Dan L. Kennerly Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a selection of correspondence, recollections (1998); photograph (1998), clippings (1998, 2003); military records (1945); oral history index (n.d.); diary (1945); pocket notebook (1945); copies of three memoirs written by Kennerly: "A brief history of the ski troops" (n.d.), "Belvedere the bloodying" (1945), and "War diary ..." (1945); audiocasette of Earl Clark and Dan Kennerly (n.d.).
Dates
- 1943-2003
Creator
- Kennerly, Daniel L. (Daniel Lanford),1922-2008. (Person)
- Kennerly, Daniel L. (Daniel Lanford), 1922-2008, (Person)
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
Dan Landford Kennerly was born in Grayson, Ga. in 1922 and enlisted in the Army at Athens, Ga. in 1942. He had one year of college and was single at the time of his enlistment. Kennerly joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. and was assigned to Company A, later with Company D of the 85th Infantry Regiment. He was later transferred to Camp Swift, Tex. before being sent to Italy. Kennerly was wounded in action at Mt. Della Spe in March 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his actions in the Apennines and Po Valley. He attained the rank of Sergeant. Kennerly died on July 30, 2008 in Sautee Nacoochee, Ga.
Extent
1 envelope
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Dan L. Kennerly, 2005, 2015.
Bibliography
General
Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of: 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.
- Audiocassettes Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Camp Hale (Colo.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Camp Swift (Tex.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clippings (information artifacts) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Kennerly, Daniel L. (Daniel Lanford), 1922-2008 -- Archives.
- Memoirs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ski troops. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Mountain Infantry Regiment, 85th.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository