Eliot, George Fielding,  1894-1971. <br/><br/>
George Fielding Eliot papers, 1939-1971  (bulk 1950-1971). 

 - 5,000  items. 23  containers. 8.8  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 7 series.  Series 1: General Correspondence, 1947-1971; Series 2: Subject File, 1954-1971; Series 3: General Article File, 1939-1971; Series 4: Encyclopedia File, 1957-1970; Series 5: Newspaper Column File, 1954-1971; Series 6: Book File, 1951-1968; and Series 7: Miscellany, 1939-1971. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, diary, speeches, drafts of radio broadcasts, writings, articles, notes, newspaper clippings, and printed matter relating primarily to Eliot's career as a newspaper columnist, contributor to periodicals, and military editor of Collier's Encyclopedia.  Pertains to his syndicated newspaper column, The Military Scene, and his contributions to periodicals including The American Legion Magazine, Family Weekly, The National Guardsman, National Review, and Suburbia Today.  Subjects include the military and naval history of the American Revolution, Civil War, and World War II; the Vietnam War; prisoners of war in Vietnam; nuclear weapons; arms development in the Soviet Union, China, and the United States; arms limitation; national defense in the Cold War; military intelligence; the National Guard; and American suburban life.  Correspondents include Arleigh A. Burke, Wallace Martin Greene, W. Barton Leach, Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, and Charles A. Weil. 
<br/><br/><br/>Taped interview with Lewis W. Walt, for the "Today Show" of June 8, 1967 <br/>Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. <br/>transferred to <br/>Photographs relating mainly to the families of prisoners of war in Vietnam <br/>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Author, journalist, and military analyst. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012143 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 73019646  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Burke, Arleigh A., 1901- --Correspondence.<br/>Greene, Wallace Martin, 1907- --Correspondence.<br/>Leach, W. Barton 1900- --Correspondence.<br/>Slessor, John Cotesworth, Sir,  1897- --Correspondence.<br/>Weil, Charles A.--Correspondence.<br/>Military intelligence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>American Legion magazine.<br/>Collier's encyclopedia.<br/>Family weekly.<br/>National guardsman.<br/>National review.<br/>Suburbia today.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.<br/>American periodicals.<br/>Arms race--China.<br/>Arms race--Soviet Union.<br/>Arms race--United States.<br/>Cold War.<br/>Disarmament.<br/>Encyclopedias and dictionaries.<br/>Journalism, Military--United States.<br/>Nuclear weapons.<br/>Radio scripts.<br/>Suburban life--United States.<br/>Suburbs--United States.<br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975.<br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons.<br/>World War, 1939-1945.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Defenses.<br/>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.<br/>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States--History, Military.<br/>United States--History, Naval.<br/>United States--Militia--Periodicals.<br/>United States--National Guard.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Authors.<br/>Journalists.<br/>Military analysts.