Frank Lee Cory letters about Ft. Missoula, Montana

Frank Lee Cory letters about Ft. Missoula, Montana, 1983-1984

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Cory, Frank Lee,1911-
Title: Frank Lee Cory letters about Ft. Missoula, Montana
Dates: 1983-1984 (inclusive)
1983-19841983-1984
Quantity: 4 items
Collection Number: Mss 406
Summary: This collection includes four letters between Frank Cory and Wallace J. Long, dated 1983 and 1984, regarding the history of Fort Missoula in Missoula, Montana, during the 1930s.
Repository: University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions: Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.
Additional Reference Guides: Finding aid in the repository.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Frank Lee Cory was born on December 4, 1911, in Miles City, Montana. He was enlisted at Fort Missoula, Montana in 1933. He served in Unit C Company, First Battalion, 4th Infantry, and was discharged in 1937. In 1938, Cory went to work at a ranch fifty miles from Miles City. He worked there for three years, and married in 1941. That fall, he went to work at the Milwaukee Railroad in Miles City. In 1942, Cory was called back into service with the Army Air Corps, and sent overseas to England, where he worked in the motor pool repairing jeeps and trucks. After the war, he was sent back to the U.S. and was discharged in 1946 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. He worked for the Milwaukee Railroad until 1958. He worked as a farm hand at Fort Keogh, Montana in 1959, and that fall began to work for the Miles City post office. He worked there for seventeen years, and retired at the age of sixty-four.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection includes four letters between Frank Cory and Wallace J. Long, dated 1983 and 1984, regarding the history of Fort Missoula in Missoula, Montana. As a volunteer researcher at the Historical Museum of Fort Missoula, Wallace Long wrote to Frank Cory requesting background information about Cory and his service experience at the fort in the 1930s and Cory responded. Cory also included a hand-drawn map of the fort and its buildings.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes.

Preferred Citation

[Name of document or photograph number], Frank Lee Cory Letters about Ft. Missoula, Montana, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

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