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Arts and Sciences
History
Hans Karl Gunther Papers, 1943-1987
Biography
Born in Germany, Gunther’s father sent him out of the country before the Second World
War, reaching the United States by 1941. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in history in
1946 and Master's degree in history in 1947, both from Washington University in St.
Louis. He taught German at the University of Missouri between 1947 and 1951, before
receiving his PhD from Stanford University in 1954. In 1965 he became an associate
professor at Bloomsburg State College and a full professor in 1969. Gunther wrote
thirteen major articles that were accepted for publication. He suffered from health
problems in the late seventies and early eighties. He took his life at the age of 60 in 1987.
Scope and Content
Dr. Hans Karl Gunther's documents are held in ten boxes. The first box consists of
personal and general biographical information. The second box is mostly from his years
teaching abroad for the military. The third box holds documents from his career as a
professor at Bloomsburg University. Boxes four through six contain his lecture notes on
many different subjects. The seventh box has copies of published and unpublished
materials he wrote. Box eight contains materials published under his pseudonym, John
Phillip Lundin. Box nine has materials from the Institute of Historical Review and box
ten has a conservative newsletter and cassettes of lectures.
Box 1:
Personal Information
This box contains information on Dr. Gunther's personal life as well as his dissertation.
There is a collection of obituaries that appeared in the paper as well as photos.
Documents on gambling trips to Las Vegas are also in the section. A bound copy of his
dissertation, German-Swedish Relations, 1933-1939: The Background for Swedish
Neutrality, is also kept in this collection.
Summary of Collection/Obituaries, 1987
Photos
Vacation Memorabilia
Las Vegas, Nevada
Personal/Correspondence, 1956-1977
Various Papers and Articles, 1947-1953
Bound Dissertation, 1954
Unbound Photocopy of Dissertation: German-Swedish Relations, 1933-39: The Background for
Swedish Neutrality, 1954
Box 2:
University of Maryland and Abroad Years
This box has information relating to Dr. Gunther's years teaching at military bases.
Essays that are in this section include: The Ancient Sumerians, slum, clearance and Our
Gold Balance, What Price Friendship?, Pink Foreign Policy, Yankee Geht Heim Oder:
Kampf dem Quatsch!, Freedom of the Offensive, Conservation: The Abrasion of Modern
Politics, GIAP's Trap, and My most Unforgettable Character. His employment records
may also be found in this section. Dr. Gunther's Military Science 147 and 148 instructors
guide is also in the box.
University of Maryland Abroad Years
Political Correspondence/ Writings, 1956-1965
Various Papers, 1956-1965
Material Related to Teaching Post, 1956-1965
University of Maryland Military Science 147
University of Maryland Military Science 148
Box 3:
Bloomsburg State College / Bloomsburg University Years
This box contains information on Dr. Gunther's teaching years at Bloomsburg. There are
syllabi for the following classes: The Modern World, Europe Since 1939, Selected Topics
on European Imperialism and the History of Germany. There are also copies of his
multiple-choice exams as well as a student's essay exam in the box. Also, his sabbatical
request to write a military history textbook area included. Dr. Gunther's articles he wrote
for the Maroon and Gold also exist in this section.
Bloomsburg State College/ Bloomsburg University Years
Material Relating to Teaching Post (Syllabi/ Bibliographies et al), 1965-1987
Material Relating to Teaching Post (Examinations), 1965-1987
Material Relating to Teaching Post (Correspondence), 1965-1987
Political Writings/ Materials, 1965-1987
Various Papers and Articles, 1965-1987
Box 4:
Lecture Notes / Auxiliary Material
Copies of lecture notes from Dr. Gunther's classes are held in this box. Some of the
lecture not titles include: Denmark: Medieval, The Revival of Learning in the 14th - 16th
Centuries, Turks 1512 - 1566, Dutch 1557, South Eastern Europe 1566 - 1718, Russia
1613 - 1725, Thirty years war: Swedish - French Phase, Early Modern 1560 - 1670,
Opium War, France Under the Republic, Soviet Foreign Policy, China and the Great
Powers, Revolutions 1846 - 1850, Metternich Era, Europe 1850 - 1914, East Europe,
Italy 1945 - present, Great Britain 1945 - present, France 1944 - present, Germany 1945 present, Christianity, Lutheran Reformation, Counter Reformation, Napoleon I, Prussia,
Tudor England, Fascism, and Mussolini.
