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BOX I:1 Part I: Diaries, 1942-1947
Typescript notes of appointments with comments and a few collateral documents.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX I:1 1942-1947
(7 folders)
BOX I:2-6 Part I: Personal File, 1926-1941
Personal and official correspondence.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX I:2 Sept. 1926-Aug. 1928
(10 folders)
BOX I:3 Sept. 1928-Oct. 1930
(7 folders)
BOX I:4 Nov. 1930-Oct. 1935
(10 folders)
BOX I:5 Mar. 1936-Dec. 1939
(10 folders)
BOX I:6 Jan. 1940-Dec. 1941
(10 folders)
BOX I:7-16 Part I: General Correspondence, 1942-1950
Correspondence sent and received.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX I:7 Jan. 1942-Jan. 1943
(10 folders)
BOX I:8 Feb.-June 1943
(10 folders)
BOX I:9 July-Oct. 1943
(9 folders)
BOX I:10 Nov. 1943-Feb. 1944
(10 folders)
BOX I:11 Mar.-Sept. 1944
(10 folders)
BOX I:12 Oct. 1944-May 1945
(10 folders)
BOX I:13 June 1945-Mar. 1946
(10 folders)
BOX I:14 Apr.-Dec. 1946
(10 folders)
BOX I:15 Jan.-May 1947
(9 folders)
BOX I:16 June 1947-Apr. 1950
(8 folders)
BOX I:16-36 Part I: World War II File, 1937-1946
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, meeting minutes, press releases, notes, lists, accounts, and printed matter relating primarily to Eaker's command of the Eighth Bomber Command, the Eighth Air Force, and the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces.
Largely organized under the name of these organizations and therein by type of material or topic, with the correspondence arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or headquarters. Most files are in reverse chronological order and contain indexes.
BOX I:16 Eighth Air Force
Correspondence
Army Air Forces headquarters, Washington, D.C., 1942-1944
(2 folders)
BOX I:17 Arnold, Henry Harley, 1942-1944
(5 folders)
Complimentary letters, 1942-1944
Eighth Air Force commands, 1942-1943
(1 folder)
BOX I:18 (2 folders)
Eighth Air Force headquarters, 1942-1945
(6 folders)
BOX I:19 Eubank, E. L., and George E. Stratemeyer, 1942-1943
European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA), 1942-1943
(4 folders)
Giles, Barney M., 1943-1944
(2 folders)
Lovett, Robert A., 1943-1944
BOX I:20 Miscellaneous correspondents, 1942-1943
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry, British War Cabinet, miscellany, 1942-1944
(2 folders)
Officers
Miscellaneous, 1942-1944
(2 folders)
Portal, Charles, 1942-1944
Trenchard, Hugh Montague, 1943-1944
Spaatz, Carl A., 1942-1943
Stratemeyer, George E. See Container I:19, Eubank, E. L., and George E. Stratemeyer
BOX I:21 "Eighth Air Force Data," unpublished report, 1942-1945, undated
(7 folders)
Financial records, 1942-1944, undated
(3 folders)
Maps and plans, 1941, undated See Part I: Oversize
Meetings, 1942-1943
(2 folders)
BOX I:22 Miscellany, 1943-1944, undated See also Part I: Oversize
(3 folders)
Press conferences, 1943
Public relations, 1942-1943
Reports
"Bi-monthly Report of Bombing Results," 1943 See Part I: Oversize
Miscellaneous, 1943-1945 See also Part I: Oversize
Royal Air Force, 1937-1943
(3 folders)
BOX I:23 Writings on air power, 1942-1943, undated
Eighth Bomber Command, 1942
(4 folders)
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
Correspondence
Air Transport Command, 1945
Army Air Forces
Headquarters, Washington, D.C., 1944-1945
(2 folders)
BOX I:24 Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 1944-1945
(2 folders)
Arnold, Henry Harley
General, 1943-1945
(6 folders)
"Roundups," 1944-1945 See also Part I: Oversize
(2 folders)
Balkan Air Force, Brazilian Air Force, Coastal Air Force, Desert Air Force, and French Air Force, 1944-1945
BOX I:25 Complimentary letters, 1944-1945
Devers, Jacob L. See Container I:27, Sixth Army Group
Families of missing aircrew men, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force, 1944-1945
(3 folders)
Fifth Army, Seventh Army, Eighth Army, 1944
Giles, Barney M., 1944-1945
(4 folders)
BOX I:26 Harriman, W. Averell, 1944-1945
Lovett, Robert A., 1944-1945
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
Headquarters, 1944-1945
(7 folders)
BOX I:27 Rear echelon, Algiers, 1944
(2 folders)
North African Theater of Operations, United States Army (NATOUSA), 1944
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 1944-1945
Royal Air Force
Portal, Charles, and Trenchard, Hugh Montague, 1944-1945
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