Ira Eaker papers, (Record no. 42198)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number mm 79019331
NUCMC control number ms 66001402
Canceled/invalid LC control number su 79019331
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
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Description conventions dacs
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code R
Source lcmd
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Eaker, Ira,
Dates associated with a name 1896-1987.
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Ira Eaker papers,
Inclusive dates 1917-1989
Bulk dates (bulk 1942-1945).
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 77,300
Type of unit items.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 218
Type of unit containers plus
Extent 2
Type of unit classified and
Extent 16
Type of unit oversize.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 89.6
Type of unit linear feet.
506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE
Terms governing access Open to research.
506 1# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE
Terms governing access Classified, in part.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Part I of the collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries (1942-1947), notes of appointments, minutes of meetings, speeches, articles, book drafts, notes, reports, accounts, press releases, scrapbooks, printed material, maps, drawings, and other papers chiefly documenting Eaker's military career in the aeronautical section of the U.S. Army (under several names: U.S. Army Air Service, 1918-1926, U.S. Army Air Corps, 1926-1942, and U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-1947). Includes material pertaining to his early flights; the growth and promotion of military aviation; his World War II command of the U.S. Army Air Forces 8th Bomber Command in England, the Eighth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom, and the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces in Italy; and postwar planning for the U.S. Air Force as a separate branch of the military.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Correspondents include Henry Harley Arnold, Joseph K. Cannon, Winston Churchill, Jacob L. Devers, James E. Fechet, Barney M. Giles, W. Averell Harriman, Sir Arthur Travers Harris, Robert A. Lovett, Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, Carl Spaatz, and Nathan F. Twining.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Part II consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries (1958-1974), speeches, writings, scheduling and subject files, drawings, blueprints, and other papers chiefly documenting Eaker's activities after leaving the military in 1947 as an aircraft industry executive, advocate for air power and military readiness, and newspaper columnist. Some earlier activities are represented.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Part II includes material on his association with Hughes Tool Company, Hughes Aircraft Company, Douglas Aircraft Company, U.S. Air Force Logistics Command, U.S. Dept. of Defense, U.S. Air Force Academy, Air War College, Air Force Academy Foundation, Air Force Historical Foundation, and Falcon Foundation. Also documents Eaker's postwar trips to Europe including visits with Allied associates in Great Britain, briefings at NATO headquarters in Paris, and an interview with former Nazi insider Albert Speer. Eaker's newspaper columns (1962-1980) relate to defense budgets, national security, Vietnamese conflict, military strength of the U.S. and the Soviet Union, space program, Middle East, and Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Includes recollections of military leaders such as James Harold Doolittle, James E. Fechet, Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, Nathan F. Twining, Oscar Westover, and businessmen such as Howard Hughes. Correspondents in Part II include Donald W. Douglas, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hunter Harris, Houston Harte, Harris B. Hull, Glenn Jackson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Beirne Lay, Curtis E. LeMay, James Parton, Virgil Pinkley, Elwood R. Quesada, Eddie Rickenbacker, Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, Carl Spaatz, and John Hay Whitney.
544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE
Materials specified Audiotapes
Provenance transferred to
Custodian Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE
Materials specified Some photographs
Provenance transferred to
Custodian Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA
Biographical or historical data U.S. Army officer, U.S. Air Force officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Collection material in English.
555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE
Cumulative index/finding aids note Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051</a>
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Arnold, Henry Harley,
Dates associated with a name 1886-1950
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cannon, Joseph K.
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Churchill, Winston,
Dates associated with a name 1874-1965
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Devers, Jacob L.
Fuller form of name (Jacob Loucks),
Dates associated with a name 1887-1979
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Doolittle, James Harold,
Dates associated with a name 1896-1993.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Douglas, Donald W.
Fuller form of name (Donald Wills),
Dates associated with a name 1892-1981
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Fuller form of name (Dwight David),
Dates associated with a name 1890-1969
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Fechet, James E.
Fuller form of name (James Edmond),
Dates associated with a name 1877-
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Fechet, James E.
Fuller form of name (James Edmond),
Dates associated with a name 1877-
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf,
Dates associated with a name 1879-1967.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Giles, Barney McKinney,
Dates associated with a name 1892-
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Harriman, W. Averell
Fuller form of name (William Averell),
Dates associated with a name 1891-1986
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Harris, Arthur Travers,
Titles and other words associated with a name Sir,
Dates associated with a name 1892-
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Harris, Hunter
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Harte, Houston,
Dates associated with a name 1893-
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hughes, Howard,
Dates associated with a name 1905-1976.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hull, Harris B.,
Dates associated with a name 1909-1993
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Jackson, Glenn
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Johnson, Lyndon B.
Fuller form of name (Lyndon Baines),
Dates associated with a name 1908-1973
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lay, Beirne,
Dates associated with a name 1909-
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name LeMay, Curtis E.
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lovett, Robert A.
Fuller form of name (Robert Abercrombie),
Dates associated with a name 1895-1986
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Parton, James,
Dates associated with a name 1912-
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Pinkley, Virgil
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Quesada, Elwood R.
Fuller form of name (Elwood Richard),
Dates associated with a name 1904-
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Rickenbacker, Eddie,
Dates associated with a name 1890-1973
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Slessor, John Cotesworth,
Titles and other words associated with a name Sir,
Dates associated with a name 1897-
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Spaatz, Carl,
Dates associated with a name 1891-1974
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Speer, Albert,
Dates associated with a name 1905-1981.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Twining, Nathan F.
Fuller form of name (Nathan Farragut),
Dates associated with a name 1897-1982.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Twining, Nathan F.
Fuller form of name (Nathan Farragut),
Dates associated with a name 1897-1982
Form subdivision Correspondence.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Westover, Oscar,
Dates associated with a name 1883-1938.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Whitney, John Hay
Form subdivision Correspondence.
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Army.
-- Air Corps.
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Army.
-- Air Service.
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Army Air Forces.
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Army Air Forces.
-- Air Force, 8th
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Army Air Forces.
-- Bomber Command, 8th.
610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States.
Subordinate unit Air Force.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Mediterranean Allied Air Forces.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Air University (U.S.).
Subordinate unit Air War College.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Air Force Academy Foundation.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Air Force Historical Foundation.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Douglas Aircraft Company.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Falcon Foundation.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Hughes Aircraft Company.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Hughes Tool Company.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element United States Air Force Academy.
611 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--MEETING NAME
Meeting name or jurisdiction name as entry element Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Aeronautics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Aeronautics, Military.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Air power.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Aircraft industry
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Military readiness.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element National security
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Newspapers
General subdivision Sections, columns, etc.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Outer space
General subdivision Exploration
Geographic subdivision United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element World War, 1939-1945
General subdivision Aerial operations.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element World War, 1939-1945
Geographic subdivision Great Britain.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element World War, 1939-1945
Geographic subdivision Italy.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Europe
General subdivision Description and travel.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Middle East.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Soviet Union
General subdivision Defenses.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision Armed forces.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision Defenses.
656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION
Occupation Air Force officers.
Source of term itoamc
656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION
Occupation Army officers.
Source of term itoamc
656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION
Occupation Aviators.
Source of term itoamc
656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION
Occupation Executives.
Source of term itoamc
656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION
Occupation Journalists.
Source of term itoamc
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Finding aid
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856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified Finding aid (PDF)
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