William E. Deeney family papers, 1923.

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William E. Deeney family papers, 1923.

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This collection consists of a letter (April 29, 1923) to William E. Deeney from his son Roger Patrick Deeney in Missoula (ca.1921), describing ROTC drills at the University of Montana; and a letter (n.d.) from Hugh Daly, enclosing an excerpt from a letter by Robert Emmett, describing a visit to Deeney's hometown in Ireland. There are also obituaries and other clipping concerning family members and the ROTC.

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United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

Deeney, Roger Patrick, 1901-1962.

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Deeney, William E., 1856-1924.

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William E. Deeney was born in Deeneystown, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1856. At a young age he became an Irish patriot as a result of the attempt of an English land owner to evict the family from their farm. He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1867. Deeney came to the United States in 1872 and in 1885 to Butte, where he joined the Robert Emmett Literary Association. He raised a battalion of Irishmen during the Spanish American War and was commissioned a major, but the batt...