COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Includes color slides, with a tape recording and transcript describing the slides, 1984; also a DVD of a presentation by Dr. Kappler and David Leeser given at Weill Auditorium on February 13, 2012 and a DVD with a Powerpoint presentation of the slides. Also tapes sent home, telegrams, and correspondence, 1970-1984; photograph album; Vietnamese currency and other memorabilia; and manuscript draft for article.
Booklet compiled for the 2008 Reunion of staff from the Phu Bai/85th Evacuation Hospital, 1971/72, with information about their later lives. Folder of materials from the 2010 Reunion, including updates on their lives, CDs with photographs and songs, and information about Hilton Head.
Dates
- 1951-2014.
Creator
- Kappler, Gustav Edward, 1940- (Person)
- Vietnam War Veterans Archives (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
Boxes 5, 6, and 7 are closed until processed.
Restrictions on Use:
Publication of written, pictorial, or recorded material requires the permission of donor.
Conditions Governing Use
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections webpage. Audio visual material that has been digitized: TR-5176-5177
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Gustav Kappler, Cornell University Class of 1961, M.D. 1965, was a vascular surgeon during the Vietnam War.
Extent
.8 cubic feet. (.8 cubic feet.)
23 audiocassettes. (23 audiocassettes.)
Abstract
Collection of color slides, tape recordings and transcripts describing the vascular surgeon's experiences during the Vietnam War.
SERIES LIST
- Series I. General Items
- Box 1-4
- Series II. Tape Recordings
- tr. 4538 to tr. 4544; tr. 5173 to tr. 5178; tr. 5179a to tr. 5184a
- Series III. DVD's, CD's
- Box 1: DVD-798, DVD-1150 & 1151 CD-418, CD-1643 & 1644
Physical Description
Photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, ephemera.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Nancy Dean
- Date
- July 2001
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
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)
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