Werner Otto Droescher papers.

Collection

Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-199

Staff Only

Inventory of the Werner Droescher papers

Scope and Contents

Contains records collected for research on the German dialect spoken at Puhoi, and material on communal living and alternative lifestyles, including newsletters and newspapers relating to that subject. PDF finding aid available see associated digital object.

Dates

1962 - 1978

Creator

Droescher, Werner (Person)

Language of Materials

Parts of the collection are in German.

Conditions Governing Access

Not restricted

Biographical / Historical

Werner Otto Droescher (1911-1978) came to New Zealand in 1940 with his wife, the writer Greville Texidor, as a refugee from Nazi Germany. After working on a farm in the north he enrolled for a B.A. degree at Auckland University College, took a Masters' degree in German in 1945, and ultimately joined the staff of the German Department. Between 1961 and 1969 he studied and recorded the Egerland dialect of the original settlers as it had survived at Puhoi, and published a monograph on the subject in 1975.

Extent

0.3 metres (3 boxes)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated Rosamund Droescher in March 1979, with an additional donation in 2006 of photographic material which was originally in possession of Rosamund Droescher, but was donated by Farrell Cleary and added to collection as Folder 1 item (ix).