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[News Script: Brucker]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of Wilbur M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army. He arrives for ceremonies concerning the transition of Wolters Air Force Base to Camp Wolters, an army installation.
Date: July 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Ex-Confederates, Mineral Wells Camp No. 772

Description: No information is available about this photograph, other than inscription "Ex. Confederates Min. Wells Camp no. 772" written in white or silver ink. There are twenty-three men in the picture (16 standing, 7 kneeling) apparently taken on NE 1st Street, beside the rock-constructed Yeager Drug Store. The apparent ages of the men indicates they were probably surviving veterans of the Civil War, either living in Mineral Wells or attending a convention here. The photograph is mounted on cardboard.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Aerial View of Camp Wolters, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the camp area of Camp Wolters as seen from the sky. Forests, fields, and roads surround the camp area, which is situated near the center of the photo. Rows of buildings can be seen in a section to the left and in another section closer to a body of water.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Army. Air Corps.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Palo Pinto County Historical Association

[Letter from Harold to Mary Langrill - August 1, 1943]

Description: Letter written on "Recreation Hall" letterhead from Camp Wolters by Harold Langrill to his wife, telling her how happy he is that they have now been married two years. Then hedescribes the night training exercises that they have just done and all of the activities the next day. He also talks about finances, a letter of reference, and asks her to send a photograph of herself.
Date: August 1, 1943
Creator: Langrill, Harold
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: UNT Libraries

Panorama of Camp Wolters, TX

Description: This picture is a panoramic photograph of Camp Wolters in Mineral Wells, Texas, the largest infantry replacement center in 1941. Labels on photograph identify (left to right) Target Range, Regimental Area No. 4, Dental Clinic,Guest House, Service Club, Theater, Regimental Area No. 3, Infantry Replacement Center/Headquarters Area, Regimental Area No. 6, Warehouse Area, Corps Area Service Command and Hospital Area, Regimental Area No. 2, Regimental Area No. 1, and Machine Gun Range.
Date: 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Camp Wolters - Texas

Description: Illustrated here is a panoramic view of Camp Wolters, Texas. Labels on photograph identify (left to right) Area No. 4, Sports Arena, Service Club, Area No. 5, Area No. 3, Area No. 2, and Area No.1. Platoons of soldiers are marching on the left side of the photograph.
Date: 1945
Creator: Camp Wolters Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Camp Wolters Soldiers at Mass]

Description: Illustrated here is a photograph of a large group of solders seated in wooden chairs inside a large room. There are two aisles running between the groups of chairs and doors are visible in the background. A text at the top of the image says, "Early Sunday Mass, Camp Wolters, Texas." A handwritten note on the back says, "from Ted Gurney."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries

Service Club, Camp Wolters, Texas

Description: An illustration of the Service Club at Camp Wolters, which was located just outside Mineral Wells, Texas is shown here. Once the largest Infantry Replacement Training Center during World War II, Camp [later Fort] Wolters was re-opened during the Korean Conflict, and again during the Vietnam War. This portrait of the service club is probably a photograph taken from an old picture postcard.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters: A picture book of the camp and its activities

Description: According to the introduction, "Here is your Camp Wolters, a photo-record of faces and places to hold for you the memory of your first days in Our Army at this infantry replacement training center." The booklet includes photographs and a commentary regarding different sorts of training and exercise, meal times, recreational activities, and camp buildings.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

The United States Army Welcomes You to its Newest Aviation Training Center, 13 July 1956

Description: This pamphlet was a program for the activities surrounding the formal reconstitution of Camp Wolters as an Army installation. It includes a greeting from Colonel John L. Inskeep, a brief history of Camp Wolters, a list of the day's events, and two sketched maps of the camp and parade grounds.
Date: July 13, 1956
Creator: United States. Army.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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[News Clip: Brucker]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of Wilbur M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army. He arrives for ceremonies concerning the transition of Wolters Air Force Base to Camp Wolters, an army installation.
Date: July 13, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Entrance to Camp Wolters]

Description: Found on page 158 of "TIME WAS In Mineral Wells" by A. F. Weaver, the caption to this picture reads, "Entrance to the original Camp Wolters around the 1930's. This entrance was located near and behind the present National Guard Armory." The Texas National Guard 112th Cavalry Service Troop maintained an armory on West Mountain, from a time before 1923. The hill itself was dubbed "Cavalry Hill." The Service Troop was later re-named 124th Cavalry, Troop F--which attained to fame as par… more
Date: 1935?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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