Sample collection on women migrants at the Nationalarchiv der Richard-Wagner-Stiftung below
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Collection title: Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein (Germany, Italy: 1886)
Description: Six letters written by the Polish princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein in Rome to Cosima Wagner (née Liszt). The princess was a lover of the composer-pianist Franz Liszt for several decades and lived for a long time in Rome, where Liszt was also residing. The women corresponded from at least 1854, and the National Archives of the Richard Wagner Foundation Bayreuth holds a total of 32 letters from or to Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein (digitized and available online), which belong to different units within the archives.
Archive address: Wahnfriedstraße 2, 95444 Bayreuth, Germany
Reference number: NA IV A 23 – 6
Links: The online collection can be searched HERE on the website of the Richard Wagner Museum Bayreuth.
Contributor: Sirpa Salenius