Box Coll-2106 - Box 1

Scope and Contents Karl Hadank (1882-1945), orientalist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1912.2 letters.- Letter 1: 21 June 1912. Hadank (a teacher) complains to Johannes Volkelt, a professor at the university of Leipzig, about an article he has written for his school's annual report having been censored and removed for sexual content. He states that it was an academic discourse and not lewd, but has been reprimanded and ordered to pay printing costs that the city government would normally bear. He...

Scope and Contents Jacob Hafner (1754-1809), traveller, Autograph Quotation Signed, 1788.1 entry from a "Stammbuch" (friendship book), 1 bill of sale of the item from the autograph dealer. Stammbuch: Hafner writes some lines of poetry on the violence of the sea and the beauty of life on land. He asks the owner of the book to remember him when he reads these lines. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical information, purchase information Transcription...

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Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774-1856), Autograph Letter Signed, 1840.

Writing very unclear.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: None.

Transcription included in the file? No.

Scope and Contents Heinrich Baron Handel-Mazzetti (1882-1940), botanist and traveller, Autograph Letter Signed 1811, about a journey to Mesopotamia.1 letter, 1 entry from an auction catalogue describing the letter.- Letter: 22 January 11. Handel-Mazzetti discusses which publications will result from a journey he and Victor Pietschmann made to Mesopotamia. He also mentions an O.C. Artbauer and says that he is less of a dilettante than he is reputed to be. Notes by Alfred...

Scope and Contents Edmund Hardy (1852-1904), Indian scholar, Autograph Letter Signed, addenda.1 letter, 1 newspaper article, 1 business card inscribed "Ch. Moufang. Regens des Bischöfl. Seminars in Mainz".- Letter: 15 August 1893. Hardy congratulates a Mr. Timpe on his successes and mentions having recently published a book on the vedic-brahmanic period of religion in ancient India.- Newspaper article: Obituary of Edmund Hardy. Notes by Alfred Stumpff:...

Scope and Contents Arnold Heeren (1760-1842), historian, Autograph Letter Signed, 1829.1 Letter. 6 September 1829, Hamburg. Handwritten letter to D.A. Talboys, a bookseller and publisher based in Oxford. Heeren inquires as to whether Talboys still intends to translate two of his works. He asks that translated copies be sent to him via steamboat. There is an added note from Heeren's brother Fredrick, suggesting that Talboys send the parcel via London. Notes by Alfred...

Scope and Contents [Franz Heger (1853-1931), ethnologist] – to him: 2 Autograph Letters Signed by Henry Balfour (1863-1939), archaeologist, 1896/1900, and 1 Typewritten Letter Signed by Berthold Laufer (1874-1934), archaeologist, 1905.3 letters.- Letter 1: 10 December 1896. Written in English. Henry Balfour writes to Heger and sends him the full-size sketch of a Greek cross-bow in the University Museum, Oxford. He thanks Heger for sending him an article.- Letter 2: 24.4.1900. Balfour...

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Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948), archaeologist, Autograph Letter Signed, Tehran, 1929.

1 letter. 29 April 1929. Herzfeld thanks his correspondent for sending him an article or book. He mentions having found so many prehistoric items in Iran that he can hardly describe them all.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical information, list of publications of Herzfeld's.

Transcription included in the file? Yes.

Scope and Contents Ellis Hesselmayer (1861-1946), classicist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1931.1 letter. 17 November 1931. Hesselmayer recounts the former professors of ancient history at Tübingen, including A. v. Gutschmid, Erwin Rohde, Kornemann, Weber, Vogt, and Laqueur.Notes by Alfred Stumpff: List of letters Stumpff has purchases, with this letter from Hesselmayer marked in pencil. Also Stumpff's notes on people and publications mentioned in the letter. ...

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Friedrich Hirth (1845-1927), sinologist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1913.

1 letter: 20 May 1913. Letter of thanks for lending him a letter.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical information, purchase information.

Transcription included in the file? No.