AHJ_ah01124 Inventory of the Alfred Vagts papers, 1934-1947 Vagts (Alfred) papers Roger Simon University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort May 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Vagts, Alfred, 1892-1986 Alfred Vagts papers 1934-1947 01124 1.6 cubic feet (4 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Collection contains materials related to Vagts's World War II work, including materials from the Board of Economic Warfare. Biography of Alfred Vagts

Vagts, a diplomatic and military historian, was born in Germany and served in the German Army in World War I. He came to the United States as Hitler came to power in Germany and taught at Harvard and Radcliffe before joining Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies from 1938-1942. Vagts served as a consultant to the U.S. Office of Economic Warfare during World War II and was an independent researcher and writer after 1942.

 Scope and Content

Collection is comprised of materials related to Vagts's World War II work, including materials from the Board of Economic Warfare, wartime censorship documents, correspondence, clippings, memoranda, materials on post-war economic planning, writings by Vagts, and assorted other materials.

 Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

 Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

Alfred Vagts papers at Kalliope Verbundkatalog; Charles Austin Beard and Mary Ritter Beard papers at Depauw University

 Additional Information

Finding aid available in repository.

 Acquisition Information

The American Heritage Center received the materials in this collection from Alfred Vagts from 1962-1974.

 Processing Information

The collection was processed by Roger Simon in September 2026.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms United States. Office of Economic Warfare. World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects. World War, 1939-1945 -- Censorship. World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply -- Germany. World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda. Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Economic aspects. Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany. Transcripts. Historians. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Politics, Government, and Law Military International Relations Container List I. Board of Economic Warfare 1 Articles 1942-1943

An issue of “The Polish Review” (The Polish Information Center, NY, NY) and “The Marines Have Landed,” from “The Atlantic Monthly,” by Captain Robert P. Parsons “This material was collected during service with Board of Economic Warfare. Among the matters within its competence was, at least for a time, the question of military government in American-occupied countries.”

 1 “Bibliography of Military Occupation” – Parts I and II 1942-1943 1 “Employees’ Bulletin” 1942-1943 1 “Index of Articles in Foreign Newspapers and Periodicals Containing Economic Intelligence” (Indexes 1-11, 13-15, 20-25) 1942-1943 1 Orders and Instructions 1942 1 Assorted Publications 1942-1943

“Commodities and Areas of Possible Supplies for Requirements of French North Africa” - 1942; “Corporate Enterprises in French North Africa” - 1943; “Economic Clauses of Armistice Agreements” - 1943; “List of Professional Personnel” - 1942; “The Office of Exports – Purpose and Organization” - 1942; “Preliminary Report on Currency Problems of Occupation“ - 1942; “Preliminary Statement of General Objectives and Operating Organization” - 1942; “Recommendations for Monetary and Banking Reorganization in French North Africa” - 1942; and “Shelflist of Foreign Technical Magazines” - 1942

1 Assorted 1942-1943, undated

Includes clippings and handwritten and typewritten pages. “This is a file assembled by A.V. during the time he served on the Board of Economic Warfare. Its purposes were forever vague, and at times post-war conditions and solutions were under discussion.”

 1 Assorted 1942, undated II. Writings 2 By Vagts 1942-1947

“Age and the Field Command” (reprint – “Military Affairs”) - 1942; “Battle and Other Combatant Casualties in the Second World War, I” (reprint – “The Journal of Politics”) - 1945; “Battle and Other Combatant Casualties in the Second World War, II” (reprint – “The Journal of Politics”) - 1945; “Construction and Other Labor Troops” (reprint – “Military Affairs”) (two copies) - 1945; “The Foreigner as Soldier in the Second World War, I” (reprint – “The Journal of Politics”) - 1946; “The Foreigner as Soldier in the Second World War, II” (reprint – “The Journal of Politics”) - 1947; “Generals – Old or Young” in “The Journal of Politics” (Southern Political Science Association, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL) - 1942; “Geography in War and Geopolitics” (reprint – “Military Affairs”) (two copies) - 1943; “Ivory Towers into Watchtowers” in “The Virginia Quarterly Review” (The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA) - 1941; “Ivory Towers into Watchtowers” – clipped from “The Virginia Quarterly Review” (The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA) - 1941 - includes a letter from Archibald Shepperson, editor of “The Virginia Quarterly Review,” and a letter about Vagts’s article; “Military Command and Military Government” (reprint – “Political Science Quarterly”) - 1944; “Das Reich und die Krankheit der europäischen Kultur” [“The Reich and the Sickness of European Culture”] (book review) (reprint – “The Journal of Modern History”) - 1941; “The United States and the Balance of Power” (reprint – “The Journal of Politics”) - 1941; and “War in the Colleges” - undated

2 Assorted 1939-1942, undated

“Bibliography of Military Occupation – Part II – German Occupation of Europe – 1939-1942” – Preliminary Compilation (Board of Economic Warfare, Supply and Blockade Branch, Reoccupation and Reconstruction Division) - 1942; “Emergency Economic Administration of Belgium” - undated - includes three copies of a list of food rations for Belgium for April 1942; “German War Economy Since the Outbreak of the War” - 1939, undated - includes handwritten and typewritten notes; “German War Prisoners and the B.E.W. [Board of Economic Warfare]” - undated; “Government of Occupied Territory” – Outline - 1942, undated - Includes a copy of a letter to Rifat Tirane from Vagts regarding “Power-Zoning, or Allocation of Reconstruction zones among the United Nations.” Also includes handwritten and typewritten notes, as well as a manuscript regarding occupation of enemy territory; “Peace Aims and Post-War Reconstruction – An Annotated Bibliography” (preliminary) by Fawn M. Brodie (American Committee for International Studies, Princeton, NJ) - 1941; “Proposal for Civilian Rehabilitation Corps” - undated; “The Strategy of Territorial Occupation” - undated; “The War Economic Organization of the German Army, 1914 to 1918” - 1942, undated; “The War Economy and Armament Board of the German High Command” - undated; and Unidentified - undated

III. Censorship 2 Postal & Telegraph Censorship 1942 2 Postal Censorship 1942-1943 2 Reproduction of Submission from British Censorship 1942 2 Assorted 1942 IV. Other 3 Broadcasts – Germany 1943, undated 3 Clippings 1934-1944, undated 3 Coordinator of Information (COI) undated 3 Committee for National Morale 1941-1942, undated 3 Correspondence 1940-1945, undated 3 Education 1941-1942, undated 3 Interdepartmental Committee for the Acquisition of Foreign Publications 1942-1943 4 Military Occupation (index cards) undated 3 Office of Production Management 1942 3 Overseas News Agency 1942-1943, undated 3 Reoccupation 1942, undated 3 Special Committee on Steps Toward a Durable Peace 1940 3 Wartime Memoranda 1942-1943, undated 4 Wartime Notes – Agriculture, Land, Food, etc. 1942, undated

Includes “Schedule of Import Requirements – Belgium & Luxembourg Customs Union.”

 4 Assorted Publications 1940-1943

“Army Specialist Corps Regulations (Tentative)” (War Department, Washington, D.C.) - 1942; “College Students and the War” by Henry M. Wriston (National Policy Papers Nos. 2 & 3) (National Policy Committee, Washington, D.C.) - 1940; “Higher Education and National Defense Bulletin” (American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.) - 1941 (one issue); “National War Agencies – Telephone Directory – January 1943” - 1943; “Occasional Newsletter” (National Policy Committee, Washington, D.C.) - 1941 (one issue); “Special War Supplement” (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ) - 1941; and “Youth, War, and Freedom” by Raymond Gram Swing (reprint – “The Nation”) - 1940

4 Assorted undated