Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a translated carbon typescript in English for a chapter from Harka, der Sohn der Häuptlings, the first volume in the Sons of the Great Bear series. The collection also contains a small note describing the item from the author, possibly addressed to Mildred Batchelder.
Dates
- 1965, undated
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
German novelist and historian Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich, was born in 1901 in Munich, Germany. She worked for many years as a stastician before studying ancient history, and becoming a historian of Ancient Greece. In the 1960s and 1970s she travelled to the United States to study the culture of the Dakota people, who became the subject of her six-part novel Die Söhne der Großen Bärin (Sons of the Great Bear), which became well-known in East Germany. She died in 1979.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection contains a partial carbon typescript in English for Harka, der Sohn der Häuptlings.
- Authors, German -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Children's literature, German -- Translations Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dakota Indians -- Juvenile fiction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich, 1965, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Karen Spilman
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- July 2017: Collection reprocessed and finding aid updated by Caitlin Marineau
Collecting Area Details
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