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Camp Ripley (Minn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Name Authority File
Scope Note: Camp Ripley (1929-Active) - First established in 1929. Named after Fort Ripley (1), which in turn was named after Major General Eleazar W. Ripley. Active military installation. Variants include: Minnesota. Army National Guard. Camp Ripley; Minnesota. Army National Guard. Camp Ripley Training Site; Camp Ripley Training Site (Minn.); Camp Ripley National Guard Training Site (Minn.); Camp Ripley Military Installation (Minn.); Camp Ripley Military Reservation (Minn.)

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Review of the 59th Field Artillery Brigade, 1935 June 24

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: VM 2
Abstract

Shows scenes of transporting troops by truck convoy to Camp Ripley and the review of the 59th Field Artillery, 151st Field Artillery, 125th Field Artillery, 185th Field Artillery by Adjutant General E.A. Walsh and Major General George E. Leach.

Dates: 1935 June 24
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum / Mss 4-PH 2-PS 5-VM 2, Minnesota. Adjutant Generals Office Records / Films

Rolled materials

 Collection
Identifier: SpC 7
Dates: Majority of material found within 1862 - 1968
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum / Rolled materials

Schaefer, Frank WPA papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 095
Scope and Contents

3 folders of documents and approx. 17 photos/postcards.

Dates: 1930 - 1940; Event: Donated by Paula Schaefer on 27 Dec 2022 and 17 Feb 2023. Accession 2023.017
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum / Schaefer, Frank WPA papers

Scrapbooks and photo albums

 Collection
Identifier: Ph 010
Dates: 1917 - 2010
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum / Scrapbooks and photo albums

Sharples, Kieth collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ph 022
Scope and Contents

- Camp Ripley, 1932, 205th Infantry Band

- A Battery, 125th Field Artillery, Camp Ripley, Minnesota 1935

Dates: 1932 - 1935; Event: Donated by COL (R) Keith Sharples in July 2022. Accession 2022.157
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum / Sharples, Kieth collection

Sieben, James J. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 118
Content Description

6 James Sieben (TAG) Scrapbooks, https://mnmilarchive.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/digital_objects/6

151st Scrapbook

Framed Norwegian Fort Picture

Dates: Majority of material found within 1918 - 1980
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum / Sieben, James J. Collection

Smith, Leland collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 47
Scope and Contents

Leland's largest donation was approx. 4 pallets of boxed material. Approx. 30 binders of US president and foreign country news clippings were not accessioned and were forwarded to the book sale. The remaining approx. 40 binders covering Minnesota military and Middle East topics.

Dates: 1909 - 1960; Event: Donated by Leland Smith on multiple dates.
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum / Smith, Leland collection

Ted Anderson photographs

 Incoming Materials — Box Ted Anderson
Identifier: 2017-012
Dates: 1937 - 1952
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum

Video: Camp Ripley, Minnesota Field Training, Camp Ripley, Little Falls, Minnesota

 Digital Record
Identifier: VM 2.1.3
Dates: 1935
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum

Weeks, Morton collection

 Collection — Box Assorted Collections 4
Identifier: Ph 023
Scope and Contents

Photos and postcards of Camp Ripley and Little Falls Minn.

Donor form also lists "Camp Lakeview photos" but none in collection.

Dates: 1930 - 1960; Event: Donated by Devery Weeks on Sept 1, 2011. Accession 2011.55
Found in: Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum / Weeks, Morton collection

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