06286cpcaa2200865 i 4500 mm 78040725 DLC 20260227111626.0 cr ||||||||||| 781030|||||||||||| eng mm 78040725 ms 68002075 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974. Carl Spaatz papers, 1910-1981 (bulk 1942-1963). 120,000 items. 345 containers plus 1 classified and 22 oversize. 145 linear feet. Part I arranged in 10 series. Series 1: Diary and Notebooks, 1910-1953; Series 2: Cables, 1943-1945; Series 3: Subject File, 1929-1945; Series 4: Chief of Staff File, 1946-1948; Series 5: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1946-1948; Series 6: Miscellany, 1915-1948; Series 7: United States Strategic Air Forces File, 1942-1946; Series 8: Eighth Air Force File, 1942-1945; Series 9: Classified, 1942-1948; and Series 10: Oversize, 1932-1952. Part II arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Retirement File, 1928-1963; Series 2: Miscellany, 1915-1981; and Series 3: Oversize, 1943. Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Part I of the Spaatz papers consists of correspondence, diaries, cables, reports, research notes, typescripts of articles and speeches, flight records, personnel file, and miscellaneous papers spanning from 1910 to 1953 and chiefly for the period 1942-1948. Includes material relating to Spaatz's tenure as commander in chief of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe (1944) and in Japan (1945), as commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Forces (1946), and as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force (1947-1948); correspondence and reports of Gen. Ira Eaker; and records of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces, including those of its Historical Section and of Bruce C. Hopper. Correspondents include Henry Harley Arnold, Omar Nelson Bradley, Jacqueline Cochran, Alexander P. De Seversky, Ira Eaker, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hugh Johnston Knerr, Frank Purdy Lahm, Curtis E. LeMay, Robert A. Lovett, Ted Mack, George C. Marshall, William Mitchell, Robert Porter Patterson, John W. Snyder, Henry Lewis Stimson, Nathan F. Twining, Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, Jack Warner, and Thomas D. White. Part II of the collection consists of correspondence, speeches, writings, family and biographical material, and other papers spanning from 1915 to 1981 (chiefly 1948-1963) relating mostly to Spaatz's activities in retirement. Includes material on Operation Torch (1942) in North Africa and Operation Overlord (1944) in Normandy during World War II. Correspondents include Frederick L. Anderson, Eleanor Pool Arnold, Leo Cherne, Ira Eaker, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Curtis E. LeMay, Richard M. Nixon, Elwood R. Quesada, Stuart Symington, and Harry S. Truman. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Army and Air Force officer. Full name: Carl Andrew Spaatz. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003033 Anderson, Frederick L., 1905-1969 Correspondence. Arnold, Eleanor Pool Correspondence. Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 Correspondence. Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981 Correspondence. Cherne, Leo, 1912- Correspondence. Cochran, Jacqueline Correspondence. De Seversky, Alexander P. (Alexander Procofieff), 1894-1974 Correspondence. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Correspondence. Knerr, Hugh Johnston, 1887-1971 Correspondence. Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963 Correspondence. LeMay, Curtis E. Correspondence. Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986 Correspondence. Mack, Ted Correspondence. Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 Correspondence. Mitchell, William, 1879-1936 Correspondence. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Correspondence. Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952 Correspondence. Quesada, Elwood R. (Elwood Richard), 1904- Correspondence. Snyder, John W. (John Wesley), 1895-1985 Correspondence. Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950 Correspondence. Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988 Correspondence. Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982 Correspondence. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Correspondence. Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954 Correspondence. Warner, Jack, 1916- Correspondence. White, Thomas D. (Thomas Dresser), 1901-1965 Correspondence. United States. Air Force. United States. Army Air Forces. United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe. Operation Overlord. Operation Torch, 1942. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy. Air Force officers. itoamc Army officers. itoamc Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987. Ira Eaker papers. Hopper, Bruce C. (Bruce Campbell), 1892-1973. Bruce C. Hopper papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003033 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003033.3 40018 40018