Cases / The American Landing / Kurt Albert Gerlach
The American Landing · dossier
Filed as person, standing in four authored connections inside The American Landing.
Governance role
Co-authored the founding memorandum, was intended as founding director, and is reported by Wiggershaus as a Society member.
Evidence
UBA Ffm Na 1, 656; official IfS centenary account; Wiggershaus primary-lane passages _00022 and _00028.
Limit
He died on 19 October 1922 and never directed the opened Institute. Membership admission and voting records remain pending.
Full governance memo
Frankfurt founding-circle dossier
Co-planned the Institute, belonged to the governing Society, and was intended as first director. He died in October 1922 and never directed the opened Institute. His books helped form its library.
Geography
Frankfurt am Main. Locations are recorded only at the precision supported by the sources.
Evidence and locators
Wiggershaus pp. 16-23; passages _00022, _00028; IfS library restitution feature.
Assessment boundary
Formal membership, employment, funding, collaboration, political affiliation, and intellectual influence remain separate relations. Open the full evidence memo
Why this person matters
Co-planned the Institute and was intended as its first director but died before it opened.
Evidence basis
Research Memo: Frankfurt Institute to 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
coPlannedInstitute: Institute for Social Research
The archive holds four 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.
REL-000302Relationship wording unavailable 1922 Account not writtenKurt Albert Gerlach · Relationship wording unavailable · Institute for Social Research.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. Institute for Social Research →
REL-000303Relationship wording unavailable Founding period Account not writtenKurt Albert Gerlach · Relationship wording unavailable · Society for Social Research.
documented confidence · medium self-description this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. Society for Social Research →
REL-000544Co-planned 1922 to 1922-10 Account not writtenKurt Albert Gerlach co-planned Institute for Social Research.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. Institute for Social Research →
REL-000545Member of 1922 Account not writtenKurt Albert Gerlach member of Society for Social Research.
documented confidence · high this record is the subject
This connection is recorded. Its account has not been written. Society for Social Research →