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Title
Date(s)
- 1828-1857 / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
22 ff. (18 items) ;275 x 235 mm. and less.Guarded and bound at NLW in 1966.Papers repaired at NLW at time of binding.Papers repaired at NLW at time of binding
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Messrs Quaritch; London; Purchase; July 1956
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters, 1828-1857, written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (the Brothers Grimm) mainly concerning literary and academic matters.
They comprise a letter from Jacob to Dr Adolf Hellfrich, 21 September 1857 (item 2), concerning research in Spain, with an excerpt of a report of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 1857 (item 3); and a report by Jacob on a French language examination, [1829x1837] (item 5); ten letters from Wilhelm to Georg Heinrich Pertz, 1828-1857 (items 7-16), and a letter from Wilhelm [?to Pertz], 28 August 1842 (item 18), containing references to King Arthur and to the Mabinogion.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of author.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
German.
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Text
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Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16603C.
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Access points
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Name access points
- Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. (Subject)
- Arthur, King. (Subject)
- Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863. (Subject)
- Hellfrich, Adolf. (Subject)
- Pertz, G. H. (Georg Heinrich), 1795-1876. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
July 2008.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rebekka Schmich and Rhys M. Jones;