Richard Plant papers

id
5242
origination
Plant, Richard, 1910-
date statement
1916-1998
key date
1916
identifier (local_mss)
4374
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 4374
b-number
b15267361
total components
328
total series
7
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:16 UTC
updated
2026-01-20 20:43:46 UTC
status note
(missing)
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unitid
{"value"=>"4374", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 4374", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1916-1998", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1916/1998"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Richard Plant papers"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"16 linear ft. (39 boxes"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Richard Plant Papers document the literary activity and academic career of the author and educator best known for his book <span class=\"title\">The Pink Triangle</span> (1986), a study of the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, research files, news clippings, personal papers, printed matter, photocopies, photographs and audio recordings. Some materials are in German."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Some correspondence, writings and audio recordings in German"}
{"value"=>"English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Richard Plant Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Plant, Richard, 1910-1998", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Author and educator Richard Plant was born Richard Plaut in Frankfurt, Germany on July 22, 1910. His father was a doctor, a Socialist and a Jew who in 1933 convinced his only son to flee Nazi persecution by moving to Switzerland. Plant enrolled at the University of Basel, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in languages in 1935. He contributed film criticism to Swiss and German newspapers, wrote a novel for children, <span class=\"title\">Die Kiste mit dem Grossen 'S'</span> (1936), and published a volume on cinema, <span class=\"title\">Taschenbuch des Films</span> (1938). In 1938 he emigrated to the United States (where his surname was changed to \"Plant\") and settled in New York. Plant acquainted himself with prominent émigrés, including the philosopher Paul Tillich, and resumed his career as a writer and teacher. During World War II he served as a translator in the Office of War Information. He later wrote film criticism, book reviews and essays that appeared in <span class=\"title\">The New Yorker</span>, <span class=\"title\">The New York Times Book Review</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Saturday Review</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Nation</span> and several German-language periodicals. <span class=\"title\">The Dragon in the Forest</span>, a novel based on his youth in Germany, was published in 1948. Plant collaborated with the composer Jack Beeson and the writer Elmslie Howard to produce the opera <span class=\"title\">Lizzie Borden</span>, which premiered at City Center in 1965. He taught German language and literature at The City University of New York from 1947-1973, and also lectured at The New School for Social Research during the 1960s-1970s. After his retirement from teaching, Plant devoted himself to a study of the persecution of homosexuals by the Nazi regime. He published numerous articles on the subject, as well as a definitive monograph, <span class=\"title\">The Pink Triangle</span> (1986). Richard Plant died in New York City in 1998.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The <span class=\"persname\">Richard Plant</span> Papers document the literary activity and academic career of the author and educator best known for his book <span class=\"title\">The Pink Triangle</span> (1986), a study of the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany. The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, research files, news clippings, personal papers, printed matter, photocopies, photographs and audio recordings. This material is in German and English, and spans from 1916 to 1998. The papers provide insights on the life and work of a representative German émigré scholar who was a pioneer in the field of gay history. A substantial portion of the collection relates to Plant's extensive research and writing about the lives of gays in Germany during the 1930s-1940s. There is also material that documents his work as a film critic, literary scholar, translator and lecturer, as well as his role in the composition of the opera <span class=\"title\">Lizzie Borden</span> (1965). The <span class=\"persname\">Richard Plant</span> Papers are a valuable source of information on Nazi persecution of homosexuals, the historiography of the Third Reich, 20th-century German literature and gay politics and culture in the United States.</p>"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Seven series: I. Correspondence; II. Writings; III. Lectures and Speeches; IV. Research Files; V. Personal Papers; VI. Photographs and Artworks; VII. Audio-Visual Recordings</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Bequest of Richard Plant, received February 9, 1999.</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Jim Moske; machine-readable finding aid created by Jim Moske.</p>"}
accessrestrict
{"value"=>"<p>Advance notice required.</p> <p>Audio-Visual Recordings unavailable pending preservation reformatting.</p>"}
date_start
1916
keydate
1916
date_end
1998
date_inclusive_start
1916
date_inclusive_end
1998

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