KLASSIK STIFTUNG WEIMAR

Anna Glieden, Oriel College, Masters-level student, MSt Modern Languages, In person internship

Work Projects

During my internship, I assisted the

Forschungsverbund Marbach Weimar Wolfenbttel

with its work and the case study Goethe Digital.

This project is dedicated to the digital evaluation

of Goethe’s private library and his loans from the Ducal Library in Weimar. In addition to creating

virtual collection rooms and other visualisations

linking Goethes books, manuscripts and other

objects, the project aims to supplement the digital catalogue Goethe Bibliothek Online with

further data on volumes from the poets collection that are no longer available today.

I have assisted the Forschungsverbund MWW in this by transcribing handwritten notes

found in Goethe’s private library. The handwritten notes are short annotations on the purchase of various books made by researchers in the late 1950s. The transcription of these

notes help to complete Goethe’s library, even though these books are no longer in his

collection today. In addition, I was able to use half of the time for my own research

purposes. For this, I had all the resources and facilities of the Klassik Stiftung at my disposal,

as well as support from librarians, curators and researchers with any questions. The

internship was a great experience that I highly recommend.

Daily Life

My daily life started out in a small house in the middle of the Park an der Ilm. Here, right

next to Goethes garden house, the Klassik Stiftung provided me with accommodation for a

small fee. My workplace in the city centre was only a 5-minute walk through the park. The

working hours were flexible and since all the sights in Weimar close at 6pm, I occasionally

took advantage of a longer lunch break to visit a museum. By the way, as an intern of the

Klassik Stiftung, you have free admission to many institutions! In addition to exploring the

city, weekends were a good time for excursions to the surrounding towns and castles.