Pictorial History of Fort Wolters, Volume 16: Historic

Casper, Willie H., Jr.

Pictorial History of Fort Wolters, Volume 16: Historic Metadata

Metadata describes a digital item, providing (if known) such information as creator, publisher, contents, size, relationship to other resources, and more. Metadata may also contain "preservation" components that help us to maintain the integrity of digital files over time.

Available Formats

Dublin Core: XML Dublin Core: JSON Dublin Core: Text Dublin Core: RDF/XML UNTL: XML Access METS: XML

Title

Main Title Pictorial History of Fort Wolters, Volume 16: Historic
Series Title Pictorial History of Fort Wolters
Added Title Fort Wolters History: Volume 16, Historic

Creator

Author: Casper, Willie H., Jr.

Creator Type: Personal

Date

Digitized: 2008-02

Language

English

Description

Content Description: This volume includes photographs of local citizens, pictures of the Possum Kingdom dam, and a record of a visit to the Fort from [then] Senator Lyndon B. Johnson.
Physical Description: [81] p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Subject

Library of Congress Subject Headings: Camp Wolters (Tex.)
Library of Congress Subject Headings: Fort Wolters (Tex.)
University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Forts
Keyword: U.S. Army Primary Helicopter Training School

Primary Source

Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

Place Name: United States - Texas - Palo Pinto County
Time Period: mod-tim
Start Date: 1959
End Date: 1965

Collection

Name: Pictorial History of Fort Wolters

Code: PHFW

Institution

Name: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Code: BDPL

Rights

Rights Access: public
Rights License: by-nc-nd

Resource Type

Book

Format

Text

Identifier

Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth34983

Note

Display Note: This multi-volume collection of photographs documents the history of Fort Wolters from its inception as a National Guard Training Center in 1921 through its high point as the U.S. Army Primary Helicopter Training Center/School to its closing, as Fort Wolters, in 1974 The collection was compiled by Col. Willie H. Casper, Jr., from public sources and declassified government photographs and documents. Col. Casper was the deputy commander of Fort Wolters from 1965 to 1971.