Walburga von Raffler-Engel Collection
Dates
- Creation: 1965 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access
The physical materials from this collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Vanderbilt’s Special Collections and University Archives. Materials should be requested two to three days in advance to facilitate easier access. Contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu to schedule an appointment.
Biographical / Historical
Walburga von Raffler-Engel was born in Munich, Germany, on September 25, 1920. Much of her family was killed in concentration camps during World War II; she escaped to Italy and joined the resistance. Her missions included transporting messages, food and weapons. After the war, von Raffler-Engel earned her Ph.D. in classical Greek at the University of Turin, Italy, and did post-doctoral work at the Italian Institute of Archeology at the University of Rome. Moving to the United States in 1949, von Raffler-Engle earned a master’s degree in library science and Ph.D. in linguistics. She worked at Vanderbilt from 1965 to 1986. After her retirement, von Raffler-Engel served as a senior research associate at the Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies. She moved to San Antonio in 1999. Von Raffler-Engel died on November 28, 2009.
Full Extent
18 Linear Feet (18 Paige boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Topical
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Walburga von Raffler-Engel Collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States
specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
About this Site
This site contains collection guides, or finding aids, to the archival collections held by Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives, the History of Medicine Collection, and the Scarritt Bennett Center. Finding aids describe the context, arrangement, and structure of archival materials, allowing users to identify and request materials relevant to their research.
Requesting Materials
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