Parital inventory of the James F. Tent papers

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Title: James F. Tent papers
Date (inclusive): 1936-2010
Collection Number: 86035
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description: 29 manuscript boxes (12.1 Linear Feet)
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).
Creator: Tent, James F.
Creator: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government. Education and Cultural Relations Division
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986, with an increment received in 2016.

Preferred Citation

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

Location of Originals

In part, originals at the National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note

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.
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

Scope and Content of Collection

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).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Jews -- Germany
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
Military government
Denazification
Education -- Germany
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Freie Universität Berlin

 

Correspondence 1938-2000

box 1, folder 1

A-B 1947-1991

box 1, folder 2

C-D 1948-1995

box 1, folder 3

E-G 1948-1997

box 1, folder 4

H 1938-1994

box 1, folder 5

I-L 1948-1995

box 1, folder 6

M 1946-1996

box 1, folder 7

N-R 1938-1957

box 2, folder 1

S 1945-1996

box 2, folder 2

T-U 1945-1994

box 2, folder 3

W-Z 1946-2000

 

Memoranda 1939-1999 undated

box 2, folder 4

Undated-1939

box 2, folder 5-7

1940-1949

box 3, folder 1-6

1940-1949

box 4, folder 1

1940-1949

box 4, folder 2

1950-1959

box 4, folder 3

1962-1999

box 4, folder 4-5

Notes undated

 

Printed Matter 1941-2003

 

Articles 1945-2000 undated

box 4, folder 6

Undated

box 4, folder 7

1945-1949

box 5, folder 1

1969-2000

box 5, folder 2-4

Forms undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes copies of Nazi police files.
box 5, folder 5

Lists undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes lists of known Nazis at German universities.
 

Minutes 1945-1948

box 5, folder 6

1945-1946

box 5, folder 7

1947

box 6, folder 1

1948

 

Reports 1941-2003

 

A 1945-1977

box 6, folder 2

"A Casebook Recording the Cooperative Effort of Educators of Germany and the United States in Establishing an Experimental School in Hessen, Germany," 1962

box 6, folder 2

"A First Report on the Reorganization of the Elementary Schools," undated

box 6, folder 2

"A Four Year Report," 1945

box 6, folder 2

"A Report of Activities as OMGUS Consultant on Educational Measurement, with Observations and Recommendations," 1948

box 6, folder 2

"A Report to the National Student Organizations of Great Britain, Sweden, and the United States," 1949

box 6, folder 2

"Abschließender Finanzbericht über die Fordspende vom 1958"

box 6, folder 2

"The Administration of Education under Military Government," 1946

box 6, folder 2

"Adult Education," undated

box 6, folder 2

"Allgemeine Richtlinien," 1946

box 6, folder 2

"The American Institute at the University of Munich," undated

box 6, folder 2

"An Analysis of the Bavarian School Reform," 1948

box 6, folder 2

"Analysen und Berichte aus Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft," 1977

box 6, folder 2

"Ansprache des Direktors auf der Rektoren-Konferenz," undated

box 6, folder 2

"Ansprache zur feierlichen Immatrikulation," undated

box 6, folder 2

"Appeal for Foundation of a Free University of Berlin," 1948

box 6, folder 2

"Arbeitsbericht," undated

box 6, folder 2

"Arbeitsbericht über das Sommersemester 1953"

box 6, folder 2

"Arbeitskreis 'Freunde der Schulreform,'" 1948

 

B 1945-1991

box 6, folder 3

"Background Analysis of the Bavarian Ministry of Education and Religion," undated

box 6, folder 3

"Background Facts Concerning the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institutes," undated

box 6, folder 3

"The Bavarian Educational System as We Want It," undated

box 6, folder 3

"Bayerischer Landtag," 1950

box 6, folder 3

"Bemerkungen zu dem Voschlag des Haushaltsplans für die Forscherhochschule Berlin," undated

box 6, folder 3

"Bericht über das Gutachten des Studienausschusses für Hochschulreform," undated

box 6, folder 3

"Bericht über das Wartburgtreffen der Deutschen Studentenschaft Pfingsten 1948 in Eisenach"

box 6, folder 3

"Bericht über den augenblicklichen Stand der Vorarbeiten für die Freie Universität," 1948

box 6, folder 3

"Bericht über die Entwicklung des erweiterten Internationalen Programms," undated

box 6, folder 3

"Bericht über die Marburger Hochschulgespräche," 1947

box 6, folder 3

"Bericht über die Studienfahrt Freiburger Studenten nach Berlin," 1953

box 6, folder 3

"Bericht über eine Arbeitsgemeinschaft," 1953

box 6, folder 3

"Bericht über meine Tätigkeit im Interesse der amerikanistischen Studien an der Universität Göttingen im Sommer-Semester 1953"

box 6, folder 3

"Berlin," 1953

box 6, folder 3

"Berlin in Geschichte und Gegenwart," 1991

box 6, folder 3

"Berlin Sector," 1945

box 6, folder 3

"Berlin University," 1949

box 6, folder 3

"Beschlüsse der Rekterenkonferenz," 1945

box 6, folder 3

"Between All Stools: The Persecution of Half-Jews in Hitler's Germany," undated

box 6, folder 3

"British Zone," undated

 

C-D 1945-1994

box 6, folder 4

"Certification," 1945

box 6, folder 4

"Comment on Report of United States Education Mission to Germany," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Comments and Tentative Recommendations Regarding the Point System for Admission to Universities in Hesse," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Conference of Rectors of German Hochschulen in the British Zone," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Constitution of the Three Bavarian Universities," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Cultural Policy in British Section of Berlin," 1948

box 6, folder 4

"Cumulative Record of OMGUS and HICOG US Education Advisers," 1953

box 6, folder 4

"Current Period," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Dank, Rückschau, Ausblick," 1994

box 6, folder 4

"Das geistige Leben der Universität," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Das Schuldorf Bergstrasse," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Data on Situation of Students in the Universities and Hochshulen in the Land Hessen," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Democracy and German Secondary Education," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Democratization of Education in Germany," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Democratization Program," 1948

box 6, folder 4

"Denazification of the Clergy in Bavaria," undated

box 6, folder 4

"Die Neue Zeitung," 1951

box 6, folder 4

"Die Urkundenfälschung vom Februar 1941"

 

E-F 1944-1949

box 6, folder 5

"Education and Religious Affairs," 1945

box 6, folder 5

"Education Branch Report," 1948

box 6, folder 5

"Education for Freedom," undated

box 6, folder 5

"Effect of United States Troops on Marburg Student Mentality," undated

box 6, folder 5

"Elementary Education," 1946

box 6, folder 5

"European Civil Affairs Division," 1944

box 6, folder 5

"Expulsion of Three Students in the University of Berlin and Conditions of Universities under the SCVZON Central Agency for Public Education," undated

box 6, folder 5

"Extract on the Establishment of a Free University in the Western Sectors of Berlin," undated

box 6, folder 5

"Fight for Freedom," undated

box 6, folder 5

"Final Report of Sigmund Neumann," 1949

box 6, folder 5

"Former Members of the NSDAP in Universities," undated

box 6, folder 5

"Frank Cass Journals," undated

box 6, folder 5

"The Free University of Berlin," 1949

box 6, folder 5

"Freie Universität Berlin," undated

box 6, folder 5

"French Zone," undated

 

G 1988 undated

box 7, folder 1

"The German School," undated

box 7, folder 1

"Geschichte Seiner Entstehung," undated

box 7, folder 1

"Gesetz zur Demokratisierung der Deutschen Schule," undated

box 7, folder 1

"Grundsätzliche und politische Bedründung," undated

box 7, folder 1

"Gründungsfeier der Freien Universität Berlin," 1988

 

