Georg Martin Wunderlich papers
Language: ger
Number of pages: 2700
Subjects: Correspondence; Judge advocates; Judges; University of Pennsylvania; Practice of law; Philosophy; University of Pennsylvania. Law School; American Society of International Law; United States. Dept. of State; United States; Methodology; Study and teaching; World War, 1939-1945; Emigration and immigration; World War, 1914-1918; Law; International Law Association; International law; Universities and colleges
Description: Correspondence, diaries, manuscripts of unpublished studies, legal writings, notebooks, biographical material, military papers, academic records, financial papers, clippings, printed matter, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers concerning Wunderlich's career in law.  Documents his legal education in Berlin, Leipzig, and Baden; activities on behalf of clients in West Africa and elsewhere; services to the German Imperial Government during World War I as judge and judge advocate in Belgium and Turkey; postwar rise in Berlin to writer and authority on international law; emigration (1936) to the United States; adjustment to the Anglo-American legal system; teaching duties at the University of Pennsylvania; and services during World War II as special counsel to the U.S. State Dept.  Includes correspondence with and concerning the American Society of International Law and the International Law Association.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Mrs. Wunderlich, 1952.

International lawyer, professor of law, and consultant to the U.S. Dept of State.

Collection material in German and English.

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