Carl M. Wheeless Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the papers of historian Carl Wheeless, including research files for his books "Landmarks of American Presidents: A Traveler's Guide" (published in 1996) and "Eleven Men of Pakistan" (written in 2007, unpublished). Included are manuscripts, interview notes, correspondence, photographs, and promotional materials related the books. Also included are files related to his teaching career, particuarly at Forman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan.
Dates
- Creation: 1952 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Biographical Note
Carl Wheeless was a historian, foreign service official, and college professor. He was from Anamosa, Iowa. Wheeless graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa in 1941 with a B.A. in history and political science. In 1948, he received an M.A. in political science from the University of Tennessee. In 1951, Wheeless won a Fulbright scholarship to study political science at Ankara University in Turkey. He received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 1957. Wheeless served as a foreign affairs analyst in the U.S. State Department and U.S. Navy Department in Washington, D.C. As a Methodist lay minister, he taught at Forman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan from 1957 to 1970. In 1996, Wheeless published a book entitled, "Landmarks of American Presidents: A Traveler's Guide." He also wrote an autobiography titled, "Steps to the Goal and Beyond to the Calling," and "Eleven Men of Pakistan," documenting the first eleven leaders of that nation. Carl Wheeless married the former Mary Headrick and passed away in 2007.
[Source: Printed materials in curatorial file for Carl Wheeless papers]
Extent
19.4 Cubic Feet (26 boxes, 1 oversized folder, and 1 compact disc)
Extent
2.4 Gigabytes (3,386 files)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Letha Wheeless Schriver, 2017 and 2026.
Processing Information
The collection was rehoused in acid-free containers when it was received in 2017. The materials comprising the initial donation ("Landmarks of American Presidents: A Traveler's Guide" files) remain unprocessed. Materials in the second donation were rehoused in acid-free boxes and folders when they were received in 2026. These materials, comprising Wheeless's teaching files and "Eleven Men of Pakistan" files, were processed by John Zarrillo at this time. Digital files were transferred from disks to cloud storage and original media was destroyed. Additional digital files were received via digital transfer as part of the 2026 donation.
Cultural context
Geographic
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Scott S. Taylor
- Date
- 2018 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2026-05: Accession GTM-20260511 added to the finding aid by John Zarrillo. Various components of the finding aid were updated at this time.
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu