From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1828 Jan 27
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 295
Image Count:
3
Description:
1831 Sep 7 3 p. ; 20 x 34 cm. In Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer's hand. Both letters printed in full in the Weimar Ausgabe, the first under the date of January 28. This is clearly material for a contemplated edition of Goethe's letters.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1915-24
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 14, folder 565
Image Count:
71
Description:
30 p. 1915 Mar 20, Munich 1919 Feb 19, Munich 1920 Dec 1, Schloss Berg am Irchel 1921 Apr 11, Schloss Berg am Irchel 1921 Dec 4, Chateau de Muzot 1921 Dec 24, Chateau de Muzot 1924 Aug 19, Chateau de Muzet With: Autograph poem (pencil), to F. A. Hünich; n.d.; 1 p.; first line: Ich komme mir leicht verstorben vor. The poem is printed in F. A. Hünich's Rilke-Bibliographie, v. 1, 1935, p. 85. All removed from Speck Collection copy of Rilke, R. M., Aus der Frühzeit Rainer Maria Rilkes, 1921.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1798-1803
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 300
Image Count:
17
Description:
11 p. ; various sizes Letters dated: Jan. 30, 1798; Aug. 5, 1799; Nov. 4, 1799; Mar. 3, 1800; Apr. 2, 1800; Apr. 10, 1800 and Jun. 8, 1803. All in the handwriting of Goethe's secretary Ludwig Geist. The first six letters concern the publication of Goethe's Neue Schriften, Berlin, J.F. Unger, 1792- 1800, 7 vols. The last is a letter of thanks for Unger's gift of a copy of Chr. E. von Kleists Sämtliche Werke. All printed in Weimar Ausgabe. With: Two letters from Bernhard Suphan to Prof. K. Budde in Bonn, dated May 27, 1888 and July 11, 1888.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1824
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 296
Image Count:
18
Description:
Letters dated: Apr. 25 (2 p.); May 11 (2 p.); Jul. 10 (3 p.); Aug. 2 (4 p.); Sep. 8 (2 p.); Dec. 4 (2 p.) and Dec. 15 (1 p.). Letter of Sep. 8 with enclosure: Sep. 2, Weimar "Serbische Gedichte wären nach meiner Ansicht folgendermassen zu ordnen", 4 p., signed. In the handwriting of Goethe's secretary, Johann August Friedrich John. With English translations, typed. All are printed in the Weimar Ausgabe.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1807 Aug 28
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 290
Image Count:
2
Description:
3 p. ; 21 x 34 cm. In Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer's hand. Apparently the ms. for the printed letter in Riemer's "Briefe von und an Goethe", p. 169. Not in Weimar Ausgabe.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1830 Apr 19
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 280
Image Count:
2
Description:
2 p. ; 21 x 34 cm. In Friedrich Wilhelm Riemer's hand. The Weimar Ausgabe prints a longer letter in v. 47, p. 26 from a rough draft in Johann August Friedrich John's hand. This is probably a copy by Riemer in preparation for an edition of Goethe's letters: Briefe von und an Goethe, Leipzig, 1846.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1542-1967
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 266
Image Count:
1
Description:
1 p. ; 22 x 18 cm. Signed: G. In Goethe's handwriting, with note in upper left hand corner in another hand: "Von Göthen, als er wollte, dass ich den Artikel über die Aufführung des Hamlets[?] unterdrücken sollte." In upper right hand corner: "79" -- i.e. 1779?
