James F. Tent papers, 1936-2010

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Creators:
Tent, James F. and Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government. Education and Cultural Relations Division
Abstract:
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, minutes, conference proceedings, and interview transcripts relating to educational policy and denazification in the American-occupied zone of Germany after World War II, the establishment of the Freie Universität Berlin, and Nazi persecution of persons of partial Jewish ancestry. Includes photocopies of records of the Education and Cultural Relations Division of the United States Office of Military Government for Germany, 1945-1949, and photocopies of Nazi police files. Used as research material for J. F. Tent's books Mission on the Rhine: Reeducation and Denazification in American-Occupied Germany (Chicago, 1982), The Free University of Berlin (Bloomington, 1988), and In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Nazi Persecution of Jewish-Christian Germans (Lawrence, 2003).
Extent:
29 manuscript boxes (12.1 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and German
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], James F. Tent papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The James F. Tent papers consist of correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, minutes, conference proceedings, and interview transcripts relating to educational policy and denazification in the American-occupied zone of Germany after World War II, the establishment of the Freie Universität Berlin, and Nazi persecution of persons of partial Jewish ancestry. Includes photocopies of records of the Education and Cultural Relations Division of the United States Office of Military Government for Germany, 1945-1949, and photocopies of Nazi police files. Used as research material for J. F. Tent's books Mission on the Rhine: Reeducation and Denazification in American-Occupied Germany (Chicago, 1982), The Free University of Berlin (Bloomington, 1988), and In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Nazi Persecution of Jewish-Christian Germans (Lawrence, 2003).

Biographical / historical:

American historian, author, and professor. Research focus on post-war German history, education in post-war Germany, and the fate of the mixed race Jewish-Christian Germans during World War II.

Date Event
1974
Began teaching New European history, German history, military history, and the history of the Cold War at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
1973
Published dissertation, Eugen Richter, Manchester Liberal and German Statesman
Received PhD from the University of Wisconsin
1969
Received master's degree from the University of Wisconsin
Published master's thesis, German Social Democracy and the General Strike, 1890-1914
2002-2008
Served as the Dean of the History Department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1986, with an increment received in 2016.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], James F. Tent papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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