Colorado Military Training Center Proposal

Collection

Identifier: WH2054

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

35 page, large format, loose leaf notebook containing typed text, photographs, blue prints, maps, etc. illustrating the need for a proposed military training center (circa 1940).

Dates

circa 1940

Creator

Ruge, Jared, (Person)
Colorado Military Training Center. (Organization)

Language of Materials

Material is in English.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Copyright

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Biographical / Historical

Compiled by an unknown author in the spring and summer of 1940, the proposal outlines the rational for a "Mountain Military Training Center" for ski and mountaineering troops within the Arapahoe National Forest near Jone's Pass and East Portal, Colorado. This proposal foreshadows the 10th Mountain Division training center that was eventually established by the U. S. Army during World War II at Camp Hale, Colorado. The material contains the following inscription: "All blue prints were prepared by Robert Balch and Jared Morse, 07/22/1940."

Extent

1 OV Folios

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Jared Ruge, 2008.

General

Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.

Subjects

Blueprints (reprographic copies) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Colorado Military Training Center -- Archives.
Military training camps -- Colorado -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Proposals Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Ski troops. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Topographic maps Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
World War, 1939-1945 -- Training. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings