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Guide to the Papers of George L. Mosse (1918-1999),
1780-2001

AR 25137

Processed by Dianne Ritchey Oummia and Stanislav Pejša with the assistance of Iris Homann, Miriam Intrator, and Cornelia Schmitz

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Machine-readable finding aid created by Stanislav Pejša and Dianne Ritchey Oummia as MS Word file. October 2003. Electronic finding aid converted to EAD 2002 by Dianne Ritchey Oummia. November 2003. Description is in English.
February 2005. Access restrictions on Series III: Correspondence added by Stanislav Pejša. March 2005. Access points added by Dianne Ritchey Oummia.

Descriptive Summary

Title: George L. Mosse Collection
Dates: 1780-2001
Abstract: This collection documents the life and career of the historian George L. Mosse. It contains material focusing on his work, including papers relating to his writings and lectures, as well as material dealing with his family. In addition, there is extensive correspondence between Mosse and his family, colleagues and friends, publishing companies, universities and other educational institutions, former students, and lawyers concerning restitution of Mosse family property lost after the family fled Nazi persecution. The collection also contains books, videocassettes and film reels, objects, newspaper clippings, and photographs.
Languages: The collection is in German, English, Italian, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Dutch, and Latin.
Quantity: 65.8 linear feet
Identification: AR 25137
Repository: Leo Baeck Institute
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Biographical Note

George L. Mosse was born Gerhard Lachmann-Mosse in Berlin on September 20, 1918 to a well-to-do Jewish family. His grandfather Rudolf Mosse founded the Mosse Publishing House, and published the major liberal newspaper in Germany the Berliner Tageblatt, as well as the Berliner Morgenzeitung, Volkszeitung, and the 8-Uhr Abendblatt. Rudolf Mosse was a pioneer in the business of modern international advertising, and owned several advertisement companies in Europe. George L. Mosse's father, Hans Lachmann, married Felicia Mosse, the only daughter of Rudolf Mosse. They had three children, Rudolf, Hilde and Gerhard (George), who was the youngest. After the death of Rudolf Mosse in 1922 Hans Lachmann-Mosse took over the firm. The Mosse family owned several estates, one of which was Schenkendorf, the family country residence that had a particular significance for George L. Mosse, who often recalled happy childhood memories of time spent at Schenkendorf. The Mosse publishing enterprise was one of the earliest targets of Nazi political harassment both before and after the Nazis came to power in 1933. The family left Germany the day after Hitler was appointed Chancellor, although George L. Mosse, away at school in southern Germany, did not leave until March 31, 1933. The family advertising enterprises located outside Germany-particularly in Switzerland-provided some financial means in their exile.

The educational career of George L. Mosse started at the boarding school Schule Schloß Salem near the Bodensee (Lake Constance), continued in 1934 at the Quaker Bootham school in York, England and in the years 1937-1939 at Cambridge. After George L. Mosse immigrated to the United States in 1939, he attended Haverford College, a Quaker college in Pennsylvania, and received his B.A. degree from the hands of the former president Herbert Hoover at Haverford in 1941. He then pursued his interest in English Protestant history at Harvard, where he studied with the medievalist Charles Howard McIlwain and received the PhD degree in 1946. His dissertation dealt with the struggle for sovereignty between king and Parliament in the early seventeenth century and was published under the title The struggle for sovereignty in England, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to the Petition of Right in 1950.

In 1944 George L. Mosse joined the Army Specialized Training Program at the State University of Iowa where he lectured for soldiers who were scheduled to take part in the post-war U.S. occupation of Europe. A year later he became a member of the History Department faculty and was assigned to a newly established core course on the history of Western civilization, established just in time for the return of large numbers of veterans from WWII. He became a keen proponent and public advocate of this program and several times publicly defended its importance in the press. He was instrumental in developing its curriculum and helped its implementation at other institutions of higher education. His lectures were well attended and George L. Mosse became a popular teacher and in demand speaker in Iowa and the Midwest.

In 1955 George L. Mosse left the State University of Iowa to take a position as associate professor of European history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was recruited to build up the European history program. He served on the faculty until his retirement in 1988, first as the first Bascom Professor of European History, and later as the Bascom Weinstein Professor of History and Jewish Studies. In addition, George L. Mosse taught at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem from 1969 to 1985, and held the Koebner Chair between the years 1978 and 1985. Among many other appointments and honors he received in his retirement years was appointment to the A.D. White Professorship-at-Large at Cornell University.

Lecturing and contact with students were very important to George L. Mosse and he traveled and lectured extensively within the United States and abroad from Poland to Australia to South Africa and often in Germany where he embraced the new liberal democratic regime. He enjoyed particular popularity in Italy, where he gave many lectures, interviews to popular magazines, and attended many conferences. George L. Mosse held several visiting professorships, including: Stanford University (1963-1964); Hebrew University (1969-1985); Kaplan Center for Jewish Research, Capetown University (1980); University of Amsterdam (1980); Ecole des Hautes Études, Paris (1986); Cambridge University (1990-1994). In 1994 he was the first Shapiro Senior Scholar in Residence at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

While George L. Mosse's early scholarship focused on the study of English constitutional history, Puritanism, and the Reformation, after his arrival at the University of Wisconsin his interest shifted towards modern German history and the history of Anti-Semitism. In 1964 George L. Mosse's seminal volume The Crisis of German Ideology: Intellectual Origins of the Third Reich was published. This work gave a new perspective on the study of the genesis of Nazism and right-wing movements in general. This book was followed by several others that challenged the conventional approaches to the origins of Nazism and fascism: Nazi Culture (1966), The Nationalization of the Masses (1975), and Toward the Final Solution (1977). His Fallen Soldiers investigated the cult of the war dead in Western Europe during and after the First World War. He was also interested in the history of German-Jewish relations and cultural co-habitation. Anson Rabinbach in his obituary in Aufbau (February 19, 1999) characterized George L. Mosse's German Jews beyond Judaism as his most personal book.

George L. Mosse always paid close attention to popular culture, behaviors and mentalities within a broader European cultural landscape. This became even more apparent when his focus shifted once again. In the 1980s George L. Mosse analyzed the concepts and perceptions of beauty, sexuality, and policies of public and social hygiene, in particular the political implications of perceived deviations from the norms of nineteenth century middle class society. His research resulted in two books, Nationalism and Sexuality (1985) and The Image of Man(1996).

George L. Mosse authored more than twenty-five books, including his autobiography Confronting History (2000). He published a great number of articles in academic journals and contributed to many volumes of essays. He was also a founding editor of the influential Journal of Contemporary History together with Walter Lacquer.

The academic achievements of George L. Mosse were recognized by five honorary doctorates: Doctor of Literature (Litt.D.) from Carthage College (1973); Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (1987); Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa from Università degli Studi di Camerino (1995); Universität-Gesamthochschule-Siegen (1998); and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1999). He was also awarded the Award for Scholarly Distinction of the American Historical Association, the Leo Baeck Medal, the Premio Aqui Storia, the Premio Prezzolini, and the Goethe Institute's Goethe-Medaille.

After the war the Mosse family attempted to recover their German property, and in the 1950's, they were successful in obtaining restitution of Mosse family properties located in the western sector. However, since most of the real estate was located in the Soviet occupied zone - later the German Democratic Republic - their efforts were only partially successful. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and conditions for the restitution of family properties became more favorable, George L. Mosse was the only living direct heir of the family, although he shared equally restitution with the heirs of his brother Rudolf and the foundation set up to honor his sister Hilde. The family was restituted the Schenkendorf estate (which had served after the war as a military base) as well as other properties, and George Mosse attended the dedication of the Mosse media center in the building that formerly housed the offices of the Mosse Publishing House.

George L. Mosse died on January 22, 1999 in Madison. In his will he generously endowed a program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and stipulated that this money be used for furthering academic exchange and collaboration between the departments of history at the University of Wisconsin and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also left funds in support of gay and lesbian studies, and scholarships in Jewish and modern European history. Among other beneficiaries were The Leo Baeck Institute in New York, the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Gay and Lesbian Studies department at the University of Amsterdam, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The authors of the finding aid would like to thank John Tortorice, partner of George L. Mosse, for his comments on the Biographical Note.

Curriculum Vitae

September 20, 1918 Born in Berlin, Germany
1937-1939 Attended University of Cambridge
1941 Received B.S., Haverford College
1946 Received Ph.D., Harvard University
1944-1955 Instructor to Associate Professor, State University of Iowa
1955-1965 Associate Professor to Professor, University of Wisconsin
1963-1964 Visiting Professor, Stanford University
1965-1982 John C. Bascom Professor, University of Wisconsin
1969-1978 Visiting Professor, Hebrew University
1972, 1979 Visiting Fellow, History of Ideas Unit, Australian National University
1973 Doctor of Literature (honorary) Carthage College
1977 Visiting Professor, Jewish Theological Seminary of America
1978-1985 Koebner Professor of History, Hebrew University
1980 Kaplan Center for Jewish Research, Capetown University
1982-1983 Visiting Professor, University of Munich
1982-1988 Weinstein-Bascom Professor in Jewish Studies, University of Wisconsin
1986 Visiting Professor, Ecole des Hautes Études, Paris
1987 Visiting Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, Hebrew University
1987 D. Litt. (honorary) Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
1988 Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
1988 Visiting Professor, University of Amsterdam
1989, 1992 Visiting Professor, Cornell University
1989 Visiting Professor, Tel Aviv University
1990, 1991, 1994 Visiting Professor, Pembroke College, Cambridge University
1993 A.D. White Professor at Large, Cornell University
1994-1995 Shapiro Visiting Fellow, United States Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C.
1995 Dr. L.C. (honorary) Università Degli Studi di Camerino, Camerino, Italy
1998 Dr. L.C. (honorary) Universität-Gesamthochschule, Siegen
January 22, 1999 Death of George L. Mosse


Selected Bibliography

1950 Struggle for Sovereignty in England, from the Reign of Queen Elizabeth to the Petition of Right. New York: Octagon Books, 1950.
1953 The Reformation. New York: Holt, 1953.
1957 The Holy Pretence: A Study in Christianity and Reason of State from William Perkins to John Winthrop. New York: H. Fertig, 1957.
1957 Europe in Review. Readings and Sources since 1500. Edited with introductions by George L. Mosse and others. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1957.
1961 Culture of Western Europe: the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1961.
1964 The Crisis of German Ideology: Intellectual Origins of the Third Reich. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1964.
1966 Nazi Culture: Intellectual, Cultural, and Social Life in the Third Reich, Edited by George L. Mosse. New York: Schocken Books, 1966.
1968 with H.G. Koenigsberger Europe in the Sixteenth Century. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1968.
1970 Germans and Jews; the Right, the Left, and the Search for a "Third Force" in Pre-Nazi Germany. New York: H. Fertig, 1970.
1974 Jews and Non-Jews in Eastern Europe, 1918-1945. Edited with Bela Vago. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1974.
1975 Nationalization of the Masses; Political Symbolism and Mass Movements in Germany from the Napoleonic Wars through the Third Reich. New York: H. Fertig, 1975
1978 Toward the Final Solution: a History of European Racism. New York: H. Fertig, 1978.
1980 Masses and Man: Nationalist and Fascist Perceptions of Reality. New York, H. Fertig, 1980.
1985 Nationalism and Sexuality: Respectability and Abnormal Sexuality in Modern Europe. New York: H. Fertig, 1985.
1990 Fallen Soldiers: Reshaping the Memory of the World Wars. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
1993 Confronting the Nation: Jewish and Western Nationalism. Hanover: Published [for] Brandeis University Press by University Press of New England, 1993.
1996 Image of Man: the Creation of Modern Masculinity. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
1999 Fascist Revolution: Toward a General Theory of Fascism. New York: H. Fertig, 1999.
2000 Confronting History: A Memoir. Madison, University of Wisconsin, 2000.
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Scope and Content Note

The papers of George L. Mosse provide a significant amount of information on the work and life of a historian of the origins of fascism and Nazism, Jewish history and German-Jewish cultural coexistence, George L. Mosse (1918-1999). The most valuable part of the collection is the correspondence of George L. Mosse. It contains both letters he received and copies of those he sent. The correspondence (Series III) with publishers documents various stages of creation of his books, while his personal correspondence with friends and colleagues reveals his thoughts on many historiographical issues, as well as insights into the academic life of a distinguished scholar and devoted educator.

Another significant resource documenting George L. Mosse's academic pursuits are drafts and manuscripts of his books, articles, and lectures. These are preserved together with research notes and index cards George L. Mosse used for his research (Series II). This kind of material can help in understanding George L. Mosse research methods and techniques. George L. Mosse together with Walter Lacquer edited the Journal for Contemporary History and this collection contains its editorial correspondence and drafts of articles both accepted and rejected spanning almost forty years of its existence from 1961 to 1998 (Series III). This part of the collection captures important trends and developments in scholarship on the history of the twentieth century, and particularly on the origins of fascism and Nazism. The historiographical shifts are also reflected in the vast collection of off-prints that George L. Mosse accumulated throughout his long career.

The collection includes some material on the Mosse family, however, personal correspondence with family members and artifacts that would have strong ties to individual family members are rather rare. Some information on George L. Mosse's family can be found in correspondence he had with various scholars interested in the history of this family.

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Arrangement

Divided into 9 series.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open to researchers.

Access to the following parts of the collection is restricted to those who receive written permission from the trustees of the George L. Mosse Estate: Series III: Correspondence, 1919-2001: Subseries 1-3 (box/folders 30/1-40/41) and subseries 6 (box/folders 51/1-51/259).

Please contact:

Use restrictions

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute Center for Jewish History 15 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

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Related Material

The Mosse Family Collection (AR 99) is available at the LBI. Information on George L. Mosse, including audio files of his lectures on WHA Radio, is available on the University of Wisconsin's website at: http://mosseprogram.wisc.edu.

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Separated Material

Some photos have been separated and placed in the LBI photo collection. Several books found in this collection have been removed to the LBI Library. Three objects (a lapel pin, a medal, and an impression/death mask of Ernst Toller) have been placed in the LBI art collection.

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:

Identification of item, date (if known); George L. Mosse Collection; AR 25137; box number; folder number; Leo Baeck Institute.

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Access points

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Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

 

Series I: Personal, 1897-2001.

This series is in English, German, Italian, Hebrew, French, Dutch, and Norwegian.
4 linear feet
Arrangement:

Divided into three subseries.

Scope and Content:

Series I is made up of three subseries: George L. Mosse, Family, and Calendars, which document the life and family of George L.Mosse.

The first subseries mainly contains personal documents such as school or health documents, as well as items relating to celebrations of Mosse's sixtieth, seventieth, and eightieth birthdays. This subseries contains a large amount of awards and certifiicates given to Mosse. There are also articles written about him documenting his academic acheivements as well as his political views.

Subseries 2 focuses on the Lachmann-Mosse family, and contains not only material on the family in general, but also on George L. Mosse's sister, mother, father, and grandfather. Information on his grandfather also contains documents pertaining to the Mosse publishing company. Subseries 3 consists of daily planners used by Mosse.

Subseries 1: George L. Mosse ,  1927-2001.

This subseries is in English, German, Italian, French, Dutch, and Norwegian.
3 linear feet
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

Scope and Content:

This subseries contains material that documents the personal life of George L. Mosse, in addition to school reports, personal documents, awards, and other social and academic honors.

Folders in the part of this subseries labelled General contain non-scholarly documents pertaining to Mosse's life. Several folders hold birthday greetings for his sixtieth, seventieth, and eightieth birthdays. Other items include material from educational institutions Mosse attended including the Bootham School, Haverford College, and Downing College (University of Cambridge). Item relating to his personal possessions may also be found here, including an appraisal of a violin and information on a porcelain collection. The Personal Documents folder contains Mosse's driver's licenses, library cards and a Strassenbahn ticket from 1933.

The subseries also contains many awards, acknowledgements, certificates, and degrees given to Mosse in recognition of his work, in addition to his academic degrees. Many of the degrees are honorary.

The last part of this subseries, listed under the heading Articles, Essays, and Laudatia, contains published articles from journals as well as magazine and newspaper clippings concerning Mosse and his work. The articles document Mosse's academic and extra-academic activities. The clippings from the 1950s-1960s especially document rich political involvement in many contemporary political issues both on and off of the University of Wisconsin campus. Articles from the later period usually reflect George Mosse's opinions on the grave social and historical issues such as the rise of the neo-nazism, the roots of fascism, the convoluted German history in the 19th and 20th century, and later the questions of sexuality, masculinity, and homosexuality. The clippings contain interviews with George Mosse and various interpretations of his works in popular journals or magazines, essays on his scholarship, and commemmorations about his life.

After the death of Hilde L. Mosse in 1982 a foundation in her name was established in 1983. Since George Mosse was the President of the Foundation, materials related to the Hilde L. Mosse Center is located in this subseries.

A) General

Box Folder Title Date
1 1 60th Birthday Invitation 1978
OSL 41 1 70th Birthday Celebration - Poster 1988
1 2 80th Birthday - Greetings and Wishes 1988
1 3 80th Birthday - Reminiscences 1981
1 4 American Historical Association Seventieth Anniversary Meeting 1955
1 5 Auction of Hans-Lachmann-Mosse Library 1927-1982
1 6 Auction of Jewelry 1982-1984
1 7 Bootham School 1934-1940
1 8 Caricature 1969
1 9 Citations Index - Arts and Humanities 1994
1 10 Citations Index - Social Science 1980-1993
1 11 Commission of Enquiry into the Activities of Nazism in Argentina 1998
1 12 Curriculum Vitae undated
1 13 Donald Gray - Headmaster, Bootham School, York 1940-1945
1 14 Downing College (University of Cambridge) 1939
60 1 Emigration - Exil - Exhibition Catalogue 2000
1 15 German Student Publications 1952
1 16 Grätz Family History undated
1 17 Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem - Hilde L. Mosse Center 1998
1 18 Haverford College - Reunions 1961, 1971
1 19 Haverford College - School Reports 1939-1941
1 20 Hebrew Union College - Commencement Exercises 1987
1 21 Life Insurance 1983-1987
1 22 Medical Records 1987-1998
1 23 Obituary of Leonardo Olschki 1961, 1972
1 24 Permit to Enter Vatican Basilica for Easter Mass 1962
1 25 Personal Documents 1933, 1939, 1958-1978, 1992-1995
1 26 Petition for Writ of Mandate 1950
1 27 Phonogram Cards undated
1 28 Porcelain Collection 1966, 1980-1983
1 29 Projekt für Interdisziplinäre Faschismusforschung 1993
1 30 Research at Huntington Library - List of Readers and Their Projects 1948
1 31 Society Memberships 1951, 1973
1 32 Staadecker Familienstammbuch 1905-1913
1 33 Storia e Critica 1992
1 34 Swiss Banks and the Holocaust undated
1 35 Università degli Studi di Camerino - Cena in Onore di George L. Mosse 1995
1 36 University of Glasgow - List of Delegates and Honorary Graduands 1951
1 37 Violin Appraisal 1983-1991
1 38 Wisconsin Magazine of History 1965
1 39 Zwolf Merkwürdige Ausrufer von Berlin mit ihrem Geschrey undated

B) Acknowledgements, Awards, Degrees

Box Folder Title Date
1 40 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston - Fellow Certificate 1985
OSL41 2 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston - Fellow Certificate 1985
1 41 American Historical Association - Award for Scholarly Distinction 1997
1 42 Carthage College - Doctor of Literature Degree 1973
60 2 Cornell University - Andrew D. White Professor-at-Large Certificate 1993
60 3 GLB Alumni Council - Life Achievement Award 1996
1 43 Goethe-Institut - Goethe-Medaille Certificate 1988
1 44 Hadassah Acknowledgement of Gift - Certificate undated
OSL41 3 Harvard University - Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees 1942, 1947
OSL41 4 Haverford College - Bachelor of Science 1941
1 45 Haverford College - Loyalty Recognition Certificate undated
OSL41 5 Hebrew Union College - Doctor of Humane Letters Degree 1987
OSL41 6 Hebrew University - Doctor Honoris Causa Degree 1999
1 46 Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Ohio State University - Award 1996
1 47 Premio Prezzolini Award 1985
1 48 Universität-Gesamthochschule-Siegen - Doktor der Philosophie Honoris Causa 1998
1 49 University of Wisconsin Foundation Certificate undated
1 50 Wisconsin Library Association - Notable Wisconsin Author Award 1995

C) Articles, Essays and Laudatia

Box Folder Title Date
2 1 Articles 1941-1949
2 2 Articles 1950-1954
2 3 Articles 1955-1959
2 4 Articles 1960-1969
2 5 Articles 1970-1975
2 6 Articles 1976-1979
2 7 Articles 1980-1989
2 8 Articles 1990-1994
2 9 Articles 1995-1999
2 10 Articles 2000-2001
2 11 Articles - Dutch 1985-1996
2 12 Articles - French 1987, 1995-1996
2 13 Articles - German 1956-1958, 1978-1998
2 14 Articles - Hebrew 1962-1999
2 15 Articles - Italian 1969-1980
2 16 Articles - Italian 1981-1985
2 17 Articles - Italian 1986-1994
2 18 Articles - Italian 1995-1999
2 19 Articles - Norwegian 1994
Box Folder Title Date
3 1 Between Rationality and Irrationalism: George L. Mosse, the Holocaust and European Cultural History undated
3 2 Cultural History and Symbols by John Ward - Review of Political Symbolism in Modern Europe: Essays in Honor of George L. Mosse 1986
3 3 Cultural History, Nationalism, and the Dignity of the Individual: the Work of George L. Mosse 2000
3 4 Curriculum Baedeker: From Art to Zoo 1949
3 5 Deutsche Juden jenseits des Judentums: Der Fall Gerhard George L. Mosse undated
3 6 Deutsche-jüdische Emigrationshistoriker in den USA und der Nationalsozialismus 1988
3 7 Deutschlandbilder 1945-1965. Angloamerikanische Historiker und moderne deutsche Geschichte 1989
3 8 " Du Baroque au nazisme: une histoire religieuse de la politique" 1994
3 9 "G.L.Mosse e il Problema delle Origini Culturali del Fascismo: Significato di una Svolta" 1976
3 10 German Politics and Society - Special Issues: George L. Mosse Symposium 2000
3 11 Laudatia 1998
3 12 Laudatia - Steve Ascheim: George Mosse at 80: A Critical Laudatio 1999, 2001
3 13 Laurea Honoris Causa a George L. Mosse 1995
3 14 Memorial Service - Speeches 1999
3 15 Nazisti ed ebrei nella Germania di George Mosse undated
3 16 Necrologies 1999-2001
3 17 Note agli Studi di George Mosse sul Nazismo 1978
3 18 Obituaries 1999-2000
3 19 Partecipazione politica e integrazione comunitaria nella Germania nazista: un'analisi politologica di G.L.Mosse 1987
3 20 Razzismo e Omosessualità (Intervista a George L. Mosse) 1984
3 21 Religione e politica nell'et… della secolarizzazione: riflessioni su di un recente volume di Emilio Gentile 1995

D) Hilde L. Mosse Foundation

Box Folder Title Date
3 22 Contributions 1982-1998
3 23 Contributions - Jewish Philanthropies 1982, 1991, 1994-1998
3 24 Contributions - Madison Jewish Community Council 1994-1998
3 25 Contributions - Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 1982-1983
3 26 Correspondence 1988-1995
3 27 Establishment 1982-1986
3 28 Financial Statements 1990-1991
3 29 Northside Center for Child Development 1987-1998
3 30 Northside Center for Child Development - Computers - Photo Album undated
3 31 Northside Center for Child Development - 50 Year Anniversary - Photo Album 1996
3 32 Northside Center for Child Development - Golden Anniversary Gala 1996
OSL41 7 Northside Center for Child Development - Hilde Mosse Center - Poster 1997
3 33 Northside Center for Child Development - Hilde Mosse Program - Photo Album 1996
60 4 Northside Center for Child Development - Hilde Mosse Tutorial Center 1992
3 34 Northside Center for Child Development - Hilde Mosse Tutorial Center - Letters 1996-1997
3 35 Northside Center for Child Development - Hilde Mosse Tutorial Center - Photo Album undated
3 36 Northside Center for Child Development - Homework Center - Photo Album 1996
3 37 Northside Center for Child Development - Saturday 1997
3 38 Northside Center for Child Development - Saturday Program - Celebration 1997
3 39 Northside Center for Child Development - Saturday Program - Literacy Group 1997
3 40 Portfolio Appraisal Reports 1996-1998

Subseries 2: Family,  1897-1997.

This subseries is in English and German.
0.5 linear foot
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

Scope and Content:

The documents concerning George L. Mosse's family are comprised of general items relating to the Mosse and Lachmann families, as well as items pertaining to his mother Felicia, his sister Hilde, his grandfather Rudolf, and his father Hans. Personal documents comprise most of the material on Felicia, Hilde, and Hans. In addition, among the documents relating to Hilde Mosse are also articles, obituaries, and a memorial speech given by her brother. Material pertaining to Rudolf Mosse is in the form of articles and obituaries; there are no personal documents of his here. Articles concerning his publishing house and foundation as well as the Rudolf Mosse Educational Institute for Boys and Girls (Rudolf Mosse'sche Erziehungs-Anstalt für Knaben und Mädchen) will be found here.

A) Mosse Family

Box Folder Title Date
4 1 Articles on Mosse Family undated, 1909?, 1918, 1925, 1944, 1986-1987
4 2 Lachmann Family Genealogy undated
4 3 Mosse Family History undated, 1909, 1991-1997

B) Felicia Lachmann-Mosse

Box Folder Title Date
4 4 Photos undated

C) Hilde Lachmann-Mosse

Box Folder Title Date
4 5 Articles by Hilde L. Mosse 1959-1974
4 6 Ein Berliner Salon - A House Play undated
4 7 Birth Certificate 1950
4 8 Estate 1982-1986
4 9 Estate - Correspondence 1982-1985, 1996
4 10 Memorial Service Speech by George L. Mosse 1982?
4 11 Obituary 1982
4 12 Photos undated
4 13 Portrait of Paul Ehrlich 1943
4 14 Tributes 1982

D) Rudolf Mosse

Box Folder Title Date
4 15 Rudolf Mosse - Articles undated, 1954, 1959, 1988
4 16 Rudolf Mosse - Obituaries 1920
4 17 Rudolf Mosse Educational Institute - Annual Reports 1897-1909
4 18 Rudolf Mosse Foundation 1966-1985
4 19 Rudolf Mosse Publishing House - Print undated
OSL41 8 Mosse Zentrum - Veröffentlichungen zur Eröffnung 1995

E) Hans Lachmann-Mosse

Box Folder Title Date
4 20 Massenstraße - Photos undated
60 4 Music Sheet Autographed by Franz Lehár 1925
4 21 Testament and Death Certificate 1944, 1954

Subseries 3: Calendars,  1957-1998.

This subseries is mainly in English.
0.5 linear foot
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Scope and Content:

This subseries is comprised of daily planners which provide a view of George L. Mosse's daily life over a period of forty-one years. The calendars list appointments, meetings, and speaking engagements. Occasionally they also list tasks which need to be done.

Box Folder Title Date
4 22 Calendars 1957-1958
4 23 Calendars 1960-1963
4 24 Calendars 1964-1967
4 25 Calendars 1968-1969
4 26 Calendars 1970-1974
4 27 Calendars 1975-1978
4 28 Calendars 1979-1981
4 29 Calendars 1982-1984
4 30 Calendars 1985-1987
4 31 Calendars 1988-1989
4 32 Calendars 1990-1992
4 33 Calendars 1993-1994
4 34 Calendars 1995-1998
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Series II: Writings and Research, 1750-2001.

Series is in English, German, Italian, and Hebrew.
25.3 linear feet
Arrangement:

Divided into 5 subseries.

Scope and Content:

Series II: Writings and Research holds the bulk of the scholarly material produced by George L. Mosse in this collection. The majority of documents found here are manuscripts and drafts of his writings, this series also contains research notes, index cards, and material he used in lectures and university courses.

Having been a prolific writer, there is a large amount of material concerning Mosse's books which will be found here, including several different versions of his works. Research notes used for specific books will be found in Subseries 4 as well as in Subseries 5: Index Cards. Manuscripts and drafts of his books are located in Subseries 1. Reviews and reactions of his books by colleagues will be found in Subseries 2.

In addition to books, George L. Mosse also wrote and published many articles and reviews covering various historical topics, often related to themes found in his published books. Articles written by him will be found in Subseries 1; reviews by others of these articles are located in Subseries 2.

As a popular professor and well-known scholar, Mosse also spent a great deal of his time giving lectures. Lectures and other public talks given by him to groups or at professional conferences will be found in Subseries 3: Lectures, Conference Papers, and Courses. This subseries also includes material used by Mosse in some of his classes, especially those given at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Subseries 1: Writings,  undated, 1945-2000.

This subseries is in German, English, Italian, French, Hebrew, Dutch
8.25 linear feet
Arrangement:

by format and further alphabetically by title of the work

Scope and Content:

This subseries contains manuscripts of George L. Mosse's writings, including his books, articles, reviews, research notes, and other projects in which Mosse participated.

Manuscripts of his books contain drafts of his works. In addition, there are also notes on items George L. Mosse planned on inserting into his manuscripts, page proofs, and questions and queries from editors or readers concerning his manuscripts. The largest book represented in this section is Confronting History; materials concerning the autobiography include several drafts of the work, including three computer disks containing drafts. Material concerning The Image of Man includes not only drafts and inserts, but also reader's reports.

The unpublished manuscripts and published versions of articles Mosse wrote for various journals, newspapers, and other publications can also be found in this subseries. Most articles focus on scholarly topics found throughout the collection, including fascism, nationalism, Jewish history, masculinity and sexuality, national socialism, and World War I. Articles published earlier in his career include those which focus on Puritanism, the Reformation, English history, and the teaching of history. In addition, correspondence concerning the articles may also be found here. Many of Mosse's works were translated into other languages; when possible these translations are listed under their English titles. Puritanism and Politics is a collection of previously written articles on Puritanism.

Reviews written by George Mosse of other authors' books are also part of this subseries. Reviews are arranged chronologically by decade; those with more significant volume of material are further arranged alphabetically by author name. Reviews which were published in the New York Times Book Review are located separately in box 61.

A) Books

a) Confronting History

i) Contract

Box Folder Title Date
5 1 Contract 1997-1999

ii) Drafts

Box Folder Title Date
5 2 Chapter I 1996-1998
5 3 Chapter II 1996-1997
5 4 Chapter II 1998
5 5 Chapter III 1996-1998
5 6 Chapter IV 1996-1998
5 7 Chapters VI-VII 1998
5 8 Chapters VIII-IX 1998
5 9 Chapters X-XII 1998
5 10 Computer Disks (3.5") 1999
5 11 Introduction 1996-1998
5 12 Inserts 1996
5 13 Photo List undated
5 14 Queries and Corrections 1999

iii) Edited Manuscript

Box Folder Title Date
5 15 Chapters I-IV undated
5 16 Chapters V-VII undated
5 17 Chapters VIII-X undated
5 18 Chapters XI-XIII undated
5 19 Title, Table of Contents, and Foreword undated
5 20 Editing Correspondence 1999-2001
5 21 Editing Notes undated, 1998

iv) Final Version

Box Folder Title Date
5 22 Introduction 1998
5 23 Chapter I 1998
5 24 Chapter II 1998
Box Folder Title Date
6 1 Chapter III 1998
6 2 Chapter IV 1998
6 3 Chapter V 1998
6 4 Chapter VI 1998
6 5 Chapter VII 1998
6 6 Chapter VIII 1998
6 7 Chapter IX 1998

b) Confronting the Nation

Box Folder Title Date
6 8 Drafts undated
6 9 Drafts - Introduction undated
6 10 Drafts - National Anthems: the Nation Militant undated

c) Crisis of German Ideology

Box Folder Title Date
6 11 Preface to the 1997 Edition - Draft 1997

d) Fallen Soldiers

Box Folder Title Date
6 12 Foreword to Israeli Edition 1993
6 13 Picture Lists undated

e) Fascismo Verso Una Teoria Generale

Box Folder Title Date
6 14 Drafts 1996

f) Fascist Revolution: Toward a General Theory of Fascism

Box Folder Title Date
6 15 Drafts 1997-1998?

g) George Mosse: Ich Bleibe Emigrant: Gespräche mit George L. Mosse

Box Folder Title Date
6 16 English Translation 1991?

h) Image of Man

Box Folder Title Date
6 17 Drafts 1996
6 18 Inserts undated
6 19 Inserts - Not Used undated, 1995
6 20 Page Proofs 1995
6 21 Reader's Reports and Marketing Questionnaires 1995
6 22 Revisions 1996

i) Source Readings - Western Civilization in Modern Times

Box Folder Title Date
6 23 Criticism and Revision Suggestions undated

B) Articles

Box Folder Title Date
6 24 1915-18: la madre di tutti gli stermini 1995
6 25 Alltag im Dritten Reich undated
6 26 American Jewish Historical Quarterly Colloquium Article 1974
6 27 Amerikanische Geschichtsschreibung - Ein Überblick 1952
6 28 Anatomy of Fascism undated
6 29 Anti-League: 1844-1846 1947
6 30 Art and Politics in Germany: A Comment 1978
6 31 Articles in Corriere Cultura 1990
6 32 Assimilation of Machiavelli in English Thought: The Casuistry of William Perkins and William Ames 1954
6 33 Du Baroque au Nazismo - Une Histoire Religieuse de la Politique 1994
6 34 Beauty Without Sensuality 1987-1991
6 35 Beauty Without Sensuality - German Version Titled Schönheit ohne Sinnlichkeit 1987
6 36 Bildungsbürger Burn Their Own Books 1981-1983
6 37 Bookburning and the Betrayal of German Intellectuals 1984
6 38 Caesarism, Circuses, and Monuments 1971
6 39 Can Nationalism be Saved? About Zionism, Rightful and Unjust Nationalism 1997
6 40 Canto Della Patria 1990
Box Folder Title Date
7 1 Central European Intellectuals in Palestine 1995-1996
7 2 Challenge 1956
7 3 Change and Continuity in the Tudor Consitution 1947
7 4 Christian Statesman 1955
7 5 Corporate State and the Conservative Revolution in Weimar Germany 1965
7 6 Cultural Historian and Popular Culture 1967
7 7 Cultural Historian and Popular Literature undated
7 8 Culture, Civilization and German Anti-Semitism 1958, 1962
7 9 Declino Della Morale 1996
7 10 Deputy's Dilemma 1964
7 11 Deutsch-Jüdische Bildungsbürgertum 1986
7 12 Deutscher Patriotismus und Jüdischer Nationalismus 1991-1992
7 13 Deviant Identities: Jews and Others undated
7 14 Dibattito sul Neo-Nazismo 1993
7 18 Ebrei e il Nazionalismo 1992
7 15 End is Not Yet: a Personal Memoir of the German-Jewish Legacy of its American Context 1988
7 16 Erste Weltkrieg und die Brutalisierung der Politik 1987
7 17 European Left and the War Experience: Germany and France undated, 1978
7 19 Fascism and the French Revolution 1989
7 20 Fascism and the Intellectuals 1968
7 21 Fascism as a Nationalist Movement: The Missing Link undated
7 22 Fascist Aesthetics and Society: Some Considerations 1996
7 23 Fin-de-siècle. Challenge and Response 1991
7 24 Free Speech and the University 1967
7 25 French Right and the Working Classes: Les Jaunes 1972
7 26 Freshman History: Reality or Metaphysics? 1949
7 27 Friendship and Nationhood: About the Promise and Failure of German Nationalism 1982
7 28 Friendship and Nationhood: About the Promise and Failure of German Nationalism - Spanish Version Titled Amistad y Conciencia Nacional: Promesa y Fracaso del Nacionalismo Aleman 1981-1982
7 29 George Lichtheim: Sketch for an Intellectual Portrait 1977
7 30 German Jews and Liberalism in Retrospect 1987
7 31 German Kultur of European Spirit 1962
7 32 German Socialists and the Jewish Question in the Weimar Republic 1971
7 33 Gershom Scholem as a German Jew 1986-1990
Box Folder Title Date
8 1 Guerre et l'identité culturelle du national-socialisme 1994
8 2 History, Anthropology and Mass Movements 1969
8 3 Hitler Redux 1979
8 4 Homosexuality and French Fascism 1988
8 5 Hope for Germany 1959
8 6 Idee des "Neuen Mannes" in Modernen Revolutionären Bewegungen 1989-1990
8 7 Image of the Jew in German Popular Culture: Felix Dahn and Gustav Freytag 1957
8 8 Importance of Jacques Saurin in the History of Casuistry and the Enlightenment 1956
8 9 Influence of Jean Bodin's Republique on English Political Thought 1948
8 10 Influence of the Völkisch Idea on German Jewry 1967
8 11 Ist der Nationalismus Noch zu Retten? Uber Gerechtfertigen und Ungerechtfertigen Nationalismus 1996
8 12 "Italian Futurism and the Political Culture of Europe" 1983-1987
8 13 "Jewish Emancipation: Between Bildung and Respectability" 1983-1985
8 14 Jews and the German War Experience 1914-1918 1977
8 15 "Jews and Nationalism: Some Reconsiderations" after 1996
8 16 "Juden im Zeitalter des Modernen Nationalismus" 1987-1988
8 17 "Knights of the Sky and the War Experience" 1993-1994
8 18 "Left and the War Experience in Germany with a Brief French Comparison" undated
8 19 Linke in Ihrer Stellung zum Nationalsozialismus - das Jüdische Problem 1971
8 20 Literature and Society in Germany 1972
8 21 Literature and Society in Germany - Draft 1972?
8 22 Liturgical Uniformity and Absolutism in the Sixteenth Century 1947
8 23 "Machtergreifung" undated
8 24 Manliness and the Great War 1994, 1996
8 25 Masculinity and the Decadence 1980, 1990-1994?
8 26 Masculinity and the Decadence - German Version undated
8 27 Masculinity and the Decadence - Italian Version 1993
8 28 Masculinity and the Decadence - Old Versions 1990-1994?
8 29 "Massenpolitik und die politische Liturgie des Nationalismus" undated
8 30 Max Nordau and His Degeneration 1968
8 31 Max Nordau, Liberalism and the New Jew 1992
8 32 The Meaning of Zionism in 1897 and its Future Today 1997
8 33 "Modern Construction of Masculinity" undated
8 34 "Munich and War" 1962
8 35 Museen Erziehen, Denkmäler Nicht 1998
Box Folder Title Date
9 1 Mystical Origins of National Socialism 1961-1962
9 2 Mystical Origins of National Socialism - Italian Version Titled Le Origini mistiche del nazionalsocialismo 1962
9 3 National Anthems: The Nation Militant 1989
9 4 National Cemeteries and National Revival: The Cult of the Fallen Soldiers in Germany 1979
9 5 National Cemeteries and National Revival: The Cult of the Fallen Soldiers in Germany - Italian Version 1979
9 6 "National Self-Representation During the 1930s in Europe and the United States" 1986-1989?
9 7 "National Socialism, Monuments and Memories of War" after 1993
9 8 National Socialism, Nudity, and the Male Body 1993-1994
9 9 "Nationalism, Fascism, and the Radical Right" - Drafts undated
9 10 Nationalism and Respectability: Normal and Abnormal Sexuality in the Nineteenth Century 1982
9 11 Nationalism and Respectability: Normal and Abnormal Sexuality in the Nineteenth Century - Italian Version 1983
9 12 Nationalism and Sexuality in Nineteenth-Century Europe 1983
9 13 "Nazism: A Study of Racial Tyranny" - Introduction undated
9 14 "New Kind of German Unity" undated
9 15 Origini Occulte del Nazionalsocialismo 1998
9 16 Poet and the Exercise of Political Power: Gabriele D'Annunzio 1973
9 17 Police Forces in History 1975
9 18 Political Culture of Italian Futurism, a General Perspective 1990
9 19 Political Style and Political Theory - Totalitarian Democracy Revisited 1983-1984
9 20 Politisches Erwachen, Berlin, das Exil und die Antifaschistische Bewegung 1997
9 21 Pragmatism of the Freshman History Course 1957
9 22 "Preface to the Liturgy of the Jewish Reform Community" undated
9 23 Pulhan he-hayal ha-met; bate-kavarot le'umiyim u-tehiyal le'umit 1981
9 24 Puritan Political Thought and the "Cases of Conscience" 1954
9 25 Puritan Radicalism and the Enlightenment 1960
9 26 "Puritanism and Absolutism in Old and New England" 1950
9 27 Puritanism and Materialism in Seventeenth Century 1961
9 28 Puritanism and Politics - Collection 1952-1961
Box Folder Title Date
10 1 Puritanism and Reason of State in Old and New England 1950
10 2 Puritanism Reconsidered 1964
10 3 Racism and Nationalism 1995
10 4 "Radicalism in Madison" 1987
10 5 Ras en seksualitiet. De bourgeois-maatschappij en de buitenstaander in de negentiende eeuw 1976
10 6 "Razzismo" - Enciclopedia del Novocento 1971-1979
10 7 Reformation 1982
10 8 "Renaissance, Reformation, and Seventeenth Century in the Library of the University of Wisconsin: A Description of Special Collections" 1966
10 9 Renzo de Felice and Historical Revisionism 1998
10 10 Renzo de Felice and Historical Revisionism - Drafts 1998?
10 11 Renzo de Felice and Historical Revisionism - Research Notes 1996-1997
10 12 Retreat to the Status Quo 1981
10 13 Romantic and Irrational: Pitfalls of a "Non-Political" Youth Movement 1964
10 14 "Rosenzweig and the War: a Historical Comment" undated
10 15 Rushing to the Colors: On the History of Volunteers in War 1986
10 16 Schöne und das häßliche Gesicht des Volkes 1997
10 17 Sécularisation de la Théologie Juive 1985
10 18 Shell-Shock as a Social Disease 2000
10 19 Sir John Fortescue and the Problem of Papal Power 1952
10 20 Souvenir de la Guerre et Place du Monumentalisme dans L'identité Culturelle du National-Socialisme 1994
10 21 Thomas Hobbes: Jurisprudence at the Crossroads 1946
10 22 Thoughts on the German-Jewish Dialogue undated, 1982-1984
10 23 Towards a General Theory of Fascism 1979
10 24 "Two States of Mind" undated
10 25 Two World Wars and the Myth of the War Experience 1986
10 26 Über Kriegserinnerungen und Kriegsbegeisterung 1991
10 27 United States: The Dominance of Cultural History 1991
Box Folder Title Date
11 1 Universailiyut shel ra'ayon ha Bildung 1997-1998
11 2 Unpublished Articles - Puritanism undated
11 3 Urrà alla Bandiera 1986
11 4 Wagner, the Ring and History 1988
11 5 War and the Appropriation of Nature 1981
11 6 Was Die Deutschen Wirklich Lasen 1974
11 7 Zu Hause in der Massenstraße 1996
11 8 Zum Deutschen Soldatenlied 1980

C) Reviews

a) 1940-1949

Box Folder Title Date
11 9 Reviews 1940s 1949
11 10 Wassermann, Louis: Modern Political Philosophies and What They Mean 1945

b) 1950-1959

Box Folder Title Date
11 11 Reviews 1950s 1951-1959
11 12 Caspari, Fritz: Humanism and the Social Order in Tudor England 1956
11 13 Hughes, H. Stuart: Consciousness and Society. The Reorientation of European Social Thought, 1890-1930 1959
11 14 Ruffini, Francesco: Studi Sui Riformatori Italiani 1957
11 15 Strider, Robert E.L., II: Robert Grevile, Lord Brooke 1958
11 16 Vandenbosch, Amry and Hogan, Willard N.: The United Nations 1953

c) 1960-1969

Box Folder Title Date
11 17 Reviews 1960s 1960-1969
11 18 Allen, William Sheridan: The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1965
11 19 Arendt, Hannah: Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil 1963
11 20 Barnes, Thomas G.: Somerset 1625-1640: A County's Government During the 'Personal Rule' 1963
11 21 Bettelheim, Bruno: The Informed Heart: Autonomy in a Mass Age 1961
11 22 Dahrendorf, Ralf: Society and Democracy in Germany 1968
61 1 Fischer, Fritz: Germany's Aims in the First World War 1967-1970
11 23 Fleming, Donald and Bernard Bailyn: The Intellectual Migration: Europe and America, 1930-1960 1969-1970
61 2 Gay, Peter: The Enlightenment: An Interpretation. The Rise of Paganism 1966-1967
11 24 George, Charles H. and Katherine: The Protestant Mind of the English Reformation, 1570-1640 1961
61 3 Kennan, George F.: From Prague After Munich 1967-1968
11 25 Kenyon, J.P.: The Stuarts: A Study in English Kingship 1960
11 26 Kohn, Hans: The Mind of Germany 1960
11 27 Koyrè, Alexandre: Mystiques, Spirituels, Alchemistes du XVI Siècle Allemand 1960
61 4 Krausnick, Helmut, Buchheim, Hans, Broszat, Martin and Jacobsen, Hans-Adolf: Anatomy of the SS State 1968-1969
11 28 Laqueur, Walter: Young Germany 1900-1960 1960-1962
11 29 Lewy, Guenter: The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany 1964
11 30 Nolte, Ernst: Three Faces of Fascism 1966
11 31 Peterson, Edward N.: The Limits of Hitler's Power 1969
11 32 Poliakov, Léon and Wulf, Josef: Das Dritte Reich und Seine Denker; Das Dritte Reich und Seine Diener; Das Dritte Reich und die Juden 1960
11 33 Prittie, Terence: Germany Divided: The Legacy of the Nazi Era 1963
11 34 Shirer, William L.: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 1960-1961
61 5 Tauber, Kurt P.: Beyond Eagle and Swastika: German Nationalism Since 1945 1967
Box Folder Title Date
12 1 Tannenbaum, Edward R.: The Action Francaise, Die-hard Reactionaries in Twentieth-Century France and Weber, Eugen: Action Française, Royalism and Reaction in Twentieth-Century France 1963
12 2 Wedgewood, C.V.: Poetry and Politics under the Stuarts 1960

d) 1970-1979

Box Folder Title Date
12 3 Reviews 1970s 1970-1978
12 4 Biddiss, Michael D.: Father of Rascist Ideology 1970
61 6 Biddiss, Michael (Ed.): Gobineau: Selected Political Writings, McClelland, J.S. (Ed.): The French Right from de Maistre to Maurras, and Sorel, Georges: The Illusions of Progress 1970
12 5 Binion, Rudolph: Hitler's Concept of Lebensraum: the Psychological Basis 1973
61 7 Bracher, Karl Dietrich: The Origins, Structure and Effects of National Socialism 1971
12 6 Cuddihy, J.: The Ordeal of Civility 1974-1975
12 7 Eichberg, Henning, Dultz, Michael, Gadberry, Glen, Ruhle, Gunther: Massenspiele, NS-Thingspiel, Arbeiterweihspiel und olympisches Zeremoniell 1979
12 8 Eksteins, Modris: The Limits of Reason. The German Democratic Press and the Collapse of Weimar Democracy 1975
12 9 Elias, Norbert: The Civilizing Process: The History of Manners 1978-1980
12 10 Gay, Peter: Freud, Jews, and Other Germans: Master and Victims in Modernist Culture 1977
12 11 Glaser, Hermann: The Cultural Roots of National Socialism 1978
12 12 Higham, John: Send These to Me: Jews and Other Immigrants in Urban America 1975
12 13 Knight, Max (Trans.): A Confidential Matter: The Letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935 1977
12 14 Lamberti, Marjorie: Jewish Activism in Imperial Germany. The Struggle for Civil Equality 1978
12 15 Laqueur, Walter: Fascism: A Reader's Guide 1977
12 16 Leopold, John A.: Alfred Hugenberg: The Radical Nationalist Campaign against the Weimar Republic 1978
12 17 Lichtheim, George: Europe in the Twentieth Century 1972?-1973
12 18 Michaelis, Herbert and Schraepler, Ernst (eds.): Causes and Consequences of the German Collapse in 1918 and 1945 1973-1978
12 19 Pois, Robert (ed.): Alfred Rosenberg: Selected Writings 1970?
12 20 Speer, Albert: Spandau: the Secret Diaries 1976
61 8 Sperber, Manes: Man and His Deeds 1970-1971
Box Folder Title Date
13 1 Stierlin, Helm: Hitler as the Bound Delegate of His Mother 1976
13 2 Toland, John: Adolf Hitler 1976
13 3 Tweton, D. Jerome: The Marquis de Morès; Dakota Capitalist, French Nationalist 1972
13 4 Willett, John: Art and Politics in the Weimar Period: The New Sobriety 1917-1933 1979
13 5 Zabel, James A.: Nazism and the Pastors 1977
13 6 Zimmermann, Peter: Der Bauernroman, Antifeudalismus-Konservatismus-Faschismus 1977

e) 1980-1989

Box Folder Title Date
13 7 Reviews 1980s 1980-1989
13 8 Baum, Rainer C.: The Holocaust and the German Elite: Genocide and National Suicide in Germany, 1871-1945 1981-1982
13 9 Chickering, Robert: We Men Who Feel Most German: A Cultural Study of the Pan-German League 1886-1994 1984-1985
13 10 Cocks, Geoffrey: Psychotherapy in the Third Reich 1984-1986
61 9 Crankshaw, Edward: Bismarck 1982
13 11 Friedman, George: The Political Philosophy of the Frankfurt School 1981-1982
13 12 Gilman, Sander L.: Difference and Pathology: Stereotypes of Sexuality, Race, and Madness and Jewish Self-Hatred: Anti-Semitism and the Hidden Language of the Jews 1987
13 13 Katz, Jacob: From Prejudice to Destruction: Anti-Semitism 1700-1933 1980
13 14 Lifton, Robert Jay: The Nazi Doctors. Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide 1980-1986
13 15 Nolte, Ernst: Das Vergehen der Vergangenheit: Antwort an meine Kritiker in sogenannten Historikerstreit 1987-1988
13 16 Pachter, Henry: Weimar Etudes 1983
13 17 Smith, Mack: Mussolini 1982

f) 1990-1999

Box Folder Title Date
13 18 Reviews 1990s 1990-1999
13 19 Adams, Michael C.C.: The Great Adventure: Male Desire and the Coming of World War I 1992
13 20 Benz, W. (ed.): Die Juden in Deutschland 1933-1945. Leben unter nationalistischer Herrschaft 1991
13 21 Fuller, Stephen Nyole: The Nazis' Literary Grandfather: Adolf Bartels and Cultural Extremism 1871-1945 1998
13 22 Grau, Günter (ed.): Homosexualität in der NS-Zeit. Dokumente einer Diskriminierung und Verfolgung 1993
13 23 Jellonek, Burkhard: Homosexuelle unter dem Hakenkreuz 1991
13 24 Petropoulos, Jonathon: Art as Politics in the Third Reich 1997

D) Other Projects

Box Folder Title Date
14 1 Conversation of George L. Mosse and Wolfgang Krug 1961
14 2 Coronet Instructional Films - Age of Discovery: French, Dutch and English Explorers 1954
14 3 Coronet Instructional Films - Holy Roman Empire 1959-1961
14 4 Coronet Instructional Films - Holy Roman Empire - Scripts 1960
14 5 Glorious Death 1991-1994

Subseries 2: Reviews and Reactions,  1948-2001.

Subseries is in English, German, French, Italian, and Danish.
1.5 linear feet
Arrangement:

Alphabetically by book title.

Scope and Content:

Subseries 2 contains published reviews and reactions of others in response to George L. Mosse's works. Reactions are often in the form of letters from Mosse's colleagues. Most of the material here concerns his books, especially The Crisis of German Ideology, The Image of Man, The Nationalization of the Masses, and German Jews Beyond Judaism. Some of the reviews also focus on books to which he contributed, such as Europe in the Sixteenth Century. Although the majority of the documents here concern his books, there are also reviews which deal with his published articles.

A) Books

Box Folder Title Date
14 6 Confronting History 1999-2001
14 7 Crisis of German Ideology 1964-1970
14 8 Crisis of German Ideology - Reactions 1964-1973
14 9 Culture of Western Europe 1962-1963
14 10 Culture of Western Europe - Reactions and Adoptions 1957-1974
14 11 Entscheidungsjahr 1932 1965-1968
14 12 Ebrei in Germania fra Assimilazione e Antisemitismo 1991
14 13 Europe in Review 1957-1963
14 14 Europe in the Sixteenth Century 1968-1972
14 15 Europe in the Sixteenth Century - Reactions 1968-1976
14 16 Fallen Soldiers 1990-1997
14 17 Fallen Soldiers - Reactions 1990-1994
14 18 Fallen Soldiers - German Version - Gefallenen für das Vaterland 1993-1994
14 19 Fascist Revolution 1999-2000
14 20 Germans and Jews. The Right, the Left and the Search for a "Third Force" in Pre-Nazi Germany 1970-1972, 1987-1988
62 1 Germans and Jews, The Right, the Left and the Search for a "Third Force" in Pre-Nazi Germany - New York Times Book Review 1970
14 21 Germans and Jews. The Right, the Left and the Search for a "Third Force" in pre-Nazi Germany - Reactions 1970-1973, 1977
14 22 German Jews Beyond Judaism 1985-1989
14 23 German Jews Beyond Judaism - Reactions 1985-1988
14 24 German Jews beyond Judaism - German Version - Jüdische Intellektuelle in Deutschland 1992
14 25 German Jews beyond Judaism - German Version - Jüdische Intellektuelle in Deutschland - Reactions 1992
14 26 German Jews beyond Judaism - Italian Version - Dialogo ebraico-tedesco, da Goethe a Hitler 1988-1990
14 27 Holy Pretence 1957-1966
14 28 Holy Pretence - Photocopies 1957-1966
14 29 Holy Pretence - Reactions 1957-1959
14 30 Image of Man. The Creation of Modern Masculinity 1996-1998
14 31 Image of Man. The Creation of Modern Masculinity - Reactions 1996-1997
14 32 Image of Man. The Creation of Modern Masculinity - French Version - L'Image de l'Homme. L'invention de virilité moderne 1997, 2000
14 33 Image of Man. The Creation of Modern Masculinity - German Version - Das Bild des Mannes. Zur Konstruktion der modernen Männlichkeit 1997
14 34 International Fascism 1966-1967, 1979-1980
14 35 Intervista sul nazismo - Reactions 1977
14 36 Masses and Man. Nationalist and Fascist Perceptions of Reality 1980-1988
62 2 Masses and Man - New York Times Book Review 1981
Box Folder Title Date
15 1 Nationalism and Sexuality: Respectability and Abnormal Sexuality in Modern Europe 1985-1993
15 2 Nationalism and Sexuality: Respectability and Abnormal Sexuality in Modern Europe - Reactions 1985-1988
15 3 Nationalism and Sexuality: Respectability and Abnormal Sexuality in Modern Europe - German Version - Nationalismus und Sexualität 1985-1988
15 4 Nationalization of the Masses 1975-1978
15 5 Nationalization of the Masses - Reactions 1975-1978
15 6 Nationalization of the Masses - German Version - Nationalisierung der Massen 1976-1978, 1994, 1996
15 7 Nationalization of the Masses - Italian Version - La Nazionalizzazione delle masse 1975-1983
15 8 Nazi-Culture 1966-1969
60 3 Nazi Culture - New York Times Book Review 1966
15 9 Nazi-Culture - Reactions 1966-1978
15 10 Nazi-Culture - German Version - Nationalsozialistische Alltag 1978-1980
15 11 Police Forces in History 1975-1978
15 12 Reformation 1953-1954, 1982
15 13 Reformation - Reactions 1953-1968
15 14 Struggle for Sovereignty in England 1951-1954
15 15 Struggle for Sovereignty in England - Reactions 1950-1953
15 16 Towards the Final Solution, A History of European Racism 1978-1987
15 17 Towards the Final Solution, A History of European Racism - German Version - Rassismus. Ein Krankheitssymptom in der europeischen Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts 1979
15 18 Other Works 1949-1983

B) Articles

Box Folder Title Date
15 19 "Die amerikanische Geschichtsschreibung. Ein Überblick" 1953-1954
15 20 "The Anti-League: 1844-1846" 1948, 1954
15 21 Articles on Puritanism 1949-1952
15 22 "The Assimilation of Machiavelli in English Thought: The Casuistry of William Perkins and William Ames" 1954-1955
15 23 "Change and Continuity in the Tudor Constitution" 1947-1951
15 24 "Freshman History: Reality or Metaphysics?" 1949-1950
15 25 "The Influence of Jean Bodin's ‘Republic' on English Political Thought" 1948
15 26 Journal of Modern History 1966
15 27 "Liturgical Uniformity and Absolutism in the Sixteenth Century" 1947
15 28 New Republic Article 1979
15 29 "Thomas Hobbes: Jurisprudence at the Cross-Roads" 1946-1947
15 30 Other Articles 1948-1979

Subseries 3: Lectures and Conference Papers,  undated, 1946-1998.

