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This collection contains biographical materials, correspondence with publishers, 1958-1966, hand-corrected manuscripts of published and unpublished novels including "Stern in Nebel,"which concerns the 1933-1938 period), short stories, essays, literary criticism, children's literature, and poetry, 1947-68, and offprints of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
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Contains one folder of correspondence from former students and colleagues from the Lakeside Academy during the World War II period (1939-1945). This folder also includes a few letters written by Brandt and one letter about the author written by Brandt's wife after his death (German). The bulk of the correspondence (two folders) deals with Brandt's efforts to get his works published (1958-1966).

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This series contains clippings and offprints of articles on Austrian literature and culture, and literature from other German-speaking populations; and book reviews by Brandt from his Vienna days and American career; 49 English and German essays spanning Brandt's career, published and unpublished, about a variety of topics concerning cultural and political issues as well as issues in academia; manuscripts of five of Brandt's unpublished novels, including the three part work, Stern im Nebel; a series of 36 vignettes in German, except for "Civil Service Goes To War," an account of Brandt's Office of War Information (OWI) employment; 914 aphorisms developed by Brandt; 28 largely unpublished short stories in English and German; seven short dramas, including "Gestern Kommt Morgen;" and numerous poems, published and unpublished, written throughout Brandt's career.