John H. Backer papers, 1945-1985

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Series I: Winds of History



Box 1 Catalogued Correspondence:


Box 1 Couve de Murville, M.


Box 1 Dulles, Eleanor


Box 1 Eisenhower, Milton S.


Box 1 Galbraith, John Kenneth


Box 1 Harriman, W. Averell


Box 1 Hayakava, Samuel I


Box 1 Javits, Jacob K.


Box 1 Kennan, George


Box 1 McCloy, John Jay


Box 1 Correspondence, arranged


Box 1 Research Material


Box 1 Bibliography



Box 2 Research Files:


Box 2 Correspondence


Interviews:


Box 2 Bennett, Jack


Box 2 Dr. Bowie


Box 2 Boyd, Col. James


Box 2 General Casey


Box 2 Clay, Lucius D. III


Box 2 Donnan, Edloe


Box 2 Feeny & Lemley


Box 2 Graeber, Bill



Box 3 Interviews:


Box 3 Allen, Margaret


Box 3 Ambassador Riddleberger


Box 3 Bierman, Franz


Box 3 Boyle, Lt. Gen. A.J.


Box 3 Donnan, Edloe


Box 3 Hallock, Richard


Box 3 Hill, Russ


Box 3 Howley, Gen. Frank


Box 3 Humphrey, Don


Box 3 Jacobs, George R.


Box 3 Keenan, Joseph


Box 3 Kennan, George


Box 3 McCloy, John J.


Box 3 McLean, Donald, Jr.


Box 3 O'Donnell, James P.


Box 3 Rubin, Seymour



Box 4 Interviews:


Box 4 Saltzman, Charles


Box 4 Trudeau, Gen. Arthur


Box 4 Smith, Jean


Box 4 Werts, Leo


Box 4 Stratton, Gen. James


Box 4 Wiesner, Louis


Box 4 Sundquist, James


Box 4 Wilkinson & Wedemeyer, Albert C.


Box 4 Other interviews and memoirs



Box 5 Photographs used in the book (one oversized Folder shelved on top of Box 5)



Box 6 Coal, Bizonia


Box 6 Papers of Dr. Charles Kindleberger


Box 6 Denazification


Box 6 Decartelization


Box 6 War Crimes


Box 6 Laenderrat



Box 7 Photocopies of official documents from National Archives and other source



Box 8 Photocopies of official documents from National Archives and other sources



Box 9 Book Excerpts (photocopies)



Box 10 Clippings from New York Times


Box 10 Excerpts from periodicals and books

Series II: Priming the German Economy



Box 11 Research Files, Chapters 1 & 2 (Photostatic copies of official documents)



Box 12 Research Files, Chapters 2 (con't) & 3 (Photostatic copies of official documents)



Box 13 Research Files, Chapter k (Photostatic copies of official documents)



Box 14 Research Files, Chapters 5 & 6 (Photostatic copies of official documents)

Series III: The Decision to Divide Germany



Box 15 Typed manuscript


Box 15 Correspondence



Box 16 Research Files, Chapters 1-3



Box 17 Research Files, Chapters 4-7



Box 18 Research Files, Chapters 8-11



Box 19 Research Files, Chapters 12-13

Series IV: Miscellaneous



Box 20 German Historical Institute


Box 20 Articles by J. Backer


Box 20 Correspondence



Box 21 Research Files, misc.



Box 22 Research Files


Box 22 "Organized Labor in Postwar Germany" by Louis- Wiesner



Box 23 "The Denazification Program in the U.S. Zone of Germany" by Wm. E. Griffith



Box 24 Lecture notes relating to Marxism, Soviet Studies and other topics


Box 24 Microfilms of documents from various military archives



Box 25 Tapes - 76 total