04450cpcaa2200721 a 4500 mm 00084719 DLC 20260227111612.0 cr ||||||||||| 000623|||||||||||| eng mm 00084719 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng fre ger jap vie B lcmd Robinson, Roscoe, 1928-1993. Roscoe Robinson papers, 1945-1993 (bulk 1951-1993). 10,500 items. 31 containers plus 5 classified. 120.2 linear feet. Restrictions apply. Classified, in part. Correspondence, cables, speeches, interviews, reports, briefings, notes and notebooks, subject files, chronological files, office files, scrapbooks, newspapers and newspaper clippings, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Robinson's career in the U.S. Army. Documents his service in various positions with the 82nd Airborne Division (1959-1979), in the Vietnamese conflict (1967-1968), as commander of U.S. troops stationed in Japan (1973-1976 and 1980-1982) and in Europe (1978-1980), and as U.S. representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1982-1985). Includes material relating to African Americans in the armed forces and to Robinson's education at the National War College, Washington, D.C., United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., and the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Pittsburgh, Pa. Correspondents include David M. Abshire, Julius W. Becton, George S. Blanchard, Emmet W. Bowers, Robert F. Cocklin, E. F. Corcoran, William H. Danforth, Jeremiah A. Denton, James M. Gavin, James F. Hamlet, Laurence J. Legere, Ernest A. Nagy, Matthew B. Ridgeway, J. R. Thurman, John W. Vessey, and Alexander M. Weyand. Some video recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Paratrooper and first African-American four star general; Roscoe Robinson, Jr. Collection material in English, French, German, Japanese, and Vietnamese. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003032 Abshire, David M. Correspondence. Becton, Julius W. (Julius Wesley), 1926- Correspondence. Blanchard, George S. (George Samuel), 1920-2006 Correspondence. Bowers, Emmet W. Correspondence. Cocklin, Robert F. Correspondence. Corcoran, E. F. Correspondence. Danforth, William H. Correspondence. Denton, Jeremiah A. Correspondence. Gavin, James M. (James Maurice), 1907-1990 Correspondence. Hamlet, James F. Correspondence. Legere, Laurence J. Correspondence. Nagy, Ernest A. Correspondence. Ridgeway, Matthew B. Correspondence. Thurman, J. R. Correspondence. Vessey, John William, 1922- Correspondence. Weyand, Alexander M. (Alexander Mulqueen), 1928- Correspondence. United States. Army Foreign service Europe. United States. Army Foreign service Japan. United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd. National War College (U.S.) North Atlantic Treaty Organization. United States Military Academy. University of Pittsburgh. Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. African-American soldiers. Universities and colleges New York West Point. Universities and colleges Pennsylvania Pittsburgh. Universities and colleges Washington (D.C.) Vietnam War, 1961-1975. United States Armed Forces African Americans. Army officers. itoamc Paratroopers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003032 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003032.3 39133 39133