Abstract

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

Wendover Airfield was built in the 1940s as a branch of Hill Air Force Base in Davis County.

Scope and Contents

A.C. Designation, Type, Manufacturer and A.C. Classification Covering Spares of

Airplanes prepared by Depot Supply, Ogden Air Depot, Hill Field, Ogden, Utah. Revised

February 28, 1942.

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).

Scope and Contents The Utah Naval Supply Depot Collection was donated by Bob Colvin in October of 2011. It contains material about the Naval Supply Depot in Clearfield, Utah from Lee M. Sailor. This collection is separated into three series, Awards, Employee Handbooks, and News Bulletins. The Awards series contains the awards Lee Sailor was given over the years. The Employee Handbooks series contains the various employee books he collected over his time at the Depot, including...