Title: Marta Mierendorff Collection on Leopold and Fritz Jessner
Collection no: 214
Description: The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and ephemera regarding the lives and work of German Expressionist Theater director Leopold Jessner (1878-1945) and his brother-in-law, the actor and director Fritz Jessner (1889-1946), both of whom left Germany in the 1930s to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. The materials were collected by Marta Mierendorff (b. 1911), who was made Emeritus Research Professor in 1984 at USC.
Extent: 214-1 through 214-2
Library: Special Collections
Finding Aid Available
Finding Aid Online: http://www.usc.edu/arc/findingaids/mierendorff
Formats: Ephemera, Manuscripts
Topics: German Exile Literature, Theater and Drama, USC
Access: Open for research
Use of this collection is by appointment only. Please contact:
- Name: Michaela Ullmann
- Title: Feuchtwanger Curator
- Email: ullmann@usc.edu
- Phone: 213-740-8185
- Fax: 213-740-2343
