United States Army 366th Infantry Regiment and other Colored Divisions Collection
Scope and content
Collection contains collected information pertaining mostly to the 366th Infantry Regiment. Includes publications, photographs, films and video about the regiment, some from Fort Devens, Fort Dix, and Camp Gifu in Kakamigahara Japan. Also an index with photos of tombstones compiled by James E. Pratt of members who were killed in action. Discs of oral histories and presentations conducted by Pratt about the regiment are also included. Also material relating to the rediscovery of a bell given by the 366th found at the Parrocchia Saint Maria Del Carmine in Apulia. Morning Reports for the 366th from March 1941 through March 1945 compiled by Pratt are also included. These reports detail regiment activity before and during combat. Also lists of rosters and payroll for the various companies and units as well as general orders. Also digital files of bios of soldiers from the unit and digital photographs and press coverage from events in Italy in 2017 involving the unit.
Also, DVD of 366th Infantry Regiment training at Fort Devens and material regarding re-discovery of the church bell of Parrocchia S. Maria del Carmine, Piazza Vittorio Veneto, which was given as a gift by the 366th Infantry in 1944.
Dates
- ca. 1940-2017
Creator
- Pratt, James E. (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Restrictions on Use:
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings, viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information on ordering access copies may be found on our Reproductions and Permissions page.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
The 366th served with distinction in World War I and II. It faced combat in World War II in Italy with the 92nd Infantry Division. The unit was notable in that, unlike other segregated units, the officers were not white. While many of the members were African American, individuals with dark skin from other ethnicities were also placed with the 366th.
Extent
8.8 cubic feet. (8.8 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Collection contains collected information pertaining mostly to the 366th Infantry Regiment.
Arrangement
Series I. Books and Documents Boxes 2-9
Series II. Reproductions of Original Large Format Photographs Mapcase
Series III. Digital Material Box 1
Series IV. 8mm Movie Films Please use DVD copies, not film reels Box 1
Physical Description
Motion Pictures, Photographs, publications
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- February 2015
- EAD encoding:
- RMC Staff, February 2015
- Date modified:
- Kristen Reichenbach, August 2018
- African American soldiers.
- Fort Devens (Mass.)
- Fort Devens (Mass.)
- Military participation -- African American.
- United States Army Training Center, Infantry (Fort Dix, N.J.)
- United States. Army -- : Pictorial works. -- : African American troops
- World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- February 2015
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 12/07/2018: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu