Spaatz, Carl 1891-1974 creator mixed material monographic eng 120,000 345 1 22 145 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. Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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 Army officers Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987 Hopper, Bruce C. (Bruce Campbell), 1892-1973 mm 78040725 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003033 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003033.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003033 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003033.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 781030 20260227111626.0 mm 78040725 eng