Abstract
The Major Galen F. Bartmus Collection of Nellis Air Force Base Photographs is comprised of black-and-white photographic prints taken at and around Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada between 1950 and 1953.
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The Major Galen F. Bartmus Collection of Nellis Air Force Base Photographs is comprised of black-and-white photographic prints taken at and around Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada between 1950 and 1953. Featured in all photographs is the base Operations Officer, Major Galen F. Bartmus. Images include several promotional photographs for Frontier Days, candid photographs of the base during the Korean War, and a search-and-rescue effort conducted for a downed airman in the desert near the base. All
photographs captioned on verso.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.
Arrangement
Materials remain in original order.
Biographical / Historical Note
Galen Fuller Bartmus was born in Calipatria, California in 1919, the eldest son of Peter Bartmus and Dora Fuller. In 1942, Bartmus married Victoria Axenty before enlisting in the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) and training as a pilot. Assigned to the 66th Bombardment Group, he served the course of World War II in France, returning to the United States in 1946. In 1947, he was released from the USAAC and assigned to the newly formed United States Air Force (USAF). In 1949, Bartmus was assigned as the base Operations Officer at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada, serving as a liaison between the military and civilian population.
Bartmus retired from the USAF with the rank of Major in 1957, moved to Los Angeles, California with his wife and children, and opened two popular miniature golf courses in Hollywood and Burbank.
Galen Fuller Bartmus died in 2001.
Sources:
Genealogy research for "Galen F. Bartmus." Accessed December 6, 2019 on Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org
"Galen F. Bartmus." Fold3. Accessed December 6, 2019, https://www.fold3.com/record/84973536-galen-f-bartmus
Van Nuys Valley News And Green Sheet. Van Nuys, California. September 12, 1971, pg. 27.
Preferred Citation
Major Galen F. Bartmus Collection of Nellis Air Force Base Photographs, 1950-1953. PH-00421. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated in 2013 by Victoria Williams; accession number 2019-137.
Processing Note
In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Melise Leech processed the collection and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.