10th Mountain Division Reunion Records

Collection

Identifier: TMD279

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection contains 26 DVCassette video tapes, 1 VHS video tape, 1 DVD recorded during the 10th Mountain Division Reunion in Italy, May 2003. The video tapes document the various activities and ceremonies held during the reunion as well as interviews with or about the following members of the Division: Hugh Evans, Albert Fernandes-Patridge, Robert Chester, Eugene Giannobile, Samuel Meiselman, Thomas Mooney, Herbert Schneider, Richard Trier, James Rogers, Bob Harris, Elwood Sims, John Woodward, Carroll Provost, Gerald Nash, Dillon Snell, Bob Carlson, Harold Lumm, Harris Dusenbery, Stan Heidenreich, Abner Schwartz, Maurice Murphy, Berkley Ellis, Peter Austin, Edmund Barys, Robert Yank, William Spiers, Milton Soucek, James Bray, Robert Kehm, Ken Stayton, Clark Hitt, Weldon Chase, Cruz Rios, Charles Murphy.

Dates

2003

Creator

Kealy, Abbie, (Person)

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 reunions in Italy approximately every three years since 1969. The video tapes in this collection document one of these reunions.

Extent

1 Audiovisual box

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift; Abbie Kealy; 2009.

Bibliography

Repository also has: Peter Austin oral history (OH315), Edmund P. Barys oral history (OH317), James Bray oral history (OH318), Ed Burda oral history (OH320), Robert Carlson oral history (OH321), Waldon Chase oral history (OH372), Robert Chester oral history (OH323), Harris Dusenbery oral history (OH325), Berkley Ellis oral history (OH325), Hugh Evans oral history (OH328), Eugene Giannoble oral history (OH330), Robert Harris oral history (OH324), Stan Heidenreich oral history (OH333), Clark Hitt oral history (OH359), Harold Jackson oral history (OH334), Robert Kehm oral history (OH335), Harold Lumm oral history (OH337), Samuel Meiselman oral history (OH339), Thomas Mooney oral history (OH338), Charles Murphy oral history (OH362), Maurice Murphy oral history (OH340), Gerald Nash oral history (OH341), Albert Fernandes-Partridge (OH329), Carroll Provost (OH344), Cruz Rios (OH363), James Rogers oral history (OH345), Herbert Schneider oral history (OH346), Abner Schwartz oral history (OH347), Eldwood Sims oral history (OH348), Dillon Snell oral history (OH349), Milton Soucek oral history (OH350), William Spiers oral history (OH351), Ken Stayton oral history (OH352), Richard Trier oral history (OH355), John Woodward oral history (OH356), Robert Yank oral history (OH358).