Wappler Archive
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
A.1998.0001
Date
1891-1969
Extent and medium
9 boxes
Scope and content
WAPPLER ARCHIVE BOX 1
• Ring binder containing business cards of Frederick H. Wappler, advertisements for Wappler products, articles on the death of Frederick H. Wappler, photographs of the Wappler family and equipment used by Wappler, photographs of Wappler shop fronts, nd
• A. C. Wappler Corp catalogue, ‘A Catalog of Physical Therapy and Electro-Medical Instruments and Accessories’, nd
• Catalogue of Wappler products, including ‘Wappler Surgytherm Jr. Model RS490’, ‘Wappler CG 30 Generator’, ‘Wappler Faradic Jr.’, ‘Wappler Dehydra’, ‘Wappler Galvanic Jr.’, ‘Wappler Electrolysis Jr.’, ‘Wappler Multiple Needle Electrolysis Jr.’, nd
• Wappler catalogue titled ‘New Electrical Products… New Electrical and Specialty Repair Catalog’ includes product information for light carriers, connecting cords, tips and plugs, surgical diathermy handles, electrodes, resectoscope sheaths and loops. The catalogue also contains business cards for A C Wappler and a copy of ‘Weck Hospital Helps’ magazine, 1965
• Folder of product specifications, including for Transformers for D.C High Voltage Apparatus, Portable Dental Diathermy, Portable Radiotherm Machine
• Folder of copies of Edward Weck and Co., surgical instrument manufacturers, newsletters, April 1967-November 1969
• Folder of product diagrams for ‘Tube Tester’, ‘Vibrator Tests’, ‘Schematic Wiring Diagram, Model 535 Oscilloscope’
• Folder of photographs of speeches made by members of the National Radio Institute, New York (some photographs contain Wappler products)
• Ring binder of pencil drawings (possibly used to accompany advertising for Wappler products)
• Black ring binder of documents, including: Standard Time-Temperature Development Chart; Guide for Diagnostic Replacement Lamps produced by Schueler and Company; Advertisement for Short Wave Tubes, produced by the United Electronics Company; Solar American Standard booklet of Graphical Symbols for Telephone, Telegraph and Radio Use approved in 1944 by the American Standards Association; Beede Electric Meters brochure flush and projection catalogue; National Radio-TV News journal, April-May 1956; Edward Weck and Company catalogues; sample designs of Wappler product logos
• Red ring binder of documents, including: correspondence sent to A C Wappler; newspaper articles relating to the death of Frederick H. Wappler; Henry F. Wappler’s citizen papers, issued in 1896; testimonials for Fred Wappler; correspondence sent between the Wappler family
• 4 address books, also containing business cards and newspaper cuttings
• Notebook titled ‘Questions and Answers’ containing technical answers to questions relating to Wappler products
• Folder of documents including advertisements for the Wappler products ‘Vacuum Tube Voltmeter’, ‘Tube Tester’, ‘Wappler Cystometer’, ‘Wappler Combination Snare and Electro-Surgical Instrument Set’
• Bound volume titled ‘A.C.W. Supply Corp’ containing financial information about the company including bye laws, minutes of directors’ meetings, certificate of incorporation.
WAPPLER ARCHIVE BOX 2 (books belonging to A.C. Wappler)
• G. Betton Massey, ‘Galvanic Currents and Low Voltage Wave Currents in Physical Therapy’, (1927)
• Albert G. Wappler, ‘The Pocket Guide to Science’, (1924)
• Terrell Croft, ‘Library of Practical Electricity – Practical Electric Illumination’, (1917)
• Charles Lee Bryson (editor), ‘Health and How To Get It’, (1912)
• Professor Stephane Leduc, ‘Electric Ions and their use in Medicine’ (1913)
• J. Douglas Morgan, ‘Electrothermic Methods in Neoplastic Diseases’ (1926)
• Edward R. Shaw, ‘Physics by Experiment’ (1891)
• E.P. Cumberbatch, ‘Essentials of Medical Electricity’ (1929)
• Francis Le Roy Satterlee, ‘Dental Radiology’ (1913)
• Charles H. May, ‘Diseases of the Eye’ (1930)
• Robbins and Somerville, ‘Exercises in Algebra’ (1904)
• Stillman and Hausmann, ‘Swoope’s Lessons in Practical Electricity’ (1920)
• Henry Harrison Suplee, ‘Suplee’s Mechanical Engineering Fourth Edition’ (1913)
• Wellcome’s Excerpta Therapeutica (1913)
• Fletcher Durell, ‘Durell’s School Algebra’ (1916)
• Charles R. Underhill, ‘Electrons at Work’ (1933)
• Radley and Grant, ‘Fluorescence Analysis in Ultra-Violet Light’ (1933)
• Lewis and Mark, ‘Cystoscopy and Urethoscopy for General Practitioners (1915)
• Gould, ‘A Pocket Medical Dictionary’ (1920)
• Squier and Bugbie, ‘Manual of Cystoscopy’ (1911)
• Edwin Leonard, ‘Some Common Skin Diseases: Charted and Illustrated for ease in Diagnosis with Epitomized Treatment’ (1927)
• Eastman X-Ray Laboratory Manual (1936)
• Physicians’ Reference Book of Squibb Biological Products and Pharmaceutical Specialties
• X-Rays in Dentistry (1935)
• Operative Procedure produced by Johnson and Johnson (1938)
