James Puhl collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0725
Collection Organization
The main focus of the collection concerns James Puhl's injury in Vietnam in the spring of 1968. This is recounted in a series of letters, telegrams, and a copy of Puhl’s medical record in relation to the injury. Also included are copies of news clippings related to Paul Puhl's tenure as Post Master General of Maumee, Ohio and a framed certificate of Paul Puhl's promotion to Post Master General.
Correspondence- Letter, James Puhl to parents, last letter before injury, 1968-04-28
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-04-28
Correspondence- Letter, hospital worker to James Puhl’s parents, 1968-05-01
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-05-01
Correspondence- Letter, hospital worker to James Puhl’s parents, 1968-05-02
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-05-02
Correspondence- Telegram, Leonard F. Chapman, Commandant of the Marine Corp, to James Puhl’s parents, 1968-05-06
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-05-06
Correspondence- Telegram, Leonard F. Chapman, Commandant of the Marine Corp, to James Puhl’s parents, 1968-05-06
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-05-06
Correspondence- Telegram, Leonard F. Chapman, Commandant of the Marine Corp, to James Puhl’s parents, 1968-05-07
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 6
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-05-07
Correspondence- Telegram, Leonard F. Chapman, Commandant of the Marine Corp, to James Puhl’s parents, 1968-05-10
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 7
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-05-10
Correspondence- Letter, James Puhl to parents, sequential by content, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 8
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Correspondence- Letter, James Puhl to parents, 1968-05-14
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 9
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-05-14
Correspondence- Letter, James Puhl to parents, sequential by content, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 10
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Correspondence- Letter, James Puhl to parents, sequential by content, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 11
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Correspondence- Letter, James Puhl to parents, sequential by content, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 12
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Correspondence- Telegram, Commanding Officer, Naval Hospital, Bethesda, MD, to James Puhl’s parents, 1968-05-31
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 13
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-05-31
Medical Report- Copy of a medical report describing the circumstances of James Puhl’s injury and medical diagnosis, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: undated
News clipping- Copy of Maumee Valley News, concerning Paul Puhl’s appointment to Postmaster General of Maumee, Ohio, 1950-08-01
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: 1950-08-01
News clipping- Copy of Maumee Valley News, concerning Paul Puhl’s honorable service as Postmaster General of Maumee, Ohio, 1975-06-01
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: 1975-06-01
News clipping- Copy of Maumee Valley News, concerning Paul Puhl’s retirement as Postmaster General of Maumee, Ohio, 1975-05-28
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: 1975-05-28
Life Magazine, 1992-11-01
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: 1992-11-01
The Illustrated History of Marines: the Vietnam War, by Edwin H. Simmons, 1987
Item – Box 1, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: 1987
Photo prints- Five photo prints on an album page, labeled “Jim Puhl,” seems to be of a young James Puhl and family, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Slides- Five unlabeled slides showing soldiers, presumably in Vietnam, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: undated
Presidential Certificate from Harry S. Truman making Paul Puhl Post Master General of Maumee, Ohio, 1950-08-02
Item – Item loose oversize
- Dates
- Creation: 1950-08-02