Guide to the Papers of William Ogden McCagg, Jr. (1930-1993),
[1960]-1993
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Papers of William Ogden McCagg, Jr. (1930-1993)
[1960]-1993
The collection contains the papers of William Ogden McCagg, Jr., a
historian, educator, author, and editor of books and articles on AustroHungarian Jewry, Cold War politics, and the treatment of the disabled and
other minority groups in Central and Eastern Europe. The collection
comprises research notes, index cards, correspondence, clippings, reprints,
and copies of publications, unpublished manuscripts, and archival source
materials. English, German, and Hungarian are the predominant
languages. Research notes on published sources, photocopied articles and
archival documents, and index cards with biographical data on prominent
Austro-Hungarian Jews make up the bulk of the collection.
13.1 linear feet
RG 1346
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Biographical Note
William Ogden McCagg, Jr. was a historian, educator, and author of two pioneering Englishlanguage books on Austro-Hungarian Jewry. He was also responsible for a variety of
publications dealing with Eastern European Communism, the Soviet Union, ethnic minorities,
and the disabled, and appeared in two videos on deafness.
Born June 16, 1930, in New York, NY, McCagg attended school in New England, where he
learned French and German and developed a long-distance romance with Prague (via Baedeker).
Later he attended Harvard University, added Italian to his repertoire and earned a BA in French
History and Literature in 1952. During the next few years he spent time in Monterey, California
(learning Czech in his spare time), Frankfurt, and Vienna, where he met his first Hungarians in
November 1956.
McCagg then returned to New York for graduate work at Columbia University, learned Magyar
(Hungarian) and earned an MA in East European History in 1960. During this period he also met
and married sculptor Louise D. Heublein. A Ford Foundation dissertation grant from 1960-62
enabled McCagg to conduct research in Munich, where he studied and wrote about Hungarian
Communism. After a short stint as a social sciences instructor at Fairleigh Dickinson University,
he joined the history faculty at Michigan State University (MSU). McCagg received his PhD
from Columbia in 1965 and ultimately became Director of MSU’s Russian and East European
Program.
In addition to his teaching duties, during the next three decades McCagg made frequent research
trips to Europe, and occasionally beyond: Budapest (1966-67, 1980s), Vienna (1971-72, 1976,
1980s), Jerusalem (1976), Paris (1978), and Zagreb, Warsaw, Prague, Berlin, and Hamburg (all
1988-89). He authored several journal articles, contributed chapters to several books, and
regularly attended and delivered papers at meetings of the American Association for the
Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS).
McCagg’s ground-breaking book, Jewish Nobles and Geniuses in Modern Hungary, was
published in 1972, followed by Stalin Embattled in 1978 and A History of Habsburg Jews, 16701918 in 1989. Habsburg Jews won an award from the University of Minnesota Center for
Austrian Studies as the best book in the field of Austrian studies in the period January 1, 1988, to
May 1, 1989. It was also nominated for a National Jewish Book Award in 1990. A Hungarian
translation of Habsburg Jews was published in 1992, followed by a French translation in 1996.
In his later years McCagg suffered from progressive deafness and devoted increasing attention to
issues affecting people with disabilities. He co-edited The Disabled in the Soviet Union (1989),
gave a presentation at the International Conference on Deaf History (1991), and produced and
appeared in Ben’s Bridge, a 1992 film about deafness (Lansing, MI: The Message Makers).
William Ogden McCagg, Jr., died of colon cancer on June 8, 1993, at his home in Stonington,
CT. The Center for European and Russian Studies at Michigan State University currently
administers the William McCagg Memorial Paper Contest, making annual awards to graduate
and undergraduate students.
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Chronology of William Ogden McCagg, Jr.’s Life
1930
1952
1960
1960-62
1962-64
1964-87
1966-69
1971-72
1972
1976
1977
1978
1978
1980s
1981
1983
1984
1985
1987-90
1988-89
1993
Born in New York, NY
Awarded BA in French History and Literature, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA
Awarded MA in East European History, Columbia University, New York, NY
Conducted research in Munich, Germany on a Ford Foundation dissertation
grant
Taught social sciences at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
Served as Professor & Director, Russian and East European Program, Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI
Conducted research in Budapest, Hungary on an International Cultural Exchange
grant
Conducted research in Vienna, Austria while on sabbatical
Attended University of Haifa, Israel conference organized by Bela Vago
Conducted research in Vienna and Jerusalem while on leave
Organized Soviet Asia conference at Michigan State University
Attended University of Haifa conference organized by Bela Vago
Conducted research in Paris, France while on leave
Conducted research in Budapest and Vienna while on leave/sabbatical
Attended “Hungarian History - World History” conference at Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN
Attended Indiana University conference organized by Todd Endelman
Attended Indiana University conference organized by Gyorgy Ranki
Organized “Handicapped in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe” conference at
Michigan State University
Awarded research fellowship at Columbia University Institute for East Central
Europe
Conducted research in Zagreb, Croatia; Warsaw, Poland; Prague,
Czechoslovakia; Berlin and Hamburg, Germany; Budapest; and Vienna on
American Council of Learned Societies grant
Died of colon cancer in Stonington, CT
William Ogden McCagg, Jr.’s Publications
1966
1971
1972
1972
1972
1978
1979
1981
Atlas of Russian and East European History.
"Ennoblement in Dualistic Hungary." East European Quarterly 5 (1): 13-26.
"Hungary’s 'Feudalized' Bourgeoisie." Journal of Modern History 44 (1): 65-78.
Jewish Nobles and Geniuses in Modern Hungary.
"Jews in Revolutions." Journal of Social History 6 (1): 78-105.
Stalin Embattled, 1943-48.
"A Conversation with Owen Lattimore." In Soviet Asian Ethnic Frontiers,
edited by William O. McCagg, Jr. and Brian D. Silver. New York: Pergamon.
"Assimilation of Jews in Austria." In Jewish Assimilation in Modern Times,
edited by Bela Vago. Boulder, CO: Westview.
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1986
1986
1987
1987
1987
1988
1989
1989
1989
1989
1990
1991
1992
1992
1993
1996
Jewish Nobles and Geniuses in Modern Hungary [Reprint edition with new
preface].
"The Role of the Magyar Nobility in Modern Jewish History." East European
Quarterly 20 (1): 41-53.
"Jews and Peasant in Interwar Hungary." Nationalities Papers 15 (1): 90-105
and Austrian History Yearbook.
"Jewish Conversion in Hungary in Modern Times." In Jewish Apostasy in the
Modern World, edited by Todd M. Endelman. New York: Holmes & Meier.
"Convert Jews and the Problem of Viennese Jew-Hatred in 1848." East
European Quarterly 21 (3): 355-368.
"On Habsburg Jewry and its Disappearance." In The Jews and the European
Crisis, 1914-21, edited by Jonathan Frankel. New York: Oxford University
Press.
"Austria’s Jewish Nobles, 1740-1918." In LBI Yearbook.
"Vienna and Budapest Around 1900: the Problem of Jewish Influence." In
Hungary and European Civilization, edited by Gyorgy Ranki. Budapest:
Akademiai.
"The Origins of Defectology" and "Attitudinal Change in Eastern Europe: The
Case of Gyorgy Konrad." In The Disabled in the Soviet Union, edited by
William O. McCagg and Lewis Siegelbaum. Pittsburgh: University of
Pittsburgh Press.
A History of Habsburg Jews, 1670-1918.
"The Jewish Position in Interwar Central Europe." In A Social and Economic
History of Central European Jewry, edited by Yehuda Don and Victor Karady.
New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
"Gypsy Policy in Socialist Hungary and Czechoslovakia, 1945-1989."
Nationalities Papers 19 (3): 313-336.
A History of Habsburg Jews, 1670-1918 [Hungarian translation].
"Jewish Wealth in Vienna, 1670-1918." In Jews in the Hungarian Economy,
1760-1945, edited by Michael K. Silber. Jerusalem: Magnes.
"Some Problems in the History of Deaf Hungarians." In Deaf History Unveiled,
edited by John Vickrey Van Cleve. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University
Press.
A History of Habsburg Jews, 1670-1918 [French translation].
William Ogden McCagg Jr.’s Unpublished Papers
1960?
1961
1965
1969
1976
197?
"The Struggle for Leadership in the Hungarian Communist Party, 1944-48."
"The Indictment of Laszlo Rajk, 1948-49."
"Communism and Hungary 1944-1946" [PhD thesis, Columbia University].
"Jews in Revolutions" [delivered at UC Berkeley conference].
"Domestic Politics and Soviet Foreign Policy at the Cominform Conference in
1947" [delivered at The Impact of Soviet Domestic Politics on Soviet Foreign
Policy conference, Ann Arbor, MI].
"The Nationality Question in Eastern Europe Since 1964" [conference paper].
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1982
1985
1986
1986
1988
1990
1991
"Magyar Nobility/Jewish History" [delivered at American Association for
Advancement of Slavic Studies conference].
"Collapse of the Habsburg Empire" [delivered at Contemporary Issues of Central
European Jewry conference organized by Victor Karady and Yehuda Don,
Maison de l’Homme, Paris].
"The Problem of Jewish Influence: Vienna, Budapest, and Prague" [delivered at
Austrian Jewry conference organized by William Wright, Center for Austrian
Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN].
Jews and Peasants panel, AAASS meeting.
"The McCaggs: An Historical Essay Prepared for McCagg Family Reunion,
June 1988."
4th International Slavic Conference [paper on gypsy policy].
“East Europe and Deafness: History of the First Hungarian School for Deaf
Children of Jewish Descent from 1817-1836” [delivered at International
Conference on Deaf History; videotape, Burtonsville, MD : Sign Media, Inc.].
Scope and Content Note
The collection documents the research and publications of William Ogden McCagg, Jr. (19301993), a historian and educator who focused on Austro-Hungarian Jewry, Communism and Cold
War politics in Hungary and the Soviet Union, and the treatment of the disabled, Gypsies
(Roma), and other minorities in Central and Eastern Europe. The collection spans the period
1960-1993 and comprises research notes, index cards, correspondence, clippings, reprints, and
copies of publications, unpublished manuscripts, and archival source materials. English,
German, and Hungarian are the predominant languages in the collection, with much smaller
amounts of material in French, Czech, Spanish, and Italian.
Research notes on published sources, photocopied articles, and approximately 12,000 index cards
with bibliographical and biographical data on prominent Austro-Hungarian Jews make up the
bulk of the collection. These materials were the basis for two monographs (Jewish Nobles and
Geniuses in Modern Hungary and A History of Habsburg Jews, 1670-1918), a dozen journal
articles and book chapters, and several unpublished papers delivered at professional conferences.
Organization
The collection is organized into four series:
Series I: A History of Habsburg Jews, 1670-1918 -- 7.5 linear feet
Subseries A: Research correspondence and notes -- 4.0 linear feet
Subseries B: Bibliographical and biographical index cards -- 3.5 linear feet
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Series II: Jewish Nobles and Geniuses in Modern Hungary -- 3.75 linear feet
Subseries A: Research correspondence and notes -- 1.25 linear feet
Subseries B: Bibliographical and biographical index cards -- 2.5 linear feet
Series III: Communism in Hungary, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe -- 1.25 linear feet
Series IV: Research Materials on Various Topics -- 0.6 linear feet
Arrangement
On behalf of the YIVO Library and Archives, Zachary M. Baker, Head Librarian, wrote to the
donor, Louise McCagg, acknowledging receipt of 10 cartons of Judaica books plus 4 cartons and
19 archival boxes of research notes, reprints, and photocopies, on June 16, 1994. The Judaica
books were added to the Library’s collection. Accessioning Archivist Leo Greenbaum unpacked
the remaining materials in May 1995, placing loose papers in acid-free folders and maintaining
original order among the folders to the extent feasible. Cardboard file boxes filled with index
cards were placed in acid-free cartons. Robert Friedman arranged, re-housed, and described the
collection in June 2002.
Series I, Subseries A, Series II, Subseries A, Series III, and Series IV consist of research notes
and correspondence, in general arranged alphabetically by topic. Original folders and folder
titles were retained when available (approximately 75% of the collection). Original order was
maintained within each folder.
Series I, Subseries B, and Series II, Subseries B consist of 2"x3", 3”x5”, and 4”x6” index cards,
divided into sections within each folder and arranged in their original order. Only some of the
sections had original labels. The cards are arranged alphabetically within each section.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers with the permission of the Chief Archivist.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. Further information is available
from the Chief Archivist.
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Related Material
Hunter College (CUNY) Library, New York, NY (Special Collections Room):
William Ogden McCagg, Jr. (1930-1993) Papers on disability history.
Lauinger Library, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Special Collections Division):
Cecil B. Lyon Papers, Series 5, Box 11, Folder 8: Personal correspondence between William
Ogden McCagg, Jr., and Cecil B. Lyon, 1956-1966.
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Louise McCagg, 1995.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; Papers of William Ogden McCagg, Jr., RG 1346; folder number;
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History, New York, NY.
