Otto E. Pfeiffenberger papers, 1939-1950

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0992
Bib ID:
4079213 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Pfeiffenberger, Otto E
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
5 boxes (5 boxes)
Language(s):
English , German .
Access:
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Description

Summary

The collection includes seven volumes of scrapbooks containing clippings on current affairs roughly between 1939 and 1950 with particular reference to the trials of the German War Criminals at Nuremberg and the state of Germany after World War II. Also, general items on President Franklin Roosevelt and U.S. foreign policy. There are several complete copies of newspapers folded and inserted in the scrapbooks. The second and more important part of the collection consists of typescripts of Dr. Pfeiffenberger's writings. These occupy one and one-half manuscript boxes (Boxes 4 and 5). Included are about 45 pages of poetry in German, about 120 pages of selected stories of New York Life (in German), about 30 pages on The European State-System, 1848-1890 (in German), 127 pages of manuscript entitled "The Spirit of the Code of Hammurabi" (this is a preliminary draft in English of a short book or article by Pfeiffenberger), about 305 pages of typescript on "Compensation in the Western Zone of Germany" by Pfeiffenberger, Dr. H. Klein, and Dr. Klavehn-Berndt (there are many changes and notes in script, and this item is accompanied by another typescript of approximately the same size on the same subject), and several other items.

Arrangement

Not organized.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Otto E. Pfeiffenberger papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Pfeiffenberger, Mrs. Otto E. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1953. Accession number--M-53.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Biographical / Historical

Attorney, legal scholar. The late Dr. Pfeiffenberger was born in Germany and expatriated himself in the late 1930s, coming to this country where he continued the practice of law and his legal studies and writing in New York City.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Hammurabi, King of Babylonia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1789-1900 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
United States -- Foreign relations CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Law -- Iraq -- Babylonia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Law -- Study and teaching CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Law offices -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Law, Ancient CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
War crime trials -- Germany CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID