Eliot, George Fielding 1894-1971 creator mixed material monographic eng 5,000 23 8.8 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. Open to research. Taped interview with Lewis W. Walt, for the "Today Show" of June 8, 1967 transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Photographs relating mainly to the families of prisoners of war in Vietnam transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Author, journalist, and military analyst. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012143 Burke, Arleigh A 1901- Correspondence Greene, Wallace Martin 1907- Correspondence Leach, W. Barton (Walter Barton) 1900- Correspondence Sir Slessor, John Cotesworth 1897- Correspondence Weil, Charles A Correspondence American newspapers Sections, columns, etc American periodicals Arms race China Arms race Soviet Union Arms race United States Cold War Disarmament Encyclopedias and dictionaries Journalism, Military United States Military intelligence Nuclear weapons Radio scripts Suburban life United States Suburbs United States Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Prisoners and prisons World War, 1939-1945 United States Defenses United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History, Military United States History, Naval United States Militia Periodicals United States National Guard Authors Journalists Military analysts mm 73019646 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012143 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012143.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012143 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012143.3 Open to research. DLC 740118 20260227111614.0 mm 73019646