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Cage
287
Horten, Alfons
Alfons Horten
Papers
1905-1926
2 containers.
1 linear feet of shelf space.
1350 items.
Correspondence with August, Fritz and
Joseph Thyssen, mining reports and profiles; concerning mining concessions, in
territorial politics, the iron and steel industry in Germany.
Collection materials are in
German
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.
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.
The arrangement of the papers is largely chronological and preser ves
the order in which they were found.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage
287, Alfons Horten
Papers. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The provenance of the papers has not been determined.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Horten, Alfons --Archives
Thyssen, August
Thyssen, Fritz, 1873-1951
August Thyssen-Hütte (Firm)
Iron industry
and trade--Germany--Records and correspondence
Steel industry
and trade--Germany--Records and correspondence
Mines
and Mineral Resources
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Letters of August Thyssen to
Horten
1
1
September 1906-December 1908
135 items.
1
2
January 1909-January 1913
180 items.
Correspondence among August
Thyssen, Horten and others, including typed transcripts of some items in
folders 1 and 2.
1
3
August 31, 1906-December 31, 1907
120 items.
1
4
January 1, 1908-December 23, 1908
100 items.
1
5
January 1, 1909-December 28, 1909
100 items.
1
6
January 6, 1910-December 28, 1910
125 items.
2
7
January, 1911-December 31, 1911
175 items.
2
8
October 30, 1916-November 7, 1916
October 30, 1916-November 7, 1916
120 items.
2
9
Letters of Horten to August
Thyssen.
September 10,
1909-December 22, 1912
100 items.
2
10
Correspondence of Fritz Thyssen and
Horten.
August 13,
1907-February 13, 1912
80 items.
2
11
Correspondence of officials of
Gewerkschaft Deutscher Kaiser with Horten.
December 31,
1906-October 14, 1913
100 items.
2
12
Correspondence of Joseph Wirth and
Wilhelm Cuno with Horten.
January 29,
1924-September 24, 1926
7 items.
2
13
Technical reports of mines and
minerals
1905
5 items.