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Born in Germany, but his father sent him out of the country before WWII. He made it to the untied states by 1941. He got 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. He earned his PhD from Stanford University in 1954. In 1965 he became an associate professor at Bloomsburg State College and became 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. At the age of sixty he took his own life.

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 The seventh box has copies of published and unpublished materials he wrote.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.

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    The researcher must assume full responsibility for obeying all copyright, property and libel laws.

Personal Information

            This box contains information on Dr. Gunther's personal life as well as his dissertation. There are 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.  

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.  

Bloomsburg State College / Bloomsburg University Years

            This box contains information on Dr. Gunther's teaching years at Bloomsburg. There are syllabus' 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. 

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 14^th - 16^th 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

            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

            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.  

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.  

Box 8

Papers re: Julian Press, Inc. with John Philip Lundin (a.k.a. Hans Karl Gunther), 1954 – 1965

            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. 

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. 

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