Preliminary Inventory of the Joseph Goebbels papers

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Title: Joseph Goebbels papers
Date (inclusive): 1884-1945
Collection Number: 47004
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: German
Physical Description: 11 manuscript boxes, 7 microfilm reels, 1 sound tape reel (6.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, correspondence, academic and fictional writings, school notebooks, personal documents, memoranda and expense accounts, and sound recording of a speech relating to the early life of Joseph Goebbels, and to activities of the Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiter-Partei and of the German government during World War II, especially military and political affairs. Includes diaries from 1925 August 12 to 1926 October 27, from 1942 January 27 to 1943 December 9 (incomplete), and for 1944 October 3; and sound recording of a speech, entitled "Discorso al Campo di Maggio," 1937 September 28. Also includes microfilm and/or photocopies of all original diaries and of other original documents.
Creator: Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Boxes 1-7 closed; microfilm and paper use copies available. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1947, with additional materials added through 2013.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Joseph Goebbels papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

German national socialist leader; minister of public enlightenment and propaganda, 1933 to 1945.

Scope and Contents note

Diaries, correspondence, academic and fictional writings, school notebooks, personal documents, memoranda and expense accounts, and sound recording of a speech relating to the early life of Joseph Goebbels, and to activities of the Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiter-Partei and of the German government during World War II, especially military and political affairs. Includes diaries from 1925 August 12 to 1926 October 27, from 1942 January 27 to 1943 December 9 (incomplete), and for 1944 October 3; and sound recording of a speech, entitled "Discorso al Campo di Maggio," 1937 September 28. Also includes microfilm and/or photocopies of all original diaries and of other original documents.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
Propaganda, German
National socialism
Statesmen -- Germany
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei

 

DIARIES (PHOTOCOPIES)

box 8, folder 1

1943 February 14-23

box 8, folder 2

1943 April 1-6, 9-30

box 8, folder 3

1943 June 6

box 8, folder 4

1943 September 23-30

box 8, folder 5

1944 October 3

 

MICROFILM OF DIARIES 1925-1943

Scope and Contents note

Positive set.
reel 7

1925 August 12 - 1926 October 27

reel 1

1942 January 21 - March 12 (pg. 23)

reel 2

1942 March 12 (p. 24) - April 29 (p. 32)

reel 3

1942 April 30 - 1943 March 12 (p. 28)

reel 4

1943 March 13 - May 25 (p. 25)

reel 5

1943 May 25 (p. 26) - November 12 (p. 11)

reel 6

1943 November 12 (p. 11) - December 9 (p. 26)

 

MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS 1931-1945

 

Photocopies

box 8, folder 6

Item 1 - 2 items dealing with property tax on Schwanenwerder 1939

box 8, folder 6

Item 2 - Eyewitness report of Lilli Ernst about police brutality against Goebbels 1931 June

box 8, folder 6

Item 3- 2 letters from tax attorney Paul Schueber dealing with income tax problems 1933

box 8, folder 6

Item 4 - 2 letters from August Boch to Goebbels 1932 December 1933 November

Scope and Contents note

December letter offers a small book outlining the memoirs of the Spanish ambassador in St. Petersburg in the summer of 1914.
box 8, folder 6

Item 5 - Goebbels letter of condolence to Frau Troost 1934 January

box 8, folder 6

Item 6 - Letter of Vereinigte Krankenversicherung Aktiengesellschaft to Goebbels accounting for some dividends 1936 June

box 8, folder 6

Item 7 - List of parts of uniform to be worn at the Reichsparteitag 1939

box 8, folder 6

Item 8 - Letter from Magda Goebbels' secretariat, requesting information from Goebbels' secretariat whether she should accept invitation to Reichsparteitag 1939 August

box 8, folder 6

Item 9 - List of clothing donation from various Goebbels households 1942 June

box 8, folder 6

Item 10 - Accounts for a Goebbels trip to the Fuehrerhaupt Quartier 1943 March

box 8, folder 6

Item 11 - Note from Hinkel (?) reminding Goebbels about the birthdays of various personalities 1942 September

box 8, folder 6

Item 12 - Instructions to courier to pick up three guests and a set of motion picture films to be taken out to Lanke 1943 October

box 8, folder 6

Item 13 - Letter of Wilhelm Murr, Stuttgart, that he is sending fresh fruits from his commercial farm 1943 November

box 8, folder 6

Item 14 - Breakfast invitation from Dr. Lammers 19?? February

box 8, folder 6

Item 15 - List of monthly income of Goebbels and list of money given to Mrs. Goebbels undated

box 8, folder 6

Item 16 - Draft of letter of congratulations to Goering on his 50th birthday 1943 January

box 8, folder 6

Item 17 - Statement and list of furniture and carpets that were moved from Schwanenwerder to Lanke 1943 August

box 8, folder 6

Item 18 - List of duties of the reorganised household staff in Lanke 1943 December

box 8, folder 6

Item 19 - Attached to previous material, note to Streicher from Goebbels, Christmas 1934

box 8, folder 6

Item 20 - Exchange of greetings between Goebbels and Rearadmiral von Puttkammer undated

box 8, folder 6

Item 21 - Draft and final telegram of congratulations to Fritz Darges on his marriage 1944 May

box 8, folder 6

Item 22 - Letter of congratulations to Gustaf Frensen on his 80th birthday 1943 October

box 8, folder 6

Item 23 - Exchange of congratulations with Ambassador von Jagow, Budapest 1944 March

box 8, folder 6

Item 24 - Draft of telegram of congratulations to Professor Clemens Krauss, Director of State Opera Munich undated

box 8, folder 6

Item 25 - Telegram of congratulations (and card noting thanks) to Professor Dr. Heide upon his 50th birthday 1944 April

box 8, folder 6

Item 26 - Draft of letter to Wilhelm Schepmann, Head of the SA, congratulating him on his 50th birthday, and Schepmann's reply 1944 June

box 8, folder 6

Item 27 - Telegram to Xavier Schwarz congratulating him on his birthday, and Schwarz's reply 1944 November

box 8, folder 6

Item 28 - Small file (in Abschrift) dealing with purchases of paintings 1944 August - 1945 January

 

SOUND TAPE REEL

tape cabinet

Speech, "Discorso al Campo di Maggio," 1937 September 28

 

INCREMENTAL MATERIALS

box 8, folder 7

Diary 1942 March 24

 

2013 INCREMENTAL MATERIALS

box 9, file 1

Corrected typescript of novel "Michael Voorman," 1930

box 9, file 2

Notebooks, report cards, and other school-related materials 1900-1927

box 9, file 3

Diary, poems, college study book, "History of Art in the 19th Century," 1920s

box 9, file 4

College study book, seminary, Freiburg, "Introduction to Philosophy," 1919

box 9, file 5

Diary, college study book, signed multiple times Joseph Goebbels 1915-1916

box 9, file 6

College study book, signed twice Joseph Goebbels and multiple times Anka Stalherm in Goebbels' handwriting, Bonn/Freiburg; Goethe's Faust, psychology, history, "Monologue of Judas Iscariot," 1918

box 9, file 7

College study book, poems, Freiburg 1919

box 9, file 8

College study book, multiple poems, signed multiple times, Wuerzburg, winter semester 1918-1919

box 9, file 9

College study book, Heidelberg, winter semester 1920-1921

box 9, file 10

High school note book, letter to his teacher regarding the loss of his sister Elisabeth, short essay or diary entry (?) signed multiple times 1901-1915

box 9, file 11

Journal; study book; "Wilhelm Raabe" essay; poems, signed multiple times, including "Munich, Christmas 1918, Dr. Joseph Goebbels," 1916, 1918

box 9, file 12

High school study book, German, Rheydt, "utraque fortuna" school essay with the grade "gut," 1916

box 9, file 13

Disbound essay, "Theodor Storm the Poet, for his 100. Birthday," signed "P. Joseph Goebbels," 1917 September 14

box 9, file 14

Dissertation, faculty of philosophy, Heidelberg University, "Whilhelm v. Schuetz as Dramatist, History of the Romantic Drama," signed "Paul Joseph Goebbels" Rheydt 1921

box 9, file 15

Disbound, "Study of Goethe," undated

box 9, file 16

High school study book, algebra, signed multiple times 1916

box 10, file 17

Disbound narrative, "Those Who Love the Sun" (Die die Sonne lieben) 1917

box 10, file 18

Disbound book, Sowing (Die Saat), play in three acts 1920

box 10, file 19

Disbound notes, poem, shorthand notes undated

box 10, file 20

Notebook, "The Mother's Prayer" (Der Mutter Gebet - Ein Idyll aus dem Kriege), signed multiple times 1917-1918

box 10, file 21

Journal, lecture, "Extracts from German Contemporary Literature" (Ausschnitte aus der deutschen Literatur der Gegenwart, Moderne Tierpoeten) 1920s

box 10, file 22

Journal, drama, "Struggle of the Working Class" (Kampf der Arbeiterklasse) 1919

box 10, file 23

Journal, "Political Diary" (Politisches Tagebuch) undated

box 10, file 24

Journal, novel, Gypsy Blood (Zigeunerblut), signed "P. J. Goebbels stud. germ. Bonn," 1910s

box 10, file 25

Journal, poem, love letters, signed multiple times, Rheydt 1916

box 10, file 26

Disbound journal, study book, Goethe, history, poems, school schedule 1918

box 10, file 27

Journal, small vocabulary study book, poems "November Afternoon" (Novembernachmittag), "Distress" (Die Not) 1915-1925

box 10, file 28

Journal, novel, Michael Voormann: A Man's Fate in the Pages of a Diary "I dedicate this in memory of my friend Richard Flisges," handwritten original manuscript 1923

box 10, file 29

Journal, novel, Michael Voormann's Teenage Years, III. Part (Michael Voormann Jugendjahre III. Teil) 1919

box 10, file 30

Journal, drama, Heinrich Kaempfert, a drama in three acts 1919

box 10, file 31

Disbound, mostly poems, some notes undated

box 10, file 32

20 letters to Goebbels 1915-1929

box 11, file 33

9 letters; 2 cards, Lene Krage to Goebbels, 42pp.; 1 envelope with 2 notes; 45 letters, mostly from Werl, from multiple persons to Goebbels, i.e. Agnes Koelsch, Liesel 1916-1922

box 11, file 34

24 letters from Theo Gutmann to Goebbels 1918-1920

box 11, file 35

Family correspondence, 18 letters from father, 3 letters from brother Hans, 2 letters from sister Maria, 1 postcard, signed "D.M." including greetings from father and others 1918-1923

box 11, file 36

Diverse documents 1918-1929

Scope and Contents note

Baptismal certificate for brother Hans Goebbels; vaccination card, sister Maria Goebbels; death notice, Hans Prang, Rheydt; 5 telegrams to Joseph Goebbels; 1 telegram to Hans Goebbels; letter from Albertus-Magnus-Verein to Joseph Goebbels; letter from Westdeutsche Landeszeitung to Joseph Goebbels; annual report, Albertus-Magnus-Verein; receipt over 700 Mark for Joseph Goebbels, Rheydt; legal document regarding a property sale between Mr. Clegg and Mr. Oehmen; school essay, Joseph Goebbels; publishing contract between Joseph Goebbels and Xenien-Verlag, Leipzig.
box 11, file 37

22 Fielpost letters to Goebbels 1915-1918

box 11, file 38

41 letters from different people, including Hubert Hompsch, Willy Zilles, Liesel, Agnes, Voss, Theo Gutmann 1914-1918

box 11, file 39

6 letters from Olgi Esenwein to Goebbels 1924

box 11, file 40

26 letters from Richard Fliesges to Goebbels 1917-1922

box 11, file 41

Disbound, handwritten observations, poems, notes, essays, including "Farewell to Bonn," 1916-1917

box 11, file 42

Printed matter 1923, undated

Scope and Contents note

Newspaper, Koelner Tageblatt, Saturday, June 23, 1923; student information flyer about war bonds, folio, 4pp.; newspaper clipping, "The Cause of the Buehnevolksbund" (Buehnenvolksbund was the sponsor of touring theater companies that performed in a national and Christian spirit), article written by Dr. Goebbels, Rheydt.
box 11, file 43

Disbound, partial school essay 1917-1918

box 11, file 44

Diverse documents 1920-1921

Scope and Contents note

3 small envelopes, two containing hair from Anka Stalherm; 115 letters, 324 pp., 2 postcards, correspondence between Goebbels and Anka Stalherm, beginning February 4, 1918, last dated letter October 15, 1920; 7 various letters to and from Goebbels.
box 11, file 45

One envelope, "Anka" to "Ulex," containing several small clipped notes, a clipped invoice from a hospital undated

box 11, file 46

Booklet, "The Berghof Before Its Destruction," 14 interior black and white photographs of Adolf Hitler's Berghof at Obersalzberg, 3.5" x 2.5", Verlag M. Bauer, Munich, undated