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Series III. Conferences and Lectures, 1969-1994

István Deák Papers, 1960-1995

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Series V. Weimer Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Cause, 1930-1970

In 1969, Deak published his first book, Weimer Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Causes. The book was based on his dissertation, and this series contains the administrative files, research files, copies of the original documents used in his research as well as microfilm and correspondence.

Subseries V.1. Research Notes, 1962-1968

The research notes for this book mostly contain copies of original documents used by Deak in writing the book. He was researching newspapers, documents, and pamphlets from the Weimer period, and kept photocopies and microfilm of many of the materials. The series also contains photographs used in the final version of the book.


Box 9 Folder 3 Research Notes--photocopies from the Library of Congress, 1963

Box 9 Folder 4 Research Notes--photographs, undated


Box 10 Folder 4 Weimar Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Causes-- Outlines, undated

Box 10 Folder 6 Carl Von Ossietzky--Newspaper Articles, 1962

Box 10 Folder 7 Carl Von Ossietzky Articles--Interviews, undated

Box 10 Folder 9 Weimar Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Causes--Notes, 1968


Box 13 Folder 1 Research Notes--Collective Portrait Statistics, Weltbühne, undated


Box 18 Microfilm

Subseries V.2. Die Weltbühne, 1930

One of the most important documents that Deak used was the German journalDie Weltbühne.The major figure in his book was Carl von Ossietsky, a German radical and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1935. Von Ossietsky was the publisher ofDie Weltbuhnefrom 1927 until it was banned by the Nazis in 1933. Deak had original copies of the journal from November and May 1930 that he used in his research.


Box 9 Folder 2 Die Weltbühne , 1930

Subseries V.3. Administrative Files, 1963-1970

This subseries contains the administrative files regarding the publication of the book. Deak corresponded frequently with the University of California Press on a variety of different issues. There were numerous reviews of the book during 1969 and 1970, as well as letters regarding review copies, corrections and critiques.


Box 8 Folder 14 Weimar Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Causes Comments, Appraisals, Critiques,, 1968-1970


Box 9 Folder 1 Weimar Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Causes, Administrative Files, 1969


Box 8 Folder 19 Weimar Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Causes, Correspondence with University of California Press,, 1964-1970


Box 10 Folder 5 Weimar Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Causes, Contract, Fliers, Announcements,, 1968-1970

Box 10 Folder 8 Correspondence, 1963


Box 12 Folder 6 Weimar Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Causes, Chapter III, Notes, 1967

Box 12 Folder 7 Weimar Germany's Left Wing Intellectuals, A Political History of the Weltbühne and its Causes, Notes I, Collaborators, 1967