Guide to the Otto Müller papers
, 1816-1914
Brown University Library, Special Collections
Box A, John Hay Library
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
E-mail: hay@brown.edu
Published in 2010
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Otto Müller papers |
| Date range: |
1816-1914 |
| Creator: |
Müller, Otto, 1816-1894 |
| Extent: |
11 linear feet
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| Abstract: |
Otto Müller was a German political author and journalist, who produced over 25 books in his lifetime. He is best known for his novel Charlotte Ackermann, which was later made into a play. This collection includes manuscripts, reviews, correspondence, artwork, professional and personal documents, and articles from journals and newspapers both by and about Müller. |
| Language of materials: |
German |
| Repository: |
Brown University Library, Special Collections
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| Collection number: |
Ms. 2010.023 |
Scope & content
This collection contains personal and professional materials, including correspondence, manuscripts of published and unpublished material, reviews, clippings by and about Müller, personal and professional documents, drawings, and photographs, as well as holiday cards, calling cards, and diaries.
Access Points
Subject Topics
Arrangement
The collection has been divided into 7 series, based on type of material.
- Series 1, Artwork
- Series 2, Newspaper/Journal Clippings
- Series 3, Correspondence
- Series 4, Documents
- Series 5, Ephemera
- Series 6, Manuscripts
- Series 7, Reviews/Criticism
Biographical note
Otto Muller was raised in Darmstadt, Germany, where, after studying theology, he became the librarian at the Darmstadt court library then the private librarian for Prince Karl von Hessen. In 1843 he became the editor of the literary Frankfurter Conversationsblatt. He continued to write and edit throughout his career, espousing his political beliefs and his love of history. Many of his works were published in serialized form, and his best-known work, Charlotte Ackermann, was made into a play. Muller's wife, Gustava Fritz, died in 1854 after giving him a son, Gustav, and in 1856, he married her sister, Alvinia, with whom he lived in Stuttgart until his death in 1894.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested. |
| Use of the materials: |
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them. |
| Preferred citation: |
Otto Müller papers, Ms. 2010.023, Brown University Library. |
| Contact information: |
Brown University Library, Special Collections
Box A, John Hay Library
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
E-mail: hay@brown.edu
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
Gift of Elizabeth M. Bishop, July 20, 2000. (A2000-50) |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Gaelen Adam. |
| Encoding: |
Finding aid encoded by Gaelen Adam
2010 June 09 |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
Inventory
| Box 2, Folder 3 |
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Pen and Ink drawing: German soldier with bayonet
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| Box 3, Folder 22 |
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Drawings
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| Box 11x, Folder 1 |
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Gravesite of Otto Müller
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| Box 11x, Folder 3 |
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Assorted prints, photographs, and illustrations
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Series 2. Newspaper/Journal Clippings
| Box 2, Folder 21 |
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Swabian Chronicle; 2
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1880-1882 |
| Box 4, Folder 8 |
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Articles about Müller: Burger, Alexander Afred Bock, 1902; Burschenschaftliche Blatte, Berlin, April 1890; Hessenland, Nov. 1901
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1890, 1901, 1902 |
| Box 5, Folder 4 |
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Zeilage zum Sonntagsblatt der New York Staats Zeitung: clippings
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1885 |
| Box 5, Folder 11 |
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Frankfurt Museum Aesthetic Newspaper 1855-1956, edited by Otto Mueler
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1855-1856 |
| Box 5, Folder 16 |
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New York Staats Zeitung clippings
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Sept. 1889 |
| Box 6, Folder 14 |
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Deutsche Illustrierte Zeitung
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1894 |
| Box 6, Folder 15 |
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Wiener Literatur Zeitung, 1885-1892; Burschenschaftliche Blatter, 1890; Homeopathic Monthly Magazine, 1885
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1885-1890 |
| Box 6, Folder 17 |
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Newspaper clippings
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1880s |
| Box 8, Folder 14 |
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Clippings
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| Box 8, Folder 21 |
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Clippings
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1859 |
| Box 8, Folder 24 |
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Pussnaer Bitterwasser (?)
