Eaker, Ira 1896-1987 creator mixed material monographic eng 77,300 218 2 16 89.6 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. Open to research. Classified, in part. 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 Sir Harris, Arthur Travers 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 Sir Slessor, John Cotesworth 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 Army officers Aviators Executives Journalists mm 79019331 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. DLC 790726 20260227111655.0 mm 79019331