Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections
Camp Rimini (Mont.) oral histories
Fischer, Karen
1349
0.4 linear feet
in 2 boxes
1982-1983
The Camp Rimini Oral History Collection includes nine audiocassettes, two bound copies of the interview transcriptions, and photocopies of two U.S. Army pamphlets dealing with the use of pack dogs.
Collection materials are in English
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This collection is open for research.
Duplicate copies of audiocassette tapes, and typed transcriptions, of four oral history interviews conducted by Karen Fischer were deposited with the Montana Historical Society in Helena and the Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections in 1983.
Camp Rimini, Montana trained sled and pack dogs for use as war dogs in WWII. The facility was run by the Quartermaster Corps, which was responsible for running the Army's K-9 Corps. In 1981 Karen Fischer, an MSU librarian, received a staff improvement grant to interview some of the surviving members of the dog training program at Camp Rimini. In 1982 and 1983 she interviewed Stuart Mace, David Armstrong, Eddie Barbeau, and John "Jack" Eslick. Topics include the problems involved in procuring and training sled dogs and sled-dog drivers for use in search-and-rescue work in the Arctic; the history of the detachment from its inception at Camp Hale, Colo., to its final days at Fort Robinson, Neb.; administering the program; the project's difficulties, accomplishments, and failures; feeding and health problems encountered by the dogs and search and rescue operations in Newfoundland and Greenland.
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This collection was processed 2014 November 14
The collection includes nine audiocassettes, two bound copies of the interview transcriptions, and photocopies of two U.S. Army pamphlets dealing with the use of pack dogs.
Recordings are on audio cassette. Researchers must request access copies to listen to these recordings.
Fischer, Karen
United States. Army--Officers--Interviews
United States. Army--Officers--Interviews
General Montana History Collection (Montana Historical Society)
Camp Hale (Colo.)
Camp Rimini War Dog Reception and Training Center (Mont.)
Fort Robinson (Neb.)
Montana--Camp Rimini War Dog Reception and Training Center (Mont.)
Montana-- Rimini (Mont.)
Greenland
Montana
Montana--Camp Rimini War Dog Reception and Training Center (Mont.)
Canada, Northern
Dogs--War use
Search and rescue operations--Arctic regions
Sled dogs--Training--Montana
Veterans--Colorado--Interviews
World War, 1939-1945 --Veterans--Colorado--Interviews
World War, 1939-1945 --Montana
Dogs--Training--Montana--Rimini (Mont.)
Sled dogs
World War, 1939-1945 --Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945 --Montana--Rimini
Dogs--Training
Dogs--War use
Dog trainers--Montana--Interviews
Search and rescue operations--Greenland
Search and rescue operations--Newfoundland and Labrador
Search and rescue operations
Sled dogs--Training
Dogs--Training
Rescue dogs--Canada
Dog trainers
Rescue dogs
Oral history
Dogs
Military
Montana
Oral Histories
Interviews--Montana
Oral histories--Montana
Interviews
Personal narratives--United States
Oral histories
Stuart Mace
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1
David Armstrong, Eddie Barbeau, John Eslick
1
2
Pack Dog Manual
1
3
Dog Transportation Manual
1
4
Eddie Barbeau
2
1
Jack Eslick
2
2-3
David Armstrong
2
4
Stuart Mace
2
5-9