Karl Loewenstein Papers, 1822-1977 (bulk 1908-1973)
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47 records storage boxes , 8 archives boxes, 6 half archives boxes, 6 tall archives boxes, 38 pamphlet boxes, 1 small flat box, 1 phonograph record box, 3 postcard/clippings boxes, 8 oversize boxes
Loewenstein, Karl, 1891-1973
Biographical History for: Karl Loewenstein Papers
Biographical Note Karl Loewenstein was born in Munich, Germany, on November 9, 1891, son of a metalware manufacturer and grandson of a Stuttgart jurist. First guided by his parents toward a career in business, Loewenstein turned to the study of law at age nineteen. He attended the universities of Munich, Heidelberg, Paris, and Berlin and received his law degree from Munich in 1914. During World War I, he served with the German infantry (1915). He later completed preparation for a legal career and was admitted to the Bar in 1918. He went on to obtain his doctorate in civil and ecclesiastical law (1919). Loewenstein practiced law in Munich during the 1920s and, in 1931, became a lecturer (Privatdozent) at the University of Munich School of Law. During 1933, Nazi laws forbidding "non-Aryans" to teach German law led him to resign his position. Nazi-sponsored anti-Semitism also made Loewenstein's legal practice difficult to sustain, and he looked for opportunities to emigrate. Aided by the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars, he obtained an offer of a two-year teaching position at Yale University. Loewenstein arrived in the United States in late 1933, after marrying his Hungarian fiancée (Piroska Rona). A few months before his position at Yale was due to expire, Loewenstein was offered and accepted a position in the political science department at Amherst College (1936-1939). In 1940, Amherst awarded Loewenstein an honorary M.A. and appointed him Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science. He held this position until reaching emeritus status in 1961, teaching political theory, the history of government, and international and comparative law. In 1941, a Guggenheim Fellowship took him to South America for several months of research on contemporary Latin American politics. His subsequent public lectures and writings on trends in Latin American and European political culture caught the attention of officials at the U.S. Departments of State and Justice seeking to curtail the spread of fascism. In 1942, Loewenstein took partial leave from Amherst College to become a Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in Washington, D.C. Part of his responsibility was to oversee production of a series of reports and memoranda for the Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense of the American Republics on fascist political organization and activity in Latin America. While at the Department of Justice, Loewenstein was asked by the State Department to act as temporary legal advisor to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) (1943). He also spent several weeks teaching at the Harvard School for Overseas Administration in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1943-1944). Concurrent with these obligations, Loewenstein served on a committee of the American Law Institute organized to draft a "Statement on Essential Human Rights." After the war, Loewenstein was asked by the Justice Department in to serve in the Legal Division of the United States Office of Military Government for Germany. From 1945-1946, he lent his expertise in German law and his familiarity with the German legal community to the effort to "de-Nazify" the administration of German justice. As of September, 1946, his primary activities were once again teaching and writing, but he continued work as an advisor on matters of constitutional and international law. From 1952-1954, he advised the leader of the German Social Democratic Party, Adolf Arndt, as the latter mounted a constitutional challenge to the signing of European Defense treaties by the Federal Republic of Germany. In 1961-1962, while teaching at Kyoto University on a Fulbright Fellowship, Loewenstein became an advisor to the Japanese Constitutional Reform Commission. Loewenstein was a prolific writer and a tireless promoter of his works and ideas. During his first decade in the U.S., he gave numerous public talks to civic groups, both locally and nationally. Later in his career, he held more than fourteen guest professorships, including one at the University of Munich (where he was later reinstated as a full professor). Loewenstein authored fourteen books and numerous articles, pamphlets, book reviews, essays, and letters to the editor. He wrote and lectured on a wide range of topics, including comparative constitutional law, the history of government, political symbolism, and international affairs. Some of his work incorporated a sociological perspective on political power that manifested the influence of Max Weber, whose circle in Heidelberg Loewenstein had frequented in his student years. Frequent travel gained him contacts around the world, some of whom became regular correspondents. In addition to his professional memberships, he was a member of the Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.). Opinionated and verbally adept in both German and English, Loewenstein often generated controversy and criticism through his publications and public lectures. He appears to have relished intellectual debate. Toward the end of his life, he found it increasingly difficult to interest American publishers in his work. He was held in particularly high esteem in German academic circles, however, throughout his lifetime and beyond. In 1972, he was awarded the German Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany. He died on July 10, 1973, on a visit to Heidelberg.
Karl Loewenstein: Chronology 1891 Nov 9Born in Munich, Germany.1901-1907Gymnasium education, Munich1908-1909Apprenticeships in London and New York; preparation for a career in business 1910-1914Studied law, history, philosophy, and political science at the Universities of Munich, Paris, Berlin1914Equivalent of LL.B Degree, University of Munich1915Military service with Germany infantry1916[?]-1918German civil service employee, while preparing for the Bar exam1918Admitted to the Bar of Munich30 April 1919Doctor of Civil and Ecclesiastical law, University of Munich, summa cum laude1919-1933Practiced law in Munich1931-1933Lecturer in Law, University of Munich1933Left Germany for the United States 1934-1936Visiting Associate Professor of Government, Yale University 1936 (Summer)Visiting Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder1936-1939Visiting Professor, Amherst College1938 (Summer)Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley1939Acquired United States citizenship1939Became a member of the Massachusetts Bar1939Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship1940 Honorary M.A., Amherst College; appointed Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science1941Guggenheim Fellowship research in South America1942-1944Special Assistant to the United States Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 1943-1944Consultant, U.S. Department of State, Foreign Economic Administration/United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association 1943Lecturer, Harvard School for Overseas Administration1944-1945Legal Advisor, Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense, Montevideo, Uruguay1945-1946Consultant, Legal Division, Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) 1946 Visiting Professor, The New School, New York 1948-1950Visiting Expert, Civil Administration Division, Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.); Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany (served portions of each year) 1949 Visiting Professor, Mount Holyoke College1952-1954Advised Adolf Arndt (Social Democratic Party, West Germany) on a legal challenge to the European Defense Treaties1954Visiting Professor, University of Marburg1955Visiting Professor, Mount Holyoke College1956Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts1956School of Law, University of Munich1956Walgreen Lecturer, University of Chicago1956-1958Professor of Political and Legal Science, Yale University Law School1961-1962Fulbright Professor, University of Kyoto, Japan; Advisor, Japanese Constitutional Reform Commission1960Lecture tour, Germany1961Retired from teaching at Amherst College1963Visiting Professor, Law School, University of Basel1964Lectures on Comparative Law: Trieste, Italy; Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Strasbourg, France1964Visiting Professor of Political Science, Yale1965Lectures, University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Hebrew University, Jerusalem1966Visiting Professor, Freie Universität, Otto Suhr Institut, Berlin1967 Visiting Professor, University of Freiburg Law School1969Visiting Professor, Colorado State University1969Lecturer, University of Massachusetts1970Visiting Professor, National University of Mexico, Mexico City1972Awarded the Commander's Cross of the German Order of Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany1973 July 10Died in Heidelberg.
The bulk of the materials in the collection were donated to Amherst College by the estate of Piroska Loewenstein (1900-1979) in 1984. Smaller amounts of material were donated (also by her estate) in 1979, 1986, and 1990. Upon his retirement in 1961, Karl Loewenstein also deposited a number of pamphlets and books with the Archives.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Karl Loewenstein Papers contain a wide variety of materials collected and created by Karl Loewenstein over the course of his lifetime. The collection also includes items produced or collected by members of Loewenstein's family. The bulk of material produced or collected by Loewenstein spans the years 1908-1970; the relatively small quantity of family papers and photographs stretch back to 1822. The collection documents Loewenstein's scholarly career in depth. It includes versions of many of his major and minor works, from manuscript drafts of some of his earliest publications (circa 1919) to an unpublished essay in English on the Watergate scandal (circa 1973). Voluminous correspondence documents his negotiations with publishers, substantive discussions with colleagues in his field, applications for fellowships, and arrangements for guest professorships and public speaking engagements. The collection also includes evidence of Loewenstein's research (notes, clippings, printed material) on a variety of topics. Materials related to Loewenstein's participation in professional associations and committees beyond Amherst are also present in the collection, as are notes for courses and lectures given at Amherst and numerous other institutions. He also retained the texts or transcripts of several of his public lectures, radio addresses, and a German television panel session. Loewenstein's work for government agencies and commissions is also well documented through reports, memoranda, correspondence, and, in one case, a detailed, typed office diary (recorded while working for the U.S. Office of Military Government for Germany, 1945-1946). Although the collection contains Loewenstein's personal diaries from 1905 and 1973 (with gaps), the unique shorthand that he employed make these difficult to read. Most of Loewenstein's extensive personal and professional correspondence, in contrast, was typed or written in a legible hand. Loewenstein retained a small number of legal case and correspondence files, several of which (including one of his own) concern claims for restitution of property lost after World War I or under the Nazi regime. In his youth, Loewenstein received training in voice and held a life-long passion for music. The collection includes more than one thousand programs from musical or theatrical performances he (presumably) attended. The bulk of these are for European performances between 1902 and 1933. Loewenstein also tried his hand at fiction and poetry; several examples exist in the collection. Printed materials in the collection include many of Loewenstein's articles, often in the form of offprints, and similar items sent to him by colleagues and acquaintances. Loewenstein also collected World War II-era pamphlets and constitutions in pamphlet form. Loewenstein's completed memoir, a scrapbook with clippings and photographs, additional ephemera, financial and legal records, and a small number of recorded radio programs complete his collection. Loewenstein's father, Otto Loewenstein, appears to have gathered the family papers and memorabilia that are included in the collection. These include correspondence, photographs, an autograph album from 1822, and legal documents. Otto Loewenstein's own memoir and six-volume World War I diary (1914-1918) are part of the collection. In addition, very small amounts of material belonging to Piroska Loewenstein and Mathilda Loewenstein (Karl Loewenstein's wife and mother, respectively) are part of the collection. Their materials include correspondence, books, brochures, lace patterns, and financial and school records. The materials are largely in German and English. Karl Loewenstein's papers also contain manuscript and printed materials in Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Hungarian. The collection includes translations of Loewenstein's published works into additional languages. Piroska Loewenstein's papers contain significant amounts of material in Hungarian. Mathilda and Otto Loewenstein's papers are largely in German, while some of the ancestral documents collected by Otto Loewenstein contain very small amounts of material in Hebrew and unidentified scripts.
There is no restriction on access to the Karl Loewenstein Papers for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.
Requests for permission to publish material from the Karl Loewenstein Papers should be directed to Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Non-alumni biographical files -- Loewenstein, Karl Eva Schiffer. Materials Related to Editing the Thomas Mann-Karl Loewenstein Correspondence, ca. 1977-1983.Eva Schiffer, ed. Thomas Mann-Karl Loewenstein Briefwechsel. Blätter der Thomas Mann-Gesellschaft, Nr. 18-19 (1981-82). [AC Archives & Special Collections File PT2625.A44 Z4855]
Processed in 2010-2011 by Eileen Crosby-Ballou, Project Archivist, with the support of a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.Assisted by David Emmerman (AC 2011), Kim Gianfrancesco (AC 2011), Aaron Aruck (AC 2011), Joseph Taff (AC 2013), and Maria Kirigin (2014), Student Assistants.
Brain drain--Germany--History--20th century.
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Constitutional history--Japan--Sources.
Denazification--History--Sources.
Human rights - History.
Political science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts -- Amherst.
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany--Sources.
World politics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Massachusetts - Amherst.
Arndt, Adolf, 1904-1974.
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Crusius, Otto, 1857-1918.
Feininger, Julia.
Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956.
Jennings, Ivor, Sir, 1903-1965.
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950.
Maier, Reinhold, 1889-1971.
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
Maunz, Theodor, 1901-1993.
Mommsen, Konrad.
Reinach, Julien, 1992-1962.
Walser, Karl (Regierungspr¤sident).
Weber, Marianne, 1870-1954.
Weber, Max, 1864-1920.
Loewenstein, Karl, 1891-1973.
American Law Institute.
Amherst College -- Faculty
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense.
Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars.
European Defense Community.
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Universität München. Juristische Fakultät.
Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955: U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government. Legal Division.
Latin America -- Politics and government -- Sources.
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Series 1: Karl Loewenstein
Series 1 consists of thirteen subseries: A: Biographical Materials and Life in Germany to 1933B: Publications and ResearchC: Policy Advising and ResearchD: CorrespondenceE: TeachingF: Law PracticeG: RecordingsH: Fiction and PoetryI: The Baron Gleichen-Russwurm CaseJ: Personal Legal and Financial RecordsK: CollectionsL: PhotographsM: Pamphlet, Offprint, and Manuscript Collection
subseries
Subseries A: Biographical Materials and Life in Germany until 1933
Subseries A contains biographical and autobiographical materials documenting Loewenstein's life from 1892 to 1973. Documentation of Loewenstein's life includes identification cards, certificates, school records, diplomas, legal records, and records of military service from 1892 to 1933, as well as immigration related correspondence and transactions from 1933-1935. Correspondence and records related to the loss of Loewenstein's teaching position at the University of Munich in 1933 are located in Subseries D and E. This subseries also contains curriculum vitae, autobiographical statements, and lists of Loewenstein's publications. The scrapbook filed here documenting Loewenstein's career from 1933 through 1968 appears to have been largely the work of his wife, Piroska Loewenstein. Additional files of clippings by or about Loewenstein are located here as well. Original photographs contained in the scrapbook have been relocated to Subseries L: Photographs. Toward the end of his life, Loewenstein composed a memoir ("Des Lebens Überfluss," 427 pages). This subseries contains drafts and a final, typed version. An electronic scan of the memoir also exists: Loewenstein-Ueberfluss.pdf. Although Loewenstein's earliest travel diaries are legible (Box 4, Folder 1; Box 5), his remaining diaries (1905-1971) are written in a unique, partly illegible shorthand. Karl Loewenstein's biographical file at Amherst College also contains significant biographical material not duplicated in this collection.
Related material: Subseries D: CorrespondenceSubseries E: TeachingSubseries F: Law Practice (pre-1933 material)Subseries H: Fiction and PoetrySubseries L: PhotographsSeries 3: Otto Loewenstein (additional genealogical information, correspondence) Subseries I: Gleichen-Russwurm Case Series 4: Mathilda Loewenstein (correspondence)Karl Loewenstein - Non-Alumni Biographical Files
Birth certificates, identification papers, voting card 1892-1933, n.d.
Family tree, genealogical information 1933
Passport; identification, membership, and ration cards; certificate of intention to marry 1914-1937, n.d.
School and gymnasium records and work 1897-1910
Account books, bank statements, list of books 1911-1934
Notes, accounts, membership cards 1909-1914
Marriage certificate 1933
Theatre Nachrichten der V.T.M (1912/13) (Bound facsimile of a manuscript; A. Loewenstein was a contributor.) Includes insert: Pfadfinderrinenzeitung 1 (2) (1918). 1911-1918
Passenger list, "Amerika", Hamburg-American Line 1909 6 Feb
Letters of recommendation and letters of good standing 1908-1930
Military service (1915) - Certificates, identification, notes, photograph 1910-1933
Letzte Kriegsnachrichten (Broadsheet) (enclosed in letter from Karl Loewenstein to parents during military service) 1915 Apr 2
Münchner Neueste Nachrichten - Clipping 1915
Immigration documents 1933-1935
Academic records - Universität München, Université de Paris, Universität Berlin 1911-1914
Political Poster (Paris) 1911 Jun
Gymnasium and university catalogs 1905-1933
Legal education and career in Germany 1914-1930
Verzeichnis der Rechtsanwälte, Notar, und Gerichtsvollzieher 1931
Université de Paris - Faculté de Droit 1930-1931
Trip to London - Printed materials 1933
Trip to London - Correspondence, notes, letter of reference 1933, n.d.
Departure from Germany - American Consular Service, correspondence 1933
Departure from Germany - Inventories and notes [1933]
Departure from Germany - Landes und Oberlandesgericht, Bayern, correspondence 1934
Departure from Germany - Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars, report 1935
Departure from Germany - Landesfinanzamts München, Polizeidirektion München and other emigration-related documents and correspondence 1933, n.d.
Rabbinat München 1933-1937
Announcement legal consulting 1935
Application to study for the bar exam - New York 1934-1935
Admission to the Massachusetts Bar 1937-1940
Yale University - Employment Documents 1933-1935
Lists of lectures, lecture, courses, and seminars given 1936, n.d.
Curriculum vitae 1939-1973
Lists of German publications by Loewenstein 1973, n.d.
List of publications 1962, n.d.
Book sale 1957-1967
Obituaries 1973-1976
News clippings by or about Loewenstein 1953-1966, n.d.
News clippings by or about Loewenstein 1937-1950, n.d.
News clippings by or about Loewenstein 1941-1950
News clippings by or about Loewenstein 1953-1964
Directories: American Political Science Association (1968); Guggenheim Foundation, Fellows (1925-1967) 1967,1968
Memoir - Clippings, notes 1935-1970, n.d.
Memoir - Clippings 1962-1970, n.d.
Memoir - Clippings, notes 1961-1971, n.d.
Memoir - Typescript draft (4 folders) n.d.
Memoir - Correspondence re: publication of memoir 1971-1973
Memoir - Typescript, table of contents [1971]
Memoir - Typescript, chapters 1-5 [1971]
Memoir - Typescript, chapters 6-11 [1971]
Memoir - Typescript, chapters 12-16 [1971]
Memoir - Typescript with minor corrections (3 folders) [1971]
Scrapbook (folders 1-4 of 8) 1933-1948
Scrapbook (folders 5-8 of 8) 1949-1968
Scrapbook material 1968-1973
Scrapbook material 1939-1975
Travel diary n.d.
Account book 1922-1925
Account book 1925-1933
Address books 1963, n.d.
Travel diaries, diaries, vocabulary books 1905 Jan-Jul, n.d.
Diaries 1905 Jul-1912 Oct
Diaries 1912 Oct-1914 Nov
Diaries 1914 Nov-1916 Jul
Diaries 1916 Jul-1918 Sep
Diaries 1918 Oct-1926 Jul
Diaries 1933-Mar 1944
Diaries 1944 Apr-1947 Sep
Diaries 1947 Sep-1954 Mar
Diaries 1954 Mar-1963 Apr
Diaries 1963 Apr-1973 May
Map of the Paris Metro n.d.
Diplomas and Certificates 1908-1913
Document awarding Karl Loewenstein tenured professor status at the University of Munich (glass enclosed) 1956 Oct 19
Document from the Juristischen Fakultät, Universität München on the occasion of Karl Loewenstein's eightieth birthday 1971 Nov
News articles and letters by or about Loewenstein; related newspapers (in German and English) 1942-1948
News articles and letters by or about Loewenstein; related newspapers (in German) 1948-1964
Japanese newspapers (fragments) (articles about K. Loewenstein clipped out; if extant, copies of articles are located in Box 1, Folder 39) 1961-1962
Subseries B: Publications and Research
This subseries contains manuscripts and typescripts of Loewenstein's published and unpublished work as a political scientist, including book and article manuscripts, essays for the popular press, book reviews, and letters to the editor. Also included in this subseries are research files, correspondence related to publications, reviews of Loewenstein's published works, texts and transcripts of speeches and radio addresses, grant application materials, and materials gathered on or for research trips and conferences. Journals in which Loewenstein's work appeared, or offprints from those journals, are also in this subseries. Not included in this subseries are research files and correspondence directly related to Loewenstein's work as a policy advisor (Subseries C) or to his non-scholarly work (Subseries A and H). Additional correspondence relating to his publications is found in Subseries D: Correspondence. Additional materials documenting Loewenstein's tenure as a Fulbright Fellow in Japan are in Subseries E. Since Loewenstein accepted public speaking engagements almost whenever he spent significant periods abroad, transcripts of public lectures given in Germany, Japan, Belgium, and elsewhere are located in Subseries C (Policy Advising and Research) and Subseries E (Teaching). Recordings of a small number of Loewenstein's lectures and interviews are in Subseries G. Of particular interest in this subseries are the clippings and pages from the Vössische Zeitung and other German newspapers that Loewenstein gathered in 1932-1933 for his unpublished essay on the German constitutional crisis of 1933. Germany's leading liberal newspaper, the Vössische Zeitung was shut down in 1934. While the collection contains only few dozen news articles from this period, they provide a penetrating view of liberal intellectuals' understanding of the unfolding political situation shortly before the Nazi seizure of power. The correspondence in this subseries has been processed only at the folder level, maintaining Loewenstein's organization by year span and language. The contents of the correspondence files consist primarily of negotiations with publishers and thank-you notes from the many individuals to whom Loewenstein sent offprints of his works. Letters with more substantive content, if found, have been foldered by topic (e.g. reactions to Brazil under Vargas). Loewenstein generally retained carbon copies of his typed correspondence and filed incoming and outgoing correspondence together. A portion of Loewenstein's grant application and conference materials have also not been processed below the folder level.
