Papers of Werner Pelz, 1939-2004
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Title
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Papers of Werner Pelz, 1939-2004
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Subject
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World War, 1939-1945--Sources
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War stories
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Holocaust, Nazi
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Prisoners of war--Australia
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Voyages and travels
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Jewish families
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Melbourne (Vic.)
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Universities and colleges
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Poetry
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Category
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4. World War II
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5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
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6. End of the Cold War
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Author
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Pelz, Werner
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Keywords
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Dunera
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Enemy aliens
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Current holder
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State Library of Victoria
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Period of reference
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1939 – 2004
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Series number
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YMS 13647
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Item number
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9916412043607636
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Access rights
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Request at location
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Rights
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Unprocessed digital materials: Restricted access. Please contact the Library for more information.
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Country of origin
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England
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Australia
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Language
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German
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English
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Description from source
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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).
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Physical format
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Manuscripts
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Correspondence
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Notebook
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Sound recording
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Typescripts
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Related resources
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https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/2429/