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This collection contains the records of the Defense Depot Ogden that was built during World War II. The depot also housed an Italian and German POW camp.

Abstract The drawings architectural drawings of the Defense Depot of Ogden (DDO) deal mostly with renovating, remodeling, and updating the buildings between the 1940s and the late 1990s. There is a group of drawings in the early 1940s that includes original blueprints for newly built buildings. Almost every drawing was given a number within a series. The series if fairly easy to follow with each project number followed the last two digits of the year in which the drawing was used. The series from the...

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This collection contains Ogden, Utah Defense Depot historical information donated by Ernest Cook, Defense Depot historian during 1963-1966. It contains charts, correspondence, programs, early history of the Depot, and the Annual Historical Summary, 1963-1964. Also included are photographs of Depot personnel and buildings.

Abstract Contains copy of newspaper Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday morning June 18, 1929, and photograph with writing: “The Ogden arsenal of the U.S. Army, near Ogden, Utah, is mostly in ruins, as a result of a sudden terrific gale. Thirty large buildings were razed, a mile of newly erected 10-foot wire fence was flattened. Some of the wrecked magazines contained artillery and anti-aircraft shells and thousands of rounds of other ammunition, but there were no explosions. Photo shows a close up of one of...

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This collection contains materials donated by the Ogden Naval Reserve. It includes photographs of the commanding officers and events that occurred at the building. It includes a Guest Book (May 9, 1975 – September 6, 1997).