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  • Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

1920s–2004

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Items available online are the personal papers of Klaus Hinrichsen. During 1940-41 Hinrichsen was interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp, Isle of Man. The collection documents his time there comprising of camp newspapers, poems, photographs, articles and an identification badge. Also included are his writings on the artist Kurt Schwitters who was also interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp and became a close friend.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Klaus Hinrichsen 1912–2004
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Klaus Hinrichsen's family in 2005.
Reference
TGA 20052

224 objects in this collection

  • Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.

    224 Objects

    • Writings and Talks

      6 Objects

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      218 Objects

Title
Folders of writings and talks by Klaus Hinrichsen as well as research material collected by Hinrichsen and correspondence relating to Kurt Schwitters and other émigré and interned artists.
Date
1920s–2004
Description
Items available online are the personal papers of Klaus Hinrichsen. During 1940-41 Hinrichsen was interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp, Isle of Man. The collection documents his time there comprising of camp newspapers, poems, photographs, articles and an identification badge. Also included are his writings on the artist Kurt Schwitters who was also interned in Hutchinson Internment Camp and became a close friend.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.
Reference
TGA 20052

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‘Germany 1900-1939: A Chronology of Artistic, Cultural and Political Events’ compiled by Norbert Lynton

Norbert Lynton
1977

Typescript for ‘Interned with Kurt Schwitters’

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (London, UK), Klaus Hinrichsen
[May 1988]

Annotated page of typescript

Klaus Hinrichsen
November 1985

Typescript of ‘Art in Hutchinson Camp - A Personal View’ talk with annotations

Klaus Hinrichsen
[c.September 1986]

‘Anatomy of Hutchinson - but Scholars beware!’ by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
July 1999

Annotated typescript for ‘Kurt Schwitters’ talk

Klaus Hinrichsen
[c.May 2004]

Camp concert programme

Unknown person(s)
20 October 1916

Poems titled ‘Rollcall’ and ‘Prees Heath Interment Camp’

Unknown person(s)
August 1940

Hutchinson Camp University committee meeting minutes

B. Ahrends
31 July [1940]

Concert programme

Unknown person(s)
1940

‘The Camp’, No. 9

Collection owner: Klaus Hinrichsen
17 November 1940

‘The Camp’, No. 10

Klaus Hinrichsen
24 November 1940

‘The Camp’, No. 12

Unknown person(s)
7 December 1940

Page of notes

Klaus Hinrichsen
date not known

Cultural Department programme at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Unknown person(s)
December 1940

‘Cultural Flashlights’ by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
December 1940

Front cover of drawing book belonging to Paul Henning

Paul Henning
1940

Poem written in German

Unknown person(s)
date not known

Preview of ‘The Second Exhibition’ by Klaus Hinrichsen

Klaus Hinrichsen
1940

Copy letter from Hutchinson Internment Camp to Artists’ Refugee Committee, London

Hutchinson Internment Camp (Douglas, Isle of Man), recipient: Artists’ Refugee Committee (London, UK)
20 December 1940
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