The Norman C. Jensen Collection, dated from 1867 to 1968, contains documents discovered by Norman C. Jensen at Fort Taylor, Florida. The collection includes a copy of the "Report of a Guard Mounted at Fort Jefferson, Florida on May 28, 1867" that describes four individuals accused of conspiracy in connection with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The collection also contains an original report entitled "Quarterly Report of Artillery Inspection of Fort Taylor, Florida" dated December 31, 1903, and Lt. Col. Jensen's notes explaining the military abbreviations contained within the original report.
The Norman C. Jensen Collection, dated from 1867 to 1968, contains documents discovered by Norman C. Jensen at Fort Taylor, Florida. The collection includes a copy of the "Report of a Guard Mounted at Fort Jefferson, Florida on May 28, 1867" that describes four individuals accused of conspiracy in connection with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The collection also contains an original report entitled "Quarterly Report of Artillery Inspection of Fort Taylor, Florida" dated December 31, 1903, and Lt. Col. Jensen's notes explaining the military abbreviations contained within the original report.
Collection is open for research.
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Materials remain in original order.
Norman C. Jensen (1913-1996) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. He served in both World War II and the Korean War, and was captain of the Coast Artillery Corps assigned to the 31st Coast Artillery Regiment. The documents in this collection were discovered by Lt. Col. Jensen when he was stationed at Fort Taylor in Key West, Florida in 1945.
Norman C. Jensen Collection, 1867-1968. MS-00073. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 1968 by Norman C. Jensen; accession numbers 1969-002 and 1002.
Materials were processed by Special Collections staff in 1968. In 2015, John Grygo entered the data into ArchivesSpace. In 2018, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Sarah Jones revised the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards.