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Ewer, Daniel collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022.014

Scope and Contents

Personal collection, 2022.014, Box 1, Records:

Red Clay magazine, approx 40 issues. USMC Vets of Khe Sahn, Vietnam. From Brad Borrell.

3 USS Minneapolis St Paul commemorative envelopes. Filed in USSMSP collection.

Camp Cody NM research. Paper and digital files. From the Deming NM Membres museum.

Camp Cody NM aerial blueprint of entire camp. From Mimbres Museum. Filed with rolled materials.

Airman!! United States Air Force Basic Training in Sound. vinyl record album. Lackland AFB, TX. Filed in "Vinyl Records Albums 3" box.

A Chaplain's View, 34th Infantry Division During World War II by Chaplain DeLoss Marken. DVD

Through A Soldier's Eyes, a modern look at the Red Bulls' WWII action in Italy. Twin Cities PBS. DVD

Camp Cody newspaper article. Photo of Zumbrota's Company D loading train for Cody. Star Tribune, July 9, 2017.

"And they called it Ireland" booklet. 34ID. WWII. cartoon illustrations. ca. 1942.

1st Minnesota research papers. Mostly from MNHS.

Dakota War of 1862 research papers. Mostly photocopies of published books. Bibliography.

Green Prairie Cemetery, Camp Ripley research. Genealogy on every person interred. Includes every cemetery and individual grave down range, ie. Franzen Cemetery, Crow Wing Cemetery, Stroming Child grave, Leightner baby grave. 3-ring binder next to desk.

Aerial diagram of Green Prairie Cemetery plots, filed with rolled material.

History of the "Famous" 34th Infantry Division, Attack, Attack, Attack. Photocopy of book with my added Table of Contents, numbered pages, and Index. (kept next to desk with other references.)

Camp Rucker Home of the Vikings booklet, 47ID, 38 pages

Camp Cody, NM business sponsor advertising, 30 pages

A Co, 135th Infantry 1931 panoramic photo

Machine Gun Co, Duluth Aug 1917 panoramic photo

Casual Camp Service Camp Cody, June 2, 1918 panoramic photo

COB Basrah, Iraq flag and certificate

Soviet Army, US training aid. ID cards, armor identification whiz wheel, map, 1976. GTA 30-3-17

WWII German uniform identification booklet. uniforms, insignia, flags, pennants, etc.

US Army Insignia and Decorations pocket guide

The Soldier's Bible, 34ID

Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulson. 1st Minnesota. fiction.

Afghanistan Road Map.

DV, The Desert Voice magazines. OIF. 2008. Filed in Periodical Collection.

Coalition Chronicle magazine. OIF. 2009. Filed in Periodical Collection.

Ripley Reporter newsletters. Filed in Periodical Collection.

6th Material Management Center (6th MMC), US Army Reserve, Arden Hills, MN.

13th Psychological Operations Battalion (13th PSYOP Bn), US Army Reserve, Ft Snelling, MN.

Minot, ND flood response mission, 2011.

State Area Command (STARC), MN National Guard, St Paul.

134th Signal Battalion, MN National Guard.

34th Combat Aviation Brigade (34CAB), Task Force 34 (TF34), OIF depoloyment. 2008-09. incl. framed poster signed by COL Clay Brock-filed seperately.

34th Combat Aviation Brigade (34CAB).



Personal collection, 2022.014, Box 2, Artifacts:

2 glass Pepsi bottles, Arabic logo. GWOT era.

Canister, "Signal, smoke, ground, green, parachute M128A1. empty. Camp Ripley pickup.

Decorative glass plate. Minnesota Air National Guard 50th Anniversary. 1921-1971. C-97, F-51, Oriole, F-89 aircraft.

5 Iraqi soda cans. GWOT era. Mountain Dew in Iraqi script. Rip It. Shani. Rani float. Mirinda.

M60 machine gun barrel wrench. Vietnam/Cold War era.

USMC brass belt buckle.



Personal collection, 2022.014, books:

The 148th Fighter Wing; The Forst Fifty Years by James Juntti. Filed in 148FW Collection.

Muskets to Missiles: A Military History of Minnesota by Virginia Brainard Kunz, 1958. Mimeograph draft of book. Filed in 135th INfantry Collection, box 2.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900-2000
  • Event: Donated by Daniel Ewer on 24 May 2021 and additional dates. Accession 2022.014

Conditions Governing Use

MMVM may, or may not, hold copyrights to materials in this collection. Donors who own copyrights to their donated materials, i.e., photos taken by their grandfather, typically donate their copyrights to MMVM as indicated on the Donation Gift Form. We recognize it is incumbent upon the researcher to procure permission to copy or publish information from this collection from the owner of the copyright.

Biographical / Historical

MSG (Ret) Daniel Ewer, 101st Airborne Division, 34th Infantry Division. Minnesota National Guard Command Historian. GWOT. Served 1985-2022.

Full Extent

2 Linear Feet (One white standard banker's box. Shelf 6-C-4.)

Language of Materials

English

Minnesota National Guard Command Historian donations, 2022.013 unless otherwise indicated:

American Legion 382 garrison cap (to Collections) 2021.044

Tan color garrison cap (to Collections) 2021.044

Bugle, E Battery, 151st Field Artillery (to Collections) 2021.044

Aviator headset, marked "Red Bull 7" (to Collections)

Bolt of red fabric for exhibits (to Collections)

MN flag flown over Bosnia (to Collections)

MNNG unit patches, approx. 30 different (to Collections)

E Battery, 151st Field Artillery banner signed by unit (to Collections)

Patriot Guard signed banner (to Collections)

"Mines" warning ribbon/tape

Task Force 34, 34th CAB, OIF 08-10. Incl framed patch poster, signed by COL Brock. video tapes. PAO files.

34th Division News Center framed photo, WWII

2 Reveille Field Camp 68th Infantry Brigade 1918 panoramic photos

Co C, 1st Regt, MN Vol Cavalry certificate on canvas

WWII map case with Polish deserter documents, 168th Infantry, 34ID

Robert Jacobson collection, WWII, 734th Ordnance 2023.076

Chandler WWII 17th Field Artillery letters 2023.077

Cpl Arthur Goede collection, 135th Infantry documents and photos, artifacts to Collections 2023.078

Tech5 Archibald Court collection, 151FA photo album, letters, photos, panoramic, uniform, books. 2023.079

Robideau, Sgt B C collection. Court documents. soldier assaulted by Robideau. Gen Walsh presiding. 2024.065

MNNG Command Historian collection. Approx 30 boxes of binders, loose documents, photo negatives and prints, media advisories, newspaper clippings, 34mm slides, etc. See seperate accession record.

MNNG Command Historian Library. approx 200 books. periodicals. forwarded to museum library.

Tillemans, Larry. Nuremberg War Trials. Emmy winning The Typist PBS film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I4TzZm99EA

34ID WWII SACA ceramics.

Utvekslingen mellom, Heimevernet og Minnesota National Guard. NOREX history in Norwegian language. Filed in NOREX collection.

Camp Bondsteel Kosovo, 34th Infantry Division. KFOR 5B. 2003-2004.

Minnesota Army National Guard, 34th Infantry (Red Bull) Division, Company B, 434th Main Support Battalion, Family Deplyment Handbook.

Task Force Falcon, 34th Infantry Division, Feb-Aug 2004.

SFOR14- Bosnia

The Training and Battlefield Employment of the 34th Infantry Division in World War II: the first two years. by Dr Richard W Stewart.

In Katrina's Wake: The National Guard on the Gulf Coast 2005.

I Am The Guard. (comic book)

Archivist acquisitions reimbursed by museum, 2023.134:

151st Field Artillery Rainbow Division ring (to Collections)

Postcards. Thanksgiving Battery F 125th Field Artillery, Camp Cody NM; Christmas Joys, Camp Cody 1917;

GEN Vessey photo with Casper Weinberger press photo. Oct 1983 press conference at Pentagon.

George Schafer CDV photo. Owatonna MN National Guard. Civil War era.

USS Minnesota art print. 8x10.

USS Minnesota Christening Ceremony poster.

USS Minnesota (BB-22) postcard.

151st Field Artillery Victory Day parade, Nov 11 1918. photo album. 40 photos.

USS Minneapolis Saint Paul, SSN 708 submarine. Welcome Aboard booklet. ca. 1983.

Co K, 13th Minnesota framed unit photo/print

40th National Encampment of the GAR book, (to Library)

Span Am War photos, embroidery grouping (flat file)

Camp Lakeview letter. 2nd Regiment. 1906.

The Jet O Scope newsletters. USAF Base Duluth. 1958-1960. Filed in "Asst Oversize 25" box.

Twin Cities Ordnance News. newsletters. Jan 1 1943, March 10 1943, June 30 1943.

PS, Preventative Maintence Monthly, Issue 127, 1963. Filed in PS collection.

Photo album, Camp Ripley, 1930s. Album #157.

Vietnam War protest media photo, Whipple Building.

Vietnam War protest media photo, "MN Vets for Peace".

Appleton, Minnesota, Home of Honored Veterans. (135th Infantry) 2022.013:

NAME, RANK, MILITARY, PLACE OF DEATH, PAGE

World War II

BEHL, Amos H., T/SGT, Army, England, 5

BORDSON, Leslie W., S.3/C

CHRISTENSON, Roy

EDQUIST, Carl W.

GAULKE, Walter M.

HAVEN, Edwin L.

HEIDELBERGER, Leslie A.

HERING, Malvin

MILES, Hugh S.

MROZEK, Leo J.

MUNSTERMAN, Raymond C. S/SGT

NELSON, Kenneth W.

NELSON, Maynard A.

NELSON, Richard H.

PAUL, Norbert W.

PETRICK, Elmer

PODOLL, Donald C.

REUSS, Leland C.

ROBERTSON, Virgil A.

RONNING, Alvin I.

ROONEY, Robert A.

SCHLIEMAN, Max E.

SNELLING, Ernest W.

SORENSON, Norvin M.

THIELKE, Reuben W.

VEUM, Ole

WAGNER, Leonard W.

WERRING, Burt A.

WERRING, Leigh H.

WILKENING, Clifford C.

WYMAN, Sidney G.

SPARMANN

DAHLSTROM, Arvid I.

BARDUSON, David J.

GUNDERSON, Thomas L.

LARSON, Ronald J.

HANCOCK, Lester A.

MILLER, Robert P.

TROST, Jon L.
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:
Daniel Ewer
Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum
21702 Haven Road
Little Falls MN 56345 United States