Container List
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Series I: A History of Habsburg Jews, 1670-1918 -- 7.5 linear feet
Scope and Content:
This series comprises materials McCagg used to prepare the monograph, A History of Habsburg
Jews, 1670-1918, as well as two journal articles, four book chapters, and at least two unpublished
papers. The materials consist of research notes, index cards, correspondence, clippings, reprints,
and copies of publications, unpublished manuscripts, and archival source documents. Research
notes on published sources, photocopied articles in English, German, and Hungarian, and
biographical index cards make up the bulk of the collection.
The biographical cards contain abbreviated, shorthand data on individuals and families who were
active in Austro-Hungarian economic, political, and scientific affairs from the early 19th century
through 1918. The majority concern individuals who were ennobled and/or converted Jews. The
types of information recorded on each card include: surname, given name(s), place and year of
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birth, place of residence or address, place and year of death, date of ennoblement, title,
occupation, education, industry sector, firm name, and listings in various publications.
A smaller number of index cards contain bibliographic references. Some photocopied materials
and bibliographic cards are in French, and rarely in Spanish or Italian.
Arrangement:
Subseries A consists of research notes and correspondence, in general arranged alphabetically by
topic. Original folders and folder titles were retained when available (approximately 75% of the
folders). Original order was maintained within each folder.
Subseries B consists of approximately 7,000 2"x3", 3"x5", and 4”x6” index cards, arranged in
their original order. Folders 91-92 contain bibliographic cards, while folders 93-97 contain
biographical data. The cards are divided into sections (some with original labels) within each
folder, and are typically in alphabetical order within each section.
Folder No.
Folder Title
Date
Subseries A: Research Notes and Correspondence -- 4.0 linear feet
1
Aguilar - Honig - Wetzlar - Eskeles - Arnstein
n.d.
2
Archives Notes
n.d., 1980
3
Aufwarts No. 1-27, 1848
n.d.
4
Austrian and Eastern European Statistics
n.d.
5
Austrian Book Clippings
n.d., 1980-1986
6
Austrian Dissertations: Putz, Megner, Thurman, Ortner
n.d.
7
Austrian Dissertations: Rohrer, Thurner, et al.
n.d.
8
Austrian Economy – 18th Century – Banks
n.d.
9
Austrian Economy – 19th Century
n.d.
10
Austrian Industry
n.d.
11
Austrian Jewry
n.d., 1976-1981
12
Austrian Noble Jews
n.d.
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13
Austrian Noble Jews
n.d.
14
Austrian Politics – 19th Century: Wandruszka, Wattmann, Klaczko n.d.
15
Austrian Reading Notes
n.d., 1971-1984
16
Austrian (Vienna) Jewish Lists
n.d.
17
Autonomy
n.d.
18
Baltzarek [Franz]
n.d., 1971-1980
19
Baron, Salo W.: The Revolution of 1848 and Jewish Scholarship
20
Bibliographies – Jewish Nobles?
n.d.
21
Bohemia
n.d.
22
Bohemia
n.d., 1965
23
Corti [Egon Caesar, Conte]: Trockene trunkenheit excerpts n.d.
24
Deak [Istvan] Papers
n.d., 1988
25
Deutsche Wochenschrift
n.d.
26
Frankism - Dobruschka
n.d.
27
Frankl [Ludwig August]
n.d.
28
Freud, Sigmund
1990
29
Gelber [N. M.] - Vienna
n.d.
30
German Jews
n.d., 1996
31
German Jews - 18th Century
n.d.
32
Germany - 19th Century
n.d.
33
Gold [Hugo, ed.]: Juden und die Judengemeinde Bratislava excerpts
34
Gold [Hugo, ed.]: Juden und die Judengemeinde Mahren excerpts n.d.
35
Gomperz, Julius and Theo
n.d.
n.d., 1974
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n.d.
36
Greeks
n.d.
37
Hausler [Wolfgang]
n.d.
38
Husserl, S. and Stern, Alfred - Manuscripts
n.d.
39
Isbary, Friedrich Rudolf
n.d.
40
Jewish Biographies – LBI Biographies
n.d., 1986
41
Jewish Biographies – Kuranda and Encyclopedia Judaica
n.d.
42
Jewish Communal Affairs
n.d.
43
Jews and Politics
n.d.
44
Jews in the Army
n.d., 1984-1987
45
Leo Baeck Institute
1986-1989
46
Moravia
n.d.
47
Morawitz [Karl]
n.d.
48
Neuzeit 1864-1868
n.d.
49
Neuzeit 1870-1881
n.d.
50
Neuzeit, Osterreichische Wochenschrift, Egyenloseg
n.d.
51
Oppenheimer, Wertheimer
n.d.
52
Orthodoxy
n.d.
53
Osterreichisches Central-Organ fur Glaubensfreiheit, Der Israelit, Wiener
Kirchenzeitung, Wiener Mitteilungen
n.d.
54
Oxaal [Ivar]
1981-1985
55
Phanariots
n.d.
56
Poland - 18th Century
n.d.
57
Poland - 19th Century
n.d.
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58
Poles and Jews
n.d.
59
"La Police Autrichienne et le Sanhedrin de Napoleon"
n.d.
60
Prague
n.d., 1986
61
Pribram - Urkunden und Akten
n.d.
62
Schmidl [Erwin A.]
n.d., 1982
63
Schorske [Carl E.]
1975, 1986
64
Socialist Biographies
n.d.
65
Sonnelfels [Josef von]
n.d.
66
Stekl [Hannes and Bruckmuller, Ernst]
n.d.
67
Stoianovich [Traian]
n.d.
68
Tolerance
n.d.
69
Trieste Jews
n.d., [1981]
70
Vambery [Arminius]
n.d., 1974-1979
71
Veith - Brunner
n.d.
72
Vienna - Archivalia - Israelitische Kultusgemeinde
n.d.
73
Vienna - Archivalia - Israelitische Kultusgemeinde
n.d.
74
Vienna - Archivalia - Israelitische Kultusgemeinde
n.d.
75
Vienna - Archivalia - Nobility
n.d.
76
Vienna - Archivalia - Nobility
n.d.
77
Vienna - Archivalia - Nobility
n.d.
78
Vienna - Archivalia - Nobility
n.d.
79
Vienna Jews - Statistics
n.d.
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80
Vienna Kultusgemeinde Lists
n.d.
81
Vienna Tolerance Lists
n.d.
82
Weilen, Josef - Mosenthal, Leipzig 1878
n.d.
83
Wertheimer, Josef - Juden in Osterreich (1842)
n.d.
84
Wiesner, Franz
n.d.
85
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
n.d.
86
Wolf [Gerson] - Geschichte der Juden in Wien 1156-1876 n.d.
87
Zionism
n.d.
88
Zorn [Wolfgang]
n.d.
89
Habsburg Jews - Reviews
n.d., 1989-1992
90
Habsburg Jews - French
1990-1993
Subseries B: Bibliographical and biographical index cards -- 3.5 linear feet
91
Bibliographic Cards
n.d.
Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliographic References
Archival Documents
Novels
Chronology
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Bibliographies
Nationalism
Assimilation
Social Science
Intelligentsia
Ennoblement: General
Lists of Jewish Nobles
Adel – Austria
Genealogical Aids
Biographical Aids – General
Memoirs – Austrian Economy
Austrian Biographies and Memoirs – Culture
Wien [Vienna] – Dissertations
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91
Bibliographic Cards (Continued)
Austrian History – General
Austria – 1790
Jacobins
Austria – 1792-1848
1848 Problem
1850s
1867 Problem
1870-1884
1884-1900
1900-1918
Austria Post 1918
Austria Post 1945
Masons
Anti-Semitism
Liberalism 1867-73
Austrian Socialism
Austrian Army: Jews
Press
Austrian Workers and Peasants
Statistics – Economic
Statistics – Demographic – Wien [Vienna]
Austrian Periodicals
Austrian Reference Works – Handbooks and Lists
Institutes – Other Than Economic
Austria – Economic History
1873 Crash
Bontoux
Colonial Expansion (See also Trieste)
Banks and Finance
HGK – Borse
Railroads
Sugar, Textiles, Coal
Tobacco
Firm [Company] Histories
Austria – Culture
Ring
Schorske
Wien [Vienna]
Wien [Vienna] – Economy
Vienna – Travelers
Vienna – Culture
Austria – General
Romania – General
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n.d.
Romania – Jews
Romania – Economy
Bucharest
Travelers
Romania – Jews
French Consuls
Borkenau [Franz]
Mediaeval
Stalin Book
Jews – General
Jewish History
Jewish Communal History
Austria – Jews
Wien [Vienna] – Jews
Self-Hatred – Jewish Psychology
Biographical Aids – Jewish
Austrian Jewish Biographies
Marx
Rothschild
Sonnenfels
Veith
Frankism
I Deutsh
Allianz Israelite
Zionism
Freud
Sanhedrin
Trieste
Hungary - Jews
Hungary – Conversion
Poland – Jews
Galicia
Bohemia – Jews – Ch. IV
Bukowina
Bohemia – Jews – After 1890
Moravia – Jews
Armenia
Balkans
Wien [Vienna] – Czechs
Czechoslovak Republic
Slovakia
Germany
Germany – Jews etc.
Greece – General
Greeks – Post-1821 in Romania
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Greeks Outside Romania – Europe
Phanariots
Hungary – General History
Turanism
Recent Hungary
Germans – Hungary
Germans – Hungary – Biography
Hungary – Gypsies
Poland – 19th Century
Bibliographic Notes on Various Topics
1746-1858: Adam – Sonnenfels
1859-1873: Bamberger – Zdekauer
Schey – Zdekauer
1874 – 1884: Adler – Zeissl
Auspitz – Waldstein
1885-1903
1904-1918: Adam – Ziffer
Abgeordneten [Deputies]
Barons: Aguilar – Zdekauer
Adler – Weininger, et al.
Notes
Abeles – Wittgenstein
Adler – Ziffer
Notes: Arthaber – Spira
Ennoblement Policy
Sieghart
Bauer – Wertheim
Beyer – Thonet; Magg – Zugmeyer
Bisteghi – Wolfrum
Blakey – Ziegler
Bihl – Wolfrum
Prague: Hajek – Spitalsky
Adler – Zimmermann
Banhaus – Zwierschutz
Notes
Tolerated
Lists and Notes
Jewellers
Grosshandleren [Wholesalers]
Lieferen [Suppliers]
Leather
Oil and Chemicals
Alcohol – Distillers
Agricultural Products
Galicia – Warensensalen [Merchandise Brokers]
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Agrarwarensensalen [Agricultural Products Brokers]
Horses
Silk
Wool
Cotton
Textiles
Commissions
Printers
Ritual
Medical and Related Professions
Other Occupations
Unidentified
Bodenheimer – Weinmann
France and Romania: Augrand – Voissins
Habsburg Jews – Notes
Vienna - Postcard of St. Stephan's Cathedral
Series II: Jewish Nobles and Geniuses in Modern Hungary -- 3.75 linear feet
Scope and Content:
This series comprises materials McCagg used to prepare the monograph, Jewish Nobles and
Geniuses in Modern Hungary, as well as four journal articles, three book chapters, and at least
two unpublished papers. The materials consist of research notes, index cards, correspondence,
clippings, reprints, and copies of publications, unpublished manuscripts, and archival source
documents. Research notes on published sources, photocopied articles in English, German, and
Hungarian, and index cards with biographical data make up the bulk of the collection. A smaller
number of index cards contain bibliographic references.
The biographical cards contain abbreviated, shorthand data on individuals and families who were
active in Hungarian economic, political, and scientific affairs from the early 19th century through
1940. The majority concern individuals who were ennobled and/or converted Jews. The types of
information recorded on each card include: surname(s), given name(s), place and year of birth,
place of residence or address, place and year of death, date of ennoblement, title, occupation,
education, industry sector, firm name, and listings in various publications. If the surname was
changed at some point, the card indicates both the earlier Germanized "Jewish" surname and the
later Magyarized name. These cards are generally interfiled according to the Hungarian surname.
Arrangement:
Subseries A consists of research notes and correspondence, in general arranged alphabetically by
topic. Original folders and folder titles were retained when available (approximately 75% of the
folders). Original order was maintained within each folder.
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Subseries B consists of approximately 5,000 2"x3", 3”x5”, and 4”x6” index cards, arranged in
their original order. The cards are divided into sections (some with original labels) within each
folder, and are typically in alphabetical order within each section.
Folder No.
Folder Title
Date
Subseries A: Research Notes and Correspondence -- 1.25 linear feet
98
Hungarian Jewish Nobles – Book Records
n.d., 1971-1992
99
Fischer-Galati [Stephen]
1970-1985
100
Research Notebooks
n.d.
101
Assimilation
n.d., 1960-1986
102
Ballagi, Mor – Biographical Materials and A Zsidokrol, 1840
103
Blumstock, Robert
104
Christian Missionaries and Jewish Apostates - Conference Papers
n.d., 1984-1986
105
Concha, Gyozo – A gentry, 1910
n.d.
