Inventory of the Otto Wiesinger papers
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Title: Otto Wiesinger papers
Date (inclusive): 1915-1984
Collection Number: 86006
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In German and English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(1.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Otto Wiesinger was a German businessman in China and the United States who escaped the siege of Tsingtao, China, in 1914.
The Otto Wiesinger papers (1915-1984) includes correspondence, memoirs, and clippings relating to the siege of Tsingtao, China,
in 1914; Wiesinger's experiences following the siege; social conditions in China during the 1920s; and conditions in Germany
during World War II.
Creator:
Wiesinger, Otto, 1885-1956
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Otto Wiesinger papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Otto Wiesinger was a German businessman in China and the United States. He fought in Tsingtao, China during World War I, and
during the Japanese siege of the city, in 1914, Wiesinger escaped and walked back to Shanghai. He was an importer-exporter
in Shanghai during the 1920s and sought to import arms to support warlord Chang Tso-lin. In the 1930s, he and his wife had
an Asian arts store in San Francisco, in the St. Francis Hotel, that went bankrupt during the Great Depression. In 1938, Wiesinger
returned to Nazi Germany to support Hitler. He lived in Berlin during the Berlin air lift after World War II.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Otto Wiesinger papers (1915-1984) includes correspondence, memoirs, and clippings relating to the siege of Tsingtao,
China, in 1914; Wiesinger's experiences following the siege; social conditions in China during the 1920s; and conditions in
Germany during World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
China -- Social conditions
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- East Asia
Qingdao (China) -- History -- Siege, 1914
Germans -- China
box 1, folder 1
Biographical material
1956, undated
box 1, folder 2
Oral history, Ethel Wiesinger
1983
box 1, folder 4
Als Kriegsfreiwilliger in Tsingtau, by Otto Wiesinger
1915
box 1, folder 5
Biographical sketch
undated
box 1, folder 8
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Ethel Wiesinger
1934
box 1, folder 9
Correspondence, Ethel Wiesinger to Otto Wiesinger
1934
box 1, folder 10
Correspondence, Ethel Wiesinger to Otto Wiesinger
1934
box 1, folder 11
Ethel Wiesinger to Otto Wiesinger
1934
box 1, folder 12
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Edith Gilbert
1939-1946
box 1, folder 13
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Edith Gilbert
1947-1949
box 1, folder 14
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Edith Gilbert
1950-1951
box 1, folder 15
Otto Wiesinger's book, translation and related material
undated
box 4, folder 1
Die Helden von Tsingtau, by Otto von Gottberg
1915
box 4, folder 2
Schlaraffia Amerika
undated
box 4, folder 3
Biographical material
1919-1966
box 2, folder 2
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Edith Gilbert
1952-1954
box 2, folder 3
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Edith Gilbert
1955-1959
box 2, folder 4
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Edith Wiesinger
1947-1948 June
box 2, folder 5
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Edith Wiesinger
1948 July-1949
box 2, folder 6
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Edith Wiesinger
1950-1953
box 2, folder 7
Correspondence, Otto Wiesinger to Edith Wiesinger
1954-1956
box 3, folder 1
Woher Kommst Du? Zeitbilder, Urkunden und Gestalten. Den Familien Wiesinger (Wissinger) und Weissinger, Wissing, und Weissing
1929 December 1
box 3, folder 2
Photographs depicting members of the Wiesinger family in Germany, and the lyrics of a song performed at the wedding of Otto
Wiesinger and Gertrud Winter,
1944-1956
box 3, folder 3
Photographs and letters from Otto and Gertrude Wiesinger to Edith Gilbert, relating to conditions in Germany during and after
World War II
1940-1947
box 3, folder 4
Letters from Franzl Greiner and Gertrude Wiesinger to Edith Gilbert, relating to conditions in Germany during and after World
War II and to Otto Wiesinger
1940-1947
box 3, folder 5
Letters from Otto Wiesinger to his daughter Edith Gilbert, 1954, relating to her planned visit to Hamburg, Germany
1956
box 5, folder 1
Photograph album
1936-1940
