COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Collection includes personal correspondence with Dr. Kessler's wife, Jessica Winnick Kessler, 1936-1960, 1942-1945 (bulk); his son Sanford, 1943-1945; and friends and acquaintances, 1918-1967; business correspondence pertaining to the Kessler Foundation, 1952-1958; scrapbooks and loose clippings; programs; miscellany documenting his travels, work and awards, 1928-1963; photographs showing his patients and colleagues, ca.1930-1945; diaries and notebooks, ca. 1947-1949; and copies of a number of Kessler's published works, 1925-1968.
Dates
- 1912-1968.
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Henry Howard Kessler (Cornell University Class of 1916, M.D. 1919) was an orthopedic surgeon and a medical administrator. He served the United Nations as international consultant on rehabilitation of amputees and people with congenital birth defects. He was a captain in the U.S. Navy, 1941-1945. He founded and directed The Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, West Orange, New Jersey. He died in 1978.
Extent
1.6 cubic feet. (1.6 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Collection includes personal correspondence with Dr. Kessler's wife, Jessica Winnick Kessler, 1936-1960, 1942-1945 (bulk); his son Sanford, 1943-1945; and friends and acquaintances, 1918-1967; business correspondence pertaining to the Kessler Foundation, 1952-1958; scrapbooks and loose clippings; programs; miscellany documenting his travels, work and awards, 1928-1963; photographs showing his patients and colleagues, ca.1930-1945; diaries and notebooks, ca. 1947-1949; and copies of a number of Kessler's published works, 1925-1968.
Physical Description
Correspondence, photographs, printed material, scrapbooks, diaries, publications.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- March 2018
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, March 2018
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, November 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- March 2018
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu