Overview of the Collection
Biographical Information:
Access Terms
Administrative Information
Scope and Contents
Overview of the Collection
Collection Title: Henry Raup Wagner Collection
Dates: 1920-1983
Identification: MS-0264
Creator:
Wagner, Henry R. (Henry Raup), 1862-1957
Physical Description: 1.67 linear ft
Language of Materials:
English
Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives
5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050
San Diego, CA, 92182-8050
URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua
Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu
Phone: 619-594-6791
Biographical Information:
Henry Raup Wagner will be most remembered as a successful business executive and a producer of bibliographical and historical
texts. Wagner was born on September 27, 1862 in a suburb of Philadelphia. He obtained an undergraduate degree from Yale College
and a law degree from Yale Law School. After one year in practice, he left the law field and pursued the mining business as
a vocation, eventually becoming part of American Smelting and Refining Company.
Wagner traveled extensively in Latin America and Europe until he met his wife, Blanche Henrietta Collet. They settled in Berkeley,
California, the area in which they resided for the remainder of their lives.
Throughout the course of a half-century, Wagner produced over one hundred scholarly bibliographical and historical studies
chiefly on Latin and Western America. One of his most famous publications was
Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World: Its Aims and Achievements. Aside from the volumes which he published, Wagner also amassed an extensive collection of books and documents of his own.
Since his death in 1957, most of his collection has been donated to the libraries at Yale, Brown, Berkeley, and other universities.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Genre/Form of Material:
Personal Papers
Publications
Geographic Name:
Latin America -- History
West (U.S.) -- History
Personal Name:
Wagner, Henry Raup, 1862-1957 -- Archives
Wagner, Henry Raup, 1862-1957 -- Corresopondence
Topical Term:
Historians -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation:
Identification of item, folder title, box number, Henry Raup Wagner Collection, Special Collections and University Archives,
Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, articles, journals, and publications about Henry Raup Wagner.