Walter Maria Kotschnig papers, 1923-1984.

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Walter Maria Kotschnig papers, 1923-1984.

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The Walter Maria Kotschnig papers focus on two major aspects of Kotschnig's life, his early career with the International Student Service and his diplomatic career with the United States Department of State and the United Nations, in particular his representation on the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The materials are primarily in English and German. The materials in the collection from Kotschnig's years of service with the International Student Service are extensive and include correspondence, manuscripts, publications and minutes of meetings. In addition, Kotschnig's speeches and lectures, which also date predominantly from the years 1936-1944, deal with educational issues as well as with anti-Hitler and anti-National Socialism topics. Kotschnig's later diplomatic career is also represented in the collection. The collection contains primarily de-classified items and personal correspondence during these years, however, a collection of over 1000 photographs in the collection document Kotschnig's diplomatic career. Included are photographs of Kotschnig with other dignitaries and heads of state at sessions of the U.N. Economic and Social Council, as well as meetings of the UN Commission to Study War Devastated Areas, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

22.5 cubic ft.

University at Albany, University Libraries

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Kotschnig, Walter M. (Walter Maria), 1901-

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Walter Maria Kotschnig was born in Judenburg, Austria on April 9, 1901. He attended elementary school (Volksschule) in his hometown of Judenburg and continued his secondary school studies (Realgymnasium) in Graz, Austria, where he headed one of the first student governments organized in Austria. Kotschnig continued his university studies at the University of Graz, moving to the University of Kiel in 1922 where he received his Ph.D. in political science in 1924. In the same year, he married Eline...

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...