Wilbur Henry Siebert Manuscript

Collection — Box: VMF 15, Folder: 10

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf156

Staff Only

Inquiry concerning the Underground Railroad, printed questionnaire signed, from Siebert to an unnamed recipient, with manuscript revision, seeking information and specific details about the Underground Railroad during the Civil War. 1 page

Dates

Creation: 1896 April 14

Creator

Siebert, Wilbur Henry, 1866-1961 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

1.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Wilbur Henry Siebert (August 30, 1866 – September 2, 1961) was an American educator and historian. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Siebert graduated from Ohio State University in 1888, from Harvard in 1889 and received his A.M. at Harvard in 1890. He studied in Germany from 1890 to 1891.

In 1898, he became associate professor of European history at the Ohio State University, becoming a full professor and chairman of the history department in 1902. He served in this capacity until 1923 when he became a research professor. He was secretary of the University faculty from 1902 to 1906, and acting dean of the College of Arts, Philosophy and Science from 1907 to 1908. He was dean of the graduate school in 1917 and 1918. His father and brothers, who manufactured books, helped fund the Siebert Library of German History at Ohio State. He also served as lecturer in history at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1907 to 1908.

He published The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom (1898–99), The Government of Ohio (1903), numerous papers relating to the dispersion of the American Loyalists, and articles on some other subjects, including a “Report on Collections of Material in English and European History in the Libraries of the United States.”