Gustav Edward Kappler papers

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Identifier: 7041

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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

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.)

Additional Description

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.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Nancy Dean
Date completed:: April 1990
EAD encoding:: Peter Martinez July 2001
Date modified:: Jude Corina, October 2014