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Title: Karl H. Von Wiegand Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1911-1961
Collection Number: 75092
Creator:
Von Wiegand, Karl H.
Collection Size:
Number of contaiers: 82 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 43 envelopes, memorabilia
(39 linear feet)
Extent:
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, dispatches, writings, photographs, clippings, and printed matter, relating to European diplomacy and German
politics between the world wars, the
Sino-Japanese War, the European Theater in World War II, the Cold War, the postwar Middle
Eastern situation, and American foreign policy.
Language: In
English. and
German.
Collection open for research.
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[Identification of item], Karl H. Von Wiegand Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1975.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Aeronautics
Air-ships
Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945
World politics
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western
Europe
Europe--History--1918-1945
Germany
Germany--Politics and government--20th century
Middle East
United States--Foreign relations
Journalists
| 1874, September 11 | Born, Hessen, Germany |
| 1878 | Immigrated with family to the United States, settled in Iowa |
| 1888 | Naturalized as American citizen |
| 1896 | Telegraph operator, Western Union, Chicago |
| 1902-1904 | Staff member, San Francisco Examiner |
| 1907-1910 | Manager, Western Division Office, Associated Press, San Francisco |
| 1911-1915 | Correspondent, United Press Foreign staff, Berlin |
| 1914, November | Interview with Admiral Tirpitz concerning German plans for submarine warfare |
| 1915, April 11 | Interview with Pope Benedict XV concerning effort for peace |
| 1915-1917 | War correspondent, New York World |
| 1917-1961 | Foreign correspondent, Hearst Newspapers |
| 1928 | Passenger, Graf Zeppelin, first trans-Atlantic flight |
| 1929 | Passenger, Graf Zeppelin, first flight around the world |
| 1936 | Passenger, Hindenburg, trans-Atlantic flight |
| 1940 | Interview with Adolf Hitler concerning German view of the United States |
| 1942 | Interned by the Japanese |
| 1943 | Repatriated |
| 1961 | Died, Zuerich, Switzerland |