University of Chicago Library Guide to the Friedrich Katz Papers 1827-2010 © 2019 University of Chicago Library Table of Contents Descriptive Summary 4 Information on Use 4 Access 4 Citation 4 Biographical Note 5 Scope Note 6 Related Resources 9 Subject Headings 9 INVENTORY 9 Series I: Personal and Biographical 9 Series II: Correspondence 17 Series III: Writing 37 Subseries 1: Articles and lectures 38 Subseries 2: Books 61 Series IV: Notes 66 Subseries 1: General 67 Subseries 2: Villa 73 Subseries 3: Madero 80 Series V: Students and teaching 84 Subseries 1: Course and department material 84 Subseries 2: Student papers 89 Series VI: Conferences and events 99 Series VII: Film projects 108 Series VIII: Writings on Friedrich Katz 110 Series IX: Catalogs, guides, and indexes 118 Series X: General archive 132 Series XI: Historic archive 250 Subseries 1: Arranged by source 251 Subseries 2: Arranged by subject 277 Subseries 3: Oral histories 289 Subseries 4: Historic clippings 295 Series XII: Madero Archive 299 Subseries 1: Arranged by source 300 Subseries 2: Arranged by subject 307 Subseries 3: Writings by others 319 Subseries 4: Historic clippings 324 Subseries 5: Research assistant notes 331 Series XIII: Audiovisual 333 Subseries 1: Photographs 334 Subseries 2: Audio, video, and text 335 Subseries 3: Microfilm 337 Series XIV: Oversize 342 Series XV: Restricted 374 Subseries 1: Readers’ reports and evaluations 374 Subseries 2: Faculty recommendations and appointments 375 Subseries 3: Financial and legal 377 Subseries 4: Students 379 Descriptive Summary Identifier ICU.SPCL.KATZF Title Katz, Friedrich. Papers Date 1827-2010 Size 237 linear feet (408 boxes, 4 folders) Repository Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A. Abstract Friedrich Katz (1927- 2010) was an historian of Mexico. He was a Professor of History at the University of Chicago from 1971 until his death in 2010. Katz was born in Vienna and spent time in Mexico as a refugee during the 1940s, which inspired his interest in the country’s history. His early work focused on indigenous civilizations, while he later transitioned to studying the revolutionary era, peasant movements, and Francisco “Pancho” Villa, always with an effort toward understanding Mexican history in an international context. The largest portion of this collection consists of Katz’s copies of archival documents, books, and articles, which he gathered over decades of research at institutions throughout the Americas and Europe. The collection also includes correspondence, research notes, writings by and on Katz, and a smaller amount of personal, teaching, and conference material. Information on Use Access The collection is open for research, with the exception of Series XV, which contains material to which access is restricted. Subseries 1 contains referee's reports that are restricted for 30 years from the record’s date of creation. Subseries 2 contains faculty material that is restricted for 50 years from the record’s date of creation. Subseries 3 contains financial and legal records that are restricted for 50 years from the record’s date of creation. Subseries 4 contains student material that is restricted for 80 years from the record’s date of creation. The audio and video recordings and microfilm in Series XIII do not contain access copies. Researchers should consult with staff before requesting this material. Citation 4 When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Katz, Friedrich. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Biographical Note Friedrich Katz (1927- 2010) was an historian of Mexico. He was a Professor of History at the University of Chicago from 1971 until his death in 2010. His early work focused on indigenous civilizations, while he later transitioned to studying the revolutionary era, peasant movements, and Francisco “Pancho” Villa, always with an effort toward understanding Mexican history in an international context. Katz’s books included “Ancient American Civilizations” “The Secret War in Mexico: Europe, the United States, and the Mexican Revolution,” “Ensayos Mexicanos,” and “The Life and Times of Pancho Villa.” His study of Pancho Villa was the product of decades of archival research in Mexico, the United States, and Europe, and the book won numerous awards for writing in Latin American history. Friedrich Katz was born in Vienna on June 13, 1927 to Bronia and Leo Katz. The family moved to Berlin for his father’s work as a journalist and writer and remained there until 1933, when they were forced to leave Germany due to his father’s involvement in the resistance to Nazism. They lived in France until 1938, when they were once again forced to flee, this time travelling to the United States on tourist visas. After a short time in the United States they left for Mexico in 1940, thanks to the country’s policy of accepting refugees who had supported the Spanish Republic, as Leo Katz had. The family eventually returned to Vienna in 1949, but Friedrich Katz later wrote that he felt a lifelong