* Feuchtwanger Memorial Library 

The Feuchtwanger Memorial Library is part of Special Collections. We are located on the second floor of Doheny Memorial Library on the USC Campus. The reference desk of Special Collections can be found in room DML 209. We are open Monday - Friday 9AM-5PM, and on saturdays during the semester from 1PM-5PM.

Please be advised to contact the curator of the collection you are planning to work with in advance to make sure we have your materials available.

Villa Aurora and the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library at USC announce Feuchtwanger Fellow 2009 Sanath Balasooriya, Sri Lanka

November 18, 2009, 8 PM at Villa Aurora

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November 19, 2009 at 12 Noon, in the Friends of the Libraries Lecture Hall, Doheny Memorial Library, 2nf floor, USC Campus

To get more information and to RSVP, please contact ullmann@usc.edu.

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Call For Papers

Konferenz: Vertriebene Vernunft - Aufklärunf im Exil (1933ff)

Veranstalter: Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für die Erforschung der europäischen Aufklärung & International Feuchtwanger Society

28.-30. Oktober 2010, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Holocaust Studies

Warner Brothers Archives

By the generous terms of Lion Feuchtwanger’s estate, his home and its fine library were willed to the University of Southern California. The University has since sold his house to a German consortium interested in preserving this historic monument as a study center, and has committed the proceeds to create a suite of rooms as a permanent memorial to Lion Feuchtwanger, to his late widow Marta (1891-1987), and to his literary legacy.

The space which once housed the USC Cinema/Television Library was remodeled by the Los Angeles firm of Fields & Devereaux. Construction took place from April to August 1995 at the cost of $1.2 million. The total area of the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library is 3200 sq. ft. and its  main reading room, which measures 30 ft. by 60 ft., is fitted with a retractable movie screen. The ceiling and general decor were recreated to harmonize with original 1932 design elements in the Doheny Memorial Library.

Today, the bookcases and cabinets in the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library contain the most important books from the author’s collection, as well as Feuchtwanger’s own writings in various editions and translations. Another 20.000 books from Feuchtwanger’s library are still on long-term loan at his former house, Villa Aurora, which is now an artist residence and historic landmark.

Besides Lion Feuchtwanger’s collection of rare books, the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library also houses his personal materials such as correspondences, manuscripts and photographs as well as archives on other German-speaking exiles such as Marta Feuchtwanger, Ludwig Marcuse, Hanns Eisler, Felix Guggenheim and Heinrich Mann.

Researchers from around the world turn to the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library for their research on the German-speaking exiles in Southern California or other related subjects.

The Feuchtwanger Memorial Library also offers research grants to those interested in working with the collections.

For detailed information about the Feuchtwanger Memorial Library and for the access to the online finding aids please go to www.usc.edu/libraries/feuchtwanger

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