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Start Over Collection O.W. Riegel Papers, 1900/1992 Date range 1928

O.W. Riegel Papers, 1900/1992 75 Linear Feet

Riegel, O. W. (Oscar Wetherhold)

Highlights of this collection include material concerning the Washington and Lee Journalism Department, including course material, student papers, and lecture notes. Supplementing this course material are published materials on the history of film, 20th century war propaganda, the Nazification of Germany, Paris in the 1920's and the "Lost Generation." There also includes wide selections of personal research materials for projects such as Riegel's books Mobilizing for Chaos and Crown of Glory; collections on Riegel's travels to Central and South America and Europe including Germany during the 1930s, and the typescript of his unpublished autobigraphy to 1945 titled "Hacking It."

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Personal Correspondence, 1926/1991 3.92 Linear Feet Box 1-3, Folder 1-224

Items in this series pertain to Riegel's personal correspondence between himself and colleagues, friends, and family. Some material is related to or mentions his work, but the majority of the material is about his or other people's personal lives, opinions, and thoughts around world events.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers, 1900/1992

Press Releases, 1919/1939 Box 1, Folder 44-47

Press releases in this subseries address a variety of international and foreign relations topics such as the British Palestine mandate, the self-determination of the Saar Region, both pro and anti German perspectives on the national socialist government, and those who benefit from war.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers, 1900/1992
  3. Propaganda, 1912/1992
  4. Inter-War Period, 1918/1939

Propaganda, 1912/1992 12.58 Linear Feet Box 1-16, Folder 1-466

Items in this series are relevant to O. W. Riegel's involvement with propaganda materials from World War I through the Vietnam War. Within this series are correspondence between Riegel and his co-workers at the Office of War information, a variety of war leaflets, war themed news letters, foreign magazines, ephemeral propaganda materials, a few posters, Viet Cong banners, and German Newspapers. Some items and subjects of note include Hand made propaganda from the Viet Cong, A book of official japanese war leaflets, records from the Office of War Information, and pictoral records of the Spanish Civil War and the Second Sino Japanese War.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers, 1900/1992

Publications, 1919/1939 Box 1, Folder 48-69

The publications in the Riegel papers from the interwar period show the shift in American focus from the economy to international relations from the early 1930s to 1939. The early publications focus on the impact of New Deal programs with only some regard to events outside the U.S. Publications from the late 1930s have a heavily international perspective with pictoral booklets of the atrocities in the second Sino-Japanese war, and threats of German fascism. Academic articles relate to the press, particularly in China, but also from a global perspective, Modern propaganda techniques, and international relations. Finally, there is a sampling of newsletters focusing on the same topics from various perspectives.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers, 1900/1992
  3. Propaganda, 1912/1992
  4. Inter-War Period, 1918/1939

Publications, 1922/1952 Box 2, Folder 98-104

Publications in this part of the collection focus on the effects and status of cultural exchange programs with the United States. Items of note in this subseries include a Belgian professor's analysis of Columbia University's geology courses from the 1920s, and statements by the state department about educational exchange programs.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library
  2. O.W. Riegel Papers, 1900/1992
  3. Projects, 1950/1952
  4. Belgium, 1950/1952

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