Lecture Notes/ Auxiliary Material
Europe - Medieval, Renaissance, Early Modern
19th Century to 1914; Soviet Union to 1939; China + Western powers
WWI to 1939
Europe - 1945 to Cold War
Europe - Christianity
Europe - France
Europe - Germany (Including Draft of Potential Article by Gunther)
Europe - Great Britain
Europe - Italy (Including Fascism and Mussolini)
Box 5:
Lecture Notes / Auxiliary Material
Continued material on Dr. Gunther's lecture notes. Lecture titles in this box include:
Punic Wars, Hannibal, Battle Strategy Sketches (German), Untitled notes on Greece and
Rome, Thirty Years war: Battles, Wars of Louis XIV, Fredrick II, American
Independence, and the Mexican War. Along with the lecture notes is a draft of Guerrilla
Warfare.
Lecture Notes/ Auxiliary Material
Military History - Ancient to 1709
Military History - Ancient to 1712
Military History - 1700's to W.W.II
Military History - 1800's (Including American Civil War)
Military History - Guerrilla Warfare (Probably Draft of a Book)
Military History - Various Notes
Box 6:
Lecture Notes / Auxiliary Material
Continued information on Dr. Gunther's Lecture Notes. Titles for lectures include: India Background, Decline of Rome, Roman Constitution, Colonial Activity and the Isolation
of England, Russian Asia, Imperialism, British Emperor, Africa / Near East, French
Colonialism, Critique of Imperialism, Missionaries, Mid-East, Egypt, Civil War,
Prohibition, the 1920's, Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman and Teddy Roosevelt.
Lecture Notes/ Auxiliary Material
Ancient History
Imperialism - Great Britain; Russia; Dutch in Indonesia
Imperialism - France; Great Britain; Russia
United States to End of the 19th Century
United States - 20th Century
History, General
Box 7:
Published Writings
This box contains copies of Dr. Gunther's published writings. The list of articles and
essays that Dr. Gunther had published include: Pacifism and the Atomic Bomb, The High
Cost of Meat, Frederick the Great, The Bavarian War of Succession and the American
War of Independence, Sieg Ohne Krieg?, Der Stand der Kriegsgesche Panzerdivision,
Implications of Vertical Warfare, and Limitations of History.
Unpublished Writings
This Section contains Dr. Gunther's unpublished writings. They include some of his
poetry, notes and an attempted novel. Poem titles are Chariot of Death and Thou.
Published Writings
Political, 1957-1977
History. 1955-1971
Unpublished Poetry, Notes, Etc., 1943
Unpublished MS - Book length (Apparently a Novel)
Box 8:
Papers re: Julian Press, Inc. with John Philip Lundin (a.k.a. Hans Karl Gunther), 19541965
This section has correspondence with Julian Press, Inc. The articles Nein, Sie Vergöttern
Sie Night! and The Shadow of Lenore.
Books
Two books are contained in this section. They are Ghosts of Vernery By John Philip
Lundin and Mothers and Amazons: The First Feminine History of Culture by Helen
Kiner; edited and translated by John Philip Lundin.
Papers re: Julian Press, Inc. with John Philip Lundin (a.k.a. Hans Karl Gunther), 1954-1965
Books:
Ghosts of Venery by John Philip Lundin (a.k.a. Hans Karl Gunther), 1965
Mothers and Amazons: The First Feminine History of Culture by Helen Kiner;
Edited and translated by John Philip Lundin (a.k.a. Hans Karl Gunther), 1965
NOTE: The following two boxes were received from the acquisition section of Andruss Library
on 23 November 1992, and entered into the collection on 30 November 1992. It was a part of the
original HKG material turned over to the library in 1987.
Box 9:
Institute for Historical Review
This box contains information regarding Dr. Gunther's membership to the Institute of
Historical Review. The Institute of Historical Review advocates historical revisionism,
primarily in regards to the Holocaust. They are currently the world's largest association of
Holocaust deniers and Dr. Gunther had a substantial amount of Holocaust denier
material. The material in this box includes IHR newsletters and correspondence, and
promotional pamphlets.
Institute for Historical Review (IHR) Correspondence to Gunther, 1985
IHR Newsletter, 1984-1987
IHR Promotional Material for Members/ Subscribers, 1985-1987
Announcement of Publications from Noontide Press and other Publishers
Pamphlet: Worldwide Growth and Impact of 'Holocaust' Revisionism
The Journal of Historical Review (9 issues), winter 1984 - winter 1986-87
Box 10:
The Pink Sheet on the Left: America's Authoritative Report on Left Wing Activities
Dr. Gunther's collection of conservative newsletters.
4 Cassettes of Presentations from the 1983 International Revisionist Conference
The cassettes are revisionist material and contain Holocaust denial propaganda. The
speakers on the cassettes include David Irving, Dr. James J. Martin, Dr. Robert Faurrison,
and Dr. Wilhelm Staeglich.
The Pink Sheet on the Left: America's Authoritative Report on Left Wing Activities, 1971-1981
4 Cassettes of Presentations from the 1983 International Revisionist Conference
David Irving: Hungary Revolts Against Communism/ Fear and Ignorance of Modern
Historians; The Zionist Boycott, 1983
Dr. James J. Martin: Dedication of conference to Frances Neilson, 1983
Dr. Robert Faurrison: Four Years of Proceeding Against France Revisionism, 1983
Dr. Wilhelm Staeglich: The Auschwitz Myth: A Book and It's Fate in the German
Federal Republic, 1983
Oversize Folder 1: (Located in RG-9 Arts and Sciences Oversize Box)
Maps of Northern Germany, Numbers [1-107], Published 1913 to 1924
Oversize Folder 2: (Located in RG-9 Arts and Sciences Oversize Box)
Maps of Northern Germany, Numbers [117-230], Published 1904 to 1924
NOTE: Collection arrived in the University Archives in no discernible order. Boxes 1-3 are in
chronological order. Lecture notes/auxiliary material (Boxes 4-6) are not integrated
chronologically because it could not be determined which notes were used in what teaching
situation; chances are Dr. Gunther used many of the lecture notes, etc. in both the University of
Maryland and Bloomsburg State College/Bloomsburg University situations. Also, some
materials from his graduate school days were apparently used in later teaching so they appear in
Boxes 4-6 as well.
Some of HKG's published writings appear in appropriate chronological boxes (e.g. letters written
to campus newspaper while at Bloomsburg) when clearly related to his position at the time.
Others appear separately in Boxes 7 and 8.
Arts and Sciences
History
Hans Karl Gunther Papers, 1943-1987
Biography
Born in Germany, Gunther’s father sent him out of the country before the Second World
War, reaching the United States by 1941. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in history in
1946 and Master's degree in history in 1947, both from Washington University in St.
Louis. He taught German at the University of Missouri between 1947 and 1951, before
receiving his PhD from Stanford University in 1954. In 1965 he became an associate
professor at Bloomsburg State College and a full professor in 1969. Gunther wrote
thirteen major articles that were accepted for publication. He suffered from health
problems in the late seventies and early eighties. He took his life at the age of 60 in 1987.
Scope and Content
Dr. Hans Karl Gunther's documents are held in ten boxes. The first box consists of
personal and general biographical information. The second box is mostly from his years
teaching abroad for the military. The third box holds documents from his career as a
professor at Bloomsburg University. Boxes four through six contain his lecture notes on
many different subjects. The seventh box has copies of published and unpublished
materials he wrote. Box eight contains materials published under his pseudonym, John
Phillip Lundin. Box nine has materials from the Institute of Historical Review and box
ten has a conservative newsletter and cassettes of lectures.
Box 1:
Personal Information
This box contains information on Dr. Gunther's personal life as well as his dissertation.
There is a collection of obituaries that appeared in the paper as well as photos.
Documents on gambling trips to Las Vegas are also in the section. A bound copy of his
dissertation, German-Swedish Relations, 1933-1939: The Background for Swedish
Neutrality, is also kept in this collection.
Summary of Collection/Obituaries, 1987
Photos
Vacation Memorabilia
Las Vegas, Nevada
Personal/Correspondence, 1956-1977
Various Papers and Articles, 1947-1953
Bound Dissertation, 1954
Unbound Photocopy of Dissertation: German-Swedish Relations, 1933-39: The Background for
Swedish Neutrality, 1954
Box 2:
University of Maryland and Abroad Years
This box has information relating to Dr. Gunther's years teaching at military bases.
