Waldemar Gurian papers, 1916-1968 (bulk 1937-1954).
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Mixed materialsLanguage: English, French, German, Russian Description: 6,300 items; 18 containers plus 2 oversize; 7.5 linear feetSubject(s): - Adams, Paul -- Correspondence
- Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975 -- Correspondence
- Ball, Hugo, 1886-1927 -- Correspondence
- Bloy, Léon, 1846-1917
- Dankworth, Herbert, 1898- -- Correspondence
- Gilson, Etienne, 1884-1978 -- Correspondence
- Hennings, Emmy -- Correspondence
- Hermens, Ferdinand Aloys, 1906- -- Correspondence
- Hoffmann, Reinhold, 1831- -- Correspondence
- Karrer, Otto, 1888-1976 -- Correspondence
- Kramer, Franz A. (Franz Albert), 1900-1950 -- Correspondence
- Langgässer, Elisabeth, 1899-1950 -- Correspondence
- Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973 -- Correspondence
- Thieme, Karl, 1902- -- Correspondence
- Voegelin, Eric, 1901-1985 -- Correspondence
- University of Notre Dame -- Faculty
- Catholic Church -- Germany -- Bishops
- Catholic Church -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Anti-Nazi movement -- Switzerland -- Periodicals
- Catholic authors
- Catholics -- France -- History -- 20th century
- Catholics -- Germany -- Periodicals
- Catholics -- Switzerland -- Periodicals
- Catholics -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Cold War
- Communism
- Newsletters
- Political science -- Study and teaching -- United States
- Refugees -- Switzerland
- Political refugees -- Germany
- Religious refugees -- Germany
- Germany -- Religion
- Totalitarianism
- France -- History -- 1945-
- France -- Politics and government -- 1945-
- Germany -- Description and travel
- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
- Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
- Soviet Union -- Politics and government
- Editors
- Educators
- Historians
- Political scientists
Open to research.
Correspondence, notes, writings by Gurian and others, newspaper clippings, reviews of his books, and other papers documenting Gurian's career after his arrival in the United States to become a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. Topics include bolshevism, totalitarianism, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, contemporary Catholicism in France, and Catholic writers and intellectuals. Also includes material relating to a newsletter, Deutsche Briefe, edited by Gurian and Otto Michael Knab in Switzerland from 1934 to 1937, which sought to expose Nazi oppression and to maintain a forum for German religious discussion.
Includes a German transcription of the published journal of Leon Bloy; drafts of Heinz Hürten's biography of Gurian; and files relating to the 1935 pastoral letter of Roman Catholic bishops in Germany outlining their position toward the Nazi government, Gurian's published exchanges with French philosopher Etienne Gilson concerning France's role in the Cold War, and Gurian's first trip to Germany after World War II.
Correspondents include Paul Adams, Hannah Arendt, Hugo Ball, Herbert Dankworth, Emmy Hennings, Ferdinand Aloys Hermens, Reinhold Hoffmann, Otto Karrer, Franz A. Kramer, Elisabeth Langgässer, Jacques Maritain, Karl Thieme, and Eric Voegelin.
Political scientist, historian, editor, and educator. Emigrated from Germany to Switzerland in 1934 and to the United States in 1937.
Chiefly in English and German. Some material in French and Russian.
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