This collection is described in Collection guide journal De Gids (ubl205).
De Gids Papers (MNL)
Papers of the cultural and literary journal De Gids, 1860-1958
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De Gids Papers (MNL)
The journal De Gids was founded in 1837 out of dissatisfaction with the only Dutch literary journal at the time, Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen. Initially mostly filled with book reviews and mixed contributions, De Gids gradually offered more and more on general-cultural and political-liberal themes, and developed a conservative profile. For the authors of the Movement of (Eighteen)Eighty with their literary innovations, the journal was synonymous with old-fashionedness and insignificance, which is why they founded their own journal: De Nieuwe Gids. The editors of De Gids included prominent figures such as E.J. Potgieter (1808-1875), R.C. Bakhuizen van den Brink (1810-1865), H.T. Colenbrander (1871-1945), E.J. Dijksterhuis (1892-1965), Ed. Hoornik (1910-1970) and Harry Mulisch (1917-2010).
The archives was donated to the Society of Dutch Literature (MNL) in 1940 by the editors of De Gids and was subsequently supplemented with correspondence from the period 1940-1958 (editorial secretariat E.J. Dijksterhuis). In 1987 K. Lekkerkerker donated pieces relating to De Gids from the period 1949-1964 (from the possession of editorial staff member Emmy van Lokhorst).