Published Works-Book manuscripts and proofs
Volk und Parlament nach der Staatstheorie der Französischen Nationalversammlung von 1789; Studien zur Dogmengeschichte der unmittelbaren Volksgesetzgebung (Munich, Drei Masken Verlag, 1922). Manuscript draft. (5 folders). This work was Loewenstein's dissertation. [1914-1922], n.d.
Volk und Parlament nach der Staatstheorie der Französischen Nationalversammlung von 1789; Studien zur Dogmengeschichte der unmittelbaren Volksgesetzgebung, Notes (4 folders). n.d.
Volk und Parlament nach der Staatstheorie der Französischen Nationalversammlung von 1789. Correspondence. 1919-1926
Volk und Parlament nach der Staatstheorie der Französischen Nationalversammlung von 1789. Reviews 1923-1926
Hitler's Germany (Macmillan, 1940). Manuscript and typescript drafts (8 folders) 1937-1939
Hitler's Germany Correspondence (2 folders) 1939-1943
Hitler's Germany Reviews and promotional material (3 folders) 1939-1941, n.d
Political Reconstruction (Macmillan, 1946). Manuscript and typescript drafts (9 folders) 1944, n.d.
Political Reconstruction Notes and clippings 1938-1944, n.d.
Political Reconstruction Correspondence 1945-1947
Political Reconstruction Reviews (2 folders) 1946-1948
Die Monarchie im modernen Staat (Metzner, 1952). Drafts (4 folders) n.d.
Die Monarchie im modernen Staat Forwards to the the Japanese and Spanish editions 1957
Die Monarchie im modernen Staat Notes, research materials, clippings (7 folders) 1947-1973, n.d.
Citation to Die Monarchie im modernen Staat; Promotional material 1954, n.d.
Die Monarchie im modernen Staat Clippings (2 folders) 1950-1972
Political Power and the Governmental Process (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957) .Loewenstein's six-lecture series given at the Charles Walgreen Foundation, University of Chicago,was later published under the title above. Lectures (2 folders) 1956
Political Power and the Governmental Process Notes, clippings 1945-1966, n.d.
Political Power and the Governmental Process Correspondence (3 folders) 1956-1959
Political Power and the Governmental Process Reviews (2 folders) 1957-1966
Verfassungslehre (German edition of Political Power and the Governmental Process) - Correspondence 1959-1960
Verfassungslehre - Reviews, citations, promotional material 1959-1967
Verfassungslehre - Reviews, 2nd Edition 1969-1970
Der britische Parlamentarismus-Entstehung und Gestalt (Rowohlt, 1964). Correspondence 1963-1965
Der britische Parlamentarismus. Reviews 1964-1966
Staatsrecht und Staatspraxis von Grossbritannien (Springer, 1967). (Research materials for this work appear to have been mixed with those used for "Der britische Parlamentarismus-Entstehung und Gestalt and are filed here.) Typescript drafts (8 folders) 1963-1965
Staatsrecht und Staatspraxis von Grossbritannien Draft fragments, notes, research materials, clippings (10 folders) 1952-1966, n.d.
Staatsrecht und Staatspraxis von Grossbritannien New Material, Draft fragments. n.d.
Staatsrecht und Staatspraxis von Grossbritannien Research materials, notes, fragments, clippings, bibliographies, research-related correspondence (8 folders) 1952-1968, n.d.
Staatsrecht und Staatspraxis von Grossbritannien Correspondence, Reviews(2 folders) 1965-1972
Staatsrecht und Staatspraxis von Grossbritannien (research): The London Times October 12 and 17, 1964 1964
Staatsrecht und Staatspraxis von Grossbritannien (research): The London Times, 23 March 1966; Die Weltwoche, 10 December 1965 1965-1966
The Governance of Rome (Nijhoff, 1973), Early drafts (7 folders) [1965] -1972
The Governance of Rome, Part One, later drafts (1-4 of 10 folders) [1965]-1973
The Governance of Rome, Part One, later drafts (5-10 of 10 folders) [1965]-1973
The Governance of Rome, Part Two, later drafts (2 folders) 1967-1969
The Governance of Rome. Final Draft, Copy one (5 folders) 1970
The Governance of Rome. Final Draft, Copy two (1-4 of 5 folders) 1970
The Governance of Rome. Final Draft, Copy two (folder 5 of 5 folders) 1970
The Governance of Rome. Master Copy (5 folders) 1971
The Governance of Rome, Proofs (11 folders) [1972]-1973
The Governance of Rome. Indexes [1972], n.d.
The Governance of Rome. Notes n.d.
The Governance of Rome. Clippings 1965-1972, n.d.
The Governance of Rome. Bibliography, Table of Contents [1972]
The Governance of Rome. Correspondence with publishers (4 folders) 1969-1977
The Governance of Rome. Contract with publisher 1969-1977
The Governance of Rome. Reviews and promotional material.1973-1975, n.d.
Kooptation und Zuwahl (Metzner, 1973). German version, drafts (7 folders) n.d.
Kooptation und Zuwahl (Metzner, 1973). Final draft (2 folders) 1972
Kooptation und Zuwahl. English version 1970, n.d.
Kooptation und Zuwahl. English version, rough draft, clippings 1973, n.d.
Kooptation und Zuwahl. Proofs and Index (5 folders) 1972-1973
Kooptation und Zuwahl. Research material and Clippings (8 folders) 1954-1973, n.d.
Kooptation und Zuwahl. Research material and notes 1971-1972
Kooptation und Zuwahl. Correspondence (2 folders) 1969-1976
Kooptation und Zuwahl. Reviews 1973-1974
Kooptation und Zuwahl. Research Material and Clippings 1944-1973
Published Works--Articles and contributions to multi-authored works
"Zur Soziologie der parlamentarischen Repräsentation in England nach der großen Reform" - Proofs, correspondence 1924
The Government of the Napoleonic Dictatorship [presumed to be the draft and materials for "The Dictatorship of Napoleon the First," South Atlantic Quarterly 35 (1936): 298-318]. Manuscript drafts. (3 folders) 1934-1935
The Government of the Napoleonic Dictatorship - notes, and clippings (2 folders) 1934-1941, n.d.
Government of the Napoleonic Dictatorship - Clippings 1939-1941
"Law in the Third Reich" - Manuscript and typescript drafts (2 folders) 1933-1936, n.d
"Law in the Third Reich," Notes 1933-1936, n.d
"Law in the Third Reich" - Correspondence and clippings 1936-1937
"The Balance between Legislative and Executive Power" - Lecture 1939
"The Balance between Legislative and Executive Power" - Correspondence 1938-1939
"Government and Politics of Germany."-typescript drafts) [1940]
"Government and Politics of Germany." Fragment (proof?) [1940]
"National Socialist Law and the Administration of Justice" (Encyclopedia Britannica). Manuscript drafts, research material, correspondence 1941-1943, n.d.
"Germany-the Government" (Encyclopedia Americana) - Correspondence 1949
"Germany-the Government" (Encyclopedia Americana) - Proofs [1950]
"Law and the Legislative Process in Occupied Germany" [Yale Law Journal, 1948]. Typescript drafts, notes, correspondence (3 folders) 1945-[1947], n.d.
"Staatspolitik und Verfassungsrecht in den Vereinigten Staaten von 1933-1955, " Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts (1955). Page proofs, research material, notes, clippings, correspondence, and reviews (3 folders) 1954-1957
"Die Staatspolitische Entwicklung der Vereinigten Staaten" - Clippings 1954-1955
"The Legal Institutionalization of Political Parties" - Typescript of Loewenstein's conference paper and "General Report," research materials, notes, clippings (4 folders). Note: Loewenstein was the Reporter General for the Fifth International Congress of Comparative Law (Brussels, 1958) and notes in his memoir that he introduced contributors in three languages. 1957-1961
The Legal Institutionalization of Political Parties, Conference papers (various authors) (2 folders) (Published reports from the The International Academy of Comparative Law's Fifth International Congress of Comparative Law, Brussels, 1958, are located at the end of this subseries, with Conferences and Research Trips.) 1954-1958
"The Unification of Europe: a balance sheet." Typescript drafts, notes, and clippings (3 folders) 1958-1961
"The Unification of Europe," clippings (2 folders) 1956-1961
"The Investiture of the British Prime Minister." Typescript draft (2 folders) [1966]
"Betrachtungen zur zeitgenössischen Militärregierung." Typescript drafts, proofs, notes, clippings, correspondence (3 folders) 1968-1971
"Constitutions and Constitutional Law in the West and in the East." Typescript drafts (English and German), bibliographies (6 folders) n.d.
"Constitutions and Constitutional Law in the West and in the East." Lectures 1969, n.d.
"Constitutions and Constitutional Law in the West and in the East." Clippings and Offprints (2 folders) 1964-1971
"Vorschläge zur Kontrolle der politischen Meinungsforschung." Photocopy of printed article. 1971
"Rom und die allgemeine Staatslehre." Typescript and manuscript drafts, notes 1970-1971
"Ketzerische Betrachtungen über die amerikanische Verfassung." Included here is the original, English version of this article entitled, "What's wrong with our Constitution," and documentation of KL's failed attempts to publish it. See also "Die Abwertung der amerikanischen Bundesverfassung" ("Watergate"), in unpublished works, 1973. Typescript drafts, proofs (4 folders) 1967-1973, n.d.
"Ketzerische Betrachtungen über die amerikanische Verfassung." Research Materials, clippings, notes (3 folders) 1970-1973
"Ketzerische Betrachtungen über die amerikanische Verfassung." Correspondence 1970-1972
S"overeignty in the Skies (New York Times editorial)." Draft, clippings, correspondence, and published original. 1972-1973
"Rom, Venedig, England." Typescript drafts (6 folders) 1972-1973
"Rom, Venedig, England." Research materials, correspondence. 1936-1972, n.d.
"Rom, Venedig, England." Offprints, recipient list, published version (posthumous). 1973, n.d.
"Die römische Republik: Modell des nicht-demokratischen Konstitutionalismus." Typescript drafts (2 folders). 1972-[1973]
Unpublished Works.
Staatsrechtwissenschaft und Verfassungskrise. Typescript draft, notes. [1932]
Staatsrechtwissenschaft und Verfassungskrise German newspapers and clippings. Includes material from the Vössische Zeitung. 1932-1933
Zur Theorie des Verfassungskrisen. Manuscript drafts. notes, clippings, lecture. 1932, n.d.
Apologie des liberalen Staatsdenkens. Manuscript and typescript drafts; correspondence. 1932
Cäsarismus. Typescript draft. [1933]
Ermächtigungsgesetze: Eine Rechtsgleichenden Untersuchung uber die delegation des gesetzgebenden Gewalt (Enabling Laws: A comparative study of the delegation of legislative power). Manuscript draft (29 September 1935) 1935
Verfassungsrechtliche Entwicklung im Dritten Reich vom 30 Januar 1933- 30 März 1936. Typescript draft. [1936]
Legislation for the defense of democracy in Europe. Typescript drafts. n.d.
Verfassungsgerichtbarkeit in den Vereinigten Staaten. Typescript draft. 1935
The present situation of Jews in Germany - Outline, draft [1934-1938]
The international situation of France. Typescript. 1936
The international situation of France. Radio address, February 10, 1936; Feb 17, 1936 1936
Constitutional jurisprudence in Dictatorships (November 1936) 1935
Einige Bermerkungen über Organisation und Aufgaben eines Lehrstuhles für Vergleichendes Staats- und Verfassungsrecht an der Universität Madrid. Typescript. n.d.
Constitution and Government in Modern Germany, 1871-1939; draft table of contents. Typescript. n.d.
The coming plebiscite on the Saar. Typescript draft n.d.
The suicide of Europe. Typescript. [after 1934]
Nichtanerkennung der deutschen Judengesetze in den Vereinigten Staaten. Typescript, clipping. 1936, n.d.
Prager Impressionen eines amerikanischen Staatsrechtlers. Typescript. n.d.
Reconstruction of Europe. Manuscript and typescript drafts. [1939]
Foreign Intervention in the Post War Period. Typescript draft, research materials. 1946-1950, n.d.
Comparative Political Institutions. Typescript draft, notes, clippings, correspondence (5 folders). There is considerable overlapping content within the manuscripts entitled "Comparative Political Institutions," "Political Power and the Law," "Patterns of Government," and the "The History of Government." Although Loewenstein never published a book under one of these titles, his 1956 Walgreen Foundation lectures appear to have drawn substantially on this body of work. The lectures were subsequently published as Political Power and the Governmental Process (Chicago, 1957) and translated into German as Verfassungslehre (Tubingen, 1959). 1951-1956, nd.
Political Power and the Law. Typescript draft and notes (2 folders) [1953-1956]
Patterns of Government. Typescript drafts, notes, clippings, research materials (7 folders) 1948-1958, n.d.
Patterns of Government-clippings, notes 1952-1960
History of Government. Typescript drafts, clippings, research materials (15 folders) 1951-1967
A Treatise on the State and its Government (typed project proposal) n.d.
Memorandum [on German Unification] 1961
The Affair of the Spiegel and German Democracy. Typescript and correspondence. 1962-1963
Versuch einer Geschichte des Regierungswesens. Typescript. 1965
Die Abwertung der amerikanischen Bundesverfassung [alternate title: Watergate, oder Nemesis der Macht). Typescript drafts. 1973
Minor Publications
Book Reviews, Published Essays (includes folded, unopened sheets) 1932-1942, n.d.
Intercontinental Features newspaper columns; related correspondence 1940
Minor publications 1949-1969, n.d.
"German Law" - Encyclopedia article n.d.
Militant Democracy, letter to the editor. [Appears to have been the basis of Loewenstein's 1937 article on this topic]. n.d.
Editorial, The Springfield Republican, 1938 Oct 8
Correspondence re: Loewenstein's letter to the New York Times (Nov. 13, 1941) 1941
Letters to the editor 1939-1972
Essays for German and Czech newspapers 1932, 1938
Research Files
Research notes n.d
German Newspaper Clippings 1910, n.d.
Newspaper Clippings (Vössiche Zeitung and other German language publications) 1923-1933, n.d.
Newspaper Clippings (Frankfurter Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung ) 1923-1930
Newspaper Clippings (Vössiche Zeitung and other German language publications) 1932-1933
Newspaper Clippings (Vössiche Zeitung and other German language publications, 1927-1930; New York Times, 1935) 1927-1935
Newspapers (Prager Illustrierte Montag, Neue Zürcher Zeitung , New Haven Evening Register) 1937-1941
Material on Hitler's Germany-Clippings (The New York Times, The Observer) 1939-1942
Material on Hitler's Germany-Newspapers and clippings (National Zeitung (Basel), Schweitzer Zeitung am Sonntag, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, New York Times) 1939-1942
Material on Hitler's Germany, "new material" - outlines, notes, clippings, printed material 1939-1942, n.d.
Material on the destruction of Hitlerism-clippings, notes, printed material 1939-1941
Material on Hitler's Germany-New York Times Magazine ( select issues, some fragmentary) 1939-1941
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (select pages) 1940
Material on the destruction of Hitlerism-clippings (New York Times, Neue Volkszeitung) 1939-1941
Material on Jakob Burckhardt-notes and clippings 1927-1942, n.d.
Material on Jakob Burckhardt-clippings 1937-1941, n.d.
Andorra-clippings, notes 1935-1953
Peace Plan Materials: notes (typescript, manuscript) n.d.
Peace Plan Materials: clippings 1940-1942
Peace Plan Materials: printed materials 1939-1942
Peace Plan Materials: printed material, Das Neue Tage-Buch 1938-1940
Peace Plan Materials: printed material, The Inter-Allied Review 1941-1942
Peace Plan - Printed Materials 1941-1942
Peace Plan Materials - Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Neue Volkszeitung 1940-1941
Peace Plan Materials - New York Times clippings 1940-1941
Peace Plan Materials: student paper 1940
Patterns of Government [?]-typed notecards n.d.
Clippings on Great Britain 1968-1969
Clippings on Great Britain 1967-1968
Clippings on Great Britain 1969-1973
Clippings on Great Britain 1963-1971
Clippings on Great Britain 1967-1973
Clippings on Great Britain - London Times Supplement on the Prince of Wales, 1 July 1966 1969
British Local Government: Research and Draft 1961-1971
British Politics - German Newspaper clippings 1926-1927
European Integration - News Clippings - New York Times 1953-1954
Military Dictatorship-drafts, notes, radio lecture 1962, n.d.
Military Dictatorship-research materials 1962-1968, n.d.
Military Dictatorship-clippings 1954, 1967-1973
Military Dictatorship-clippings 1962-1968
Military Dictatorship-clippings 1961-1963
Data Concerning Legislative vs. Judicial-clippings, notes, correspondence, printed material 1968-1973
German Constitutional Reform-clippings, printed materials, notes 1969-1978
South Tyrol: printed materials, correspondence 1959
South Tyrol: printed material 1956-1960
South Tyrol: clippings 1954-1961
Pre-emption: correspondence, notes, printed material 1958, n.d.
Pre-emption: clippings, notes, printed material 1950s
Pre-emption: student papers 1959-1960
Student Paper: "The Problem of the South Tyrol" 1961
German Constitutional Court - Authority of the Minister-President in Schleswig-Holstein-Case documents and related materials 1967-1969
Material on varied topics: printed material 1962-1967, n.d.
Material on varied topics: notes, clippings, 1963-1970, n.d.
Research materials, Various Topics 1965-1966, n.d.
Clippings, Various Topics (3 folders) 1964-1968
Clippings, Various Topics 1964-1968
Clippings, Various Topics (New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) 1964-1968
Reading and Research Notes (manuscript), varied topics [1930s]
Notes and Bibliographies (manuscript and typescript) 1934-1936
Notes, Bibliographies, Printed materials 1920-1956, n.d.
Bibliographies, printed material, correspondence, clippings 1971-1973, n.d.
Reviews and names of useful books 1969-1970, n.d.
Names of useful books 1971-1972, n.d.
Correspondence re: Publications
Correspondence re: Publications 1922-1923
Correspondence re: Die Magna Charta des britischen Weltreichs 1927
Correspondence re: Die Rechtsgültigkeit der Neuregelung der Biersteuerentschädigung 1927
Correspondence, reviews, notes, bibliography re: Verfassungslebens in Großbritannien 1932-1933
Correspondence re: Publications 1936
Correspondence re: Publications 1937
Correspondence re: Legislative Control of Political Extremism 1938
Correspondence re: Publications 1938
Correspondence re: Publications, Williams, Norman (Yale Law Journal) 1942
Correspondence with MacMillan Co. re: Government and Politics in Continental Europe (2 folders) 1938-1942
Correspondence with Thomas Y. Crowell Co. re: Introduction to Politics 1940-1942
Correspondence with MacMillan Co. re: Brazil Under Vargas and Government and Politics in Continental Europe 1942-1943
Correspondence re: Publications 1940
Correspondence re: Publications 1941
Correspondence re: Publications 1942
Correspondence re: Publications 1943-1944
Correspondence re: Legislation against subversive activity in Argentina 1943-1944
Correspondence re: Brazil under Vargas (2 folders) 1942-1943
Brazil under Vargas - American and Brazilian reactions 1942-1945
Correspondence re: Publications 1945-1950
Correspondence re: Publications 1946-1947
Correspondence re: Publications 1947-1948
Correspondence re: Reconstruction of the administration of Justice in Germany 1948
Correspondence re: Publications 1949
Correspondence re: Publications; Notes 1950, n.d.
Correspondence re: Publications 1950-1951
Correspondence re: Publications 1951-1952
Correspondence re: Publications (2 folders) 1951-1953
Correspondence re: Publications 1952
Correspondence re: The Union of Western Europe 1952
Correspondence re: The Union of Western Europe 1952-1953
Correspondence re: Publications 1952-1953
Correspondence re: Publications 1953-1954
Correspondence "re: German Publications" (2 folders) 1953-1955
Correspondence re: Publications (2 folders) 1953-1955
Correspondence re: Sovereignty and international cooperation 1954-1955
Correspondence re: Publications 1955
Correspondence re: The Bonn Constitution and the EDC 1955
Correspondence re: Publications 1956
Correspondence "re: German Publications" (2 folders) 1955-1960
Correspondence re: Publications (2 folders) 1958-1960
Correspondence re: Publications ("German") 1960-1961
Correspondence re: Publications (2 folders) 1960-1961
Correspondence and Reviews [1961-1964]
Correspondence re: Publications (3 folders) 1962-1964
Correspondence "re: German Publications" 1962-1964
Correspondence with Rowohlt publishers 1963-1967
Correspondence "re: Publications in English" (2 folders) 1966-1967
Correspondence "re: German and foreign publications" 1966-1967
Correspondence "re: English Publications" 1967-1969
Correspondence "re: Foreign Publications" (2 folders) 1967-1969
Correspondence "re: Publications-Foreign" 1969-1970
"Festschrift-Correspondence re: 80th birthday" [1970-1972]
[Correspondence re:] Publications - "foreign" (2 folders) 1970-1972
Correspondence re: Publications -"foreign" 1972-1973
Correspondence "re: Publications -English" (2 folders) 1970-1973
Correspondence with publishers, reviews 1972-1976
Reviews of Loewenstein's works
Reviews of works by Karl Loewenstein 1925-1942
Reviews of Brazil under Vargas, fragment of proof (3 of 5 folders) 1942-1943
Reviews of Brazil under Vargas, fragment of proof (4-5 of 5 folders) 1942-1943
Reviews and citation-Brazil under Vargas 1942-1943
Promotional material and book jackets n.d.
