Papers of Werner Pelz, 1939-2004
Item
- Title
- Papers of Werner Pelz, 1939-2004
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945--Sources
- War stories
- Holocaust, Nazi
- Prisoners of war--Australia
- Voyages and travels
- Jewish families
- Melbourne (Vic.)
- Universities and colleges
- Poetry
- Category
- 4. World War II
- 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
- 6. End of the Cold War
- Author
- Pelz, Werner
- Keywords
- Dunera
- Enemy aliens
- Current holder
- State Library of Victoria
- Period of reference
- 1939 – 2004
- Series number
- YMS 13647
- Item number
- 9916412043607636
- Access rights
- Request at location
- Rights
-
Unprocessed digital materials: Restricted access. Please contact the Library for more information.
- Country of origin
- England
- Australia
- Place
- Melbourne
- Language
- German
- English
- Description from source
-
1.6 m. (13 boxes). Original ms., printed, typescript. Papers, including personal correspondence ca. 1939-2004, spanning Werner Pelz's time in England (1939-1973) and Melbourne (1973 onwards); notebooks covering 1939-1982 (including the period, 1940-1942, when he was sent to Australia to be interned as an enemy alien during World War Two); published and unpublished writings including books, articles, plays and poetry; lecture notes and recordings relating to courses he ran after retiring as a lecturer in the Sociology Department at La Trobe University; articles, obituaries and a memoir of Werner Pelz plus a recording of a radio interview with him conducted in 2005. Also includes a collection of writings by each of his two wives, Lotte and Mary; and correspondence between Werner Pelz and German American publisher Kurt Wolff, with additional letters from Gila Hayam (Brandeis University), and Dietrich Orlow (Boston University).
- Physical format
- Manuscripts
- Correspondence
- Notebook
- Sound recording
- Typescripts
- Related resources
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2429/