This subseries is in English, German, and French.
6.25 linear feet
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

Scope and Content:

Subseries 3: Lectures and Conference Papers concerns George L. Mosse's lectures and talks, including those given at the universities where he was employed.

Lectures and Papers contains unpublished manuscripts mostly used by Mosse at talks he gave during various conferences or symposiums or for groups. The most prominent topic covered in the writings here is fascism; other topics include nationalism, Jewish history and culture, homosexuality, and masculinity. Folders labeled Speaking Engagements contain announcements in the form of brochures, flyers, and posters advertising his lectures at various universities and for various groups.

Course material used by George L. Mosse in the courses he taught includes typed and handwritten lectures and notes, copies of examination and paper assignment questions, and syllabi, as well as a few letters from students and one paper by a student of Mosse's Western Civilization course. The majority of materials in this section date from his time teaching at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Notes on his course Tudor and Stuart England, however, are from his time at the University of Iowa. This was one of the first courses he taught. Several of his courses were overview courses of European and Western history. Other courses focus on Jewish history, the history of manliness, and the Fin de Siècle. There is some material on the course Cultural History, however, the dearth of information makes it difficult to ascertain if Mosse himself taught this course.

A) Lectures and Papers

Box Folder Title Date
15 31 Speaking Engagements undated
15 32 Speaking Engagements 1948-1974
15 33 Speaking Engagements 1975-1979
15 34 Speaking Engagements 1980-1984
15 35 Speaking Engagements 1985-1989
15 36 Speaking Engagements 1990-1994
Box Folder Title Date
16 1 Speaking Engagements 1995-1998
16 2 Absolutism and Enlightenment 1946
16 3 Anti-Democratic Thought and the Rise of the National Socialism undated
16 4 Anti-Fascism undated
16 5 Anti-Fascist Resistance: Myth or Reality Colloquium 1969-1973
16 6 The Appeal of Nazi Culture 1970?
16 7 Assimilation of Youth Culture in Germany 1997
16 8 Berlin Ausstellung 1985-1987
16 9 Berlin 1900 undated
16 10 Das Bild des Mannes. Zur Konstruktion der modernen Männlichkeit - Book Presentation 1997
16 11 Bildung undated
16 12 Brandeis Lecture undated
16 13 Cambridge Talks 1989-1990
16 14 Can Nationalism be Saved? About Zionism, Rightful and Unjust Nationalism 1996?
16 15 Can Nationalism be Saved? About Zionism, Rightful and Unjust Nationalism - Background Material undated
16 16 Can Nationalism be Saved? About Zionism, Rightful and Unjust Nationalism - The Friends of the Milton Center 1996
16 17 Can Nationalism be Saved? About Zionism, Rightful and Unjust Nationalism - Yad Chaim Weizmann Paper 1995-1996
16 18 Change in European Opinion undated
16 19 Chapel Talks - State University of Iowa 1954
16 20 Christianity and Politics undated
16 21 Christianity and Reason of State undated
16 22 Cold War or Coexistence? - American Historical Association Comment 1955
16 23 Commencement Address 1960
16 24 Concept of Democracy - The Liberal Inheritance and the National Socialist Public Sphere undated
16 25 Conquest of the Skies undated
16 26 Contemporary Trends 1958-1959
16 27 Cornell Lectures undated
16 28 The Counter-type 1995
16 29 The Creation of the New Man - Cornell Lectures - Elizabeth Hull's Class 1994
16 30 Cultural History 1947-1948
16 31 Culture and Civilization: The Function of the Historian undated
16 32 Culture of Western Europe - Maastricht undated
16 33 Decadence Seminar undated
16 34 Deutsch-jüdisches Bildungsbürgertum undated
16 35 The End of an Epoch? The Leo Baeck Institute after the War - LBI Lecture 1995?
16 36 English Constitutional History undated
16 37 Enlightenment to Romanticism undated
16 38 Entartete Kunst undated, 1987
16 39 European Fascism - Cambridge Lectures 1976-1990
16 40 European Fascism - Lectures undated
16 41 European Fascism - Lectures - Not Used undated, 1990
Box Folder Title Date
17 1 European Political Thought undated
17 2 The European Right as a Mass Movement: Some Hypotheses undated
17 3 Exile - Autobiography undated
17 4 Exile - Liberating Force undated
17 5 Expressionism and Brutality undated
17 6 Facing Mass Death, The Trench Generation and the Myth of the War Experience 1988-1989
17 7 Fascinating Fascism undated
17 8 Fascism and Consensus undated
17 9 Fascism and History undated
17 10 Fascism and Sexuality undated
17 11 Fascism as a Cultural Movement undated
17 12 Fascism as a Nationalist Movement: The Missing Link undated
17 13 Fascism Colloquium 1969-1971
17 14 Fascist Aesthetics and Society: Some Considerations undated
17 15 Fin de Siècle and the Decline of Morals undated
17 16 Fin de Siècle - Challenge and Response 1990-1991
17 17 The First World War and the Flight from Reason undated
17 18 Foreign Service Seminar - Jerusalem undated
17 19 Fraternity Talks 1956, 1968
17 20 Freedom Forum Lecture undated
17 21 French Revolution and Fascism undated, 1987-1990
17 22 Future Lectures 1976-1977
17 23 Gerda Lerner Speech undated
17 24 German Jews - Lecture undated
17 25 German Jews and Liberalism in Retrospect 1986
17 26 A Ghost Come Alive 1960
17 27 Growing Up Jewish 1996
17 28 Hadassah Lecture 1992, 1998
17 29 Harvard Symposium 1983-1985
17 30 Heimat undated
17 31 Hillel Talk undated
17 32 Historikerstreit 1988
17 33 Historiography undated
17 34 History Conference Lecture undated
17 35 History of Anti-Semitism - Hebrew University 1978
17 36 The Holocaust and Modern Manners and Morals undated
17 37 The Holocaust, Death, and Memories of War undated
17 38 Holocaust Lectures 1981-1982
17 39 Homosexuality and French Fascism 1986
17 40 Die Idee des "Neuen Mannes" in modernen revolutionären Bewegungen - Jüdische Volkshochschule Berlin 1988-1989
17 41 The Importance of Gay Literature undated
17 42 Intellectuals and Politics undated
17 43 International Symposium in Memory of George Lichtheim 1974-1976
17 44 Iowa Public Lectures 1946-1952?
17 45 Iowa Public Lectures - Hillel Talks undated, 1949
17 46 Iowa Public Lectures - Israel undated
17 47 Is Fascism Alive? - Australian Broadcasting Corporation undated
17 48 Jewish Alternatives and Jewish Youth: Socialism and undated
17 49 The Jews and the Civic Religion of Nationalism undated
17 50 Jewish Emancipation: Between Bildung and Respectability - Clark College undated
17 51 Jost Hermand Paper undated
17 52 Jud Süss undated, 1940
17 53 The Kaffeehausjude and the Kaftanjude - Two Models of Jewish Insanity: a Discussion of Causes and Cures undated
17 54 Landscape Architects' Lecture undated
17 55 The Left and the War Experience in Germany (With a Brief French Comparison) - Cornell undated
Box Folder Title Date
18 1 Left-Wing Intellectuals and the Jewish Problems: the 1930s and the 1960s undated
18 2 Liberale[s] Erbe und die national-sozialistische Öffentlichkeit 1997
18 3 Luther College Lecture undated
18 4 Malhoh Lecture undated
18 5 Manliness and the Great War - Paper 1993-1994
18 6 Manliness and War - Lecture 1994?
18 7 Martin Luther and Politics undated
18 8 Masculinity and Decadence 1993
18 9 Masculinity and Decadence - London Lecture 1993?
18 10 Mass Politics and the Political Liturgy of Nationalism undated
18 11 The Masses and Historical Consciousness 1972
18 12 Max Nordau Colloquium 1991
18 13 Max Nordau, Liberalism and the New Jew 1992-1993
18 14 Modern Anti-Semitism undated
18 15 Modern Anti-Semitism: Failure of the Enlightenment undated
18 16 The Modern Construction of Masculinity 1995
18 17 The Myth of the War Experience 1986-1987
18 18 National Self-Representation during the 1930s in Europe and the United States undated
18 19 National Self-Representation during the 1930s in Europe and the United States - Gramsci Paper undated, 1976-1988
18 20 National Socialism and Germany Today undated
18 21 The National Socialists Persecution of Gays 1998
18 22 Nationalism undated
18 23 Nationalism and Patriotism 1963
18 24 Nationalism and War undated
18 25 Nationalism - Israel undated
18 26 Nationalism - Mühlheim Talk undated
18 27 Nationhood and Diaspora undated
18 28 New Home Club Lecture 1977
18 29 New Man Lecture undated
18 30 New Man Lecture - English and German undated
18 31 NSA Lecture undated
18 32 Old Lectures undated
18 33 Old Lectures 1950-1956
18 34 Outsider - Lecture undated
18 35 Pacifism undated
18 36 The Philosophy of the Right undated
18 37 Polish Academy Lecture 1975
18 38 Political Awakening: Berlin; Exile; and Anti-Fascist Movement - University of Kentucky 1998
18 39 Politisches Erwachen, Berlin, Das Exil und Antifaschistische Bewegung - Technische Universität Berlin 1997-1998
18 40 Die Politische Anwendung der Geshichte 1996-1997
18 41 Rabbi Manfred Swarensky Memorial 1981
18 42 Race and Sexuality, Bourgeois Society and the Outsider in the Nineteenth Century 1982-1983
18 43 Racism and Nationalism in Europe 1993
18 44 Racism Lecture 1994-1995
18 45 A Re-Examination of the Liberties of Englishmen - Humanities Society Lecture undated
18 46 Renaissance and Reformation undated
18 47 Renaissance and Reformation undated
18 48 Rome - Integration undated
18 49 Rome Lecture undated
18 50 Rushing to the Colors: On the History of Volunteers in War undated
18 51 Russia and Homosexuality - Lecture 2 Notes undated
Box Folder Title Date
19 1 Samuel Smiles Paper undated
19 2 Scholars, Madmen and Luftmenschen: German Jews Between Bildung and Breakdown - Comments - Princeton University History Symposium 1996
19 3 Schule Schloss Salem - Lecture 1998
19 4 Shell-Shock as a Social Disease 1998
19 5 SNIC Lecture undated
19 4 Tel Aviv Lecture undated
19 5 Them: Dangers of Normalcy undated
19 6 Totalitarianism undated
19 7 Der Totenkult der Nation undated
19 8 Turin Lecture 1990-1991
19 9 Two Fin de Siècles - Minneapolis after 1996
60 4 Two Fin de Siècles and the Decline of Morals - Announcement 1996
19 10 Unidentified Colloquium 1968-1969
19 11 Unidentified Lectures undated
19 12 Unidentified Lectures - To Students undated
19 13 The Universal Meaning of the Concept of Bildung 1997-1998
19 14 University of Wisconsin - WHA Radio Project 1998
19 15 Utopia undated
19 16 War Book - German Lecture - Book Tour undated
19 17 Wars and Warriors undated
19 18 Wartburg College 1965
19 19 Weimar Culture undated
19 20 Weimar Lecture - Jerusalem undated
19 21 What is New about National Socialism - Cornell Lecture undated
19 22 What Is Still Valid about Marx? undated
19 23 Why did Pacifism Fail Between Two World Wars? undated
19 24 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Talk 1962
19 25 Zionist Nationalism undated

