Vance Air Force Base Cultural Resources Archive

Part of: Air Force - West

Collection of documents, data, and images generated from and/or related to archaeological resource and investigations on the Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The collection was created by tDAR under contract with the USAF and is intended to organize documents, images, and other data from Vance Air Force Base. Some of the digital resources are organized under several sub-collections, which group together documents from particular investigations or related to certain sites or parts of the base. Other digital objects are included individually. Due to the potential sensitive information included in these documents, users that wish to access documents and images without redaction should contact the cultural resources office at Vance Air Force Base.

Site Name Keywords
34AL17 • 34AL18 • 34AL19 • 34AL20 • Building 129 • Building 170 • Hangar 170 • Hunter Site • Hangar 129

Other Keywords
Kegelman AAF • NRHP • Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field • Building Inventory • National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)

Culture Keywords
Kiowa • Comanche • Wichita • Cherokee • Kiowa Apache

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey • Architectural Documentation • Architectural Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

Temporal Keywords
World War II • WWII • 20th Century • Cold War

Geographic Keywords
Oklahoma (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Garfield County (County) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • Vance Air Force Base • Grant County (County) • Kegelman Air Force Auxiliary Field • Alfalfa (County) • Garfield (County)

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Cultural Resource Assessment of Vance Air Force Base, Garfield County, Oklahoma and Kegelman Auxiliary Field, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.
A cultural resource assessment of prehistoric and historic resources was conducted for Vance Air Force Base on July 12-14, 1993. The assessment was part of the cultural resource archeological baseline survey requested by Headquarters Air Education and Training Command. The assessment included an archeological reconnaissance, survey of Vance Air Force Base, an archeological reconnaissance survey of Kegelman Auxiliary Field, and identification of buildings and structures built between 1942 and...
Kegelman Auxiliary Air Field, Vance Air Force Base: Cultural Resources Survey of Kegelman Air Field, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez
Geo-Marine, Inc., conducted a Phase I cultural resources survey at Kegelman Auxiliary Air Field (AAF), a sub-installation of Vance Air Force Base, in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, under a contract with Weston Solutions, Inc., for the Air Education and Training Command, United States Air Force. The purpose of the investigations was to identify and assess the cultural resources of the base, and to create an overview and management plan for those resources. No prehistoric cultural resources were...
SHPO: Building 129 Project, Vance Air Force Base (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez
SHPO correspondence regarding Building 129 National Register of Historic Places(NRHP) eligibility.
SHPO: Cultural Resources Survey of Kegelman Auxiliary Air Field, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma by Geo-Marine, Inc. (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez
SHPO correspondence regarding a cultural resources survey of Kegelman Auxiliary Air Field by Geo-Marine, Inc.
SHPO: Historic Preservation Survey Kegelman Auxiliary Field, Oklahoma (1983)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez
Correspondence with SHPO regarding historic properties on Kegelman Auxiliary Airfield.
SHPO: Proposed Replacement of Hangar Doors, Building #170, Vance AFB, Garfield County (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez
SHPO correspondence regarding modifications to Building 170 at Vance Air Force Base.
Tribal Letter: Cultural Resources Report for Vance Air Force Base and Kegelman Auxiliary Field (1993)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.
Letter to tribal groups noting the completion of the cultural resources assessment of Vance Air Force Base (AFB) and Kegelman Auxiliary Field.
Vance Air Force Base: Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures Inventory and Assessment (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez
This report provides an inventory and assessment of the Cold War-era (1945-1991) built environment at Vance Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma. Geo-Marine, Inc., conducted this work to assist the United States Air Force, Air Education and Training Command in fulfilling its responsibilities under Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended through 2000. Most of the buildings constructed during the reactivation of Vance AFB in the early 1950s have been renovated to the...