William Harvey Maehl Papers

Collection

Identifier: 0144

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a small series of personal documents including vita, lists of publications, records, etc. This collection also includes a larger series of Dr. Maehl's published articles and books. The works are primarily focused on German history, politics, and persons.

Dates

Creation: 1931 - 1997

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers under current fair use standards.

Biographical / Historical

William Harvey Maehl was born in 1915 in New York City. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1937 and two years later received his Master of Arts degree from the same institution. He attained his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1946. Maehl traveled extensively through Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia, and Australia. He enjoyed a long teaching career at Texas A&M, DePaul, St. Louis University, and the University of the Auckland (NZ) before coming to auburn University in 1968. He remained at Auburn until his retirement in 1981. Dr. Maehl lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and continued to write until his death in 2017.

Full Extent

1 Cubic Feet (1 RC box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of srchival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.

Processing Information

Accession 97-026 processed by Paul Martin 04/24/1997. Digital finding aid created by Dieter C. Ullrich 10/2003. Finding aid entered into ArchivesSpace by Abbott Kleiner and Joanna Ashley 09/2026.