IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1029
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Langland, Joseph (1917-2007): poems regarding Buchenwald
Date(s): 20th century
Level of description: collection
Extent: 1 folder
Name of creator(s): Langland | Joseph | 1917-2007 | poet
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Joseph Langland, was born in 1917; educated at University of Iowa gaining a bachelor's degree, 1940 and a master's degree, 1941; was a soldier in the US Army in World War Two, stationed close to Buchenwald shortly after its liberation. He became a poet and published poems including two about Buchenwald and one about Hiroshima. Langland died in 2007.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Joseph Langland, undated, comprise copies of his poems about Buchenwald and Hiroshima entitled 'Buchenwald near Weimar'; 'The Lotus Song'; 'A Hiroshima Lullaby' and a copy of an entry from Who's Who in America.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Arranged as in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Finding aids:
A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
This deposit was apparently made in response to a request by the Wiener Library in 1986 for Holocaust poetry.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Joseph Langland, 1986.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Unknown
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008