Langland, Joseph (1917-2007): poems regarding Buchenwald

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1556 WL 1029
Held at	: Wiener Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ ›
Full 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 & 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

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

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

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:
March 2008