Otto Kappelmann Letters Finding Aid

Otto Kappelmann Letters Finding Aid

Morgan Willer

FA1000017

1916-1919

Enlisted in the U.S. Army from 1916 to 1919, Otto Kappelmann's letters – written primarily to his sister, Anna-Marie Bubendey – describe military camp life on the Texas border and in South Carolina. Kappelmann writes about African-American recruits, health issues, and German prisoners of war. The collection includes postcards of military camps and trenches on the front.

Otto C.W. Kappelmann was born in Brooklyn, New York, November 15, 1888 and later died in Upper Monclair, New Jersey in March of 1960. After serving in the army during World War I he became a banker in New York and later worked full time as a volunteer for the Red Cross in New Jersey. His father, Otto Friedrich Kappelmann, was born in Osten, Germany, October 10, 1854 and later died in Brooklyn, New York in November of 1925. He immigrated to the United States in 1876 and lived in Brooklyn where he was a career Wall Street Banker. Otto C.W. had one sister, Anna-Marie Kappelmann-Bubendey, who he frequently corresponded with during his enlistment (1916-1919).

Daniel Metraux

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Cataloging of archival materials

Brianna Eagle

English

German

1. 1958-04-05; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
2. 1919-07-12; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
3. 1918-12-27; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
4. 1918-12-19; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
5. 1918-11-17; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
6. 1918-11-05; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
7. 1918-11-05; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
8. 1918-11-03; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
9. 1918-10-27; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
10. 1918-10-27; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
11. 1918-10-17; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
12. 1918-10-03; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
13. 1918-10-01; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
14. 1918-09-02; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
15. 1918-08-28; Otto CW Kappelmann to Paul Bubendey
16. 1918-08-28; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
17. 1918-08-17; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
18. 1918-08-03; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
19. 1918-07-26; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
20. 1918-07-06; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
21. 1918-06-03; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
22. 1918-06-01; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
23. 1918-05-23; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
24. 1918-05-15; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
25. 1918-05-02; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
26. 1918-04-24; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
27. 1918-04-11; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
28. 1918-03-31; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
29. 1918-03-25; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
30. 1918-03-22; Otto CW Kappelmann to Paul Bubendey
31. 1918-03-06; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
32. 1918-02-28; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
33. 1918-02-17; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
34. 1918-02-03; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
35. 1918-01-26; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
36. 1918-01-14; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
37. 1917-12-09; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
38. 1917-12-01; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
39. 1917-11-19; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
40. 1917-11-11Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
41. 1917-11-08; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
42. 1917-09-24; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
43. 1917-09-06; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
44. 1917-09-05; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
45. 1917-08-09; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
46. 1917-08-08; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
47. 1917-07-29; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
48. 1917-07-01; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
49. 1916-10-13; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
50. 1916-10-02; Otto CW Kappelmann to Frederick Bubendey
51. 1916-07-23; Otto CW Kappelmann to Anna-Marie Bubendey
52. 1916-07-15; Otto CW Kappelmann to Otto F. Kappelmann
53. 1916-07-08; Elaborate Greeting for 23d in Kansas
54. 1916-99-99; Rhoda Bubendey [Portrait]
55. 9999-99-99; Home [Photograph]
56. 1918-99-99; Trenches [Photograph]
57. 1918-99-99; Trench [Photograph]
58. 1917-99-99; Camp Library [Photograph]
59. 1917-99-99; U.S. Ambulance [Photograph]
60. 1917-99-99; Tents [Photograph]
61. 1917-99-99; Camp [Photograph]
62. 1917-99-99; Birdseye view from central school [Photograph]
63. 1916-99-99; Anna-Marie Kappelmann Bubendey [Portrait]
64. 1916-99-99; Otto Friedrich Kappelmann [Portrait]

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