Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Chester Verne Easum "The Second Reich: the Hohenzollern Empire, 1871-1918" (typescript)
1970
Cage 128
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Easum, Chester Verne
- Title
- Chester Verne Easum "The Second Reich: the Hohenzollern Empire, 1871-1918" (typescript)
- ID
- Cage 128
- Date [inclusive]
- 1970
- Extent
- .5 feet of linear shelf space , 1 box
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Typescript of Chester Verne Easum's "The Second Reich: the Hohenzollern Empire, 1871-1918," with annotations.
Preferred Citation
Chester Verne Easum, "The Second Reich: the Hohenzollern Empire, 1871-1918" (typescript), circa 1970
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Washington State University Libraries Pullman, WA
Biography/History
Chester Verne Easum was born on March 30, 1894 in Clayton, Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Knox College in 1914. From there, he served as both principal and United States History teacher at Knoxville High School, Illinois between 1914 and 1915. In 1916, he traveled to England to study at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, but his studies were interrupted by the United States' entry into World War I.
During the war, Easum served in the American Expeditionary Force and Army of Occupation as a combat infantry officer, in addition to being an army school instructor. Following the war, he returned to the University of Oxford and received his second Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master's degree. When he returned to the United States, he accepted a position as a United States and Modern European History instructor at the Culver Military Academy in Indiana.
In 1927, Easum attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Ph.D. candidate, receiving his degree in 1928. His scholarly interests were concentrated in German history and the history of World War I and World War II.
Easum later became a professor at the University of Wisconsin, teaching there until his retirement in 1964 as Professor of History Emeritus. He passed away on December 28, 1979.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a single item: "The Second Reich: the Hohenzollern Empire, 1871-1918" (photocopied typescript, with annotations), by Chester Verne Easum. The typescript is divided into eighteen chapters.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections 2013
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 1975 by the author, Chester Verne Easum.
Names and Subjects
Geographic Name(s)
- Germany -- History -- 1871-1918
Subject(s)
- Literature
Bibliography
http://history.wisc.edu/people/memorial_resolutions/easum.htm