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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

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.

Source of Acquisition

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.

Biographical Note

George Kauffmann was formerly a York, Pennsylvania, resident.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Civil War
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the George Kauffmann Cassette Tapes and Slides by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).