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Language of Material:
German
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Roman Robert Söllner illustrated notebook
creator:
Söllner, Roman Robert, 1925-1995
Identifier/Call Number: 6207
Physical Description:
0.06 Linear Feet
1 rare book box
Date: 1948
Abstract: A notebook created in 1948 by Roman Robert Söllner, a German-American soldier, containing hand-drawn and colored illustrations,
original verse, and notes in German and English. Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations accompany the verse and notes. The
author of the notebook generally signs himself "Roman," but also as "Roman Roberts" and "Roman Robert Söllner." Ancestry.com
includes a number of records for a Roman Robert Söllner (1925-1995) born in Germany and naturalized as an American citizen
in Cleveland at the age of 36. That the author of this notebook is a German-American seems highly likely based on fluency
in both languages and the European style of handwriting. Söllner may have been stationed in North Africa, given his satirical
depictions of "Moors" along with drawings of minarets, "Raki" [a Turkish liquor], and drinking brandy under the moonlight
by the Nile River. The notebook also includes several other illustrations, quick sketches of people dancing, a few portrait
studies, and some lists and names of contacts, mostly in the United States.
Language of Material: German and English
Container: 1
A notebook created in 1948 by Roman Robert Söllner, a German-American soldier, containing hand-drawn and colored illustrations,
original verse, and notes in German and English.
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Roman Robert Söllner illustrated notebook, Collection no. 6207, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Walkabout Books, November 19, 2019.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Caricatures and cartoons -- Africa, North -- 20th century -- Archival resources
German American soldiers -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Watercolor painting -- Africa, North -- 20th century -- Archival resources
German wit and humor, Pictorial -- Archival resources
Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries
Diaries
Illustrated works (documents)
Notebooks
Söllner, Roman Robert, 1925-1995 -- Archives