Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Alfons Horten Papers
1905-1926
Cage
287
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biography/History
- Scope and Content
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Names and Subjects
- Detailed Description of 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.
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Horten, Alfons
- Title
- Alfons Horten Papers
- ID
- Cage 287
- Date [inclusive]
- 1905-1926
- Extent
- 2 containers., 1 linear feet of shelf space., 1350 items.
- Language
- Collection materials are in
- Abstract
- Correspondence with August, Fritz and Joseph Thyssen, mining reports and profiles; concerning mining concessions, in territorial politics, the iron and steel industry in Germany.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Cage 287, Alfons Horten Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Arrangement
The arrangement of the papers is largely chronological and preser ves the order in which they were found.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2012
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 for research use.
Acquisition Information
The provenance of the papers has not been determined.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- August Thyssen-Hütte (Firm)
Personal Name(s)
Creator(s) :
- Horten, Alfons --Archives
Subject(s) :
- Thyssen, August
- Thyssen, Fritz, 1873-1951
Subject(s)
- Iron industry and trade--Germany--Records and correspondence
- Steel industry and trade--Germany--Records and correspondence
- Mines and Mineral Resources
Detailed Description of Collection
Letters of August Thyssen to Horten |
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September 1906-December 1908 135 items. |
box 1 |
folder 1 |
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January 1909-January 1913 180 items. |
box 1 |
folder 2 |
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Correspondence among August Thyssen, Horten and others, including typed transcripts of some items in folders 1 and 2. |
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August 31, 1906-December 31, 1907 120 items. |
box 1 |
folder 3 |
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January 1, 1908-December 23, 1908 100 items. |
box 1 |
folder 4 |
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January 1, 1909-December 28, 1909 100 items. |
box 1 |
folder 5 |
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January 6, 1910-December 28, 1910 125 items. |
box 1 |
folder 6 |
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January, 1911-December 31, 1911 175 items. |
box 2 |
folder 7 |
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October 30, 1916-November 7, 1916 October 30, 1916-November 7, 1916 120 items. |
box 2 |
folder 8 |
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Letters of Horten to August Thyssen. September 10, 1909-December 22, 1912 100 items. |
box 2 |
folder 9 |
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Correspondence of Fritz Thyssen and Horten. August 13, 1907-February 13, 1912 80 items. |
box 2 |
folder 10 |
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Correspondence of officials of Gewerkschaft Deutscher Kaiser with Horten. December 31, 1906-October 14, 1913 100 items. |
box 2 |
folder 11 |
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Correspondence of Joseph Wirth and Wilhelm Cuno with Horten. January 29, 1924-September 24, 1926 7 items. |
box 2 |
folder 12 |
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Technical reports of mines and minerals 1905 5 items. |
box 2 |
folder 13 |
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