Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Guide to the Hector T. Garcia Memorial, Army Specialized Training Reserve Program, United States Army (ASTRP Company A, Unit 3923) Collection
1944-2007
Cage 763
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biography/History
- Scope and Content
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Names and Subjects
- Detailed Description of Collection
- Series 1: Correspondence, 1951-2003
- Series 2: Membership records and member search files, 1984-2007
- Series 3: Reports, memorabilia, historical and miscellaneous materials, 1944-2007
- Series 4: Reunions, 1974-2006
- Series 5: Audiovisual media, 1985-2006 and undated
- Series 6: Photographs, 1974-2006
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- Hector T. Garcia Memorial, Army Specialized Training Reserve Program, United States Army (ASTRP Company A, Unit 3923) Collection
- Title
- Hector T. Garcia Memorial Collection
- Title
- Army Specialized Training Reserve Program, United States Army (ASTRP Company A, Unit 3923) Collection
- ID
- Cage 763
- Date [inclusive]
- 1944-2007
- Extent
- 5.75 Linear feet of shelf space, 12 boxes
- Location
- (MASC STAFF USE) Folder 234: boxed oversize.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- The Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP) was one of several U.S. Army special programs created during World War II to meet needs for large numbers of soldiers with special technical and professional skills. Washington State College in Pullman, Washington was home to ASTRP Company A, Unit 3923. This collection consists of materials related to ASTRP Company A, Unit 3923, mainly from the years following their military service. It documents the sustained long-term relationships of many members, and the group's post-war activities.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description] ASTRP Company A, Unit 3923 collection
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Biography/History
The Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP) was one of several U.S. Army special programs created during World War II to meet needs for large numbers of soldiers with special technical and professional skills. ASTRP was created for men who were not yet old enough to be eligible for the military draft (17 years old), to provide college training with military scholarships, thus building a pool of personnel especially well prepared for military service as technicians, specialists, and officer training.
Washington State College in Pullman, Washington was home to ASTRP Company A, Unit 3923. In July 1944, its 250 members--17-year-olds from various western states--arrived on campus. From July until December, they received intensive academic and physical training at WSC, lived on campus in dormitories, and participated in competitive athletics. The 181 members who finished the program scattered to a wide variety of military assignments, but after forming strong personal relationships as members of this cohort many of them maintained lifelong connections with the group. Hector Garcia facilitated these connections through sustained research over many years to locate members.
The group held its first reunion in 1951, and began meeting regularly beginning in 1974. Their tenth reunion was held in 2006.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of materials related to ASTRP Company A, Unit 3923, mainly from the years following their military service. It documents the sustained long-term relationships of many members, and the group's post-war activities. Most of the records are those kept by member Hector Garcia as the informal archivist for the group, and the balance includes papers from Bob Glotzbach, a member who authored a history of the cohort, Fortunate Soldiers (or Soldiers of Fortune) (Glen Ellen, CA: Regeneration Sources, 1997).
The materials include correspondence, company rosters, files related to Garcia's efforts to locate cohort members, reunion files, statistical reports and compilations, collected historical materials, photographs and audiovisual media.
The collection is named in honor of Hector Garcia (1926-2009).
Arrangement
The Garcia and Glotzbach materials have been merged into a single collection arranged in six series:
Series 1: Correspondence, 1951-2003
Series 2: Membership records and member search files, 1984-2007
Series 3: Reports, memorabilia, historical and miscellaneous materials, 1944-2007
Series 4: Reunions, 1974-2006
Series 5: Audiovisual media, 1985-2006 and undated
Series 6: Photographs, 1974-2006
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2016
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to the Washington State University Libraries in 2011 by Leah Garcia, the wife of Hector Garcia, the group's archivist, and Bob Glotzbach, a member of the group (accession number MS 2011-06).
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2011 by Katrina Burch.
Names and Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
Subject(s) :
- Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.) -- History.
- State College of Washington -- History -- Sources.
- United States. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
- Washington State University -- History -- Sources.
Subject(s)
- Teenage soldiers -- United States -- History -- Sources.
- Veterans -- United States -- Biography.
- Military
- Washington (State)
- Colleges and Universities
Detailed Description of Collection
Series 1: Correspondence, 1951-2003 |
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Hector Garcia correspondence |
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| box | folder | |||
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ASTRP members, 1974-2000 |
1 | 1 | ||
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Ned Ward, 1974-1997 |
1 | 2 | ||
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Bob Glotzbach, 1988-1999 |
1 | 3-5 | ||
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Correspondence with non-members, 1989-2000 |
1 | 6 | ||
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George Crampton, 1997-2000 |
1 | 7 | ||
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Miscellaneous, 1990 |
1 | 8 | ||
| box | folder | |||
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Bob Glotzbach correspondence, 1951-2003 |
1 | 9 | ||
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Bob Glotzbach correspondence, 1951-2003 (continued) |
2 | 10-14 | ||
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Series 2: Membership records and member search files, 1984-2007 |
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| box | folder | |||
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Company A records, 1990-1998 |
2 | 15 | ||
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Lists (Mailing, rosters, deceased members, and statistical data), 2003-2008 |
3 | 16-17 | ||
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Rosters and search documents, undated |
3 | 18 | ||
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Membership correspondence, obituaries, information on Henry Butherus, and rosters, 2006-2007 |
3 | 19 | ||
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Member verifications |
3 | 20 | ||
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Searches and results, 1988-2002 |
3 | 21 | ||
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Death certificate application forms, circa 1997-2003 |
3 | 22 | ||
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Death certificates and death notices, 1984-2006 |
3 | 23 | ||
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Death certificates and death notices, 1984-2006 (continued) |
4 | 24 | ||
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Death records, 1974-2006 |
4 | 25 | ||
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Death notices, 2005-2007 |
4 | 26 | ||
Member search files |
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| box | folder | |||
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Joseph Barlow, 1995-2004 |
4 | 27 | ||
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Richard Hal Calkins, 1998-2003 |
4 | 28 | ||
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Richard Kennedy Floyd, 1994-2001 |
4 | 29 | ||
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William Claud Moore, 1994-1998 |
4 | 30-32 | ||
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Robert V. Petersen, 1993-1997 |
5 | 33 | ||
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Samuel Robert Rosenberg, Jr., 1994-1997 |
5 | 34 | ||
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Bernard S. Schwartz, 1994-1997 |
5 | 35 | ||
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Roger H. Walther, 1994-1997 |
5 | 36 | ||
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Benito Luigi Bacci, Donald Heyworth Miller, Melvin Gale Roskelley, 1997-1999 |
5 | 37-38 | ||
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Locating members, 1996-2008 |
5 | 39 | ||
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Locating members, 1992-1997 |
5 | 40-41 | ||
| box | folder | |||
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Identification of members of Platoons A and B, 1994 December |
6 | 42 | ||
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Series 3: Reports, memorabilia, historical and miscellaneous materials, 1944-2007 |
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| box | folder | |||
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ASTRP historical background and related correspondence, 1944-1986 |
6 | 43 | ||
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Colonel Henry Butherus (correspondence, photograph, news clippings, and memorial information), 1976-2007 |
6 | 44 | ||
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Photographs of Palouse and Camp Roberts, CA (photocopies), draft of Bob Glotzbach's book, and clipping from Forbes magazine, undated |
6 | 45 | ||
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Memorabilia (news articles, pamphlet, and photographs), undated |
6 | 46 | ||
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Memorabilia ("life after Pullman"), undated |
6 | 47 | ||
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Member orders, 1944 |
6 | 48 | ||
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Story and photographs on Mary Lou Neil |
6 | 49 | ||
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Fortunate Soldiers (bound volume), 1997 |
6 | 50 | ||
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Fortunate Soldiers (draft) |
6 | 51 | ||
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Data compilation by Hector Garcia (military statistics, post-war statistics, rosters, and information about deceased members) |
7 | 52 | ||
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ASTRP statistics, 1998 |
7 | 53-54 | ||
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Series 4: Reunions, 1974-2006 |
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| box | folder | |||
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San Francisco, 1974 |
7 | 55-56 | ||
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Oakland Airport, Oakland, CA, 1984-1986 |
7 | 57-59 | ||
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Pullman, WA, 1990 |
8 | 60-61 | ||
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Asilomar, CA, 1994 |
8 | 62-63 | ||
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Hawaii (Kona) 1994-1997 |
8 | 64-65 | ||
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Hawaii, 1997 |
8 | 66 | ||
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Dana Point, CA, 1998-2000 |
8 | 67-68 | ||
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Denver, CO, 2002 |
8 | 69 | ||
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Denver, CO, 2002 (continued) |
8 | 70 | ||
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Seattle, WA, 2000-2005 |
8 | 71 | ||
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Sacramento, CA, 2006 |
9 | 72-73 | ||
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Series 5: Audiovisual media, 1985-2006 and undated |
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| box | folder | |||
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Washington State reunion videocassette (VHS), 1990 |
10 | 74 | ||
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Henry and May Butherus videocassette (VHS), 1997 |
10 | 75 | ||
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Fiftieth reunion, Asilomar videocassette (VHS), 1994 May |
10 | 76 | ||
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Oakland Airport reunion videocassettes (2 BetaMax cassettes), 1985 |
10 | 77-78 | ||
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Butherus interview (2 audiocassettes), 1985 |
10 | 79-80 | ||
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Audiocassette, "Songs of Washington State--WSC Concert Band and Concert Choir" (reproduction), undated |
10 | 81 | ||
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Interview with Colonel Henry Butherus, Walla Walla, WA (audio recording on compact disc), 2006 September 24 |
10 | 82 | ||
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Series 6: Photographs, 1974-2006 |
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| box | folder | |||
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Butherus memorial luncheon, Vacaville, CA, 2007 November 12 |
11 | 83 | ||
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Visit to Butherus home, Walla Walla, WA, 2002 May 13 |
11 | 84 | ||
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"Photos from time at WSU" (photocopies) |
11 | 85 | ||
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Miscellaneous (includes Butherus memorial, 1997-2007 |
11 | 86 | ||
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Unidentified people and scenes from around the Palouse, undated |
11 | 87-88 | ||
Reunions |
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| box | folder | |||
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San Francisco, 1974 |
11 | 89-98 | ||
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Ad hoc planning committee meeting for the forty-first reunion, 1985 |
11 | 99 | ||
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Luncheon at Hyatt Oakland, 1986 |
11 | 100 | ||
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Pullman reunion, 1990 |
11 | 101-140 | ||
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Asilomar, CA, 1994 |
11 | 141-144 | ||
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Asilomar, CA, 1994 (continued) |
12 | 145-179 | ||
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Hawaii (Kona), 1997 November |
12 | 180-222 | ||
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Denver, CO, 2002 June |
12 | 223-228 | ||
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Seattle, WA, 2004 September |
12 | 229 | ||
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Sacramento, CA, 2006 |
12 | 230-233 | ||
| box | folder | |||
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1944 group portrait and related documentation |
Oversize | 234 | ||
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