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Dalbotten, Archie collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-107

Scope and Contents

Box 1:

The Role of the Military in Civil Defense

Fire Marshall description

LaRochelle France phone directory

Fort Sill Signal Corps photo

Photos, France, 1950s

Supply School certificate, Ft Warren, Wyoming

State Bonus letter for Korea

Camp Lee 1943 Quartermaster School

Schofield Barracks Officer's Club card

Photo slides, 2.75x2.74, ocean voyage, Army camp on beach France?

35mm slides

Diary

Photo negatives, France, 1950s

photo album. 1942. Ft Francis Warren. ship Chirkof. ship Matsonia. family vacations. overseas travel. engineer vehicles.

pocket prayer book

Chicago World's Fair, 1933

Washington DC brochures

Army newspapers: Schofield, Mattson Steamship

San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center

Cheyanne Frontier Days, 1942

Fred Harvey restaurant menu, Union Station, St Louis, 1942

Medals in boxes: Good Conduct, Armed Forces Reserve Medal

U of M photos

Plastic box with dog tags, name lables, pocket Bible, etc.

Folder of print souveniers

Letter of recommendation, 1942

Quartermaster Corps school papers, rosters, Camp McCoy

Civilian Conservation Corps roster

Quartermaster School Camp Lee, VA 1943

Army Reserve folder

278th Engineers, 1944, Camp Robinson AR, 1944

Discharge

French brochures

Lion's Club

Panoramic photo, filed seperateley, Co B 278th Engineers, Camp Robinson, AR

Publications. Third Quartermaster School Regiment OCS Class 26 roster; 595th Engineer Base Depot First Organization Day program 1945; Base Section EUCOM COM Z La Rochelle France telephone directory 1952

Voluntary Tours of ACDUTRA (sic) documents

WWII Veteran Benefits 1950s

Newspaper clippings. incl. The Redlander, Schoffield Barracks newsletter Nov 9 1945



Box 2:

Hundreds of letters.

Framed wedding photo.



Oversize items, in Assorted Oversize 23 box:

Activites North Sector Engineer Repair Shops. 2913th Engineer Service Battalion yearbook

Promotion certificates



Items forwarded to Collections Dept.:

Long underwear "Britania"

Denim laundry bag with name stencil

Dates

  • 1942-1995
  • Event: Donated by Mary Dalbotten on 22 Sept 2023 and 1 Aug 2024. Accession 2023.107

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

LTC Archie Theodore Dalbotten, US Army Corps of Engineers. Kenyon Mn. 1687th Engineer Combat Battalion. 656th Engineer Topographic Battalion. Engineer School Fort Belvoir. 278th Engineer Combat Battalion. 1290th Combat Engineer Battalion. Civilian Conservation Corps.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (2 standard banker's boxes. White with red markings. Shelf 9-D-1)

Language of Materials

English

Status
In Progress
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