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Guide to the Alan Silver Papers, 1934-1987

Title: Guide to the Alan Silver Papers 1934-1987

The Alan Silver Papers, 1934-1987 comprise the private collection of Rutgers alumnus Alan Silver, relating to his involvement in the Bergel/Hauptmann affair of the 1930's. Silver, a Rutgers student from 1931 to 1935, was instrumental in the formation of the Special Trustees Committee to Investigate the Charges of Lienhard Bergel. This case, involving the alleged firing of a New Jersey College for Women professor for anti-Nazi symapthies, raised doubts about the political alignment of some Rutgers administrative officials. Silver helped to bring nationwide attention to the affair, and succeeded in having the case reopened 50 years later. The files are arranged in a single series, Papers 1934-1987.

ArchivalResource: .4 cu. ft.; (1 manuscript box)

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Silver, Alan, 1914-1988. Alan Silver Papers, 1934-1987.

Title: Alan Silver Papers, 1934-1987.

The Alan Silver Papers consist of nineteen file folders and one photograph taken by Sylvia Bergel. All relate to the Bergel/Hauptman case of 1935 and the subsequent re-investigation that was undertaken because of Silver's renewed investigation of the issue in 1986. The papers are a collection of the personal correspondence of Alan Silver, Sylvia Bergel and Lienhard Bergel; unpublished manuscripts written by Silver; interviews with Alan Silver, Lienhard Bergel, Dean Albert Meder, and Emil Jordan (the faculty member of the German Department that was promoted instead of Bergel); and a vast number of government documents pertaining to Bergel and Hauptman from the late 1930's to the early 1940's.

ArchivalResource: .4 cubic ft. (1 manuscript box)

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