Dalbotten, Archie collection
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
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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
Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
Camp Ripley
15000 Highway 115
Little Falls MN 56345 United States
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