THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS DIVISION ACCCESION SHEET Accession #*82 M 48 Location ANNEX 10-e-6 (L) Title American Committee for the Guidance of Professional Personnel Records. Approximate inclusive dates 1938-45 Date of receipt June 14, 1946 Received from Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars (46 M 43) Volume on arrival Number of boxes (after reboxing) 8 AB Condition Good (although carbon copies on yellow paper of letters sent are deteriorating and fragile) Restrictions None Description The Committee was formed in December of 1938 as a result of a meeting in Chicago of the Association of American Law Schools. Its purpose was to provide fellowships for refugee lawyers, many of Jewish origin, in the U.S. who sought retraining in American law schools. A selection committee was created to screen applicants. David Riesman of the University of Buffalo Law School was its secretary. Other members included Carl J. Friedrich, Edward M. Morgan, chairman, and Philip W. Amram. Arthur A. Ballantine was treasurer. The records consist of correspondence of David Riesman, mainly with refugee lawyers, deans of law schools, legal scholars, and practising attorneys relative to the organization and funding of the Committee, and the provision of fellowships to refugee lawyers seeking retraining in American law schools. Included are a few fellowship applications and photographs submitted by applicants, budget working papers, and reports. Correspondents include Philip W. Amram, Arthur A. Ballantine, Ernst Fraenkel, Peter Goswyn Franck, Carl J. Friedrich, Rudolph M. Littauer,Walter Mendelsohn, and Edward M. Morgan. Box 1. Correspondence, A-D Box 2. " , E-F Box 3. " , G-Kr Box 4. " , Ku-Ra Box 5. " , Ri-Schu Box 6. " , Schw-Z Box 7. " , 1938-45 (chronological) Box 8. " , by subject Collateral papers (budget working papers; reports) Special Formats - Photographs - Maps - Audio Tapes - Films - Graphics - Artifacts - Machine-readable records - Other (list)__________ Temporary catalog card added entries Committees Law students Fraenkel, Ernst, 1898- Morgan, Edmund Morris, 1879-1966 Lawyers- U.S. Photographs Franck, Peter Goswyn; Riesman, David; 1909- Lawyers, Jewish-U.S. Amram, Philip W. Lawyers, Jewish-U.S. Ballantine, Arthur Atwood; 1883-1960 Jews-in the professions Jews in the United States Law schools-Admission Friedrich, Carl Joachim, 1901 Law teachers Littauer, Rudolph M. Law-scholarships, fellowships, etc. Refugees, Jewish Mendelsohn, Walter AMERICAN Committee for the Guidance of Professional Personnel Records, 1938-45; 8 boxes Aided the retraining of refugee lawyers in U.S. Correspondence of David Riesman as secretary of the selection committee with refugee lawyers mainly of Jewish descent residing in the U.S., and with deans of law schools, legal scholars, and practising attorneys relative to the organization and funding of the committee and to the provision of fellowships for the retraining of refugee lawyers in American law schools. Included are a few fellowship applications and photographs submitted by applicants and other papers. Correspondents include Philip W. Amram, Arthur Atwood Ballantine, Ernst Fraenkel, Peter, Goswyn Franck, Carl Joachim Friedrich, Rudolph M. Littauer, Walter Mendelsohn, and Edmund Morris Morgan. Box listing