The collection of author and translator Paul Amann (Prague, 1884 Connecticut, 1958) contains both personal and professional correspondence and manuscripts. The manuscripts include novels, essays and short stories as well as nonfiction works, translations and one folder of poetry. The collection also contains personal papers and a folder of material from third parties

Whence Our German Catastrophe? Essays on German national character Germany and the German question. Goethe The Incredible J.D. Falk Credible Witness on Goethe William James and Germany literary history Tradition and Weltkrise linguistics landscapes in Europe North America Polybe Newman, Pest in James Ronald, Death in the Family Christopher Isherwood's Prater Violet Berlin Stories Dix Filles by Jean-Richard Bloch. Alkestis Le Cas Gloria Juergens Durchbruch Prelude on the Road to Tremezzo Buelow Der Fremde Mensch Der Heimkehr Die Strenge Goettin André Chenier evangelist Dwight Moody Auf der Kampa Benzibena Brief von Drueben Die Brille des Volkswirts The Bubbling Fountain The Cactus Fish Clowns Foot to Foot Die Gelbeorchis Die Gruppe Diamant Das Hedonaskop Meet Sicilians Please Milch und Brot Mild Cases Mips Remember that Good Bear? Der Rollbalken Sekraeterin ges. f. Wissensch. Klub j. Milliardaer Seltsames Beispiel weiblicher Rache Und Ich war doch Gekommen mais puisque J'etais Venue The Wheels turn slowly Peter Amann Kristall Meiner Zeit Hugo Bergmann Jean-Richard Maguite Bloch Buelow's Memoirs

Agronsky, Martin Secretary of Air Force Mr. Allen American Association University Professors American Committee for Refugee Scholars, Writers and Artists ARIFA Agency Artemis Verlag Atlantis Verlag Atlantic Monthly Atrium Verlag Aurora Verlag Ruth Bainton Mrs. Baker Mrs. Bedier Herr Bermann Professor Beutler S.O. Bond W.H. Bond Lisse Blon Kaethe Braun-Preyer Otto and Liese Brechler Dr. Richard Brickner Ann Bridge British Museum Hermann Broch Little, Brown and Co. Joseph H. Bunzel Leah Cadbury Gordon K. Chalmers Champlain Theater Stuart Chase Rene Cheval J. Wesley Childers Lilian Cohen Colloquium Verlag Compton Mary Curitis-Zimbalist Consulate of the Czechoslovakian People's democracy H.W.L. Dana Herr Danz Elmer Davis Herbert Davis Secretary of Defense Peter Demetz Isaac Deutscher Herbert Diamond Diana Verlag Walt Disney Film Corp. Frau Droessler George Duhamel Will Durant Mr. Eaves Ruben Elias Encounter Magazine J. Engelhorn Verlag Mrs. Epler Fabricius Family John Fall Finanzlandesdirektion der Republik Oesterreich Anthony Firth Gottfried Bermann Fischer and Fischer Verlag Suhrkamp Verlag M. Flachsieder Flesher . Florinsky Jay Franklin Frazier Major Eugene Freedman Egon Frey J.K. Fried Carl Fadmiller Garden City Publishing Co. Siegfried Geyerhahn S. Gilles Stowell Goding Dr. Alexander Goulet S. Ralph Harlow Harper and Brothers Harper's Magazine Herr Hartmann Edward Hauch Elinor M. Henry Hermann Hesse Hajo Holborn Hoptner Leslie Hotson Houghton Mifflin Co. Humanitas Verlag R.C. Hutchinson Insel-Verlag Christopher Isherwood Richard Jakovsky Henry James Mrs. James Dr. C. Joubert Mme. Andree Jouve Benjamin Keen George Kennan Frau Kesselbauer Professor Kitto Alfred Knopf Inc. Franz Kobler Hans Kohn Walter Kotschnig Herr Kramer Hertha Kraus Kriminalkreis-Verlag Wolfgang Krueger

Verlag Oskar Laske Emmy Lebwicht Dr. Lehner Judge Leibowitz Adolf Leschnitzer Ludwig Lewisohn Life Magazine Rolf Linn London Times Literary Supplement J.B. Lippincott and Co. Miss Louve Bibliothek der Hansestadt Luebeck Norman Mailer Mr. Malloy Katja Mann Thomas Mann Jentold Mab Irving Maness The March of Time Eric Marcus Mr. McClain Mrs. McClellan Simon menzel K.D. Metcalf Agnes E. Meyer William Miller Modern Language Quarterly Mrs. Moody B.D. Morgan Frederic Morse Horace Morse Henry de Montherlant William G. Moulton Lisl and Dak Muehlstein Navy Department Mr. Negronsky J. Robert Nelson Paul Nettl New England Telephone Co. New York Times Mrs. Niebyl C.W. Niemeyer Verlag P-Q: Henri Peyre Wolfgang Pfeiffer-Zeill Jakob Picard Seymour and Margery Pitcher Rutherford Platt Victor Polzer Postmaster General John Potter Blanche Prince Commissioner of Public Parks G.P. Putnam and Sons John Ransom Oskar Regele Eugen Rentsch Rose Richter Jules Romains James Ronald Eleanor Roosevelt Rotapfel Verlag Howard Rubendall Carl Sangree Salman Schocken Scherz and Goverts Verlag David Schoenbrunn Budd Milton Schulman Doris Shuster Herr Schwarz ( Mr. and Mrs. Schwebel Charles Scribner's Sons Laurens H. Seelye Georg Seyffertitz Mrs. Shuster Dr. Simon Simon and Schuster G. Simon Social Security Office André Spire Prof. Spitzer Jean Steck Mr. and mrs. Steere Steinberg Verlag Sterling Library, Yale Univ. Adlai Stevenson Richard Stockr Mr. Stuerm E. Sudran Sunday Herald Gerschon Swet Mr. Swing Mr. and Mrs. Szekelys Paul Szolnay Verlag Town Meeting on the Air ; F. Thieberger Mabel Morton Thomas Frank Tonis Trinity College Harry S. Truman Robert Ulich Jean Untermayer Carl Veazie Edward Vermeil Robert Wagoner Ernst Waldinger Mr. Weber Christian Wegner Verlag Mr. Weiber Hermann Weigand René Wellek John Hay Whitney Foundation Fred and Gertrude White WNYC Kurt Wolff Willi Wolfradt Wilburn Wonb Herman Wouk Prof. Zdanowicz Harry Zohn Paul Zsolnay Verlag Frederike Zweig

Mme. Romain Rolland Societé des Amis de Romain Rolland detention camp in Sables d'Olonne in Brittany Oberst von Lukas Nazi occupation of Vienna, entitled Von der Haesslichkeit der Menschenmenge H. Hesse Franz Kobler Herman Broch Der Fall Bre Paul and Dora Amann War Story Die gelbe Orchis Des stolzen Michel Suendenfall Hermann Broch Karl Marx International Review of Social Studies Editions Rieder l'apres ses contemporains Choix de recits et de conversations by P (Paul or Peter?) Amann and G. Walz Plutot une injustice qu'un desordre Georges and Blanche Duhamel Claudine Delphis

Series I: Personal, is divided into two subseries, General and Correspondence. Subseries 1: General provides an overview of the life of Paul Amann through official documents and numerous notebooks and fragments. His notes dealt with a variety of personal and academic topics. Subseries 2: Correspondence contains personal and business records as well as Amann's correspondence regarding his work as a translator. The correspondence includes among many others letters to and from Thomas Mann, Romain Rolland and Hermann Hesse. There is also the correspondence with Amann's literary acquaintances, and letters with regards to his publications, his translations and literary news. It should be noted that the bulk of the material consists of private correspondence between family and friends

Correspondence with individuals and organizations, including American Committee for Refugee Scholars, Writers and Artists, Roland Bainton, Hugo Bergmann, Jean-Richard Bloch, Hermann Broch, Peter Demetz, Isaac Deutscher, Fischer Verlag, Hermann Hesse, Hajo Holborn, Christopher Isherwood, George Kennan, Hans Kohn, Thomas Mann, Romain Rolland, Adlai Stevenson, and Frederike Zweig

Series II: Manuscripts holds fictional short stories, novels, poetry and plays. Non-fiction manuscripts in the series deal largely with the so-called German Question and the literary work of Goethe. A small percentage of his translations is also represented in Series II

Series III is of lesser research value, as it consists of material which was authored by third parties

Paul Amann, born in Prague in 1884, studied German and Romance languages, as well as philosophy, at Karl-Ferdinand-University in Prague, and then at the University of Vienna. He graduated in 1907 as a doctor of philosophy. After his studies he taught in Reichenberg (Liberec, Czech Republic) and Prossnitz (Prostejov, Czech Republic). In 1910 he accepted a position as a teacher at a Gymnasium in Vienna. In 1924 he married Dora Iranyi, a concert singer. From 1911 to 1938, Amann taught at the Gymnasium in Vienna; during World War I, he served in the Austro-Hungarian army. Paul Amann was the author of fiction and non-fiction works and a translator. He translated the works of Romain Rolland, Henry de Montherlant, and other English or French authors into German. He also wrote, in French, a well-received bibliography of the work of Goethe. For that book he was designated as an Officier d`Academie by the government of France in 1937

After the occupation of Austria by the Nazis, Amann immigrated to Paris (1939) and then, following the Nazi seizure of France, to Montpellier in September of 1941. When the war ended in 1945, he immigrated to the United States. During the following years, he taught at various colleges in New York State. He died in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1958

Finding aid available online

Paul Amann exchanged letters with Thomas Mann over nearly five decades. Some of these letters are archived in this collection. The complete set of letters is published in the work Briefe an Paul Amann 1915-1952. The book is available in the Leo Baeck Institute Library (PT 2625 A44 A3)

See also manuscripts/memoirs "Oberst von Lukas", "Composition des detentus de Camp", "Queer recollections on Stefan Zweig" and "Mon ami Romain Rolland" [ME 740]

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