Hans Morgenthau Collection 1904-1980

The first part of the collection (Series 1 = Personal documents) contains personal and official documents such as certificates, student and fraternity papers, visas and affidavits. Among the latter is the file “The United States vs. Matthew Morgenthau”. Hans Morgenthaus son was accused of starting a quarrel with a lieutenant as well as saying “the army is no better than Hitler’s”. The file contains other personal correspondence including a psychological profile of Matthews’s childhood written by his father. Furthermore, the collection includes the Spanish-American correspondence concerning the attempt to retrieve the Morgenthaus belongings from Spain. (The Morgenthaus lived in Spain from 1935 to 1937 and they left Spain at the beginning of the civil war.) The second part of the collection (Series 2 = Correspondence) consists of personal and official correspondence, including letters by family, friends and colleagues to Hans or Irma Morgenthau, as well as letters by the Morgenthaus themselves. ; The following individuals and organizations are mentioned in this collection: Ackermann, Fritz ; Alvarez, J. ; American Express ; Anders, Rudolf ; Angerer, Martin ; Arens, Fritz ; Aris, Leonard ; Asch, Ernst ; Asch, Walter ; Bach, Julian ; Bachmann, Sofie ; Bachwitz, Willi ; Baertig, Nellie ; Banco de Vizcaya (Madrid) ; Banco Hispano Americano (Madrid) ; Banque Parisienne pour les Transactions Financieres ; Barlow, Mr. ; Barnet, S.J. ; Barrett, Mary ; Baruch, Herbert ; Bauer, Alfred ; Bauer, Theodor ; Baum, Eugen ; Bausch, Helmut ; Benno Thormann ; Bentley, Campbell, Du Canto & Silvestri (Chicago) ; Ber, Arthur ; Ber, Hermann ; Berger, Else ; Berkenau, Paul ; Berlepsch, Klaus von ; Bernhard, Paul ; Bernheimer, Fritz ; Bernheimer, Louis ; Bernheimer, Max ; Bernheimer, Sigo ; Bieringer, Heinz ; Bieringer, Heinz ; Blanck, Leonhard C. ; Blum, Berthold ; Blumenfeld, Felix ; Blumenfeld, Gerd ; Blumenthal, Curt ; Bohnheim, Paul ; Bremerl ; Brooklyn Bureau of Charities ; Bruehl, Georg ; Brunelle, Paul ; Bucher, Anne ; Burnes, ...