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Gerard E. Caspary papers, 1933-2005.
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Title:
Gerard E. Caspary papers, 1933-2005Creator/Contributor:
Caspary, Gerard E., creatorAbstract:
The papers include class notes for University of California, Berkeley courses History 4B, 103B, 155B, 156A, and 156B, detailed
course handouts, fragments of his one published work, "Politics and Exegesis: Origen and the Two Swords" (U.C. Press, 1979),
and a draft of an unpublished Holocaust memoir.
Date:
1933 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCaspary, Gerard E -- Archives
Church and state -- History
Christianity and politics -- History
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives
Holocaust survivors -- Biography
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Gerard E. Caspary papers, BANC MSS 2010/156, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English, German, and French.
Gerard E. Caspary was born in Frankfurt, Germany, on January 10, 1929 and grew up in Paris. After losing both of his parents
in concentration camps in the second World War he emigrated to the United States. He received a B.A from Swarthmore College
(1950), followed by an M.A. (1952) and a Ph.D. (1962) from Harvard University. Caspary began teaching medieval intellectual
history at the University of California, Berkeley in 1970. He died on April 6, 2008.
Type:
Faculty papers.Class notes.
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1 carton, 3 boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.