. 1-73 1910
7 21 Galley Proofs; "Woerterbuch der Philosophie": p. 7-45, 59-87 1909
7 22 Galley Proofs; "Woerterbuch der Philosophie": p.74-95
7 23 Galley Proofs; "Woerterbuch der Philosophie": p. 88-199 1910
7 24 Galley Proofs; "Woerterbuch der Philosophie": p. 105-156 1910
7 25 Galley Proofs; "Woerterbuch der Philosophie": p. 154-164, 177-200 1910
7 26 Galley Proofs; "Woerterbuch der Philosophie": p.165-200 1910

Subseries 2: Fritz Mauthner: Clippings,  1874-1919.

Box Folder Title Date
7 27 "A-J", Nos. 1-377 ca.1876-ca.1904
7 28 "K-Z", Nos. 378-762 ca.1874-ca.1901
7 29 Fragments, etc.; Berliner Tageblatt 1880-1905, 1910-1919
7 30 "Berliner Tageblatt", etc.; Nos.765-843 1903-1905
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Box 8: Scrapbooks, Periodicals, Clippings, 1873-1931.

Box Folder Title Date
8 1 Scrapbook (Clippings) 1874-1885
8 2 Periodical: "Kritik der Kritik" 1908
8 3 Clippings; "A" 1888-1915
8 4 Clippings; "B" 1876-1920
8 5 Clippings; "Berliner Tageblatt" 1880-1884
8 6 Clippings; "Berliner Tageblatt" 1882
8 7 Clippings; "Berliner Tageblatt" 1883-1884
8 8 Clippings; "Berliner Tageblatt" 1884-1885
8 9 Clippings; "C-F" 1886-1927
8 10 Clippings; "G-K" 1874-1923
8 11 Clippings; "L-M" 1873-1924
8 12 Clippings; "N-S" 1876-1923
8 13 Clippings; "T-Z" 1874-1923
8 14 Clippings; "VARIA" 1880-1912
8 15 Clippings 1879-1918
8 16 Clippings 1919-1931
8 17 Clippings 1902-1931
8 18 Clippings; "Kritiken ueber Vortraege" 1894-1922
8 19 Clippings; "Kritiken Seiner Schriften" 1879-1920
8 20 Clippings; "Festschriften" 1877-1908
8 21 Clippings; "Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache" 1901-1921
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Box 9: Periodicals, Clippings, Correspondence, Photographs, [1856], 1882-1923, 1961-1982.

Box Folder Title Date
9 1 Clippings; Reviews of "Der Atheismus" and "Abendlande" 1919-1923
9 2 Clippings; Reviews of "Aturen-Briefe" 1885-1921
9 3 Clippings; Reviews of "Anna", "Aristoteles" 1874-1921
9 4 Clippings; Reviews of "Bibliothek der Philosophen" ca.1910 -1913
9 5 Clippings; Reviews of "Bodenseebuch" etc. 1896-1970
9 6 Clippings; Reviews of "Cale...", "Credo","Deutschland" 1886-1904
9 7 Clippings; Reviews of "Dilettanten-Spiegel"; "Einsame Fahrten"; "Erinnerungen" 1879-1921
9 8 Clippings; Reviews of "Leidige Goldfrage", etc. 1876-1921
9 9 Clippings; Reviews of "Erste Bank"; "Fanfare" etc. 1888-1894
9 10 Clippings; Reviews of "Gespraeche..." - "Kein Guth" 1872-1916
9 11 Clippings; Reviews of "Nach Beruehmten Mustern" 1878-1923