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Utah Defense Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-143

Abstract

Newspaper articles, newspaper supplements and photographs of the Ogden Defense Depot, Ogden, Utah and Hill Air Force Base, Clearfield, Utah, 1941-1979. Newspaper articles are from The Deseret News and photographs depict early American fighter jet and Hill Air Force Base runway. Oversize manuscript drawer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1941 - 1979

Extent

1 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

1 Page taken from The Deseret News, December 13, 1941. Main article, “Huge Defense Projects Make Weber County Hive of Activity.”



2 The Deseret News supplement, December 13, 1941. “The Christmas News.”



3 The Deseret News supplement, January 3, 1979. “388th Tactical Fighter Wing Welcomes the F-16 to Hill Air Force Base & Utah.”



4 Photograph, black and white, 9" x 18". Hill Air Force Base runway showing trucks and snow-covered Wasatch Mountains, c.a. 1941.



5 Photograph, sepia tone, 15" x 21". P-80 “Shooting Star” jet, Hill Field, Utah, 1950.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the WSU Stewart Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
3921 Central Campus Drive Dept 2901
Ogden UT 84408