William Coleman Bittner Papers 1964-1970

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William Coleman Bittner Papers 1964-1970

Papers 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.

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Esterházy, Pál Oszkár, 1831-1912

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Esterházy, Ferdinand Walsin 1847-1923

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Bittner, William Coleman.

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Count 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 atta...

Nielsen, G. H.

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