Essays that are in this section include: The Ancient Sumerians, slum, clearance and Our
Gold Balance, What Price Friendship?, Pink Foreign Policy, Yankee Geht Heim Oder:
Kampf dem Quatsch!, Freedom of the Offensive, Conservation: The Abrasion of Modern
Politics, GIAP's Trap, and My most Unforgettable Character. His employment records
may also be found in this section. Dr. Gunther's Military Science 147 and 148 instructors
guide is also in the box.
University of Maryland Abroad Years
Political Correspondence/ Writings, 1956-1965
Various Papers, 1956-1965
Material Related to Teaching Post, 1956-1965
University of Maryland Military Science 147
University of Maryland Military Science 148
Box 3:
Bloomsburg State College / Bloomsburg University Years
This box contains information on Dr. Gunther's teaching years at Bloomsburg. There are
syllabi for the following classes: The Modern World, Europe Since 1939, Selected Topics
on European Imperialism and the History of Germany. There are also copies of his
multiple-choice exams as well as a student's essay exam in the box. Also, his sabbatical
request to write a military history textbook area included. Dr. Gunther's articles he wrote
for the Maroon and Gold also exist in this section.
Bloomsburg State College/ Bloomsburg University Years
Material Relating to Teaching Post (Syllabi/ Bibliographies et al), 1965-1987
Material Relating to Teaching Post (Examinations), 1965-1987
Material Relating to Teaching Post (Correspondence), 1965-1987
Political Writings/ Materials, 1965-1987
Various Papers and Articles, 1965-1987
Box 4:
Lecture Notes / Auxiliary Material
Copies of lecture notes from Dr. Gunther's classes are held in this box. Some of the
lecture not titles include: Denmark: Medieval, The Revival of Learning in the 14th - 16th
Centuries, Turks 1512 - 1566, Dutch 1557, South Eastern Europe 1566 - 1718, Russia
1613 - 1725, Thirty years war: Swedish - French Phase, Early Modern 1560 - 1670,
Opium War, France Under the Republic, Soviet Foreign Policy, China and the Great
Powers, Revolutions 1846 - 1850, Metternich Era, Europe 1850 - 1914, East Europe,
Italy 1945 - present, Great Britain 1945 - present, France 1944 - present, Germany 1945 present, Christianity, Lutheran Reformation, Counter Reformation, Napoleon I, Prussia,
Tudor England, Fascism, and Mussolini.
Lecture Notes/ Auxiliary Material
Europe - Medieval, Renaissance, Early Modern
19th Century to 1914; Soviet Union to 1939; China + Western powers
WWI to 1939
Europe - 1945 to Cold War
Europe - Christianity
Europe - France
Europe - Germany (Including Draft of Potential Article by Gunther)
Europe - Great Britain
Europe - Italy (Including Fascism and Mussolini)
Box 5:
Lecture Notes / Auxiliary Material
Continued material on Dr. Gunther's lecture notes. Lecture titles in this box include:
Punic Wars, Hannibal, Battle Strategy Sketches (German), Untitled notes on Greece and
Rome, Thirty Years war: Battles, Wars of Louis XIV, Fredrick II, American
Independence, and the Mexican War. Along with the lecture notes is a draft of Guerrilla
Warfare.
Lecture Notes/ Auxiliary Material
Military History - Ancient to 1709
Military History - Ancient to 1712
Military History - 1700's to W.W.II
Military History - 1800's (Including American Civil War)
Military History - Guerrilla Warfare (Probably Draft of a Book)
Military History - Various Notes
Box 6:
Lecture Notes / Auxiliary Material
Continued information on Dr. Gunther's Lecture Notes. Titles for lectures include: India Background, Decline of Rome, Roman Constitution, Colonial Activity and the Isolation
of England, Russian Asia, Imperialism, British Emperor, Africa / Near East, French
Colonialism, Critique of Imperialism, Missionaries, Mid-East, Egypt, Civil War,
Prohibition, the 1920's, Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Truman and Teddy Roosevelt.
Lecture Notes/ Auxiliary Material
Ancient History
Imperialism - Great Britain; Russia; Dutch in Indonesia
Imperialism - France; Great Britain; Russia
United States to End of the 19th Century
United States - 20th Century
History, General
Box 7:
Published Writings
This box contains copies of Dr. Gunther's published writings. The list of articles and
essays that Dr. Gunther had published include: Pacifism and the Atomic Bomb, The High
Cost of Meat, Frederick the Great, The Bavarian War of Succession and the American
War of Independence, Sieg Ohne Krieg?, Der Stand der Kriegsgesche Panzerdivision,
Implications of Vertical Warfare, and Limitations of History.
