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This section contains copies of offprints and publications sent to Friedländer by colleagues and friends.

The correspondence files contain over 40,000 items of correspondence, primarily from the years 1933-1984. The letters are in German, English and French and have been sub-divided into eight sub-series: 1) personal (family and friends); 2) professional; 3) correspondence with publishers and/or dealing with publications; 4) organizations; 5) politicians and public officials; 6) miscellaneous; 7) subject files; and 8) chronological files.

The first section (18 folders) contains book-length publications and/or reviews of those publications. The second section contains offprints or clippings of journal and newspaper articles, in German and in English (138 folders) and dating from 1926-1979. Many articles date from the 1930s, are written in German, and deal with youth welfare topics.

This series contains autobiographical and biographical materials, including documents, curriculum vitae, appointment books, membership cards and awards, as well as documents concerning Friedländer's position at the Deutsche Zentrale für freie Jugendwohlfahrt in Berlin, as well as later teaching appointments at the University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley, and Michigan State University. Included in the early documents from Berlin are his dismissal papers from the Deutsche Zentrale für freie Jugendwohlfahrt in 1933, documentation of his years in Switzerland and France, 1933-1936, affidavits and letters of support in preparation for his immigration to the U.S. in 1937. Also included in this series are several autobiographical statements, which document the development of social welfare and social welfare education in Germany and the United States.

This series contains typescripts and manuscripts of full-length works, including textbooks; typescripts and manuscripts of journal publications in German and in English; and typescripts and manuscripts of books reviewed by Friedländer. Versions of several of Friedländer's full-length works are present, including: Einführung in die soziale Wohlfahrt, Helene Simon, Individualism & Social Welfare, International Social Welfare, and Introduction to Social Welfare. Versions of many of Friedländer's German-language journal articles (184 folders), 1931-1984, include many articles dating from the 1930s dealing with topics and problems associated with Friedländer's experiences as Head of the Jugendamt in the Prenzlauer-Berg section of Berlin until 1933. Also present in this section are typescripts and manuscripts of journal articles written in English (49 folders), 1932-1979. The final section (62 folders) contains typescripts and manuscripts of book reviews by W.F. in both German and English.

Course/lecture notes (27 folders) are primarily from courses taught at the University of Chicago, the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Minnesota.

Among the conferences represented are ten of the International Conferences of Social Work/Welfare, 1936-1974, as well as the Conference on the Law of the Poor, held in Berkeley, CA, 17-19 February 1966 (18 folders; primarily texts of lectures).