Sweet, Paul oral history interview, 1999

Item

Identifier: MOH 123

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Interview includes discussions of: family history and early education; Goettingen; University of Chicago; Bates College; OSS work; teaching; Colby College; Frank Coffin; Ed Muskie; Coffin in the Senate; Stuttgart; Muskie at dinner; Washington, DC; family politics; Methodists; KKK; Socialism; politics at DePauw; the Wall Street Journal; a letter from Coffin; a Muskie Speech; and Madeleine Albright.

Dates

1999

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Biographical / Historical

Paul R. Sweet was born in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania on March 14, 1907 and grew up in Depauw. His parents were William and Louise Sweet. He was educated at DePauw, Goettingen, the University of Chicago, and the University of Wisconsin, specializing in German History. During World War II, he went to Europe and worked with the OSS in understanding and developing interrogation techniques. He taught at Bates and Colby colleges, and spent much of his professional time expanding his published work on late seventeenth and early eighteenth century German history.