Letters, mainly to Ottla Kafka, with some to her husband Josef David | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Letters, mainly to Ottla Kafka, with some to her husband Josef David

Shelfmark

MS. Kafka 50

Summary

Includes:

(fols. 1-7) postcards and letters from Franz Kafka to Josef David, 1915-1923, including (fol. 1) postcard [1915], written by Ottla Kafka, with greetings added by Kafka and Irma Stein, and (fol. 1v) pencil drawing by Kafka

(fols. 8-50) letters from Julie Kafka, (fols. 8-12) to her daughter Ottla, June 1910-Aug. 1917, including one (fol. 10) to Ottla and Irma [Kafka], 2 July 1917, (fols. 13-21) to Ottla and Franz Kafka jointly, Dec. 1917-Apr. 1918, and (fols. 22-50) to Ottla, July 1918-Aug. 1925

(fols. 51-53) letters from Dora Diamant to Ottla Kafka (David), n.d., [1924-1925?]

(fols. 54-76) letters from Robert Klopstock to Ottla Kafka (David), n.d., [1924-1926].