Professional Correspondence, 1927-1965
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Encompasses, but is not limited to, correspondence with professional colleagues about each other's research, narratives of projects, requests for critical analyses, as well as solicitations for articles, speeches and papers. Includes letters of recommendation, job offers, and petitions for research ideas from colleagues and students. Contains critical exchanges about the new German government, German elections, and the emerging political parties.
Includes correspondence with Adolf Arndt, Hannah Arendt, Arthur Bergman, Charles David, Horst Ehmke, Fritz Erler, Ernst Fraenkel, Ernst Friesenhahn, Arkadi Gurland, Arnold Heidenheimer, Wilhelm Hennis, Gerhard Kramer, Gerhard Loewenberg, Val Lorwin, Karl Loewenstein, Harvey Mansfield, Herbert Marcuse, Franz Neumann, Helge Pross, Helmut Ridder, Richard Schmid, Carlo Schmid, Gerhard Schulz, and Rudolf Smend. Also contains modest correspondence with Max Horchheimer (1), Felix Frankfurter (1) and Hans Staudinger (3-4).
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Arranged alphabetically.
- Physical facet:
- 186 file folders
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