Mennonite Library and Archives

Bethel College

North Newton, Kansas

Manuscript Collections

Oswald H. Wedel

An Inventory of His Papers

Overview of the Collection

Series number:    MLA.MS.110

Creator: Oswald H. Wedel, 1894-1957.

Title:                    Papers.

Quantity:             .3 cu. ft.

Location: 

Biography of Oswald H. Wedel

1894                    Born, October 9, Newton, Kansas, son of C. H. Wedel

1912-1920           Student at Bethel College and Oberlin College

1923                    B. A., University of Arizona

1924                    M. A., Stanford University

1924-1927           Instructor, Stanford University

1927                    Ph. D., Stanford University

1927-1930           Assistant professor, University of Arizona

1930-1931           at University of Vienna

1930-1934           Associate professor, University of Arizona

1934                    Travel in Germany

1948                    Head of Department of History and Political Science

1951-1952           Travel in Europe

1957                    Died, February 25, Arizona (see Bethel College Bulletin, April 1957)

Publication: Austro-German Diplomatic Relations, 1908-1914. Stanford University Press, 1932.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Being a historian and a student of German diplomatic relations before and after World War II, Wedel collected materials (articles and correspondence) on the political situation in Central Europe, between the wars and after World War II. Some of his own writings are included.

Administrative Information

Accession Information:

The papers were donated to the Mennonite Library and Archives by Mrs. Wedel in 1976.

Restrictions: None.

Processing Information: Processed by “L. W.” in November 1976.

Notes:

Detailed Description of the Collection