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Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives Friedlander, Walter A.; Papers Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical Sketch ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Arrangement of the Collection .................................................................................................................... 10 Administrative Information .......................................................................................................................... 10 Controlled Access Headings ........................................................................................................................ 11 Collection Inventory ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Biographical and documentary materials .................................................................................................. 11 Correspondence files ................................................................................................................................. 16 Correspondence with family members and life-long friends ................................................................. 17 Professional correspondence ................................................................................................................... 39 Correspondence with publishers, re: publications ................................................................................ 218 Correspondence with groups and organizations ................................................................................... 227 Correspondence with politicians and public officials .......................................................................... 250 Miscellaneous correspondence, including former students .................................................................. 259 Correspondence, subject files ............................................................................................................... 275 Correspondence, chronological files .................................................................................................... 278 Manuscripts/typescripts by Walter A. Friedländer ................................................................................. 282 Miscellaneous notes and book manuscripts ......................................................................................... 282 Manuscripts of journal articles ............................................................................................................. 286 Publications by Walter A. Friedländer ................................................................................................... 313 Conference Materials ............................................................................................................................... 327 Course/lecture notes and materials / Student papers .............................................................................. 332 Offprints and publications by other scholars .......................................................................................... 337 Miscellaneous materials .......................................................................................................................... 349 Materials on various topics, subject folders ......................................................................................... 349 Clipping files on individuals ................................................................................................................ 357 Miscellaneous book and serial publications ......................................................................................... 365 - Page 2 - Friedlander, Walter A.; Papers Summary Information Repository: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives Title: Walter A. Friedländer (Friedlaender) Papers ID: ger003 Date [inclusive]: 1914-1984 Physical Description: 45 cubic ft. Physical Location: The materials are located onsite in the department. Language of the English , German . Material: Abstract: The Walter A. Friedländer (Friedlander) Papers consist of 45 archival boxes of materials, dating primarily from 1932 to 1984, with the bulk of material comprising Friedländer's voluminous correspondence (30 boxes). The collection also contains biographical materials, manuscripts and publications by Friedländer, as well as course materials and materials pertaining to national and international social welfare conferences, publications by other scholars, and materials collected by Friedländer on topics of interest, particularly social welfare topics. Preferred Citation Preferred citation for this material is as follows: Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Walter A. Friedländer (Friedlaender) Papers 1914-1984 (GER-003). M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Friedländer (Friedlaender) Papers). ^ Return to Table of Contents Biographical Sketch Walter Friedländer was a prominent leader of the reform movement in the fields of social policy, social welfare and public health in Weimar (pre-Hitler) Germany. Friedländer, an active Social Democrat and a Jew, was forced to flee Nazi Germany in March of 1933, and eventually immigrated to the United States - Page 3- Friedlander, Walter A.; Papers via France, where he continued to play a leading role as an educator and leader in the field of social work and social welfare education in this country. Walter Friedländer was born on September 20, 1891 in Berlin, the oldest son of Hugo and Ernestine (Lichtenstein) Friedländer. He grew up under the socialist-oriented influences of his father, a founding member of the pacifist Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft, and later under the influences of his uncle, socialist politician Hugo Haase. In autobiographical statements, Friedländer describes the influences of the youth movements (Jugendbewegung) in Weimar Germany and his membership in the Sozialistischer Studentbund during his student years in Berlin. As a law student in Berlin and Munich (1910-1914), Friedländer became interested in the development of juvenile justice and volunteered his time doing probation work. He also met and later became engaged to Li Bergmann (1914), also involved in the youth movement in Berlin, and they were married in February 1919. Friedländer served in the German army from 1916 to 1918, and after his return to Berlin in 1919, became actively involved in politics. He was first elected as a delegate for the USPD (Independent Social Democrats) to the district assembly in Schmargendorf in 1920, and, in April 1921, to district councilor in the Prenzlauer Berg section of Berlin. Friedländer's first involvement with the field of youth welfare and social work was through the juvenile justice movement, which was just gaining momentum in Berlin around the time he began his legal studies. His teachers included Paul Kahl and Franz von Liszt, leaders in the juvenile justice movement. The influence of Liszt and his daughter, Elsa von Liszt, led to Friedländer's involvement in the Deutsche Zentrale für Jugendfürsorge, a private youth welfare organization in Berlin, where he at first participated on a voluntary basis, and later served an internship during the first two years of World War I. Social democratic policy regarding youth welfare was developed in Germany after 1918 by a relatively small group of individuals, among them Hans Caspari, Marie Juchacz, Helene Simon, and Walter Friedländer. The central idea of social democratic youth welfare policy was the child's right to education and material assistance provided by the state, set up by the Arbeiterwohlfahrt, the workers' welfare organization founded by the Social Democrats in 1919. The Fachkommission für Jugendwohlfahrt (Youth Welfare Commission), created in 1925 and attached to the headquarters of Arbeiterwohlfahrt, was chaired by Friedländer from 1925 until his dismissal in 1933. Its members included Helene Simon, Hedwig Wachenheim, Hans Maier, Otto Krebs, Rudolf Schlosser and Louise Schröder. The youth welfare committee drafted parliamentary resolutions for the SPD, formulated reform proposals and compiled reports on problems of youth welfare. In addition, the intent was to provide youth welfare committee members with representation at major youth welfare conferences and on central committees of the established youth welfare organizations. Friedländer also became Chairman of the Deutsche Zentrale für freie Jugendwohlfahrt in 1931. In his 12 years as District Councilor and Director of Youth Welfare in Prenzlauer Berg, the district gained a reputation for developing new and innovative programs in social, and especially youth, welfare, with particular emphasis on the areas of juvenile delinquency (rehabilitation) and youth unemployment. Friedländer escaped from Germany in February 1933, ostensibly to attend an international conference of the International
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