08327cpcaa2201273 a 4500 mm 79019331 DLC 20260227111655.0 cr ||||||||||| 790726|||||||||||| eng mm 79019331 ms 66001402 su 79019331 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Eaker, Ira, 1896-1987. Ira Eaker papers, 1917-1989 (bulk 1942-1945). 77,300 items. 218 containers plus 2 classified and 16 oversize. 89.6 linear feet. Open to research. Classified, in part. Part I of the collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries (1942-1947), notes of appointments, minutes of meetings, speeches, articles, book drafts, notes, reports, accounts, press releases, scrapbooks, printed material, maps, drawings, and other papers chiefly documenting Eaker's military career in the aeronautical section of the U.S. Army (under several names: U.S. Army Air Service, 1918-1926, U.S. Army Air Corps, 1926-1942, and U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-1947). Includes material pertaining to his early flights; the growth and promotion of military aviation; his World War II command of the U.S. Army Air Forces 8th Bomber Command in England, the Eighth Air Force, U.S. Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom, and the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces in Italy; and postwar planning for the U.S. Air Force as a separate branch of the military. Correspondents include Henry Harley Arnold, Joseph K. Cannon, Winston Churchill, Jacob L. Devers, James E. Fechet, Barney M. Giles, W. Averell Harriman, Sir Arthur Travers Harris, Robert A. Lovett, Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, Carl Spaatz, and Nathan F. Twining. Part II consists of correspondence, memoranda, diaries (1958-1974), speeches, writings, scheduling and subject files, drawings, blueprints, and other papers chiefly documenting Eaker's activities after leaving the military in 1947 as an aircraft industry executive, advocate for air power and military readiness, and newspaper columnist. Some earlier activities are represented. Part II includes material on his association with Hughes Tool Company, Hughes Aircraft Company, Douglas Aircraft Company, U.S. Air Force Logistics Command, U.S. Dept. of Defense, U.S. Air Force Academy, Air War College, Air Force Academy Foundation, Air Force Historical Foundation, and Falcon Foundation. Also documents Eaker's postwar trips to Europe including visits with Allied associates in Great Britain, briefings at NATO headquarters in Paris, and an interview with former Nazi insider Albert Speer. Eaker's newspaper columns (1962-1980) relate to defense budgets, national security, Vietnamese conflict, military strength of the U.S. and the Soviet Union, space program, Middle East, and Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Includes recollections of military leaders such as James Harold Doolittle, James E. Fechet, Benjamin Delahauf Foulois, Nathan F. Twining, Oscar Westover, and businessmen such as Howard Hughes. Correspondents in Part II include Donald W. Douglas, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hunter Harris, Houston Harte, Harris B. Hull, Glenn Jackson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Beirne Lay, Curtis E. LeMay, James Parton, Virgil Pinkley, Elwood R. Quesada, Eddie Rickenbacker, Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, Carl Spaatz, and John Hay Whitney. Audiotapes transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. U.S. Army officer, U.S. Air Force officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051 Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 Correspondence. Cannon, Joseph K. Correspondence. Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 Correspondence. Devers, Jacob L. (Jacob Loucks), 1887-1979 Correspondence. Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993. Douglas, Donald W. (Donald Wills), 1892-1981 Correspondence. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Correspondence. Fechet, James E. (James Edmond), 1877- Fechet, James E. (James Edmond), 1877- Correspondence. Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967. Giles, Barney McKinney, 1892- Correspondence. Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 Correspondence. Harris, Arthur Travers, Sir, 1892- Correspondence. Harris, Hunter Correspondence. Harte, Houston, 1893- Correspondence. Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976. Hull, Harris B., 1909-1993 Correspondence. Jackson, Glenn Correspondence. Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Correspondence. Lay, Beirne, 1909- Correspondence. LeMay, Curtis E. Correspondence. Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986 Correspondence. Parton, James, 1912- Correspondence. Pinkley, Virgil Correspondence. Quesada, Elwood R. (Elwood Richard), 1904- Correspondence. Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 Correspondence. Slessor, John Cotesworth, Sir, 1897- Correspondence. Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974 Correspondence. Speer, Albert, 1905-1981. Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982. Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982 Correspondence. Westover, Oscar, 1883-1938. Whitney, John Hay Correspondence. United States. Army. Air Corps. United States. Army. Air Service. United States. Army Air Forces. United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th United States. Army Air Forces. Bomber Command, 8th. United States. Air Force. Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. Air University (U.S.). Air War College. Air Force Academy Foundation. Air Force Historical Foundation. Douglas Aircraft Company. Falcon Foundation. Hughes Aircraft Company. Hughes Tool Company. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. United States Air Force Academy. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Aeronautics. Aeronautics, Military. Air power. Aircraft industry United States. Military readiness. National security United States. Newspapers Sections, columns, etc. Outer space Exploration United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations. World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945 Italy. Europe Description and travel. Middle East. Soviet Union Defenses. United States Armed forces. United States Defenses. Air Force officers. itoamc Army officers. itoamc Aviators. itoamc Executives. itoamc Journalists. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051.3 42198 42198