These papers document the life and work of economist and professor, Josef Soudek (1905-1992). Soudek was born in Bodenbach an der Elbe, Bohemia (now Podmokly, Czech Republic) and immigrated to the United States in 1936 with his wife Gretel and her mother, Else Heimann. The bulk of the records consists of correspondence, primarily between Soudek, his wife, other family members and friends. There also many letters between Soudek and colleagues in relation to his work on Aristotle's Oeconomica. Soudek's writings on several key texts by Aristotle as well as other topics concerning Economics are well represented in the collection. Also included are records in regards to Soudek's work as a professor of Economics at Queens College in New York, research material, such as bibliographies, notes and drafts, his personal papers, as well as those of his wife and her family, and of the Soudek's close friends, the Zander Family

Series I: Personal Papers is comprised of four subseries: Josef Soudek, Gretel Soudek, Heimann Family and the Zander Family. Within this series are academic records, such as school notebooks and report cards, immigration-related documents, private correspondence, diaries genealogical records, and material related to the death of various family members

Letters between Soudek and various individuals and institutions may be found in Series II: Correspondence. This series is arranged in three subseries: General, which holds letters that are in an alphabetical run, Aristotle's Oeconomica, which consists of letters between Soudek and other academics who write on the same subject, and libraries and archives in Europe and the United States. The third subseries, Individuals and Topics, contains letters between Soudek and his friends, family, and colleagues as well as letters that are in regards to a particular topic

Series III: Professional Work provides an overview of Soudek's academic interests. Records that document his general professional interests, such as newspaper clippings on a specific topic, notebooks, printed material from organizations, and title pages from books he owned may be found in the first subseries. Records in regards to his work as a professor at Queens College, including his lecture notes and extensive bibliographies for the courses he taught and meeting minutes and printed material from the committees he was on are found in Subseries 2

Josef Soudek's writings are held in Series IV. This series is arranged in two subseries: Manuscripts and Other Writings. Soudek focused on several main topics throughout his professional career. These topics include Aristotle's Opera Omnia and Oeconomica as well as Aristotle's moral philosophy as a whole and Leonard Bruni's analysis of Aristotelian theory. Drafts, sections of chapters, bibliographies, and research notes concerning these topics are in the first subseries. Essays, bibliographies, journal articles and poems on topics not addressed in the first subseries are held in Subseries 2

Born in Bodenbach, Bohemia, May 31, 1905, Josef Soudek studied political economy in Frankfurt a. M., Berlin and Heidelberg. From 1928 to 1936 he lived in Frankfurt where he worked for the "Frankfurter Zeitung". In 1936 he and his wife Grete Soudek (born Heimann) emigrated to the U.S, where he taught at the economics department of Queens College. He died in New York in 1993

Sitten und Gebraeuche der Entwurzelten Mathe Aron Geschichte eines Jugendbundes Die Schoepfungslegenden einiger Voelker des Altertums Theodor Herzl Das Maerchen vom Ritualmord Die Sintflutsage der verschiedenen Voelker des Altertums Juedische Geschichte Kabbalah Fuehrerkurs Hoelderlin Hyperion Nathan der Weise Vorgeschichte von Goethe Iphigenie auf Tauris Der gotische Baustil Jugendschriften Martin Buber Jugend und Religion Welke Knospen Prosaisches Intermezzo Caschana. Ein Gespraech ueber die Reinheit Vom juedischen Leben Vorfruehling Atta Troll Lenaus Faust Boehmerwaldtagebuch Salzkammergut-Tagebuch Kalliope und Thalia Buch und Theater, Meinungen I + II Beitrag zur Parabel von den 3 Ringen aus Lessing's Nathan der Weise I + II Anschauungen Weise Sprueche Glocke Schiller Der babylonische Sintflutbericht Archaeologische Notizen Deutsche Effekten- und Wechselbank Magazin der Wirtschaft The Journal of Commerce Frankfurter Zeitung Waehrung und Wirtshcaft. Dreizehn Aufsaetze Die Wirtschaftskurve mit Indexzahlen der FZ Preissturz oder Deflation Krisenerfahrungen mit der Golddevisenwaehrung Devisenbewirtschaftung und Goldwaehrung Fehler in der Goldverteilung Die Ankurbelungsparole Stand und Aussichten der Goldproduktion Wiederbelebungsversuche an der Doppelwaehrung Das Experiment der Preishebung Devaluation und Ausfuhr Lagerauffuellung im Konjunkturanstieg Wiederanstieg des deutschen Verbrauchs Konjunkturfinanzierung abseits vom Kapitalmarkt Funktionswandel der der Offen-Markt-Politik Die Wirtschaftskurve mit Indexzahlen der Frankfurter Zeitung Wiederanstieg des deutschen Verbrauchs Devaluation und Ausfuhr Wiederbelebungsversuche an der Doppelwaehrung Devisenwirtschaftung und Goldwaehrung Stand und Aussichten der Goldproduktion Frankfurt a/M. Heidelberg Berlin Die sozialen Auswirkungen der Konjunkturschwankungen Dissertation Die sozialen Auswirkungen der Konjunkturschwankungen restitution claims Josef and Gretel Soudek Else Heimann Heimatschein

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