Wendover Utah Air Base photograph collection

Wendover Utah Air Base photograph collection, 1941-1944

Overview of the Collection

Title: Wendover Utah Air Base photograph collection
Dates: 1941-1944 (inclusive)
19411944
Quantity: 14 photographs
Collection Number: P0581
Summary: The Wendover Utah Air Base photograph collection contains photographs that depict daily life as well as USO and recreational activities at the Wendover, Utah, Army Air Base during World War II.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The photographs in P0581 depict daily life at the Wendover, Utah, Army Air Base during World War II. Only USO and recreational activities are shown; there are no photographs of historic airplanes or flight operations. The Wendover Air Base served as a training base from 1940 through the end of World War II, and parts of it are still in use as the Utah Test and Training Range, managed by the U.S. Air Force. Some photographs have official stamps with the date and other information; some have captions written on the reverse of the print; some have both sources of information, while some have no identifications at all. It is not known who wrote the captions on the backs of the photographs.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Roy Webb in 2003.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Wendover Utah Air Base photos Photograph number 1: [Sheep] Photograph number 2: "One of my White Pine (Ely) High School girls came up to work on base because I was there" [unidentified woman] Photograph number 3: [decorated recreation hall] 216th AAF- BU official photograph Photograph number 4: "Entrance Hall. Service Club. Wendover. 3 June 44" 216th AAF-BU official photograph Photograph number 5: "Burpo-my assistant. 12-25-43" man carving turkey in hall decorated for Christmas] U.S. Army Air Corps official photograph, Base Photographic Section, Army Air Base, Wendover, Utah. Photograph number 6: [duplicate of 1:1:5 without official stamp] Photograph number 7: "Christmas party, 1941. M. Mch.-Director of Service Clubs" Photograph number 8: "Christmas Party at Service Club 1941" Photograph number 9: "Three of my secretaries-very pretty girls" Photograph number 10: "Capt. Denny at mike-This was Salt Lake City. I was guest in wings. Pass in Review cast. 5 July 44." 216th AAF-BU official photograph Photograph number 11: "Blue Eagle and Librarian for Base" 216th AAF-BU official photograph Photograph number 12: "Sunday afternoon. Open house EM [enlisted men] Service Club" 216th AAF-BU official photograph Photograph number 13: "Little recreation room for group who ran Service Club; boys had painted it shiny green with white decorations: piano, lamps, etc. Idiots Delight. Gal [?] Holland, decorator and musician. Service Club, Wendover. 3 June 44" Photograph number 14: "Utah-Nevada state line. West Wendover, Nevada after Smith started his gas station"	1941-1945

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

World War II (1939-1945)

Corporate Names

United States. Air Force
Wendover Army Air Field (Utah)

Form or Genre Terms

Photographic prints--Color

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