Gegenwartslage des britischen Parlamentarismus, reviews, correspondence, promotional materials 1965-1968
British Cabinet Government, correspondence, reviews 1967-1969
Reviews of works by Karl Loewenstein 1952-1969
Reviews of works by Karl Loewenstein 1965-1967
Reviews Verfassungsrecht und Verfassungspraxis 1959-1965
Review of Festschrift für Adolf Arndt zum 65. Geburtstag. (Loewenstein's contribution, "Betrachtungen zur Zeitgenössischen Militärregierung," not mentioned.) 1969
Reviews of Das Problem des Föderalismus in Grossbritannien (Münchener Zeitung, 22 Feb 1922; Münchener-Augsburger Abendzeitung, 2 March 1922) 1922
Reviews of Verfassungsleben in Grossbritannien 1932
Publishing contracts
Contracts with Publishers, correspondence, receipts [additional contracts filed with respective published works] 1937-1964
Public lectures, speeches, and radio programs
Public lectures and lecture announcements 1936-1948
Public lectures, radio addresses 1936-1963
American Bar Association - Section of Criminal Law 1940 Sep
"The Agrarian system in Nazi Germany" - [Lecture to the American Bar Association ?] [1940]
"A Federal Public Order Act against Subversive Political Activities" - Lecture to the American Bar Association 1940 Sep 11
Control of Subversive Political Activities-Legislative reports and bills 1940-1941
Control of Subversive Political Activities- Printed material 1939-1940, n.d.
Control of Subversive Political Activities-Correspondence-Bellquist, Eric C. 1940 Sep
Control of Subversive Political Activities-Correspondence-Black, Forest R. 1940 Aug
Control of Subversive Political Activities-Correspondence-Oscar Cox to Myres S. McDougal 1942 Apr
Control of Subversive Political Activities-Correspondence-Ellenbogen, Seymour 1940 Sep
Control of Subversive Political Activities-Correspondence-Hammonds, O.W. 1940 Aug-Sep
Control of Subversive Political Activities-Correspondence-Smith, Lawrence M.C. 1940 Sep
Control of Subversive Political Activities-Correspondence 1940 Sep-Oct
Public lectures, Speeches 1956, n.d.
Transcript of recording of Loewenstein's lecture to the Juristische Gesellschaft 1960 Jun 30
Public lecture announcement 1967
Radio Lectures - Westdeutscher Rundfunk 1967-1968
Revolution auf dem Papier: ein Bericht über das Scheitern der Entnazifizierung" by Lutz Lehman-Norddeutscher Rundfunk-Transcript of panel discussion, notes, correspondence [1971]
Fellowship applications
Correspondence-Guggenheim Fellowship 1935-1947
Guggenheim Fellowship 1940-1941
Application-Social Science Research Council 1947
Grant Application Materials [1941-1955]
Abortive applications for fellowships 1953-1955
Correspondence with Rockefeller Foundation 1955-1962
Conferences and Research Trips
Travel arrangements-Europe 1957
Mexico 1952
European trip (2 folders) 1963
International Law Association conference, Budapest 1934
Conference programs, reports, related correspondence 1936-1963
Conference programs and reports 1949-1957
IPSA Conference papers (International Political Science Assn.) 1962
Conference discussion contribution [The Hague?] n.d.
International Academy of Comparative Law-Conference Reports (9 folders) 1958
International Academy of Comparative Law-Correspondence, Program 1962-1964
Printed Material
Publications recipient lists 1951-1964, n.d.
Publishers' catalogs 1962-1972
New York Times clippings on non-U.S. politics (arranged by country)[in clippings box] 1946-1950
New York Times clippings on non-U.S. politics; notes [in clippings box] 1950s-1960s, n.d.
Printed materials by Karl Loewenstein [Pamphlet and archives boxes]
Karl Loewenstein Publications: "Das Problem des Föderalismus in Großbritannien." Munich: J. Schweitzer Verlag. Sonderdruck aus den Annalen des Deutschen Reiches, Heft 1/2 (1921/1922). "Zur Soziologie der parlamentarischen Repräsentation in England vor der ersten Reformbill." Sonderdruck aus dem Sammelwerk: Erinnerungsgabe für Max Weber: Die Hauptproblem der Soziologie. Munich: Dunker und Humblot, 1923. Die britischen Parlamentswahlen im November 1922. Munich: Drei Masken Verlag, 1923. "Minderheitsregierung in Grossbritannien: Verfassungsrechtliche Untersuchungen zur neuesten Entwicklung des britischen Parlamentarismus." Sonderdruck aus den Annalen des Deutschen Reiches, (1923/25). "Die 'Magna Charta' des Britischen Weltreichs." Sonderabdruck aus Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts, N.F. 12, Heft 2 (1927). "Die Rechtsgultigkeit der gesetzlichen Neuregelung der Biersteuerentschädigung." Sonderabdruck aus Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts, N.F. 13, Heft 2 (1927). Tubingen: J.C.B. Mohr. "Zur Verfassungsmäßigkeit der Notverordnungen vom Juli und August 1931." Sonderdruck, Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts, N.F. 21, Heft 1 (1931). Tubingen: J.C.B. Mohr. "Eine Verfassung im Mikroskop; Staastrechtliche Betrachtungen zu den Verfassungswirren in Andorra." Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht XIV (4) (1933): 417-444. "Law in the Third Reich." Reprinted from The Yale Law Journal 45 (5) (March 1) (1936): 779-815. "Monarchy Gains Lost Ground in Europe." Reprint from Social Science 11 (3) (1936): 202-215. "Occupational Representation and the Idea of an Economic Parliament." Reprint from Social Science 12 (4) (1937): 420-432. "Opposition and Public Opinion under the Dictatorship of Napoleon the First." Reprinted from Social Research 4 (4)(1937): 461-477. "Dictatorship and the German Constitution: 1933-1937." Reprinted... from The University of Chicago Law Review 4 (4) (1937): 537-574. "Militant Democracy and Fundamental Rights I" and "Militant Democracy and Fundamental Rights II." Reprinted from The American Political Science Review 31 (3): 417-432; (4): (1937): 638-638. [Parts I and II bound together.] "Legislative Control of Political Extremism in European Democracies I" and "Legislative Control of Political Extremism in European Democracies II." Reprinted from Columbia Law Review 38 (4) (April 1): 591-622; (5) (May 1) (1938): 725-774. [Parts I and II bound together.] "Balance between Legislative and Executive Power: A Study in Comparative Constitutional Law." Reprinted... from The University of Chicago Law Review 5 (4): (1938): 566-608. "Revolution Comes to Andorra." Events 4 (19) (1938): 43-47. "Contrôle législatif de l'Extrémisme politique dans les Démocraties européennes." Revue du Droit Publique et de la Science Politique 55 (4): (1938): 702-757. "Contrôle législatif de l'Extrémisme politique dans les Démocraties européennes." [Reprint.] Paris: Librairie Géneral de Droit et Jurisprudence, 1939. "Carol's Fascism to End Fascism." Events 5 (25) (1939): 43-46. 1922-1939
Karl Loewenstein Publications: America's Eleventh Hour. Co-authored with Lawrence Packard. [Easthampton], 1940. [2 copies] "The Influence of Symbols on Politics." From Introduction to Politics. Roy V. Peel and Joseph S. Roucek, eds. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1941. "South American Impressions of a Political Scientist." Reprinted from the Amherst Graduates' Quarterly. February, 1942. Review of Print, Radio and Film in a Democracy (1942), edited by Douglas Waples. Columbia Law Review 42 (6) (1942): 1072-1075. Review of O Problema das Tarifas nos Serviços Públicos Concedidos (1941), by J. H. Meirelles Teixeira. Harvard Law Review 56 (1) (September) (1942): 162-167. "Legislation against Subversive Activities in Argentina." Harvard Law Review 56 (8) (July 1) (1943): 1261-1306. "Legislation for the Defense of the State in Chile." Columbia Law Review 44 (3) (1944): 366-407. "Freedom Is Unsafe without Self-Government." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 243 (1946): 47-49. "Reconstruction Politique en Allemagne zonale et interzonale." Revue du Droit Public et de la Science Politique, Bd. 64 (1947): 26-44. "Comment on 'Denazification.'" Social Research 14 (3) (1947): 365-369. "American Scholars and German Universities." Institute of International Education News Bulletin 22 (7) (1947): 5-8. "Reconstruction of the Administration of Justice in American-Occupied Germany." Harvard Law Review 61 (3) (February 1) (1948): 419-467. "Law and the Legislative Process in Occupied Germany: I." The Yale Law Journal 57 (5) (1948): 724-760. "Law and the Legislative Process in Occupied Germany: II." The Yale Law Journal 57 (6) (1948): 994-1022. "Presidency Outside the United States: A Study in Comparative Political Institutions." The Journal of Politics 11 (3) (1949): 447-496. "La 'Presidencia' Fuera de los Estados Unidos (Estudio Comparativo de Instituciones Políticas." Boletín del Instituto de Derecho Comparado de México 2 (5) (1949). "Étude de Droit Comparé sur la Présidence de la République." Revue du Droit Public et de la Science politique en France et à l'Etranger. 1949 1940-1949
Karl Loewenstein Publications: "Der Staatspräsident: Eine rechtsvergleichende Studie." Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts 75 (2) (1949): 130-192. "Political Science Education in the United States" and "Reports on Contributions of Foreign Countries to Political Science Education in Germany." In Political Science in German Universities (Abstract of conference held at Waldleiningen, September 10-11, 1949): 7-10, 55-56. "Political Science und politische Erziehung in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika" and "Gastprofessuren an deutschen Universitäten und Hochschulen." In Die politischen Wissenschaften an den deutschen Universitäten und Hochschulen. Gesamtprotokoll der Konferenz von Waldleiningen vom 10. und 11. September 1949 (1949): 21-31, 117-120. Vom Wesen der amerikanischen Verfassung. Frankfurt am Main: Wolfgang Metzner Verlag, 1950. "Über den Stand der politischen Wissenschaften in dei Vereinigten Staaten." Zeitschrift füf die gesamte Staatswissenschaft 106 (2) (1950): 349-361. "Chronique constitutionelle étrangère: L'Allemagne Soviétique." Reprinted from Revue du Droit Public et de la Science politique en France et à l'Etranger 1951. "Union of Western Europe: Illusion and Reality. I. An Appraisal of the Methods." Columbia Law Review 52 (1) (1952): 55-99. [Parts I and II reprinted and bound together]. "Union of Western Europe: Illusion and Reality. II. An Appraisal of the Motives." Columbia Law Review 52 (2) (1952): 209-240. [1 copy of the whole CLR 52 (2)] "Réflexions sur laValeur des Constitutions dans une Epoque Révolutionnaire, Esquisse d'une ontologie des Constitutions. [I]" Revue Française de Science Politique 2 (1) (1952): 5-23. "Réflexions sur laValeur des Constitutions dans une Epoque Révolutionnaire, Esquisse d'une ontologie des Constitutions. [II]" Revue Française de Science Politique 2 (2) (1952): 312-334. "Soviet Germany. I. Communization." Current History 22 (129) (1952): 278-284. "Soviet Germany. II. Constitution and Government." Current History 22 (130) (1952): 334-339. "Verfassungsrecht und Verfassungsrealität: Beiträge zur Ontologie der Verfassungen." Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts 77 (4) (1952): 387-435. "Political Systems, Ideologies, and Institutions: The Problem of Their Circulation." The Western Political Quarterly 6 (4) (1953): 689-706. "Les Systèmes, les Idéologies, les Institutions Politiques et le Problème de leur Diffusion." Revue Française de Science Politique 3 (4) (1953): 677-698. Review of Recht, Staat, Wirtschaft (1951), edited by Hermann Wandersleb. The American Journal of Comparative Law 2 (2) (1953): 270-273. Review of Hitler: A Study in Tyranny (1953), by Alan Bullock. The Yale Review (Summer 1953) (1953): 631-633. "Konflikte zwischen Regierung und Justiz." Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts 78 (3/4) (1953): 260-282. 1950-1953
Karl Loewenstein Publications: "Sistemi Politici, Ideologie e Istituzioni." Studi Politici 3 (2-3) (1954): 183-206. "Bonn Constitution and the European Defense Community Treaties: A Study in Judicial Frustration." The Yale Law Journal 64 (6) (1955): 805-839. "German Republic at Bonn." Current History 28 (164) (1955): 236-242. "La constitutionnalité des traités instituant la Communauté Européenne de Défense aux terms de la Constitution de Bonn: Étude d'un cas de frustration judiciaire." Revue du Droit Public et de la Science Politique en France et à l'Etranger (July-September) (1955): 632-669. "Über das Verhältnis von politischen Ideologien." Zeitschrift für Politik (October) (1955): 191-210. "Souveränität und zwischenstaatliche Zusammenarbeit." Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts 80 (1/2) (1955): 1-49. "The Altmeister in Comparative Constitutional Law and History." In Hommage à Boris Mirikine-Guetzévitch (1955): 94-96. "Justice." From Governing Postwar Germany. Ithaca, NY.: Cornell University, 1955: 236-262. "L'Influence des Idéologies sure les Changements Politiques." Bulletin International des Sciences Sociales 5 (1) (1955): 53-58. "Staatspolitik und Verfassungsrecht in den Vereinigten Staaten, 1933 bis 1954." Sonderdruck aus Das öffentliche Recht der Gegenwart / Jahrbuch des Öffentlichen Rechts, N.F. (1955): 4. 1954-1955
Karl Loewenstein Publications: "Über die Verbreitung der politischen Ideologien." Zeitschrift für Politik 3 (3) (1956): 193-206. "Somario de los Metodos de Designacion del Personal Judicial." Revista de Estudios Politicos 96 (1957): 51-58. "Zum Machtverfall der Weimarer Republik." Reprinted from Zeitschrift für Politik 4 (2): 199-200 (1957). "Constitution of the Fifth Republic a Preliminary Report." Reprinted from The Journal of Politics 21 (2) (1959): 211-233. Review of "Verfassungsrecht und Politische Forschung" in Jahrbuch des Öffentlichen Rechts (1957 and 1958), by Gerhard Leibholz. Zeitschrift für Politik 6 (3) (1959): 273-277. "Legal Institutionalization of Political Parties." Rapports généraux au Ve Congrès international de droit compare (1960): 743-782. "Alemania desde 1945 a 1960." Revista de Estudios Politicos 110 (1960): 115-141. "Unity for Germany?" Current History 38 (221) (1960): 37-45. "Die konstitutionelle Monokratie des Augustus: Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie der Regierungstypen." Zeitschrift für Politik 8 (3) (1961): 197-217. "Max Weber als 'Ahnherr' des 'plebisztären Führerstaats.'" Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 13 (2) (1961): 275-289. "Unification of Europe: A Balance Sheet." Current History 40 (233) (1961): 1-10. "Die Krise des amerikaniscen Rundfunk- und Fernsehwesens." Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts N.F. 86 (1961): 404-459. "Baker V. Carr: Policy Decision und der Supreme Court." In Faktoren der politischen Entscheidung : Festgabe für Ernst Fraenkel zum 65. Geburtstag Berlin, (1963). 1956-1963
Karl Loewenstein Publications: "La Función Política del Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos (Comentario en torno al caso 'Baker v. Carr')." Revistas de Estudios Políticos 133 (1964): 5-39. "Staatspolitik und Verfassungsrecht in den Vereinigten Staaten 1955-1964." Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart 13 (1964): 1-116. "Max Webers Beitrag zur Staatslehre in der Sicht unserer Zeit." Max Weber: Gedächtnisschrift der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München zur 100. Wiederkehr seines Geburtstages 1964 (1966): 132-146. "L'Investiture du Premier Ministre en Angleterre." Revue du Droit Public et de la Science Politique en France et à l'Étranger 82 (6) (1966): 1063-1115. "En Torno a la Situación de Berlin." Revista de Estudios Políticos 147-148 (1966): 161-171. "Sistemi Politici, Ideologie e Istituzione." Letture sull'Ideologia Politica (1966): 1-203. " Die Investitur des Britischen Prime Ministers." In Die moderne Demokratie und ihr Recht: Festschrift für Gerhard Leibholz zum 65. Geburtstag (1966): 827-849. "Questionnaire on the Essentials of Gevernmental Organization of Presentday Constitutional Democracy." Jahrbuch des öffentliche Rechts der Gegenwart N.F. 15 (1966): 566-587. "La Opinión Pública y la Reforma de la Cámara de los Comunes en Inglaterra." Separata de la Revista Española de la Opinión Pública 10 (1967): 3-70. "La Investidura del Primer Ministro Britanico." Separata del núm. 151 de la Revista de Estudios Políticos (1967): 39-63. Review of European Government and History (1966), edited by Robert A. Dahl. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 370 (1967): 211-212. Foreword to The Power of Parliament, by Ronald Butt. In The Power of Parliament (1968): xi-xxxiv. Review of Anglo-American Criminal Justice (1967), by Delmar Karlen, in collaboration with Geoffrey Sawyer and Edward M. Wise. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 378 (1968): 175-176. "Roma y la Teoria General del Estado." Separata del núm. 174 de la Revista de Estudios Publicos (1970): 5-36. Letter to the editors, Zeitschrift für Politik 18 (1) (March 1971) (1971): 96-97. "Propuestas para Regular la Investigación de la Opinión Pública." Separata de la Revista Española de la Opinión Pública, núm. 30 (1972): 3-13. "Ketzerische Betrachtungen uber die Amerikanische Verfassung." Sonderdruck aus Der Staat als Aufgabe : Gedenkschrift für Max Imboden. Basel: Helbing und Lichtenhahn (1972): 233-254. "Réflexions sur le vieillissement de la Constitution fédérale américaine." Extrait de la Revue du Droit Public et de la Science Social en France et a l'Etranger LXXXVIII (5) (1972): 1005-1018. "Algunas Aportaciones a la VIII Reunión de Profesores de Derecho Procesal." Sobretiro de Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, N.S., VI (16-17) (1973): 3-33. "Reflexiones sobre la Caduquez de la Constitución Federal Norteamericana." Sobretiro de Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, N.S., VI (16-17) (1973): 145-156. "Las Libertades Civiles en los Países Anglosajones." Sobretiro de Veinte años de evolución de los derechos humanos (1974): 539-564. 1964-1974
Karl Loewenstein Publications (large format) (7 folders): "Die Parlamentarische Verlängerung der Amtsdauer des Reichspräsidenten." Bayerische Verwaltungsblätter 80 (4) (February) (1932): 57-62. "El Problema del Contralor Legislativo del Extremismo Político y la Legislación Uruguaya." Revista de Derecho, Jurisprudencia y Administración, Año XXXIX, Núm. 8 (1941): 225-230. "National Socialist Law and Administration of Justice." Reprinted from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. XVI (1944). "The Trojan Horse." The Nation, 159 (9) (1944): 235-237. "El Plan de Dumbarton Oaks y los Catorce Puntos del Uruguay." Revista de Derecho, Jurisprudencia y Administración, Año XLIII, Núm. 5 (1945): 129-133. "Über die parlamentarische Parteidisziplin im Ausland." Deutsche Rechts-Zeitschrift, 5 (11) (1950): 241-245. "Der Kommunismus und die amerikanische Verfassung." Sonderabdruck aus der Juristenzeitung, 1/2 (1952): 2-10. "Methods of Research and Teaching." Discussion paper for the International Political Science Association's Round Table Conference on Teaching and Research in Comparative Government, April 5-10 (1954). "Monarchie unter der Glocke." Der Politologe (December) (1965): 1-4. "Sovereignty and International Co-operation." Reprint from The American Journal of International Law 48 (2) (April 1) (1954): 222-244. "Verfassung, Verfassungsrecht." Sowjetsystem und Demokratiche Gesellschaft: Eine vergleichende Enzyklopädie (1966): 614-654. "Constitutions, Constitutional Law." Reprinted from Marxism, Communism, and Western Society: A Comparative Encyclopedia (1972): 169-190. 1932-1972
Subseries C: Policy Advising and Research
Loewenstein spent much of the period from 1942 through 1946, and a considerable portion of the period 1947-1954, as a consultant and advisor to governmental and intergovernmental bodies. In 1961-1962, he was asked by members of the Japanese Constitutional Reform Commission to offer his insights and opinions as they considered fundamental reforms of Japan's 1946 constitution. The reports, memoranda, correspondence, and other material accumulated by Loewenstein in the course of these activities are gathered here. Material that is related in substance to his work as an advisor, or that document activities that he carried out simultaneously with his advising work, are also gathered here.
War Department
Correspondence and Memorandum for the Military Intelligence Division: "On Methods for Lowering the Morale of the German People and for Decreasing the Fear of an Allied Victory Among Them" 1942
U.S. Department of Justice
CONTENT NOTES ON THE FOLLOWING SUB-SUBSERIES: U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE, EMERGENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL DEFENSE, GUGGENHEIM RESEARCH TRIP, SCHOOL FOR OVERSEAS ADMINISTRATION, AMERICANLAW INSTITUTE, AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE (UNRRA): Loewenstein appears to have first come to the attention of State Department and Department of Justice policy-makers through his writings and public lectures. In particular, his "Legislative control of political extremism in European democracies" (Columbia Law Review, 1938) and his talk on the same subject for the American Bar Association in September, 1940, attracted the attention of officials concerned about the spread of fascist movements and ideas (Box 32, folders 16-25). He began work as a consultant for the Justice Department in June 1942. At the newly-created War Division of the Department of Justice, where he was one of a number of Special Assistants to the Attorney General, Loewenstein oversaw research on Latin America and provided policy recommendations for the Special War Policies Unit and the Alien Enemy Control Unit. Loewenstein's multilingualism and familiarity with Latin American politics (he had traveled to South America as a Guggenheim Fellow from February to August, 1941) were put to use as he helped produce a series of reports on fascist political organization and activity in Latin America. These were submitted to the Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense of the American Republics. Formed in 1942 of representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay, Venezuela, and the U.S., the purpose of the committee was to coordinate anti-fascist measures in the Americas. (The organization was also known as the Inter-American Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense; internal documents refer to the committee simply as the CPD). Loewenstein was also asked to provide expert testimony in support of the Justice Department's attempt to strip several Puerto Rican naturalized citizens of their U.S. citizenship for their alleged ties to fascist organizations. Although Justice officials decided to eliminate Loewenstein's testimony before the trial date, the correspondence, case documents, and memoranda on "denaturalization" that he retained provide a glimpse into some of the Justice Department's wartime activities and concerns (Box 43, Folders 13, 19, 20, 21). Also for the CPD, Loewenstein produced memoranda analyzing fascist influence on Latin American educational institutions and on the dissemination of anti-Semitic propaganda in the region. Consistent with his interest in international law, Loewenstein also took a strong interest in the proposal of Dr. Luis Alberto Bouza of Uruguay to create a uniform penal code for the states of the Pan-American Union (Box 43, Folder 70). Because Loewenstein resided in Washington, D.C., only part-time during his work for the Department of Justice, his relationships with his superiors and colleagues there are documented in a rich exchange of correspondence. A portion of the correspondence is organized by month (September 1942-July 1944), and the remainder filed by topic (U.S. Department of Justice- Criminal Division-Correspondence) or alphabetically by correspondent. His letters to Laurence A. Knapp (Chief of the Latin American Section and later with the State Department) and Carl B. Spaeth (Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense) document Loewenstein's advising role well. A small number of letters and memoranda belonging to Miguel A. Capriles, of the Special War Policies Unit of the Department of Justice, are also present in the collection. Much of Loewenstein's work at the Department of Justice flowed both chronologically and intellectually out of his Guggenheim-sponsored research trip to Latin America in 1941 and he filed materials from both activities together. This subseries therefore includes the research files and correspondence generated in the course of his Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1943, while working for the Department of Justice, Loewenstein was asked by the State Department to act as temporary legal advisor to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). He also spent a portion of 1943 teaching at the Harvard School for Overseas Administration in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Concurrent with these obligations, Loewenstein served on a committee organized by the American Law Institute for the purpose of drafting a "Statement on Essential Human Rights." In the course of this work, Loewenstein carried on extensive correspondence with the committee chair, William Draper Lewis. Loewenstein later noted with pride in his memoir that some of his work on the document was incorporated into the United Nations 1948 Declaration of Universal Human Rights ("Des Lebens Überfluss," 232). In 1956, Lowenstein donated an "almost complete set" of the committee's papers to the Archives of the United Nations. Substantial documentation of his committee work for the American Law Institute and for the American Political Science Association remain in the collection. Copies of the United Nations Bulletin (1947-1952) collected and annotated by Loewenstein are also filed in this subseries. The full run of this publication is held at the Five College Depository. In September, 1944, Loewenstein was recruited by Carl Spaeth of the Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense to assist at its headquarters in Montevideo, Uruguay, in compiling and editing a two-volume edition of the committee's research. ("Des Lebens Überfluss, 236). Very little material survives from this period.
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Office Diary 1942 Jul-1943 Oct
U.S. Dept. of Justice - War Division - Alien Enemy Control Unit - Correspondence 1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - [Alien Enemy Control Unit?] - Diagram - Jurisdiction over international travel n.d.
U.S. Dept. of Justice-Draft memorandum on the research project for the CPD [Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense] 1942 Sep
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Special War Policies Unit - Memorandum: "Suggestions for better verification of the status of a Bona Fide Refugee" 1942
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Special War Policies Unit - Memorandum: Federal-State Relations 1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Special War Policies Unit - Index to Federal Statutes relating to Espionage... 1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Special War Policies Unit - Spanish Falange Party, Reports, party program, notes 1942-1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Special War Policies Unit - Falange Activity in Latin America 1942-1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Special War Policies Unit - Memoranda on the Spanish Falange Party 1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Special War Policies Unit - Memorandum on Falangists, by William Massar 1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Special War Policies Unit - Puerto Rican Denaturalization Trial - Memo exchange with Irvin Goldstein 1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Legal Decisions and Related Documents - New Jersey vs. Klaprott - U.S.A. vs. N.V. Amsterdamsche Chinafabrik 1941, [1943?]
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Special War Policies Unit - Departmental Circulars 1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Employment and Travel - Forms and Records 1942-1945, n.d.
Secretarial Memos, draft fragments, and notes 1943, n.d.
Printed reports, notes, clippings, classification scheme 1943, n.d.
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Criminal Division - Statement on Knowledge of the Spanish Falange Party (Loewenstein) 1943
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Criminal Division - Puerto Rican Denaturalization Trial - Complaint 1944
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Criminal Division - Correspondence 1943-1944
U.S. Department of Justice - Correspondence - Alphabetical
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence - Knapp, Laurence A. 1942 Oct-1943 Jan
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence - Knapp, Laurence A. 1943 Mar-Jul
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence - Knapp, Laurence A. 1943 Aug-Dec
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence - Knapp, Laurence A. 1944 Jan-Aug
U.S. Dept. of Justice-Correspondence-Smith, Lawrence L.C. 1942
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence - Spaeth, Carl B. 1942 Aug-1943 Sep
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence and Memos - M.A. de Capriles 1943
U.S. Department of Justice - Correspondence - By Date
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1942 Jan-Jul, n.d.
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1942 Sep
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1942 Oct
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Jan
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Mar
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Apr
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 May
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Jun
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Jul
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Aug
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Sep
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Oct
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Nov
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1943 Dec
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1944 Jan
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1944 Feb
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1944 Mar
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1944 Apr
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1944 May
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1944 Jun
U.S. Dept. of Justice - Correspondence 1944 Jul
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memoranda: Administrative and secretarial matters 1943
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memorandum - Weekly Report 1943
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memoranda for Laurence A. Knapp 1943 Apr-Jun
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memorandum from Ruth B. Shipley to Laurence Knapp 1943 May
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memorandum for Mr. L.M.C. Smith 1943 Mar
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memorandum for Asher William Schwartz, Fascist Section 1943 May
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Classification of Topics - Subversive Activities in Latin America n.d.
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - List of tentative projects for after the war 1943 May
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - "Latin American legislation...problem of abuse of citizenship" n.d.
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - "Revocation of Naturalization of Disloyal Naturalized Citizens" - draft 1943 Apr
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Resolution XX: Detention and Expulsion of dangerous Axis Aliens 1943 May-Jun
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - State Department circular re: bonafide refugees ([Cordell] Hull) 1943 Feb 1
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memorandum: The Problem of Bonafide Refugees/ Memorandum: Bonafide Refugees 1943 Jan Apr
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memoranda on...Free Movements and the Foreign Agents' Registration Act of 1938 1942 Nov-1943 Jul
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memorandum: Comments on...the Resolution on race propaganda 1943Mar-May
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memorandum on "De-contamination of German Law after the fall of the Nazi Regime" 1943 Apr 30
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memorandum: "The Elimination of Axis influence on education in Latin America" 1943 Mar
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Comparison of Latin American and U.S. Legislation for control of subversive activities 1943 Jul 14
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - "Legal Techniques against Subversive Activities under common law and under civil law," draft and final 1943 Jul-Aug
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memoranda, Report: The CPD consultative visit 1943 Apr-Jul
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - The Bouza Proposal - Text, Memoranda, Research 1943 Apr-Sep, n.d.
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Port Security Resolutions and Related Material 1939-1943
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Memorandum re: Complaints about Jewish refugees in Ecuador and Chile [1943 May]
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense -- Memoranda coversheets: Japanese activities; Chile (fragmentary) 1943 May
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - U.S. Dept. of State - Press Releases 1943 Dec-1944 Jan
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Inter-American Defense Board - Press Release: Remarks of the Honorable Alberto Guani 1943 Jan 25
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Inter American Bar Association - Report 1942 Nov 9
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Reports and Bulletins - Sao Paolo 1943 Nov-1944 Apr
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Reports
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Report: Uruguay (with marginalia - not Loewenstein's) 1942 Jul
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Report: Paraguay 1942 Jul
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Report: Colombia 1942 Sep
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Report: Ecuador 1942 Nov
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Report: Bolivia 1943 Feb
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Report: Peru (by H.A. Spaulding) 1943 May
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Report: Mexico 1943 Jun
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Report: Cuba 1943 Aug
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Country Report: Peru, Chile (Supplements) 1943 Nov
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Research
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Research - Chile - Reports and Dispatches 1942-1943
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Research - Chile - Correspondence: Ambassador Bowers to the Secretary of State 1942 Dec 4
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense -- Research - Chile - Notes, drafts (manuscript and typescript) 1943, n.d.
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Research - Uruguay - Survey of Legislation for the Control of Subversive Activities 1942 Jun-Jul
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Research - Uruguay - Memorandum on the new Uruguayan law on "crimes against the security of the state" Nov 1942
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Research - Uruguay - Correspondence - Norman Williams (Yale Law Journal) Jan 1943
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Comision Investigadora de activades antinatiocionales, Disposiciones legales y reglamentarias vigentes 1942
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense -Research - Uruguay - Diario Oficial 1935, 1939, 1942
Department of Justice and Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Printed Material
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Instituto Argentino de Filosofia Juridica y Social - Directories 1942-1943
Report of Attorney General to the Congress...on the Administration of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 1945 Jun
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Interamerican Conference on Police and Judicial Measures - Disposiciones legales y Administrativas - Argentina 1942 Sep 6
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Interamerican Juridicial Committee - Pan-American Union - Preliminary Recommendation on Post-War Problems 1942 Nov
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Interamerican Conference on Police and Judicial Measures - Manual (in Spanish) 1942 May
Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense - Interamericana - Bibliography...Latin America 1943 Jan
Guggenheim Research Trip
Guggenheim Research Trip - South America - Notes, drafts, research material (typescript and manuscript) 1941, n.d.
Guggenheim Research Trip - South America -Clippings 1941 Sep-Dec
Look Magazine 1941 Aug 26
Guggenheim Research Trip - Chile - Notes (manuscript, typescript), contacts 1941, n.d.
Guggenheim Research Trip - Chile - Drafts (manuscript), notes, decrees, printed material 1940, [1941], n.d.
Guggenheim Research Trip - Chile, Clippings 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Chile, Printed material 1940-1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Chile - newspapers and clippings (El Mercurio, Defensa) 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings - Chile (Deutsche Zeitung für Chile; El Mercurio, Washington Post) 1941-1943
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings - Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia (La Prensa, El Universo, Neue Zürcher Zeitung...) 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings on Chile, Ecuador, and Brazil from Noticias de la Semana, Defensa, El Imparcial, Asies, Diario d'Italia, Defensa, El Diario Ilustrado, Las Noticias de Puerto Varras, and El Correo de Valdivia. 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Uruguay - Drafts, interview notes, research notes (manuscript and typescript) 1941, n.d.
Guggenheim Research Trip - Uruguay - Correspondence and letters of introduction, contacts (business cards) 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Uruguay - Clippings and research material 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Uruguay - Newspapers: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 4 Apr 1942; El Plata (fragment) 12 May 1941 1941-1942
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings on Peru 1937-1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings on Argentina 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings on Bolivia 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings on Brazil 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings on Brazil from The News, Folha da Noite, Bello Horizonte, and O Globo. Single issue of Argentina Libre and Correio do Manha. 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings on Argentina and Peru (Neuvo Dia, La Prensa, El Comercio, Argentina Libre, Neue Volkszeitung,...) 1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Clippings on Brazil, Argentina, and Peru 1937-1941
Guggenheim Research Trip - Correspondence 1940 Oct-Dec
Guggenheim Research Trip - Correspondence 1941 Jan
Guggenheim Research Trip - Correspondence 1941 Feb- May
Guggenheim Research Trip - Correspondence 1941 Jun-Dec
Guggenheim Research Trip - Correspondence re: publication 1942 Feb-Apr
Guggenheim Research Trip - Correspondence 1942 Jan-1944-Apr
Guggenheim Research Trip - Contacts n.d.
Guggenheim Research Trip - Brochures, receipts, calendars 1940-1942, n.d.
School for Overseas Administration - Harvard
School for Overseas Administration - Harvard - General materials - Staff and student lists 1943
School for Overseas Administration - Harvard - Staff memoranda and meeting minutes 1943
School for Overseas Administration - Harvard - Course materials, course descriptions 1943
School for Overseas Administration - Harvard - Lecture notes, Worcester Public Forum - Lecture 1943, n.d.
School for Overseas Administration - Harvard - Civil Affairs Training Program - Military Government [1943]
School for Overseas Administration - Harvard - Correspondence 1943
School for Overseas Administration - Harvard - Schedules 1943
School for Overseas Administration - Harvard - Notes 1943
American Law Institute/American Political Science Association
American Law Institute - Essential Human Rights - Correspondence 1942 Sep-1943 May
American Law Institute - Essential Human Rights - Correspondence 1943 Jun-1944 May
American Law Institute- Essential Human Rights, Correspondence 1945, n.d.
American Law Institute - Essential Human Rights - Memoranda, notes, meeting minutes 1942-1948, n.d.
American Law Institute - Essential Human Rights - Draft Reports 1942-1944
American Law Institute - Essential Human Rights - Reports 1942-1944
Correspondence-United Nations Library and Archives 1956 Oct-Nov
Essential Human Rights, Clippings, Printed Material 1945, 1949
APSA - Panel on Comparative Government - Memoranda and notes 1942-1943
APSA - Panel on Comparative Government - Meetings (Reports, minutes and notes) 1943-1944, n.d.
APSA - Panel on Comparative Government - Membership/Contact Lists, essays n.d.
APSA - Panel on Comparative Government - Correspondence 1943-1944
APSA - Committee on Research - Meeting minutes, memoranda, notes, reports 1942-1943, n.d.
APSA - Committee on Research - Reports, memos, notes and offprints 1943-1944, n.d.
APSA - Committee on Research - Correspondence 1942
APSA - Committee on Research - Correspondence 1943-1944
Social Science Research Council - Memorandum 1943
United Nations Bulletins (Selected Issues) 1947 Jan-1948 Apr
United Nations Bulletins (Selected Issues) 1948 May-Dec
United Nations Bulletins (Selected Issues) 1949 Jan-1951 Feb
United Nations Bulletins (Selected Issues) 1951 Mar-1952 May
U.S. Department of State - United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)
U.S. Dept. of State - UNRRA, Memoranda, Draft Resolutions, Reports 1943, n.d.
U.S. Dept. of State - UNRRA, Signatories to UNRRA [1943 Oct]
U.S. Dept. of State - UNRRA, Press releases 1943 Sep
U.S. Dept. of State - UNRRA, Notes and drafts (manuscript) 1943 Nov, n.d.
U.S. Dept. of State - UNRRA, Correspondence 1943 Oct-1944 Jul, n.d.
U.S. Dept. of State - UNRRA, Personnel documents 1943-1944
OMGUS-General
In early summer 1945, Loewenstein was asked by the Justice Department to serve in the Legal Division of the Office of Military Government for Germany-U.S. (abbreviated as OMGUS in the original records and in this finding aid). He arrived in Berlin in July 1945 and remained until September, 1946. Loewenstein's work for OMGUS is especially well documented. As a self-described "troubleshooter" in the Legal Division ("Des Lebens Überfluss," 253), and as a liaison to the German legal and judicial community, Loewenstein produced dozens of reports and memoranda during his year in Germany, many in both English and German. Nominally, these memoranda cover a broad range of topics, from reform of the Civil Service Law, to the regulation of parties and elections, to reform of the German marriage law. The primary focus of all his work, however, and of that of the Legal Division more generally, was the denazification of German law and the reconstruction of the administration of justice in the three states (Länder) in the U.S. Zone: Bavaria, Greater Hesse, and Württemberg-Baden. One of Loewenstein's first contributions to this effort was to travel throughout the U.S. Zone to interview justices and lawyers considered candidates for positions in the reconstructed judicial system. His typed notes from several of these interviews provide summaries of these individuals' activities and affiliations during the years of Nazi rule. In most cases, Loewenstein has included his own frank assessment of each candidate (Box 46, folders 8-11). Much of Loewenstein's formal communications with OMGUS officials took place via reports and memoranda for which he maintained a partial index (Record of Written Work, Box 46, folders 15, 19, and 21). The bulk of his memos were directed to Judge J. Warren Madden, Charles Fahy, or Alvin Rockwell, each of whom led the Legal Division during Loewenstein's tenure. These documents contain detailed legal analyses of the division's initiatives along with Loewenstein's blunt assessments of the potential and real effectiveness of a wide variety of the Military Government's undertakings. Researchers interested in the formulation and implementation of denazification policies should consult the rich material in these folders (Reports and Memoranda, Box 46, folders 16-29) as well as the "Denazification" material (Box 46, folders 51-59, and Box 47, folders 1-4). Loewenstein was also involved in the reform of legal education, particularly at the law school of University of Munich. Loewenstein's OMGUS correspondence files (Box 47, folders 5-38) include letters from German citizens seeking assistance with the difficulties they faced in the immediate post-war period. These form a small but rich source of information on life in Germany-and on U.S. occupation policies-immediately after the war. These letters also contain information about relationships among the staff of the Legal Division. Because the letters Loewenstein received in the autumn of 1946, after he left Germany, are especially rich in news and gossip about OMGUS, they are filed here. Correspondence beginning January, 1947, regardless of topic, is with the general correspondence files (Subseries D). Additional OMGUS and HICOG Material: Loewenstein also kept an "Office Diary" (typescript, primarily in English) throughout his year with OMGUS. Although many entries are mundane, the 200-page diary also contains an incisive running critical commentary on the Office of Military Government, its personnel, and its shortcomings. An equally blunt assessment of the failures of the Legal Division to accomplish its goals is contained in the typescript of an "interview" with Loewenstein in July 1946, shortly before his departure (Reports and Memoranda, Box 46, folder 28). Loewenstein drew heavily on his experiences in 1945-1946 for his Harvard Law Review article, "The Reconstruction of the Administration of Justice in American-Occupied Germany," (1948). Loewenstein returned to Germany for portions of 1948, 1949, and 1950, where he worked for the Civil Administration Division of OMGUS and for the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. The little material that survives from his activities during this period is located after the OMGUS materials. Related correspondence may be found in the General Correspondence files for these years (Subseries D).
Administration of Military Government - Memoranda, Printed material [Marked SECRET] 1945 Aug-1946 Jun, n.d.
