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An Interview with Hermann Wellenreuther

An Interview with Hermann Wellenreuther WI LL IA M P ENC A K Penn State University Professor Hermann Wellenreuther of the University of Go ¨ttingenand Iwere visiting fellows at the Huntington Library during 2002–3. Among the sub- jects of our conversation was the interesting work being done in Germany and elsewhere on early America that is not generally known in the United States. Hermann proposed that Early American Studies remedy the situation by publishing reports and bibliographical essays from time to time summariz- ing recent work being done overseas. Those who do not know Professor Wellenreuther and his superb and voluminous output can consult his own publications cited in his research report, which follows. I thought our readers might wish to know more about Germany’s most important historian of the early United States and some of the exciting projects on which he is em- barked. This interview was conducted at the Huntington in April 2003. WP: I’d like to start off by noting you were born in 1941 in Freiburg. You grew up in an interesting if not a pleasant time. Can you tell us a little about your childhood—do you remember the war and what happened shortly after it? HW: In 1941 the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal University of Pennsylvania Press

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University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 The McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
ISSN
1559-0895

Abstract

WI LL IA M P ENC A K Penn State University Professor Hermann Wellenreuther of the University of Go ¨ttingenand Iwere visiting fellows at the Huntington Library during 2002–3. Among the sub- jects of our conversation was the interesting work being done in Germany and elsewhere on early America that is not generally known in the United States. Hermann proposed that Early American Studies remedy the situation by publishing reports and bibliographical essays from time to time summariz- ing recent work being done overseas. Those who do not know Professor Wellenreuther and his superb and voluminous output can consult his own publications cited in his research report, which follows. I thought our readers might wish to know more about Germany’s most important historian of the early United States and some of the exciting projects on which he is em- barked. This interview was conducted at the Huntington in April 2003. WP: I’d like to start off by noting you were born in 1941 in Freiburg. You grew up in an interesting if not a pleasant time. Can you tell us a little about your childhood—do you remember the war and what happened shortly after it? HW: In 1941 the

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Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary JournalUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Published: Oct 23, 2007

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