urn:taro:utexas.cah.02545 A Guide to the James E. Kreisle Family Papers, 1875-1997 Original EAD encoding by Bethany Anderson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. September 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Kreisle, James E. Kreisle, James E., Family Papers 1875-1997 Materials are written in English. 90-098; 95-085; 98-147 3 ft., 3 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Comprised of correspondence, publications, printed materials, photographs, a ledger, and a manuscript, the James E. Kreisle Family Papers, 1875-1997, chronicle Kreisle’s experience as a student at Harvard Medical School and as a medical officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Biographical Note

The son of Matthew Ferdinand and Margaret (Hanna) Kreisle, James Edwin Kreisle (1918-2002) grew up in Austin, Texas, and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1942. The following year, he enlisted as a medical officer in the U. S. Army, training at Camp Hood and Camp Maxey in Texas. In 1944, Kreisle joined the 45th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), codenamed Deliver, and shipped out to Europe, serving under the codename Deliver-6 in France, Luxembourg, and Germany. After the war, he married Natalie A. Robie, the widow of Captain Theodore P. Robie, and the couple resided in Austin, Texas. In 1990, Kreisle published Deliver-6: Letters from the ETO, a compilation of his World War II letters with explanations.

 Scope and Contents

Comprised of correspondence, publications, printed materials, photographs, a ledger, and a manuscript, the James E. Kreisle Family Papers, 1875-1997, chronicle Kreisle’s experience as a student at Harvard Medical School and as a medical officer in the U. S. Army during World War II. Correspondence, 1938-1990, discusses his academic and military activities, including training in Texas, descriptions of the weather and terrain, local peoples in Europe, and reminiscences with fellow officers. Compiled from Kreisle’s wartime letters, a handwritten draft and the 1990 publication of Deliver-6: Letters from the ETO documents his time in the European Theater of Operations, explaining topics discussed in his missives as well as previously unwritten or censored information about his activities. Publications and printed material, 1884-1997, includes magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, tourist attractions and historical sites brochures, and maps, such as Time, National Geographic, Harper’s Magazine, St. Nicholas Illustrated, Dallas Morning News, mathematical research articles, and the Giant War Map of the World War from 1941. Additionally, a ledger from J. P. Davie & Co. of Galveston, Texas, 1875-1877, includes itemized mercantile accounts and Buster Brown cartoons, while photographs depict Indianola, Texas, and Kreisle during World War II.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Kreisle, James E. -- Archives. Kreisle family. Subjects (Organizations) Harvard Medical School -- Students. United States. Army. Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized, 45th. United States. Army. European Theater of Operations. Subjects World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Places Austin (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century. Preferred Citation

James E. Kreisle Family Papers, 1875-1997, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2.325/A96 Scrapbook and ledger of J. P. Davie, 1875-1877 2.325/A98b-c Papers, 1938-1990 2.325/M27-M28 Publications and printed material, 1884-1997 3So3 Facsimile print of Indianola, Texas 3T25 Photograph of Kreisle and postcards, [ca. 1943]-1944