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November 8th
1 9.3 7
Dr. Walter Kotschniz
58 Kensington Avenue
Northampton
Massachusetts
My dear Dr. Kotschnig:
After receiving your letter of October 13th
I waited to acknowledge it until the book arrived. It arrived
recently and I have taken it home to read in quiet and comfort.
I am sure it deserves the encomiums that I shall place upon it.
Thank you very much for the kind word you
said about our relationships. You can rely upon it that they
will continue. Whenever you come to New York let me know suf-
ficiently long beforehand so that we can have lunch together.
Sincerely yours,
Jggze
rector
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JAMES H. KIRKLAND MARION EDWARDS PARK MARY E, WOOLLEY NELSON P. MEAD
Please address all Communications to the Secretary
April 26, 1939
Dr. Walter M. Kotschnig
58 Kensington Avenue
Northampton, Massachusetts
Dear Dr. Kotschnig:
I was interested to read Dre Edgar J. Fisher's memorandum
telling of a meeting held at the home of Professor Eduard
Heimann to discuss measures being taken by various groups
and individuals for the assistance of refugees.
It would be most helpful to me and to the members of the
Emergency Committee to know how many exiled scholars you
have been able to place in positions in the United States.
(For our records it would be useful to have the names of
such scholars as well.) I am not thinking, of course, of
those professors and Privatdozenten who have been our own
erantees and about whom we are consequently well informed.
I should be very much obliged if you would let me have
this information and I am enclosing a return envelope for
your replye
Cordially yours,
Se Mi Mega -
SD :OD
Enclosure
April 50, 1939
Dre Htephon Duggan
"mercency Conuni ttee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars
2 West 45th St. ,
New York City
Dear Dr. uggan,
i am interested to hear about the meeting held at
the home of Professor Bduard Uelmanne I was invited
but could not attend, and I have not heard enything
about the outcome o. the meeting,
Alas , I do not know how many exiled scholars I
have beenadle to placé, As a matter of fact, I do not
know whether I have placed a single one. T should like
to believe that I have been able to stir up some in-
terest in various institutions, and that some of the
appointments which have been made in sauch places as
‘Ghiniiniiersities of liinnesota and of Michigan or “Washing-
ton University in St. Louis had something to do with
my labors. At any rate, I am quite vnable to point to
any single case in which I could say thet the place~
ment was altogether due to my work. |
All this raises a very interesting and very diffi-
cult question. ver since my days with the Sigh Commission
I have been beseiged with appeals for help from indivi-
dual scholars, and 1 mist have written hundreds if not
thousands of lett rs on their behalf since I came to
his country. Host of this has proved a sheer waste
of time. Ve are simply handing scholars from one per-
son to another, Jt is for this very reason that I
should welcome some ageney or institution which would
have as its sole purpose to arouse interest in American
institutions of learning on behalf of the exiled scholars
in general or of individual cases. In such a case harried
individuals like myself could turn over to such an organie-
zation both the appeals for help which we receive and
the information we may have of possible openings.. I
know that the -mergency Committee for obvious reasons
which I fully appreciate, does not want to approach
American isstitutions directly. A responsible agency
as envisaged avove and working in close contact with
the “mprgency Yomalttee might sup; lemmnt the exemplary
~2-
work accomplished by the “mergency Committee.
It 4s a matter of real regret to me that owing to
‘an insane schedule for which I am altogether responsible
myself, I have not been able to see you. for such a long
time. I do hope, however, that before the academic year
is over I may have the privilege: and the pleasure of a
good talk with youe
ith kindest regards,
Yours very sincerely,
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May 17, 1939
Dr. Walter Me Kotschnig
58 Kensington Avenue
lorthamoton, Massachusetts
Dear Dr. Kotschnigs
Thank you very mich for your note of April thirtieth
with its complete statement concerning your own activities in behalf
of displeced foreign scholarse There is no doubt in my mind that
you have done much to stir up interest in a number of institutions.
ou certainly have wasted no time. I think we all have a feeling
that considering all there is to be done, one individual's or even
one committee's efforts do not begin to make an impression on the evita
whole jobe %
Sincerely yours
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i
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July 7,1939
Professor Walter M. Kotschnig
o8 Kensington Avenue
Northampton, Massachusetts
Dear Professor Kotschnig:
I have read your letter of June 27th with great
interest. I had already received a copy of the proceedings at the
first meeting of the Advisory Committee of the International Pureau
of University Statistics which you attended last November in Paris.
Frankly, the reports of all the meetings there of the International
Committee of the Institute of Intellectual Cooperation are so verbose
that I do not read them. I do ask one of my secretaries to read one
carefully when I think it is important, but we are too busy to give
attention to the stereotype and bureaucratic reports coming from these
two organizations. Because you were associated with this report, I
read it through hastily myself. I read your statement carefully.
I do not hesitate to say that i think your suggestions there are
really valuable.
I am delighted to learn that your work will in
the future be confined to Smith College.
to think and read.
This will give you opportunity
January 24, 1941
Professor Stephen Duggan
Institute for International Bdueation
? Weat 45th Street
New York, WN, Y.
Deax Dr, Duggan:
Mise Lisowski probably told you that I came to your
office last Friday when I paid a very sudden visit to New
York, If I had known about it earlier, I would have written
to you, as I was very anxious to see you. I wanted to talk
with you about the case of Dr. Sell, who is holding at the
present time a temporary position at Harvard, which expires
by the end of this academic year. There is a very good chance
of his obtaining a position at Mount Holyoke College beginning
next September, provided the necessary funds can be secured,
The college unfortunately is able to provide only $2400 next
year and I understand that Dr. Ham has already applied to the
Emergency Committee for an additional gront of $1200. On my
eaavice, he is sending a similar application to the Oberlaender
Trust,
| I hope you will not mind if I give you some additional
information on this situation which Dr. Ham could not put into
his formal application. To begin with, I have kmown Sell for
@ number of years and can say without hesitation that he hae
adjusted himself better to American life than almost any other
refugee scholars I know, Hs is a perfectly charming person
who inspires every confidence and who is very much Liked by
his students. Dr. Ham has fallen for him altogether. He
easesured me that of all the refugees he had met in recent years
he likes Sell by far the best. More important than thie, there
ie every chance of Sell becoming a permanent member of the —
faculty st Mount Holyoke, his chief courses to be in the German
Department, which is, at the present time, rather weak. The
present chairman of the department will retire in two years and
unless I am very much mistaken, Sell ie likely to be the next
chairman of the department. I obviously could not guarantee
this statement, but I know what I am talking about. For obvious
reasons, Dr, Ham could not mention such a matter in his appli-
cation. In the light of this very peculiar situation, I can
assure you that any money the Bmergency Committee may see fit
Dr. Duggen o20 January 24, 1941
to vote will not only benefit a man who really deserves
help tut is likely to lead to a first-rate permanent appoint-
ment,
Very sincerely yours,
Walter M, Kotschnig
The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars
2 West 457TH STREET New York City
GENERAL COMMITTEE
HAROLD WILLIS DODDS ROBERT A. MILLIKAN
SIDNEY B. FAY WESLEY C. MITCHELL
ABRAHAM FLEXNER HAROLD G. MOULTON
HARRY A. GARFIELD WILLIAM A. NEILSON
ROBERT M. HUTCHINS GEORGE NORLIN
HENRY N. MAC CRACKEN MARION EDWARDS PARK
WALTER DILL SCOTT
ROBERT G. SPROUL
OSWALD VEBLEN
RAY LYMAN WILBUR
ERNEST H. WILKINS
MARY E. WOOLLEY
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STEPHEN DUGGAN, Chairman L. C. DUNN
NELSON P. MEAD, Secretary BERNARD FLEXNER
FRED M. STEIN, Treasurer ALVIN JOHNSON
CHARLES J. LIEBMAN
HENRY ALLEN MOE
ALFRED E. COHN, Assistant Treasurer
FRANK AYDELOTTE
HARLOW SHAPLEY
LAURENS H. SEELYE, Assistant to the Chairman
Mr. Walter M. Kotschnig
58 Kensington Avemie
Northampton, Massachusetts
Dear Kotschnig?
February 17, 1941
Miss Drury has shown me your letter of February 1 concerning
your friend, Werner Bohnstedt. It is a distressing letter and
brother-in-law in Tel Aviv.
I was deeply sorry to read the bad news about Mr. Bohnstedt's
My own view is that a new application should be filed by Mount
Union College. I cannot honestly say whether the Committee would
be able to vote a renewal, but I do not believe it will be in-
appropriate to suggest that an application be made.
Sincerely yours,
Chairman
SD: ES
February 29, 1941
Dr. Stephen Du; gen
imetzency Comnittee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars
2 West 45th Street .
New York City
Dear Dre Duggan,
Thank you very much indeed for your kind letter
of Februery 17. I am most grateful for your interest
in my friend, Werner Bohnstedt. f shall be relieved
beyond words if it should be found possible to renew
nis grant. In the meanwhile, I have teken the liberty
of surgesting to Bohnstedt thet Mt. Union College file
a new epplication with the Committee.
With kindest regards,
Very sincerely ycurs,
The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars
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SIDNEY B. FAY WESLEY C. MITCHELL ROBERT G. SPROUL NELSON P. MEAD, Secretary BERNARD FLEXNER
ABRAHAM FLEXNER HAROLD G. MOULTON OSWALD VEBLEN FRED M. STEIN, Treasurer ALVIN JOHNSON
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LAURENS H. SEELYE, Assistant to the Chairman
March 24, 1941
Dr. Walter M. Kotschnig
58 Kensington Aveme
Northampton, Massachusetts
Dear Dr. Kotschnig:
You have probably already heard of the Emergency Committee
grant to Mount Holyoke College for Dr. Friedrich Sell. The
Committee regretted that it could not contribute the entire
amount which had been requested but was glad to vote $600
toward a total salary of $3,600 and hoped that the College would
be able to find additional funds in addition to those which were
already in sight.
Sincerély yours,
Cha
SD:ES
April 18, 1941
Dr+ Stepher Du; gan
imergency Committee in Aid of Déeplaced Foreign Scholars
2 est 45th street
New York city
Deay Dre Duggany
Thenk you ever so much for telling me about the posi«=
tion of the “mergency Committee regarding Dre Seill. Tf am
delighted to know that he will be able to establish him=
self at Mte Holyoke. I feel certain that his position
will become permenent.
¢
Jith ever so many thanke for your hedp in this matter,
Very sinserely yours,
WALTER M. KOTSCHNIG
58 Kensington Avenue
Northampton, Massachusetts
October 9, 1941
Dr. Stephen Duggan
The Emergency Committee in Aid of
Displaced Foreign Scholars
2 West 45th Street
New York City
Dear Dr. Duggan;
Thank you ever so much for your kind letters of
September 27 and October 2. I am most grateful
for the interest you are taking in the case of
Dr. Meyerson. Needless to say I shall keep my
eyes open for him, but as my own field is not
psychology, I am not pulling much weight with
my colleagues in that department. I sure
there is no opening at Smith ad tSnithPatroaiy! 1 y Aye
has one refugee scholary infach rit is(Mrs.
Argel ander-Rose},
With kindest regards, I am
Ever sincerely yours,
October 9, 1941
Dr. Stephen Duggan
The smergency Committee in Aid of
Displaced Foreign Schola rs
2 West 45th Street
New York City
Dear Dr. Dussan:
Thank you ever so much for your kind letters
of September 27 and October 2. I am most
grateful for the interest you are taking in
the case of Dr. Meyerson. Needless to say
I shall keep my eyes open for him, but as my
own field is not psychology, I am not pulling
much weight with my colleagues in that departe
ment. I am sure there is no opening at Smith
as the Smith Department of Psychology has one
refugee scholar (Mrs. Argelander-Rose).
With kindest regards, I am
Every sincerely yours,
WMK $b
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ALVIN JOHNSON
March 18th
1942
Professor Walter Kotschnig
Smith College
Northampton
Massachusetts
Dear Professor Kotschnig:
As you may have seen in the Institute
News Bulletin, I received a leave of absence~-partly
in order to write a book. The various chapters of the book
consist of my experiences in the different countries and
the conclusions I deduced from those experiences. I am
enclosing the chapter on Germany. I wonder whether you
will be good enough to read this over,criticizing it very
frankly and making any suggestions for its improvement that
occur to you. Your criticism of its content would be in-
valuable, and I should be deeply indebted.
With warm personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
LL P
V4, X/
DireCtor Cwm
ON cen nee nea Se eet eee
March 24, 1940
Dr. Stephen Duggan, Director
Institute of International Bducation
2 West 4Bth Street
New York, N. Y,
Dear Dr, Duggan:
Thank you very such for sending me part of your manuscript for
your forthconing book, I have read it with a creat deal of interest,
It vividly brought back to me many memories of days long zone by.
My suggestions as to possible chanzas are mostly of a minor
nature, I do wonder whether it might not be better to rearrange the
chapter somewhat so as to bring together, first of all, all of your
general observations and to deal with the problem of German-American
Exchanges towards the end of the Chapter, More specifically this
would mean that the whole section from page 2 to page 10, beginning
with the sub-headineg “Our American-German Cultural Relations", would
come after pase 22, I am prompted to meke this sugzestion because
in your section on German-American Bxchanzes you are dealing both
with what happened under the republic and under the Hitler rezime,
As matters stand at present, the tansition from page 5 66 page 6,
i.e. from the situation under the S@public to the situation under the
Nagi regime, is rather sudden.
These are my minor questions:
(1) On page 6 vou say that neither Hitler, Géring, nor Gébbels
have been had been abroad. fhis, I believe, ts not correct ac Goring
has spent a good deal of his time in Sweden and in other countries,
(2) At the top of page 13 you mention that "influential classes
~-- joined forces with Communists". Should that read "Nazis" rather
than "Communists"?
(3) I believe it is very much of an understatement to say that
the concordat “was not always honored by the Nazis" ( middle of nage 15),
As far as I know, that treaty with the Vatical was disregarded by the
Nazis as much as they have disregarded almost any treaty they have made.
(4) On pase 16 you state that “in medicine, engineering, and
technical work ganerally, the former hieh etandards were maintained",
This is obviously a point difficult to ascertain, but there is a great
deal of evidence to show that within the field of medicine standards
have been substantially lowered. Not only is it now possible to obtain
Dr. Stephen Dusgan = Dee March ok. 1942
a medical degree in Germany in three and one-half weeks against
the six years 1% used to take, but the Nazis have indluded in the
medical curriculum some cock-eyed courses on such subjects as
racial biology and nature healing, (a subject Hitler firmly
pelieves in), which are a discredit to the German medical schools,
I am greatly looking forward to the publication of your book
which I am sure will greatly contribute to a better understanding
of the period between the two wars.
With kindest regarés,
Very sincerely your,
Walter 4, Koteschnig
WHK sc
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SIDNEY B. FAY WESLEY C. MITCHELL ROBERT G. SPROUL NELSON P. MEAD, Secretary ALVIN JOHNSON
ABRAHAM FLEXNER HAROLD G. MOULTON OSWALD VEBLEN FRED M. STEIN, Treasurer HERTHA KRAUS
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BETTY DRURY, Executive Secretary LAURENS H. SEELYE, Assistant to the Chairman
October 15, 1942
CONFIDENTIAL
Dr. Welter Kotschnig
58 Kensington Avenue
Northampton, Massachusetts
My dear Dr. Kotschnig:
We have recently been approached for a sizeable grant
in support of scholers who will be engered in "Refusee Work
Projects conducted under the direction of Dr. Anna Selig as
the first series of activities of the newly developed Inter-
national Study Center for Democratic Reconstruction."
Since Dr. Selig will direct this research work, we
are perticularly interested in securing statements about her
capacity as an administrator and suitability for the particular
work she has undertaken.
Her project as originally conceived would have embraced
many © different programs. Among the particular activities toward
which we were asked to contribute was a children's theatre and a
small symphony orchestra. (Maria Hershman-Gutman, Emil Hauser,
end Henry Swoboda ere the candidated nominated in connection with
thet branch of the work.)
Any information which you can send me will, of course,
be treated in strictest confidence. <A return envelope is
enclosed for your convenience in replying.
Sincerely y
&
SD: A
Enclosure
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October 24, 1942
Dr. Stephen Duggan
2 West 45th Street
New York, New York
Dear Dr. Duggan:
I heve known Dr. Anna Selig close on to 15 or 16 years
and I have learned to admire her as # woman of resl initia-
tive and great sincerity. Whatever she sterte she sticks
to with great tenacity if not stubbornness. Thus, she
will never absndon a scheme simply because it is difficult.
From this point of view I feel certain thet she will do
everything possible to make a success of her study center.
She has started similer centers, once in Graceden and then
in Vienna, only to be shifted by the Nazis.
At the same time I am no& so certain whether she is
altozether sound in her Judgment. The very fact that she
started one of her ventures in Vienne at a time when it
had become pretty obvious that Austria would not last is
an unsound example.
Her judyment of people is better than her judgment of
situations. Whether she is a good person to direct research
work I could not say. As far as I know she has not been
envewed in any research projects. On the other hand, I
gather from your letter that the «ind of work for which
she asks your suprvort is not exsctly in the researoh line.
Incidentally, I do not know the various people whom she
ia planning to invite.
I am afraid that this letter may not be very helpful
to you, but I cannot say very much more ss in recent years
I have not had much contact with Miss Selig.
Very sincerely yours,
Walter M. Kotsohnig
October 25, 1942
Confidential
Dr. Stephen Duggan
2 West 45th street
New York, New York
Dear Dr. PDuggans
A group of German refugees have of late made some utterly
unwarranted attacks on a small committee of men who are inter-
ested in problems of post-war education. As a member of that
committee I have come in for a goodly share of smear. Among
these people sre a Professor Leon Matthias and Mr. T. H. Tetens.
I wonder whether you know these gentlemen, and if you do, whether
you would not give me some information on them. Until this
affair sterted I had never heard of them before.
There 4s also another matter on which I should be most
grateful for your advice and help. ‘Some time ago I was asked
by Mrs. Anne Stewart of the British Library of Information to
help her to get her husband, Professor W. C. Stewart of
Saint Andrews, for a visit to this country. Mrs. Stewart, who
originally comes from there, married Stewart early in the
Thirties. She hoped that her husband might come over under
the auspices of the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. She asked
me whether i would not write on his behalf to Professor
Chamberlain, who is also interested in getting Stewart to this
country. I wrote to him as per enclosed letter. Unfortunately
the Carnegie “ndowment did not find it possible to invite
Stewart, thovgh they would be glad to arrange lectures for
him onee he has arrived in this country. On the other hand,
he won't get permission from the British Library of Informa-
tion to come to America unless he is invited by a responsible /
American institute. Under these circumstances I wonder
whether we might possibly be the institute.
I am sure that he would meke a real contribution to
United States as e lecturer. Incidentally he is at present head
of the French section in the Royal Institute of International
Affairs in London and is as I said in my letter to Chamberlain
undoubtedly one of the present experts on world affairs. If
you think that there is anything in this suggestion, ploase
let me know and I shall ask Mrs. Stewart to call on you in person.
Very sincerely yours,
Watler M. Kotschnig
INSTITUTE of INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
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FRANK AYDELOTTE STEPHEN DUGGAN THomas W. LAMONT EDWARD R. MuRROW
L. H. BAEKELAND JOHN FosTER DULLES . Watpo G. LELAND WILLIAM A, NEILSON
D. ., Litt.D.
WILLIAM W. BISHOP VIRGINIA GILDERSLEEVE sii ceeds sian Ps PAUL MONROE ARTHUR W. PACKARD
SAMUEL P, CAPEN WALTER A, JESSUP EDGAR J. FISHER, Ph.D. JoHN Bassett Moore LELAND REX ROBINSON
JossPH P, CHAMBERLAIN ALVIN JOHNSON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HENRY MORGENTHAU Mary E, Woo.iey
November 4th
1942
Confidential
Dr. Walter M. Kotschnig
58 Kensington Avenue
Northampton
Massachusetts
My dear Kotschniz:
I am very sorry that a week should have passed before
answering your letter of October 25th.
You ask about two men--Professor Leon Matthias and
Mr. T.H. Tetens, who are engaged in a"smear campaign" against a small
committee of men who are interested in problems of post-war reconstruction.
I do not know anything about Tetens. I know a sreat deal about Professor Leon
Matthias. It is as follows:
He came here from South America and at the suggestion of
someone--I have forgotten whom--came to see me about the proposed establishment
of United States schools in the Latin American countries. He had ready with him
a complete program for the organization and administration of these schools, a
program which was not bad in itself. I approved of it until I read the final
paragraph which was to the effect that since Latin Americans were Catholic the
administration of the whole scheme, including personnel, curricula, discipline, etc.,
should be pn the control of Roman Catholic educators. Of course, I told him at
once of my refusal to consider such a scheme.y IJ mgntioned that in every Latin
American country there were groups of * a be outraged to have the citizens
of the United States interfere in the internal affairs of those countries. More-
over, I told him I considered it ridiculous to ask 115,000,000 non-Catholic Americans
to use the taxes of all Americans for the purpose of propagating Roman Catholic
ideas in other countries. May I say that his petition had a list of the names of
distinguished educators including your friend, Shuster. He visited me a second
time with a modified program--that is, modified to the extent of agreeing that such
United States schools should be under the administration of a committee made up
of representatives of different groups of religious orzanizations. I do not
hesitate to say that I look upon him as a dangerous person.
Your second suzzestion was to invite Professor W.C. Stewart of
Saint Andrews for a visit to this country. Harold Butler, whom I know, was in here
more than two months ago to give me a list of the names of nine distinguished edu-
cators who will be invited by the Institute to circuit at intervals amone our col-
leges and universities. The first is here already, the Master of Balliol,
Dr. Alexander Lindsay, and I am now engaged in arranging for his lectures. Under
December 20, 1942
Dr. Stephen Duggan |
Institute of International Tducation
2 West 45th Street
New York, New York
Dear Dr. Duggan:
I have asked the Oxford University Press to send you
an advance copy of my latest book, Sleves Need No Leaders,
which deals with problems of post-war educational recone
struction. I hope that you will accept this book as a
gmall token of my great esteem and my admiration for the
work which you have been doing so successfully for so
meny years. I feel certain that the Institute will heave
a great role to play in the ocostewar world.
With warmest good wishes for Christmes and the
New Year
Very sincerely youre,
falter HB. Kotschnig
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FRANK AYDELOTTE
L. H. BAEBKELAND
WILLIAM W. BISHOP
SAMUEL P, CAPEN
JosEPH P, CHAMBERLAIN
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VIRGINIA GILDERSLEEVE saiealalcinle DUGGAN. EPs oR TY. PauL MONROE ARTHUR W. PACKARD
WALTER A. JESSUP EDGAR J. FISHER, Ph.D. JoHN BassETT Moore LELAND REX ROBINSON
ALVIN JOHNSON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HR&NRY MoRGENTHAU Mary E, WOOLLEY
February 3rd
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Dr. Walter M. Kotschnigz
58 Kensington Avenue
Northampton
Massachusetts
My dear Walter:
I read with great interest and profit your
book Slaves Need No Leaders. I cannot emphasize too strongly my
admiration for the fine point of view that animates it, the great
value of its contents and the suggestions for the future of edu-
cation in the post-war world. I sincerely hope that your publisher
has been able to secure as wide-spread a distribution as possible.
The American people unquestionably need this kind of book as a
preparation for securing the right kind of peace.
Thank you very much for sending me the book,
and believe me always
I am sending a copy of this letter to your publisher.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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those conditions I cannot issue an invitation to Professor Stewart upon
my own responsibility |
Sincerely yours,
SD: AMD
| Febel0,1945
Dre Stephen Duggan
Director, Institute of
International Equcation, Ince
2 West 45th Street
New York Citys
Dest Dr. Duggan?
; Thank you 80 encli for your kind letter.
| Your eentikn about my book have deeply touched ME.
Coming from you they carry & grest deal of weight. oa
«J Wope to see you again before long to.
tell. you all about my conta ne o in /ashington. —
I saw a number of people in the Lehman Office be-
ginning with General Haskell and was very well Trée-
ceived by them. General Haskell told me that one
anybody coming with a recommendation from you |
meeded no further recommendation. At the same time.
{t appears that at least for the moment the
Lehman Office is not planning the kind of work in
which I could be usefule I have been tentatively
offered a rather nap ge job in lather Gulick's
-«sDPivision, but that job w: 411 only become available
4f amd as the Office extends 4ts work of rchabilita~
es tion to the eultur ral and educational spherce |
: With renewed thanks for your kind letter
and with best sims | |
: WKEFT | Ever sincerely yours,
January 25,1944
Dr. Stephen ggan
Institute of Inter-
nationel Fducation
2 West 45th Street,
New York City.
Dear Dr. Inggan:
I meant to write this leticr to you more than two
months ago and to thbhk you most sincerely for sending —
me a copy of your book, A_Professor at Large. Unfortunately,
the book arrived While I was on a accvure tour in Calif-
ornia.e. On my way back I came down with pneumonia in Denver
and I heave been sick practically ever since. As @ matter
of fact, the process of recovery has been So clow that I
find myself obliged to suspend my teaching for a while.
I expect to go South for a few weeks carly in Februery.
I have read your book with real enjoyment. It left
me with two things uppermost in my mind. First; the reading
of the book left me impressed more than ever with the mag~
nificently real scope and content of your life and activ-
ities. Simply by writing about your work you have given
us a cultural and political histery of the last fifty years.
Beyond this the reading of your book Jed to a regular ate
tack of homesickness. I never want toe settle in any other
country but the United States, but at the same time as I
followed you in your travels on the lurepéan continent I
was confimmed in my determination to spend at least a year
er two after this war in helping in the reconstructisn
of the intellectual and educational life of turope. I an
sure your book will stimulate many otheTs to ever new en-
deavor to bring about a real cooperation in the intellectual
and spiritusl fields which will cut across all frontiers
and continents.
I am very eager to see you again and L wonder if you
could possibly spare me cometime ¢ither in the morning er in
the afternoon of Monday, Jamary 31. If this should net be
convenient I could stay over in New York until Tuesday arte rnoon.
Gould you please drop me a line toe indicate whether you could
see me? With best wishes,
Eyer sincerely yours,
VWHK :HYT
INSTITUTE of INTERNATIONAL E,DUCATION
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SAMUEL P, CAPEN VIRGINIA GILDERSLEEVR STEPHEN cca + LL.D., Litt.D. PAUL MONROE ARTHUR W. PACKARD
Harry J, CARMAN Water A, JEssUP EDGAR J. FISHER, Ph.D. JOHN BasseTr Moore LELAND REX ROBINSON
JosePH P,. CHAMBERLAIN ALVIN JOHNSON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HENRY MORGENTHAU Mary E, WOoo..sey
April llth
1944
Dr. Walter Kotschnizg
538 Kensington Avenue
Northampton
Massachusetts
My dear Kotschnig:
Roland Elliott was in yesterday to consult me about the
meeting on Saturday and Sunday. I fear I ought to have written to
you before, but the circumstances are these:
I recently spent some sixteen days in visiting the univer-
sities of Colorado, Minnesota, Denver, and Wayne in Detroit, where I
held consultations or delivered Commencement addresses. Unfortunately
I developed a very bad case of laryngitis and incipient bronchitis so
that I was compelled to spend most of the last two weeks at home. The
result is that my physician does not want me to undertake any activities
which would prevent my following my usual custom of spending Saturday
and Sunday at my home in Connecticut.
I consider your meeting one of the most important that will
be held this spring and regret very much that I cannot be present. But
I think you will understand the circumstances. Dr. Fisher will be present
to represent the Institute.
| I read with deep interest your review of my book, and I want
to tell you how much I appreciate the fair and objective attitude you
took toward it.
Sincerely yours,
A een
Pa
a 2 f, ;
SD: AMD Directo Me
OLD LONG RIDGE ROAD
STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT
January 20, 1949
Dear Mr. Kotschnig:
Your message of sympathy and friendship
on Laurence's passing has given much comfort to our whole
family. Though we had known his circle of friends was
large, each new message which has come to us has brought
a new sense of the outreach of his life and the breadth
of his interest in other people.
laurence left a sweet memory for us all
and the inspiration of a noble character for his children.
His was an incorruptible life of devotion to his family
and his work.
We find strength in the assurance that
Laurence is with us still in the lives of his friends, who
carry out the beliefs to which he was devoted.
Most sincerely,
