The collection largely contains correspondence sent to theater director Kurt Hirschfeld by authors and dramatists as well as personal acquaintances. Much of the collection centers around the production of theatrical works as well as news of his correspondents, among whom numbered well-known German-language dramatists and authors. A few letters of Hirschfeld's as well as letters to his wife following his death are also included, as are some unpublished manuscripts of poems and essays of his correspondents.Finding aid available onlineThe following correspondents are represented in this collection: Andersen, Lale; Auberjonois, René; Arx, Cäsar von; Bachmann, Ingeborg; Balser, Ewald; Barlog, Herta and B.; Barth, Hans; Bassermann, Albert; Baumga...