Harry A. Mishler Papers 1943-1945
- US MCUSAA HM1/378
- Collection
- 1943-1945, 1973, 1978
Collection consists primarily of photographs documenting Oregonian Mennonite Harry Artemus Mishler's time as a Civilian Public Service (CPS) Smoke Jumper from 1943 to 1945. Photographs sublects include: the Smoke Jumpers, training, airplanes, the parachuting process, home life at Camp Paxson (Missoula, MT) and the regional outposts of Big Prairie and Camp Menard. Parachute instuction manuals, a master loft log (recording Mishler's jumps), and publications concerning the Smoke Jumpers are also included.
Further contents include documents and pictures from Smoke Jumper reunions held in 1973 and 1978.
Mishler, Harry Artemus, 1917-2001