Sources
Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.
- Butler Columbia Housing Decision, June 1934 Nicholas Murray Butler and Columbia University. June 1934.
- Wiggershaus Columbia Invitation Reconstruction Rolf Wiggershaus. 1995 English edition.
Complete existing research record
Columbia 1934 role
Approved the housing proposal and later used official public language placing the Société's transferred work within Columbia's educational system.
Limit
No inspected record shows that Butler transferred Institute governance, funds, staff, or curriculum to Columbia.
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
Approved the arrangement that provided the Institute with quarters at Columbia.
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
approvedHousingForInstitute: Institute for Social Research
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Frankfurt Institute to Columbia