• ‘Cholecystography: Conclusions derived from recent investigations’ (nd)
• ‘Radiography and Clinical Photography, Volume 10, Number 5’ (November 1934)
• Herbert A. Newman, ‘Westinghouse X-Ray Technique: A Practical Treatise’ (1935)
• Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia, Third Edition (1959)
WAPPLER ARCHIVE BOX 3
• Black and white photographs of Wappler products: ‘4 cell battery’, ‘CG30 Quad-Tronic’
• Samples of the Wappler logo and font designs
• Cigarette box containing glass negatives of photographs (possibly of the Wappler family and Wappler equipment – in very poor condition)
• Deposit book, 1932-1933
• Album of photographs showing the building of the Wappler offices in New York, c1953
• Diaries and address books belonging to A C Wappler. Includes Wappler’s diaries for the years 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1948, 1960, 1963
• Passport booklet containing Henry Frederick Wappler’s travel visa, 1925
• Membership book for Friedrick Wappler’s membership of the German Carpenters’ Association (?), 1889
• Joke book, nd
• Black Ring binder of black and white photographs of instruments and parts sold by Edward Weck and Co., and Wappler including Wappler Surgical Diathermy Handles, Bi-Active Handle and Electrodes, Light Carriers, Connecting Cords
• Red Ring binder of photographs of instruments and parts sold by Wappler and Edward Weck and Co., including Wappler Surgical Diathermy Handles, Winc Custom Made Hand Sewn Asbestos Pads, Wappler Footswitch, 4 Cell Battery.
• Blank ‘Precision Coronaless’ notebook
• Passport issued to Frederick H. Wappler, May 1929
• Passport issued to Henry Frederick Wappler, May 1937
• Wooden box containing empty envelopes and one photostat of a letter from F H Wappler to R H Wappler, dated July 1922
• Two polythene bags containing blank Wappler order forms, nd
• Scientific Glass Apparatus Company catalogue 63
• Ring binder containing business cards of Frederick H. Wappler, advertisements for Wappler products, articles on the death of Frederick H. Wappler, photographs of the Wappler family and equipment used by Wappler, photographs of Wappler shop fronts, nd
• A. C. Wappler Corp catalogue, ‘A Catalog of Physical Therapy and Electro-Medical Instruments and Accessories’, nd
• Catalogue of Wappler products, including ‘Wappler Surgytherm Jr. Model RS490’, ‘Wappler CG 30 Generator’, ‘Wappler Faradic Jr.’, ‘Wappler Dehydra’, ‘Wappler Galvanic Jr.’, ‘Wappler Electrolysis Jr.’, ‘Wappler Multiple Needle Electrolysis Jr.’, nd
• Wappler catalogue titled ‘New Electrical Products… New Electrical and Specialty Repair Catalog’ includes product information for light carriers, connecting cords, tips and plugs, surgical diathermy handles, electrodes, resectoscope sheaths and loops. The catalogue also contains business cards for A C Wappler and a copy of ‘Weck Hospital Helps’ magazine, 1965
• Folder of product specifications, including for Transformers for D.C High Voltage Apparatus, Portable Dental Diathermy, Portable Radiotherm Machine
• Folder of copies of Edward Weck and Co., surgical instrument manufacturers, newsletters, April 1967-November 1969
• Folder of product diagrams for ‘Tube Tester’, ‘Vibrator Tests’, ‘Schematic Wiring Diagram, Model 535 Oscilloscope’
• Folder of photographs of speeches made by members of the National Radio Institute, New York (some photographs contain Wappler products)
• Ring binder of pencil drawings (possibly used to accompany advertising for Wappler products)
• Black ring binder of documents, including: Standard Time-Temperature Development Chart; Guide for Diagnostic Replacement Lamps produced by Schueler and Company; Advertisement for Short Wave Tubes, produced by the United Electronics Company; Solar American Standard booklet of Graphical Symbols for Telephone, Telegraph and Radio Use approved in 1944 by the American Standards Association; Beede Electric Meters brochure flush and projection catalogue; National Radio-TV News journal, April-May 1956; Edward Weck and Company catalogues; sample designs of Wappler product logos
• Red ring binder of documents, including: correspondence sent to A C Wappler; newspaper articles relating to the death of Frederick H. Wappler; Henry F. Wappler’s citizen papers, issued in 1896; testimonials for Fred Wappler; correspondence sent between the Wappler family
• 4 address books, also containing business cards and newspaper cuttings
• Notebook titled ‘Questions and Answers’ containing technical answers to questions relating to Wappler products
• Folder of documents including advertisements for the Wappler products ‘Vacuum Tube Voltmeter’, ‘Tube Tester’, ‘Wappler Cystometer’, ‘Wappler Combination Snare and Electro-Surgical Instrument Set’
• Bound volume titled ‘A.C.W. Supply Corp’ containing financial information about the company including bye laws, minutes of directors’ meetings, certificate of incorporation.
