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Summary Information
Paul S. Reinsch Papers
1835-1924, 1963
- Reinsch, Paul Samuel, 1869-1923
Wis Mss VO; Tape 310A
9.8 c.f. (24 archives boxes and 2 volumes) and 16 tape recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers of Paul S. Reinsch, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, 1901-1913, and minister to China, 1913-1919. Some correspondence relates to his teaching career, but most of the papers concern his service in China as a United States diplomat and as legal and financial counselor to the Chinese government after his resignation as minister. Letters in 1920 discuss his unsuccessful campaign as the Democratic nominee for United States Senator from Wisconsin against the Republican candidate Irvine Lenroot. In content Reinsch's letters were frequently a combination of personal, professional, and diplomatic matters. Supplementing the correspondence are Reinsch's writings, including the manuscript for his book An American Diplomat in China (1922), copies of articles and addresses, 1902-1922, and drafts of classroom lectures written during his years as a professor. The collection also contains one diary written in 1906 by Mrs. Reinsch, and eight scrapbooks covering Reinsch's career to 1922. While Reinsch was minister to China, he acquired at Peking some records, 1835-1913, of the American Consulate (later Legation) in China for the years preceding his service. In addition Reinsch established his own files of Chinese materials spanning the period from 1878 to 1923. These include translations from Chinese newspapers, translations of the minutes of meetings of the National Council of the Republic of China, information on Chinese culture and on fiscal and legal policies, and newspaper clippings from English-language newspapers published in China. In 1963 Horatio B. Hawkins, an associate in China, 1913-1919, and his wife Hildred, Mrs. Reinsch's sister, added commentaries to the collection, excerpts from Mrs. Hawkins' diary, and tape-recorded reminiscences.
English
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