gratitude toward Mexico for saving his family’s lives during their years as refugees. In Mexico, Katz attended the Liceo Franco-Mexicano and earned a Baccaluareat in 1945. He graduated from Wagner College in New York in 1948, and then spent a year in Mexico at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia before returning to Europe to complete his education. He earned a PhD in 1954 from the Universitat Wien, where he studied history and anthropology and focused on indigenous civilizations of Latin America. His thesis was “Die Sozialokomischen Verhaltnisse bei den Azteken im 15. Und 16. Jahrhundert” [Socio- economic relations of the Aztecs in the 15th and 16th centuries]. For his second doctorate, he moved to Humboldt University in Berlin, where he began to focus on modern Mexican history and earned his Dr. Habil in 1962. His thesis for his habilitationschrift formed the basis for his book “Deutschland, Diaz, und die Mexikanische Revolution: die Deutsche Politik in Mexiko, 1870-1920,” published in 1964. Katz also taught at Humboldt University from 1956-1970. He then spent a year at the University of Texas at Austin as a Visiting Professor before accepting a position at the University of Chicago in 1971. He remained at Chicago for the rest of his career, with the exception of a few years of Visiting Professorships at institutions such as El Colegio de México and Universidad Iberoamericano. He became Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor in 1983. Katz’s work earned him numerous awards and honors, including honorary doctorates, citizenships, and memberships. In 1988 he was awarded the Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca, the highest honor that the Mexican government awards to non-citizens. In 2004, the University of Chicago’s Katz Center for Mexican Studies was named in his honor. 5 Friedrich Katz was married to Jana Badian, a pediatrician, and the couple had two children, Leo and Jaqueline. He died in Philadelphia on October 16, 2010. Scope Note The Friedrich Katz Papers are organized in fifteen series: I. Personal and Biographical II. Correspondence III. Writing IV. Notes V. Students and Teaching VI. Conferences and Events VII. Film Projects VIII. Writings on Friedrich Katz IX. Catalogs, Guides, and Indexes X. General Archive XI. Historic Archive XII. Madero Archive XIII. Audiovisual XIV. Oversize XV. Restricted Series I, Personal and Biographical, contains certificates, invitations, programs, clippings, and other material related to honors awarded to Friedrich Katz; book contracts; newspaper and magazine clippings; curriculum vitae and brief biographical information; and miscellaneous material such as ephemera, handwritten notes, fliers, and brochures. It also includes several folders of notes, correspondence, articles, and photocopies related to Friedrich Katz’s research on his father Leo Katz as well as two bills of “Villa money” from 1914-15 signed by Luz Corral 6 de Villa. It is generally organized alphabetically and ranges in date from 1914-2010, with the majority of the material dating from the 1970s-2010s. Series II, Correspondence, contains Friedrich Katz’s correspondence. The majority relates to his professional pursuits but there is a small amount of personal family correspondence. It is mostly arranged alphabetically according to the name of the correspondent and ranges in date from 1955-2010. Series III, Writing, contains notes, drafts, typescripts, reprints, clippings, photocopies, and page proofs related to lectures, conference papers, articles, and books by Friedrich Katz. It also includes a smaller amount of related material such as comments from readers, advertisements and catalogs, excerpts of documents used in footnotes and references, copies of photographs used in books, grant applications, and book jackets. It is arranged in two subseries, and each is arranged chronologically. The series ranges in date from 1953-2009. Series IV, Notes, contains Friedrich Katz’s archival and bibliographic research notes, as well as a few miscellaneous and personal notes. The material is in German, English, and Spanish and is mostly undated, but the dated notes range in date from 1957-2010. The notes are divided in three subseries and organized alphabetically within each subseries. Series V, Students and Teaching, contains syllabi, readings, course and lecture notes, course evaluations, student papers, and other material for courses taught by Friedrich Katz and others, mostly at the University of Chicago. It is arranged in two subseries, with the first, Course and Departmental material, arranged chronologically and the second, Student Papers, arranged alphabetically. The material ranges in date from 1957-2009. Series VI, Conferences and events, contains programs, papers, brochures, fliers, notes, clippings, and other material, generally from events that Friedrich Katz attended or was invited to attend, including events held in his honor and events hosted by the University of Chicago’s Center for Mexican Studies.