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Collection material in English, with German and French
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Hans J. Morgenthau, political scientist, writer, and international relations expert, were given to the Library of Congress by his son and daughter, Matthew and Susanna Morgenthau, in 1984. Additional material was given by Matthew Morgenthau from 1991 to 1995.
The papers of Hans J. Morgenthau were arranged and described in 1985 by Allan Teichroew. Additional material received 1991-1995 was incorporated into the collection in 1998 by Joseph Sullivan and Joseph Brooks.
Sound recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division of the Library, where they are identified as part of these papers.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Hans J. Morgenthau in these papers and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress is reserved. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division for further information.
Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division for information concerning these restrictions.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Hans J. Morgenthau Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
The papers of Hans Joachim Morgenthau (1904-1980) span the years 1858-1981, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period 1925-1981. The collection comprises eight series: General Correspondence , Academic File , Subject File , Writings , Lectures , Miscellany , Addition , and Oversize . There is documentation of Morgenthau's student work and legal career before his emigration from Europe in 1937, but the major portion of the collection is devoted to his life and writings as an analyst of international relations from the World War II era until his death in 1980.
The greater part of Morgenthau's academic tenure was spent as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago. The focus throughout the papers is on Morgenthau's development of his particular conception of power relationships, his ties to the scholarly and foreign policy-making community, and his presence as a dissenting voice in the fields of American foreign relations and international politics.
A German Jewish exile from Nazi Germany, Morgenthau published
Major contemporary foreign policy and domestic political issues are evident in each series of his papers. The General Correspondence file includes correspondence with Dean Acheson, Hannah Arendt, Raymond Aron, Waldemar Gurian, Robert M. Hutchins, Gustav Ichheiser, Henry M. Jackson, Hans Kelsen, Henry Kissinger, Alfred A. Knopf, Alfred M. Landon, Ernest W. Lefever, Walter Lippmann, Robert J. Myers, Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Nitze, David Riesman, Dean Rusk, and Joseph Sisco. There is also a number of letters to and from book publishers and magazine editors. Among the publications to which Morgenthau contributed were the
The Academic File documents Morgenthau's teaching responsibilities and includes course materials, transcripts of lectures, student data, faculty memoranda and correspondence, and administrative records grouped according to college or university, with the universities of Chicago, Kansas City, and Harvard and the City College of New York and the New School for Social Research predominating. A subsection of the files for the University of Chicago is composed of records pertaining to the Center for the Study of American Foreign Policy, which Morgenthau founded. Administrative files relating to the center's origin and purpose include research data from its various projects while Morgenthau was active there in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Writings and Lectures series relates to Morgenthau's talks, lectures, books, and articles and includes galley proofs, tear sheets or copies of published texts; correspondence with publishers, collaborating authors, editors, and sponsors; and letters from the reading and listening public. The Lecture series includes correspondence regarding speaking appearances and the texts of many of the addresses. Writings are organized principally according to books and articles. Complementary material is among the general correspondence of the Academic File and other parts of the collection. Because Morgenthau tailored and refined his presentation according to the media or occasion, his lectures and essays were frequently modified and updated.
The Subject File contains biographical information, such as copies of documents Morgenthau obtained after World War II in order to claim reparations from Germany for having been forced to leave the country because of Nazi rule. The series also includes a diary he kept from April to June 1930 and the mail he received as a result of having opposed American policy toward Vietnam during "teach-ins" and other discussions of the American war effort in Southeast Asia under presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Clippings in the Miscellany also reflect the Vietnam War period. Viewed cumulatively, the clippings document Morgenthau's career from his student days in Germany to his death six decades later.
The Addition , which spans the period 1920-1978, contains correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous material largely personal in nature. Correspondence of both Hans Morgenthau and his wife Irma Thormann dated from the 1920s to early 1940s is mostly in German, with a few letters in French and English. Supplementing the correspondence are drafts of articles and books by Morgenthau and material relating to a master's thesis by his wife. Financial material, notes, newspaper clippings, and related matter are also included.
The collection is arranged in eight series:
Letters sent and received with attached material.
Organized alphabetically by name of person, organization, topic, or type of correspondence.
Letters sent and received, memoranda, committee records, course and research material, student data, printed matter, lecture notes and transcripts, financial records, contractual and administrative documents, and miscellaneous items pertaining to Morgenthau's university affiliations.
Arranged alphabetically by name of university or college and therein by type or subject of material, with an additional general category including Morgenthau's appointment certificates, student notes from the 1920s, and his curriculum vitae.
Correspondence, a diary, financial and legal matter, biographical data, public reaction to Morgenthau's stand on the Vietnam conflict including letters of protest from East German school groups against American policies in Southeast Asia, and miscellaneous printed and other matter regarding travels abroad after 1950.
Arranged alphabetically by type or subject of material and chronologically.
Correspondence, drafts, notes, research materials, printed matter, galley proofs, financial and contractual reords, and other papers relating to Morgenthau's published and unpublished writings.
Arranged in an article file, a book file, and miscellaneous unidentified notes and manuscripts. The article file is organized chronologically by year and alphabetically therein by title of writing. The book file is organized alphabetically by title and therein by type of material. A shorthand manual and used by Morgenthau in his notes and handwritten manuscripts precedes the series.
Correspondence, schedules, drafts and other matter relating to talks, lectures, and speeches by Morgenthau.
Arranged in two sections: a correspondence file organized by year and a text file. An engagements list precedes each section.
Address books and cards, clippings, photographs, miscellaneous signed printed and near-print publications and papers by others, writings about Morgenthau, scholarly papers, theses, research and bibliography cards compiled by Morgenthau, translations of his books, German law books, and broadsides and announcements of his lectures.
Organized alphabetically by name of person or type of material.
Family and general correspondence, clippings, printed matter, drafts of writings, and miscellaneous material.
Organized alphabetically by name of person or type of material.
Broadsides, announcements, and certificates.
Organized and described according to the series and container from which the items were removed.