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Böll mss. II, 1950-1980
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
Creator
Böll, Heinrich, 1917-1985
TitleBöll mss. II, 1950-1980
Collection No.
LMC 2270
Extent
19 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Böll mss. II, circa 1950-1980,
consist of cards and letters from German author and Nobel Prize winner, Heinrich
Böll, 1917-1985, to various people, acquired from various sources.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Böll was born in Cologne, Germany on December 21, 1917. During the 1930s, his family
opposed the rise of Nazism and he refused to join the Hitler Youth. He was
apprenticed to a bookseller before studying German at the University of Cologne.
Conscripted into the Wehrmacht, he served in France, Romania, Hungary and the Soviet
Union, and was wounded four times before being captured by United States armed
forces in April 1945 and sent to a POW camp. Böll became a full-time writer at the
age of 30. His first novel,
Der Zug war pünktlich
(The Train Was on Time), was
published in 1949, and in 1972 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of cards and letters from Böll to Joan Davies, Böll's American agent,
and Richard Graves, an English translator of Böll; acquired from various
sources.
Related Material
Böll
mss.
and
Böll
mss. III
, also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2003-2004
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Böll mss. II, Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Processing InformationProcessed by Staff.
Completed in 2013
Folder 1:
To Daves, Joan, 1919-1997 Böll's American agent
1955, Apr. 25. T.L.S.
1p.
1955, Sept. 6. T.Pc.S.
1p.
1956, Mar. 22. A.Pc.S.
1p.
1956, Aug. 3. T.Pc.S.
1p.
1956, Aug. 30. T.Pc.S.
1p.
Folder 2:
To Daves, Joan (cont.)
1964, Aug. 15. T.L.S.,
1p.
1965, Feb. 27. A.L.S.,
1p.
1965, Apr. 25. A.L.S.,
1p.
1966, Mar. 29. T.L.S.,
2p.
1966, July 2. T.L.S.,
2p.
1968, Mar. 3. A.L.S.,
1p.
1974, June 10. T.L.S.,
2p.
1976, Apr. 12. T.L.S.,
1p.
1976, May 24. T.L.S.,
2p.
Folder 3:
To Graves, Richard, English translator of Böll
1954, Apr. 19. T.L.S.
1p.
1954, Nov. 15. A.L.S.
2p.
