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Jacobson, Robert collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-076

Scope and Contents

Box 1:

Diary

Personal correspondence (too large to fit in archival box in Jacobson Box 2)

photo prints, various sizes

734th Ordnance roster and other unit documents

34ID documents and hand-drawn artillery graphs

Artist drawing of Jacobson

Reserve Officer's Association documents

Event programs and other print collateral

Folded maps, US and overseas

Official correspondence

Personnel documents

memoirs, 25 pages. Personal Experiences of Robert Jacobson in World War II.

Large v-mail

Newspaper clippings

Bronze Star, Discharge, and other certificates

Diary 'B' Battery 151st Field Artillery Battalion Feb 1941 to May 1945

Framed photo of Jacobson

Box 2:

Personal correspondence in archival photo box.

2 boxes of misc uniform pieces and souveniers

leather wallet

Bronze Star medal in box

4 photo scrapbook pages

Stars and Stripes and local newspapers filed seperately

Small loose photos filed in Ph 011 Box 4.

Dates

  • 1942-1945
  • Event: Donated by Minnesota National Guard, 2021. Accession 2023.076

Conditions Governing Use

MMVM does not hold copyright to this collection. We recognize that it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical / Historical

Lt Col Robert Redland Jacobson. 734th Ordnance, 34th Infantry Division. WWII.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (2 standard bankers boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Status
Completed
Author
Daniel Ewer, Archivist
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum Repository

Contact:
Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States