Global Mission

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 1996 Finding aid written in English. 2013 March Oversize revised 2011 September Container changed to oversize 2010 March Title, controlaccess updated 2005-03-17 converted from EAD 1.0 to EAD 2002 1999 revised to EAD version 1 Collection Summary Henry Harley Arnold Papers 1903-1963 (bulk 1940-1946) MSS11189 Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 160,000 items 272 containers plus 1 classified and 6 oversize 109 linear feet 269 microfilm reels Collection material in English Manuscript Division Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

Pioneer aviator and United States Army officer. Correspondence, memoranda, journals, notebooks, drafts and proofs of Henry Harley (Hap) Arnold's memoirs, Global Mission (1949), articles, speeches, reports, orders, printed material, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to the development of military aeronautics in the United States and to aeronautical policies and events of World War II. Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

People Adamson, Hans Christian--Correspondence. Andrews, Frank Maxwell, 1884-1943--Correspondence. Arnold family. Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950. Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950. Global mission. 1949. Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965--Correspondence. Beebe, Eugene H.--Correspondence. Bell, Lawrence Dale, 1894-1956--Correspondence. Bradley, Follett, 1890-1952--Correspondence. Chamberlain, Jo Hubbard. Jo Hubbard Chamberlain papers. Craig, Malin, 1875-1945--Correspondence. Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993--Correspondence. Douglas, Donald W. (Donald Wills), 1892-1981--Correspondence. Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987--Correspondence. Eichelberger, Robert L.--Correspondence. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Correspondence. Elliott, Joseph E.--Correspondence. Giles, Barney McKinney, 1892- --Correspondence. Harmon, Millard Fillmore, 1888-1945--Correspondence. Harris, Arthur Travers, Sir, 1892- --Correspondence. Hungerford, Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, Viscount Portal of, 1893-1971--Correspondence. Jouett, Jack. Kindelberger, James Howard, 1895-1962--Correspondence. King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956--Correspondence. Kuter, Laurence Sherman, 1905- --Correspondence. Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974--Correspondence. Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986--Correspondence. Magee, James M. (James McDevitt) 1877-1949--Correspondence. Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959--Correspondence. Martin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther), 1886-1955--Correspondence. Marx, Louis, 1896-1982--Correspondence. Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953--Correspondence. Northrop, John Knudsen, 1895-1981--Correspondence. Pederson, Edwin--Correspondence. Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973--Correspondence. Shelmire, Horace Weeks, 1886-1965--Correspondence. Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974--Correspondence. Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949--Correspondence. Vaughn, Guy W., 1884-1966--Correspondence. Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963--Correspondence. Warner, Jack, 1916- --Correspondence. Wright, Burdette S.--Correspondence. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948--Correspondence. Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912--Correspondence. Organizations Combined Chiefs of Staff (U.S. and Great Britain) Pan American Airways Corporation. United States. Army Air Forces. United States. Army. Air Corps. United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Subjects Aeronautics, Commercial. Aeronautics, Military. Air mail service. Flight training. Flight. Generals--United States--Biography. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Alaska--Aleutian Islands. World War, 1939-1945--Germany. Places Sonoma (Calif.)--Social life and customs. Occupations Army officers. Aviators. Administrative Information Provenance

The papers of Henry Harley Arnold, pioneer aviator, general of the United States Army Air Forces, and author, were given to the Library by his wife, Eleanor Arnold, in 1951. The bulk of the Arnold Papers were placed in the Aeronautics Section of the Science and Technology Division of the Library in 1952 and 1953. A major addition was received from the Office of the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, in 1957. Additions received between 1958 and 1999 include the Jo Chamberlin File processed in 1999. Custody of the collection was transferred to the Manuscript Division in 1960. A military mail log formerly separated from the collection was also added in 1999. An oversize scrapbook compiled by Edna M. Adkins and given by Hazel A. Garland and a formerly separated oversize statistical report were added to the collection in 2012.

Processing History

The papers of Henry Harley Arnold were arranged and described in 1963. Additional material was processed in 1977, 1994, 1999, and 2013.

Additional Guides

A description of the papers appears in an article by Marvin W. McFarland, The H. H. Arnold Collection, Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, vol. ix, no. 4, Aug. 1952, pp. 171-181.

Copyright in the unpublished writings of Henry Harley Arnold in these papers and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress is controlled by Arnold's heirs. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division for further information.

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Biographical Note Date Event 1886, June 25 Born, Gladwyne, Pa. 1907 Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Commissioned second lieutenant in the infantry, United States Army 1907-1909 Served with the twenty-ninth infantry, the Philippines 1909-1911 Served with the twenty-ninth infantry, Governor's Island, N.Y. 1911 Taught to fly in ten days by Orville Wright, Dayton, Ohio Received military aviator's license number two 1911-1912 Flight instructor, Signal Corps Aviation School, College Park, Md., and Augusta, Ga. 1912 Awarded first Mackay trophy for a thirty-mile triangular reconnaissance flight First military aviator to use a radio for aerial observation of field artillery fire 1913 Married Eleanor A. Pool 1916 Served briefly with thirteenth infantry, the Philippines Served two months with third infantry, Madison Barracks, N.Y. 1916-1917 Returned to air service as a captain Supply officer, Aviation School, San Diego, Calif. 1917 Organized and commanded Seventh Aero Squadron, Panama Canal Zone 1917-1918 In charge of Information Service, Aviation Division, Signal Corps Assistant executive director, military aeronautics 1918 Executive officer and later assistant director, military aeronautics Inspected aviation activities in Europe 1919 District supervisor, Western District, Air Service, Rockwell Field, Coronado, Calif. 1919-1922 Originated and activated first army aerial forest fire patrol in Washington, Oregon, and California Air officer, Ninth Corps Area, San Francisco, Calif. 1922-1924 Commanding officer, Rockwell Air Depot, Coronado, Calif. 1925 Graduated, Army Industrial College, Washington, D.C. Obtained air mail charter from the postmaster general and organized Pan American Airways with Carl Spaatz, Jack Jouett, and John Montgomery 1926 Published Airmen and Aircraft: An Introduction to Aeronautics (New York: Ronald Press. 216 pp.) 1926-1929 Commander, air squadron, Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans. 1928 Published Bill Bruce aviator series 1929 Graduated, Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kans. 1929-1936 Commander, Fairfield and Dayton, Ohio, and March Field, Calif. Established Munroc Lake, Calif., bombing and gunnery range for early experiments in precision bombardment. 1933-1935 Supervised twenty-five Civilian Conservation Corps, March Field, Calif. 1934 Directed Western Division, Air Corps air mail service, Salt Lake City, Utah Awarded distinguished flying cross and second Mackay trophy for leading a mass flight of bombers from Washington, D.C., to Alaska 1936 Published with Ira Eaker This Flying Game (New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 275 pp.) 1936-1938 Assistant to chief of air corps, Washington, D.C. 1938-1942 Chief of air corps; acting deputy chief of staff for air, 1940 1941 Published with Ira Eaker Winged Warfare (New York: Harper & Bros. 265 pp.) 1941-1942 Chief of army air forces 1941-1945 Member, Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff, Arcadia (Newfoundland), post Arcadia (Washington, D.C.), Casablanca, Quadrant, (Quebec, Canada), Sextant (Cairo, Egypt- Tehran, Iran), London, Octagon (Quebec, Canada), and Terminal (Berlin, Germany) conferences 1942 Published with Ira Eaker Army Flyer (New York: Harper & Bros. 299 pp.) 1942-1946 Commanding general, army air forces Deputy chief of staff, army 1943 Promoted to general 1944 Named to five star rank of general of the army 1946 Assigned to duty in the Office of Chief of Staff, Washington, D.C. Retired from active duty to his ranch, Sonoma, Calif. 1949 Published Global Mission (New York: Harper & Bros. 626 pp.) 1950 Died, Sonoma, Calif. Scope and Content Note

The papers of Henry Harley Arnold (1886-1950) span the years 1903 to 1967, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the years of World War II (1940-1946). The collection is large and contains material on almost all aspects of Arnold's adult life. The most comprehensive documentation, however, covers Arnold's tenure as chief of the United States Army Air Corps (1938-1942), chief of the army air forces (1941-1942), and commanding general of the army air forces (1942-1946). These changes in nomenclature reflect the growth of the military air arm from a small auxiliary of the army in the 1930s to a massive semi-autonomous armed service in World War II which became formally independent of the Army in 1947. Arnold, one of the nation's earliest military pilots, built what became the modern United States Air Force, and his papers are a documentation of that creation.

The papers are divided into a number of series and subseries. Several of the subseries contain detailed indexes which were prepared contemporaneously by Arnold's military staff or later by personal assistants either to Arnold or his wife after he left active service. In some cases, documents on the same or similar subjects are found in different subseries. When Arnold's papers arrived at Library of Congress, large sections came in an arrangement devised by Arnold and his staff during the creation and use of the papers. It was judged best not to modify Arnold's arrangement because it reflected Arnold's use of the papers and because several of these sections came with detailed indexes providing excellent research access to this material.

The Family Papers series, 1922-1955, consists largely of correspondence between Arnold and his family during the 1930s and 1940s. Most of this correspondence deals with family affairs along with some family business activities.

The Journals and Notebooks series, 1908-1946, includes a few journals that go back to Arnold's earliest flying days and the army air corps. Of significant interest are Arnold's notebooks from World War II when he took part in several of the major wartime conferences of the Allied leadership. Arnold kept notes on those meetings in small pocket diaries. These notes were later transcribed, and Arnold often interspersed with the typed transcriptions documents relating to the events noted in the journals. Arnold's notes include both substantive remarks about the issues discussed as well as observations about the principal figures at the conferences and physical aspects of the trip. Among the key wartime conferences recorded in Arnold's journals are those of Roosevelt and Churchill at Placentia Bay in 1941, the 1943 Cairo conferences with Roosevelt and Churchill, the Teheran conference with Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt, and the 1944 Roosevelt-Churchill conference at Quebec. Also present are journals Arnold kept for wartime inspection trips to Great Britain, China, North Africa and the Pacific theater.

The Correspondence series, 1907-1967, is divided into several subseries. The Chronological subseries consists largely of military correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other official documents. Among its earliest items are the 1911 reports of then Second Lieutenant Arnold on his training as a pilot by the Wright brothers aviation company. Also present are copies of letters from Wilbur and Orville Wright to Arnold in which the Wrights answer Arnold's technical questions about the aircraft the brothers were building for the army. By 1939 Arnold was a brigadier general in charge of America's growing but still small army air corps. His files for 1939 and 1940 are filled with reports by American military observers in Europe about the rapid evolution of German, French, and British aircraft and air warfare tactics under the pressure of combat. As one report noted, European fighter aircraft in 1940 were routinely equipped with guns whose firepower was several times that of existing American fighters. Under Arnold's command, America's military air arm quickly caught up with and then surpassed in lethality those of other nations. Present in Arnold's 1945 file is an 8 August 1945 report to him on the dropping of the atomic bomb that begins “ Hiroshima is no more.”

The Congratulatory and Condolence Letters subseries comprises files generally in chronological order for major events in Arnold's life.

The General Correspondence subseries is further divided into two parts. The first is an alphabetical file consisting largely of correspondence and other documents of a military or semiofficial nature from Arnold's World War II years, although correspondence about personal matters is also found. The second part of this subseries, a Serial file, 1946-1950, consists of files numbered 1 through 714. Access to these numbered files is provided by an index which lists personal names or private institutions with a designation of the numbered file in which relevant material can be found. The material in these files is a mixture of correspondence and other documents dealing with Arnold's professional and personal activities after his retirement.

The Personal Correspondence subseries includes material from the early 1930s and the period from 1943 to 1950. The material for 1930-1934 is largely professional correspondence dealing with aviation and army air corps activities. The files for 1943-1950 consists largely of documents dealing with Arnold's purchase and maintenance of a residential property in Sonoma, California, to which he retired after his World War II duties.

The Military File series is the largest in the collection and is extremely rich with material on all aspects of American military air activity in World War II: mobilization, organization, supply, weaponry, training, personnel, strategy, command, intelligence, and technology. Only the official records of the army air force exceed in abundance the resources offered by the Arnold papers for the study of American air warfare in World War II. Much of the material in the Military File series consists of copies of official records which can be found at the National Archives. What gives this collection research interest is that it consists of copies of those documents that Arnold or his staff regarded as of sufficient significance to cull from the flood of paper that passed through his office during World War II.

In the Military File, the first subseries, entitled the Decimal File, 1940-1945, consists of military documents, messages, correspondence, memoranda, and reports filed in accordance with a decimal filing system (similar to the Dewey decimal system) used by the army during World War II. Access to the material in these files in best sought by use of two card-file indexes. The first index is alphabetical by the name of an individual connected to the documents. The index gives the decimal files in which documents by or about that person can be found. The second index is alphabetical by subject, institution, or organization. The indexes are detailed, with the name index taking up containers 39-46 and the subject index containers 47-60. In addition to the decimal designation, some of the decimal files also have subject matter titles which have been included in the container listing of the Arnold Papers.

The Message File subseries consists of incoming and outgoing official cables and other messages between Arnold's headquarters and other offices during World War II. Most messages are filed alphabetically by subject, office, or the name of a frequent correspondent, Dwight Eisenhower, for example. This subseries also contains a chronological file of Arnold's incoming and outgoing messages filed under his name.

The Official File subseries includes military reports, memoranda, correspondence, and other documents designated by files numbered 1-287 and 516-540. Files 1-210 have subject matter titles in alphabetical order while files numbered 211-287 have geographic area titles in alphabetical order along with a few files for non-geographic military commands, ferrying command, for example. Files numbered 516-540 contain a variety of reports, logs, and extensive documentation deriving from the investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack and the role of the army air force in that disaster. Indexes are available for both of these numbered sequences. Files numbered 288-515 are not extant in the Arnold Papers.

The Reports subseries, 1913-1949, consists of official military reports related to air warfare topics. Some of the reports are printed or near-print reports while others are in manuscript form. General reports largely concern the overall status of American military air power. Specialized reports relate to a variety of topics, such as atomic energy, analytic studies of American air warfare campaigns during World War II, and estimates of German war potential.

The Subject File subseries, 1917-1950, deals with a wide variety of official, professional, and private matters, treating such diverse topics as “Elks in Mexico,” regarding the fraternal order of Elks, military aircraft production, 1938-1945, and the 1941 Argentia conference of Allied leaders in Newfoundland. Most of the files deal with important military affairs during World War II.

The Miscellany subseries, 1934-1951, of the Military File series also contains a variety of files, including a chronological file of army air force air adjutant general memoranda and messages; a chronological mail log for Arnold's office listing “to,” “from,” and the subject of correspondence; a chronological file of Arnold's military correspondence spanning 1934-1945, the bulk of which is concentrated during World War II and deals with a wide variety of military topics; and an extensive chronological log of incoming telephone calls, often with notes on the subject of the call. In addition to the telephone logs, this subseries also includes a number of transcripts of telephone conversations between Arnold and members of his staff with other officials. Files of official war communiques publicly released by military offices relate to the course of the war effort. A Personal File index for files numbered 1-50 is included but only files numbered 34-40 and 42 are present in the collection.

The Postmilitary File, 1946-1949, contains Arnold's extensive correspondence after his retirement. The correspondence is divided into two sets, “A” and “B,” and is filed alphabetically. Indexes are provided for both sets. This series also contains subject matter files on the B-36 bomber, atomic testing, and congressional hearings on aviation policy.

The Speeches and Writings series, 1923-1955, includes Arnold's extensive speeches and writings, most of which relate to aviation and military matters. Arnold had a clear sense that he was taking part in the creation of a powerful American air arm, and many of his speeches and essays reflect his sensibility about the history-making character of the events he was discussing. Also in this series are files related to his 1949 book Global Mission, his memoir of the army air force in World War II.

Among the Miscellany series, 1903-1963, are photographs, financial papers, and biographical material, printed material, and other items that further reflect Arnold's historical sensitivity, especially the material he collected about the early years of American military aviation. Included are photographs, lists and biographies of early pilots, contemporaneous print and near-print accounts of important events in military aviation history, and extensive scrapbooks.

The Jo Chamberlin File, 1941-1989, consists of scrapbooks containing memoranda, reports, speeches, military papers, printed matter, and other miscellaneous material reflecting Chamberlin's assignment to the Office of Information Services, Army Air Forces, and as an aide to Arnold. Included are drafts of reports to the secretary of war by the commanding general, Army Air Forces, with annotations by Arnold, speeches drafted by Chamberlin for Arnold, reports from the Aleutian Island Campaign, information regarding 'foo-fighters,' and writings on Chamberlin's trip to Germany in the waning days of World War II.

The Classified series consists of security classified items removed from the collection. Removal sheets for all such material can be found in the files from which the items were removed. When any item in this series is declassified, it is restored to its original file. Classified items are not included on the microfilm edition of the Arnold Papers prepared in 1995.

Organization of the Papers

The collection is arranged in eleven series:

Family Papers, 1922-1955 Journals and Notebooks, circa 1908-1946 Correspondence, 1907-1967 Military File, 1913-1951 Postmilitary File, 1946-1949 Speeches and Writings, 1923-1955 Miscellany, 1903-1963 Military Mail Log, 1941-1945 Jo Chamberlin File, 1941-1989 Oversize, 1930-1955 Classified, 1932-1949 http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79011189 Container List Box Reel Contents 1-2 1-2 Family Papers, 1922-1955

Correspondence between Arnold and family members; also includes newspaper clippings.

Arranged alphabetically by type of material. Correspondence is further arranged alphabetically by family member.

1 1 Correspondence Arnold, Cliff (brother), 1936-1945 Arnold, David Lee (son), 1941-1947 Arnold, Eleanor (wife), 1940-1955 Arnold, Henry Harley, Jr. (son), 1939-1945 Arnold, Herbert A. (father), 1922-1932 Arnold, Joseph Price (brother), 1939-1945 Arnold, Richard F. (nephew), 1939-1945 Arnold, Thomas (brother), 1939-1944 Arnold, Thomas H. (nephew), 1939-1942 Arnold, William Bruce (son), 1937-1945 Harley, Katharine V. (cousin), 1941-1946 Pool, J. Henry (brother-in-law), 1937-1949 Pool, Mrs. Sydney H. (mother-in-law), 1933-1947 Poole, Elizabeth (sister), 1937-1946 Snowden, Lois Arnold and Ernest (daughter and son-in-law) 1934-1944 (4 folders) 2 2 1945-1950, undated (6 folders) Newspaper clippings, 1947 2-3 2-3 Journals and Notebooks, circa 1908-1946

Journals, notebooks, notes, and typescripts of notes primarily documenting Arnold's trips and conferences.

Arranged chronologically.

2 2 circa 1908-circa 1918, notebook with financial accounts 1918, Sept.-Dec., trip to England 1941 Apr.-May, trip to England July-Aug., Roosevelt-Churchill Conference, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland 1942 May-June, trip to England Sept.-Oct., trip to southwest Pacific 1943 Jan.-Feb., trip to North Africa and China Aug.-Sept., trip to England 3 3 Nov.-Dec., trip to Sextant Conference, Cairo, Egypt-Tehran, Iran See also Container 163, same heading and Container 202, same heading 1944 June, trip to England Sept., trip to Quebec Conference, Quebec, Canada 1945 Mar.-May, trip to Europe and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June, trip to Pacific July, trip to Terminal Conference, Berlin, Germany 1946 Jan., trip to South America 3-38 3-38 Correspondence, 1907-1967 3-6 3-6 Chronological, 1907-1949

Correspondence and memoranda between Arnold and colleagues, friends, and the public, including incoming and outgoing letters and related material such as reports, flight records, commendations, and printed matter pertaining to Arnold's professional and personal interests.

3 3 1907-1924 (10 folders) 4 4 1924-1939 (10 folders) 5 5 1940-1945 (9 folders) 6 6 1946-1949 (2 folders) 6-10 6-10 Congratulatory and Condolence Letters, 1935-1950

Incoming and outgoing letters relating to various occasions, such as awards, promotions, and Arnold's death.

Arranged chronologically.

6 6 1935 Named assistant chief of air corps (2 folders) Promotion to brigadier general and Mackay trophy 1938 Named chief of air corps (3 folders) 7 7 (6 folders) 1940 Named deputy chief of staff 1941 Promotion to major general 8 8 1941-1942 Promotion to lieutenant general Distinguished service medal 1942-1945 Miscellaneous (2 folders) 1943 Promotion to four star general (2 folders) 9 9 (3 folders) 1944 Promotion to five star general (2 folders) 1946-1950 Awards and special honors 1949 Publication of Global Mission (2 folders) 10 10 1950 Condolence letters (7 folders) 11-36 11-36 General, 1925-1967

Correspondence and related material documenting Arnold's personal and professional activities and letters sent and received by his wife, Eleanor.

Arranged into an Alphabetical file, organized by name of individual or organization and topic, and a Serial file. An index for the Serial file is in box 23.

11 11 Alphabetical file Abbott, C. G., 1942-1944 Adamson, Hans Christian, 1938-1945 Aeroclub of Washington, D.C., 1940-1944 Aerosphere, Ltd., 1941-1942 Aldrich, Winthrop W., 1942-1944 Aldworth, Richard T., 1943 American Legion, 1941-1947 American Red Cross, 1942-1944 Andrews, Frank M., 1938-1943 Archibald, Ann M., 1939-1943 Army Flyer, 1941-1944 Army Retiring Board, 1945-1946 Army-Navy Club, Washington, D.C., 1944-1946 Arnold, William R., 1941-1945 Arnold Engineering Development Center, Tullahoma, Tenn., 1967 Aviator's Post No. 743, 1941-1946 “A” miscellaneous, 1937-1953 (2 folders) Backman, Gus P., 1938-1944 Baily, Edward P., 1938-1942 Bamberger, Julian M., 1939-1943 Barker, Frank P. K., 1939-1945 Barnes, Carter, 1941-1944 Baruch, Bernard M., 1943-1946 Beck, Thomas H., 1942-1945 Beebe, Eugene H., 1939-1946 Beech, Walter H., 1940-1943 Bell, Lawrence D., 1938-1945 Bellamy, Paul L., 1944 Benedict, M. A., 1940-1945 Berline, Henry A., 1940-1945 12 12 Blaik, Earl H., 1941-1943 Block, Harry, 1942-1944 Boards, 1940-1944 Boothe, Roy, 1939-1946 Borglum, Lincoln and Gutzon, 1941-1942 Bower, Gerald E. and Melissa Hoffman, 1941 Boyd, Dorothea A. and William R., 1941-1945 Bradley, Follett, 1939-1945 Brant, Gerald C., 1939-1941 Brereton, Lewis and Lou, 1941-1942 Brown, Donald L., 1939 Bruno, Harry, 1941-1945 “B” miscellaneous, 1936-1946 (4 folders) Campbell, L. H., Jr., 1942-1944 Carroll, Earl, 1942-1943 Carroll, Frances U., 1944 Carter, Amon G., 1941-1945 Castle, Benjamin F., 1939-1945 Cleveland, E. W. (“Pop”), 1943-1944 Clubs and lodges, 1939-1957 Coffyn, Frank T., 1941-1944 Collier trophy, 1941-1945 Collier's Magazine, 1941-1944 Collins, Ross A., 1940-1945 Cone, J. Carroll, 1939-1943 13 13 Convalescent Hospital, Pawling, N.Y., 1945 Cook, A. B., 1939-1944 Costello, John M., 1940-1944 Cousins, Ralph P., 1941-1943 Cover, Carl A., 1940-1942 Cox, Albert L., 1941 Craig, Malin, 1939-1944 Curry, John F., 1939-1945 “C” miscellaneous, 1936-1949, undated (4 folders) Damon, Ralph S., 1943-1944 Dargue, Herbert A. and Marie, 1941-1942 Davies, Joseph I., 1940-1944 Davis, Michael F. and Mary, 1943 Davison, Frederick Trubee, 1941 Dill, John, Sir, 1942-1946, undated Dockweiler, John F., 1936-1944, undated Donations, 1945 Donovan, William J., 1941-1942 Doolittle, James H., 1939-1945, undated Douglas, Donald W., 1939-1950 “D” miscellaneous, 1936-1946, undated (2 folders) Eaker, Ira C., and Ruth Apperson, 1935-1945 14 14 Eichelberger, Robert L., 1940-1942 Elliott, J. E. (“Joe”), 1938-1946 Emmons, Harold H., 1942-1945 “E” miscellaneous, 1936-1950, undated (2 folders) Fairy, Richard, 1941-1946 Fawcett Publications, 1941 Fletcher, Edward, 1941-1946 Flying record, 1943-1946, undated Football, 1938-1945 Ford, Corey, 1942-1945 Freeman, Wilfred, 1941-1942 Frye, Jack, 1938-1944 “F” miscellaneous, 1937-1950, undated (2 folders) Gardner, Lester D., 1940-1944 Geis, Bernard, 1942-1943 Giles, Barney M., 1943-1946 Gillespie, Eugene F., 1939-1945 Golding, H. Dick, 1942 15 15 Gorrell, Edgar S., 1941-1945 Gott, Edward M., 1939-1942 Guthrie, William L., 1938-1945 “G” miscellaneous, 1937-1946, undated (3 folders) Harper & Brothers, 1941-1943 Harris, Arthur T., 1942 Harris, L. C., 1943-1944 Hart, Moss, 1943-1945, undated Hickman, Willis, 1942-1945, undated Hill, Roderick, 1941-1942 Hopkins, Harry L., 1942-1945, undated Horner, Leonard S., 1937-1941 Hungerford, Viscount See Container 19, Portal, Charles F. A. Hutchings, DeWitt W., 1941-1945 Hyatt, Frank K., 1941-1943 “H” miscellaneous, 1936-1948, undated (3 folders) 16 16 Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, New York, N.Y., 1940-1946 “I” miscellaneous, 1938-1946, undated Jenkins, J. Carden, 1941 Johnson, Louis, 1938-1942 “J” miscellaneous, 1937-1948 (2 folders) Keller, R. T., 1944-1945 Kenney, George S., 1941-1945 Kilmer, Mary E., 1941-1944, undated Kindelberger, James H., 1939-1945 King, Ernest J., 1942-1944 Kreusser, O. T., 1940-1942 “K” miscellaneous, 1939-1958, undated (2 folders) Lahm, Frank P., 1941-1942 Landis, Reed G., 1937-1945 Landon School for Boys, Bethesda, Md., 1940-1945 Lanphier, Thomas S., 1943-1944 Life Magazine, 1941-1944 Lincoln, Rush B., 1941-1942 Lindbergh, Charles A., 1938-1942 (4 folders) 17 17 Lodwick, Albert I., 1939-1945 Lovett, Robert A., 1941-1945, undated Lower Merion School District, Ardmore, Pa., 1939-1950 Luce, Clare Boothe, 1945 “L” miscellaneous, 1938-1946, undated (2 folders) Mark Twain Society, Webster Groves, Mo., 1942 Marshall, George C., 1943-1944, undated Martin, Frederick L., 1940-1944 Martin, Glenn L., 1940-1945 Marx, Louis, 1939-1946 (2 folders) McGee, James M., 1937-1944 McStay, Carl E., 1936-1945 Meigs, Merrill C., 1941-1945 Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, Pennsylvania Commandery, Philadelphia, Pa., 1939-1944 Military Order of the World War, Washington, D.C., 1942-1944 Milner, Nate, 1941-1944 Morgan, William V., 1944 Moseley, C. C., 1940-1944 Mosier, O. M., 1940-1944 “M” miscellaneous, 1936-1950, undated (1 folder) 18 18 (4 folders) Nash Motor Co., Kenosha, Wis., 1940-1941 National Aeronautical Society, Washington, D.C., 1939-1941 National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1938-1946 National Safety Council, Chicago, Ill., 1941-1944 Northrop, John K., 1940-1945 “N-O” miscellaneous, 1938-1951 (3 folders) Parks, Floyd L., 1939-1944 Parson, John E., 1941-1942 Patton, George S., 1943-1946 19 19 Pedersen, Edwin, 1939-1946 (2 folders) Portal, Charles F. A., 1941-1945 “P” miscellaneous, 1936-1946, undated (2 folders) Reilly, Henry, 1942-1943 Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1942-1946 (2 folders) Riddle, John Paul, 1942-1945 Robins, Dorothy, 1939-1945, undated “R” miscellaneous, 1937-1950, undated (2 folders) Shelmire, Horace W., 1943-1945 Society of American Military Engineers, Washington, D.C., 1941 Society of Automotive Engineers, New York, N.Y., 1939-1940 20 20 Somervell, Brehon, 1944 Spaatz, Carl, 1941-1948, undated Stark, Harold R. (“Betty”), 1941-1944 Statements before Congress, 1949 Stettinius, Edward R., 1941-1945 Stover, Mabel Robinson, 1941-1945 Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1942-1945 “S” miscellaneous, 1925-1950, undated (4 folders) Thomas, Lowell, 1942-1945 “T” miscellaneous, 1939-1952, undated (2 folders) 21 21 United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1934-1951 (4 folders) “U” miscellaneous, 1941, 1947 Vaughan, Guy, 1936-1946 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kansas City, Mo., 1942-1966 “V” miscellaneous, 1936-1945, undated Wallace, Walter J., 1939-1940 Walsh, James L., 1941-1942 Warner, Harry M., 1941-1945 Warner, Jack L., 1941-1946 Weaver, Walter R., 1939-1945 Weikert, John M., 1941-1943 Wilby, F. B., 1940-1945 Wilson, Gill Robb, 1942-1945 Winged Victory, play by Moss Hart, 1943-1945 (3 folders) 22 22 Winged Warfare, 1940-1944 Wings Club, New York, N.Y., 1942-1946 Wittschen, Emma, 1940-1946 Wood, Robert E., 1940-1946 Wright, Burdette S., 1939-1945, undated “W” miscellaneous, 1938-1948, undated (2 folders) Yorktown Memorial, Yorktown, Va., 1936-1937 Yount, Barton K., 1941-1946 “Y-Z” miscellaneous, 1936-1946 (2 folders) 23 23 Serial file, 1946-1950 Index Nos. 1-33 (Ad-Au) (4 folders) 24 24 Nos. 33-70 (Au-Bo) (6 folders) 25 25 Nos. 70 1/2-159 (Bo-Du) (6 folders) 26 26 Nos. 160-264 (Ea-Ha) (5 folders) 27 27 Nos. 265-385 (He-Ly) (6 folders) 28 28 Nos. 386-438 (Ma-Mo) (5 folders) 29 29 Nos. 439-523 (Mo-Pi) (6 folders) 30 30 Nos. 524-581 (Pl-Si) (5 folders) 31 31 Nos. 582-651 (Sk-Va) (5 folders) 32 32 Nos. 652-700 (Va-Zi) (5 folders) 33 33 No. 707 (biographical material) No. 708 (birthday congratulations) No. 709 (business offers index) No. 710 (change of title) No. 711 (Christmas) No. 712 (direct personal interest) No. 713 (honorary degrees) No. 714 (California Fish and Game Commission) (2 folders) 34 34 (5 folders) No. 715 (journalism index) 35 35 No. 718 (memberships) No. 719 (museums) (3 folders) No. 720 (portraits) 36 36 No. 721 (property) No. 724 (trips) 36-38 36-38 Personal, 1930-1950

Letters between Arnold and friends, colleagues, and the public pertaining to personal and professional interests.

Arranged chronologically.

36 36 Jan. 1930-June 1932 (5 folders) 37 37 July 1932-Sept. 1933 (5 folders) 38 38 Oct. 1933-Feb. 1950 (5 folders) 39-226 39-227 Military File, 1913-1951 39-152 39-152 Decimal File, 1940-1945

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, orders, directives, clippings, and printed matter documenting Arnold's military career.

Arranged by the Dewey number system adopted by the army in 1918. A name index to this subseries is in boxes 39-46. A subject index is in boxes 47-60.

39 39 Name index A-B 40 40 C-E 41 41 F-Hl 42 42 Ho-L 43 43 M-O 44 44 P-Se 45 45 Sh-T 46 46 U-Z 47 47 Subject index Ab-Ai 48 48 Ai-Ba 49 49 Be-Ce 50 50 Ch-Co 51 51 Cr-Ep 52 52 Eq-F 53 53 G-Im 54 54 In-L 55 55 M-N 56 56 O-Po 57 57 Pr-Re 58 58 Re-Sq 59 59 St-To 60 60 Tr-Z 61 61 Nos. 000.1-000.92 (6 folders) No. 000.93 1-59 (2 folders) 62 62 60-139 (2 folders) Nos. 001-008 (8 folders) 63 63 Nos. 011-045.92 (7 folders) No. 047.2 1-60 64 64 61-212 (2 folders) Nos. 050-080 (5 folders) 65 65 Nos. 091-160 (11 folders) 66 66 Nos. 200.2-210.105 (9 folders) No. 210.2 1-300 (2 folders) 67 67 301-560 (2 folders) Nos. 210.26-210.3 No. 210.31 1-450 (3 folders) 68 68 451-780 (5 folders) By country Nos. 210.311-210.32 (2 folders) 69 69 Nos. 210.33-210.5 (6 folders) 70 70 Nos. 210.63-210.673 No. 210.68 Africa-Egypt (4 folders) England 1-260 (2 folders) 71 71 261-475 (2 folders) Europe-Twentieth Air Force 1-50 (2 folders) 72 72 51-578 (6 folders) Nos. 210.681-210.72 (2 folders) 73 73 Nos. 210.8-220.3 (5 folders) 74 74 Nos. 220.31-241.19 (8 folders) 75 75 Nos. 241.3-311.1 (7 folders) 76 76 Nos. 311.13-311.54 (5 folders) 77 77 Nos. 312.1-312.4 (3 folders) No. 313.3 1-55 (3 folders) 78 78 56-189 (7 folders) Nos. 313.5-313.7 79 79 Nos. 314.7-314.81 (2 folders) No. 319.1 1-32 (3 folders) 80 80 33-243 (6 folders) 81 81 244-501 (5 folders) Air Technical Service Command-Intelligence (2 folders) 82 82 Office of Strategic Services-Twentieth Air Force No. 320.2 1-200 (5 folders) 83 83 201-555 (6 folders) 84 84 556-1138 (7 folders) 85 85 1139-1957 (6 folders) 86 86 Africa-Airborne Army (3 folders) Aircraft Warning Service 1-109 (2 folders) 87 87 110-151 Alaska-Canada (5 folders) 88 88 Caribbean Defense Command-Eastern theater (6 folders) 89 89 Eighth Air Force (5 folders) 90 90 England-Iceland (6 folders) 91 91 India-Technical training command (8 folders) 92 92 Tenth Air Force-“X” (6 folders) Nos. 320.3-321.19 No. 322 1-128 93 93 European theater operations-postwar Nos. 322.011-331.4 (3 folders) No. 333 1-144 (2 folders) 94 94 145-244 Caribbean Air Force-Scientific Advisory Group Nos. 333.1-333.5 No. 333.9 1-115 (2 folders) 95 95 116-449 (6 folders) 96 96 451-637 (4 folders) Alaska-Mead Committee No. 334 1-200 (2 folders) 97 97 Aid Society-United States, Canadian Inter-Service Flying Control Committee (3 folders) Nos. 334.3-336.4 (3 folders) 98 98 Nos. 336.6-350.1 (7 folders) No. 350.2 1-35 99 99 Canada-Yugoslavia (2 folders) Nos. 350.6-352.17 (3 folders) No. 353 1-78 100 100 79-456 (7 folders) 101 100 Air ground cooperation-Universal military training Nos. 353.1-360.1 (5 folders) No. 360.02 1-89 102 100 Brazil-North Africa (3 folders) Nos. 360.11-360.112 No. 360.33 1-171 (3 folders) 103 100 172-288 Nos. 360.4-370.01 (5 folders) 104 104 Nos. 370.05-370.091 No. 370.2 1-192 (6 folders) 105 105 193-284 Air force combat control-Eighth Air Force (4 folders) 106 106 England-Italy (6 folders) 107 107 Japan-Twentieth Air Force (3 folders) Nos. 370.24-370.32 (5 folders) 108 108 No. 370.5 1-689 (5 folders) 109 109 Africa-“X” (3 folders) Nos. 370.7-371 No. 373 1-99 (2 folders) 110 110 100-284 (4 folders) Newfoundland Nos. 373.01-380.3 (3 folders) No. 381 1-124 111 111 Africa-MacDill Field, Tampa, Fla. (8 folders) 112 112 Mexico-War plans (6 folders) 113 113 Nos. 381.4-384.6 (6 folders) No. 385 1-93 (2 folders) 114 114 94-254 (2 folders) Japan Nos. 385.2-387 No. 400 1-372 (5 folders) 115 115 Africa-“X” (5 folders) Nos. 400.111-400.303 (2 folders) 116 116 Nos. 400.312-413.2 (3 folders) No. 413.44 1-190 (3 folders) 117 117 191-647 (5 folders) Ascension Island-West Africa Nos. 413.45-413.6 118 118 Nos. 413.62-430.3 (5 folders) 119 119 Nos. 431-452.09 (4 folders) No. 452.1 2-100 (2 folders) 120 120 101-431 (8 folders) 121 121 432-830 (6 folders) 122 122 831-1540 (7 folders) 123 123 1541-1715 (2 folders) Africa-Chile (7 folders) 124 124 China-Ecuador (2 folders) England 1-201 (6 folders) 125 125 202-439 (3 folders) European theater of operations-Hawaii (3 folders) 126 126 Iceland-Postwar air force (7 folders) 127 127 Russia-Switzerland (7 folders) 128 128 Torch-Yugoslavia (5 folders) No. 452.11 1-98 (2 folders) 129 129 99-271 Iceland-Superchargers Nos. 452.12-452.33 (2 folders) No. 452.4 Autogiros-Gliders (3 folders) 130 130 Nos. 452.9-458.11 (2 folders) No. 461 1-186 (4 folders) 131 131 187-302 Newsletter (5 folders) Nos. 462-463 132 132 Nos. 463.7-470 (7 folders) 133 133 Nos. 470.1-471.52 (6 folders) No. 471.6 1-75 (2 folders) 134 134 76-503 (6 folders) Aerial mines-Smoke screens and bombs Nos. 471.82-471.94 135 135 Nos. 472-475.73 (5 folders) No. 475.731 1-7 (2 folders) 136 136 8-21 (4 folders) Nos. 475.9-545.4 (5 folders) 137 137 Nos. 560-574 (3 folders) No. 580 1-146 (3 folders) Air transport command 1-53 138 138 54-438 (6 folders) 139 139 Aviation objectives (4 folders) 140 140 Greenland-South Pacific (5 folders) Nos. 580.2-600.05 (2 folders) 141 141 Nos. 600.1-600.96 (6 folders) 142 142 Nos. 601-638 (4 folders) No. 660.2 1-17 Aircraft warning service 1-98 (2 folders) 143 143 101-191 (2 folders) Mexico-Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Nos. 660.3-676.1 (3 folders) No. 676.3 2-103 Alaska-Greenland 144 144 Hawaii-Russia Nos. 676.4-684 No. 686 1-92 (3 folders) 145 145 94-200 (6 folders) 146 146 201-618 (3 folders) Africa Alaska 1-49 (2 folders) 147 147 51-118 (3 folders) Arabia-Eglin Field, Fla. (3 folders) 148 148 England-Hawaii (6 folders) 149 149 Hawaii to Philippines air route-Nicaragua (6 folders) 150 150 North Atlantic ferry route-Wake Island (4 folders) Nos. 700-702.5 No. 704 4 151 151 6 (4 folders) 152 152 9-51 Nos. 705-825.1 (2 folders) 153-164 153-164 Message File, 1941-1946

Chiefly incoming and outgoing cables and related material, such as reports, logs, and lists pertaining to military matters.

Arranged alphabetically by name of individual or agency, type of material, or topic.

153 153 Alaska, Aug.-Sept. 1942 Arnold, incoming and outgoing Oct. 1942-Aug. 1943 (8 folders) 154 154 Sept. 1943-Mar. 1945 (12 folders) 155 155 Apr.-Dec. 1945 (8 folders) 156 156 Cable instructions and personnel, Oct. 1941-Dec. 1943 Cable lists, Dec. 1941-Aug. 1945 Cairo, Egypt, Aug. 1942-Feb. 1943 Chungking, China, Jan.-Feb. 1943 Drafts, Sept. 1942-Apr. 1943 Eaker, Ira C. London, England, May 1943 Manila, Tokyo, and Alaska, Apr.-May 1946 Eisenhower, Dwight D., London, England 8 Feb.-12 Oct. 1942 (2 folders) 157 157 13-31 Oct. 1942 (2 folders) Freedom Algiers, Dec. 1942-Feb. 1943 (2 folders) Harmon, Millard F., South Pacific, Oct. 1942-Jan. 1943 London, England From Arnold, Apr. 1941-Sept. 1943 From Spaatz, Carl, Sept.-Nov. 1942 United States forces and commanding general, European theater Aug.-Sept. 1942 158 158 Oct. 1942-Feb. 1943 (2 folders) London, England, and North Africa, Jan.-Sept. 1943 MacArthur, Douglas, Feb. 1942-Feb. 1943 Miscellaneous incoming Mar. 1942-Oct. 1943 (4 folders) 159 159 Nov. 1943-Mar. 1944 (6 folders) 160 160 Apr.-June 1944 (6 folders) 161 161 Miscellaneous outgoing Sept. 1943-Apr. 1944 (7 folders) 162 162 May-June 1944 (2 folders) Moscow, Russia, Aug.-Dec. 1942 Personnel Incoming, July-Sept. 1943 (2 folders) Outgoing Dec. 1942-July 1943 163 163 Aug.-Sept. 1943 Priority Incoming, Dec. 1942-June 1943 (2 folders) Log, Nov. 1942-June 1943 (2 folders) Sextant Conference, Cairo, Egypt-Tehran, Iran, Nov.-Dec. 1943 See also Container 3, same heading and Container 202, same heading Statistics Action copy records, Oct. 1943-Feb. 1944 164 164 Miscellaneous, June-Nov. 1943 Record of morning pickups, June 1943-Mar. 1944 (2 folders) Stratemeyer, George, Apr.-June 1943 (2 folders) Turkey, Dec. 1942-July 1943 (2 folders) War Department battle reports, Dec. 1941-Jan. 1942 165-180 165-180 Official File, 1932-1946

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, orders, directives, background information, clippings, and printed matter.

Arranged numerically by jacket number. An index to files 1-287 is in box 165, and one to files 516-540 is in box 178.

165 165 Index 1-287 Nos. 1-28 (6 folders) 166 166 Nos. 28A-48 (6 folders) 167 167 Nos. 49-84 (8 folders) 168 168 Nos. 85-106 (8 folders) 169 169 Nos. 107-145 (7 folders) 170 170 Nos. 146-165 (10 folders) 171 171 Nos. 166-204 (6 folders) 172 172 Nos. 205-224 (8 folders) 173 173 Nos. 225-228 (6 folders) 174 174 Nos. 229-237 (7 folders) 175 175 Nos. 238-254 (8 folders) 176 176 Nos. 255-258 (7 folders) 177 177 Nos. 259-279 (9 folders) 178 178 Nos. 280-287 (4 folders) Index 516-540 Nos. 516-519 (3 folders) 179 179 Nos. 520-524 (6 folders) 180 180 Nos. 525-540 (4 folders) 181-195 181-196 Reports, 1913-1949

General reports, chiefly administrative and congressional, and special reports, including administrative, technical, and intelligence.

General reports are arranged chronologically. Special reports are arranged alphabetically by topic.

181 181 General 1913-1932 (6 folders) 182 182 1933-1939 (4 folders) 183 183 1940-1943 (7 folders) 184 184 1943-1945 (6 folders) See also Oversize 185 185 1945 (6 folders) 186 186 1946 (5 folders) 187 187 1947-1949 (2 folders) Special Air power, 1945 (2 folders) 188 188 (5 folders) 189 189 (4 folders) 190 190 (3 folders) Appropriations, 1940-1941 (3 folders) 191 191-192 (2 folders) Atomic bomb, 1945 Atomic energy, 1945-1946, undated (2 folders) 192 193 Germany's war potential, 1943 Historical studies, 1942-1944 (4 folders) Interrogations, 1946 193 194 Scientific Advisory Group research, 1945 (5 folders) 194 195 (5 folders) 195 196 (1 folder) Statistics, graph study of army air forces, 1942-1945 See Oversize Utilization of airlines, 1944 196-204 197-205 Subject File, 1917-1950

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and printed matter.

Arranged alphabetically by name of individual or organization and topic.

196 197 Air defense, 1941 Air Force Aid Society, Washington, D.C., 1950 Air Force history notes, undated Air mail, 1934 (2 folders) Air service, 1917-1919 (4 folders) 197 198 Air service command, 1942 Air transport command, 1942-1943 Aircraft Allocations, 1941-1943 Military, 1942-1943, undated Mobilization, 1942 Production, 1938-1945 (3 folders) Alaskan flight, 1934 198 199 American Veterans Committee, 1946-1948 Appropriations, 1938-1943 Arcadia Conferences, Washington, D.C., 1941-1942 Argentia Conference, Newfoundland, 1941 Army Air Forces Aid Society, 1942-1944 Plans, 1942-1944 Programs, 1942-1945 Army-navy war college, proposed, 1942-1943 Army service forces responsibilities, 1944 Atomic bomb, 1945 Atomic energy, 1945 Aviation, early, 1921-1939 Bombing, 1942-1943 Bombs, 1942-1943 199 200 Casablanca Conference, Morocco, 1943 (2 folders) China, 1944-1945 China-Burma-India theater, 1941-1944 Civil air lines, 1942-1945 Commanders, 1942-1945 Directives, 1942-1943 Dowding, Hugh, Sir, dinner, Washington, D.C., 1941 Eighth Air Force, 1942-1943 Elks in Mexico, 1946-1947 Events diaries, 1943-1945 200 201 German air force, 1941 Gladwyne (frigate), 1944 Great Britain, 1941-1943 Hawaii, 1941-1942 Italy, 1943 Japan General, 1942 Surrender, 1945 Laux, David N., 1944 Lend-lease operations, 1941 London, England, trip, 1942 London Conference, Quebec, Canada, 1942 Losey, Robert M., 1940 Mail procedures, 1944 Maneuvers, 1941 Medals and awards, 1943-1950 Mediterranean theater, 1943 Meyers, Bennett E., 1947 Middle East, 1942-1943 Movement of infantry replacements, 1944-1945 201 202 North African operations, 1942-1943 Octagon Conference, Quebec, Canada, 1944 Pacific theater, 1944 Philippines, 1941 Poor Richard Club, Philadelphia, Pa., 1943 Quadrant Conference, Quebec, Canada, 1943 Quebec conferences, Quebec, Canada, 1943-1945 Racial conditions, Freeman Field, Ind., 1945 Radar, 1943 Russia, 1942-1944 (2 folders) 202 203 Sextant Conference, Cairo, Egypt-Tehran, Iran, 1943 See also Container 3, same heading and Container 163, same heading Signal Corps Control Board, 1918 State Department, undated Strategy, 1941-1943 Submarine, 1942-1943 Takoradi-Cairo ferry route, 1941 Terminal Conference, Berlin, Germany, 1945 203 204 Trident Conference, Washington, D.C., 1943 Trump Card or Bluff by H. J. Rieckhoff, 1945 Tucson Air Base, Ariz., 1944 Turkey, 1943 Unification of armed forces, 1946 United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., 1928, 1949 (2 folders) 204 205 War Department decimal file system, 1944-1945 White House conferences, 1941-1942 Women air service pilots, 1944 205-226 206-227 Miscellany, 1934-1951

Directives, messages, transcripts of telephone conversations, reports, war communiques, and lists.

Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.

205 206 Air adjutant general, July 1941-Apr. 1944 (6 folders) 206 207 Directives, Dec. 1941-May 1942 (7 folders) Listing of army air corps officers, 1937-1940 Mail lists See also Containers 266-269, Military Mail Log Formerly top secret, Apr. 1944-Jan. 1946 207 208 General Feb. 1941-Dec. 1943 (10 folders) 208 209 Mar.-June 1944 (5 folders) 209 210 July-Nov. 1944 (5 folders) 210 211 Dec. 1944-May 1945 (6 folders) 211 212 June-Nov. 1945 (6 folders) 212 213 Dec. 1945-1951 (4 folders) Official 1934-July 1942 (3 folders) 213 214 Aug. 1942-Jan. 1943 (6 folders) 214 215 Feb.-Aug. 1943 (6 folders) 215 216 Aug.-Nov. 1943 (6 folders) 216 217 Nov. 1943-May 1944 (6 folders) 217 218 June 1944-Feb. 1945 (7 folders) 218 219 Mar.-Dec. 1945 (2 folders) Personal file index Personal file Nos. 34-40, 1942-43 (5 folders) 219 220 No. 42, 1941 Telephone calls received Sept. 1941-Dec. 1942 (3 folders) 220 221 Jan. 1943-Oct. 1944 (5 folders) 221 222 Nov. 1944-Feb. 1946 (4 folders) Telephone calls re Shelmire report, July 1942-Mar. 1943 Telephone conversation transcripts Sept. 1941-Aug. 1942 (2 folders) 222 223 1943-44 (4 folders) War communiques 1943 July Aug. 1-20 (3 folders) 223 224 21-31 Sept. (4 folders) Oct. 1-14 224 225 15-31 (2 folders) Nov. (3 folders) Dec. 1-17 (2 folders) 225 226 18-31 (2 folders) 1944 Jan.-Feb. (8 folders) 226 227 Mar.-Apr. (7 folders) 227-234 228-235 Postmilitary File, 1946-1949

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, background information, printed matter, and other papers documenting Arnold's interests and activities after his retirement.

Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.

227 228 B-36 aircraft, 1949 (6 folders) Bikini Island, atomic testing, 1946 Congressional Aviation Policy Committee, 1947-1948 (2 folders) 228 229 Correspondence Set A, 1946-1949 (4 folders) Set B Index A (5 folders) 229 230 (8 folders) 230 231 (1 folder) B (2 folders) C (3 folders) 231 232 (1 folder) D-H (7 folders) 232 233 I-M (4 folders) N (2 folders) 233 234 (1 folder) O-U (7 folders) 234 235 V-W (4 folders) Office memoranda, 1947-1949 Personnel assigned to Arnold (2 folders) 235-251 236-253 Speeches and Writings, 1923-1955

Correspondence, speeches, statements, articles, notes, drafts and proofs of Arnold's memoirs, Global Mission, and related material.

Arranged into General files organized chronologically and material related to Global Mission organized alphabetically by type of material and therein chronologically.

235 236 General 1923-1936 (8 folders) 236 237 1937-1943 (7 folders) 237 238 1944-1946 (6 folders) 238 239 1947-1948 (9 folders) 239 240 1948-1949 (8 folders) 240 241 Undated (5 folders) 241 242 Global Mission Correspondence, 1948-1955 (6 folders) 242 243 Drafts 1948 First (6 folders) 243 244 Second (6 folders) 1949 Third (1 folder) 244 245 (2 folders) Laidlaw, William R., draft (4 folders) 245 246 (9 folders) 246 247 (7 folders) 247 248 (2 folders) Carbon copy (6 folders) 248 249-250 (8 folders) 249 251 Office copy (8 folders) 250 252 Corrected draft by William R. Laidlaw (8 folders) 251 253-254 (6 folders) Notes, 1948 Proofs, 1949 252-265 255-268 Miscellany, 1903-1963

Correspondence, memoranda, financial papers, biographical information, photographs, personnel records, scrapbooks, and printed matter.

Arranged alphabetically by name of individual, topic, or type of material. Container 255 shelved as oversize.

252 255 Address book, undated Adkins, Edna M., 1931-1950 (6 folders) See also Oversize 253 256 Biographical material, 1949-1956 (4 folders) Engagements, 1946-1950 Financial papers, 1940-1950 Funeral, 1950 254 257 General, 1938-1951 (3 folders) Personnel records of Arnold, 1920-1946 (2 folders) OV 255 258 Photographs Album, 1908-1919 (2 oversize volumes) 256 259 General, 1904-1963 (5 folders) Pioneer aviators, 1903-1957 (3 folders) 257 260 (2 folders) Printed material 1918-1944 (3 folders) 1945 (2 folders) 258 261 (3 folders) 1946 1947 (1 folder) 259 262 (1 folder) 1948-1963, undated (5 folders) 260 263 Scrapbooks 1903-1909 (4 folders) 261 264 1911-1912 262 265 1924-1934 263 266 1934 264 267 1935-1940 Trips 1939-1943 (3 folders) 265 268 1944-1948 (4 folders) World War II Records, 1940-1945 Statistics, 1940-1945 266-269 Military Mail Log, 1941-1945

Card file describing mail received by Arnold.

Arranged chronologically by date of receipt and by an alpha-numeric code assigned to each document. Entries for documents that had the highest national security classification are arranged in a separate sequence at the end. This material had been separated from the Military File and was later returned to the collection.

266 “A-B” file June 1941-Sept. 1942 267 Oct. 1942-Sept. 1943 268 Oct. 1943-Aug. 1944 269 Sept. 1944-Jan. 1945 “S” file, 1943-1944 270-273 Jo Chamberlin File, 1941-1989

Scrapbooks compiled by Jo Chamberlin, containing memoranda, reports, speeches, military papers, printed matter, and other material.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

270 Air Force, 1942-1945, 1980 (2 vols.) 271 Army Air Forces, 1941-1949, 1983-1989, undated Vols. 1-2 272 Vols. 3-4 273 Vol. 5 Reports to the secretary of war, 1943-1945 OV 1-OV 5 269 Oversize, 1930-1955

Oversize reports and scrapbooks.

Organized and described according to the series and folders from which the items were removed. OV 4 and OV 5 not filmed.

OV 1 269 Military File Reports General 1943, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, air assault (Container 184) OV 2 269 1944, Leyte, Philippines, battle of (Container 184) OV 3 269 Miscellany Adkins, Edna M. Scrapbook, 1930-1954 (Container 252) OV 4 Military File Reports Special Statistics, graph study of army air forces, 1942-1945 (Container 195) OV 5 Miscellany Adkins, Edna M. Scrapbook, 1955 (Container 252) CL 1 Classified, 1932-1949

Classified material.

Organized and described according to the series and folders from which the items were removed.

CL 1 Military file, circa 1913-1951 Decimal 000.7 (Container 61) 000.7 (Container 61) 000.73 (Container 61) 012 (Container 63) 020 (Container 63) 062.2 (Container 64) 211 Liaison (Container 73) 311.1 (Container 75) 311.23 (Container 76) 319.1 (Container 81) 334.8 (Container 97) 337 (Container 98) 350.2 (Container 98) 350.2 Yugoslavia (Container 99) 373 (Container 110) 380.3 (Container 110) 380.3 China (Container 110) 381 Anti-aircraft defense (Container 111) 381 China (Container 111) 383.6 (Container 113) 400 China (Container 115) 400.112 (Container 115) 400.112 Research and Development (Container 117) 413.44 (Container 117) 452.1 (Container 120) (Container 123) China (Container 124) France (Container 125) Germany (Container 125) Netherlands (Container 126) Russia (Container 127) South Pacific (Container 127) Sweden (Container 127) 463.7 (Container 132) 470 (Container 132) 470.1 (Container 133) 580 Russia (Container 140) 686 Russia (Container 150) Swan Island (Container 150) 705 China (Container 152) Official File 124 (Container 169) 135 (Container 169) 243 (Container 175) 244 (Container 175) 263 (Container 177) Subject File Russia (Container 201) Miscellany Air adjutant general (Container 205) Personal File July-Sept. 1942 (Container 218) CL 1 Postmilitary file, circa 1946-1949 Congressional Aviation Policy Committee (Container 227) Correspondence Slessor, J. C. (Container 233)