MS-205: The Larry Recla Ground Zero Collection

Authors

Devin McKinney, Gettysburg College

Files

Description

Rev. Larry Recla, a 1972 graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, was pastor at a church in Queens on September 11, 2001. He spent the next 8 months working at the Ground Zero Temporary Morgue, rendering physical and spiritual aid to recovery personnel, blessing human remains in the morgue, and riding with bodies as they were transported off site. This collection contains items used or collected by Recla at Ground Zero and other related documents and digital artifacts.

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Collection Size

3 cubic feet

Publication Date

January 2017

Keywords

Ground Zero, September 11, 2001, 9/11, World Trade Center, terrorist attack, New York, Manhattan, T-morgue

Disciplines

History | United States History

Copyright Note

This finding aid appears in Gettysburg College’s institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.

Recommended Citation

McKinney, Devin. “MS-205: The Larry Recla Ground Zero Collection” (January 2017). Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids. Special Collections and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College.

Document Type

Finding Aid