Hancock, Lester collection
Scope and Contents
Box 1:
1861- School of the Soldier booklet reprint
1917- WWI tract V.D. Prevention booklet
1917- 351st Infantry
1918- WWI Camp Dodge booklet
1918- .45 caliber pistol booklet
1918-1942- Oran H. Classen
1919- France map
1919- WWI France ticket
1919- WWI France magazine
1919- rosters and official documents incl. 88th Division; 350th Infantry; etc.
1922- 135th Infantry
1922-1926- National Guard papers
1926- Roster booklet, misc.
1927- Roster booklet, misc.
1928- Roster booklet, misc.
1929- Roster booklet, misc.
1929-1943- Army Bulletins
1930- Colville Memorial flyer
1930- National Guard stationing plan
1931- Roster booklet, misc.
1932- Roster booklet, misc.
1933- Roster booklet, misc.
1934- Roster booklet, misc.
1935- Roster booklet, misc.
1936- Big Stone Lake map; R.P. Miller game violation
1937- Roster; 135th Infantry
1938- Roster; orders
1939- Parks and highway projects
1939- orders, rosters, 135th Infantry
1940- Roster, 135th Infantry, medical records
1941- 217 Coast Artillery, 135th Infantry roster and papers
1941-1942- Two Army Officer Notebooks, blank
1941-1945- Hancock's payroll
1942- Gen Ryder photo; 135th Infantry
1943- Training Aids/Equipment, Inspection Outlines, Lessons Learned-Personal Experiences, Inspection Trips-Reports (sic); pocket notebook, photo: Bizerte N Africa, Cols Hancock, Ellman, Johnson, Fitzgerald, Beatty; orders; rosters
1943- M1903-M1 scorebook
1943- 135th Infantry historical account Sept-Oct 1943, photos
1943-1945- Courts Martial
1944- Italy, WWII, commentary
1944- orders, rosters, etc.
1944- WWII Cassino booklet- Infantry Combat Part Eleven: Small-Unit Actions at Cassino
1944- LIFE magazine photo prints, 8x10
1945- Bill Mauldin and clippings
1945, Aug- The Listening Post newsletter- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
1945- WWII serial numbers article
1946- Infantry Division WWII Organization
1946- NGAUS "The American Samurai"
1946- National Guard of the United States (NGAUS)
1946- Ft Benning GA
1947-1961- American Legion Post 72, Russel Johnson
1947- The Next Hill by Everest, 168th Infantry
1947- 168th Infantry, Hill 609
1947- Hancock promotion to Colonel certificate
Box 2:
Map pocket guide, Naples and Pompei
Community Sing Session pocket lyric book
1939, 1- Soldier Without Arms, 2- Soldier With Arms, 3- Drill for Foot Troops The Squad
1945- Hancock papers
1947- Hancock papers
1947-48- Hancock papers, Hill 609
1947-48- Hancock papers, Volturno River
1948- Hancock papers
1949- Hancock papers
1950- Hancock papers, Hill 609
1951- Hancock papers
1952- Hancock papers, 135th Infantry history booklets
1952- Hancock papers
1953, June- Report to the Army booklet
1953, National Guard Assoc., It's Purposes and Accomplishments booklet
1953- Armed Forces Tank magazines: 440 Report on World Affairs Jan-March 1953; 441 The US Northeast Command; 446 You and I USA
1954- Hancock papers
1955- North Africa map
1956- Hancock papers
1957- US Army Installations manual, PAM 210-1
1957- Hancock papers
1959- Wilson Company strike
1959- Dedication of the National Guard Memorial
Print collateral
Photographs
1960- Leader biographies. Philip C Bettenburg, Robert P Miller, Joseph E Nelson
1960- North Africa Cemetery and Memorial
1962- Sioux Uprising article
1964- 34ID history etc.
1966- Lineage of 747 Maintenance Bn
1971- Retired Officer Association
1977- HMS Broke, 3-135th Infantry
1977- Twin City Garrison Club
1977- correspondence
Undated papers
136th Infantry History
WWII North Africa
Misc. notes
Newspaper articles
135th Infantry etc. song lyrics
Hancock funeral
Obituaries. Hendrickson, Torney, Miller
Civil War officers, Organizations, and Units
Company M, 135th Infantry Regt
136th Infantry Regt
Hancock orders etc.
3rd Bn-135th Infantry Regt Association
Correspondence
Newsletters. The Doughboy Dud and The Weekly Star (WWII 34ID); Muzzle Blast Camp Ripley 1943; The Bearcat 1950, 1952; 2nd Repl Depot North Africa New Depot Dots 1943; Atlantic War Bulletin Antrim Ireland July 8 Vol 1 Serial 6; The Gossips Weekly, 135th Infantry 17 Oct 1942
Magazine articles. WWII-era.
Newspaper clippings. 1938-1968.
Orders and official documents. 1928-1946.
Misc.
Dates
- 1861-1977
- Event: Donated by Lester Hancock prior to 2020. Accession 2025.025
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Gen. Lester A. Hancock, 228 E. Rooney, Appleton MN. 1894-1981. 135th Infantry.
Extent
3 Linear Feet (Two white standard banker's boxes.)
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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