George McGovern Library - Walter Grünzweig Collection
In 2021, the extensive private collection of Dortmund-based American studies scholar Prof. Dr. Walter Grünzweig was donated to Dortmund University Library.
The collection comprises around 4,000 volumes of primary and secondary literature on North American literary history of the 19th and 20th centuries. The core collection of authors' literature is supplemented by secondary literature with a thematic focus on Anglo-American cultural history.
Due to its special features, this collection has already been an "extra" in several feature films, including "Hannah Arendt" by Margarethe von Trotta (2012).
The collection, which was named in memory of the important US politician and presidential candidate George McGovern (1922-2012), is a self-contained ensemble that will not be added to.