Henry Harold Goldberger

Henry Harold Goldberger (born January 19, 1878 in Austria , probably Silesia , † August 1969 in New York City , USA) was an American educator and textbook author of the Jewish faith.

Life

Goldberger was a teacher at the Public Schools No. 13 and 192, Stuyvesant High School (1915) and Headmaster (1919) of Public School No. 18 in Manhattan (121 East 51st Street). He worked on behalf of the State Department of Immigrant Education . He was also a university lecturer ( instructor in Methods of Teaching English to Foreigners ) at Columbia University , where he gave English classes for immigrants and director of the Americanization Institute in New York City.

He came to the USA in 1886. There he made his Bachelor of Science at the City College of New York in 1898 . In 1900 the Bachelor of Laws followed at the Law School of New York University . He received US citizenship on April 11, 1900 . Ten years later (1910) he made his Master of Arts and the Master of Philosophy .

Goldberger is known to this day for his educational work, which dealt primarily with the (linguistic) integration of European immigrants and new citizens. Not only did he endeavor to teach English to immigrants from Europe, but as a lecturer at Teachers College , a division of Columbia University, he also aimed to guide other English teachers in teaching immigrants. His textbooks, which are now freely accessible in Internet databases, were considered exemplary at the time.

He was married to Fanny Goldberger.

Fonts

English for coming citizens , New York: C. Scribner's Sons 1918.
How to teach English to foreigners , New York: International Press 1918, online
America for coming citizens , New York a. a. 1918.
A Course of Study and Syllabus for Teaching English to non-English speaking adults , New York 1919.
Teaching English to the foreign born. A Teacher's Handbook [ed US Bureau of Education Bulletin 1919, No. 80], Washington 1920.
Second Book in English for coming citizens , New York a. a. 1921.
Methods of Teaching English to non-English speaking foreign-born. A Teacher's Handbook [Prepared by H. Goldberger, under the Direction of the Americanization Bureau of the Pennsylvania Council of Nat. Defense], Albany 1921.
The City English Book [with Stephen Bayne], New York 1922.
Intermediate Book in English for coming citizens , New York a. a. 1924.

literature

Alberta Chamberlain Lawrence: Who's who among North American authors , Volume 4, Golden Syndicate Pub. Co., 1930, p. 412 ( excerpt )
Who's Who in American Jewry (WWIAJ), 1928 and 1938
Obituary in the New York Times on August 28, 1969

Web links

Works by Goldberger online at Internet Archive
Works directory on Google books

Individual evidence

↑ Other sources also give Hungary as the country of birth. But in his naturalization certificate he is referred to as an “ Austrian ”, which, since he is German-speaking, speaks for Bohemia or Moravia (ie Silesia).
↑ Entry in americanjewisharchives.org , page 206 (PDF; 3.1 MB)
↑ The information given by Katja Rampelmann ( In the light of reason. The German-American Freethinker Almanach from 1878-1901 , Transatlantic Studies, Vol. 13, Stuttgart 2003 ( digitized )) is demonstrably wrong: She mixed up the publisher Hermann Goldberger (1854– 1930) with the here described pedagogue Henry Harold Goldberger (1878–1969).
^ New York Board of Education: Journal , Volume 1, Verlag Wm. C. Bryant & Co., New York 1915, page 338 ( online excerpt ).
^ School Life , Volumes 4-5, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Education, 1920, p. 29 ( excerpt )
↑ Pulp & paper magazine of Canada , Volume 17, Part 2, National Business Publications, 1919, p. 616 ( excerpt )
^ Julius Schwartz, Solomon Aaron Kaye, John Simons: Who's Who in American Jewry , Volume 3, Jewish Biographical Bureau, 1939
^ University of the State of New York Bulletin , 1919, 109 ( excerpt )
^ Henry Harrison Lewis: Industry . A semi-monthly interpretation of industrial progress, Volume 2, Verlag HH Lewis, 1919, page 176 ( excerpt ): ..., who has had much experience in teaching English to foreigners and in preparing teachers for this work.

personal data
SURNAME	Goldberger, Henry Harold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Goldberger, Henry H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American educator and textbook author
DATE OF BIRTH	January 19, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Austria , uncertain: Austrian Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	August 1969
Place of death	New York City , USA

[1] Other sources also give Hungary as the country of birth. But in his naturalization certificate he is referred to as an “ Austrian ”, which, since he is German-speaking, speaks for Bohemia or Moravia (ie Silesia).

[2] Entry in americanjewisharchives.org , page 206 (PDF; 3.1 MB)

[3] The information given by Katja Rampelmann ( In the light of reason. The German-American Freethinker Almanach from 1878-1901 , Transatlantic Studies, Vol. 13, Stuttgart 2003 ( digitized )) is demonstrably wrong: She mixed up the publisher Hermann Goldberger (1854– 1930) with the here described pedagogue Henry Harold Goldberger (1878–1969).

[4] New York Board of Education: Journal , Volume 1, Verlag Wm. C. Bryant & Co., New York 1915, page 338 ( online excerpt ).

[5] School Life , Volumes 4-5, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Education, 1920, p. 29 ( excerpt )

[6] Pulp & paper magazine of Canada , Volume 17, Part 2, National Business Publications, 1919, p. 616 ( excerpt )

[7] Julius Schwartz, Solomon Aaron Kaye, John Simons: Who's Who in American Jewry , Volume 3, Jewish Biographical Bureau, 1939

[8] University of the State of New York Bulletin , 1919, 109 ( excerpt )

[9] Henry Harrison Lewis: Industry . A semi-monthly interpretation of industrial progress, Volume 2, Verlag HH Lewis, 1919, page 176 ( excerpt ): ..., who has had much experience in teaching English to foreigners and in preparing teachers for this work.