Archives West Finding Aid
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- Letters of August Thyssen to Horten
- Correspondence among August Thyssen, Horten and others, including typed transcripts of some items in folders 1 and 2.
- Letters of Horten to August Thyssen.
- Correspondence of Fritz Thyssen and Horten.
- Correspondence of officials of Gewerkschaft Deutscher Kaiser with Horten.
- Correspondence of Joseph Wirth and Wilhelm Cuno with Horten.
- Technical reports of mines and minerals
- Names and Subjects
Alfons Horten Papers, 1905-1926
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Horten, Alfons
- Title
- Alfons Horten Papers
- Dates
- 1905-1926 (inclusive)19051926
- Quantity
- 2 containers., (1 linear feet of shelf space.), (1350 items.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 287
- Summary
- Correspondence with August, Fritz and Joseph Thyssen, mining reports and profiles; concerning mining concessions, in territorial politics, the iron and steel industry in Germany.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research use.
- Languages
- German
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Alfons Horten (f1.1900-1930) was a German businessman at Hagendingen, in Lorraine, connected with the Thyssen steelworks, either as an employee or on a retainer basis. He bore the title "Bergassessor," and was largely concerned with the purchase of ores, mines, and mining concessions. His field of activities extended throughout Europe and into Western Asia. His son Alfons Horten, (b.1907) was subsequently (1976) an industrialist at Duisdorf near Bonn.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers consist largely of correspondence between Horten and August Thyssen (1842-1926), his son Fritz Thyssen (1873-1951) and officials of the Thyssen organization. A few items of correspondence with Chancellors Wilhelm Cuno (1876-1933) and Joseph Wirth (1879-1956) are included. Most of the correspondence relates to Horten's efforts to supply Thyssen's steel mills with raw materials, primarily from outside Germany. These activities placed him near the center of events associated with the German foreign policy of economic-based expansion, which characterized German foreign relations in the pre-World War I period, according to Modern European historians sympathetic to the controversial "Fischer Thesis." See Fritz Fischer, Griff nach der Weltmacht (Dusseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1961). Some items, especially letters from August Thyssen to Horten are preserved in both Thyssen's original handwriting and in typed transcripts.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 287, Alfons Horten Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The arrangement of the papers is largely chronological and preser ves the order in which they were found.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Letters of August Thyssen to HortenReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | 135 items. |
September 1906-December 1908 |
| 1 | 2 | 180 items. |
January 1909-January 1913 |
Correspondence among August Thyssen, Horten and others, including typed transcripts of some items in folders 1 and 2.Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 3 | 120 items. |
August 31, 1906-December 31, 1907 |
| 1 | 4 | 100 items. |
January 1, 1908-December 23, 1908 |
| 1 | 5 | 100 items. |
January 1, 1909-December 28, 1909 |
| 1 | 6 | 125 items. |
January 6, 1910-December 28, 1910 |
| 2 | 7 | 175 items. |
January, 1911-December 31, 1911 |
| 2 | 8 | 120 items. |
October 30, 1916-November 7, 1916; October 30, 1916-November 7, 1916 |
Letters of Horten to August Thyssen., September 10, 1909-December 22, 1912Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 9
Correspondence of Fritz Thyssen and Horten., August 13, 1907-February 13, 1912Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 10
Correspondence of officials of Gewerkschaft Deutscher Kaiser with Horten., December 31, 1906-October 14, 1913Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 11
Correspondence of Joseph Wirth and Wilhelm Cuno with Horten., January 29, 1924-September 24, 1926Return to Top
Container(s): Box 2, Folder 12
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Iron industry and trade--Germany--Records and correspondence
- Steel industry and trade--Germany--Records and correspondence
Personal Names
- Horten, Alfons --Archives (creator)
- Thyssen, August
- Thyssen, Fritz, 1873-1951
Corporate Names
- August Thyssen-Hütte (Firm)
Finding aid prepared by Lawrence
Stark
2012
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