Carl Landauer Collection
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists primarily of correspondence (incoming and outgoing) concerning assistance for refugee scholars, including correspondence with the Academic Assistance Council (later the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning); American Committee for Refugee Scholars, Writers and Artists; Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden, part of the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland; National Student Federation (later the International Student Service); San Francisco Committee for Service to Émigrés; and Selbsthilfe deutscher Ausgewanderter / Selfhelp for German Émigrés, which includes correspondence with Toni Stolper and the 1934 founding minutes.
The collection also includes correspondence with Jewish community organizations in San Francisco and Oakland, as well as five original offprints of scholarly economic and historical articles by Landauer.
Note that the correspondence consists of photocopies.
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1955
Creator
- Landauer, Carl, 1891-1983 (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in English and German.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers.
Access Information
Readers may access the collection by visiting the Lillian Goldman Reading Room at the Center for Jewish History. We recommend reserving the collection in advance; please visit the LBI Online Catalog and click on the "Request" button.
Biographical Note
Born in Munich on October 15, 1891, Carl Landauer received his doctorate in economics at the University of Heidelberg in 1915, and worked as a journalist and in various academic positions. He immigrated to the United States in 1934, where he became professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and lived in Berkeley, California, after his retirement. He died in Oakland in 1983.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of economist Carl Landauer's correspondence (incoming and outgoing) concerning assistance for refugee scholars during the 1930s and 1940s. It also includes correspondence with Jewish communal organizations in San Francisco and Oakland, and some offprints of Landauer's articles.
Arrangement
Folders are arranged in alphabetical order. Correspondence within each folder is roughly chronological.
Digitization Note
The collection was digitized in its entirety. Folder 7 is available onsite only.
Processing Information
Materials were rehoused in new acid-free folders. The offprints, originally found under the title Carl Landauer collection (AR 728), were added to this collection.
Subject
- Landauer, Carl, 1891-1983 (Person)
- Stolper, Toni (Person)
- American Committee for Refugee Scholars, Writers and Artists (Organization)
- American Assistance Council (Organization)
- San Francisco Jewish Community Center (Organization)
- Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Germany) (Organization)
- National Student Federation (Organization)
- Oakland Jewish Federation (Organization)
- San Francisco Committee for Service to Émigrés (Organization)
- Selfhelp for German Émigrés (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Carl Landauer (1891-1983) Collection 1934-1955 AR 7053
- Author
- Processed by Kevin Schlottmann
- Date
- © 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Sponsor
- Processing made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Digitization made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Revision Statements
- June 2015: dao links and digitization information added by Leanora Lange.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
