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Title: Karl H. Von Wiegand papers
Date (inclusive): 1907-2009
Collection Number: 75092
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description:
101 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 43 envelopes, memorabilia
(49.72 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, dispatches, writings and manuscripts, diaries, 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, post-war Middle East, the Italo-Ethiopian War, and U.S. foreign policy.
Creator:
Von Wiegand, Karl H.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes 104, OCM1, FH9, FH15 and memorabilia may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1975.
[Identification of item], Karl H. Von Wiegand papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 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, Zürich, Switzerland |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, dispatches, writings and manuscripts, diaries, 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, post-war Middle East, the Italo-Ethiopian War, and U.S. foreign policy. Of note are pictures with Nazis, and correspondence,
including love letters, with Lady Drummond-Hay. Includes material from Egypt, some from Shanghai and Wiegand's internment
in Japan between 1942-1943. Also includes information about Wiegand's flights on the zeppelins.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
Middle East -- Politics and government
World politics
Germany -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Aeronautics
Europe -- History -- 1918-1945
Airships
Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936