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Camp Swift (Tex.) -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron J. Schenck Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD390
Content Description

Content includes correspondence from Schenck to family members while at Camp Hale, Colorado; Camp Swift, Texas; and Italy. Also includes illustrations done by Schenck throughout, as well as collected souvenir postcards, newspaper clippings, photographs, Army documents, and other memorabilia. Schenck organized the collection contents chronologically into scrapbooks; this order has been preserved.

Dates: January 1943-November 1945, 1970-1997

Charles W. Thweatt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD395
Content Description

This collection contains materials from Charles W. Thweatt detailed his experiences and responsibilities in the 10th Mountain Division of the United States Army during World War II. Content includes military records, photographic prints, correspondence, and newspaper clippings collected during the war and later on in his life.

Dates: 1943-2019

Harold L. Van Dusen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2194
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typewritten memoir transcribed by Harold Van Dusen’s wife, Mary Ellen Van Dusen, entitled, “Harold Van Dusen – War Memoirs,” undated, circa 1999 (46 pages).

Dates: circa 1999

James Gilronan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD389
Content Description Collection includes original documents from Gilronan’s time in the United States Army, as well as photocopies of original documents, correspondence, photographs, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, newsletters, event rosters, and event booklets. Items from 10th Mountain Division reunion events feature prominently in the collection. The original order of the contents in three scrapbooks and an envelope has been preserved in file folders 5, 7, 8, and 9. There are eight VHS videotapes and a...
Dates: 1943-2009

Richard D. Johnston Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2246
Scope and Contents

Compact disc contains scans of 67 letters and their corresponding envelopes

Dates: 1941-1945

Stanley E. Leszko Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD392
Content Description

The collection consists mainly of photographs taken by Leszko, but also includes slides, diary pages, separation papers, and newsletters. The photographs have been kept in the original subject groupings arranged by Leszko.

Dates: 1943-1945