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Summary
- Abstract:
- Frieda Wunderlich taught at the New School for Social Research and was an authority on farm labor in Germany and the Soviet Union. The bulk of the collection consists of publications of Wunderlich, primarily in the anti-Hitler periodical Soziale Praxis, which she edited from 1923 until she emigrated to the United States in 1933.
- Extent:
- 1 cubic ft.
- Language:
- English , German .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Frieda Wunderlich Papers, 1920-1941. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Wunderlich Papers).
Background
- Scope and Content:
The Frieda Wunderlich Papers have been divided into five series: 1) Biographical materials, 1927-1931; 2) Correspondence, 1926-1930; 3) Protokolls and transcripts of meetings, 1928-1931; 4) Unpublished writings, speech texts, 1927-1933; and 5) Published writings of Frieda Wunderlich, 1920-1941.
The bulk of the collection consists of publications of Frieda Wunderlich, primarily in the anti-Hitler periodical Soziale Praxis, which she edited from 1923 until she emigrated to the United States in 1933. In addition, there are several typescripts of speeches delivered by Wunderlich in Germany during the years 1927-1933. The collection contains only a few letters (primarily concerned with speeches delivered by Dr. Wunderlich), but does contain numerous clippings documenting Dr. Wunderlich's activities during the years 1927-1931.
- Biographical / Historical:
Frieda Wunderlich was one of ten German professors brought to the United States by the New School for Social Research in 1933 to form the Graduate Faculty of the New School, also known as the "University in Exile".
Frieda Wunderlich was born in Berlin Germany on November 8, 1884. She received her doctorate in economics from the University of Freiburg in 1919 and became a professor at the Handelshochschule in Berlin shortly after graduation.
Wunderlich became one of the leading women figures in pre-Hitler Germany, holding positions in the Berlin City Council and the Prussian State Parliament. In 1930 she was appointed to Judge of the German Supreme Court for Social Welfare.
During the years from 1923 to 1933, she was the editor of the anti-Hitler publication Soziale Praxis, to which she contributed numerous articles on social welfare, unemployment and labor. In 1926 she published Produktivität, which received a great deal of attention not only in Germany, but in the United States as well.
After leaving Hitler's Germany to come to New York and the New School for Social Research in 1933, Wunderlich remained on the faculty for the next two decades. In 1939, she became the first woman in the United States to be elected as Dean of a graduate school when she was elected Dean of the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School. Dr. Wunderlich wrote a series of books on labor and social problems, eight of which were published in the United States and include: Labor under German Democracy (1940), Arbitration, 1918-1933 (1940), British Labor and the War (1941), German Labor Courts (1946), and Farm Labor in Germany, 1810-1945 (1961). She died in 1965 in New Jersey.
Chronology of Events Date Event 1884Born in Berlin, Germany on November 8.1919Received a doctorate in economics from the University of Freiburg.1919-1933Professor at the Handelshochschule, Berlin.1923-1933Editor of Soziale Praxis, an anti-Hitler political weekly.1925Became a member of the Berlin City Council and the Prussian Landtag for the Deutsche Demokratische Partei (DDP).1926Publication of Produktivität.1930Appointed to Judge of the German Supreme Court for Social Welfare. Promoted to Professor at the Berufspädagogisches Institut, Berlin.1933Brought over from Germany as an expert in social policy by the New School for Social Research.1933-1954Member of the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School for Social Research.1939January 4 - Elected Dean of the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, the first woman dean of an American graduate school.1965Died on December 9 in East Orange, New Jersey.- Acquisition information:
- All items in this manuscript group were transferred to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, from the New School for Social Research in New York in 1979.
- Processing information:
Processed in 2005 by Sandra Hunt Hawrylchak.
- Arrangement:
The collection is organized as follows:
- Series 1: Biographical materials, 1927-1931
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1926-1930
- Series 3: Protokolls and transcripts of meetings, 1928-1931
- Series 4: Unpublished writings, speech texts, 1927-1933
- Series 5: Published writings of Frieda Wunderlich, 1920-1941
- Physical location:
- The materials are located onsite in the department.
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The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Frieda Wunderlich Papers, 1920-1941. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Wunderlich Papers).