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Original Compositions

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Original compositions include drafts of poems, essays, stories, speeches, musical scores, drawings, and other works. These documents can provide insight into the thought processes of their authors and may show how a work progressed from its inception to its publication.

Draft of the poem "Ruf: Erinnerung an Felix Paul Greve" by Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, n.d.

Papers of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries.

 
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