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| Box 8, Folder 26 |
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Europaishe Beitung
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1817 |
| Box 2, Folder 4 |
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Miscellaneous correspondence
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| Box 2, Folder 10 |
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Letter or Note from Gustava Fritze
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1846 |
| Box 2, Folder 12 |
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Letters of Gustava Fritze Müller
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| Box 2, Folder 13 |
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Letters of Otto Müller, mostly to his son Gustav
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1885-1894 |
| Box 2, Folder 14 |
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Letters to Otto Müller from Gustav Müller
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1887-1889, 1886 (?) |
| Box 2, Folder 16 |
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Letters from Gustav Müller
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1879-1881 |
| Box 2, Folder 23 |
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Letters of Otto Müller to his sister in Darmstadt and to his mother in Bremen
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| Box 3, Folder 6 |
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Two leather writing cases with newspaper clippings and some letters
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| Box 3, Folder 12 |
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Letters to Gustav Müller. Pamphlets by Schulte von Bruhl concerning Otto Müller
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| Box 3, Folder 15 |
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Letters, autographs, souvenir programs to Otto Müller
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| Box 3, Folder 21 |
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Additional correspondence
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| Box 5, Folder 8 |
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Letters to Otto Müller in Stuttgart from Anna Andreae with death notice
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| Box 5, Folder 12 |
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Love letter, from Otto Müller to his wife
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1849 |
| Box 7, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence: various writers (H)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 7, Folder 2-5 |
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Correspondence: various writers (A-D)
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1860-1903 |
| Box 7, Folder 6-8 |
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Gustav Müller letters (copied) during his wandering years
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1870-1882 |
| Box 7, Folder 9-10 |
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Correspondence: various writers (R)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 7, Folder 11 |
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Correspondence: various writers (J)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 7, Folder 12 |
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Correspondence: various writers (M)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 8, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence: various writers (L)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 8, Folder 2 |
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Correspondence: various writers (E)
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1846-1886 |
| Box 8, Folder 3 |
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Correspondence: various writers (F)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 8, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence: various writers (G)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 8, Folder 8 |
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Gustava Fritze letters from youth
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1830-1860 |
| Box 8, Folder 12 |
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Family matters: 79 letters
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1892-1894 |
| Box 8, Folder 17 |
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Envelopes
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| Box 8, Folder 19 |
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Correspondence: unlabeled
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| Box 8, Folder 22 |
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Otto Müller's letters
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| Box 8, Folder 23 |
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Letters, clippings
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| Box 10, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence: various writers (W)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 10, Folder 4 |
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Correspondence: various writers (W)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 10, Folder 5 |
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Correspondence: various writers (Z)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 10, Folder 6 |
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Literary Activities: to Scheffel from Otto Müller
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1855-1861 |
| Box 10, Folder 7 |
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Correspondence: (S-Scheffel)
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| Box 10, Folder 8 |
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Literary Activities: to Scheffel from Otto Müller
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1855-1861 |
| Box 10, Folder 9 |
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Correspondence: various writers (O-P)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 10, Folder 10 |
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Correspondence: various writers (P)
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1860-1880 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Typed Documents: Book Contracts, Refusal to publish article
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| Box 2, Folder 6 |
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Letters to Publishers
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1885-1893 |
| Box 3, Folder 8 |
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Copy of Otto Müller's Birth ceritificate 1833, original date 1816
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1833 |
| Box 3, Folder 9 |
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Funeral 2nd class of Gustava Müller. Mannheim
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1852 |
| Box 3, Folder 14 |
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Contracts
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| Box 3, Folder 19 |
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Wedding: Otto Müller and Alvinia Fritze
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1856 |
| Box 4, Folder 12 |
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Other documents
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| Box 6, Folder 1 |
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Summons to court, ref J.P. Grohe
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1848 |
| Box 8, Folder 5 |
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Contracts
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| Box 8, Folder 7 |
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Copies of legal documents, birth certificates, etc.
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| Box 8, Folder 11 |
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Geneology: Müller and Klamroth
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| Box 8, Folder 18 |
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Family documents
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1816- |
| Box 8, Folder 28 |
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Certificate
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1849 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Otto Müller visiting cards
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| Box 2, Folder 7 |
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Printed Card, Café Rabenau
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| Box 2, Folder 9 |
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Carmen Program; Lucerne
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1889 |
| Box 2, Folder 11 |
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Hochfurstlich Hessen-Darmstadtischer Staats und Address-Kalender Auf Das Jahr
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1791 |
| Box 2, Folder 18 |
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Grassman; Moral Theology; banned in Stettin, anti-catholic pamphlet with insert bay Prince Max; Grossman
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1901 |
| Box 2, Folder 22 |
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National Korner Feier; with letter signed by committee
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1863 |
| Box 3, Folder 7 |
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New Year's Greeting Cards; 60; Stuttgart
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before 1846 |
| Box 3, Folder 10 |
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Routes et Distances de Frankfurt; Gumprecht, German Verein
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1882 |
| Box 3, Folder 11 |
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Frederic Schiller's Autograph
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| Box 3, Folder 13 |
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Florence University Catalogue, 1914; History of Turnigen Student Union, 1909; The House with the 3 Lyres; Bundewald; Müller et al. Schulerfest 1859; Das Schulerfest; Müller et. al. Instructions on how to keysonder 1859; letters and article
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1914, 1909, 1859 |
| Box 4, Folder 3 |
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Spulheft, the mighty paver of the press; Zuller; Laustner; Knopf; Bucher; Emminghaus; Roberts Burning Theater Questions; Neustadt Gymnasium Catalog; Poem
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| Box 4, Folder 5 |
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Denkinger; Jubilee of John Calvern; S.A.Altar
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1909 |
| Box 5, Folder 1 |
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Clossman, Ma Vie; chipped, not complete
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1859 |
| Box 5, Folder 3 |
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Numerous pamphlets and booklets
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1850-1869 |
| Box 5, Folder 20 |
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Schillerfest program
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1863 |
| Box 6, Folder 8 |
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Green Booklet
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| Box 6, Folder 13 |
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Reviews, invitations, programs, etc
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| Box 10, Folder 2 |
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Weidig; Reliquien; Huff (Otto Müller's copy)
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1838 |
| Box 10, Folder 3 |
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Weidig; history and poems; poison
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1847 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Original manuscript of Alter and Kirker - volume 2
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| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Uber Land und Meer vol. 52
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1874 |
| Box 2, Folder 1 |
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Rotharmel in parts; Sonntagsblatt der N.Y. Stadts Zeitung
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1889 |
| Box 2, Folder 8 |
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Ad for Der Fall Von Konstanz- Wilhelm Meck; Ad for Der Fall Von Konstanz- Ernst Gunther
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| Box 2, Folder 17 |
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Illustrierten Deutschen Monatshefte: serialization of Das Irrwischparchen
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1886 |
| Box 2, Folder 19 |
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Illustrierte Deutsche Monatshefte: Die Deutsche Muse am Nordpal
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1892 |
| Box 2, Folder 20 |
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Unnamed Manuscript of Otto Müller; 200 pages with corrections
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| Box 3, Folder 1-2 |
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First draft of Die Kiliansverberge
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| Box 3, Folder 4 |
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Corrected manuscript of Charlotte Ackermann, Frankfurt, with printer's instructions
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1854 |
| Box 3, Folder 5 |
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Unpublished manuscript: Die Kiliansverberge
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| Box 3, Folder 17 |
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The Ones Who Are at Fault, for WWI; Gustav Müller; Swabischer Merkur
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1916 |
| Box 3, Folder 18 |
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Rotharmel in parts; Sonntagsblatt der N.Y. Staats Zeitung; Serialization
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1889 |
| Box 3, Folder 20 |
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Playbills of Charlotte Ackermann
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1855-1869 |
| Box 4, Folder 2 |
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Playbills of Charlotte Ackermann
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| Box 4, Folder 4 |
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Playbills Charlotte Ackermann, 9 copies; screenplay by Mosenthal
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1854 |
| Box 4, Folder 7 |
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Landasdorf, A., Der Fleischtrager Romer Bull, with wrappers
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1842 |
| Box 4, Folder 10 |
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Extracts of Andrea D'Castago; missing 1/8 Frankfurter Museum
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1857 |
| Box 4, Folder 13 |
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Frankfurter Zeitung 1886, incomplete serialization
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1872 |
| Box 5, Folder 5 |
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Revision of printed second edition of Der Tannenschutz
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c. 1880 |
| Box 5, Folder 6 |
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Das Irrwischparchen, short story by Otto Müller; corrected galley proofs
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| Box 5, Folder 13 |
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Das Irrwischparchen, manuscript by Otto Müller
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| Box 5, Folder 15 |
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Manuscript: The Kaiser's Flea and published excerpt
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| Box 5, Folder 21 |
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Literature by Gustava
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| Box 6, Folder 3 |
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Serialization of Das Irrwischparchen; illustrierte Deutsche Montashefte
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1886 |
| Box 6, Folder 5 |
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Reviews of selected writings
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1873 |
| Box 6, Folder 6 |
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Serialization of Der Tannenschutz, 1851, in parts
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1851 |
| Box 6, Folder 11 |
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Handwritten Booklets by Gustava
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| Box 6, Folder 12 |
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Newspaper installments from Otto Müller novel "The Countess and her Servants": Die Grafin und Ihr Diener; incomplete; Frankfurter Zeitung
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1880 |
| Box 6, Folder 16 |
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Frankfurter Zeitung 1886, incomplete serialization
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1886 |
| Box 8, Folder 6 |
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Copies of poems, etc.
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c. 1852 |
| Box 8, Folder 9 |
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unpublished manuscripts
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| Box 8, Folder 10 |
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La Martime Rafael
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1849 |
| Box 8, Folder 15 |
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Random thoughts, sayings, poems of Otto Müller
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| Box 8, Folder 25 |
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Romildje Steinbrudje auf dem Felsberg an der Bergstrake program
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1876 |
| Box 8, Folder 27 |
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Programs and signature books
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| Box 11x, Folder 2 |
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Galley Proofs, Cola Rienzi
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1843 |
| Box 11x, Folder 4 |
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Die Kunst und Alterthums-Denkmale in Konigsreigh Wurtemburg
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1880 |
| Box 2, Folder 24 |
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Diary of Fritze Müller with poems
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1839- |
Series 7. Reviews/Criticism
| Box 2, Folder 2 |
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Literary Criticism
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| Box 2, Folder 5 |
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Reviews of the Professor from Heidelberg
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| Box 2, Folder 15 |
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Reviews of Schatten Auf Hohen
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1884 |
| Box 3, Folder 3 |
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Reviews of Charlotte Ackermann
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1854 |
| Box 3, Folder 16 |
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Review of George Volker by Gustava Fritze
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1851 |
| Box 4, Folder 1 |
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Reviews of Altan and Kerker
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1884 |
| Box 4, Folder 6 |
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Reviews of Otto Müller's books
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1880s |
| Box 4, Folder 9 |
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Reviews of Der Wildsfarrer; review of Aus Petranicus Alten Tagen
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| Box 4, Folder 11 |
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Handwritten critique to unfavorable review of Georg Volker by Friedrich Lichterfeld
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1851 |
| Box 5, Folder 2 |
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Review of Der Postgraf
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1880s |
| Box 5, Folder 7 |
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Review of Munchausen in Vogelslung
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| Box 5, Folder 9 |
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Review of Der Klosterhof
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| Box 5, Folder 10 |
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Review of Diadem und Maske; favorable
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1875 |
| Box 5, Folder 14 |
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Reviews: Georg Volker, Revolutionary Novel
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1880s |
| Box 5, Folder 17 |
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Munchausen in Sud Deutschland, review by Karl Falk; Frankfurter Zeitung
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1882 |
| Box 5, Folder 18 |
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Reviews of Burger by Otto Müller; in Weser Zeitung
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c. 1846 |
| Box 5, Folder 19 |
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Reviews of Müller's books
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1880s |
| Box 5, Folder 22 |
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Reviews of Majoratsherr
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1880s |
| Box 5, Folder 23 |
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Reviews of Professor from Hidelberg, Schatten und Hohen Sat Review
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18 March 1872 |
| Box 6, Folder 2 |
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Reviews of Schatten und Hohen
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c. 1881 |
| Box 6, Folder 4 |
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Reviews of Charlotte Ackermann, Monitor Universal and other papers
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1854 |
| Box 6, Folder 7 |
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Reviews of Monika; Algemeine Moden Zeitung, et. al.
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1877-1878 |
| Box 6, Folder 9 |
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Wesen Zeitung, 1846; Weiner Zeitung 1854; Review of Altar und Kerken
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1846, 1854 |
| Box 6, Folder 10 |
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Reviews of Altar und Kerken
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1884 |
| Box 8, Folder 16 |
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Critics
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1846 |