WAPPLER ARCHIVE BOX 2 (books belonging to A.C. Wappler)
• G. Betton Massey, ‘Galvanic Currents and Low Voltage Wave Currents in Physical Therapy’, (1927)
• Albert G. Wappler, ‘The Pocket Guide to Science’, (1924)
• Terrell Croft, ‘Library of Practical Electricity – Practical Electric Illumination’, (1917)
• Charles Lee Bryson (editor), ‘Health and How To Get It’, (1912)
• Professor Stephane Leduc, ‘Electric Ions and their use in Medicine’ (1913)
• J. Douglas Morgan, ‘Electrothermic Methods in Neoplastic Diseases’ (1926)
• Edward R. Shaw, ‘Physics by Experiment’ (1891)
• E.P. Cumberbatch, ‘Essentials of Medical Electricity’ (1929)
• Francis Le Roy Satterlee, ‘Dental Radiology’ (1913)
• Charles H. May, ‘Diseases of the Eye’ (1930)
• Robbins and Somerville, ‘Exercises in Algebra’ (1904)
• Stillman and Hausmann, ‘Swoope’s Lessons in Practical Electricity’ (1920)
• Henry Harrison Suplee, ‘Suplee’s Mechanical Engineering Fourth Edition’ (1913)
• Wellcome’s Excerpta Therapeutica (1913)
• Fletcher Durell, ‘Durell’s School Algebra’ (1916)
• Charles R. Underhill, ‘Electrons at Work’ (1933)
• Radley and Grant, ‘Fluorescence Analysis in Ultra-Violet Light’ (1933)
• Lewis and Mark, ‘Cystoscopy and Urethoscopy for General Practitioners (1915)
• Gould, ‘A Pocket Medical Dictionary’ (1920)
• Squier and Bugbie, ‘Manual of Cystoscopy’ (1911)
• Edwin Leonard, ‘Some Common Skin Diseases: Charted and Illustrated for ease in Diagnosis with Epitomized Treatment’ (1927)
• Eastman X-Ray Laboratory Manual (1936)
• Physicians’ Reference Book of Squibb Biological Products and Pharmaceutical Specialties
• X-Rays in Dentistry (1935)
• Operative Procedure produced by Johnson and Johnson (1938)
• ‘Cholecystography: Conclusions derived from recent investigations’ (nd)
• ‘Radiography and Clinical Photography, Volume 10, Number 5’ (November 1934)
• Herbert A. Newman, ‘Westinghouse X-Ray Technique: A Practical Treatise’ (1935)
• Van Nostrand’s Scientific Encyclopedia, Third Edition (1959)
WAPPLER ARCHIVE BOX 3
• Black and white photographs of Wappler products: ‘4 cell battery’, ‘CG30 Quad-Tronic’
• Samples of the Wappler logo and font designs
• Cigarette box containing glass negatives of photographs (possibly of the Wappler family and Wappler equipment – in very poor condition)
• Deposit book, 1932-1933
• Album of photographs showing the building of the Wappler offices in New York, c1953
• Diaries and address books belonging to A C Wappler. Includes Wappler’s diaries for the years 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1948, 1960, 1963
• Passport booklet containing Henry Frederick Wappler’s travel visa, 1925
• Membership book for Friedrick Wappler’s membership of the German Carpenters’ Association (?), 1889
• Joke book, nd
• Black Ring binder of black and white photographs of instruments and parts sold by Edward Weck and Co., and Wappler including Wappler Surgical Diathermy Handles, Bi-Active Handle and Electrodes, Light Carriers, Connecting Cords
• Red Ring binder of photographs of instruments and parts sold by Wappler and Edward Weck and Co., including Wappler Surgical Diathermy Handles, Winc Custom Made Hand Sewn Asbestos Pads, Wappler Footswitch, 4 Cell Battery.
• Blank ‘Precision Coronaless’ notebook
• Passport issued to Frederick H. Wappler, May 1929
• Passport issued to Henry Frederick Wappler, May 1937
• Wooden box containing empty envelopes and one photostat of a letter from F H Wappler to R H Wappler, dated July 1922
• Two polythene bags containing blank Wappler order forms, nd
• Scientific Glass Apparatus Company catalogue 63
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Not permitted
Language
English