USC Specialized Libraries and Archival Collections
Collection 214

MARTA MIERENDORFF COLLECTION
ON LEOPOLD AND FRITZ JESSNER

 Processed by Robert J. Rohrbacher
Date Completed: 7/13/2001
© 2001 University of Southern California. All Rights Reserved

Container List

Box	Folder	Series	Title	Date	Description
1	01	Correspondence	Marta Mierendorff	1965-1972	To/from M. Mierendorff regarding Leopold and Fritz Jessner.
1	02	Correspondence	Marta Mierendorff	1973-1982	To/from M. Mierendorff regarding Leopold and Fritz Jessner.
1	03	Correspondence	Walter Wicclair	1965-1971	To/from W. Wicclair regarding Leopold Jessner.
1	04	Correspondence	Horst Martin Muellenmeister	1966	To/from H.M. Muellenmeister regarding his dissertation on Leopold Jessner. Also see Mierendorff corr.
1	05	Correspondence	Alfred Perry	1971	From A. Perry regarding Leopold Jessner.
1	06	Correspondence	Lucie Jessner	1970-1971	From L. Jessner to Dr. Inge (Marta Mierendorff?) regarding Fritz Jessner.
1	07	Correspondence	Eva Samson	1986	From E. Samson to Inge (Marta Mierendorff?) regarding the Jessner family.
1	08	Correspondence	Fritz Jessner	1940-1945	To/From Fritz Jessner.
1	09	Correspondence	Letters of recommendation for Fritz Jessner	1938-1944	From various individuals.
1	10	Correspondence	Leopold Jessner	1910-1945	To/From Leopold Jessner. Copies and photocopies.
1	11	Correspondence	Rudolf Frank	1965-1966	Between R. Frank and Marta Mierendorff and Walter Wicclair.
1	12	Correspondence	Unknown	1943-1986	Copies and originals. One fragment and two unattributed letters.
1	13	Manuscripts	"Leopold Jessner" by Marta Mierendorff	undated	One copy, typed.
1	14	Manuscripts	"Leopold Jessner im amerikanischen Exil" by Marta Mierendorff	1971	Three copies and one fragment, typed.
1	15	Manuscripts	"Entwurf zu einer Forschungsarbeit ueber Leopold Jessner im Exil" by Marta Mierendorff	undated	Two copies and one fragment, typed.
1	16	Manuscripts	"Kommentare zu Mr. Alfred Perrys Kommentaren…." by Marta Mierendorff	1974 July 6	Four copies, typed. Comments on "Mr. Perry's (Pinthus) Erinnerungen an Leopold Jessner."
1	17	Manuscripts	"Leopold Jessner Memorabilia…" by Marta Mierendorff	undated	Typed list of items held by the Institut fuer Kunstsoziologie. Two copies plus fragments.
1	18	Manuscripts	"In Memoriam Fritz Jessner zum 25. Todestag (1889-1946)" by Marta Mierendorff	1971	Typed. Two copies.
1	19	Manuscripts	"In Memory of the 25th Anniversary of Fritz Jessner's Death…" by Marta Mierendorff	[1971]	Typed. Three copies.
1	20	Manuscripts	Fragments about Leopold Jessner (by Marta Mierendorff)	undated	Typed manuscripts about Leopold Jessner, none complete.
1	21	Manuscripts	"Mr. Perrys (Pinthus) Erinnerungen an Leopold Jessner" by Alfred Perry	undated	Five copies, typed. Alfred Perry's comments to which M. Mierendorff responded.
1	22	Manuscripts	"Ein Denkmal fuer Leopold Jessner" by Alfred Perry	undated	Three copies, typed.
1	23	Manuscripts	"Zum 20. Todestag von Leopold Jessner" by Walter Wicclair	1965	Typed manuscript for a Berlin radio show (1965/12/17), plus earlier typed version.
1	24	Manuscripts	"Leopold Jessner und seine Treppe…" by Grete Carow-Wolf	1964	Typed manuscript for a Berlin radio show.
1	25	Notes	Notebooks	undated	Covers and pockets from spiral notebooks with M. Mierendorff's notes on them.
2	01	Notes	The Jessners I	[196-]-[197-]	Notes found loose.
2	02	Notes	The Jessners II	[196-]-[197-]	Notes found together in a file folder.
2	03	Notes	The Jessners III	[196-]-[197-]	Notes found together in a file folder.
2	04	Notes	The Jessners IV	[196-]-[197-]	Notes found in notebook: Leopold Jessner/Diverse Forschungsunterlagen (Also see #1,25). Papers found folded together were clipped together.
2	05	Notes	The Jessners V	[196-]-[197-]	Notes found in notebook: Leopold Jessner: Arbeitsunterlagen und Schriftwechsel zur wiss. Arbeit. (Also see #1,25)
2	06	Notes	The Jessners VI	[196-]-[197-]	Notes found together in a file folder.
2	07	Notes	The Jessners VII	[196-?]-[197-]	Notes found together in a file folder.
2	08	Notes	The Jessners VIII	[196-?]-[197-]	Notes found together in a file folder. See folder #2,9 for the notes found in an envelope along with these notes.
2	09	Notes	The Jessners IX	[196-?]-[197-]	Notes found in an envelope along with the notes kept in folder #2,8.
2	10	Notes	The Jessners X	[196-?]-[198-]	Notes found in spiral notebook: Fritz Jessner. (Also see #1,25)
2	11	Exhibits	#0: An example of the registration of German artists in exile by the Nazis	1937	Photocopy.
2	12	Exhibits	#00: An example of the persecution of an artist exile…	1939	Photocopies.
2	13	Exhibits	#1: William Tell: original program-brochure	1939	Original and photocopy.
2	14	Exhibits	#2: William Tell: playgoer program: production and general staff	1939	Photocopy.
2	15	Exhibits	#3: William Tell: publicity folder with pictures	1939	Original.
2	16	Exhibits	#4: William Tell: publicity sheet	1939	Original.
2	17	Exhibits	#5: Copy of advertisements for William Tell in the California Staats-Zeitung…	1939 May	Typed copies.
2	18	Exhibits	#5A: Radio speech by William Dieterle introducing the Continental Players	1939 May 22	Original script.
2	19	Exhibits	#6: L.A. Times review of William Tell	1939 May 26	Typed copy.
2	20	Exhibits	#6A: Review of William Tell from the Pariser Tageszeitung	1939 June 9	Photocopy.
2	21	Exhibits	#7, no. 52: L.A. Times review of William Tell (and from other L.A. newspapers)	1939 May	Original newspaper clippings. Please use photocopies in Folder #2,21p.
2	21p	Exhibits	#7, no. 52: L.A. Times review of William Tell (and from other L.A. newspapers)	1939 May	Archival photocopies of Folder #2,21.
2	22	Exhibits	#7: Leopold Jessner's speech "The Zion Soul"	1940 Oct.	Original clipping from the New World (published by the Jewish Club).
2	23	Exhibits	#7A: Leopold Jessner's speech "Die Zions Seele"	1940 Oct.	Original clipping from the New World (published by the Jewish Club).
2	24	Exhibits	#7B: Leopold Jessner, correspondence regarding a peace chorus	1942	Photocopies. The exhibit card only mentions the letter to Dr. Sahl and Mr. Heilbut, but it was attached to the letter to Bruno Frank.
2	25	Exhibits	#8: Program for The Marseillaise	1943 Jan. 16	Original program for play directed by Leopold Jessner.
2	26	Exhibits	#9: Letter of thanks to Rudy Feld from the Free French Movement in America	1943 Jan. 21	Photocopy regarding "The Marseillaise." Plus an additional photocopy.
