Robert C. Westland Papers

Collection

Identifier: M2199

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, personal papers, aerial photographs of Camp Hale, Colorado (1943).

Dates

1943-1985

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

Robert Westland was born on January 28, 1923 in Kenosha, Wisconsin to Frank Westland, an insurance salesman, and Vera Carter, a homemaker. He had completed two years of college in the field of business before enlisting in the Army. He was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division and began his training at Camp Hale, Colorado before being transferred with the 10th to Camp Swift, Texas and then to see action in Italy during World War II. Upon his discharge, Westland had attained the rank of T/5 in the 616th Field Artillery Battalion. He married Phyllis Piskering and the couple had seven children. Robert Westland died on February 16, 1988 in Ihlen, Minnesota.

Extent

1 envelope

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, Phyllis Westland, 1991.

General

Catalog record based on preliminary inventory.

Linking Entry Complexity Note

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

Subjects

Camp Hale (Colo.) -- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Corrspondence. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Photographs 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 Division, 10th. -- Archival resources.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings