United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th -- Archival resources.
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
Aaron J. Schenck Papers
Content includes correspondence from Schenck to family members while at Camp Hale, Colorado; Camp Swift, Texas; and Italy. Also includes illustrations done by Schenck throughout, as well as collected souvenir postcards, newspaper clippings, photographs, Army documents, and other memorabilia. Schenck organized the collection contents chronologically into scrapbooks; this order has been preserved.
Arthur F. Thompson Papers
Collection contains a copy of Thompson's memoirs: A Military Journey - memoirs of Arthur F. Thompson as a 10th Mountain Division soldier in World War II (2013).
Avril B. Jensen Papers
Collection contains copy of Jensen's memoir: Avril B. Jensen Memoirs 1940-1945 U.S.A.C. Army Recovery (n.d.); Army service questionnaire (n.d.).
Benjamin Duke papers
Collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence (1984-1995), maps with personal notes, memorabilia, military (1942-1945) and personal (1989) papers and manuscript: Skiing Soldiers to Skiing Entrepreneurs: Development of the Colorado Ski Industry (1989).
Bertrand T. Cross Papers
Two drawings of downhill skiers (pencil sketches).
Brian Lindner Research Papers
Charles D. Hunt Papers
Collection contains personal correspondence, ephemera from Hunt to his parents (1943-1945); daily devotional book (1943); copy of memoir: Memories - Thoughts - Experiences of World War II (n.d.); inventory of items donated (1995, 1998).
Chester L. Errett Papers
Collection contains original letter from Major General J. A. Ulio to the American Alpine Club in N.Y. soliciting help in enlisting qualified mountaineers for the Army's 10th Mountain Division, May 29, 1942 (1 page).
Clarence M. Tomlinson Papers
Includes biographical information survey, biography, correspondence received from John Evans, military and personal papers, framed collection of medals from World War I and World War II, certificate of award from Italian government , certificate of graduation from tank training school, Easter greetings signed by General Mark Clark, newspaper clippings, newsletters, Army commendation, and numerous uniform insignias.
Curtis L. Pfaff Papers
Collection contains personal correspondence from Curtis Pfaff (1943-1944).
Dillon C. Snell Papers
Collection contains Snell's memoir: My First War (1997); Bronze Star Medal citation (1945); biographical information (n.d.); photocopy of photographs of Dillon and Rebecca Snell in Italy (1997).
Donald J. Hubbard Papers
Collection contains undated copies of two memoirs by Hubbard: The Military Experience of a Cavalryman (17 pages); The Last Mounted Cavalry Pistol Charge (13 pages).
Donald R. "Bernie" Dallas Papers
Collection contains a scrapbook with an activities log for Company I of the 86th (February-March 1945), military papers, code of conversation, bulletins, photographs.
Edgerton E. Hyde Papers
Collection contains a copy of Hyde's memoir: From Boy to Man Courtesy of Uncle Sam (2003).
Edward E. Adams Papers
Watercolor of landing craft from Naples to Leghorn (Livorno, Italy) with text by Richard Cooper.
Floyd F. McGee Papers
Collection contains photocopies of correspondence from McGee to his family (1943-1945); photocopies and original photographs of McGee (1943); photocopies of military records (1943-1950); photocopy of letter from Ronald "Lefty" Sirois to Rosiland MacMillon (2003).
Francis X. Kennedy Papers
Collection contains photocopies of family correspondence (1943-1944).
Frank Romano Jr. Papers
Includes materials from the National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, Camp Hale 50th Anniversary, Camp Hale project information, newspaper clippings, articles, manuscripts and sheet music.
Frederick C. Miller Papers
Collection contains Frederick Miller correspondence to his mother (1928-1944), Colo. map (1942), clippings (1942-1943), postcards (1942-1943), photographs (1942-1943).
Gerald H. Ripley Papers
Collection contains Ripley's photo album with 24 black and white photographs of skiing and rock climbing at Camp Hale, Colo.; aerial tramway at Riva Ridge, Italy; General Mark Clark. A file of personal papers, including military orders, maps, and Riva Ridge insignia.
H. Robert Krear Papers
Collection contains copies of Krear's memoirs: Journal of a U.S. Army mountain ski trooper in World War II, Memoirs of field maneuvers at Camp Hale; correspondence, b/w photographs, military documents and booklets, menus, newspaper and magazine articles featuring Krear, and a Shield Bible Krear carried.
Hans H. Teichner Papers
Collection includes biography compiled by David L. Miller (ca.1990s), military papers (1944), rosters (1944), correspondence (1992), and copies of photographs (n.d.).
Harrison Coleman Papers
Collection contains Silver Star citations for men of the 10th Mountain Division (1945), correspondence (1945-1998), information requests related to Silver Star medals (1946-1998), discharge papers for various veterans (1946), newspaper clippings (1950s), and Coleman award ceremony, Fanano, Italy: photographs, clippings, correspondence (June 2012).
Harry J. Reinig Papers
Collection contains wartime correspondence (V-Mail, postcards), correspondence regarding donation, meal ticket, menu, memoirs, citation, Army Hour (radio broadcast, script, copy, original) and newspaper clipping.
Henry C. Klingman Papers
Collection contains a copy of Klingman's memoir: People I Knew in the 86th (ca.1995); letter.
Henry J. Hampton Papers
Collection includes correspondence, military papers, copy of handwritten story about World War II, copies of photos from the 1940s of Hampton, photographic copy of V-Mail.
Herbert S. Eisenstein oral history
Discusses the life and service of Roy Tucker Moore who served in the same company in the 10th Mountain Division. Ross Raney is Mr. Moore's grandson. Both men served in Northern Italy during WWII. Moore was killed by a sniper when they were dug in on a forward slope of the Appennine Ranges. Eisenstein talks about the events and conditions leading up to and following Moore's death. He also talks about training at Camp Hale and Camp Swift, and about his own service during the war.
Hugh H. Bruner Papers
Collection contains obituary and memorials; copies of photographs; play script; citation; clippings; memoir; copy of journal; reports; correspondence, newsletter.
Jesse B. Shapiro Papers
Collection contains copy of manuscript: The Making of a Skier by Jesse Shapiro (1987); correspondence with photographs of WWI era Italian and Austrian alpine troops (n.d.).
John Benson Papers
Collection contains correspondence, prayer book, ephemera (1943-1945).
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- Ski troops. 54
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. 42
- Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. 31
- Personal papers 27
- Camp Hale (Colo.) -- Archival resources. 25
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence. 25
- Photographs 20
- Memoirs 13
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography. 10
- Correspondence 8
- Camp Swift (Tex.) -- Archival resources. 7
- Military records 6
- Ski troops -- Biography. 5
- Ephemera (general object genre) 4
- Oral histories (document genres) 4
- Camp Hale (Colo.) 3
- Camp Hale (Colo.) -- Photographs. 3
- Scrapbooks 3
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence 3
- Soldiers -- United States -- Pictorial works. 3 + ∧ less