Upshur Berkley Ellis oral history
Scope and Contents
The interview provides information and personal observations about Ellis experiences training with the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo.: D-Series maneuvers; participation in the Battle of Bulge.
Dates
- Check date
Creator
- Ellis, Upshur Berkley,1924-2011. (Person)
- Kealy, Abbie, (Person)
- Ellis, Upshur Berkley, 1924-2011, (Person)
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Upshure Berkley "Berk" Ellis was born in Pa. on July 14, 1924 and enlisted in the Army at Charlottesville, Va. on November 6, 1942. At the time of his enlistment, he was unmarried, and had completed two years of high school. Ellis joined the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colo. where he was assigned to Company l of the 86th Infantry Regiment. He transferred out of the Division prior to its deployment to Italy. Ellis died on July 28, 2011 in Pottsville, Pa.
Extent
1 DVD
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift;Upshure Ellis;2004.
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of the 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.
- Camp Hale (Colo.) -- History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- DVDs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ellis, Upshur Berkley, 1924-2011 -- Interviews.
- Military maneuvers -- Cold weather conditions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oral histories (document genres) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Ski troops -- History -- Interviews. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 86th -- Interviews.
- United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th -- Interviews.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Upshur Berkley Ellis oral history,2003[videorecording]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