H 1946-1998

box 7, folder 2

"Half-Jews in Hitler's Germany," 1998

box 7, folder 2

"Half Jews in Hitler's Germany: Persecutees Who Fell Between All Stools," undated

box 7, folder 2

"Hamburg in der NS-Zeit," undated

box 7, folder 2

"Hartshorne Report," 1946

box 7, folder 2

"Higher Education," 1946

box 7, folder 2

"History of the Control of the University of Berlin," 1946

box 7, folder 2

"Hochschulsatzgungen-Grundsätzliches," undated

box 7, folder 2

"Horst Hartwich," undated

box 7, folder 2

"Housing and Equipment Needs Acute," undated

 

I-L 1941-2003

box 7, folder 3

"Illegal Arrests and Abductions," 1948

box 7, folder 3

"Im Namen des Deutschen Volkes," 1941

box 7, folder 3

"Implementing Instructions," 1945

box 7, folder 3

"In the Shadow of the Holocaust," 2003

box 7, folder 3

"Innovation in German Schools," 1968

box 7, folder 3

"Internal Affairs and Communications," 1947

box 7, folder 3

"Internierung in England," 1941

box 7, folder 3

"Is Dr. Ped Coming?," 1949

box 7, folder 3

"Jahrbuch für Antisemitismusforschung 7," undated

box 7, folder 3

"Kampf um die Universität," undated

box 7, folder 3

"Kindermann's Proposals Concerning School Reform," undated

box 7, folder 3

"Kritik am Gutachten," undated

box 7, folder 3

"Lebenslauf," undated

box 7, folder 3

"Leitsätze für die Rektorenkonferenz," undated

box 7, folder 3

"Letter for Consul General Groth on Visit to Goettingen," undated

box 7, folder 3

"Letter from Germany," 1968

box 7, folder 3

"Long-Range Policy Statement for German Re-Education," undated

 

M-O 1946-1981

box 7, folder 4

"Main Points of Democratic Reorganization of Education under the Weimer Constitution," undated

box 7, folder 4

"Material über die Zulassung der Studenten zum Wintersemester 46/47 an der Universtität Berlin," 1946

box 7, folder 4

"Mein Leben," undated

box 7, folder 4

"Military Government for Hesse Information Intelligence Report," 1948

box 7, folder 4

"Nationalsozialistische, Militaristische und Antisemitische Tendenzen an der Universität München," 1946

box 7, folder 4

"Need for Clarifying Attitude and Standardizing Procedures with Regard to Linden University," 1949

box 7, folder 4

"Neubeginn an der Freien Universität," undated

box 7, folder 4

"Neue Rundschau," 1972

box 7, folder 4

"The New Organization of Our School System A in General," undated

box 7, folder 4

"Nobody Heard the Students," 1949

box 7, folder 4

"Non Admittance of Persons with Former Nazi Affiliations as Students to Institutions of Higher Learning," 1946

box 7, folder 4

"Notes on Findings at the Berlin Documents Center," undated

box 7, folder 4

"Notes on Germany's Ambivalent Student Revolt," undated

box 7, folder 4

"Notes to the Erection of a New University in Berlin," undated

box 7, folder 4

"Occupation Statute," 1949

box 7, folder 4

"Occupied Countries Commission Urges Continued German Education Program," 1949

box 7, folder 4

"Opening, Reopening, and Planning of Schools of Higher Learning," 1948

box 7, folder 4

"Opinion Concerning the Establishment of a Democratic University in the Western Sectors of Berlin and Reform Suggestions Referring to the Present Method of Teaching at the German Universities," 1948

box 7, folder 4

"Orientational--Educational Provision for Germany," 1947

box 7, folder 4

"Original French Paper and Action up to 6 November 1945," 1948

box 7, folder 4

"Otto Erich Deutsch und die Emigration," 1981

box 7, folder 4

"Our Responsibility for German Universities," 1946

 

P-Q 1945-1968

box 8, folder 1

"Party Systems, Party Organizations, and the Politics of New Masses," 1968

box 8, folder 1

"Plan of Personnel Exchange between the United States and Germany," undated

box 8, folder 1

"Political Summary," 1946

box 8, folder 1

"Population and Housing Data on Marburg," 1945

box 8, folder 1

"The Present Decline of German Economics," undated

box 8, folder 1

"Priority Aims and Objectives of the Public Affairs Program," 1950

box 8, folder 1

"Private Darstellung meiner Tätigkeit als kommissarischer Rektor der Universität Berlin," 1945

box 8, folder 1

"Probleme der rehected Professoren und Dozenten," undated

box 8, folder 1

"The Process of Reeducation in Germany," 1947

box 8, folder 1

"Project Request to Rockefeller Foundation International Holiday Courses," 1948

box 8, folder 1

"Proposed Experiment in Secondary Teacher Training Erlangen University Unterfranken Bavaria," undated

box 8, folder 1

"Proposed Revision of Title 8 of Military Government Regulations," 1947

box 8, folder 1

"Quarterly History," 1948

 

R 1945-1996

box 8, folder 2

"The Rector of the University of Würzburg," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"The Rededication of German Scholarship," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"Reden des Stadtvererdneten WILDANGEL (SED) zum Thema 'Forschungschochschule,'" 1948

box 8, folder 2

"References and Documentation," undated

box 8, folder 2

"Rektoren-Konferenz zu Heidelberg vom 25 to 27 November 1946"

box 8, folder 2

"Reorganization of Education in all the Zones of Germany (Excluding Polish)," 1945

box 8, folder 2

"Report about Berlin University till November 27, 1948"

box 8, folder 2

"Report about the Academy of Commerce in Mannheim," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"Report about the Technische Hochschule Stuttgart," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"Report about the University of Berlin," 1945

box 8, folder 2

"Report by John W. Draper at the University of Munich," 1949

box 8, folder 2

"Report for May and June," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"Report from the Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart," 1947

box 8, folder 2

"Report of Investigation," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"Report of Special Assignment in Germany," 1948

box 8, folder 2

"Report on a Conference Held with Dr. Otto Hipp," 1945

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Activity to Regional United States Military Government of Wuerttemberg and Baden," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Budget Committee Session," 1948

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Denazification of Erlangen University," undated

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Denazification of Johann Wolfgang Goethe University," undated

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Denazification of Universities in United States Zone by Policy," undated

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Denazification of University of Wurzburg," undated

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Reorientation," 1948

box 8, folder 2

"Report on School Reform with Reference to Higher Education," 1948

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Text Book Meeting," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"Report on the Activities of Stuttgart State College of Music," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"Report on the Activities of the State College of Agriculture at Stuttgart-Hohenheim," 1946

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Trip to Education Office," 1947

box 8, folder 2

"Report on Trip to Stuttgart and Munich," undated

box 8, folder 2

"Research Project: Mischlinge: The Fate of Half-Jews in Hitler's Germany," undated

box 8, folder 2

"Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany," 1996

box 8, folder 2

"Russian Zone," undated

 

S 1945-1986

box 8, folder 3

"School Reform," 1948

box 8, folder 3

"School Reform in Land Hesse," 1948

box 8, folder 3

"School Reform: Kommandatura," 1948

box 8, folder 3

"Schools and Education," 1947

box 8, folder 3

"Secondary Schools in Germany, American Zone," 1946

box 8, folder 3

"Sending Germans to European Countries for Observation and Study under the Cultural Exchange Program," 1949

box 8, folder 3

"Situation an der Universität Berlin," 1948

box 8, folder 3

"Six Months Report," 1947

box 8, folder 3

"Social Democratic Party of Germany," undated

box 8, folder 3

"Sociological Section," undated

box 8, folder 3

"Some Ideas Concerning the Reform of the Universities," 1948

box 8, folder 3

"Some Notes on Leftist Students and Constitutional Law in Germany," 1968

box 8, folder 3

"Soziale und politische Kritik," undated

box 8, folder 3

"Statement of the Department of Sciences," undated

box 8, folder 3

"Status and Progress of Social Sciences in German Universities," 1949

box 8, folder 3

"Status of School Legislation," 1948

box 8, folder 3

"Streitschrist gegen die Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin," 1986

box 8, folder 3

"Studentwerk," 1945

box 8, folder 3

"Study of the Secondary School Background of Students Entering Hessian Universities," undated

box 8, folder 3

"Sundquist Personal Files," 1949

box 8, folder 3

"Summary of the Report of Pax Romana's Delegation on Its Visit to Germany," undated

 

T 1946-1968

box 8, folder 4

"Talk with MAY (Education)," undated

box 8, folder 4

"Teacher Education in Germany American Zone," undated

box 8, folder 4

"Teacher Training Since 1945," 1946

box 8, folder 4

"Terror, Herrschaft und Alltag im Nationalsozialismus," undated

box 8, folder 4

"Text eines Radio-Interviews über die neue Forschungshochschule in Berlin-Dahlem," 1946

box 8, folder 4

"Textbooks in Germany American Zone," 1946

box 8, folder 4

"Thesen als Grundlage der Diskussion," 1946

box 8, folder 4

"'To Live for Science': Ideals and Realities at the University of Berlin," undated

box 8, folder 4

"Topical Report," undated

box 8, folder 4

"Trends and Problems in Adult Education," undated

box 8, folder 4

"Two Days that Shook West Germany," 1968

 

U 1947-1977

Scope and Contents note

In addition to titled reports beginning with the letter "U," these folders also contains excerpts and untitled reports.
box 8, folder 5

"Über Christen und Konfessionalose jüdischer Herkunft," undated

box 8, folder 5

"United States Zone," undated

box 8, folder 5

"The Universities," 1948

box 8, folder 5

"The University in Germany Today," 1947

box 8, folder 5

"University of Munich: An Analysis of the Law Faculty," 1948

box 8, folder 5

"Universtäten," undated

box 8, folder 5

"Unterlagen zur Frage der Errichtung einer zweiten Universität in Berlin," undated

box 9, folder 1

"University Officer's Report," 1947

box 9, folder 2

"Universität Hochburg der idealistischen Jugend," undated

box 9, folder 2

"Universitäts-Bibliotheken," undated

box 9, folder 2

"Universitäts-Report Berlin," 1970

box 9, folder 2

"University of Munich: An Analysis of Student Composition," 1977

box 9, folder 2

"Unreason and Revolution," 1969

 

V 1945-1980

box 9, folder 3

"The Value of the Human Being," 1945

box 9, folder 3

"Verfolgung von Mischlingen in Deutschland und im Reichsgau Wartheland," undated

box 9, folder 3

"Veritas, Iustitia, Libertas," 1953

box 9, folder 3

"Visit to Marburg University," 1948

box 9, folder 3

"Von Burschenschafter bis zum Sponti," 1980

 

W-Z 1946-1994

box 9, folder 4

"Wer und wo ist der Hauptschuldige in der Affaire Scholl?," undated

box 9, folder 4

"Who Is Allowed to Study?: Concerning Admittance for Students," undated

box 9, folder 4

"Wir Wollen Froh Sein, Daß Wir Jetzt Sind Wie Alle Anderen," 1993

box 9, folder 4

"Wo Wurzeln waren: Juden in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel," 1946-1947

box 9, folder 4

"Wuerttemberg-Baden Labor Market Who Are Unemployed and Unable to Find Apprenticeship," undated

box 9, folder 4

"Yearbook XXXIV," 1989

box 9, folder 4

"Zeitschrift für Biographieforschung und Oral History," 1994

box 9, folder 4

"Zu Ihrem Brief von 5.iii. möchte ich im Folgenden Stellung nehmen," undated

box 9, folder 4

"Zwischen allen Stühlen- Zur Verfolgung der 'Halbjuden' in Hamburg," undated

box 10, folder 1-2

Transcripts 1945-1996

box 9, folder 5

Transcripts 1945-1996

box 10, folder 3

Speeches and writings by others 1943-1949

Scope and Contents note

Contains speeches, essays, radio broadcasts, and other writings not authored by James F. Tent but by multiple miscellaneous people.
box 10, folder 4

Miscellany 1946-1996

Scope and Contents note

Contains resumes, faxes, revisions, notes, and other printed matter.
 

2016 Incremental Materials 1980-2010

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence files relating to a variety of topics but pertaining mostly to Tent's research in German history and his academic career.
box 11

2016 Incremental Materials 1980-2010

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