2	27	Exhibits	#10: In memoriam Max Reinhardt	1943 Nov. 31	Original program.
2	28	Exhibits	#11: Speech by Lion Feuchtwanger for Leopold Jessner's 65th birthday	1943 March 4	Photocopy.
2	29	Exhibits	#11A: Birthday party list for Leopold Jessner's 65th birthday	1943 March 3	Two photocopies and one fragment.
2	30	Exhibits	#11B: Program for Leopold Jessner's birthday celebration	1943 March 6	Original with upper right corner missing.
2	31	Exhibits	#12, no. 66: Programs for plays directed by Leopold Jessner in Palestine	1936	Original programs (Habimah Theater) for "William Tell" and "The Merchant of Venice." Two in English, two in Hebrew.
2	32	Exhibits	#13: Letter to Marta Mierendorff from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung	1971 Aug. 24	Original regarding Leopold Jessner.
2	33	Exhibits	#14: In memoriam Leopold Jessner	1945 Dec. 21	Photocopy of articles by Emil Rameau, Fritz Kortner and Ernst Deutsch published in Aufbau (v. XI, no. 51).
2	34	Ephemera	Clippings about Leopold Jessner	1926-1980	Originals and photocopies. Use the photocopies in Folder #2,34p instead of original clippings.
2	34p	Ephemera	Clippings about Leopold Jessner	1926-1980	Archival photocopies of Folder #2,34.
2	35	Ephemera	Brief writings by Leopold Jessner	1929-1965	Newspaper clippings and photocopies of articles written by Leopold Jessner. Use archival photocopies in Folder #2,35p.
2	35p	Ephemera	Brief writings by Leopold Jessner	1929-1965	Archival photocopies of Folder #2,35.
2	36	Ephemera	Theater programs for plays directed by Leopold Jessner	1929-1943	Photocopies. Three of program for "The Marseillaise" and one for "Der Marquis von Keith."
2	37	Ephemera	Materials related to Leopold Jessner	[192-]-[1973]	Photocopy of Nazi publication on L. Jessner, Feuchtwanger's 1943 speech, memorial programs, etc. Use copies in Folder #2,37p.
2	37p	Ephemera	Materials related to Leopold Jessner	[192-]-[1973]	Archival photocopies of Folder #2,37.
2	38	Ephemera	Habimah	[196-]	Materials regarding Israel's national theater.
2	39	Ephemera	Clippings about Fritz Jessner	[193-]-1946	Clippings and photocopies. Use copies in Folder #2,39p.
2	39p	Ephemera	Clippings about Fritz Jessner	[193-]-1946	Archival photocopies of Folder #2,39.
2	40	Ephemera	Theater programs for plays directed by Fritz Jessner	[194-]-1945	Originals and photocopies plus a reading list for "Antigone."
2	41	Ephemera	German newspaper articles on film and theater	[1933]	Photocopies of articles by Herbert Ihering (& h.i.) regarding Nazi policy.
2	42	Ephemera	Newspaper clippings about the Jessners written by Marta Mierendorff	1965-1971	Photocopy and originals. Use copies in Folder #2,42p.
2	42p	Ephemera	Newspaper clippings about the Jessners written by Marta Mierendorff	1965-1971	Archival photocopies of Folder #2,42.
2	43	Ephemera	The Jewish Club of 1933, Inc.	1944-1972	Two newsletters and two announcements.
2	44	Ephemera	Photographs	[193-]-[1942]	Seven b&w photos. Subjects include: Arena Players, F. Jessner, Johann Lang, a play at Yale Theater, a Juedischer Kulturbund play directed by F. Jessner, and others.
2	45	Ephemera	Film negatives	1939-1943	B&W. A list of members of Max Reinhardt Memorial Committee and program for "William Tell" (1939).
2	46	Ephemera	Unknown	[192-?]-1960	Photocopies of pages from plays with handwritten notes and drawings. Photocopy of obituary for Elsa Jessner.