Rilke family correspondence

This material is held atCardiff University Archives / Prifysgol Caerdydd

  • Reference
    • GB 1239 422/47
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1906-1963
  • Language of Material
    • German English
  • Physical Description
    • 156 letters

Scope and Content

Letters from Rainer Maria Rilke to Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874-1929) and Dora Heidrich (1884-1963), née Herxheimer.

Morse's correspondence with the Rilke family. There are letters from Clara Rilke (Rilke's wife), Helmuth Westhoff (Rilke's brother-in-law), Ruth Sieber-Rilke (Rilke's daughter - later Fritzsche-Rilke), Carl Sieber (Rilke's son-in-law), Christine Sieber-Rilke and Josepha Sieber-Rilke (Rilke's granddaughters).

Copies of letters from Morse to the Rilke family, and letters to and from his brother Dr Albert Morse, 1947, mainly relating to Albert's visits to Clara Rilke.