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Carl Spaatz papers, 1910-1981
120,000 items. 345 containers plus 29 oversize and 1 classified. 145 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Career army and air force officer and first chief of staff of the United States Air Force. Diaries, journals, correspondence, memoranda, cables, reports, charts, maps, studies, research notes, printed matter, photographs, scrapbooks, speeches and writings, military memorabilia, family papers, financial records and other papers relating to Spaatz's military career and to his command during World War II of the United States Army Air Forces in Europe, the allied air forces in North Africa, and, after July 1945, the Strategic Air Force in the Pacific.
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George S. Patton papers, 1807-1979
26,100 items. 78 containers plus 23 oversize. 40 linear feet. 10 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
United States Army officer. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, speeches and lectures, military papers, scrapbooks, military publications, maps, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Patton's military career as a student at the U.S. Military Academy (1904-1909), member of John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition into Mexico (1916), aide-de-camp to Pershing and later tank commander in Europe during World War I, and commander of forces in Europe and North Africa during World War II.
Wallace Carroll papers, 1941-1989
2,500 items. 7 containers plus 2 classified. 3.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Journalist and psychological warfare strategist. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and propaganda leaflets documenting primarily Carroll's work for the United States Office of War Information and the Psychological Strategy Board.
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Jerauld Wright papers, 1853-1960
3,500 items. 13 containers. 4.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Naval officer. Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Wright's naval career especially during World War II and after.
Elwood R. Quesada papers, 1927-1960
2,450 items. 7 containers. 2.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Air force officer and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and statements, reports, drawings, press releases, and other material pertaining primarily to Quesada's career as a United States Air Force officer and as director of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Samuel Eliot Morison papers, 1939-1972
78 items. 8 containers. 3.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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U.S. naval officer and historian. Journals and research notebooks relating mainly to the oceanic theaters of World War II, antisubmarine warfare, and Morison's writings.
George Biddle papers, 1863-1973
3,500 items. 31 containers plus 1 oversize. 12 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Artist and public official. Correspondence; diaries; drafts and printed copies of speeches, articles, and a memoir; sketchbooks; scrapbooks; announcements; book reviews; and other papers relating chiefly to Biddle's role in American art, his work for the federal support of art, and the Federal Art Project, including also material relating to his involvement with the United States War Department Art Advisory Committee, World War II, and the Nuremberg War Crime Trials.
Everett Strait Hughes papers, 1903-1975
3,500 items. 13 containers. 5.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer. Correspondence, diaries, and orders concerning Hughes’s career in ordnance and general staff work in the United States Army, including during the Mexican Punitive Expedition, World War I, and World War II.
Paul M. Robinett papers, 1915-1972
3,000 items. 10 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Army officer. Personal and official correspondence, writings, military papers, and other material relating to Robinett’s career as combat commander, commandant of the Armored Force School of Fort Knox, Ky., and chief, Special Studies Section, Office of the Chief of Military History.
Charles L. Scott papers, 1940-1945
3,000 items. 12 containers. 4.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Army officer. Correspondence, reports, orders, speeches, articles, memoranda, photographs, and other military papers concerning the 2nd Armored Division of the United States Army, which Scott organized, and military tactics and history.