Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Otto Wiesinger papers
Dates: 1915-1984
Collection Number: 86006
Creator: Wiesinger, Otto, 1885-1956.
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(1.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, memoirs, and clippings, relating to the siege of Tsingtao, China, in 1914; Wiesinger's experiences as a Japanese
prisoner of war following the siege; social conditions in China during the 1920s; and conditions in Germany during World War
II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
German
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
Literary rights retained by Edith W. Gilbert and Margot W. Smith.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Otto Wiesinger papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1986.
Accruals
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.
Biographical/Historical Note
German businessman in China and the United States.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, memoirs, and clippings, relating to the siege of Tsingtao, China, in 1914; Wiesinger's experiences as a Japanese
prisoner of war following the siege; social conditions in China during the 1920s; and conditions in Germany during World War
II.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--East Asia.
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons.
Prisoners of war.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
Germans--China.
Tsingtao (China) Siege, 1914.
China--Social conditions.