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Filed as organization, standing in 12 authored connections inside The American Landing.


Institute self-description evidence

The Institute described itself as under Columbia's auspices, housed at 429 West 117th Street, and active through Extension teaching. It also said a 1942 discussion of closer affiliation was deferred.

Boundary

Do not infer departmental incorporation, Columbia governance, staff-wide payroll status, endowment transfer to Columbia, or absorption.

1934 relationship

Columbia supplied a University-owned building, public recognition, scholarly access, and later a limited Extension teaching channel. Its official annual report described the Société's work as part of the University's educational system.

Boundary

The private negotiating record supports loose affiliation and Institute autonomy. No inspected agreement makes the Institute a Columbia department, transfers its endowment, places its staff on Columbia payroll, or gives Columbia control of Institute research.

Research Memo: Columbia's 1934 Housing and Affiliation of the Institute for Social Research

Why this organization matters

Provided quarters and a deliberately loose affiliation to the Institute beginning in 1934. The Institute retained its own funding, governance, hiring, and research autonomy.

Evidence basis

Research Memo: Frankfurt Institute to Columbia, Research Memo: Marcuse, Neumann, and Kirchheimer in Government Service

Verification boundary

This record represents documented organization, unit, affiliation, or employment context. It does not by itself establish ideological adoption, control, or influence.

The archive holds 12 authored connections for this record inside The American Landing. Each row below states the claim, its tier, its confidence, and the dates the record gives. Open a row for the full account, or open it on the case canvas to see the connection drawn.

  1. REL-000056 Reported closer affiliation pending with 1942-1944

    Institute for Social Research reported closer affiliation pending with Columbia University.

    documented confidence · high self-description this record is the object

  2. REL-000063 Reported under auspices of 1934-1944

    Institute for Social Research reported under auspices of Columbia University.

    documented confidence · high self-description this record is the object

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