Elow Collection. 1933-1977

Clippings, correspondence, manuscripts and other documents pertaining to the cabaret artist Elow (Erich Lowinsky); 1933-1977Program brochure Kulturbundbuehne, vol. 3, Nr. 11 with article by Julius Bab; 1935Correspondence with Martin Buber, Ernst Simon, Historisch-Kritische Heine Ausgabe Duesseldorf, Jewish Club of 1933, Ruth Nussbaum, and others; 1935-1977Clippings about Elow’s Cabaret performance ‘Die Touristen’ (1937), articles by and about Elow, others; 1937-1964Reviews for Elow's performances; 1933Manuscripts by Elow:'Das neue Deutschland - ist es neu?'. 1965; German, 5 p.; typed, part photocopied. Challenge to a sermon by Rabbi Max Nussbaum who reported favorably on the Federal Republic of Germany after making a long-delayed trip there.'Hugo Zuckerman'. Undated; German, 30 p.; typed, some printed. Text and poems describing and memorializing the life of an Austrian poet (1881-1914).Manuscript by Erhard Weidl: "Heine-Renaissance auf vollen Touren". 1977; German, 5 p.; typed, mimeographed. Report on progress of several academic projects on the life and papers of Heinrich Heine.Photocopies of typed poems and a script for a cabaret presentation in 1962 before the Jewish Club of 1933 in Los Angeles (incomplete)Manuscript: "Dichter-Emigranten". 1967-68; German, 96 p.; typed. Lectures on the German poets Heinrich Heine (30 p.); Else Lasker-Schueler (39 p.); and Nelly Sachs (27 p.). Included is a translation of "Else Lasker-Schueler" by Harry Zohn.Manuscript: "Harfe, Rauch und Stacheldraht. Exil Lyrik und Poetik". Undated; German, 33 p.; typed. Lecture on lyric poetry in exile.Erich Lowinsky, artist name Elow, writer, cabaret performer 20th cent. in Berlin and Los Angelesdigitize