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Box MS419.13

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Contains 88 Results:

Award Certificate. Shoot – O – Rama National Gallery Smallbore Rifle Tournament, Waukegan, IL. , Apr.6-7 and 13-14,1968

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.792
Identifier: MS419.13.792
Scope and Contents

NRA Nat’l. Rifle Record – Awarded to; U.S. Army - 4-Man Team; John Foster, Lones Wigger, Nels Nelson, and Philip Bahrman. Smallbore Rifle – 40 Shots, 4-Positions, 50 Ft., Any Sights – Co-Holder Open and Co-Holder Service Records – Score, 1590.

Dates: Apr.6-7 and 13-14,1968
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Postcards (2). Jack mailed to his parents, Frank and Katherine. 19th Summer Olympics, Mexico., Oct.,1968

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.794
Identifier: MS419.13.794
Scope and Contents

He was participating in the 19th summer Olympics (Oct. 12-27) in Mexico City.

Dates: Oct.,1968
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Award Certificate. Registered Mid-Winter Gallery Smallbore Rifle Tournament, Marietta, GA. , Jan.11-12. 1969

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.795
Identifier: MS419.13.795
Scope and Contents

NRA Nat’l. Rifle Record – awarded to John Foster – smallbore Rifle – 20 Shots, Prone and Standing, 50 Ft., Metallic Sights – Open and Service Records – Score, 199.

Dates: Jan.11-12. 1969
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Award Certificate. Open Smallbore Rifle Sectional, Ft. Benning, GA. , Mar.29-30, 1969

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.797
Identifier: MS419.13.797
Scope and Contents

NRA Nat’l. Rifle Record – awarded to, U.S. Army, 4-Man Team; John Foster, John Writer, Lones Wigger, and William Krilling. Smallbore Rifle – 160 Shots, 4-Positions, 50 Ft., Any sights – Open and Service Records – Score, 1593.

Dates: Mar.29-30, 1969
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Award Certificate. Patricia K. Foster. Open Smallbore Rifle Sectional, Ft. Benning, GA. , Mar.29-30, 1969

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.798
Identifier: MS419.13.798
Scope and Contents

NRA Nat’l. Rifle Record. Smallbore Rifle – 20 Shots, Kneeling, 50 Ft., Any Sights – Women’s Record – Score, 200 plus 199-10s.

Dates: Mar.29-30, 1969
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Certificate of Admission. Montana State University, Missoula., June 3, 1954

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.748
Identifier: MS419.13.748
Scope and Contents

This is to certify that Mr. John Robert foster has been accepted for admission to Montana State University for the Autumn Quarter of 1954.

Dates: June 3, 1954
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Newspaper clipping. 17th Summer Olympics, Rome, Italy., Aug.25-Sept.11, 1960

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.750
Identifier: MS419.10.750
Scope and Contents "Nephew of Mrs. N.E. Dixon Will Shoot on Olympics Team" John Foster, of Springfield, nephew of Mrs.Dixon, left last night for Rome as a member of the U.S. Olympics team. Foster will shoot in the rifle match. He won the state rifle championship of Montana while he was a student at the MSU from where he received his degree in forestry. After graduation he was in the Army 2 years stationed at Ft. Benning. This May and June he was assigned to a European tour participating in rifle matches in...
Dates: Aug.25-Sept.11, 1960
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Award certificate. NRA of America. State Championship Certificate of Award., Apr.18, 1957

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.751
Identifier: MS419.13.751
Scope and Contents

In recognition of performance in a state championship shooting tournament.

Dates: Apr.18, 1957
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Periodical clipping. "Talented Family". The family of Frank and Katherine Foster., 1957

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.752
Identifier: MS419.13.752
Scope and Contents Sons John Robert and Richard. John's younger brother Richard, at New Moorefield Jr. High School, won a position on the varsity football team. Katherine (John's mom) is a graduate of the University of Michigan and became interested in ceramics. Took classes, read books and began turning out dishes and dolls. She branched out to experimenting with copper and silver. She began selling her wares and found a ready market. In '55 she won a crafts award for a ceramic dish she entered in the Dayton...
Dates: 1957
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

Bulletin. Hotel Shawnee News Flashes. "Wize Man of the Hour"; Lt. John R. Foster., July 1, 1959

 File — Box: MS419.13, Folder: MS419.13.753
Identifier: MS419.13.753
Scope and Contents

From the leased wires of Wize Promotes Springfield.

Dates: July 1, 1959
Found in: McCracken Research Library / MS 419, MS 419 - John R. Foster Olympic Sharpshooter

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