Central German Agencies - Special Report of the Military Governor - U.S. Zone 1946 May 1
Länderrat (Council of States), Statutes, Organization, Memoranda, Reports, Minutes 1945 Nov-1946 Jul, n.d.
"Brass Hats versus Brass Buttons" unpublished letter to the New York Times n.d.
Tripartite Conference, Meeting documents, notes (not Karl Loewenstein's; name written in back: Herman Phleger) Jul-Nov 1945
Marburg Hochschule Gespräche (public lecture) 1946 Jun
"Education in Germany" (Speech to Army Veterans Committee) 1946 Mar 19
Die Neue Zeitung - article by Loewenstein 1946 Aug
Transcripts of discussion Forums, Bremen 1946 Aug
"Berlin nach dem 100 Jahr. Reich - 6 Bildpostkarten" - Hans Kronke, Serie I, II (Each packet contains reproductions of six pen-and-ink views of Berlin in partial ruin, with captions). "Best wishes from Berlin, 1933, 1945-1946" (12 postcards depicting six street scenes and cityscapes in Berlin before and after World War II.) (Reproduction of watercolor illustrations.) [1946]
Interdivisional Committee on German Governmental Structure, Reports, Proposals, Meeting Minutes, Notes [Some marked SECRET] 1946 Mar-Jul
Allied Control Authority - Meeting Minutes (various Directorates) 1945 Sep-1946 Jul
Control Council Documents 1945
Gedanken zur deutschen Gegenwart und Zukunft (author unknown) 1945 Feb-Mar
Memorandum, press release, clippings, Foreign Policy Bulletin, Contacts 1947, n.d.
Bibliography - liberated territories n.d.
Reading notes - National Socialism n.d.
Clippings, printed material 1942-1946, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division
OMGUS-Legal Division, Office Diary 1945 Aug-1946 Jul
Personnel Bulletins; Employment Documents; Notes 1945-1946, n.d.
Envelope:"Reichsjustizministerium" n.d.
OMGUS-Legal Division-To-do lists; Itinerary 1945 Sep-1946 Jul,n.d.
OMGUS-Legal Division-Responsibilities, Program, and Organization of the Legal Division 1945 Oct-1946 Jul
OMGUS-Legal Division-Basic Preliminary Plan; Allied Control and Occupation of Germany, Appendix A (German Courts) and Appendix E (Legislation) [Marked SECRET] 1945 Mar 8
OMGUS-Legal Division-Report of the Committee for the Revision of German Law n.d.
OMGUS-Legal Division-Candidates for judicial positions, notes 1945 Aug-Sep, n.d.
OMGUS-Legal Division-Interviews- judicial candidates 1945 Aug-Nov
OMGUS-Legal Division - Interviews - judicial candidates 1945 Aug-Sep
OMGUS-Legal Division - Interviews - judicial candidates 1945 Oct-Nov, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division - Weekly Reports 1946: Jun-Oct; 1947 Jul- 1948 May) 1946-1948
OMGUS-Legal Division-Library Reports Sep 1947
OMGUS-Legal Division-Administration of Justice Reports, Memoranda, Minutes [Some marked SECRET] 1945 Sep-1946 Apr, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division-Record of Written Work 1945 Aug 15-Oct 18
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1945 Aug 2-28
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1945 Sep 5-26, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1945Oct 2-18
OMGUS - Legal Division-Record of Written Work 1945 Nov 7-Dec 29
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1945 Nov 7-Dec 27
OMGUS - Legal Division-Record of Written Work 1946 Jan 2-Mar 4
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1946 Jan, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports, Memoranda, and Related Correspondence 1946 Feb 2-Mar 4
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1946 Mar 5-25
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1946 Apr 5-29
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1946 May 1-31
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1946 Jun 3-28, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1946 Jul 3-26
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports and Memoranda 1946 Aug 2-21
OMGUS - Legal Division-Reports: Bavaria - Political Parties; Bremen - Justice 1945 Aug, Sep
OMGUS - Legal Division-Law Concerning the Reorganization of the Bar 1946 Oct
OMGUS - Legal Division-Beamtenrecht (Civil Service Law) - Reform 1945-1946
OMGUS - Legal Division-Marriage Law, Memoranda, Correspondence, Clippings 1945-1946
OMGUS - Legal Division-Bavarian Party for Country and King (Bayerische Heimat- und Königspartei), Statutes, List of Sponsors, Memoranda 1946, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division-Elections and Parties-Memoranda, Correspondence, Press releases, press conference transcript, clippings 1943, 1945, 1946, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division-Gesetze über die Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit... (Laws on the jurisdiction of government [in the three Länder in the American zone]) 1946 Mar
OMGUS - Legal Division-Constitutional Question-Essays by Willibalt Apelt and Professor Hersfahrdt 1946, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division-Berlin-Constitution Memoranda 1946 Feb
OMGUS - Legal Division-Länder Constitutions-Memoranda, Reports, Drafts, Clippings 1945 Nov-1946 Oct,n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division-Länder Constitutions, Texts and Memoranda (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse) 1946, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division-Meetings of the Ministers of Justice of the...South German Länder, Agendas and Minutes 1945 Dec-1946 May
OMGUS - Legal Division-German Municipal Code n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division - Reich Ministry of Justice - Organizational Chart n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division - San Nicolo, [Mariano] Affair, Universität München 1944-1946
Affidavit of Lilian Neuner-Eisenberg re: Mariano San Nicolo 1946 Oct
OMGUS - Legal Division - "Observations on the personality and work of Professor Carl Schmitt"; "The Library of Professor Carl Schmitt" 1945 Oct-Nov
OMGUS - Legal Division - Short report on some legal questions in southern Germany (author unknown) n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division - Draft...Compensation act on National Socialist Injustice n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division - Vorentwurf zu einem Gesetz uber die Ahndung nationalsozialistischer Straftaten [Draft of a law concerning the punishment of National Socialist crimes] n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division - "Draft of Proposed Restitution law for Axis and Axis Occupied Countries," Emilio von Hofmannsthal (Offprint) 1945 Jul
OMGUS-Legal Division-Denazification
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification, Gesetz über die politische Befreiung von Faschismus und Militarismus n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification, Law for Liberation from National Socialism and Militarism, Draft and Final 1946 Feb16-Mar 5, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division: Detailed Plan for Denazification n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification, Draft Directive on the Denazification of Public Administration and Private Enterprise 1945 Nov 23
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification Memoranda, Notes, Directives 1945 Oct-Nov, n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification, Copy of memo: "De-contamination of German law after the fall of the Nazi regime" 1943 Apr 30
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification Documents, Bavaria 1945
Memorandum on German legal scholars [1946]
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification - First Draft of Executive Instructions n.d.
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification - Preliminary Report Dec 1945
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification - Reports 1945 Dec-1946 May
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification - Press Releases 1946 Jan-Feb
OMGUS - Legal Division: Denazification - Printed Material 1946 Jan-1947 Jan
OMGUS-Correspondence
OMGUS - Correspondence - Anspach, Ernst 1947
Correspondence (w/ speeches enclosed) - Bergsträsser (Regierungspräsident) 1945-1946
OMGUS - Correspondence - Beyerle, Josef 1946
OMGUS - Correspondence - Dittrich, Rudolf 1947
OMGUS - Correspondence - Fahy, Charles 1946
OMGUS - Correspondence - Freeman, Felix J. 1947
OMGUS - Correspondence - Full, Gottlieb 1945
OMGUS - Correspondence - Friedrich, C. J. 1947
OMGUS - Correspondence - Himes, Norman 1946-1947
See also - San Nicolo Affair, Box 46, Folder 44
OMGUS - Correspondence - Litchfield, Edward 1947
OMGUS - Correspondence - Rockwell, Alvin 1947
OMGUS - Correspondence - Schopler, Ernst H. 1946-1948
OMGUS - Correspondence - Schubert, Richard 1947
OMGUS - Correspondence - Wells, Roger 1947
OMGUS - Correspondence n.d.
OMGUS - Correspondence 1945 Jun
OMGUS - Correspondence 1945 Aug
OMGUS - Correspondence 1945 Sep
OMGUS - Correspondence 1945 Oct
OMGUS - Correspondence 1945 Nov
OMGUS - Correspondence 1945 Dec
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Jan
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Feb
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Mar
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Apr
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 May
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Jun
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Jul
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Aug
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Sep
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Oct
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Nov
OMGUS - Correspondence 1946 Dec
OMGUS - Correspondence re: Case of Konrad Fries 1945-1946
OMGUS-Printed Material
OMGUS-Digests of Selected Opinions/Selected Opinions (bound copy) 1946 Jan-Feb
OMGUS-Digests of Selected Opinions/Selected Opinions (unbound) 1946 Jan-Feb
Regierungsblatt - Thüringen - Teil I (with gaps) 1945 Jul-1946 Jun
Regierungsblatt - Thüringen - Teil II 1945 Sep-Oct
Regierungsblatt - Thüringen - Teil III 1946 Apr, Jun
Verordnungsblatt - Brandenburg 1945 Oct-1946 Mar
Amtliche Nachrichten - Sachsen 1946 Jan-Feb
Verordnungsblatt - Sachsen 1945 Oct-Dec
Verordnungsblatt - Sachsen 1946 Jan-Apr
Verordnungsblatt - Sachsen 1946 May-Jun
Gesetze, befehle... Sachsen 1946 Feb-Jun
Printed Materials 1945-1946
Der Tagespiegel 1941 Dec 30
Publications (for personnel) 1946, n.d.
Germany, 1947-1952
Lecture Tour, Germany 1948
Conference in Waldleiningen; Internationale Woche, Bremen 1949
U.S. High Commission for Germany - Report, Legal Opinions 1949-1950
Deutscher Bundesrat- Printed material 1949, n.d.
German regional government publications 1948-1950
Commission on the Occupied Areas - Occupied Countries News and Notes 28 Jul 1950
U.S. High Commissioner for Germany, Historical Division-List of Monographs 1952
Weekly Intelligence Report-Special Study-Local Government in Bavaria (OMGUS) [Marked Secret] 1949 Apr 15
Land Commission for Bavaria-Weekly Intelligence Report - Bavarian Universities 1950 Mar 3
Postwar Germany - Das Problem der politische Willensbildung - (speech by Prof. Theodor Eschenberg) 1949 Dec
Postwar Germany - Letters to the New York Times, Hans Kelsen and Karl Loewenstein 1947 Aug-Sep
Postwar Germany - Clippings - Bizonal Organization 1947
Postwar Germany - Clippings - Economics 1947
Postwar Germany - Clippings - "General structure" 1947
Postwar Germany - Clippings - Internal Politics 1947
Postwar Germany - Clippings - Military Government 1947
Postwar Germany - Clippings, printed material (2 folders) 1947-1951
Newspapers and Clippings: Rheinische Merkur, News of Germany (OMGUS), Stars and Stripes, OMGUS Observer, New York Herald Tribune, Die Neue Zeitung... 1946-1948
Newspapers and Clippings: Sonntagsblatt Staats-Zeitung und Herald, Suddeutsche Zeitung, New York Times... 1948-1950
Newspapers (and fragments): Le Soir, Le Peuple, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgarter Nachrichten,... 1950
Newspaper: Le Peuple [Belguim] 1950 Jul
European Defense Community Constitutional Controversy (EDC Controversy)
Following his particular interest in constitutional law, Loewenstein became involved in two constitutional controversies during the 1950s and 1960s, one German and one Japanese. In the first (1952-1954), he advised the leader of the German Social Democratic Party, Adolf Arndt, as the latter mounted a constitutional challenge to the signing of European Defense treaties (the Brussels Treaty and the North Atlantic Treaty) by the Federal Republic of Germany. Loewenstein's own legal opinion in the matter was submitted to the Constitutional Court in March, 1954, and he wrote about his experience in the Yale Law Journal ("The Bonn Constitution and the European Defense Community Treaties," May, 1955: 805-839). Many of the major documents in the case are in the collection, along with substantive correspondence between Arndt and Loewenstein (1952-1955). These materials are primarily in German.
Convention on relations between the three powers and the Federal Republic of Germany 1952
Draft law concerning the European Defense Community 1952
Legal briefs and opinions 1952 Dec-1953 Jun
Constitution court decision 1953 Mar
Legal briefs - Adolf Arndt 1953 May-Jun
Legal opinions - Giese, Klein, Kaufman 1954 Mar, n.d.
Legal briefs - Adolf Arndt 1953 Dec-1954 Jun
Rechtsgutachten: Erfordert der Eintritt der Deutschen Bundes Republik in die Europaische Verteidigungsgemeinschaft (Loewenstein) 1952
Legal opinions - Karl Loewenstein draft and final 1954 Mar, n.d.
Opinion of the Bundesregierung 1953 Aug
Law concerning the entry of the Federal Republic of Germany into the Brussels Treaty and the North Atlantic Treaty 1954 Dec
Law concerning the ending of the occupation government of the Federal Republic of Germany 1954 Dec
Draft law, briefs, and opinions concerning the Statute of the Saar 1955 May-Dec
Legislative report 1955
Clippings, committee reports, notes, typescript draft 1940 Nov-1954 Mar, n.d
Clippings, notes, letter to the editor of the New York Times 1952-1954, n.d.
Correspondence 1952 Sep-1954 Jan
Controversy/correspondence and enclosures 1954 Feb-1955 May
Japan - Constitutional Reform Commission
Almost ten years after his work as a constitutional law advisor in Germany, while teaching at Kyoto University on a Fulbright Fellowship (1961-1962), Loewenstein became an advisor to the Japanese Constitutional Reform Commission. He provided written commentary on the work of the Commission and advised its members as they prepared to solicit input from foreign scholars on possible revision of the constitution. Loewenstein's primary points of contact on the Commission were its Chairman, Kenzo Takayanagi, and Councilor Ichiro Otomo.
Correspondence 1961 Oct-1963 Mar
Correspondence between Herbert Spiro and Kenzo Takayanagi 1962 Jun
Membership, statutes, printed material 1962, n.d.
"The Making of the Japanese Constitution" - Kenzo Takayanagi (copy of typescript) 1958 Mar
Outline, names of foreign experts, draft fragments [1962-1963]
Essay drafts (typescript and manuscript, Loewenstein) n.d.
Committee documents (3 folders) [1962]
Printed material, clippings 1958-1962
"Comments on the problems raised...," typescript drafts (Loewenstein) [1962]
"Comments on the problems raised...,' typescript (Loewenstein) 1962 Jul
Draft questionnaire (2 folders) 1962
North American visit - Itinerary, documents 1962
Washington Post article by Loewenstein (draft and final) 1962 May
Über das Problem der Verfassungsrevision in Japan n.d.
Interview by Yuomuri 1962 Apr
Public lectures 1962
Newspaper articles by or about Loewenstein 1961-1962
Diagrams, notes, clippings 1962, n.d.
Notes, bibliography 1962, n.d.
Printed material 1954-1966, n.d.
Clippings, notes (3 folders) 1961-1962
Clippings 1963, n.d.
Printed material 1961-1963, n.d.
Look Magazine 1963 Nov 10
U.S. High Commissioner for Germany - Printed Series
Report on Germany. Published quarterly by the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. (Loewenstein's complete set, with marginalia) Vols. 1-6 of 11. 1949-1951
Report on Germany. Published quarterly by the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. Vols.7-11 of 11. 1951-1952
Selected publications of the Historical Division, U.S. High Commissioner for Germany (some with marginalia): Title List, Box 49, Folders 20-23: Gillen, J. F. J. Labor Problems in West Germany. 1952. ---. State and Local Government in West Germany, 1945-1953, with Special Reference to the U.S. Zone and Bremen. 1953. ---. The Special Projects Program of the Office of the U. S. High Commissioner for Germany. 1952. Lee, Guy Anderson. Guide to Studies of the Historical Division, Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. 1953. Loehr, Rodney C. The West German Banking System. 1952. McClaskey, Beryl Rogers. The History of U.S. Policy and Program in the Field of Religious Affairs Under the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. Research project no. 104. 1951. Pilgert, Henry P. Women in West Germany, with Special Reference to the Policies and Programs of the Women's Affairs Branch, Office of Public Affairs, Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. 1952. Pilgert, Henry P. Community and Group Life in West Germany. 1952. ---. Press, Radio and Film in West Germany, 1945-1953. 1953. ---. The Exchange of Persons Program in Western Germany. 1951. ---. The History of the Development of Information Services through Information Centers and Documentary Films. 1951. ---. The West German Educational System; with Special Reference to the Policies and Programs of the Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. 1953. Plischke, Elmer. The West German Federal Government. 1952. ---. Allied High Commission Relations with the West German Government, 1949-1951. 1952. ---. Allied High Commission for Germany. 1953. ---. Berlin: Development of Its Government and Administration. 1952. Schmidt, Hubert G. Food and Agricultural Programs in West Germany, 1949-1951. 1952. ------. Economic Assistance to West Berlin, 1949-1951. 1952. 1951-1953
Subseries D: Correspondence
For most of his life, Loewenstein carried on extensive correspondence with colleagues, friends, and associates. A significant proportion of the correspondence consists of letters to or from family, friends, and acquaintances from the period before 1933. The letters also document Loewenstein's personal experience of the critical year of 1933, when he and thousands of other Jews sought to emigrate from Germany. Loewenstein's post-1933 correspondence includes letters to fellow scholars, presidents, and congressional representatives that document many of his intellectual and political concerns. Loewenstein also wrote to private persons he had never met (e.g., Hannah Arendt), sometimes including a copy of one of his publications.
Related material: Subseries B: Publications (correspondence with publishers; letters to the editor)Subseries C: Policy Advising and Research (several sections contain correspondence files)Subseries E: TeachingSubseries J: Personal Legal and Financial Papers (correspondence regarding German restitution claim, property disputes)Series 3 and Series 4 (correspondence from parents, Otto and Mathilda Loewenstein)
Correspondence-Alphabetical
These files include correspondence with family members, friends, associates, acquaintances, and others between 1906 and 1973. They include letters from scholars and artists with connections to Munich, Paris, or Heidelberg in the 1910s and 1920s, including Thomas Mann, Lyonel and Julia Feininger, Otto Crusius, Max and Marianne Weber, Thomas Mann translator Lavinia Mazzucchetti, and Julien Reinach. The collection also includes several letters from the Annales historian Lucien Febvre and from his assistant, Lucie Varga, as well as letters from the playwright Alfred Neumann. Correspondents from German academic and political circles included Otto Kollreuter, Theodor Maunz, Gerhard Leibholz, Konrad Mommsen, Theodor Heuss, Karl Walser, Reinhold Maier, and Adolf Arndt, among many others. Loewenstein's interest in British constitutional history and politics led to correspondence with Harold Laski and Sir Ivor Jennings. The collection also contains two lengthy letters (1959) from Loewenstein's former student (and British intelligence officer) George Kennedy Young. American correspondents included Felix Frankfurter, Louis Brandeis, Edward R. Murrow, William Draper Lewis, Howard Shapar, C.J. Friedrich, and E.M. Kirkpatrick.
Unidentified senders 1939-1972, n.d.
Adeane, Michael , Sir (Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II of England) 1966-1967
Akzim, Benjamin 1954-1970
Allen, Luther 1962 Dec
Alsberg, Max 1918
American Jewish Committee 1937
Ando, Hideharu 1968 Dec
Angell, James Rowland (Yale University) 1936-1937
See also Box 1, Folder 29
Anschütz, Dr. G. 1937
Anspach, Ernst 1948-1949, n.d.
Arendt, Hannah 1971
Armstrong, Hamilton Fish 1935-1937
Arndt, Adolf 1953-1970
Attorney General of the United States 1950
Auerbach, Henri 1946
[Aufricht, Hans?] 1945
Aumer, Hermann 1948-1966
Karl Loewenstein to Baade, Hans 1961, n.d.
Bates, Henry M. (Henry Moore) 1936
Baumgartner, Eduard 1946, 1964
Beard, Charles A. n.d.
Becker, Elli 1914-1916
Bellquist, Eric C. 1947-1966
Bergman, Dr. 1947 May
Bergstrasser, L. 1953
Bermann-Fischer Verlag 1945
Bloom, Sol 1936
Blumenfield, Else 1965
Bodlak, Olga and Re: Olga Boldlak 1947
Borchard, Edwin 1937
Boyle, Kay 1960
Bragdon, Paul 1951-1952
Brandeis, Louis D. 1935-1941
Brandseph, Otto 1909-1911, 1946, n.d.
Brandt, Karl 1947
Brecht, Arnold 1942-1957
Brentano, Lujo 1925
Bronneck, Oswald J. 1937-1955
Brooke, Edward W., Senator 1972
Burger, Friedrich 1908, 1958-1970
Burkendorff, Dr. Carla 1922
Carr, Cecil T. 1941-1942
Cavin, Milla 1966
Chalmers, A. Burns 1954
Clark, Charles Edward 1935-1936
Clark, William 1937
Clay, Lucius D. 1946-1948
Cole, Charles W. 1949-1972
See also: Correspondence-Amherst College
Karl Loewenstein to Commager, Henry Steele 1971
Compard, G. 1911
Cook, Robert C. 1953
Cox, Archibald 1960
Crusius, Otto 1914-1916
Crusius, Otto 1917
Crusius, Otto 1918, 1946, 1960-1961
Dänzer-Vanotti, Hedda 1947
Dahn, Hans 1946
Department of State (United States)-- Office of the Legal Advisor 1950
Dickman, William 1947-1957
Dieterle, Charlotte 1938, n.d.
Dietz, Georg 1960
Düll, Rudolf 1946-1947
Karl Loewenstein to Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1956
Ehmke, Horst 1952-1973
Ellenbogen, Theodore 1947
Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars 1934-1937
See also: Correspondence - Murrow, Edward R.
Englisch, Karl 1956-1971
Ernst, Leo 1933-1935
Euler, Alec 1948-1949
Fahy, Charles 1946-1949
Fairman, Charles 1948
Fay, Sidney Bradshaw 1936-1953
Febvre, Lucien 1935-1937
See also: Correspondence - Varga, Lucie
Feininger, Julia 1913-1961
Feininger, Julia Re: Sale of Lyonel Feininger Painting 1914, 1960-1961
Feininger, Lyonel 1913-1919
Fink, Max 1955-1961
Fischer, Paula (Dr.) 1917-1921
Folsom, Victor 1958
Fortschrittliche Volkspartei München 1918
Fortas, Abe 1936-1937
Fraenkel, Eduard 1938
Fraenkel, Ernst 1952-1970
Frank, Bruno 1932
Frankfurter, Felix 1935-1943, n.d.
Friedrich, Carl 1935-1954
Fukase, M. Tadakaze 1959
Full Grünwald, Gertrud 1947
Galbraith, John Kenneth 1963-1964
Gellhorn, Walter 1942-1966
von Gleichen-Russwurm, Sonia, Baroness 1949
Goldschmidt, Heinrich 1946
Gooch, G.P. 1925
Göppinger, Horst 1966
Gordon, Ian [ca. 1911]
Gouet, Yvon 1936-1937
Graefenberg, Rosie 1935
Gramercy Shipping Co. 1949
Grand Maitre de la Maison de sa Majeste La Reine Elisabeth [Belgium] 1939
Guradze, Heinz 1948-1965
Gutzwiller, Max 1935-1960
Hahn, Carl 1953-1959
Hahn, Max 1917
Hallgarten and Co. 1947
Haynes, Ulric S. [Olric St. Clair] 1963
Heimann, Eduard 1913-1967
Heinemann, Gertrude 1911
Hemken, Ruth 1946-1948
Hennings, Thomas C. 1955
Herlitz, Niels 1934-1936
Hermens, Ferdinand 1937-1970
See also Subseries C, OMGUS-Correspondence
Herz, John 1948-1952
Herzfelder, Francois & Gerta 1946, n.d
Heuss, Theodor 1954-1961
Himes, Norman 1937
See also Subseries C: OMGUS-Correspondence
Hintze, O[tto] 1924
Hirschberg, Max 1940-1962
Hoegner, Wilhelm 1948-1954
See also Subseries C, OMGUS-Legal Division-Correspondence
Holborn, Hajo 1951-1969
Hoppe, Josef 1949 Oct
Hübner, Peter 1966
Humphrey, Hubert 1959-1961
Imboden, Max and Elisabeth 1961-1972
Inoki, Masamichi 1962-1970
Jacoby, Werner 1946
Jaffé, Edgar 1918
Jaffe, Elsa 1907-1958
Jaffe, Friedrich n.d.
Jaspers, Karl 1935-1967
Jellineck, Walter 1925-1932
Jennings, Ivor, Sir 1940-1949, n.d
Jessup, Philip 1949-1960
Jewish Refugees Committee 1934-1936
Justo, Alberto 1949-1957
Kantorowicz, [Hermann?] 1918
Keilpflug, Erich, Dr. 1946-1959
See also: Series 3, Otto Lowenstein-Correspondence
Kelsen, Hans 1935-1967
Kempner, Robert M. W 1947-1948
Kennedy, John F. 1954-1961
Kidd, Ronald 1937
King, Stanley (Amherst College) 1936-1940
See also: Correspondence-Sherman, Charles L.; Correspondence-Laski, Harold; Correspondence-Frankfurter, Felix
Kirkpatrick, E. M. 1935-1949
Kisch, Guido 1919-1939
Kisch, Wilhelm 1925
Knapp, Lawrence See also Box 43, Folders 23-25 1947-1959
Knittel, Eberhard 1955-1970
Knopler, Ernest 1948
Kollreuter, Otto (includes letter from Otto Kollreuter to [ ] Krüger, 3 Dec. 1944) 1925-1966
Konrad, Ello 1969
Kraus, Wolfgang 1937
Krock, Arthur 1960
Laski, Harold Joseph 1924-1937
Re: Harold Laski 1953
Lassar, Gerhand 1933
Lehman, Irving 1935-1936
Lenz, Friedrich 1952-1961
Lenz, Gertrud 1947
Lenz, Herbert 1933
Lerner, Max 1937-1947
Lewis, William Draper 1947
See also: Box 45, Folders 1-3
Leibholz, Gerhard 1932-1966
Lifton, Robert Jay 1970
Lindner, Leo J. 1961
Litchfield, Edward 1955
Lodge, Henry Cabot 1948
Loewenstein, Alfred (from) 1906-1908
Loewenstein, Alfred (from) 1909-1941
Re: Alfred Loewenstein 1937-1941
Karl Loewenstein to Loewenstein, Alfred 1909, 1941
Loewenstein, Karl, to parents 1908-1914, n.d.
Loewenstein, Karl, to parents 1909
Loewenstein, Karl, to parents and extended family while in military service 1915
Loewenstein, Otto and Marta [1960s]
Loewenstein, Robert 1908-1915
Loewenstein, Rudolf 1909-1918
Loewenstein, Wilhelm, Hermann, and Fritz 1910-1911,1933
Loewenstein family members to Loewenstein 1908-1933
Ludendorff, Margarethe 1933-1934
Luetkens, Charlotte 1949 Oct
Lukacs, Georg 1970
Mack, Julian W. 1936
Madden, J. Warren 1947
See also Subseries C, OMGUS-Legal Division
Maier, Reinhold 1925-1962
Maki, Jon M. 1969-1971
Malik, Charles 1947
Mann, Golo 1951
Karl Loewenstein to Mann, Thomas 1933-1955
Mann, Thomas & family to Karl Loewenstein See also, Series 2: Correspondence-Re: Thomas Mann letters (1977) 1932-1955
Maron, Oscar 1947
Maunz, Theodor 1932-1973
See also: Box 67 Folder 33 (Restitution claim)
Maunz, Theodor - Clippings re: 1964
Mayer, Arno J. 1968
Mazzucchetti, Lavinia 1914-1963
Re: Lavinia Mazzucchetti 1936-1948, n.d.
McCloy, John D. 1949-1965
McCurdy, William E. 1948
McDougal, Myres S. 1947-1955
McWhinney, Edward 1956
Mendelssohn- Bartholdy, Albrecht 1936
Mendès-France, Pierre 1960
Merrill, Maurice H. 1936
Meyer, Ernst Wilhelm 1965 Mar
Michelson, Friedl 1966
Mitchell, Allan 1966
Mizoguchi, Michio and Fumiko 1961, n.d.
Mollet, M. Guy 1952
Mommsen, Konrad 1947-1967
Mommsen, Konrad 1968-1973
Mommsen, Theodor E. 1939 Mar
Mommsen, Wolfgang J. 1965
Moon, Parker Thomas 1935
Morgenthau, Hans J. 1937-1971
Morkel, Arnd 1968
Morrison, James 1935-1937
Muelder, Milton E. 1948
Murrow, Edward R. 1934-1961
Naimer, L.B. (Lewis Bernstein) 1953
Nathan, Paul 1941-1959
National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners 1936
Neue Zürcher Zeitung 1935-1937
Neumann, Alfred 1929-1939
Neumann, Sigmund 1942-1961
Neumeyer, Alfred, Marie [and family?] 1933, 1973
Neumeyer, Anna [and Karl] 1910-1933
Neumeyer, Fred 1935 Dec
Neumeyer, Karl [and Anna] 1911-1935
Newmann, Karl J. 1966
Neuner, Robert 1936-1939
Niebuhr, Reinhold 1946-1948
Nobleman, Eli 1951-1952
Noel-Baker, Philip Noel-Baker, Baron 1936-1939
Noether, Erich 1911-1971
Nyabonga, A[kiki] K. 1958
Ochs, Adolph S. 1934
Ogg, Frederic Austin 1935-1937
Oppenheim, Felix 1963-1967
Oppenhiemer, Fritz 1948
Oppenheimer, Leo 1928-1933
Petraschek, Karl and Helene 1946-1952
Pettengill, Samuel B. 1952
Pfefferer, Anna 1946
Phillips, C.J. 1949 Nov
Phillips, John H. 1950
Ramey, James T. 1937-1972
Raskin, Marc 1961
Redlich, Josef 1926-1936
Redslob, Robert 1918-1949
Reinach, Julien 1911
Reinach, Julien 1912-1959
Rheinstein, Max 1933-1962
Richardson, Channing B. 1949-1963
Riesman, David 1961
Riezler, Emanuel 1953
Rockefeller Foundation 1937
Rosenfels, Werner 1948
Rostow, Eugene V. 1968-1970
Rothenbücher, Karl 1918-1931
Salin, Edgar 1913-1914
Saltonstall, Leverett 1948
Sartori, Giovanni 1955
Schmidt, Walter 1949 Sep
Schmitt, Carl 1925 Apr 29
Schopler, Ernest 1948-1960
Schrag-Haas, Judith [Restricted until 2031] 1956-1961
re: Judith Schrag-Haas [Restricted until 2031] 1957
Schumann, [?] 1940
Schumann, Frederick L. 1947-1966
Schweisheimer, W. 1949-1960
Schweitzer, Albert [Vault] 1942
Seymart Food Shops 1947
Shapar, Harold (AC 1945) 1951-1962, n.d.
(Amherst College) Charles L. Sherman 1936
Simon-Kerbs, Eric 1946
Sørensen, Max 1955
Spaeth, Carl B. 1953-1961
See also: Box 43 Folder 27
Spaeth, Emil 1949
Spykman, Nicholas 1933-1936
Stauffer, Tom (includes Loewenstein's affidavit on behalf of Stauffer, 1951) 1946-1960
Stone, Harlan F. 1939-1942
Strauss, Albert 1936-1959
Strauss, Leo 1943-1953
Sturtevant, E. H. 1936
Suhrkamp, Peter 1947
Suhrkamp Verlag 1948
Takayanagi, Kenzo 1965
See also Japanese Constitutional Reform Commission (Boxes 48-49
Taracouzio, Terry A. 1947-1948
Tartarin-Tarnheyden, [E.] 1925
Taylor, Telford 1961
Thewrewk-Pallaghy, Attilla 1955 Apr
Thorp, Willard L. 1949-1967
Karl Loewenstein to Tillich, [Paul?] 1955
Tobler, Mina 1914-1924, n.d
Tobler, Mina 1925-1927
Tobler, Mina 1928-1929
Tobler, Mina 1930-1933
Tragle, Henry 1956-1962
Truman, Harry S. 1953 Feb
Ulrich, Karl 1946
University of the Air 1935-1936
University of the State of New York, Examination and Inspection Division 1934-1935
Varga, Lucie 1936, n.d.
Villhrius, Maximilianus 1970
Virchow, Kat 1947
von Berchem, Friedrich, Freiherr 1946
von Elbe, Joachim 1947
Walser, Karl 1908-1973
Walter, Bruno 1944-1960
Warren, Robert Penn 1936-1937
Weber, Alfred 1936
Weber, Marianne 1914-1923, n.d.
Weber, Marianne 1924-1939
Copies of letters from Marianne Weber and Margaret von Eddemann [?] n.d., 1953-1971
Karl Loewenstein to Marianne Weber 1933
Re: Marianne Weber 1946-1948
Weber, Max [Originals in VAULT] n.d., 1913-1918
Wedekind, Kadidja 1970
Re: Wedekind, Kadidja 1956
Wedekind, Tilly 1933, 1960
Karl Loewenstein and Alfred Loewenstein to Weiler, Hans 1947
Wells, Roger H. 1936-1952
Wendlandt, Heinrich 1949 Sep
Wewer, Herrn Heinz 1965
Williams, Norman 1943
Winslow, C[harles] E[dward] A.] 1935
Winston, Richard 1966
Wiseley, William 1955-1959
Wolff[?], H. 1939
Wolfskehl, Karl 1929
Wunderlich, Elsa 1913-1914
Wunderlich, Elsa 1915-1921
Wyatt, Harold A. 1951
Young, George Kennedy 1959-1967
Zander, Wilhelm 1948
Zaubzer, Ilse 1948-1955
Zurcher, Arnold 1935-1968
Zweig, Stefan 1940
Chronological correspondence files
These files contain general correspondence (1908-1973) touching on a wide variety of topics and concerns. Some of Loewenstein's earliest cards and letters document his months at the University of Paris in 1911 and his experience in the German infantry in 1915. The chronological correspondence files after 1933 contain a fairly full picture of Loewenstein's daily life, chronicling arrangements for public appearances, conference participation, and minor business dealings. While most of Loewenstein's correspondence with his publishers is contained in Subseries B-Publications and Research, the files in this subseries contain some records of those relationships.
Postcards (various senders) 1908-1916
Correspondence 1909-1910
Postcards (various senders) 1911-1913
Calling cards 1910-1930, n.d
Correspondence 1911, n.d.
Correspondence - Sent to Loewenstein in Paris 1911
Correspondence 1912
Correspondence 1913, n.d.
Correspondence 1914-1915
Correspondence - While in military service 1915
Correspondence 1917-1922
Correspondence 1925-1931
Correspondence 1933 Jan-Mar, n.d.
Correspondence 1933 Apr
Correspondence 1933 May
Correspondence 1933 Jun-Jul
Correspondence 1933 Aug
Correspondence 1933 Sep
Correspondence 1933 Oct
Correspondence 1933 Nov
Correspondence 1933 Dec
Correspondence - Universität München (employment and dismissal) 1931-1933
Correspondence and memoranda to faculty - Universität München 1933 Jan-Jun, n.d.
Correspondence and memoranda to faculty - Universität München 1933 Jul-Nov, n.d.
Correspondence - Readmission to the Bar (Bayern) 1916-1917, 1933
Correspondence [enclosure?] - Reichs-Habilitations-Ordnung 1934
Correspondence 1934
Correspondence 1935 Jan-Jun
Correspondence 1935 Jul-Dec
Correspondence 1936 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1936 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1936 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1936 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1937 Jan-Jun
Correspondence 1937 Jul-Dec
Correspondence 1938
Correspondence 1939
Correspondence - Requests for assistance with immigration to the U.S. 1939
Correspondence 1940
Correspondence - Re: Trial of Karl Zanziger 1941
Correspondence - Re: Public lectures 1941
Correspondence 1942
Correspondence - Re. Public lectures 1943-1946
Correspondence 1945
Correspondence 1946
Correspondence 1947 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1947 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1947 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1947 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1948 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1948 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1948 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1948 Oct-Dec
Correspondence - Re: Public lectures 1947-1949
Correspondence 1949 Jan-Apr
Correspondence 1949 May-Jul
Correspondence 1949 Aug-Dec
Correspondence - Christmas cards 1949
Correspondence 1950 Jan-Feb
Correspondence 1950 Apr-Dec
Correspondence 1951 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1951 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1951 Jul-Aug
Correspondence 1951 Oct-Nov
Correspondence 1952 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1952 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1952 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1952 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1953 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1953 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1953 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1953 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1954 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1954 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1954 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1954 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1955 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1955 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1955 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1955 Oct-Dec
Correspondence - Re: European trip 1955
Correspondence 1956 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1956 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1956 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1956 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1957 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1957 Apr-Dec
Correspondence - Christmas and birthday cards 1957
Correspondence 1958 Jan-Sep
Correspondence 1958 Oct-Dec
Correspondence - Christmas cards and letters 1956-1958
Correspondence 1959 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1959 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1959 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1959 Oct-Dec
Correspondence - Christmas and birthday cards 1959
Correspondence 1960 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1960 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1960 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1960 Oct-Dec
Correspondence - Christmas and birthday cards 1960
Correspondence 1961 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1961 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1961 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1961 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1962 Jan-Sep
Correspondence 1962 Oct-Dec
Correspondence - Christmas cards 1961-1962
Correspondence - Christmas cards 1962-1963
Correspondence 1963 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1963 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1963 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1963 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1964 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1964 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1964 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1964 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1965 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1965 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1965 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1965 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1966 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1966 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1966 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1966 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1967 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1967 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1967 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1967 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1968 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1968 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1968 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1968 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1969 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1969 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1969 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1970 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1970 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1970 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1970 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1971 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1971 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1971 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1971 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1972 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1972 Apr-Jun
Correspondence 1972 Jul-Sep
Correspondence 1972 Oct-Dec
Correspondence 1973 Jan-Mar
Correspondence 1973 Apr-Jul
Correspondence: Topical files
Reflecting Loewenstein's own organization of his correspondence, a small number of topically-arranged correspondence files document his relationships with specific institutions (e.g., Amherst College, The Max Weber Archive), or his specific concerns. These files include correspondence from 1942-1972. Note that correspondence with specific institutions over a brief time span may be located with the chronologically-arranged correspondence files (e.g., Universität München, Employment and dismissal - 1931 - 1933, Box 53, Folder 23).
Correspondence - Re: Brazil under Vargas 1942-1945
Correspondence - Amherst College 1946-1956
Correspondence - Amherst College 1957-1971
Correspondence and printed material - Employment at Amherst College 1955-1961, n.d.
Correspondence - Amherst College Political Science Department [Restricted] 1947-1960
Correspondence - Amherst College Student Applicants [Restricted for 85 years from date of letter] 1955-1972
Correspondence - Amherst College Political Science Department Job Applicants [Restricted until 2026] 1956
Correspondence - Amherst College Evaluations and Letters of Recommendation [Restricted for 70 years from date of item] 1947-1967
Correspondence - Amherst College Evaluations and Letters of Recommendation [Restricted for 70 years from date of item] 1966-1971
Correspondence - Manuscript Evaluations [Restricted until 2034] 1963-1964
Condolence letters - Death of Mathilda Loewenstein 1946
Walgreen Foundation Lectures - Correspondence, notes, receipts 1955-1956
Correspondence - Tuxedo Park Conference on Berlin 1962
Correspondence - Max Weber Gesellschaft 1956-1971
Correspondence - Max Weber Centennial 1962-1964
Correspondence and newsletters - Common Cause 1971
American Bar Association/Committee on European Law - Correspondence, committee reports (2 folders) 1949-1956
Subseries E - Teaching
This subseries contains course outlines, lecture notes, exams, bibliographies, printed teaching materials, and teaching-related correspondence gathered over the course of Loewenstein's long teaching career (1931-1970). Student papers, rosters, and evaluations are also located here. Notes for and transcripts of many of Loewenstein's public lectures are also in this subseries. While Loewenstein taught at Amherst for twenty-five years, he also taught or lectured at numerous other academic institutions in the U.S. and abroad. He taught broadly in the fields of political science, government, public law, constitutional law, and international and comparative law.
Universität München - Correspondence, employment documents 1910-1932
Universität München - Correspondence 1933
Universität München - Biographical statement 1930
Vorstand des Verbandes der deutschen Hochschulen - Statement 1933 Apr
Universität München - Course catalogs 1931-1933
Universität München - Directories 1931-1933
Universität München - Yearbooks 1930-1933
Universität München - Lectures (folders 1-2 of 5 folders) 1931-1933
Universität München - Lectures (folders 3-5 of 5 folders) 1931-1933
Lectures (in English) 1933-1938
Lists of lectures and courses 1936, n.d.
Yale University - Lecture notes for Government 175 (Comparative Government) 1934-1935
Yale University - Lecture notes, lecture material [1934-1936]
University of Colorado Law School (Summer), Yale University - Lecture notes (Comparative Civil Law) 1934-1936
University of Colorado Law School (Summer) - Lecture notes, exams, student term papers (Comparative Law) 1936
Yale University - Lecture notes (The Sociology of Revolutions and Dictatorships) [includes restricted material (until 2036)] 1935-1936
Lecture notes (The Sociology of Revolutions) n.d.
