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Wilkes D. Kelly Papers, 1884-1980
Collection Overview
Title: Wilkes D. Kelly Papers, 1884-1980
ID: OGLMC582
Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 07/28/1980. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Genealogy and Family History, University of North Dakota - Alumni
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Wilkes D. Kelly was born February 15, 1907, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was educated in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. As a young boy, he visited his great-aunt and great-uncle, Anna and Henry Bentley, on their ranch near Drake, North Dakota. Kelly graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1930 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education, and a Second Lieutenant's Commission in the Infantry Reserve. While attending, he was active in Tau Sigma Rho, a Greek social fraternity. In 1934, he received a Master of Arts degree from UND.
In 1939, he joined the U.S. Army Air Force. Before the U.S. entry into World War II, Kelly was assigned to the American Embassy in London, England. Serving in all theaters of the war, he was most active in the China-Burma-India theater as the Chief of Intelligence. Kelly retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1967. By 1968, he was appointed acting director of the Plans and Requirements Division Directorate of Operations in Headquarters, U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command, in Washington, D.C.
As a graduate of the Command and General Staff School, Kelly also graduated from several Air Force and Department of Defense special intelligence schools. He was a member of the Scottish Rite, the Masons, the Military Order of the World Wars, the Sons of the American Revolution, and many other military, patriotic, and hereditary organizations.
Kelly lived in Arlington, Virginia, prior to moving to Fargo, North Dakota, in 1988. He continued the research of the Bentley family history, begun by Mrs. Edward N. Bentley in 1925. Marian Sandin, Kelly's wife of 56 years, preceded him in death in 1990. Wilkes D. Kelly died December 20, 1994, in Fargo.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional materials were deposited by Kelly on December 1, 1980 (80-680).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Wilkes D. Kelly, Arlington, Virginia
Acquisition Method: Donation; 80-664
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Wilkes D. Kelly Papers. OGLMC 582, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in November 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Wilkes D. Kelly Correspondence, 1980
- Folder 2: Background information and Kelly's inventory
- Folder 3: Extracts from William Bentley of Lebanon, Connecticut by Mrs. Edward M. Bentley, 1925
- Folder 4: Historical Data Project: Bentley Family
- Folder 5: Grant Bentley death notice, 1940
- Folder 6: William T. Bentley death notice, 1905
- Folder 7: Azel Bentley Application for Pension
- Folder 8: Wills of William T. Bentley and Sarah A. Bentley
- Folder 9: King's County Family Sketches: The Bentley Family
- Folder 10: Genealogical Bentley Family Sheets
- Folder 11: Bentley Family Tree
- Folder 12: Obituaries of George H. Pew and Adella Bentley Pew
- Folder 13: Grant Bentley obituary and story on H.R.W. Bentley from newspaper of St. Paul, MN
- Folder 14: Harry Bentley obituary, March 29, 1901
- Folder 15: H.R.W. Bentley obituary, December 30, 1943
- Folder 16: Mrs. H.R.W. Bentley obituary, March 25, 1948
- Folder 17: Nellie Bentley vs. Fred Bentley divorce, October 1884
- Folder 18: Photographs
582-1: Residence of H.R.W. Bentley near Drake, ND
582-2: Closer view of residence of H.R.W. Bentley near Drake, ND
582-3: Henry Reese William and Anna (Schnabel) Bentley with two unidentified children
582-4: Mary Sophronia Bentley Hadden in front of house in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 1925
582-5: Mary Sophronia Bentley Hadden in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 1925
582-6: Bentley house at 826 Butterworth Avenue, Grand Rapids, Michigan, undated
582-7: Photocopy of portrait of William and Sarah Bentley, undated
582-8: Photocopy of portrait of Grant Bentley, December 1908, and of William Bentley, undated