106
Conversion
n.d., 1907-1984
107
Hanak, P[eter]
n.d., 1960-1969
108
Hanak, P[eter]
n.d., 1970-1980
109
Hungarian Anti-Semitism
n.d., 1969-1991
110
Hungarian History – World History
1981
111
Hungarian Jews
n.d., 1982-1989
112
Hungarian Jews – 19th Century
n.d., 1981
113
Hungarian Zionism and Jewish Community Life
n.d., 1896-1913
114
Indiana University Conference Papers
n.d., 1985
115
Jaszi [Oszkar]
n.d.
n.d.
n.d., 1984
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116
Jewish Nobles and Geniuses (A-M)
n.d., 1966-1986
117
Jewish Nobles and Geniuses (N-Z)
n.d.
118
Kann, Robert A.
n.d.
119
Karady [Victor] Papers
n.d., 1978-1989
120
Katus [Laszlo]
n.d., 1967-1986
121
Kolozsvary-Borcsa, M[ihaly] – Zsido kerdes Magyarorszagi irodalma
122
Pandi [Ilona] - “A Magyar ‘kozeposztaly’ kerdesehez”
n.d.
123
Szende Memorials
n.d.
124
Trenko - excerpt
n.d.
125
Turcsanyi [Gyula] – Kivel mi tortent
n.d.
126
Weiss, Manfred Affair
n.d.
127
Windisch [Eva] – "A magyarorszagi nemet nemzetisegi mozgalom"
128
Zeke [Bela]
n.d.
129
Reviews and Correspondence
n.d., 1970-1988
n.d.
n.d.
Subseries B: Bibliographical and biographical index cards -- 2.5 linear feet
130
Bibliographical and Biographical Cards and Notes
Bibliographic References
Cross-reference cards: Auspitz – Zwicker
Name Lists; Abeles – Wolf
Name Lists; Biederman – Steiner
Adelsberg – Wertheimstein
Barber – Wodianer
Back – Wick
Back – Wohl
Bamberger – Wolfner
Aczel – Zwicker
Auspitz – Vigh
Abonyi – Vegh
Ballagi – Zold
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n.d.
Altmann – Telkes
Auer – Wellisch
Arpassy – Telegdi
Breuer – Wertheim
Abeles – Zwack
Name Lists; Almay – Zaretsky
Name Lists; Aranyi – Solymosy
Aranyi – Wolfner
Agai – Zwack
Agoston – Wiener
Aczel – Wimmer
Lists; Notes
Beck – Sarkozi
Lists; Notes
Lists; Notes; Clippings
Notes; Agoston – Vazsonyi
Adler – Zsurger
Lists; Notes; Biographical Cards
1923: Augenfeld – Ullmann
1924: Back – Vas
1925: Alstadter – Reich
1926: Bano – Roth
1927: Bator – Weisz
1928: Balla – Szekely
1929: Besnyo – Wikar
1930: Barta – Szollosi
1931: Hamos – Szecsi
1932: Feher – Nagy
1933: Balaban – Weisz
1934: Barna – Szucs
1935: Beck - Weiner
1936: Adler – Weinreb
1937: Gerber – Steier
Hungarian Industrial Corporations – Boards of Directors: Fulop Weiss et
al.
Hungarian Industrial Corporations – Boards of Directors, 1922-1924 and
1935-1936: Miksa Madarassy-Beck et al.
Hungarian Industrial Corporations – Boards of Directors, 1922-1924 and
1935-1936: Karoly Erney et al.
Hungarian Industrial Corporations – Boards of Directors: 1922-1924 and
1935-1936: Simon Krausz et al.
Hungarian Industrial Corporations – Boards of Directors: 1922-1924 and
1935-1936: Alajos Hauszmann et al.
Hungarian Industrial Corporations – Boards of Directors: 1922-1924 and
1935-1936: Adolf Ullmann et al.
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Hungarian Bank Directors, 1920, Foreigners: Bayer-Krucsay –
Wertheimstein
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1920: Ambrozy – Wenckheim
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1920: Barnabas – Zsigmondy
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1920: Adler – Wertheimer
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1920: Bachruch – Weisz
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1920, 1935: Hillinger – Rudas
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1920, 1935: Biro – Weiss
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1920, 1935: Barber - Szigeti
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1935: Adler – Vernei-Kronberger
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1935: Beck – Weiss
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1935: Belatiny – Weiss
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1935: Bark – Rothschild
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1935: Amon – Zichy
Hungarian Bank Directors, 1935: Baranyai – Walko
Hungarian Banks – Notes
Occupations
Adler – Wodianer
Aebly – Tschogl
Baumgarten – Wodianer
Jewish Nobles, 1935
Blum – Thors
Adler – Weiss
Biographical Cards
Barcza – Tarkovics
Bachruch – Wolfner
Bachruch – Wolfner
Agoston – Varga
“Geniuses”: Mannheim, Neumann, Polanyi, Szent-Gyorgy, Szilard, Teller,
Von Karman, Wigner, et al.
Weisz, Fulop - Signed Photo/Postcard
Series III: Communism in Hungary, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe -- 1.25 linear ft.
Scope and Content:
This series comprises materials McCagg used to prepare his doctoral thesis, Communism and
Hungary, 1944-1946, as well as the monograph, Stalin Embattled, 1943-48, and at least five
unpublished papers. The materials consist of research notes, correspondence, clippings, reprints,
and copies of publications and unpublished manuscripts in English and Hungarian.
Arrangement:
Folders are filed alphabetically.
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Folder No.
Folder Title
Date
135
Bak, Janos M.
n.d.
136
Communism and Hungary, 1944-1946 - Unpublished Draft of Part III [196?]
137
Communism and Hungary, 1944-1946 - Unpublished Draft of Part III [196?]
138
Communism and Hungary, 1944-1946 - Unpublished Draft of Part III [196?]
139
Communism and Slovakia
n.d., 1960
140
Communism in Eastern Europe, 1917-1964
n.d.
141
Communism in Eastern Europe, 1917-1964
n.d.
142
Communism in Eastern Europe, 1917-1964
n.d.
143
Gati, Charles
1982
144
Historia, Vol. XI, 4-5
1989
145
Hungarian Communist Party, 1945-1960
n.d.
146
Hungarian Communist Party, 1945-1960
n.d.
147
Hungarian Communist Party, 1945-1960
n.d.
148
Hungarian Communist Party, 1945-1960
n.d.
149
Hungarian Communist Party, 1945-1960
n.d.
150
Hungarian Communist Party, 1945-1960
n.d., [1951]
151
Hungarian Communist Party, 1945-1960
n.d., 1955-1956
152
Hungarian Communist Party, 1945-1960
n.d., 1960
153
Hungarian Émigré Interviews
1961-1964
154
Low, Alfred D.
n.d.
155
Magyar Szocialista Munkaspart [Hungarian Socialist Workers Party]
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n.d.
156
Nagy, Zsuzsa L.
1960-1965
157
"A nepi demokracia fejlodesenek szakaszai"
n.d.
158
Radisics, Elemer
n.d.
159
Rajk, Laszlo
n.d.
160
Soviet Union
n.d., 1988
161
Stalin and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1939-1953
162
"The Struggle for Leadership in the Hungarian Communist Party, 1944-48."
n.d.
163
Tokes, Rudolf L.
n.d.
164
Zsuppan, Ferenc Tibor
n.d.
n.d.
Series IV: Research Materials on Various Topics -- 0.6 linear feet
Scope and Content:
This series consists of research notes, correspondence, clippings, reprints, and copies of
publications and unpublished manuscripts in English, Hungarian, Czech, German, French, and
Italian. These materials were used to prepare several articles and unpublished papers.
Arrangement
Folders are filed alphabetically.
Folder No.
Folder Title
Date
165
Baranszky, Laszlo – Poems
1985
166
Bloch, Bronislaw
n.d.
167
Central European University
n.d., 1988-1992
168
Czechoslovakia
n.d., 1971-1986
169
Fenyo [Mario D.] – Hungary in World War II
n.d.
170
Great Britain
n.d.
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171
Gypsies [Roma]
n.d., 1990
172
Gypsies [Roma] – Hungary, 1960-1990
n.d.
173
Gypsies [Roma] – Hungary and Czechoslovakia, 1945-1990
174
Gypsy [Roma] Studies
n.d., 1958-1990
175
Holocaust Book Project
n.d., 1989
176
Jewish Identity
n.d., 1989
177
Jewish Messianism
n.d., 1993
178
Jews and Peasants in Interwar Eastern Europe
n.d., 1985-1986
179
Jews in Hungary and Central Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries – Conference
Papers
n.d.
180
Konrad, Gyorgy
181
Publications, Notes, and Correspondence on Various Subjects
n.d., 1969-[1991]
n.d., [1991]
n.d., 1985
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