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A Guide to the William Coleman Bittner Papers, 1964-1970
Biographical NoteCount Paul Oscar d'Esterhazy (1831-1912) was a Hungarian immigrant, who helped other Hungarians settle in Saskatchewan, Canada. Although he claimed to be a descendent of the artistocratic Esterhazy family from Hungary, there remains little proof of this connection, as well as little information about his life in general. Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847-1923) was a descendant of the aristocratic Esterhazy family and an officer in the French army and spy for a German attache in the late 1890s. When one of Esterhazy's note divulging French intelligence to the Germans was discovered, Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), a Jewish officer in the French army, was falsely deemed responsible and convicted. This account is known as the Dreyfus Affair. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsPapers concerning William Coleman Bittner's search for a possible connection between Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy of the Dreyfus Affair and Count Paul Oscar d'Esterhazy, namesake of Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsUnrestricted access. Use RestrictionsUnrestricted use. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationWilliam Coleman Bittner Papers, 1964-1970, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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