Papers of the von Ploennies family, 1870-1949 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 1089570
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Von Ploennies family
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1870-1949
- 15 cm.
- Summary:
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This collection incorporates (I) family correspondence, in German, and mostly postcards, dating from the 1870s-80s; (II) correspondence, photographs, and legal documents (again in German), connected with Friedrich von Ploennies' years as Imperial German Consul in Brisbane; and (III) Franz von Ploennies' papers relating to the Brisbane Goethe Bund. The last mentioned papers comprise correspondence (1927-1952), minutes, a copy of the Bund constitution, a list of members (1927), typescripts of plays by Dora Wilcox and Johaan Deutsch, and manuscripts of poems by Walter Stolting and Jean J. Laidlaw. Also includes a 250 page handwritten memoir by German journalist Walter Stolting, who was interned as an enemy alien in Australia during World War II.
- Biography/History:
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Franz von Ploennies was the son of Friedrich W. von Ploennies, the Imperial German Consul in Brisbane at the turn of the century. He was Honorary Secretary of the Brisbane Goethe Bund, a society which aimed at fostering German literature and which was active in Brisbane between 1927 and 1939.
- Notes:
- Manuscript reference no. : NLA MS 4650.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; C495.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1870-1952
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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