Collectie GB 1556 WL 1029 - Langland, Joseph (1917-2007): poems regarding Buchenwald

1 folder

This deposit was apparently made in response to a request by the Wiener Library in 1986 for Holocaust poetry.

GB 1556 WL 1029 20th century collection 1 folder Langland , Joseph , 1917-2007 , poet

Joseph Langland, was born in 1917; educated at University of Iowa gaining a bachelor's degree, 1940 and a master's degree, 1941; was a soldier in the US Army in World War Two, stationed close to Buchenwald shortly after its liberation. He became a poet and published poems including two about Buchenwald and one about Hiroshima. Langland died in 2007.

This deposit was apparently made in response to a request by the Wiener Library in 1986 for Holocaust poetry.

Deposited by Joseph Langland, 1986.

Papers of Joseph Langland, undated, comprise copies of his poems about Buchenwald and Hiroshima entitled 'Buchenwald near Weimar'; 'The Lotus Song'; 'A Hiroshima Lullaby' and a copy of an entry from Who's Who in America.

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

English

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

March 2008 Wars (events) Buchenwald concentration camp Concentration camps East Asia Genocide Hiroshima Holocaust Humanitarian law International conflicts Japan Langland , Joseph , 1917-2007 , poet Literary forms and genres Literature Military engineering Nuclear warfare Poetry War War crimes Warfare World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Deposited by Joseph Langland, 1986.

Papers of Joseph Langland, undated, comprise copies of his poems about Buchenwald and Hiroshima entitled 'Buchenwald near Weimar'; 'The Lotus Song'; 'A Hiroshima Lullaby' and a copy of an entry from Who's Who in America.

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• Engels