Sources
Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.
- Wiggershaus Columbia Invitation Reconstruction Rolf Wiggershaus. 1995 English edition.
Complete existing research record
Columbia 1934 role
Brokered American and Columbia contacts that helped bring the Institute's proposal before Lynd and MacIver.
Limit
Brokerage is not legal authority to bind Columbia and does not prove control over the final terms.
Evidence
Research Memo: Columbia's 1934 Housing and Affiliation of the Institute for Social Research. Claim-level source records are linked from the event and task.
Why this person matters
American Institute member who cultivated contacts and assessed American institutional options before the Columbia arrangement.
Verification boundary
Membership, employment, collaboration, and influence are recorded as different relationship types. Shared membership is preserved as evidence but is not treated as proof of agreement or influence by itself.
Verified relationship
memberOfInstitute: Institute for Social Research
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Frankfurt Institute to Columbia