Yale University - Correspondence, course descriptions 1933-1937, n.d.
Yale University - Lectures 1935-1939
Yale University - Course outline, lecture notes (Government 55) 1934-1936
Yale University - Exams, bibliographies, memoranda 1934-1936, n.d.
Yale University - Student course evaluations 1935-1936
Yale University - Grades, recommendation letters, student paper [Restricted until 2036] 1935-1936
Yale University - Master's Thesis Evaluation (Young, George Kennedy 1935-1936
Public lectures - Denver and Berkeley, lecture material 1936, 1938
Public lectures - Amherst, Springfield, Holyoke, Hartford 1935-1939
Lectures 1935-1939
Amherst College - Lecture materials, course outline (Political Science 1) 1936-1940
Amherst College - Grades (Political Science 1) [Restricted until 2040] 1939-1940
Amherst College - Student papers 1939-1940
Amherst College - Student grades [Restricted until 2037] 1936-1937, n.d.
Amherst College - Lecture notes and materials, exams, class lists, student feedback [Restricted until 2037] 1936-1937, n.d.
Amherst College - Lecture notes 1937-1938
Amherst College - Lecture notes, exams, grades (Political Science 6, Jurisprudence) [Restricted until 2040] 1938-1940
Amherst College - Exam (Modern France - Army Training Specialists) 1944
Lecture notes (Political Science) 1952-1953
Lecture notes (Political Science 6) 1939-1941
Lecture notes, outlines (Political Science 6, Jurisprudence) 1938-1953
Amherst College - Student papers (Political Science 6, Jurisprudence) 1939-1940
Amherst College - Student papers (Political Science 6, Jurisprudence) [Restricted until 2039] 1938-1939
Amherst College - Student papers (Political Science 6, Jurisprudence) 1940
Lecture notes (Political Science 15-16) 1936-1942
Lecture notes (Political Science 23) 1941-1953
Exams, map, clipping (Political Science 22, 24, 17-18) 1939-1960
Lectures (Political Science 23, 24) 1954-1955
Grades, outlines (Political Science 24) [Restricted until 2060] 1941-1960
Student grades and rosters (Political Science courses) [Restricted until 2055] 1940-1955
Amherst College - Chapel talks 1947-1959
Amherst College - Lecture notes (various courses) 1941-1948
Amherst College - Lecture material and notes (Political Science 15-16) 1942-1943
Amherst College - Lecture notes, course outlines (Political Science 1) 1938-1941
Amherst College - Lecture and class material, student grades [Restricted until 2044] 1942-1944
Public lectures - Amherst College, Smith College, Yale University, New School, Cooper Union) 1938-1948
UC Berkeley - Catalog (Summer sessions) 1937
Amherst College - Lecture notes, exams 1939-1950
Notes, manuscript drafts, printed material (Comparative Public Law) 1938-1950, n.d.
Lectures 1939-1940, 1948-1949, n.d.
Amherst College - Student grades (Political Science 23) [Restricted until 2050] [1939-1950]
Correspondence and publicity - Re: Public lectures (includes abstract of talk to the Pan American Society of Massachusetts on Brazil under Vargas) 1942
Various public lectures 1940-1941, n.d.
Lecture outlines on Great Britain n.d.
Amherst College - Lecture notes 1946-1949
Amherst College - Correspondence, memos, course descriptions, syllabi forms (Political Science Department) 1947-1952, n.d.
Amherst College - Student work (Political Science Department) [Restricted until 1952] 1948-1952, n.d.
Amherst College, Harvard University - Lecture notes (Political Science 46) 1943-1949
Lecture notes (Political Science 46/American Studies) 1946-1960
Exams, grades, outlines (Political Science 46) [Restricted until 2061] 1946-1951
Lecture notes (Comparative Government) (3 folders) 1941-1958
New School for Social Research - Correspondence and course materials [Restricted until 2047] 1947
Lecture notes - Luzern, Harvard, Mount Holyoke College, Chapel talk 1952-1961
Lecture notes, outlines, exams (Political Science courses) 1943-1959
Mount Holyoke College (Modern Political Theory) 1949
Amherst College (American Studies 22) 1949 Apr
Mount Holyoke College - Lectures (Modern Political Theory) 1956
Mount Holyoke College - Course sequence, exams, grades (Modern Political Theory) [Restricted until 2055] 1949, 1955
Germany - Lecture notes, exam (Political Science 45) 1946-1952
Amherst College - Lecture notes, exams (Political Science 23) 1941-1955
Germany - Lecture notes 1948-1949
Germany - Lecture notes 1948-1954
Teaching materials (printed) 1940-1959
Amerika Haus, Regensburg - Printed material 1949
Correspondence - Re: Lectures and Teaching 1952-1955
Amherst College - Outlines and student grades (Political Science Courses) [Restricted until 2061] 1945-1961
Amherst College - Lecture outlines 1952-1955
Amherst College - Reading list and exam (Political Science 79) 1954
Lecture notes, student paper (History of Government) [Restricted until 2052] 1951-1962, n.d.
Amherst College - Lecture notes 1959-1961
Public lectures 1949-1961
"World Community and Law," Myres S. McDougal and Harold D. Lasswell 1954
Universität München - Directories; Yale Law School - Catalog 1948-1960
Lecture notes (History of Government) 1948-1960
Lecture notes (Political Science 29) 1955-1960
Exams, grades (Political Science 29) [Restricted until 2060] 1959-1960
Lectures (Political Science 35) 1952-1960
Lectures (Political Science 35) 1951-1955
Lectures (Political Science 35) 1950-1955
Student grades, outline (Political Science 35) [Restricted until 2059] 1958-1959
Rosters, outlines, exams (Political Science 35) [Restricted until 2060] 1955-1960
Yale Law School - Student papers (Comparative Constitutional Law) 1957, 1960, n.d.
Yale Law School - Student grades and evaluations (Comparative Public Law) [Restricted until 2060] 1959-1960
Offprints (Comparative Constitutional Law) 1960-1962
Course outline (Introduction to Comparative Government) 1963-1964
Yale University - Lectures (Comparative Government) 1956-1964
Yale Law School - Lecture outlines (Comparative Public Law) 1956-1960
Yale Law School - Lecture materials, course outlines, correspondence 1957-1960
Yale Law School - "Constitutional Freedom in Japan Pertaining to the Remedy for Defamation" (student paper by Kazuomi Ouchi) 1960
Yale Law School - Course outlines, book lists, assignments (Comparative Public Law) [1958-1960]
Yale Law School - Rosters and graded papers (Comparative Public Law) [Restricted until 2060] 1959-1960
List of lectures and lecture outlines (Comparative Public Law) 1960-1963
Lectures given in Germany 1957-1965
Lectures given in Germany 1951-1965
Amherst College - List of Comparative Government lectures, lecture outlines) 1951-1961
"Presidential Succession" by Karl Loewenstein (2 copies and draft) n.d.
Reports and correspondence - Re: Designation of judges in Brazil, Israel, and Sweden 1957, n.d.
Yale Law School - List of discussion topics, index of periodicals 1958-1959
Jurispruencia Argentina (newspaper) - "With the complements of Alberto M. Justo" 1957 Aug 13
Bibliography of Yale Law Faculty, periodical index, correspondence with Library of Congress 1956-1958
Guest professorship - Universität München - Law School - Correspondence and related material 1956-1959
German lecture tour - Correspondence (2 folders) 1960
German lecture tour - Correspondence, clippings, radio program, press releases 1960-1961
Japan - Pre-travel correspondence (includes correspondence with Masamichi Inoki, Carl Spaeth, and Doshisha University) 1958-1961
Japan - Travel correspondence, clippings 1961-1962
Fulbright materials - Correspondence, reports, financial statements, general information 1961-1962
Japan - Kyoto correspondence 1961-1962
Correspondence re: Fulbright to Japan 1961-1962
Kyoto - Lectures (Comparative Government) 1962
Kyoto University - Lecture Notes 1961-1962
Kyoto University - Lecture Notes (2 folders) 1962
Kyoto University - Student Roster [Restricted until 2061] 1960 - 1961
Japan - Public and Guest Lectures, Radio Program 1961-1962
Japan - Printed material, Clippings 1963-1964
University of Kyoto - Faculty of Law Yearbook 1961
Japan - brochures, receipts, clippings, account book (2 folders) 1961-1962
Germany - Lectures 1948-1963
Europe - Course outlines, exams, lecture notes 1963
Wilhelmsgymnasium München - Alumni Directory 1963
Europe - Student rosters and grades [Restricted until 2063] 1963
Teaching - Europe (Basel, Triest, Santiago) Catalog, receipts) 1963
Yale - Student Rosters and Grades - Course Outline [Restricted until 2064] 1964
Lecture Notes, Clippings (German and English) 1951-1964
Correspondence re: Guest and Public Lectures, radio Addresses 1958-1965
Lecture Notes (in German and English) 1959-1965
Yale University - Lecture Material 1964
Berlin - Guest Professorship Correspondence 1965
Berlin - Guest Professorship - Course outlines, Printed material 1965-1966
Autobiographical Statement - Bernhard von Behr [Restricted until 2062] 1965
Correspondence and Receipts re: Freiburg 1966
Seminar - Freiburg - Course outlines, printed material 1964-1966
Student Rosters and Grades - Guest teaching - Freiburg and Berlin [Restricted until 2066] 1965-1966
Britische Regierungswesen - Lecture notes and book manuscript materials, clippings - Berlin and Freiburg 1965-1966
Lectures on Max Weber 1964-1968
Lecture Material on Rome 1967-1969
Universidad Nacional de Mexico - Lecture notes, clippings, printed material, correspondence 1967-1969, n.d.
Correspondence re: Lectures - Ghana, Japan, University of Massachusetts 1969-1970
Correspondence re: Lectures in Europe 1972
Correspondence re: Lecture visits to Argentina 1970-1973
Yale Law School-Student Papers (folders 1-11 of 14 folders) 1957-1960
Yale Law School-Student Papers (folders 12-14 of 14 folders) 1957-1960
Yale Law School-Student Papers [Restricted until 2057-2060] 1957-1960
Subseries F: Law Practice
Loewenstein practiced law in Munich from 1919 until his immigration to the U.S. in 1933. According to his memoir, he left 2000 case files in Germany and these were destroyed. In 1939, shortly after acquiring U.S. citizenship, he was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and began accepting cases from U.S. clients. His practice was never extensive, however, and he often acted as a consultant only. This subseries includes materials from seventeen cases that originated before his departure for the U.S. and thirteen that originated between 1940 and 1963. Loewenstein's multilingualism and understanding of both German and U.S. law made his services valuable to German citizens whose concerns required interaction with the U.S. legal system. Loewenstein assisted and consulted on a variety of cases, primarily restitution cases, property disputes, and divorce cases. These materials also document Loewenstein's involvement with legal professional organizations.
Die Entscheidungen des Ehrengerichtshofs für Rechtsanwälte (printed material) 1932
Legal case - Gruber and Co. vs. "Waka" Werkzeug 1927-1930
Legal case - Eggenpflug gegen Bezirkssparkasse Regen 1928
Legal case - Dr. Karl Zitzmann gegen Rudolf Pfisterer 1928-1929
Correspondence - Re: Case of Georg Merkl gegen Dr. phil. Karl Theiler 1928-1930
Legal case - Firma Alfred Lerchenthal gegen Frau Sabrine Thieme (2 folders) 1928-1932
Legal case - Firma Alfred Lerchenthal - Bankgeschäft in Legal case - München gegen Michael Haberl und Käthe Nëgrel (2 folders) 1928-1932
Legal case - Alfred Lerchenthal gegen Hermann Ried 1929
Legal case - Carola Von Schreck gegen Josef Karl 1929-1932
Legal case - Franz Schabauer gegen Gottfried Conrad 1930
Legal case - Firma "JAC" In und Auslands-Commissions-GmbH gegen Vittorio Dominici 1930-1931
Legal case - Rudolf Dittrich gegen Katharine Wolf (2 folders) 1930-1932
Correspondence - Re: Case of Josefine Schlör gegen Ludwig Schlör 1930-1932
Legal case - S. Fränkel gegen Kurhaus Verein Tutzing 1931-1932
Correspondence - Re: Case of Frau Kardine Schopf 1931-1932
Correspondence - Re: Case of Dr. Karl Theiler gegen Dr. Otto Pupp 1932
Legal case - Alfred Lerchenthal gegen Felix Cohn 1931-1933
Legal case - Hugo Reichenberger vs. Alien Property Custodian (5 folders) 1931-1936
Legal case - Ferguson vs. Stamm 1934-1935
Correspondence - Law practice 1934-1935, n.d.
Correspondence, printed material - Professional associations 1931-1935, n.d.
Correspondence - Re: Sale of Erich Noether's Beethoven Quartets 1947-1949
Legal case - Sayag vs. Martini [Restricted until 2015] 1940
Legal case - Ida Coudenhore-Kalergi vs. William Dieterle [Restricted until 2017] 1942
Legal consulting - Ehrenfeld [Restricted until 2019] 1944
Correspondence - Re: Georg Tietz case [Restricted until 2022] 1946-1947
Correspondence - Re: Stahl vs. Alien Property Custodian [Restricted until 2024] 1946-1949
Legal case - Abigail West vs. United States Line (2 folders) [Restricted until 2027] 1948-1952
Correspondence - Re: Kadidja Wedekind Beil vs. Beil [Restricted until 2032] 1950-1957
Legal case - John Roessle vs. Alien Property Custodian [Restricted until 2033] 1950-1958
Legal case - Walter M. Banfield vs. University of Massachusetts [Restricted until 2039] 1951-1954
Correspondence - Re: Renée Hirst [Restricted until 2027] 1952
Legal case - Jean Pierre Baumann/Hadley drive-in theater [Restricted until 2038] 1953
Legal consulting - Arnold Bernstein, Restitution [Restricted until 2040] 1954-1955
Legal case - Mrs. Fritzi Siegel-Jokl, Restitution [Restricted until 2045] 1958-1960
Printed material - Return of enemy property 1957
Consulting and correspondence - Law practice (3 folders) [Restricted until 2042] 1952-1962
Täubert estate [Restricted until 2045] 1963-1970
Subseries G: Recordings
The small collection of recordings in the collection include two aluminum disc recordings of a radio lecture, "Functional Representation and a Parliament of Industry," given by Loewenstein on 20 March 1936 as part of W.E.V.D's "University of the Air." Loewenstein's lecture was recorded off the air by Audio-Scriptions, Inc. and marketed to him by the company (total length: ca. 15 minutes). Two undated shellac discs ("Set #1") contain a recording of Loewenstein interviewing Howard Shapar (AC 1945) and Gil Nichol (Howard Gilbert Nichol, AC 1944) about their experiences as part of the U.S. occupation forces in Germany after 1945. The interview was an episode of "The Veteran Speaks", WHYN Radio, hosted by Walter Kingsley (AC 1946) (total length, ca. 12 minutes). A third undated shellac disc contains lectures by Loewenstein and "Professor Morgan" on "Russia" (total length, ca. 10 minutes). The last item is a cassette tape recording of a memorial tribute to Loewenstein that aired on the Radio of the University of Mexico (undated). Digital copies of all of these recordings are available for use.
Related material: Subseries D: Correspondence, University of the Air, 1935-1936 (Box 52, Folder 65)
Letter from Audio-Scriptions, Inc. to Karl Loewenstein 1936 Mar 25
Sleeve 1: Aluminum disc, sides 1 and 3. Karl Loewenstein, "Functional Representation and a Parliament of Industry," "Audio-Scriptions - Electrical Broadcast Transmission - W.E.V.D."(fiber stylus included). 1936 Mar 20
Sleeve 2: Aluminum disc, sides 2 and 4. Karl Loewenstein, "Functional Representation and a Parliament of Industry," "Audio-Scriptions - Electrical Broadcast Transmission - W.E.V.D." 1936 Mar 20
Sleeve 3: Shellac disc. Episode of "The Veteran Speaks," WHYN Radio, with Karl Loewenstein, Howard Shapar (AC 1945), Gil Nichol (Howard Gilbert Nichol, AC 1944), and Walter Kingsley (AC 1946). ("Presto Recording Corp., 1523" "Set #1, Sides I and III," "Play inside - 008".) n.d.
Sleeve 4: Shellac disc. Episode of "The Veteran Speaks," WHYN Radio, with Karl Loewenstein, Howard Shapar (AC 1945), Gil Nichol (Howard Gilbert Nichol, AC 1944), and Walter Kingsley (AC 1946). ("Presto Recording Corp., 1523" "Set #1, Sides "II" and "IIII".) n.d.
Sleeve 5: "Soundcraft Audition Full Spectrum" shellac disc. [Side 1] "Russia - Karl Loewenstein"; [Side 2] "Russia - Professor Morgan" n.d.
Cassette tape, approximately 9 minutes: "Contiene grabacion del programa de Radio Universidad en memoria del Prof. Karl Loewenstein y traduccion escrita de la nota que aparecera en el Boletin Mexicano de Derecho Comparado", "Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas, [Ciudad] Universitaria, Torre de Humanidades, Piso 8, Mexico. In Spanish. n.d.
Subseries H: Fiction and Poetry
While pursing his professional career as an academic and legal consultant, and his passion for music, Loewenstein found time to record observations on life and to write fiction and poetry. With the exception of the poetry, which includes writings from 1912, these writings appear be from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The correspondence in this subseries includes evidence of Loewenstein's efforts to publish his creative work.
"Observations" (reflections, quotations) - Typescript and manuscript notes 1951-1972, n.d.
"Interval Tension" (article on music) - Typescript draft, printed material, notes 1960, n.d.
Poetry, notes 1912-1955, n.d.
Correspondence - Re: Short stories 1951-1956, n.d.
Short story "The Poster" - Typescript drafts 1951-1955, n.d.
Short story "The Atlantic Wall" - Typescript and manuscript drafts 1951, n.d.
Short story "The Meat Coupon" - Typescript drafts 1951, n.d.
Short story "The Visa" - Typescript drafts n.d.
Short story "The Wedding Coach" - Typescript drafts, notes (2 folders) n.d.
Short story "Oh du Lieber Augustin" - Typescript drafts n.d.
Short story "The Triangle Has Four Corners" - Typescript drafts 1956-1957, n.d.
Short story "The Proof of the Pudding" n.d.
Short story "Collector's Item" - Typescript draft, clipping 1952, n.d.
Subseries I: Baron von Gleichen-Russwurm Case
In 1929, Loewenstein acted as defense attorney when charges of insurance fraud were brought against Karl Alexander, Baron von Gleichen-Russwurm (great grandson of Friedrich Schiller). Gleichen-Russwurm had inherited a valuable pearl necklace, which he insured and claimed to have sent to a Munich jeweler to be refurbished. The jeweler instead reported having received a dead mouse in the packet sent by the Baron. The case was made famous when Thomas Mann incorporated it into his novel, Doktor Faustus. In 1959, Loewenstein, apparently intending to write his own story about the case, began trying to gather materials about it and composed a story outline. His own records of the case had been destroyed. This subseries contains Loewenstein's summary of the case, along with information about it that he gathered from various sources. The latter includes a one hundred and forty-five page psychoanalytic and neurological evaluation of Baron von Gleichen-Russwurm that was conducted by Dr. Ernst Speer in 1928-1929 and submitted to the court as expert testimony (Gutachten) in support of Loewenstein's (unsuccessful) insanity defense. The expert testimony, correspondence, and most of the clippings in this subseries are in German; Loewenstein's notes and summary are in English. Some clippings, a second story synopsis, and a poem filed here all appear to be unrelated to the case. Likewise, the relation to the case of the three photographs, in an envelope labeled "Warburg, July (?) 1958" is unclear. The original photographs have been filed in Subseries L (Photographs).
Correspondence 1952-1960
Notes, Summaries (typescript) 1958-1959, n.d.
Clippings 1929-1958
Gutachten by Dr. Ernst Speer 1929
Photographs 1958?
See also: Correspondence - Knittel, Eberhard
Subseries J: Personal Legal and Financial Records
Throughout his life, Loewenstein devoted considerable energy to managing his financial affairs. His scrupulous attention to detail sharpened his petty financial disputes (recorded in the correspondence files), and his significant ones, including a bitter legal dispute with his brother Alfred after the death of their mother, and a claim for restitution against the postwar government of Munich. Loewenstein was also involved in a dispute with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Because of the significance of these events in Loewenstein's life, his financial records have been retained.
General
Will and related correspondence 1940
Receipts, Correspondence 1933-1935, n.d.
Correspondence, will, clippings, bills - Death of Mathilda Loewenstein 1946-1955
Subscriptions, book receipts 1958-1971
Insurance policies 1936-1962
Correspondence, receipts, contracts - Lumber cutting on Vermont property 1951-1953
Notes - Property and accounts in Munich [1945-1946]
Correspondence, contract - Property in Munich-Pasing 1956-1961
Doctors' receipts and instructions 1942-1954
Restitution Claim
Legal claims and decisions 1956-1961
Legal claims and decisions 1946-1959, n.d.
Correspondence and receipts (evidence) 1931-1933
Correspondence - English, Karl 1954-1956
Maunz, Theodor 1954-1959
See also: Subseries D: Correspondence - Maunz, Theodor
Correspondence 1946-1949
Correspondence 1950-1953
Correspondence 1954-1956
Correspondence 1957
Correspondence 1958
Correspondence 1959
Correspondence 1960-1966
Bank transfers and receipts 1950-1957
Printed material 1949-1957
Property dispute with Alfred Loewenstein
Correspondence 1960-1961
Correspondence - Loewenstein, Alfred to Piri Loewenstein 1960-1961
Correspondence - Loewenstein, Alfred 1960-1961
Sale of Lyonel Feininger painting "Pier und Segler auf See" 1960-1961
Account book 1927-1933
Statements, correspondence, copies, notes 1927-1961
Loan to Charles and Pamela (Wedekind) Regnier 1964-1965
Bank statements (no folders) [1940s]
Bank statements (2 folders) [1940s]
Correspondence and statements, banking and stocks (3 folders) (folders not numbered) 1939-1960
Bills, trip to Japan (folders not numbered) 1962
Income tax records (10 folders) (folders not numbered) 1937-1966
Income tax records (folders not numbered) 1943-1963
Subseries K: Collections
Following his love of music, Karl Loewenstein appears to have retained programs for most of the musical performances he attended. More than half of the ephemera collection consists of programs for concerts given in Germany and other European venues between 1902 and 1933. The remaining programs are for concert and theater performances in the U.S. and abroad. The programs vary widely with regard to format, size, condition, and production quality. The hand-painted wooden model train in the collection appears to have been a memento of Loewenstein's youth in Munich, when Lyonel Feininger and his father spent hours building and decorating model trains at the Loewenstein's home. The remaining items in the subseries include a postcard collection and an assortment of drawings and prints.
Related material: Subseries A: Memoir (Box 2, Folders 9-12); Diaries.Subseries D: Correspondence - Alphabetical (Feininger Lyonel; Feininger, Julia)Subseries J: "Sale of Lyonel Feininger Painting "Pier und Segler auf See" (Box 68, Folder 7)Subseries M: Pamphlet, Offprint, and Manuscript CollectionSeries 2, Piroska Loewenstein, Box 108, Folders 6-7 (information on the Loewensteins' large collection of sheet music).Series 3, Otto Loewenstein Collection.
Postcards (blank), early twentieth century. [In postcard box.] n.d.
Handmade, painted wooden train. Crafted by Lyonel Feininger or Otto Loewenstein. [In small flat box.] n.d.
Framed printed invitation, illustration by Tittermeyer,"Einladung zum Kostümierten Ball des Künstler-Sänger-Vereins Vier Jahreszeiten 23 Jan 1886" [1886]
Certificate of freeman status for James Theobald Boardman, Norwich, England, on parchment 17 Feb 1947
Numbered print: "Goethes Haus in Weimar"; Print of Pope Innocent X n.d.
Pencil Sketch, watercolor and ink drawing, charcoal sketch by Friedinger [?], correspondence 1946, n.d.
Reproductions (Fine Art, Swiss landscapes, historical view of Paris, caricatures from Die Musik) n.d.
Poster for Schiller's "Don Carlos" (performance date April 20 1905) 1905 Apr 20
Concert and Theater Programs (3 folders) n.d.
Concert and Theater Programs (5 folders) 1902-1906
Concert and Theater Programs (folder 1 of 7) 1907-1909
Concert and Theater Programs (folders 2-7 of 7) 1907-1909
Concert and Theater Programs (folders 1-3 of 6) 1910-1911
Concert and Theater Programs (folders 4-6 of 6) 1910-1911
Concert and Theater Programs (7 folders) 1912-1913
Concert and Theater Programs 1912-1913 before 1933"
Concert and Theater Programs (4 folders) 1914-1916.
Concert and Theater Programs (4 folders) 1917-1919
Concert and Theater Programs 1920-1922
Concert and Theater Programs (2 folders) 1924-1926
Concert and Theater Programs 1927-1929
Concert and Theater Programs 1933
Concert and Theater Programs (4 folders) 1934-1936
Concert and Theater Programs (2 folders) 1937-1939
Concert and Theater Programs 1940-1943
Concert and Theater Programs 1945-1946
Concert and Theater Programs 1947-1949
Concert and Theater Programs [1950s]
Concert and Theater Programs 1950-1952
Concert and Theater Programs 1953-1956
Concert and Theater Programs 1957-1959
Concert and Theater Programs [1960s]
Concert and Theater Programs 1960-1962
Concert and Theater Programs (2 folders) 1963-1966
Concert and Theater Programs, Music catalog (2 folders) 1967-1969
Concert and Theater Programs [1970s]
Concert and Theater Programs 1970-1972
Subseries L: Photographs
Although relatively small in number, the photographs provide an inclusive document of Loewenstein's ancestry and life stages. The earliest photographs in the collection include portraits of Loewenstein's parents and grandparents and pictures of family residences in Ellwangen. Only one photograph exists from the period 1916-1936. Photographs from 1937-1969 were contained in a scrapbook consisting of material pasted onto notebook paper. The scrapbook, which provides a thorough documentation of Loewenstein's career, is located in Subseries A. It appears to have been created and maintained by Piroska Loewenstein. Photographs from the scrapbook have been removed and placed here, along with a photocopy of the original scrapbook page and any captioning it contained.
Related material:Series 3, Otto Loewenstein Collection
Photographs - Ellwangen - Birth places of family members n.d.
Photographs n.d.
Photographs - "Grossmutter Lebrecht... 91. Lebensjahr" , "Grosspapa Leopold Loewenstein" [portraits of Otto Loewenstein's father in 1871; undated portrait of his father or grandfather; portrait of Otto Loewenstein's maternal grandmother (?) at age 91] 1871, n.d.
Photographs - Otto Loewenstein, wedding Portraits of Mathilda and Otto Loewenstein, Karl Lowenstein (Otto's brother) 1876-1886
Family Portrait: Leopold and Rosalie (Loewenthal) Loewenstein [Leopold's second wife], twelve children, 2 daughters-in-law; Family members and friend in Nördlingen 1889[?], n.d.
Photographs - Robert Loewenstein, Loewenstein Family Portrait (Otto, Mathilda; Sons Alfred, Karl, Robert) 1902-1907
Photographs/Postcards - Karl and Alfred Loewenstein 1908-1915
Photographs 1932-1948
Photographs (2 folders) 1950s
Photographs 1960s
Photographs - Japan (2 folders) 1961-1962
Karl Loewenstein receiving the German Order of Merit; pictured with Piroska Loewenstein and two unidentified people [1972]
Photographs - Gleichen-Russwurm case 1958?
Subseries M: Pamphlet, Offprint, and Manuscript Collection
This subseries is organized into three groups: Typescript documents sent or given to Loewenstein by colleagues and friends. Manuscripts from unknown authors are included here.Constitutions: Loewenstein's interest in comparative constitutional law throughout his scholarly career led him to amass a diverse collection of printed constitutions. The constitutions are largely in pamphlet form, although a few are represented here in typescript translations, for example, a provisional constitution of Poland from 1947. Included in the collection are constitutions from Uruguay (several versions), Brazil (several versions), Guatemala, Romania, the U.S.S.R, Greece, Spain, Siam, the Free State of Fiume/Italian Regency of Quarnero, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovak Republic, Iceland, Costa Rica, Hungary, Poland, France, Ireland, the United States of Mexico (1917), Argentina, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Venezuela, and the Republic of Italy. Some of the constitutions were produced at least partly for propaganda purposes, as with the English translation of the constitution of Soviet Union from 1936, replete with captioned black and white photographs. Some additional constitutions are represented in English translation, but many are in the language the corresponding country. Most of these dated pamphlets were published in the 1940s and 1950s; the earliest text is a reprint of the Uruguayan constitution of 1830.Newspapers, Pamphlets and Offprints: A small number of Hungarian-language newspapers from 1939 were found in the collection. Due to their fragile condition, most could not be unfolded and they have been boxed and placed with these printed materials. Loewenstein collected a large number of pamphlets and article offprints over the course of his career. Many were from colleagues in his field or in related fields and were inscribed to Loewenstein. Loewenstein maintained correspondence with many of these individuals. The section retains Loewenstein's topical organization of these materials and leaves in place a variety printed material that he interfiled (government documents, single periodical issues, etc.). In addition to offprints, Loewenstein collected political and propaganda pamphlets, filing these in his topical collections on "National Socialism in Germany," "World War II," "Foreign Governments and Politics," "Germany after 1945," "Peace and Reconstruction," and "Soviet Russia and Satellites."
Manuscripts not authored by Karl Loewenstein
Das Verrückte Nest Positano, vol.1 (typescript novel) Author unknown n.d.
Das Verrückte Nest Positano, vol.2 (typescript novel) Author unknown n.d.
Typescripts and publications - Petraschek, Karl 1926-[1952]
Das neue deutsche Aktienrecht - Loewenstein, Alfred 1937
Typescripts - various authors 1939, n.d.
"The Law of our American Neighbors" (copy) Author unknown 1943
German Democracy and the New Election Law - Hermens, F.E. [1950?]
Typescript report (copy) Linares Quintana, Segundo V. 1952
Typescripts, memoir drafts, poetry, printed materials, enclosures - Walser, Karl (Regierungspräsident) 1955-1973
Typescript, "Max Weber and Music" -Ando, Hideharu 1969
"Modern Constitutionalism in Japan" (copy), Printed material Maki, John M. 1971
Constitutions
Uruguay (1830-1951) - Printed material 1946-1951, n.d.
Uruguay-Printed material 1941-1967
Brazil - Printed material 1941-1967
Brazil - Printed material 1946
Printed material (6 folders) 1917-1958
Related material 1958-1967
Informations Constitutionelles et Parlementaries (journal) 1936-1939
Clippings 1920-1952, n.d.
Newspapers, Pamphlets and Offprints
Magyar Nemzet (1-4 of 7 folders) 1939-1949
Magyar Nemzet (5-7 of 7 folders) 1939-1949
UJSÁG [Hungarian newspaper] 1939
Der Stürmer (Sondernummer 9 and Sondernummer 10). [These items are restricted from use pending conservation treatment] 1938
Pamphlet and Offprint Collection 1923-1946, n.d.
Pamphlet and Offprint Collection 1947-1953
Pamphlet and Offprint Collection 1949-1959
Pamphlet and Offprint Collection 1959-1963
Pamphlet and Offprint Collection 1963-1966
Pamphlet and Offprint Collection 1966-1972
Pamphlet and Offprint Collection (large format) 1936-1973, n.d.
National Socialism in Germany [1934-1943]
Germany after 1945 [1944-1950]
World War II [1935-1944]
Peace and Reconstruction [1940-1945]
Soviet Russia and Satellites 1930s-1950s
American Law 1919-1949
American Government and Politics 1923-1949
Intellectual History 1934-1953
International Law, Organization, and Politics 1940s-1950s
International Law 1939-1954
Legal Theory, Political Theory 1940s-1950s
Political Theory, Jurisprudence 1912-1952
Latin America 1940s
Foreign Governments and Politics I and II 1920s-1950s
Foreign Governments and Politics II and III 1920s-1950s
National Socialism in Germany (large format) 1938-1943
World War II (large format) 1940s
Germany after 1945 (large format) 1946
Peace and Reconstruction (large format) 1942
Soviet Russia and Satellites (large format) 1940s
American Law (large format) 1939-1946
American Government and Politics (large format) 1937-1949
Intellectual History (large format) (2 folders) 1930s-1940s
International Law, Organization, and Politics (large format) 1950s
International Law (large format) (folder 1 of 2) 1930s-1950s
International Law (large format) (folder 2 of 2) 1930s-1950s
Legal Theory (large format) 1950s
Political Theory (large format) 1940s-1950s
Jurisprudence (large format) (2 folders) 1920s-1940s
Latin America (large format) 1940s-1950s
Foreign Governments and Politics I (large format) 1930s-1940s
Foreign Governments and Politics II (large format) (includes typescripts) 1937-1949, n.d
Foreign Governments and Politics III (large format) 1930s-1950s
Deutscher Kriegs- und Friedenswille (Die Hilfe, Sonderheft)-Tabloid with essays by Friedrich Naumann, Max Weber, and Wilhelm Heile 1916
"Die Formung des französischen Geists durch den Legisten," by Carl Schmitt. Deutschland-Frankreich / Vierteljahresschrift des Deutschen Instituts / Paris 1 (2). Inscribed to Heinrich Titze by Carl Schmitt. 1942
Reprints of articles and speeches by Gerhard Leibholz, some inscribed to KL 1936-1968
Reprints of articles by Hans Morgenthau (2 folders) 1942-1968, n.d.
Museum and exhibition catalogs 1932, 1971, n.d.
The New Yugoslav Law: Bulletin on Law and Legislation in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia: VI (1-3) (1955); VII (1) (1956); IX (2) (1958) ;X (1-2) (1959), XIII (3-4) (1962); ...Bulletin on Law and Legislation in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: XVI (1-4) (1965); XVII (1-4) (1966); XVIII (1-4) (1967). 1959-1967
"Europe wants freedom from shame," G.A. Borgese (originally filed with pamphlets on "Peace and Reconstruction") n.d.
Map of the Pacific Battlefield, Time Magazine 1941 Dec 15
Series 2: Piroska (Rona) Loewenstein
Piroska Rona was born in Hungary on September 22, 1900. Little information about her life exists in the collection, although she appears to have been living in Munich in 1933. Her marriage to Loewenstein in November, 1933, was her second marriage. Shortly thereafter, they emigrated to the United States. From 1936 on, they made their home in Amherst and at a second home in Dover, Vermont. Because of KL's poor eyesight, Piri (as she was known to family and friends) became the driver in the family. She accompanied Loewenstein on most or all of his frequent trips abroad. She appears to have made a favorable impression, as Loewenstein's correspondents frequently asked after her warmly. She became a U.S. citizen in 1939. Piri cared for Loewenstein's mother, Mathilda, after she came to live with them in Amherst in 1935. The extensive scrapbook describing Loewenstein's career appears to have been her work. There is some evidence that her mother, Malvina, came to live with the Loewensteins in 1946. Piroska Loewenstein died on April 10, 1979. Additional Hungarian newspapers are located in Boxes 82-83 and in oversize boxes. Two illustrated books (Öt év ! , Athaeneum [1950] and Magyarorszag utikony, Budapest: 1955) have been transferred to the rare book collection.
Correspondence - To Karl Loewenstein (written on verso of 1917 letter by a different author) 1933 Apr
Correspondence (in Hungarian) 1941, n.d.
Correspondence (in English, German, and Spanish) 1933-1961, n.d.
Correspondence (in English, German, and French) 1973-1976, n.d.
Correspondence re: Thomas Mann letters 1977
List of sheet music owned by the Loewensteins 1976, n.d.
Correspondence re: Sale of sheet music 1963-1976, n.d.
Clippings, photocopies, printed material 1937-1940, 1962, n.d.
Embroidery and lace making patterns, poster n.d.
Hungarian newspaper clippings 1941-1962, n.d.
Maps and brochures - Hungary n.d.
Almanacs, commemorative calendar (in Hungarian) 1948-1968
Books (in Hungarian) 1938-1956, n.d.
Books (in English and German, about Hungary) (2 folders) 1931-1966, n.d.
Hungarian Newspapers 1938, 1962
Hungarian Newspapers 1949
Series 3: Otto Loewenstein Collection
Otto Loewenstein was born in Ellwangen, Germany on 12 March 1859, to Leopold and Elise (Lebrecht) Löwenstein. The second of twelve children-Leopold Lowenstein remarried in 1871, after the death of his first wife-Otto attended Gymnasium in Stuttgart and apprenticed at a manufacturing firm in Frankfurt. In 1879 he began work for the firm of Raff and Sons in Munich, whose proprietors were maternal relatives. In the 1880's, he began producing steins and decorative metalware in his own factory. In 1886 he married Mathilda Oppenheimer and they had three sons: Alfred (1887), Karl (1891), and Robert (1896). Robert died in 1926. Otto Loewenstein lived in Munich until shortly before his death in 1935. He wrote a short memoir and kept a World War I (homefront) diary, both of which are in the collection. He shared with Lyonel Feininger, a frequent visitor to the Loewensteins' home in Munich, a passion for model train building. See Series 1, Subseries K (Collections) for the single train in the collection. The family documents and photographs that were among Karl Loewenstein's papers appear to have been collected by Otto, and they are filed here.
Related Material: Series 1, Subseries D: CorrespondenceSeries 1, Subseries L: PhotographsSeries 1, Subseries J: Personal Financial and Legal PapersSeries 4: Mathilda (Oppenheimer) Loewenstein
Autograph album -Salomon Löwenstein 1822-1824
From autograph album - Salomon Löwenstein n.d.
Correspondence, Teaching appointment, sermons - Salomon Löwenstein 1826-1834, n.d.
Correspondence, contract, book inventory - Salomon Löwenstein 1848-1867, n.d.
Certificates, clippings, speech - Leopold Löwenstein (includes an undated copy of a typed transcript of the speech) 1853-1878
Correspondence - Leopold Löwenstein to Heinrich Lebrecht 1858
Loan Contract - Gabriel Lebrecht and Leopold Löwenstein 1857-1875
Trousseau - Elise Lebrecht n.d.
Oval framed portrait [watercolor or painting over a photograph ?], of Leopold Löwenstein and Elise [Lebrecht] Löwenstein, parents of Otto Loewenstein n.d.
Correspondence - Elise (Lebrecht) Löwenstein, Leopold Löwenstein 1863-1871
Correspondence, death notice - Bertha Lebrecht 1892, 1893
Correspondence - Henrietta Löwenstein to Otto Loewenstein 1884-1887[?]
Correspondence -David Raff, Salomon and Henrietta Löwenstein, unidentified senders 1881-1896
Will (Testament) Leopold Löwenstein 1900 Apr 8
Correspondence and Agreements - Dispute over will of Leopold Löwenstein 1904-1935
Correspondence - To Karl Loewenstein 1907-1909, n.d.
Correspondence - To Karl Loewenstein 1910-1917
Correspondence - To Karl Loewenstein 1932-1933
Correspondence 1909-1924
Calendars (with genealogical information), Account book 1886-1927
Otto Loewenstein - Final wishes, list of family heirlooms, announcement of retirement, certificate from the Leipzig Fair 1922-1932, .n.d.
Memoir 1934
Otto Loewenstein - World War I diary. Six handwritten volumes. The covers of volumes five and six are fused. 1914 Aug 15-1919 Apr 22
Series 4: Mathilda (Oppenheimer) Loewenstein
Karl Loewenstein's mother, Mathilda Oppenheimer, was born on 28 June, 1867, in Munich, daughter of Abraham and Charlotte Oppenheimer. She married Otto Loewenstein in 1886 and bore three sons, Alfred, Karl, and Robert. She came to live with Karl and Piroska Loewenstein in Amherst in 1935-36, after the death of her husband. She obtained U.S. citizenship in 1944. Mathilda Loewenstein died in September, 1946, shortly after Karl Loewenstein's return from Germany and his work for the U.S. Office of Military Government. The collection includes a selection of her school records, correspondence to Karl Loewenstein written between 1908 and 1941, a will and notes to her children expressing final wishes, and writings about her pet bulldog.
Related material: Series 1, Subseries D: CorrespondenceSeries 1, Subseries L: PhotographsSeries 1, Subseries J: Personal Financial and Legal PapersSeries 3: Otto Loewenstein Collection
Mathilda (Oppenheimer) Loewenstein - Genealogical data n.d.
Mathilda Oppenheimer - School Records 1873-1875
Correspondence - to Karl Loewenstein 1908-1917, n.d.
Correspondence - to Karl Loewenstein 1932-1941
Chronicle of the final weeks of Otto Loewenstein's life 1935
Finances - Correspondence, statements, and notes 1936-1940
Correspondence, Correspondent lists 1908, 1946, n.d.
Correspondence - to Alfred Loewenstein 1941
Citizenship materials 1933-1944, n.d.
"Bescheid über die Judenvermögensabgabe" and Bank transfer 1939-1940
Clippings, notes, brochure 1939-1945
Wills and farewell letter, receipts 1937 Nov-1946 Aug
"Bully und Ich", "Botschaft vom Einzigen Bully" (essays) - Loewenstein, Mathilda (Oppenheimer) 1939-1942