Third hand accoounts

There are many second and third hand accounts on fan mail to stars in the 1910s and later, both in the media and in memoirs. The following excerpts (which will constantly be supplemented in the course of our research project) may convey an impression of the typical discourse on fan mail in this kind of sources:

• Olaf Fønss commenting on his fan mail in articles and in his memoirs (in Danish and German, English translation provided)
• Clara Wieth commenting on her fan mail in her memoirs (in Danish, English translation provided)
• Asta Nielsen commenting on her fan mail in articles and in her memoirs (in Danish and German, English translation provided)
• Gunnar Tolnæs commenting on his fan mail in an article (in Norwegian, English translation provided)
• Valdemar Psilander commenting on his fan mail in articles (in Danish, English translation provided)
• press reports, poems asf. about the practice of writing to the stars
• C. Röhn-Grevenkoven: »Verehrung. (Seufzer eines Kinostars.)« [»Adoration. (Sigh of a Movie Star).«]. In: Illustrierte Film-Woche , 20 July 1917, p. 117.


• Charles Carter: »Picture Writing Lunacy«. In: Picture Play Magazine, November 1920, pp. 43–44. [PDF download]


• »Antworten die Stars auf Publikumsbriefe?« [»Do celebrities respond to letters from the public?«]. In: Mein Film 3 (1928), Hft./issue 113, pp. 15–16.


• Mark Larkin »What Happens to Fan Mail?«. In: Photoplay, August 1928, pp. 38–40, 130. [PDF download]

(University Library Lund, collection of Asta Nielsen's letters)