available in the Library. Gift: Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars Committees Lawyers-U.S. Lawyers, Foreign-U.S. Lawyers, Jewish-U.S. Jews in the professions Jews in the United States Law schools-U.S. Law schools-Admission Law teachers Law-scholarships, fellowships, etc. Refugees, Jewish Law students Photographs Amram, Philip W. Ballantine, Arthur Atwood, l883-1960 Fraenkel, Ernst, 1898- Franck, Peter Goswyn Friedrich, Carl Joachim, 1901- Littauer, Rudolph M. Mendelsohn, Walter Morgan, Edmund Morris, 1879-1966 Riesman, David, 1909- Box No. Removed from this collection. See separate inventory file. Papers of the American Committee for Guidance of Professional Personnel Correspondence with and about Refugee Professionals "A", 1939-40 Adler, Erwin 1940 "B", 1940-41 Ballin, Arthur, 1940 Behrendt, Peter H., 1940-44 Brann, Hedwig, 1940-42 Braz, Jaroslav, 1939-41 "C", 1940-41 Cahn, Joseph, 1940 Calabi, Enzo, 1940 Callomaon, Ernest, 1939-41 Croy, Louis, 1940-42 Czalczynski, Karol, 1939-40 "D", 1940 Dallman, Heinz, 1940 Deutschova, Lore Barbara, 1940 Dickman, William J., 1939-40 Drechsler, Karl, 1939-42 "E", 1939-40 Ehrenzweig, Albert, 1939-44 Elias, Henry, 1940 Feibelman, Hans A., 1940-41 Feger, Norbert, 1940 Fischer, Paul, 1940-41 Fraenkel, Ernst, 1939 Franck, Peter Goswyn, 1939-43 Friedman, Maximilian, 1939-40 "G", 1939-41 Gans, Paul, 1940-42 "H", 1940-41 Hannak, Philippine, 1940-41 Hauser, Francis L., 1939-41 Hertz, Harry Franklin, 1940-41 Herzog, Friedrich, 1939-41 Heyman, Erich, 1939 Homburger, Adolf, 1939-42 "J", 1940-41 "K", 1938-40 Kavaler, Joseph, 1939-40 Kiess, Paul C. 194O-42 Kirchheimer, Otto, 1941 Krassa, Gerhard Friedrich, 1939-41 Krassa, Lucie, 1939-41 Kupferschmiedt, Aron, 1940 Kurz, Emil, 1940 "L", 1940-42 Lampé, Ernst, 1940 Loebl, Rudolf, 1940 Lustig, Alexander, 1940-41 "M", 1939-42 Madsen, Erik, 1940 Moeller, Paul Eugen, 1939 "N", 1940 Nemes, Emerico, 1939-41 Neumann, Franz, 1940 Nissim, Renzo, 1940 Oppler, Alfred C., 1939-40 "P", 1940 "R", 1940-41 Raua, Paolo, 1940-41 Rie, Robert, 1940-41 Roetter, Friedrich, 1940 Rosenfeld, Kurt, 1940 Rosenwald, Henry M., 1939-42 Rothschild, Nora, 1940-43 "S", 1938-42 Saxl, Erich, 1939-42 Schall, Alexander, 1940-42 Schiffer, Ludwig, 1939-42 Schmetterling, Joachim, 1940 Schubert, Richard, 1940 Schwenk, Henry, 1940-42 Sereni, Angelo Piero, 1939-44 Sieradz, Edwin, 1939-44 Stein, Edwin, 1940 Sueskind, Hans, 1940 "T", 1940 - 41 "U", 1940 Von Weisl, George, 1939-40 "W", 1940-43 Wallach, Fritz, 1940 Wallach, Severin, 1940-41 Wilk, Kurt, 1940-43 Wolf, George Victor, 1940 Zeiner, Carl, 1940 "X", "Y", & "Z", 1939-41 Box No. Papers of the American Committee for Guidance of Professional Personnel General Correspondence with Secretary (David Riesman), 1939-45 Correspondence with Assistant Chairman (Carl J. Friedrich), 1938-39 Correspondence with Refugees, 1938-39 Selection Committee Correspondence, 1939-40 Other Refugee Committees Correspondence, 1939-40 Special Subjects Correspondence Affadavits Bar Exams for Aliens Harvard Law Review International Law Scholars Loyal Aliens of Foreign Descent Refugee Education Reports, 1938-43 Financial Papers Publicity Papers of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research Correspondence of Displaced Persons with Dr. P.A. Levine of the Institute, 1933-40