03793mpc  2200649 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066035002200090040002900112245003900141300003100180520066500211520038500876533009601261546008501357561018001442510020001622555001801822500010701840524010001947650002502047650002402072650002402096650002902120650002702149650003402176650003302210650004002243650002502283650002402308650002902332650004802361650003102409650002902440650002802469650003502497650005602532650005502588650006202643650002202705650001702727650002502744650001102769600001902780650001202799650001302811650004402824600002102868600005302889700003502942700003102977700003703008700003903045700003803084905002103122209531720020529142811.0910426i14871935nyu                 ger d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV91A237  a(NIC)notisAKT4019  aNICcNICeappmdNICdNIC00aWitchcraft collection,f1487-1935.  a3.7 linear ft. (242 items)  aDocuments, broadsides, letters, and other manuscripts concerning witchcraft and witchcraft trials in Europe, mainly in Germany, from the late medieval through the early modern period, with a few documents from New England. Includes records of witchcraft trial proceedings; confessions of the accused; documents ordering or confirming the torture, sentencing, and banishment or execution of the accused; treatises on demoniac possession, witchcraft, apparitions, and the occult; and sermons on witchcraft. Also included is correspondence of George Lincoln Burr and Andrew Dickson White, with dealers and with each other, concerning purchases for the collection.8 aSignificant individuals represented include anti-witchcraft writers Balthasar Bekker, Hermann Löher, and Cornelius Loos. Trial records include those for the trial of Dr. Dietrich Flade, a city judge and one of the highest-ranking victims of the persecutions; and those for the trial of Sister Maria Renata Sänger, subprioress of a convent, executed for witchcraft as late as 1749.  aA few items are photocopies; a few others were copied by hand from the originals by Carnap.  aMainly German, with some items in English, French, Latin, Dutch, and Portuguese.  aCollection originated by Andrew Dickson White and initially built by him and George Lincoln Burr. Collections of Kurt Seligmann and William P. Wreden were added in the 1970's.3 aDescribed in: Witchcraft: Catalogue of the Witchcraft Collection in Cornell University Library, ed. by Martha J. Crowe, with introduction by Rossell Hope Robbins. Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1977.0 aCard catalog.  aLarge collection of books (ca. 3000 v.) also held in the repository, ranging in date from 1487 onward.  aWitchcraft Collection, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. 0aWitchcraftzGermany. 0aWitchcraftzFrance. 0aWitchcraftzEurope. 0aWitchcraftzNew England. 0aWitchcraft and sex.bib 0aTrials (Witchcraft)zGermany. 0aTrials (Witchcraft)zEurope. 0aTrials (Witchcraft)zUnited States. 0aCatholicsxTheology. 0aPuritansxTheology. 0aPuritanszUnited States. 0aChurch and statexCatholic ChurchxHistory. 0aChurch and statexHistory. 0aWomenzGermanyxHistory. 0aWomenzEuropexHistory. 0aWomenzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aSex discrimination against womenzGermanyxHistory. 0aSex discrimination against womenzEuropexHistory. 0aSex discrimination against womenzUnited StatesxHistory. 0aReligion and law. 0aInquisition. 0aDemoniac possession. 0aMagic.10aWells, Willie. 0aOccult. 0aTorture. 0aManuscriptsxCollectors and collecting.10aFlade, Dietrich.10aSänger, Maria Renata von Mossau,dca. 1680-1749.1 aBekker, Balthasar,d1634-1698.1 aLöher, Hermann,dfl. 1676.1 aLoos, Cornelius,dca. 1546-1595.1 aWhite, Andrew Dickson,d1832-1918.1 aBurr, George Lincoln,d1857-1938.  a19950513120000.0