George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides, Ms1988-093, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
2.8 Cubic Feet 3 boxes
Creator:
Kaufman, George
Abstract:
The George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides consist of materials about the Civil War collected by Kauffmann. Tapes contain Civil War Round Table meeting lectures, 1980-1984, n.d., and slides document Civil War battles and other scenes, and various battlefields and monuments.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides, Ms1988-093, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides consist of materials about the Civil War collected by Kauffmann. The cassette tapes contain Civil War Round Table meeting lectures, 1980-1984, n.d., on such topics as Meade's Left Flank at the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln and Religion, the Battles of Bull Run, and Culp's Hill. Speakers include James Kegel, Tony Brogan, and James Robertson, Jr.

The collection also includes slides of Civil War battles and other scenes, and various battlefields and monuments. Topics cover Gettysburg, Shiloh, Antietam, and Vicksburg scenes, the Richmond area, Lincoln's Tomb and New Salem, Illinois, the Civil War Navy, Railroads and the Civil War, and Women and the Civil War. Slides and brochures document Custer's Battlefield National Monument in Montana and other state parks in the United States and Canada.

Biographical / historical:

George Kauffmann was formerly a York, Pennsylvania, resident.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1988 and 1989.
Processing information:

The collection is unprocessed. Minimal description was completed prior to 2001.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard