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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the August Wilhelm Letters, #1715-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Gift 1950

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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, February 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• August Wilhelm, b. 1887.
• Behr, Hedda von Goeben.
• Germany--Social life and customs--20th century.
• Princes--Germany--Correspondence.
• William 1859-1941.

August Wilhelm was the fourth son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, (1859-1941). He continued to use the title Prince of Prussia after father's abdication in 1918; he supported the National Socialists in the 1930s.

The collection contains letters and picture post cards from Prince August Wilhelm (born 1887) to Hedda von Goeben (Mrs. Herman B.) Behr of New York, N.Y., commenting on events and personalities of the period. Most letters were written in English, some in German. Many of the postcards picture scenes pertaining to the family of Wilhelm II.