George Wolfgang Felix Hallgarten papers, 1874-1975

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Summary

Creators:
Hallgarten, George W. F. (George Wolfgang Felix), 1901-1975
Abstract:
Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, photocopies of government documents, propaganda leaflets, and printed matter, relating to European diplomacy, imperialism, psychology of national socialism and totalitarianism, U.S. and German propaganda during World War II, and the arms race, 1870-1970. Includes drafts of a study by G. W. F. Hallgarten, titled Imperialismus vor 1914.
Extent:
44 manuscript boxes, 2 microfilm reels, 4 sound cassettes, 1 sound tape reel (18.5 Linear Feet)
Language:
In German and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], George Wolfgang Felix Hallgarten Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of documents created and accumulated by professor and writer George W.F. Hallgarten. It contains correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, photocopies of government documents, propaganda leaflets, and printed matter, relating to European diplomacy, imperialism, psychology of national socialism and totalitarianism, U.S. and German propaganda during World War II, and the arms race, 1870-1970. Includes drafts of a study by G. W. F. Hallgarten, titled Imperialismus vor 1914.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1901, January 3
Born, Munich, Germany
1925
Ph.D., University of Munich
1928
Published work based on doctoral dissertation, entitled Studien ueber die deutsche Polenfreundschaft 1830-1848 (A study of German-Polish friendship 1830-1848), Munich
1933
Exiled from Germany to France
1935-1936
Lecturer at the École des Hautes Études Sociales et Internationales in Paris
1935
Published excerpt of Vorkriegsimperialismus (Pre-war imperialism), Paris
1937
Immigrated to the United States
1938
Lecturer at Brooklyn College
1939
Private research at Hoover Institution
1940-1941
Research associate in history at the University of California, Berkeley
1941
Married Katherine MacArthur Drew, attorney from San Francisco
1942-1945
Served with the U.S. Army, Combat Intelligence and Psychological Warfare, in Europe
1945-1949
Historian and later senior research analyst for the War Department
1947
Served on a team of the War Crimes Branch to document case against war criminals, Nuernberg
1949-1950
Visiting professor at the University of Munich
1951
Published Imperialismus vor 1914 (Imperialism before 1914), two volumes, Munich
1954
Published Why Dictators? New York
1955
Published Hitler, Reichswehr und Industrie (Hitler, the imperial army and industry), Frankfurt
1955-1956
Co-founder of the American Committee for the Study of War Documents, a microfilming project
1956
Lecture tour sponsored by the University of Minnesota
1957
Published Daemonen oder Retter? (Demons or saviours?), Frankfurt
1958-1959
Lecture tour of the German Federal Republic, research in the archives of the Auswaertiges Amt, Bonn
1963
Published second edition of Imperialismus vor 1914 (Imperialism before 1914), Munich
1965
Lectures at universities in India and Japan
1967
Lectures at universities in Rome and Munich
1967
Published Das Wettruesten (The arms race), Frankfurt
1968-1969
Visiting professor of history, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
1969
Published Das Schicksal des Imperialismus im 20. Jahrhundert (The fate of imperialism in the twentieth century), Frankfurt
1969
Published Als die Schatten fielen (When the shadows fell), Berlin
1970-1971
Visiting professor, University of Dayton
1971-1972
Visiting professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
1974
Published Deutsche Industrie und Politik von Bismarck bis heute (German industry and politics from Bismarck to today), Frankfurt (with Joachim Radkau)
1975, May 22
Died in Washington, D.C.
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1978.
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], George Wolfgang Felix Hallgarten 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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