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This series consists of log notes generated by Speier while on trips for The RAND Corporation of Santa Monica, California, as well as essays, position papers and memoranda generated by Speier (and others) while in the employ of The RAND Corporation.

This series consists of materials collected by Hans Speier for his writing, course lectures, and topics of general interest.

This series consists of 3 card files on "elite" personalities and books dealing with elite topics. The fourth card file contains cards arranged alphabetically by subject.

Nazi propaganda, 1941-1944; Anti-Nazi propaganda, 1943-1944; Allied Forces Intelligence Reports and memoranda, 1940-1948.

This series is divided into two sub-series: 1) typescripts of books written or edited by Speier; and 2) typescripts and manuscripts of shorter writings, including early stories and poems, and essayistic writings.

The correspondence files are arranged in four series, general correspondence with individuals A-Z; correspondence with publishers, newspaper editors, etc.; correspondence relating to the publication of the three volume series Communication and Propaganda in World History, and correspondence relating to the 1975 Thyssen Workshop "Probleme der Regierbarkeit".

The materials in this series pertain primarily to Hans Speier, and his first wife Lisa (Luise) Griesbach Speier and include school and university certificates for both from Germany. Also included in the series is correspondence with family members, including the Speier children, Sybil and Steven, as well as correspondence pertaining to legal and financial matters, travel and employment (including the New School for Social Research, Department of State, University of Massachusetts, Amherst).

This series contains the autobiographical writings of Hans Speier and also includes transcripts of two interviews. Of particular interest are the typescripts of his published autobiography, From the Ashes of Disgrace: A Journal from Germany 1945-1955. The early versions of many of the typescript sections were taken from Speier's log notes for his trips to Germany for the Rand Corporation in the 1950s. (The complete log notes are located in Series 5: The Rand Corporation materials.).