/ en /austria-hungary-during-first-world-war-german-language-material-seton-watson-collection-new-college Austria-Hungary during the First World War: German-Language Material in the Seton-Watson Collection at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford William Shire Issue number (2024): 21 Notes category Robert William Seton-Watson Seton-Watson Collection First World War Austria-Hungary 20thC history

Bequeathed to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ by our alumnus R. W. Seton-Watson (1879–1951), the Seton-Watson Collection at ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ, Oxford is rich in German materials of great interest to researchers, Austria-Hungary being a particular strength.  The collection contains a wide variety of both primary and secondary source materials, ranging across rare newspapers, books, and pamphlets.

 

Gyula Andrássy, Wer hat den Krieg verbrochen? (Leipzig: S. Hirzel, 1915)
²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, SWP45

 

²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library and Archives, Oxford

21NCN6 (2024) Shire on Seton-Watson.pdf1.52 MB ]]> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:33:51 +0000 Christopher 3150 at /node/2602 ‘Scotus Viator’: R. W. Seton-Watson and the Making of Czechoslovakia Caitlín Kane Issue number (2022): 18 Notes category Robert William Seton-Watson Czechoslovakia Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Central Europe Eastern Europe

In addition to his work as a historian and writer, New College alumnus Robert William Seton-Watson (1879–1951) is best known for his political activism for the rights of Central and Eastern European small nations, and for his founding of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) in London. He left more than 3,000 items to ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Library, including books, press cuttings, articles, maps, reports, and memoranda concerning Central and Eastern European politics.

 

T. G. Masaryk (left) and R. W. Seton-Watson (1928)
Archives of Masaryk Institute, fund T. G. Masaryk, sign. 1928-2-19
 

© Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences

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