Janus: Papers of Hermann Braunholtz

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.9843	The Papers of Michael Baxandall
MS Add.9845	Papers of Hermann Braunholtz
MS Add.9846	The Cambridge Review: editorial correspondence
MS Add.9851	Papers relating to Daedalus Press poemcards
MS Add.9852	Papers of Siegfried Sassoon
MS Add.9853	Curwen Press Papers
MS Add.9856	Papers of Douglas Grant, chiefly consisting of letters to him from Edmund Blunden
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Papers of Hermann Braunholtz

Title	Papers of Hermann Braunholtz
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.9845
Creator	Braunholtz, Hermann Justus (1888-1963)
Covering Dates	1890–1956 (year range approximate)
Extent and Medium	1 box; paper
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Hermann Justus Braunholtz was born in Cambridge on 12 October 1888, the son of Eugen Gustav Wilhelm Braunholtz, University Lecturer in French and later Reader in Romance, and his wife Elisabeth Charlotte Dorothea, née Breul. He was educated at T. R. Goodchild's Preparatory School in Cambridge and at Oundle School, before reading Classics and Modern and Medieval Languages at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1911 and M.A. in 1919. He served as a Lance Corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War. He joined the staff of the British Museum, London, in 1913, and was Keeper of the Department of Ethnography from 1938 to 1953. He served as President of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the International African Institute, and was appointed C.B.E. in 1951. He died on 4 June 1963.

Includes diaries, correspondence, photographs, medals and a set of postage stamps.

Presented by Carola Scupham (daughter of Hermann Braunholtz). MS Add. 9845/1/2 was presented in August 2009, and the other items in December 2012.

Access and Use

In English and French

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Papers of Hermann Braunholtz, MS Add.9845

Further information

Catalogue record prepared by John Wells, February 2011-December 2012.

Index Terms

Cambridge

Braunholtz, Hermann Justus (1888-1963) Keeper of Ethnographical Department, British Museum

Manuscripts/MS Add.9845 contains:

Diaries.
2 items.

1913–1956

Correspondence.
2 items.

1915–1918

Photographic prints.
photograph.

1890–1919

Postage stamps. Ordinary and airmail postage stamps issued by 'France Libre'. The French territories represented are Afrique Equatoriale Française, Cameroun, Djibouti, établissements Français dans l'Inde, Iles Wallis et Futuna, Madagascar, Nouvelle Caledonie, Oceanie, St Pierre et Miquelon and Reunion. The stamps are mint, and have been extracted from a booklet and mounted on backing sheets. With a letter, also mounted, from Tony Mayer of the Service des Timbres, France Combattante, to Braunholtz, 20 January 1943, presenting the stamps as a token of appreciation for assistance given in the preparation of the designs.
168 stamps + letter, on 13 sheets.

1942–1943

Medals. Dress miniatures of the British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to Braunholtz. Mounted.

1919