Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of Carl Spaatz, career army and air force officer and first chief of staff of the United States Air Force, were given to the Library of Congress by Spaatz and the air force. Part I of the collection was given to the Library in 1948 and transferred from the Aeronautics Division of the Science and Technology Division to the Manuscript Division in 1961. Additional material was given by Spaatz between 1960 and 1968. Part II was transferred to the Library by the Air Force Office of Public Affairs in 1981 and by Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., in 1988.
Processing History
Part I of the Carl Spaatz Papers is described in the Library of Congress Quarterly Journal, vol. 6, May 1949, pp. 23-54. It was arranged and described in 1968. Additional material received in 1981 and 1988 was processed as Part II in 1996. The finding aid was revised in 2005 and 2014.
Transfers
Some photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Carl Spaatz Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.