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1774 Nov 16
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 12, folder 462
Image Count:
6
Description:
2 p. ; 19 cm. The letter is autobiographical and about his work. Engraved portrait of Lavater, by Heinrich Pfenninger, mounted on p.[3] of the double sheet.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1823 Sep 4
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 282
Image Count:
1
Description:
1 p. ; 15 x 11 cm. Pencilled on verso: Le Sketz Book de Wasingnton Irving. With this note, Goethe is returning the Sketch Book, which Countess Jaraczewska had lent him.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1852 Apr 29
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 16, folder 662
Image Count:
8
Description:
3 p. ; 22 x 28 cm. Chiefly a detailed description of the conversion of his opera "Faust" into a grand opera for the production at Covent Garden, at the wish of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1836 Aug 9
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 16, folder 661
Image Count:
4
Description:
2 p. ; 26 x 22 cm., with address. From a Cassel dealer he has received the still remaining copies of the piano score of his Oratorio; he cannot agree to the price set by Breitkopf & Härtel for 2 manuscripts offered them for sale, but he is willing to write a song for their album by the middle of September; requests a corrected proof of his Oratorio.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1798 Jul 10
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 15, folder 602
Image Count:
3
Description:
3 p. ; 18 x 23 cm. Contains favorable criticism of Archenholz's account of the evacuation of Toulon and suggests to him as the theme for a future treatise the American Revolution. Published in Schiller's Briefe, hrsg. von Fritz Jonas, 1892, v. 4, no. 877.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1781 Aug 17
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 10, folder 347
Image Count:
4
Description:
2 p. ; 20 x 30 cm. Concerns the possible purchase by Griesbach of duplicates of "autographis Lutheri et coaevorum" from the ducal library. Griesbach, a theology professor at Jena for 36 years, was especially noted for his critical edition of the New Testament.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1788 May 2
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 1, folder 26
Image Count:
5
Description:
2 p. ; 19 x 23 cm. Bode came to Weimar in 1778, where he became a member of the circle of the Grandduchess Anna Amalia. An enthusiastic Mason, he had the pleasure of inducting both Grandduke Karl August and Goethe into the Lodge Anna Amalia. Translator of Goldsmith, Smollett, and Fielding.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1811 May 4
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 301
Image Count:
2
Description:
1 p. ; 23 x 20 cm. With autograph statement by Edmund Kräuter on verso, verifying that the letter is in Goethe's hand. Printed in the Weimarer Ausgabe, 4 (22, p. 390). In case, and cardboard cover with printed transcription.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1812 Mar 7
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 284
Image Count:
1
Description:
1 p. ; 18 x 23 cm. Published in Weimar Ausgabe. Deals with arrangements entered into between Goethe and Iffland in regard to the production of Goethe's revision of Romeo and Juliette.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1791 May 24
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 297
Image Count:
2
Description:
2 p. ; 24 x 21 cm. Concerning the administration of the box office at the Weimar theater and the engagement of an actress. Printed in the Weimar Ausgabe.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1821 Jun 28
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 12, folder 475
Image Count:
4
Description:
2 p. ; 20 x 24 cm. Official red seal attached. Concerns the offer of a coin collection from the estate of George Batty. On p.[3] a ms. note in Kräuter's hand, dated Weimar, June 29, 1821, signed Goethe, referring the matter to Rath Vulpius.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1824 Nov
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 9, folder 276
Image Count:
1
Description:
1 p. ; 12 x 14 cm. Mounted on blue board and framed. Requesting the presence of von Froriep and party at the Weimar Library on November 25. Not printed in Weimar Ausgabe.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1755 Apr 3
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 5, folder 200
Image Count:
7
Description:
4 p. ; 19 x 22 cm. Enclosure: German copy and English translation of this letter. Chiefly Gellert's reaction to Samuel Richardson's The History of Sir Charles Grandison.
From the Collection: Speck, William A. (William Alfred), 1864-1928
Published / Created:
1798 Jan 3
Call Number:
YCGL MSS 6
Container / Volume:
Box 11, folder 370
Image Count:
2
Description:
3 p. ; 14.5 x 19.5 cm. Frau Herder inquires whether the Duke will continue to pay certain monies which he had formerly agreed to as subventions for the education of her four sons. Published in Dietzmann, Goethe- Schiller-Museum, Leipzig, 1858.
