Yorck A. Haase

Yorck Alexander Haase (born February 20, 1934 in Frankfurt am Main ; † December 31, 2018 in Darmstadt ) was a German librarian .

Life

Yorck Alexander Haase studied at the University of Vienna theater studies , history and art history and was there in 1960 with a thesis on the theater painter Joseph Platzer doctorate . He then trained as a librarian in Frankfurt am Main .

After working at the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel , he took over the management of the Hessian State and University Library (LHB) in 1977 . He held this position until his retirement in 1999. His term of office included, among other things, the gradual expansion of the library in the Darmstadt Residenzschloss , the introduction of data processing and the preparation of the integration of the LHB into the Technical University of Darmstadt .

Haase opened the Darmstadt library with numerous events and exhibitions on urban society. He was also involved in his professional association. In 1982 he hosted the 72nd German Librarians' Day . The library in the castle was able to expand as a result of the state archive moving out. From 1994 to 1997 the reading rooms in the east wing of the palace were completely renovated.

Haase, a lover of the theater, who already played smaller roles in Viennese theaters during his student days, built up the valuable theater collection in the university library and looked after it as a pensioner until shortly before his death. Haase was the engine of Darmstadt's theater friends and their managing director and vice chairman for over 30 years. He is the author of two dozen articles in the Darmstädter Stadtlexikon, which is now also available online.

Haase was married to Vera Haase. The marriage resulted in a son and a daughter.

Publications

• The theater painter Joseph Platzer. Vienna, 1960 (Vienna, Phil. Diss., 1960) ( digitized version ).
• Old maps and globes in the Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel . Wolfenbüttel. Nordwestverlag, Hanover-Waldhausen 1972 (Small writings from the Herzog-August-Bibliothek; 3).
• The New World in the treasures of an old European library . Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel 1976.
• The state library as a university library: the Hessian state and university library in Darmstadt compared with the Württemberg state library in Stuttgart . In: Birgit Schneider (ed.): Books, people and cultures: Festschrift for Hans-Peter Go on his 65th birthday. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11399-4 , pp. 156-160.
• Harro Dicks and his Darmstadt style. Music theater in Darmstadt 1951–1991 . Liebig, Darmstadt 2001 (Darmstädter Schriften; 82), ISBN 3-87390-159-5 .

literature

• Mourning for Yorck Haase, in: Darmstädter Echo January 3, 2019 (online: Johannes Breckner: Mourning for Yorck Haase , accessed on January 21, 2019)
• Thomas Stäcker: Obituary for Yorck Alexander Haase (1934–2018), former director of the University and State Library in Darmstadt , in: o-bib, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 137–139. DOI: 10.5282 / o-bib / 2019H1