Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of William E. Odom, army officer and educator, were given to the Library of Congress by Odom between 1988 and 2008 and by his widow, Anne Odom, between 2008 and 2010.
Processing History
Part I of the Odom Papers was arranged and described in 1991 by Audrey Walker with the assistance of Susie H. Moody and Allyson H. Jackson, with additional material incorporated into the collection in 1997. The finding aid and organization were revised in 1998 and again in 2008 by Audrey Walker and Laura J. Kells with the assistance of Susie H. Moody and Allyson H. Jackson. Additional material received between 2003 and 2010 was processed as Part II in 2017 by Laura J. Kells with the assistance of Brian McGuire, Kimberly Owens, Tammi Taylor, Chad Conrady, and Kathleen O'Neill.
Digital files were received as part of the William E. Odom Papers on a variety of storage media, each of which was assigned a unique digital ID number. Use the digital ID number to request access copies of the files associated with each media. A description of the standard processes taken on all born digital records can be found in the Processing History Note: Born Digital Collection Material at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.digital.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Sound and video recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Several maps have been transferred to the Geography and Map Division. Two microfilm reels of Russian periodicals have been transferred to the European Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the William E. Odom Papers.
Microfiche
Military records in the Personal File include three microfiche received with the collection.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Roman numeral designating the Part followed by a colon and container number or digital ID number, William E. Odom Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.