From Private to Public Collections − Writers’ Assortments of Books in the Pomeranian Library Literary Museum in Szczecin Cover Image

Z kolekcji domowych do zbiorów publicznych – księgozbiory pisarzy w Muzeum Literackim Książnicy Pomorskiej w Szczecinie
From Private to Public Collections − Writers’ Assortments of Books in the Pomeranian Library Literary Museum in Szczecin

Author(s): Agnieszka Borysowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: public library;book collections;poet;archives;dedication;

Summary/Abstract: The authoress describes the course of relocation of book collections gathered by writers to public library archives using the example of four such collections that made their way to the Pomeranian Library in Szczecin, whose previous owners were: Stefan Flukowski, Zbigniew Herbert, Ludmiła Marjańska and Andrzej Kuśniewicz. The intent of the writers or their heirs was finding a proper place for each particular collection in order to ensure its preservation and further use. The librarians responsible for establishing public collections hoped that the books would be accompanied by manuscripts, personal mail or other keepsakes; or, should that not be the case − that they would bear dedications, autographs, handwritten notes or other signs of the writers’ use. The author analyses the contents of these four donations with regard to the aspects mentioned above.

  • Issue Year: 2/2019
  • Issue No: 9 (12)
  • Page Range: 83-96
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish