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ADLER, Jeremy David


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP100

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: ADLER, Jeremy David

Date(s): 1975-2002

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 41 boxes

Name of creator(s): Adler | Jeremy David | b 1947 | poet and Professor of German

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1947; PhD, Westfield College, University of London, 1977; lecturer in German, Westfield College, University of London, 1970-1989; Reader, Queen Mary and Westfield College, 1989-1991; Professor of German, Queen Mary and Westfield College, 1991-1994; Professor of German, King's College London 1994-2003; Emeritus Professor of German, 2003.
Publications: Eine fast magische Anziehungskraft (1987)Text als Figur with Ulrich Ernst (1987) Also published several books of poetry and edited several publicatons on German poets and the work of his father, H G Adler.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Jeremy Adler, 1975-2002 chiefly comprising research notes for publications by Adler and photocopies of concrete and visual poems. Includes papers relating to Franz Baermann Steiner, poet, including correspondence and papers on Steiner and his circle, 1995-1999; photocopies of Steiner's writings, photocopies of letters to Steiner; photocopies of Stiener's appointment diary, 1950-1951; Stiener's thesis entitled 'A Comparitive Study of the Forms of Slavery', 1950 and 'Prologomena to A Comparitive Study of Slavery', a shortened version of the original thesis, edited by Paul Bohannan, 1957. Correspondence and papers on concrete and visual poetry, 1982-1987 including with Piotr Rypson and Dick Higgins. Papers relating to August Stramm, poet, including publications on Stramm, papers from the Stramm working seminar, 1973-1974; notes by Adler on Stramm's poetry; photocopies used by Adler when researching Stramm, chiefly relating to World War One, from German archives and the Imperial War Museum. Research notes on topics including Shelling, 1984; eighteenth century literature and science; Paracelsus; love and war poetry; language and Caballa; and romantic science. Adler's PhD thesis 'A study in the chemistry of Goethe's novel Die Wahlverwandtschaften ', University of London, 1977 and correspondence on and photographs of Die Wahlverwandtschaften by Goethe. Copies of figured poems from Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. Draft copies of Adler's Changing forms of Visual Poetry with related correspondence. Programmes for art and poetry exhibitions and events; personal files of Adler's PhD students, 1980-2002; slides and negatives used for lectures; negatives of visual poems; card indexes and videos.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English, German, some French, Latin and Greek.

System of arrangement:

Original order

Conditions governing access:

The collection contains sensitive personal information, apply to the Director of Archive Services and Information Management, King's College London, for details on access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services and Information Management, King's College London.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

This collection level description available online.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Presented by Adler together with the papers of his father, H G Adler, 2003. Further accessions have been added, including in Apr 2005 and Jan 2008.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Much of the collections consisits of photocopies made by Adler for research purposes of material in other instituions, including Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel and the Imperial War Museum.

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Papers of H G Adler (Ref: K/PP147)

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Who's Who, 2005.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Poetry | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Poets | Writers | Authors
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names
Adler | Jeremy David | b 1947 | poet and professor of German
Goethe | Johann Wolfgang | von | 1749-1832 | poet and playwright x von Goethe | Johann Wolfgang
Steiner | Franz Baermann | 1909-1952 | poet and anthropologist
Stramm | August | 1874-1915 | German poet and playwright

Corporate names
Herzog August Bibliothek | Wolfenbüttel
Imperial War Museum

Places
Germany | Western Europe | Europe