Harold C. Deutsch papers
Scope and Content Note
The Deutsch papers comprise declassified Office of Strategic Services' reports that are naval, military, intelligence, diplomatic, and technical studies prepared largely by the U.S. military utilizing decoded and translated enemy communications. The reports are from the SRH, SRMA, SRMD, SRMF, SRMN series.
Acronyms:SRH -- Special Research History; SRMA -- Discrete Records of Historical Cryptologic Import: U.S. Army; SRMD -- Discrete Records of Historical Cryptologic Import; SRMN -- Discrete Records of Historical Cryptologic Import: U.S. Navy.
Also included in the collection are transcripts of interrogations of German officials from World War II.
Dates
- Creation: 1923-1990
- Creation: (bulk 1942-1946)
Creator
- Deutsch, Harold C. (Harold Charles) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open and available for use by researchers in the Andersen Library Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use
Most materials are government documents and have no copyright restrictions. Some of the Miscellaneous Documents are under copyright and the rights were not transferred to the Archives.
Biographic Notes
Harold C. Deutsch was a professor of History at the University of Minnesota whose research interests focused on World War II. He was a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1929. He came to the University of Minnesota at that time and during his tenure served as chairman of the History Department. He retired in 1972.
During World War II he served on the Board of Economic Warfare and with the Office of Strategic Services. After the war he worked as an interrogator of German war criminals at Nuremberg.
Extent
22 boxes
Abstract
The Deutsch papers comprise declassified OSS reports and transcripts of interrogations of German officials of World War II.
Arrangement
The collection is organized in three groups of materials:
- Declassified OSS Reports
- Miscellaneous Documents
- Nazi Interrogation Transcripts
Physical Location
Mezz (R79, D6 S7; D7 S1-5)
Other Finding Aid
An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available. Please contact the Upper Midwest Literary Archives for details.
Acquisition
The first group of materials were donated by Dr. Deutsch in 1991. Additional materials were donated by Dorothy Deutsch Thews in 1996.
- Title
- Harold C. Deutsch papers
- Author
- Alan Lathrop
- Date
- 1991
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Upper Midwest Literary Archives Collecting Area
