10th Mountain Division Reunion Records

Collection

Identifier: TMD283

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains 5 VHS video cassettes documenting events held during the reunion in Vail, Colo. in 1992. Includes interviews with attendees: John Barton, Mel Boarder, William Boddington, Bob Carlson, John Carrol, Lefty Cormier, Jerry Cullinane, Peter Dobervolsky, Tom Duff, Norman Ehrgott, Jay Fairvalley, Bob Fauson, Pete Geronimo, John Graham, Ted Harpainter, Charles Hauptman, John W., Richard Jorden, Leonard M., Clyde Limoge, Bud Lloyd, Charles Lobdell, George Loudis, Bill Luteman, Wayne Mackin, Bob Manchester, Don Martin, Al Moses, Lyle Munson, Art Muschler, Don Olson, Harold Olson, Erling Omland, Curtis Pfaff, John Pierpont, John Pollock, Wilson Profit, Max Raabe, Frank Roccaforte, George Rosenfeld, Stanley Slusark, Crosby Smith, Geary Steffen, Charles W., Walter Weil.

Note: Each interview is approximately 2 minutes in length. Each veteran interviewed, provides details of one memorable experience. Interviews were conducted by Barbara Walton. An index is available with each tape. Two copies are provided. Set A consists of three one-hour VHS tapes. Set B consists of two 120-minute cassettes, which are copies of set A.

Dates

1992

Creator

Excelsior School and Club Association (Denver, Colo.) (Person)
National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, Inc. (Organization)

Language of Materials

Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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 permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The imply 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

The 10th Mountain Division, a full division of the United States Army, specializing in mountain and winter warfare, trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, during World War II. Experienced in skiing, mountaineering and cold-weather survival as well as military tactics, the soldiers fought enemy forces in the Italian Campaign of 1945. Dubbed the "ski troops" by the press, the 10th Mountain Division remains the only military division recruited by a civilian organization, the National Ski Patrol. Many 10th veterans contributed greatly to the development of the recreational ski industry in the United States and to the growth of related fields such as outdoor equipment development and nature conservation.

The National Association of the 10th Mountain Division has sponsored a national reunion approximately every three years since 1959. This collection documents a national reunion held in Vail, Colorado in 1992.

Extent

1 Audiovisual box

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift; Unknown; Unknown.

Bibliography

Repository also has: National Association of the 10th Mountain Division records (C MSS TMD40).

General

Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.

Linking Entry Complexity Note

Forms part of: 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.

Subjects

Interviews. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Meetings Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
National Association of the 10th Mountain Division, Inc. -- Archival resources.
Reunions -- Colorado -- Vail. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ski troops -- Interviews. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
VHS Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings