Carl Landauer papers, bulk 1900-1985

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Summary

Creators:
Landauer, Carl, 1891-1983
Abstract:
Correspondence, printed matter, and sound recordings of interviews relating to economics, world politics, and efforts to aid German Jewish refugees to the United States during the 1930s and World War II.
Extent:
43 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 1 oversize box (18.8 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

The Carl Landauer papers consist of correspondence, writings, and sound recordings of interviews, related to economics, world politics, and Landauer's efforts to aid German Jewish refugees during the 1930s and World War II. The collection is organized into eight sections: Biographical File, Writings, Correspondence, Collected Correspondence, Writings by Others, Photographs, Printed Matter, and Sound Recordings.

Correspondence makes up the bulk of the collection, and reflects Landauer's professional and personal relationships with colleagues, friends, and family members. This section is arranged into two sub sections: Professional Correspondence and Personal Correspondence, a distinction maintained from Landauer's own arrangement of his papers. The correspondence is further arranged in alphabetical order. Landauer's professional correspondence documents his career as a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and his collaboration with other contemporary American economists. Also of note is correspondence with various Jewish philanthropic organizations and government agencies related to Landauer's efforts to aid German Jewish refugees seeking to immigrate to the United States and escape persecution in Germany during World War II.

The Landauer papers also contain extensive documentation of Landauer's family history, childhood, and early career in the form of autobiographical writings, curriculum vitae, sound recordings of oral histories, and correspondence. Of particular interest are collections of correspondence sent from the Eastern front during World War I by Landauer's brother, Fritz Landauer, and his brother-in-law, Arthur Stein.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1891
Born, Munich, Germany
1913
Received PhD in Economics from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Heidelberg University)
1916-1919
Served as an administrative assistant for the German War Food Administration
1933
Emigrated to the United States
1919-1922, 1926-1933
Served as a teaching assistant at Handelshochschule (College of Commerce)
1915
Served as a research assistant at the Institut fĂĽr Seeverkehr und Weltwirtschaft (Institute for Marine Commerce and International Economics)
Served in German Army
1940
Became an American citizen
1936
Appointed as professor at the University of California, Berkeley
1934
Appointed as lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley
1959
Published European Socialism
Retired from position at the University of California, Berkeley
1949-1950
Appointed as guest professor at Freie Universität Berlin (Free University of Berlin)
1944
Published Theory of National Economic Planning
1967
Received an honorary degree from the Universität Hamburg (University of Hamburg)
1962
Recieved an honorary degree from the University of California, Berkeley
1959-1960
Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to lecture in Frankfurt and Hamburg
1983
Died, Oakland, California
1974
Received the Award for Cultural Achievement from the German Labor Federation
1969
Published Germany: Illusions and Dilemmas
1983
Posthumously published Corporate State Ideologies : Historical Roots and Philosophical Origins
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1990.
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], Carl Landauer 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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