Third hand accounts
There are many 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)
- press reports about the practice of writing to the stars
(University Library Lund, collection of Asta Nielsen's letters)