Administrative Information
Acxquisition Information
The papers of Hannah Arendt, author, educator, and political philosopher, were received by the Library of Congress in various installments from 1965 to 2000 as a gift and bequest from Arendt. Small additions were made by Klaus Loewald in 1981 and Roger Errera in 1994.
Processing History
The papers of Hannah Arendt were initially organized and described in 1965 and 1967. A large group of the material received in 1977 was incorporated into the collection in 1980. Items received in 1982 were processed as Addition I. Material received between 1985 and 1997 was organized as Addition II in 1998, and material comprising Addition III was received and organized in 2000. The entire collection was reprocessed and the register was revised in 2000.
Transfers
Photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as a part of these papers.
Online Content
The Hannah Arendt Papers are available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000011. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Hannah Arendt Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.