Henry Howard Kessler papers, 1912-1968.

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Henry Howard Kessler papers, 1912-1968.

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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.

1.6 cubic ft.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8185152

Cornell University Library

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Kessler, Jessica Winnick.

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Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

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Kessler, Sanford, 1945-....

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Kessler Foundation.

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Kessler, Henry H. (Henry Howard), 1896-1978

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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. From the description of Henry Howard Kessler papers, 1912-1968. (Cornell University...