William H. Tunner and Margaret Ann Hamilton Tunner papers, 1900-2006 (Library of Congress Finding Aid)

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BOX 1-6	Part I: Correspondence, 1938-1960
		The Correspondence series contains William H. Tunner's personal correspondence primarily with friends and associates from his military career. These files span his most active decades in the military, ending upon his retirement. Researchers should consult Part I: Military Commands and Assignments for Tunner's professional correspondence and Part II: William H. Tunner for his personal and professional correspondence outside his military career. Much of the correspondence consists of friendly congratulations, casual notes, and efforts to keep in touch with army friends as Tunner's career took him all over the world. The physical files for correspondents with last names beginning with "A," "L," and "V" were not donated to the Library with this series, but copies can be found in the Part III: Microfilm series. Material type consists of correspondence.
		Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
BOX 1		B, 1941-1960
			(8 folders)
BOX 1		C, 1942-1960
			(6 folders)
BOX 1		Dah-Di, 1943-1960
			(2 folders)
BOX 2		Dob-Dz, 1943-1960
			(2 folders)
BOX 2		E, 1942-1960
BOX 2		F, 1942-1960
			(4 folders)
BOX 2		G, 1942-1960
			(6 folders)
BOX 2		Hac-Has, 1950-1960
			(3 folders)
BOX 3		Hat-Hy, 1950-1960
			(7 folders)
BOX 3		I, 1944-1958
BOX 3		J, 1943-1960
			(2 folders)
BOX 3		K, 1943-1960
			(5 folders)
BOX 3		Mac-Man, 1942-1960
			(3 folders)
BOX 4		Mar-My, 1942-1960
			(6 folders)
BOX 4		N, 1942-1959
			(2 folders)
BOX 4		O, 1943-1959
			(2 folders)
BOX 4		P, 1942-1960
			(4 folders)
BOX 4		Q, 1955-1957
BOX 4		Ram-Raw, 1942-1960
BOX 5		Ree-Ry, 1942-1960
			(4 folders)
BOX 5		S, 1942-1960
			(13 folders)
BOX 6		T, 1942-1960
			(6 folders)
BOX 6		U, 1938-1960
			(3 folders)
BOX 6		W, 1944-1960
			(8 folders)
BOX 6		Y-Z, 1944-1958
BOX 7-27	Part I: Military Commands and Assignments, 1940-1978
		The Military Commands and Assignments series constitutes the majority of Part I and documents Tunner's roles as commanding officer and commanding general across various assignments. The series contains military documents created and maintained during specific airlifts, such as the India-China Division files on the Hump airlift over the Himalayas, and the Korean Airlift; and working files created and maintained during his commands with the Ferrying Division, Air Matériel Command (AMC), and Military Air Transport Service (MATS), among others. Files on the Berlin Airlift Task Force comprise about a third of this series and include a near-complete version of the “History of the Airlift Task Force” report (see Part III: Microfilm for the complete report). These files also contain a complete run of the Task Force Times, a daily newspaper created for and produced by Berlin Airlift pilots that printed the daily transported tonnage of supplies by each unit to encourage competition. Though Tunner was commander in chief of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) for four years, his files on this command are sparse and contain mostly speech files from the relevant years. Because of the wartime conditions under which the files were created, some documents have faded considerably. See Part III: Microfilm for legible versions of faded documents. Material types include correspondence, summaries, reports, charts, daily activity logs, manuals, newspapers, speeches, and printed matter.
		Arranged alphabetically by command and thereunder alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX 7		Air Matériel Command (AMC)
BOX 7			Air transport, 1951-1953
BOX 7			"Airlift of Aircraft Engines," 1953
BOX 7			Contract carriers, 1950
BOX 7			Correspondence, 1952-1953
BOX 7			Delivery of aircraft, 1950-1952
BOX 7			Effective Management of Airlift in the U.S. Air Force, 1952
BOX 7			Ferrying of aircraft, 1951-1953
BOX 7			Israel, 1952-1953
BOX 7			Miscellany, 1952, undated
BOX 7			Pacific airlift, 1952-1953
BOX 7			Skyway, 1952-1953
BOX 8			Specifications for ideal air transport, 1947-1952
BOX 8			Speech material, 1952-1953
BOX 8			Transport aircraft, 1952-1953
				(2 folders)
BOX 8			Transportation, 1951-1953
				(2 folders)
BOX 8			"USAF Survey of Transport Operations," 1953
BOX 8		Air Transport Command (ATC) See also Container 46, same heading
BOX 8			Brochures, 1948
BOX 8			Correspondence, 1942-1951
BOX 9			Correspondence, 1942-1951
BOX 9			Daily activity reports, 1946
BOX 9			Development of transport aircraft, 1947
BOX 9			Miscellany, 1949-1951, undated
BOX 9			Overseas national airways, 1950-1951
BOX 9			Public relations and articles, 1946-1951
BOX 9			Reports, 1945-1950
				(2 folders)
BOX 9			Speeches and speech materials, 1948-1953
				(2 folders)
BOX 9			Traffic studies, 1949-1951
BOX 10			Transocean Airlines, Inc., 1950-1951
BOX 10			World Air Freight, Inc., 1946-1947
BOX 10		Berlin Airlift Task Force See also Containers 46-48, Berlin Airlift
BOX 10			Briefings, 1948-1949
BOX 10			Celebrations file, 1959
BOX OV 1			Charts and graphs, 1949 See Container OV 1, same heading
BOX 10			Comments of visitors, 1948-1949
BOX 10			Commercial airlines, 1948-1949
BOX 10			Comptroller file, 1948-1949
BOX 10			Correspondence
BOX 10				Commendations, 1948-1949
BOX 10				Miscellaneous, 1948-1949
BOX 10			German airlift to Stalingrad, 1943-1949
				(2 folders)
BOX 11			History of the Airlift Task Force series, 1948, Sept.-Oct. See also Container OV 2, Charts and graphs
				(5 folders)
BOX 12			History of the Airlift Task Force series, 1948, Nov.-1949, Feb. See also Container OV 2, Charts and graphs
				(6 folders)
BOX 13			History of the Airlift Task Force series, 1949, Feb.-March See also Container OV 2, Charts and graphs
				(3 folders)
BOX 13			Log of daily activities, 1948-1949
				(3 folders)
BOX 13			Miscellany, 1948, 1951, undated
BOX 14			Newspaper clippings, 1948-1959, 1968 See also Container OV 2, Magazine article
				(5 folders)
BOX 14			Operations manuals, 1946-1949 See also Container OV 1, Map pieces
				(2 folders)
BOX 14			Personnel lists, 1948-1949
BOX 15			Personnel lists, 1948-1949
BOX 15			Photographs, 1948-1949 See also Container OV 2, same heading
BOX 15			"Preliminary Analysis of Lessons Learned," 1949
BOX 15			Public relations file, 1948-1978
BOX 15			Reports, 1948-1949
				(3 folders)
BOX 16			Reports, 1949-1961, undated
				(3 folders)
BOX 16			Speeches and speech materials, 1948-1949
BOX 16			Statistical summaries, 1948-1949
				(3 folders)
BOX 17			Statistical summaries, 1948-1949
				(2 folders)
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