TY  - GEN
AU  - Eaker,Ira
TI  - Ira Eaker papers,
KW  - Arnold, Henry Harley,
KW  - Cannon, Joseph K.
KW  - Churchill, Winston,
KW  - Devers, Jacob L.
KW  - Doolittle, James Harold,
KW  - Douglas, Donald W.
KW  - Eisenhower, Dwight D.
KW  - Fechet, James E.
KW  - Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf,
KW  - Giles, Barney McKinney,
KW  - Harriman, W. Averell
KW  - Harris, Arthur Travers,
KW  - Harris, Hunter
KW  - Harte, Houston,
KW  - Hughes, Howard,
KW  - Hull, Harris B.,
KW  - Jackson, Glenn
KW  - Johnson, Lyndon B.
KW  - Lay, Beirne,
KW  - LeMay, Curtis E.
KW  - Lovett, Robert A.
KW  - Parton, James,
KW  - Pinkley, Virgil
KW  - Quesada, Elwood R.
KW  - Rickenbacker, Eddie,
KW  - Slessor, John Cotesworth,
KW  - Spaatz, Carl,
KW  - Speer, Albert,
KW  - Twining, Nathan F.
KW  - Westover, Oscar,
KW  - Whitney, John Hay
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Air Corps
KW  - Air Service
KW  - Army Air Forces
KW  - Air Force, 8th
KW  - Bomber Command, 8th
KW  - Air Force
KW  - Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
KW  - Air University (U.S.)
KW  - Air War College
KW  - Air Force Academy Foundation
KW  - Air Force Historical Foundation
KW  - Douglas Aircraft Company
KW  - Falcon Foundation
KW  - Hughes Aircraft Company
KW  - Hughes Tool Company
KW  - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
KW  - United States Air Force Academy
KW  - Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
KW  - Aeronautics
KW  - Aeronautics, Military
KW  - Air power
KW  - Aircraft industry
KW  - Military readiness
KW  - National security
KW  - Newspapers
KW  - Sections, columns, etc
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Aerial operations
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Italy
KW  - Outer space
KW  - Exploration
KW  - Europe
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Defenses
KW  - Armed forces
KW  - Air Force officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Army officers
KW  - Aviators
KW  - Executives
KW  - Journalists
N1  - Open to research; Classified, in part
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051.3
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