Ernst Jäckh papers, 1900-1961

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0655
Bib ID:
4078934 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Jäckh, Ernst
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
13 linear feet (6 boxes 16 file boxes 12 scrapbooks)
Language(s):
German .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence consists of letters relating to the publication and review of Jäckh's books, articles, and book reviews and typescript copies of letters by Hans Jäckh. There are manuscripts for his articles, lectures and speeches as well as clipping files of book reviews and articles by and about Jäckh in the European and North American press. The bulk of the collection is written and printed in German and deals with the Balkans and the Near East before 1920, including the Balkan War of 1912-1914, and the Turkish Revolution. Of particular interest are manuscripts and articles describing his land travels between 1903 and 1913 with the German fleet and on hot air balloons. Other topics covered include the Hocjschule für Politik, German labor unions, German-European relations, European attitudes towards the United States, and his literary works. There are also some manuscripts dealing with the Balkans and the Near East during World War II. An extensive file of photographs depicts, Albania, Asia Minor, Baghdad, the Balkans, Constantinople, Genoa, the German naval fleet, the Hochschule für Politik, hot air balloons, Italy, the Mediterranean, Turkey, the Turkish Revolution, the United States, Versailles, and Weimar. There are books from Jäckh's library, some with marginal notes, some signed and inscribed to him as well as copies of his own works.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into 6 series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ernst Jäckh papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

Additional material at Yale.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Anshen, Ruth Nanda. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1959. Accession number--M-59.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.

Processed by Bernard Crystal 8/82 and 11/94.

Revision Description

2010-02-15 Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Author and academic. (1875-1959), was born in Urach, Germany. He promoted the German-Turkish Alliance (1908-1914), founded the German Turkish Association (1912), and became professor of Turkish history at the University of Berlin (1914). Jäckh was a member of the diplomatic service during World War I, and, with Friedrich Naumann, an organizer of the liberal movement in Germany (1902-1912). He helped found the German League of Nations and the Hochschule für Politik. Jäckh emigrated to Britain in the 1930s and held the position of international director of the New Commonwealth Institute until 1940 when he became Professor of Public Law and Government at Columbia University, specializing in the politics of Germany, the Balkans, and the Middle East. His published books include: Albanian War; Der Austeigende Halbmonde; Background of the Middle East; Deutschland im Orient; and Des Goldenen Pflug.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Announcements CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Articles CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lectures CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Proofs (printed matter) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reviews (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Speeches (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Columbia University -- Faculty CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hochschule für Politik München CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jäckh, Hans CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Baghdad (Iraq) -- Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Balkan Peninsula CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bulgaria -- Politics and government CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Genoa (Italy) -- Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Germany -- Armed forces CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Germany -- Politics and government CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mediterranean Sea -- Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Middle East -- Politics and government CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Turkey -- Foreign relations -- Germany CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Turkey -- History -- Revolution, 1908 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
United States -- Foreign public opinion CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Versailles (France) -- Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany) -- Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
College teachers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hot air balloons CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journalists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Labor unions -- Germany CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Law -- Study and teaching CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Political science -- Research CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Political science -- Study and teaching CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Political scientists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID