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Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 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

Anthony N. Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD386
Content Description

Collection consists of approximately 200 letters from Smith to his parents from 1943-1946, including newspaper clippings, photographs and postcards. A letter from February 11, 1946 included a burned letter that had been in an airmail plane crash. Notes regarding content description of 185 letters were provided by Barbara Mason (Smith) Selby.

Dates: 1943-1946

Charles O. Wallmo Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2198
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, copies of pencil drawings by Charles Wallmo depicting life in the 10th Mountain Division and scenes from Italy, photographs (sculptures, military life) and training certificates.

Dates: circa 1940s-2007

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

DENIS P. NUNAN PAPERS

 Collection
Identifier: TMD33
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE World War II correspondence between Nunan and his mother, Mrs. Richard D. Rickard comprises the bulk of the collection. Additional correspondence includes wartime letters from Nunan to his sister-in-law, Mrs. M.G. Nunan, and post-war correspondence received by Denis Nunan. Other material includes copies of pencil sketches Nunan made while stationed at Camp Carson, Colorado and on Kiska Island. Three photograph albums contain snapshots documenting Nunan's training at numerous Army posts and...
Dates: 1942-2001

Franklin Wirth Walker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD387
Content Description

Collection consists mainly of correspondence from Franklin Wirth Walker to Vera Mae (Foster) Walker during his service with the 10th Mountain Division at Camp Hale, Colorado; Camp Swift, Texas; and in Italy. There are also letters from Vera to Franklin and to and from other family members and friends. One folder contains Franklin's life insurance certificate and Army salary allotment receipt, Vera's teaching contract and the couple's wedding announcement.

Dates: 1941-1945

Harold J. Walkenbach Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2197
Scope and Contents

Original correspondence and postcards from Harold Walkenbach to his parents, dated June 1, 1944 to February 27, 1946 (55 pages).

Dates: June 1, 1944 - February 27, 1946

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

John A. Youmans, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2201
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a letter written to his mother while Youmans was in Italy.

Dates: May 12, 1945

Joseph Goldberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD365
Content Description

Collection contains military documents and awards, as well as a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, photographs, telegrams, postcards and booklets collected by Goldberg while in the Army.

Dates: 1941-2010

Lawrence J. Prudhomme Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD393
Content Description

Collection predominantly consists of correspondence between Lawrence and his wife, Lillian Isabel Prudhomme from 1943-1945 including examples of V-mail (Victory Mail). Nearly all letters are matched with corresponding envelopes. Some correspondence from other family members and friends is also included. Italian phrase books, a guide to the rest center in Rome, and military manuals and documents wrap up the collection.

Dates: 1941-1945

Robert C. Westland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2199
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1943-1985

Robert Donald Hansen Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: TMD375
Content Description

Collection contains military records, booklets and insignia, correspondence to and from family members, and photographs from training and time spent in Italy.

Dates: 1940-1945, 1980

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

WARREN D. ELMER PAPERS

 Collection
Identifier: TMD361
Content Description

Photographs, Italy tourist booklets and postcards, military separation papers, "Camp Hale Ski-Zette" newspaper

Dates: 1945, undated

William A. Long Papers

 Collection
Identifier: TMD388
Content Description

Collection contains correspondence to and from William Long, poetry written by Long, photographs, and postcards

Dates: 1943-1998

William I. Neder Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M2277
Content Description

Summary of daily diary entries, correspondence (photocopies), photographs (JPEG files), short stories (photocopies), and oral history (MP4)

Dates: 1943-1998