B) Courses

Box Folder Title Date
19 26 Cultural History 1947-1955, 1958
19 27 Europe and the Modern World undated
19 28 Europe and the Modern World - Between the Wars undated
19 29 Europe and the Modern World - Correspondence 1956-1975
19 30 Europe and the Modern World - Examinations and Paper Assignments 1956-1975
19 31 Europe and the Modern World - Final Lecture undated, 1969
19 32 Europe and the Modern World - Revolutions of 1848 undated
19 33 Europe and the Modern World - Soviet Revolution undated
19 34 Europe and the Modern World - Syllabi 1955-1975
19 35 European Cultural History (1610-1815) - Correspondence undated, 1960, 1978
19 36 European Cultural History (1610-1815) - Examinations and Paper Assignments 1956-1986
19 37 European Cultural History (1610-1815) - Syllabi 1963-1979
19 38 European Culture - Old Lectures undated
19 39 European Culture 1600 to 1800 undated
19 40 European Culture 1600 to 1800 - Absolutism undated
Box Folder Title Date
20 1 European Culture 1600 to 1800 - Baroque undated
20 2 European Culture 1815-1870 undated, 1974-1975
20 3 European Culture 1815-1870 - Enlightenment and Pietism undated
20 4 European Culture 1815-1870 - Liberalism undated
20 5 European Culture 1815-1870 - Marxism undated
20 6 European Culture 1815-1870 - New Nationalism and Hegelianism undated
20 7 European Culture 1815-1870 - Romanticism undated
20 8 European Culture 1815-1900 - Syllabi and Examinations 1956-1983
20 9 European Culture Since 1870 - Correspondence 1957-1984
20 10 European Culture Since 1870 - Examinations and Paper Assignments 1956-1984
20 11 European Culture Since 1870 - Old Lectures undated
20 12 European Culture Since 1870 - Old Lectures - Introductions and Summaries undated
20 13 European Culture Since 1870 - Old Lectures - Marxism and Communism undated
20 14 European Culture Since 1870 - Old Lectures - Not Used undated
20 15 European Culture Since 1870 - Old Lectures - Romanticism undated
20 16 European Culture Since 1870 - Syllabi 1958-1989
20 17 European Culture Since 1870 - Weimar undated
20 18 European Intellectual History Since 1815 1955-1960
20 19 European Social and Intellectual History - Syllabi and Examinations 1955-1960
20 20 Examen Du Texts Graduate Seminar 1967
20 21 Fascism Seminar 1974-1975
20 22 Fin de Siècle undated
20 23 Fin de Siècle - Challenge and Response undated
20 24 Fin de Siècle - Decadence undated
20 25 Fin de Siècle - Final Lecture undated
20 26 Fin de Siècle - Nietzsche undated
20 27 Fin de Siècle - Not Used 1988
20 28 History 512 - Syllabi 1970
20 29 History of Manliness 1988
Box Folder Title Date
21 1 History of Manliness - Syllabi 1988
21 2 History of Sexual Identity 1979-1982, 1987
21 3 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries undated
21 4 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Assimilation undated
21 5 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Correspondence 1971-1987
21 6 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Emancipation undated
21 7 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Examinations and Paper Assignments 1970-1987
21 8 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Fascism undated
21 9 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries - National Socialism and the Holocaust undated
21 10 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Rise of Anti-Semitism undated
21 11 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Syllabi 1972-1988
21 12 Jewish History in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Zionism undated
21 13 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-1815 undated
21 14 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-1815 - Correspondence 1966-1967
21 15 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-1815 - Enlightenment undated
21 16 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-1815 - Reformation undated
21 17 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-1815 - Examinations 1930-1973
21 18 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-1815 - Grades 1958-1959
21 19 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-1815 - Student Letter 1815
21 20 The Making of Modern Europe: 1500-1815 - Syllabi 1956-1969
21 21 Modern England undated
21 22 Modern Jewry 1987-1988
21 23 Paris Seminars undated
21 24 Problems in the Development of Calvinism 1958-1959
21 25 Pro-Seminar on National Socialism undated
21 26 Sexuality Course - Jerusalem 1984
21 27 Sexuality Seminar 1987-1988
21 28 Tudor and Stuart England - Examination 1949-1953
21 29 Tudor and Stuart England - Stuart undated
21 30 Tudor and Stuart England - Tudor undated
21 31 Western Civilization undated, 1975-1976
21 32 Western Civilization - Correspondence 1948-1950
21 33 Western Civilization - Examinations 1951-1958
21 34 Western Civilization - Paper - Gellman, Elliot F.: Sorel on Syndacalism 1955

Subseries 4: Research Notes,  undated, 1793-1999.

This subseries is in English, German, French, Italian, Hebrew, and Dutch.
6.5 linear feet
Arrangement:

Alphabetical by book title or topic.

Scope and Content:

Research notes are comprised of handwritten and typed notes made by Mosse and used in the production of his writings. Notes are separated into two parts: books and various. Books are divided by title and various is separated into five categories: First World War and the War Experience; Jewish History; Political Movements; Sexuality; and Other.

Much of the notes, especially in the various section, are composed of photocopies of relevant newspaper clippings, magazine articles, papers, and short excerpts from books. Research notes for books such as Fallen Soldiers and The Image of Man also contain such items as well as original clippings. Other than clippings, most documents in this subseries are photocopied; dates given are those of the photocopied items and not the original documents.

Research notes found under the heading Various cover a multitude of topics. The first category, a) First World War and the War Experience, contains information which relates not only to World War I, but also to the time period, such as England before World War I, Bildung, and the Boer War. World War I-related material focuses on such topics as volunteers, monuments and memorials, and celebrations.

Material focusing on Jewish history mainly concerns German-Jewish history and culture. Some pertain to specific individuals or themes such as the Jewish Question and the Holocaust.

Many of the notes on Political Movements pertain to right-wing movements such as National Socialism and Fascism, as well as to such topics as Racism. The one exception is the folder on the Communist movement in Germany. Notes which deal with the perception of sexuality in these movements are left in this section.

Notes on Sexuality cover a variety of topics which Mosse used in his works. The greatest volume of notes are in the folders labeled "Sexuality." The most prominent topic in this section includes notes on homosexuality.

The last part of this subseries, E) Other, holds topics not covered in earlier topics. Much of the material contained in this section relates to art. Mosse collected many reproductions of art, especially those reproduced in calendars or on postcards. Many of these postcards also have pictures of architecture or statues. Of possible interest to researchers, the folder concerning interment in Les Milles is a typed copy of entries written by Werner Bock.

A) Books

a) Confronting History

Box Folder Title Date
22 1 Research Notes undated, 1959, 1996
22 2 Research Notes - Photocopies undated, 1933-1939, 1960, 1987

b) Confronting the Nation

Box Folder Title Date
22 3 Research Notes - World War I undated, 1978, 1987, 1992-1993

c) Crisis of German Ideology

Box Folder Title Date
22 4 Research Notes undated, 1933-1939, 1967

d) Fallen Soldiers

Box Folder Title Date
22 5 Australia undated, 1974
22 6 Bibliographies undated
22 7 Cemetery History undated, 1793-1985
22 8 Cemeteries of World War I undated
22 9 Cemeteries of World War I - Clippings undated, 1977-1978, 1986
22 10 Cemeteries of World War I - Photocopies undated, 1915-1984
22 11 Cemeteries of World War I - Photocopies undated, 1915-1979
22 12 Chapter II undated, 1986
22 13 Chapter II - the Greek War undated, 1935, 1969-1984
22 14 Chapter II - Photocopies undated, 1832, 1963-1984
22 15 Chapter II - Photocopies undated, 1937-1984
22 16 Chapter IV undated, 1917, 1928
22 17 Chapter V undated, 1983-1985
22 18 Chapter V - Photocopies 1915-1986
22 19 Chapter V - Photocopies 1915-1986
22 20 Chapter VI undated, 1993
22 21 Chapter VI - Photocopies undated, 1896, 1922-1988
22 22 Chapter VII undated
22 23 Chapter VII - Films and Photos undated, 1922-1936, 1975-1978
22 24 Chapter VII - Photocopies undated, 1915-1917, 1940-1976
22 25 Chapter VII - Tourism undated, 1920-1929, 1975-1977
22 26 Chapter VII - Toys undated, 1916-1979
22 27 Chapter VIII undated, 1979
22 28 Chapter VIII - Photocopies undated, 1914-1985
22 29 Chapter IX undated
22 30 Chapter IX - Pacifism undated, 1962-1988
22 31 Chapter IX - Photocopies undated, 1930-1986
22 32 Chapter X undated
22 33 Chapter X - Clippings 1980-1989
Box Folder Title Date
23 1 Chapter X - Photocopies undated, 1965-1983
23 2 Cult of Fallen Soldiers undated, 1921-1938, 1968
23 3 Ehrenhaine undated
23 4 France, Italy, England undated, 1963-1985
23 5 France, Italy, England - Photocopies undated, 1889, 1916-1985
23 6 Greulmärchen undated, 1960, 1972
23 7 Introduction undated, 1977, 1985
23 8 Introduction - Photocopies undated, 1905, 1928-1987
23 9 Monuments aux Morts undated
23 10 New Material undated, 1975
23 11 Not Used undated, 1976-1987
23 12 Songs undated, 1916-1979
23 13 Spanish Civil War undated, 1934-1988
23 14 War Christmas undated, 1914-1969
23 15 War Graves Commission undated, 1917-1978
23 16 War Memorials undated, 1961-1983
23 17 War of Liberation undated, 1982-1987
23 18 War of Liberation - Photocopies undated, 1911-1967

e) The Image of Man

Box Folder Title Date
23 19 Bibliography undated
23 20 Chapters I and II undated, 1931, 1967, 1981
23 21 Chapter III undated, 1912, 1987-1990
23 22 Chapter IV undated, 1993
23 23 Chapter V undated, 1990-1993
23 24 Chapter V - Photocopies undated, 1873-1994
23 25 Chapter VI undated, 1993-1994
23 26 Chapter VI - Photocopies 1917-1921, 1944, 1984-1988
23 27 Chapter VI - Photocopies 1923-1925, 1946-1991
23 28 Chapter VII undated, 1933, 1978-1987
Box Folder Title Date
24 1 Chapter VIII undated, 1935-1941, 1976-1999
24 2 Chapter IX undated, 1971, 1985-1993
24 3 Chapter IX - Androgyny undated, 1974, 1985
24 4 For German Translation - Not Used undated, 1937-1939, 1986-1995
24 5 Fugitive Footnotes undated
24 6 Gemeinschaftsunfähigen undated, 1988
24 7 Gentlemen undated, 1981
24 8 Gymnastics undated, 1893-1949, 1963-1986
24 9 Heroes undated, 1935, 1981-1985
24 10 Honor and Dueling undated, 1897, 1930, 1969-1994
24 11 Introduction undated, 1901, 1936, 1976-1991
24 12 Manliness - Not Used undated, 1859, 1963, 1980-1994
24 13 Masculinity Articles undated, 1889, 1929-1996
24 14 Possible Additions undated, 1882
24 15 Psychology undated, 1938, 1973, 1990
24 16 Sittlichkeitsvereine undated, 1904, 1983
24 17 Socialism undated, 1919, 1958, 1988
24 18 Otto Weiniger undated, 1904-1907, 1985-1992
24 19 The Will undated, 1900, 1906, 1937
24 20 Zeit der Götter undated

f) Nationalism and Sexuality

Box Folder Title Date
24 21 Chapter III 1907-1978

g) Source Readings - Western Civilization in Modern Times

Box Folder Title Date
24 22 Research Notes 1947?

h) Toward the Final Solution: a History of European Racism

Box Folder Title Date
24 23 Research Notes 1977?, 1988

B) Research Areas

a) First World War and the War Experience

Box Folder Title Date
24 24 After World War I undated, 1914-1977
24 25 Boer War 1903-1940
24 26 Celebrations and Parades undated, 1865, 1901, 1932
24 27 The Cult of Death undated, 1983, 1994
24 28 England Before World War I undated, 1957-1978
24 29 France undated, 1920, 1968, 1973
Box Folder Title Date
25 1 France's Monument des Morts undated, 1914-1925, 1975
25 2 Friendship - Montherlaut, Henri de undated, 1941
25 3 Friendship and Bildung undated, 1972-1983
25 4 German Art undated, 1933, 1959, 1973
25 5 Health and Doctors undated, 1908, 1920
25 6 The Knights of the Sky undated, 1918-1993
25 7 Memorials and Monuments undated, 1877, 1928-1994
25 8 National Anthems: the Nation Militant undated, 1920-1981
25 9 Nature and War undated, 1916, 1975
25 10 Nazis undated, 1938-1987
25 11 "New Man," Death and War undated, 1894-1988
25 12 Pictorial Material undated, 1993
25 13 Poetry and Literature undated, 1920-1990
25 14 Poetry and Literature undated, 1931-1988
25 15 Second World War undated
25 16 Shell-Shock undated, 1919-1998
25 17 Toys and Tourism undated, 1916, 1920, 1988, 1991
25 18 Verdun undated, 1984
25 19 Volksbund für Kreigsgräberfürsorge undated, 1930-1988
25 20 Volunteers undated, 1916, 1937-1983
25 21 War Christmas undated, 1914-1969
25 22 War Experience undated, 1941-1989
25 23 War Experience - Barbusse, Henri undated, 1918-1928
25 24 War Experience - German Communism 1919-1968
25 25 World War I - Bibliographies undated
25 26 World War I - Desertion undated, 1936, 1968-1990

b) Jewish History

Box Folder Title Date
26 1 Auerbach, Berthold undated, 1867-1978
26 2 Benjamin, Walter undated, 1912, 1985
26 3 Deutsch-Jüdische Bildungsbürgertum undated, 1861-1980
26 4 German-Jewish Culture undated, 1844, 1905
26 5 German-Jewish Culture undated, 1882, 1966-1992
26 6 Holocaust and War Materials undated, 1991, 1996
26 7 Jewish Culture undated, 1851-1985
26 8 Jewish Intellectuals undated, 1927-1976
26 9 Jewish Nationalism undated
26 10 Jewish Nationalism - Photocopies undated, 1929-1931, 1964
26 11 Jewish Nationalism - Photocopies undated, 1923-1997
26 12 The Jewish Question undated, 1971-1977
26 13 The Jewish Question - Photocopies undated, 1943-1976
26 14 Jewish Soldiers undated
26 15 Nordau, Max undated, 1915-1989
26 16 Notebook - Martin Buber and Max Nordau undated
26 17 Sholem, Gershom undated, 1964-1986

c) Political Movements

Box Folder Title Date
26 18 Antisemitism undated, 1884-1969
26 19 Antisemitism undated, 1922, 1960, 1991-1994
26 20 Antisemitism - Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion undated
26 21 Communist Movement in Germany 1929-1976
Box Folder Title Date
27 1 European Right - Photocopies 1934, 1970
27 2 Fascism undated, 1966, 1971-1974, 1997
27 3 Fascism - Photocopies 1957-1994
27 4 Fascism and Sexuality undated, 1978, 1984
27 5 Fascism and Sexuality - Photocopies undated, 1933-1978
27 6 Fascism, Nationalism, and Racism - Bibliographies undated
27 7 The Fascist Revolution - Introduction 1996-1998
27 8 French Right undated, 1950
27 9 French Right - Boulangerism undated, 1889-1970
27 10 French Right - Camelot du Roi undated, 1926
27 11 French Right - English and German Notes undated, 1922, 1953
27 12 French Socialism undated
27 13 Futurism undated, 1961, 1968
27 14 Goebbels, Joseph undated, 1895, 1952-1971
27 15 Hitler, Adolf 1976
27 16 Mass Movements 1961
27 17 National Socialism undated, 1933-1997
27 18 National Socialism and Sexuality undated, 1944
27 19 National Socialism and Sexuality - Männerbund undated
27 20 National Socialism - Social Life undated, 1934, 1954, 1997, 2000
27 21 National Socialism - Transparencies undated
27 22 National Socialism - World Union of National Socialism (WUNS) Bulletin 1968-1970
27 23 Nationalism undated, 1913, 1929
27 24 Racism undated, 1863-1923, 1971
27 25 Racism undated, 1863-1987
27 26 Racism undated, 1864-1975
27 27 Racism and Sexuality undated, 1971, 1985, 1990
27 28 Racism and Sexuality - Photocopies undated, 1863, 1928-1992
27 29 Racism and Sexuality - Photocopies undated, 1917-1983

d) Sexuality

Box Folder Title Date
28 1 Bertrand-Rival, J.F. undated, 1799-1801
28 2 Brook, Rupert undated, 1918, 1980
28 3 Degeneration undated, 1895, 1908, 1941-1991
28 4 Family undated, 1795-1989
28 5 Friendship undated, 1750, 1931-1966
28 6 Homosexuality undated, 1998
28 7 Homosexuality and French Fascism 1920-1990
28 8 Homosexuality - Photocopies and Reprints undated, 1796, 1956-1992
28 9 Homosexuality - Photocopies of Articles 1860-1953
28 10 Homosexuality - Photocopies of Articles 1964, 1978-1995
28 11 Hysteria 1950-1991
28 12 Lesbians undated, 1969-1990
28 13 Lesbians - Photocopies undated, 1930-1989
28 14 Nudity undated, 1989
28 15 Sexuality undated, 1791-1985
28 16 Sexuality undated, 1979-1996
28 17 Sexuality - Bibliographies undated
28 18 Sexuality - Bibliographies undated
28 19 Sexuality - Photocopies undated, 1900-1983
Box Folder Title Date
29 1 Sexuality - Photocopies undated, 1847-1931
29 2 Sexuality - Photocopies 1973-1986
29 3 Sexuality - Photocopies undated, 1913-1987
29 4 Women undated, 1812, 1980-1986

e) Other

Box Folder Title Date
29 5 Art undated, 1958-1977
29 6 Art - Medieval undated, 1955, 1961
29 7 Art - Medieval - Postcards undated, 1934, 1954-1955
29 8 Art - Reproductions undated, 1935, 1939
29 9 Art - Reproductions - Postcards undated, 1953-1954, 1961, 1979
29 10 Art - Reproductions from Calendars 1945, 1960
29 11 Art - Reproductions from Calendars 1976-1977
29 12 Berlin 1980-1984
29 13 Bibliographical Entries undated
29 14 Eugen und Marie Schiffer 1990
29 15 German History undated
29 15 Interment in Les Milles undated
29 17 May, Karl 1962, 1974
29 18 Media undated
29 19 Naumann, Friedrich undated
29 20 Paleography 1805
29 21 Religious Music undated
29 22 Salem School undated, 1933-1986, 1995?
29 23 "Sermons sur les Profondeurs Divines" undated
29 24 Sixteenth Century undated

Subseries 5: Index Cards,  undated, 1958-1985.

This subseries is in English and German.
2.8 linear feet (10 0.4 linear foot index card boxes and 4 0.5 linear foot index card boxes, stacked on top of one another)
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

Scope and Content:

Index cards are cards with handwritten or typed notes on numerous topics. Since Mosse produced many articles and several books on related topics, separating some cards into topics was not possible. Some index cards were located in labeled boxes and these have been separated into their own card file boxes. Some papers were found with the cards containing research notes and bibliographic information; these notes have been kept in this series to preserve original order. Many of the index cards appear to have notes from Mosse's early career since they largely focus on topics such as the English Reformation.

Box   Title Date
64   Advisory undated
Box   Title Date
65   Cambridge - Modern History undated
Box   Title Date
66   Holy Pretence undated
Box   Title Date
67   Holy Pretence undated
Box   Title Date
68   Puritans undated
Box   Title Date
69   Puritans undated
Box   Title Date
70   Unidentified undated
Box   Title Date
71   Unidentified undated
Box   Title Date
72   Unidentified undated
Box Folder Title Date
29 25 Notes with Index Cards - Bibligraphies undated
29 26 Notes with Index Cards - Book Order Slips from Universitätsbibliothek Giessen 1979
29 27 Notes with Index Cards - Fascism 1985
29 28 Notes with Index Cards - French History 1975
29 29 Notes with Index Cards - German-Jewish History undated
29 30 Notes with Index Cards - Machiavelli undated
29 31 Notes with Index Cards - National Socialism 1958
29 32 Notes with Index Cards - Socialism undated
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Series III: Correspondence, 1919-2001.

This series is in English, German, Italian, French, and Hebrew.
22 linear feet
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

Scope and Content:

The correspondence of George L. Mosse is an essential part of this collection. It provides the researcher with views of George L. Mosse on politics and contemporary trends in the community of historians, and includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence. George L. Mosse's letters document very well both his academic and non-academic activities and plans. The series is divided into six subseries according to the group of recipients and senders.

The first subseries holds letters of immediate family members. Some of the early letters were written during George L. Mosse's studies at the boarding school Schule Schloss Salem to his parents Hans and Felicia Lachmann Mosse. The researcher can also find letters exchanged among the siblings Rudolf, Hilde and George L. Mosse. However, the majority of their letters is to be found in the following subseries, Legal Correspondence, which primarily consists of correspondence related to restitution of the family property in Germany. Their restitution efforts were carried out in two waves, one in the 1950s and the other one after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, when George L. Mosse could finally claim the family property in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic.

The three subseries that deal with George L. Mosse's professional activities as educator, writer, editor, and mentor can have a great value for better understanding George L. Mosse's work. Subseries 3: Personal contains letters to and from George L. Mosse to and from his friends, collaborators and colleagues. The nature of some of these letters is often mixed, with some being work-related and some rather personal, since so many of his friends were his colleagues as well.

Subseries 4 is comprised of correspondence that George L. Mosse had with various organizations in two major areas – with publishing firms and their editors and educational institutions. This subseries is related to Series II: Writings and Research, where the texts of his lectures, articles, and other works are located.

In addition to being a committed educator and lecturer, George L. Mosse was an editor of the Journal of Contemporary History, together with Walter Laquer. The subseries Journal of Contemporary History is made of editorial correspondence with authors and publishers of the journal as well as drafts of articles and their finalized versions. The letters with authors are often complementary to their personal correspondence with George L. Mosse that can be found in Subseries 3: Personal.

The last subseries, Students, is comprised of correspondence between George L. Mosse and his former students, usually undergraduates. An overwhelming part of this subseries is recommendations and referrals and only a small part of these folders contains actual letters.

Access restrictions

Access to series III: Correspondence, 1919-2001: Subseries 1-3 (box/folders 30/1-40/41) and subseries 6 (box/folders 51/1-51/259) is restricted to those who receive written permission from the trustees of the George L. Mosse Estate. Please contact:

  • Center for Jewish History
  • Leo Baeck Institute
  • 15 West 16th Street
  • New York, NY 10011
  • Phone: (212) 744-6400
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Subseries 1: Family,  undated, 1930-1998.

This subseries is in English, German, French, Italian, Hebrew, and Dutch.
0.25 linear foot
Arrangement:

Alphabetical

Scope and Content:

This subseries contains letters both of the immediate members of the family of George L. Mosse and some other relatives. Next to the earliest letters that George L. Mosse wrote to his parents from various locations, including the boarding school Salem, there are also several letters written by his sister Hilde and brother Rudolf. One can also find several letters by his step-brother Karl Strauch. Some correspondence is written by Felicia Lachmann Mosse to Hans Lachmann. The parents of George L. Mosse were divorced and Hans Lachmann married Karola Lachmann. The Other Family Members file was put together by George L. Mosse and is part of this subseries, unlike correspondence with Eva Noack-Mosse and Eugene Mosse that is part of Subseries 3: Personal.

Access restrictions

Access to this subseries is restricted to those who receive written permission from the trustees of the George L. Mosse Estate. Please contact:

  • Center for Jewish History
  • Leo Baeck Institute
  • 15 West 16th Street
  • New York, NY 10011
  • Phone: (212) 744-6400
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Box Folder Title Date
30 1 Lachmann, Karola 1933?-1943, 1976
30 2 Lachmann-Mosse, Hans 1930-1943
30 3 Lachmann-Mosse, Hans and Felicia 1929-1935
30 4 Lachmann-Mosse, Rudolf 1931-1934
30 5 Mosse, Felicia undated, 1932, 1940, 1958
30 6 Mosse, Felicia to Hans Lachmann-Mosse undated, 1943
30 7 Mosse, Hilde 1931-1977
30 8 Strauch, Karl 1979-1983, 1996, 1998
30 9 Other Family Members 1938-1986

Subseries 2: Legal,  1919-1998.

This subseries is in English and German.
1.25 linear feet
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

Scope and Content:

When the members of the Lachmann-Mosse family left Germany immediately after 1933 they were forced to leave their property behind and lost effective control over many of the family enterprises and real estate. After the war all heirs of Hans Mosse claimed restitution of the property once belonging to the Rudolf Mosse Firm and the family properties. They were successful in reclaiming some of it, but since most of their assets were in the territory of the German Democratic Republic they could not be returned until the 1990s.

After the fall of the Berlin wall, there was a chance to claim the property once belonging to the Mossse family located in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic. The properties in question were the estate of Schenkendorf (once a military headquarters) and the estates of Gallun and Dyrotz. The Berlin properties consisted of the Mosse publishing house and land property on Oranienburger Street (the building was destroyed) and the palace of Rudolf and Emilie Mosse on Leipziger Square which was completely destroyed, as well as some smaller land properties.

The heirs worked together with a lawyer based in the United States who collaborated and coordinated the legal strategy with several attorneys in Germany. Among them the most prominent was Carl Hermann. For the later period of restitution in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, Gesine Fischer-Faul was the leading lawyer. Some of the folders are are thematic and therefore contain material from several lawyers. The legal agenda was often mixed, and copies from one lawyer were sent to other colleages in several copies and basically the original arrangement was preserved.

Access restrictions

Access to this subseries is restricted to those who receive written permission from the trustees of the George L. Mosse Estate. Please contact:

  • Center for Jewish History
  • Leo Baeck Institute
  • 15 West 16th Street
  • New York, NY 10011
  • Phone: (212) 744-6400
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A) General Files

Box Folder Title Date
30 10 Account Statements 1953-1960, 1976
30 11 Dyrotz 1996
30 12 Estate of Felicia and Hans Lachmann-Mosse 1979-1986
30 13 Mosse Center 1995-1996
OSL41 9 Mosse Center - Exhibit "Mosse Haus and Tageblatt" 1994
30 14 Mosse Center - Newspaper Clippings 1993-1998
OSL41 10 Mosse Center - Photo 1998
30 15 Mosse Center - Röder, Hans K. 1992-1995
30 16 Mosse, Felicia - Apartment Purchase 1959
30 17 Mosse Trust Fund 1951-1952
30 18 Property Claims in East Germany 1990-1998
30 19 Receipts 1919, 1958
30 20 Restitutions 1941-1978
30 21 Schenkendorf 1991-1997, 2001
30 22 Testament of Rudolf and Emilie Mosse - Photocopy 1920

B) Lawyers

a) Fischer-Faull, Gesine

Box Folder Title Date
30 23 Restitutions 1990-1991
30 24 Restitutions 1992
30 25 Restitutions 1993
30 26 Restitutions 1994-1998

b) Graw, Richard O.

Box Folder Title Date
30 27 Correspondence 1951-1975
30 28 HOWO Case 1954-1959
30 29 Peisert vs. Lachmann-Mosse 1952- 1954
30 30 Rudolf Mosse Gmbh - Bankruptcy 1960
30 31 Werbe A.G. Wien 1955-1956
30 32 WOGA 1957-1971
30 33 WOGA Shares 1931, 1941, 1955

c) Hermann, Carl

Box Folder Title Date
30 34 Arolo Mortgage 1954-1958
30 35 Educational Demages 1937-1966
30 36 Electrola 1919, 1971-1984
30 37 EMI/Electrola - Royalties 1974-1984
Box Folder Title Date
31 1 Restitutions 1954 Jan.-Aug.
31 2 Restitutions 1954 Sept.-Oct.
31 3 Restitutions 1954 Nov.-Dec.
31 4 Restitutions 1955 Jan.-Feb.
31 5 Restitutions 1955 Mar.-Jun.
31 6 Restitutions 1955 July-Sept.
31 7 Restitutions 1955 Oct.-Dec.
31 8 Restitutions 1956 Jan. Aug.
31 9 Restitutions 1956 Sept.-Dec.
31 10 Restitutions 1957 Jan.-Jun.
31 11 Restitutions 1957 Jul.-Dec.
31 12 Restitutions 1960, 1979-1995
31 13 Rudolf Mosse Gmbh 1953-1959

d) Hirsch, William

Box Folder Title Date
31 14 Felicia Mosse Estate 1972-1975
31 15 Felicia Mosse Estate Settlement 1975-1976

e) Leighton-Levy, Ludwig

Box Folder Title Date
31 16 Estate 1952-1953

f) Ritz, Peter B.

Box Folder Title Date
31 17 Small Claim Action 1986

Subseries 3: Personal,  undated, 1946-2001.

9 linear feet
Arrangement:

Alphabetical by last name.

Scope and Content:

This subseries is of great importance to the collection. It contains letters to and from George L. Mosse to and from his friends, collaborators and colleagues. Some of the correspondence is rather work-related, as are various recommendations and referrals George L. Mosse wrote to his disciples, students and colleagues, including Anson Rabinbach, Steven Aschheim, and Stanley Paine. Although some of it is more personal, since so many of his friends were his colleagues as well, it is difficult to distinguish the character of the letters. Letters of recommendation are usually addressed to an institution or a colleague of George L. Mosse, but are usually filed under the name of the recommended person.

In addition to letters, several folders also contain various drafts, proposals of papers that were supposed to support George L. Mosse's recommendation, announcements of books, or invitations to conferences that were often appended with a personal note. Some of the recommendations and referrals were grouped together filed in several folders and they remained in that way, even if they sometimes contain recommandation for someone who has a file.

Among correspondents are some friends and acquaintances of George L. Mosse from childhood or his studies. There is also a folder of correspondence with his colleagues from the State University of Iowa that were not identified. Those colleagues with whom George L. Mosse maintained contact after he left the SUI for the University of Wisconsin in Madison, are usually filed in their respective folders.

Several folders are worthy of mentioning: one of them is a folder with letters of listeners of the University of Wisconsin Radio Broadcast WHA who reacted to the program with George L. Mosse' lectures. Another is a folder of correspondence with Hans-Henning Zabel, who was working on an article on Rudolf Mosse and his family for the Neue Deutsche Biographie, that holds a number of articles about the Mosse family. Another folder of possible interest to researchers is that of Elizabeth Kraus, who wrote a history of the Mosse family.

Among the individuals are also represented several relatives of Gerge L. Mosse, i.e. Herbert Claus Friedmann, Eva Noack-Mosse, and Mosse's cousin Werner Eugen Mosse. Researchers should be aware of the fact that this subseries of personal correspondence does not contain all the personal letters George L. Mosse wrote or received. Many of these letters are also filed in the correspondence with organizations (Subseries 4: Professional - Institutions and Organizations) and in correspondence related to publication of the Journal of Contemporary History (Subseries 5: Professional - Journal of Contemporary History). Furthermore, many of the reactions and reviews of George L. Mosse's work can be found in Series II: Writings and Research, especially in Subseries 2: Reviews and Reactions.

Access restrictions

Access to this subseries is restricted to those who receive written permission from the trustees of the George L. Mosse Estate. Please contact:

  • Center for Jewish History
  • Leo Baeck Institute
  • 15 West 16th Street
  • New York, NY 10011
  • Phone: (212) 744-6400
  • Fax: (212) 988-1305
  • lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org

A) General

Box Folder Title Date
31 18 A-B 1953-1999
31 19 C-D 1953-1998
31 20 E-F 1951-1996
31 21 G-H 1953-1998
31 22 I-J 1972-1998
31 23 K-L 1957-1998
31 24 M-N 1966-1998
31 25 O-R 1951-1998
31 26 S-T 1963-1998
31 27 U-Z 1950-1998
31 28 Unidentified Senders and Letters from the Wisconsin 1955-1987
Box Folder Title Date
32 1 Address Books undated
32 2 Address Books undated
32 3 Address Books - Visit Cards undated
32 4 Get-Well Cards 1998-1999
32 5 Iowa Period 1946-1951
32 6 Mossefest 1977-1983
32 7 Mossefest - Invitations and RSVPs 1998
32 8 Mosse Festschrift 1980-1981
32 9 Positions Offered 1947-1980
32 10 Recommendations and Referrals 1958-1959
32 11 Recommendations and Referrals 1960-1961
32 12 Recommendations and Referrals 1971-1976
32 13 University of Wisconsin. Dept. of History - Congratulations on Appointment 1955
32 14 WHA - Wisconsin Public Radio - Listeners' Reactions 1982-1984

B) Individuals

Box Folder Title Date
32 15 Abelson, Elliot J. 1997
32 16 Acocella, Joan 1996
32 17 Adinolfi, Sandra 1993
32 18 Albertoni, Giuseppe 1993
32 19 Alexander, Donna 1985-1988
32 20 Allmand, Walter F. 1986-1988, 1998
32 21 Ambrose, Stephen E. 1982, 1988, 1997
32 22 Ambrosius, Lloyd E. 1992
32 23 Apt, Leon J. 1978
32 24 Arieli, Jehoshua 1968-1998
32 25 Aronson, Ronald 1982-1985
32 26 Aronson, Shlomo 1971-1980
32 27 Arum, Peter 1974
32 28 Ascher, Abraham 1990
32 29 Aschheim, Steven 1970-1998
32 30 August, Thomas G. 1971-1999
32 31 Aydelotte, William 1950- 1956, 1997
32 32 Bachman, Andrew N. 1996, 1998
32 33 Bacharach, Zvi 1987-1999
32 34 Baggett, Blaine 1993
32 35 Baird, Jay W. 1972, 1979, 1984
32 36 Baker, Donald N. 1965-1969
32 37 Baldwin, Peter 1977, 1981
32 38 Ball, Terence 1995
32 39 Balthazor, Ellen 1984
32 40 Bankier, David 1977-1984
32 41 Banks, Robert 1974
32 42 Barahal, Allan undated, 1946, 1997
32 43 Barcliff, Dawn 1994-1998
32 44 Barnea, Joseph 1995-1996
32 45 Baron, Hans 1955, 1959
32 46 Baron, Lawrence 1994
32 47 Bartov, Omer 1996
32 48 Barnouw, Dagmar 1988
32 49 Bauer, Yehuda 1974-1980, 1991
Box Folder Title Date
33 1 Bechtel, Delphine 1991-1996
33 2 Beck, Evelyn Torton 1977
33 3 Beck, Hermann 1996
33 4 Becker, Annette 1992-1999
33 5 Bekkum, Wout Jacques van 1998-1999
33 6 Beller, Steven 1995-1998
33 7 Ben-Amos, Avner 1995
33 8 Ben-Israel, Hedva 1984-1998
33 9 Benson, Constance L. 1993
33 10 Benson, Lee 1971
33 11 Berghahn, Klaus L. 1974, 1984-1997
33 12 Berghuas, Günther 1996
33 13 Berghoff, Peter 1996-1997
33 14 Bergman, Lowell 1967-1968
33 15 Berkoff, David 1974-1998
33 16 Berkoff, Nelson A. 1996
33 17 Berkowitz, Leonard 1998
33 18 Berkowitz, Michael 1980-1994
33 19 Berkowitz, Michael 1995-1998
33 20 Berkowitz, Michael - Disseration 1988
33 21 Bernal, Michael 1987
33 22 Bernauer, James William 1992
33 23 Bernt, Ingeborg-Dorothee 1991-1992
33 24 Bet-El, Ilana 1990
33 25 Betchkal, Mark 1979-1980
33 26 Bettanin, Fabio 1997
33 27 Biale, David 1979-1998
33 28 Binion, Rudolph 1971-1986
33 29 Birken, Lawrence 1996-1997
33 30 Biton, Dan 1987
33 31 Bochow, Michael 1992
33 32 Bodemann, Y. Michal 1992-1993
33 33 Bogue, Allan C. 1998
33 34 Bohannon, Mary Elizabet 1947-1949
33 35 Bohlman, Philip V. 1994
33 36 Bonetta, Gaetano 1991
33 37 Bornstein, Aharon 1988
33 38 Bosworth, R.J.B. 1979-1983
33 39 Bourke, Joanna 1998
33 40 Boyd, Catherine E. 1955
33 41 Braatz, Werner Ernst 1973
33 42 Bracher, Karl Dietrich 1982, 1985-1986
33 43 Brecher, Daniel Cil 1983-1998
33 44 Breidecker, Volker 1992-1997
33 45 Breines, Paul 1966-1974
33 46 Breines, Paul 1975-1998
33 47 Brenner, David A. 1994, 1997
33 48 Brenner, Joel F. 1974-1999
33 49 Breuer, Mordechei 1986
33 50 Briston, Edward J. 1980
33 51 Brockmann, Stephen 1988
33 52 Broh, D. 1991-1996
33 53 Broszat, Martin 1972, 1983-1988
33 54 Browder, George C. 1975-1976
33 55 Brown, Terry 1984
33 56 Brown, Ronald 1974-1995
33 57 Browning, Christopher R. 1976-1998
33 58 Brüll-Assan, Judith 1996
33 59 Brustein, William 1998
33 60 Buhle, Paul 1973, 1981, 1990-1999
33 61 Bühlbäcker, Bernd 1995
33 62 Buse, Dieter K. 1992
33 63 Cabanes, Bruno 1994-1996
33 64 Cahen, Joël 1992-1998
33 65 Campi, Alessandro 1998
33 66 Cannistraro, Philip V. 1993, 1996
33 67 Carmon, Arye 1970-1981
33 68 Carsten, F. L. (Francis Ludwig) 1972-1985
33 69 Carsten, F. L. (Francis Ludwig) - Festschrift 1978-1981
33 70 Ceplair, Larry 1974-1975
33 71 Cernyak-Spatz, Susan E. 1984-1986
33 72 Chalk, Frank Robert 1986, 1989
33 73 Chambers, John Whiteclay 1992, 1996
33 74 Chapin, Milred 1996-1998
33 75 Chickering, Roger 1984
33 76 Clark, Chester Wells 1944
33 77 Clark, Christopher M. 1998
33 78 Cohen, Craig 1996
33 79 Cohen, Ellen 1996-1997
33 80 Cohen, Richard I. 1997
33 81 Coles, Matthew A. 1995-1998
33 82 Conant, Roger 1980
33 83 Coombs, Norman 1990
33 84 Courtenay, William J. 1986
33 85 Craig, Gordon A. 1973, 1982, 1998
33 86 Cripps, Thomas 1993
33 87 Cronon, David 1988, 1999
33 88 Curti, Merle 1956, 1975-1994
33 89 Curtis, Michael 1984
Box Folder Title Date
34 1 D'Onofrio, Andrea 1997
34 2 Dannenberg, James H. 1991-1998
34 3 Daston, Lorraine 1987
34 4 Datta, Venita 1992-1996
34 5 Dawidowicz, Lucy S. 1970-1983
34 6 Daxner, Michael 1983, 1985
34 7 De Capariis, Luca 1998
34 8 De Felice, Renzo 1971-1985
34 9 De Grazia, Victoria 1994
34 10 Deák, István 1979, 1887
34 11 Deinert, Herbert 1988-1995
34 12 Del Re, Stefano 1993-1997
34 13 Delaporte, Sophie 1998
34 14 DeMarcus, John P. 1981-1982
34 15 Denault, Gerard F. 1989
34 16 Dennis, David B. 1990-1997
34 17 Dent, Oran B. 1998
34 18 Di Nola, Annalisa 1991
34 19 Diamond, Caryl 1972
34 20 Diepgen, Eberhard - Berlin Festschrift 1986
34 21 Dijk, Lutz van 1992
34 22 Diner, Dan 1987, 1996-1998
34 23 Dipper, Christof 1994-1995
34 24 Dlin, Elly 1988
34 25 Domansky, Elisabeth 1995
34 26 Doneson, Judith E. 1974-1994
34 27 Donovan, Margaret 1959-1967
34 28 Dougherty, Richard W. 1972, 1978
34 29 Drake, Richard 1980-1981
34 30 Dreher, Robert E. 1967-1979
34 31 Drescher, Seymour 1959-1974
34 32 Drescher, Seymour 1977-1998
34 33 Dunsky, Evan 1995-1996
34 34 Easum, C. V. (Chester Verne) 1956
34 35 Eatwell, Roger 1996-1997
34 36 Efron, John M. 1991, 1994-1996
34 37 Ehrenfreund, Jacques 1993-1998
34 38 Ehrlich, Lothar 1997
34 39 Eisenberg, Elliot 1967-1970
34 40 Eisert, Friedemann 1984
34 41 Eisner, Freya 1979
34 42 Eksteins, Modris 1967, 1978-1996
34 43 Elazar, Daniel Judah 1993
34 44 Elder, Scott 1970-1998
34 45 Eley, Geoff 1985
34 46 Elon, Amos 1989, 1996
34 47 Elton, G. R. (Geoffrey Rudolph) 1966-1978, 1986
34 48 Embacher, Helga 1997
34 49 Engelstein, Laura 1987, 1992
34 50 Ernst, Fritz 1952, 1956
34 51 Etges, Andreas 1996
34 52 Evans, Richard J. 1991
34 53 Ewen, Stuart 1970, 1976, 1997
34 54 Fages-Lachman, J. 1998
34 55 Fasel, George W. 1966-1970
34 56 Feeley, Francis McCollum 1993-1994
34 57 Fehér, Ferenc 1988
34 58 Feinberg, Stephen 1995-1998
34 59 Feingold, Russel 1997
34 60 Ferrara, Patrizia 1992
34 61 Ferraresi, Franco 1986, 1992
34 62 Ferrari, Silvio 1984
34 63 Ferrari Zumbini, Massimo 1997
34 64 Ferretti, Maria 1991
34 65 Fetscher, Irving 1990
34 66 Feuerwerker, Elie 1988
34 67 Field, Geoffrey G. 1981-1983
34 68 Finlayson, Bruce M. 1971-1977, 1998
34 69 Finter, Helga 1998
34 70 Fischer, Barbara 1997
34 71 Fisher, David James 1969-1975
34 72 Fisher, David James 1976-1997
34 73 Fisher, David James 1991-1997
34 74 Fishman, Sterling 1959-1998
34 75 Fleischhauer, Ingeborg 1977-1981
34 76 Fout, John C. 1992
34 77 Fox, Sue 1988
34 78 Fraddosio, Maria 1987-1994
34 79 Freedman, Joseph S. 1971-1982
34 80 Freedman, Ralph 1978
34 81 Fricke-Finkelnburg, Renate 1970-1971
34 82 Friedlander, Henry 1981
34 83 Friedländer, Saul 1971-1988
34 84 Friedman, Maurice S. 1988
34 85 Friedman, Menachem 1994-1995
34 86 Friedmann, Herbert Claus 1954-1955, 1976
34 87 Friedrich, C. J. (Carl Joachim) 1956, 1968
34 88 Fritzsche, Peter 1993-1997
34 89 Fryde, Robin 1981, 1996
34 90 Fuentes Suárez, Telesforo 1973
34 91 Fulks, Barry A. 1973-1986
34 92 Funk, Arthur Layton 1981
34 93 Furtwängler, Elisabeth 1992
Box Folder Title Date
35 1 Gambini, Fabrizio 1993
35 2 Garner, Curt 1994, 1996
35 3 Garrett, Clarke 1974, 1987
35 4 Gasman, Daniel 1979, 1998
35 5 Gay, Peter and Ruth 1965-1998
35 6 Gay, Peter - Festschrift 1995-1998
35 7 Gelber, Mark H. 1988
35 8 Gellately, Robert 1992-1993
35 9 Gentile, Emilio 1982-1998
35 10 Geyer, Michael 1984
35 11