Title: Quincy H. Hale Army Air Service School Papers
Date: 1918

Creator:

• Hale, Quincy H., 1893-1987

Unique Identifier: MSS Y

Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet

Physical Description: 1 archives box

Repository:

La Crosse Public Library
Contact Information

Archival Location:

La Crosse Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

Quincy H. Hale, well known La Crosse lawyer and civic leader, was born on March 24, 1893, in Spring Valley, Minnesota. In 1918 he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a law degree. Hale died February 28, 1987. These papers consist entirely of military notes and essays written by Hale while he was in training in the Army Air Service in Austin, Texas, in 1918. They contain nothing about Hale’s personal life.

Language: English

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Donated by Quincy H. Hale, LPL Trustee (Accession No. 1988.001)

Materials in this collection are available for patron use.

[Identification of item], Quincy H. Hale Army Air Service School Papers, MSS Y, La Crosse Public Library Archives, La Crosse, WI

Processed by Bill Petersen, Feb. 1988

The collection is made up entirely of notes and essays written by Hale while he was enrolled as a trainee at the Army Air Service School in Austin, Texas in 1918. The subject matter deals with military topics and says nothing about Hale’s life.

The topics are listed in alphabetical order and include the following; administration and organization of the U.S. Army, army regulations, artillery observation, camp sanitation, court martial, engines, gas defense, instruments, Lewis Gun, maps, Marlin Aircraft Gun, military courtesy, military hygiene, modern warfare, paper work, and rigging and meteorology.

Quincy H. Hale, well known La Crosse lawyer and civic leader, was born on March 24, 1893, in Spring Valley, Minnesota to Samuel and Helen Hale. In 1918 he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a law degree. He joined the Army Air Service that same year and was sent to training school in Austin, Texas, learning aviation and balloon observation. The War ended before his training was complete, so he took a job with the law firm of Hartwell & Cowie in La Crosse in 1919. In 1925 he was diagnosed as having tuberculosis and went through a year of recovery at a sanatorium in Stevens Point. Shortly after his recovery he became a trustee for Oak Forrest Sanatorium in La Crosse, and thus began Mr. Hale’s long record of community service in La Crosse.

He was on the City Plan Commission for 18 years, was a trustee of the La Crosse Public Library for 27 years, being named Library Trustee of the Year by the Wisconsin Library Association in 1966. In 1929 Hale was elected president of the La Crosse County Bar Association and in 1945 he became the first La Crosse lawyer to become president of the Wisconsin Bar Association. He was vice chairman of the Pettibone Park Commission and was involved in the planning of the La Crosse Municipal Airport and the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. Hale was also on the G. Heileman Brewing Co. Board of directors for 48 years and served on the board of directors for First Federal Savings and Loan as well.

Quincy Hale was married to Helen Wilson in 1923. They had three daughters; Jane, Molly, and Helen. Mrs. Hale died on March 3, 1976. Quincy Hale died February 28, 1987.

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• Hale, Quincy H., 1893-1987
• United States. Army. Air Service.
• Military education

Box 1   Folder 1	Administration and organization of United States Army
Box 1   Folder 2	Army regulations
Box 1   Folder 3	Artillery observation
Box 1   Folder 4	Camp sanitation
Box 1   Folder 5	Court martial
Box 1   Folder 6	Engines
Box 1   Folder 7	Gas defense
Box 1   Folder 8	Instruments
Box 1   Folder 9	Lewis gun
Box 1   Folder 10	Maps
Box 1   Folder 11	Marlin aircraft gun
Box 1   Folder 12	Military courtesy
Box 1   Folder 13	Military hygiene
Box 1   Folder 14	Modern warfare
Box 1   Folder 15	Paperwork
Box 1   Folder 16	Rigging and meteorology