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Title: George F. W. Young papers
Date: 2012
Collection Number: 2013C25
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In German, English, Spanish, and French
Physical Description:
13 manuscript boxes, 1 microfilm box
(5.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photocopies of studies, government documents, business records, corporate reports, and other printed matter relating to German
business investment in Latin America before World War II, and especially in the period before World War I, used as research
material for journal articles by Young. Copies of some of Young's articles and his notes are also included.
Creator:
Young, George F. W., 1937-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2013.
[Identification of item], George F. W. Young papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Born November 13, 1937 in Buffalo, New York, George Frederick William Young is an American-Canadian historian and Emeritus
Professor of History at Saint Mary's University in Nova Scotia. Young received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University,
his master's degree from the University of Freiburg in Germany, and his Ph.D. in 1969 from the University of Chicago. He spent
some time in Chile from 1964 to 1965 studying as a Fulbright Scholar. Young then began his career in academia at the State
University of New York at Buffalo as a lecturer in history in 1965. After achieving his doctoral degree, he became an assistant
professor of history at Saint Mary's University, where he would continue the rest of his career. Young is also an amateur
musician and was, for a short time, CEO of a small utilities company in Northern Pennsylvania. He married in 1963 and has
three children.
The collection consists primarily of photocopies of printed matter (articles and book excerpts) and reproductions of archival
materials from other repositories including, among others, the U.S. National Archives, the British Museum, the Weltwirtschafts-Archiv
in Hamburg, and the Institut für Seeverkehr in Kiel, relating to German business investment in Latin America before World
War II, especially in the period before World War I. Some of the articles Young wrote using these research materials are included,
as are his notes.
Also included are seven microfilm reels containing selected documents relating to German banking and investment, dating from
1845-1938. These documents were used as research material for journal articles by Young.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Investments, German -- Latin America
Banks and banking -- Germany
Germany -- Commerce -- Latin America
Latin America -- Commerce -- Germany