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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th -- Archival resources.

 Organization

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron J. Schenck Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD390
Content Description

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.

Dates: January 1943-November 1945, 1970-1997

Arthur F. Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2219
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: circa 2000

Avril B. Jensen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2132
Scope and Contents

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.).

Dates: Unknown

Benjamin Duke papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD56
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1983-1996

Bertrand T. Cross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD116
Scope and Contents

Two drawings of downhill skiers (pencil sketches).

Dates: Undated

Brian Lindner Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD316
Scope and Contents Collection contains research on soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division who were killed in action and also had a relationship to the state of Vermont including: David H.C. Dennis; Delmas J. Devenger; Roger D. Emerson; Edwin A. Johnson; William A. Kynoch; Robert J. LaBombard; James C. Muir; Herbert W. A. Spaulding; Everett R. Griffin. Research files contain military records, correspondence, interview transcripts, photographs.The project was undertaken for the Vermont Ski and...
Dates: 1943-2006

Charles D. Hunt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2128
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1943-1945, 1995-1998

Chester L. Errett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2110
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: May 29, 1942

Clarence M. Tomlinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD97
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1922-1953

Curtis L. Pfaff Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2175
Scope and Contents

Collection contains personal correspondence from Curtis Pfaff (1943-1944).

Dates: 1943-1944

Dillon C. Snell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2191
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1945, 1997

Donald J. Hubbard Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2127
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: Unknown

Donald R. "Bernie" Dallas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD178
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a scrapbook with an activities log for Company I of the 86th (February-March 1945), military papers, code of conversation, bulletins, photographs.

Dates: 1943-1945

Edgerton E. Hyde Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2129
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a copy of Hyde's memoir: From Boy to Man Courtesy of Uncle Sam (2003).

Dates: 2003

Edward E. Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD110
Scope and Contents

Watercolor of landing craft from Naples to Leghorn (Livorno, Italy) with text by Richard Cooper.

Dates: undated

Floyd F. McGee Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2154
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1943-2003

Francis X. Kennedy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2135
Scope and Contents

Collection contains photocopies of family correspondence (1943-1944).

Dates: 1943-1944

Frank Romano Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD66
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1977-1998

Frederick C. Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD333
Scope and Contents

Collection contains Frederick Miller correspondence to his mother (1928-1944), Colo. map (1942), clippings (1942-1943), postcards (1942-1943), photographs (1942-1943).

Dates: 1928-1944

Gerald H. Ripley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD248
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1943-1945

H. Robert Krear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD372
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1941-2010

Hans H. Teichner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD74
Scope and Contents

Collection includes biography compiled by David L. Miller (ca.1990s), military papers (1944), rosters (1944), correspondence (1992), and copies of photographs (n.d.).

Dates: 1944, 1990-1992

Harrison Coleman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD98
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1948-2012, undated

Harry J. Reinig Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1946
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1943-2008

Henry C. Klingman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2139
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a copy of Klingman's memoir: People I Knew in the 86th (ca.1995); letter.

Dates: 1995, 1999

Henry J. Hampton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M1873
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1931-1987

Herbert S. Eisenstein oral history

 Collection
Identifier: C MSS OH210
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Check date

Hugh H. Bruner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD318
Scope and Contents

Collection contains obituary and memorials; copies of photographs; play script; citation; clippings; memoir; copy of journal; reports; correspondence, newsletter.

Dates: 1943-1945; 1998-2000

Jesse B. Shapiro Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2184
Scope and Contents

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.).

Dates: 1987, undated

John Benson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD16
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, prayer book, ephemera (1943-1945).

Dates: 1943-1945

Additional filters:

Subject
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