Unpublished Writings
This Section contains Dr. Gunther's unpublished writings. They include some of his
poetry, notes and an attempted novel. Poem titles are Chariot of Death and Thou.
Published Writings
Political, 1957-1977
History. 1955-1971
Unpublished Poetry, Notes, Etc., 1943
Unpublished MS - Book length (Apparently a Novel)
Box 8:
Papers re: Julian Press, Inc. with John Philip Lundin (a.k.a. Hans Karl Gunther), 19541965
This section has correspondence with Julian Press, Inc. The articles Nein, Sie Vergöttern
Sie Night! and The Shadow of Lenore.
Books
Two books are contained in this section. They are Ghosts of Vernery By John Philip
Lundin and Mothers and Amazons: The First Feminine History of Culture by Helen
Kiner; edited and translated by John Philip Lundin.
Papers re: Julian Press, Inc. with John Philip Lundin (a.k.a. Hans Karl Gunther), 1954-1965
Books:
Ghosts of Venery by John Philip Lundin (a.k.a. Hans Karl Gunther), 1965
Mothers and Amazons: The First Feminine History of Culture by Helen Kiner;
Edited and translated by John Philip Lundin (a.k.a. Hans Karl Gunther), 1965
NOTE: The following two boxes were received from the acquisition section of Andruss Library
on 23 November 1992, and entered into the collection on 30 November 1992. It was a part of the
original HKG material turned over to the library in 1987.
Box 9:
Institute for Historical Review
This box contains information regarding Dr. Gunther's membership to the Institute of
Historical Review. The Institute of Historical Review advocates historical revisionism,
primarily in regards to the Holocaust. They are currently the world's largest association of
Holocaust deniers and Dr. Gunther had a substantial amount of Holocaust denier
material. The material in this box includes IHR newsletters and correspondence, and
promotional pamphlets.
Institute for Historical Review (IHR) Correspondence to Gunther, 1985
IHR Newsletter, 1984-1987
IHR Promotional Material for Members/ Subscribers, 1985-1987
Announcement of Publications from Noontide Press and other Publishers
Pamphlet: Worldwide Growth and Impact of 'Holocaust' Revisionism
The Journal of Historical Review (9 issues), winter 1984 - winter 1986-87
Box 10:
The Pink Sheet on the Left: America's Authoritative Report on Left Wing Activities
Dr. Gunther's collection of conservative newsletters.
4 Cassettes of Presentations from the 1983 International Revisionist Conference
The cassettes are revisionist material and contain Holocaust denial propaganda. The
speakers on the cassettes include David Irving, Dr. James J. Martin, Dr. Robert Faurrison,
and Dr. Wilhelm Staeglich.
The Pink Sheet on the Left: America's Authoritative Report on Left Wing Activities, 1971-1981
4 Cassettes of Presentations from the 1983 International Revisionist Conference
David Irving: Hungary Revolts Against Communism/ Fear and Ignorance of Modern
Historians; The Zionist Boycott, 1983
Dr. James J. Martin: Dedication of conference to Frances Neilson, 1983
Dr. Robert Faurrison: Four Years of Proceeding Against France Revisionism, 1983
Dr. Wilhelm Staeglich: The Auschwitz Myth: A Book and It's Fate in the German
Federal Republic, 1983
Oversize Folder 1: (Located in RG-9 Arts and Sciences Oversize Box)
Maps of Northern Germany, Numbers [1-107], Published 1913 to 1924
Oversize Folder 2: (Located in RG-9 Arts and Sciences Oversize Box)
Maps of Northern Germany, Numbers [117-230], Published 1904 to 1924
NOTE: Collection arrived in the University Archives in no discernible order. Boxes 1-3 are in
chronological order. Lecture notes/auxiliary material (Boxes 4-6) are not integrated
chronologically because it could not be determined which notes were used in what teaching
situation; chances are Dr. Gunther used many of the lecture notes, etc. in both the University of
Maryland and Bloomsburg State College/Bloomsburg University situations. Also, some
materials from his graduate school days were apparently used in later teaching so they appear in
Boxes 4-6 as well.
Some of HKG's published writings appear in appropriate chronological boxes (e.g. letters written
to campus newspaper while at Bloomsburg) when clearly related to his position at the time.
Others appear separately in Boxes 7 and 8.