Section I describes primary material in accession 96-161 of the Kaiser fond. Documents defined as primary material comply with one or both of the following criteria: 1. materials written by Georg Kaiser, and/or 2. manuscripts, i.e. handwritten or typed literary and other works of Kaiser; translations and adaptations of his works; handwritten or typed letters, or transcripts of the same; and, texts of plays duplicated or published in a limited number for production by a particular theater. Section I is divided into the following sub-sections: Correspondence, Drama, Film, Radio scripts and Stage scripts.
The material in this sub-section includes correspondence, mainly letters, written or received by Georg Kaiser. Three files represent an exception to this rule: the "Berendsohn, Walter" file contains letters written by Maria von Mühlfeld to Walter Berendsohn concerning her contact with Kaiser during his life in exile; the "Hirschfeld, Kurt" file and the "Kaiser, Margarethe" file include letters written by Caesar von Arx to Kurt Hirschfeld and Margarethe Kaiser respectively.
The records are arranged alphabetically by the name of the addressee. Each record includes the name of the addressee, date, year or range of years of the correspondence, note, and accession number. The note field provides the following information: number of letters and number of leaves in the file, geographical location from where the letters were written (if three or less), name of the recipient in the form most often used in the letter[s], furthermore, nature or form of the letter: holograph, typescript or transcript, accompanying material, stamps and/or notes of collectors and archives, and, finally, whether the file contains originals or photocopies of letters [or both]. The subject of each item is not described.
1. BEER, RUDOLF
1 Feb 1918. Letters [2] written from Weimar and Grünheide to Dr. Rudolf Beer, holograph, [2] leaves (photocopy); also includes reprint of a letter published in Deutsches Schrifttum, [1] leaf (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-1
2. BERENDSOHN, WALTER
1946. Letters [5] written by Maria von Mühlfeld from Baden to Prof. Walter Berendsohn concerning her contact with Kaiser during his years in Swiss exile and her attempts to have his works published, typescript [8] leaves (photocopy); also includes manuscript of Mühlfeld's account of meeting Georg Kaiser "Leben mit einem Genie," typescript, [5] leaves (photocopy) and manuscripts of 2 articles by Prof. Berendsohn, "Kanonen statt Butter" ["Der Soldat Tanaka"] and "War Georg Kaiser ein Denkspieler?," typescript [10] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-2
3. GORDON, PAUL
1941. Letters [17] written from Zürich, Engelberg and Montana to Paul Gordon, holograph and typescript, [18] leaves (original and photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-3
4. GUTHERZ
1917. Letters [2] written from Berlin and München to Herrn Gutherz [Wien], typescript, [3] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-4
5. HIRSCHFELD, KURT
14 Oct 1944. Letter [1] written by Caesar von Arx from Iseltwald to Kurt Hirschfeld, Zürich, typescript, [2] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-5
6. JACOBY, SIEGFRIED
2 July 1923. Postcard [1] written from Misdroy to Siegfried Jacoby, holograph (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-6
7. KAISER, MARGARETHE
1939. Letters [8] written by Caesar von Arx to Margarethe Kaiser, holograph and typescript, [16] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-7
8. KÜPPER, HANNES
1928. Letters [2] written by Hannes Küpper from Essen to Georg Kaiser, typescript with hand-written comments by Georg Kaiser or his secretary, [2] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-8
9. LANDSHOFF, FRITZ
22 Aug 1942. Letters [2] written from Männedorf to Fritz Landshoff, holograph, [3] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-9
10. LIND, EMIL
[192?]. Letters [2] written from Grünheide to Emil Lind, holograph, [3] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-10
11. MARX, JULIUS
1940. Letters [40] to Julius Marx, Zürich, holograph and typescript, [93] leaves (photocopy); [Dates and underlining added by Julius Marx.].
Accession no.: 96-161-11
12. PONGS, HERMANN
[1924]. Letter [1] written from Grünheide to [Hermann Pongs], holograph [1] leaf (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-12
13. STRASSER, JOSEF
21 Nov [1918]. Letter [1] written from Grünheide to Dr. Josef Strasser, Wien, typescript, [1] leaf (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-13
14. UNIDENTIFIED CORRESPONDENCE
1917. Letters [7], including an undated fragment, written from Berlin, Grünheide, München and Weimar to unidentified recipients, holograph, [11] leaves (photocopy) [Letter dated 12-V-1919 and fragment probably addressed to Felix Hollaender]; also includes one letter written by Margarethe Kaiser to unidentified recipient, holograph, [2] leaves (photocopy).
Accession no.: 96-161-14