Land, Emory Scott 1879-1971 creator mixed material monographic eng 8,500 31 2 13 Correspondence, diary notes, speeches, copies of orders, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Land's service as chief of the U.S. Navy Department Bureau of Construction and Repair, 1932-1937; chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission, 1938-1946; and chief administrator of the U.S. War Shipping Administration, 1942-1946. Also documents his service as naval attaché in London, Eng., 1919-1921; position as vice president and treasurer of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc.; role as advisor for Charles A. Lindbergh, on his tours, 1927-1928; and Land's testimony in the Lindbergh kidnapping case (1938). Subjects include shipbuilding, the need for ships during World War II, labor unions, use of the U.S. Army to control labor disorders, and the strikes of 1941-1942. Correspondents include William Edward Boeing, Richard Evelyn Byrd, James F. Byrnes, Homer L. Ferguson, James Forrestal, Julius Augustus Furer, Jerome C. Hunsaker, Edgar E. Kaiser, Joseph P. Kennedy, William A. Moffett, William Veazie Pratt, Theodore Roosevelt (1887-1944), William Sowden Sims, Edward R. Stettinius, Henry L. Stimson, D.W. Taylor and Fred M. Vinson. Open to research. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Naval officer and public official. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013126 Boeing, William Edward 1881-1956 Correspondence Byrd, Richard Evelyn 1888-1957 Correspondence Byrnes, James F. (James Francis) 1882-1972 Correspondence Ferguson, Homer L. (Homer Lenoir) 1873-1953 Correspondence Forrestal, James 1892-1949 Correspondence Furer, Julius Augustus 1880-1963 Correspondence Hunsaker, Jerome C. (Jerome Clarke) 1886-1984 Correspondence Kaiser, Edgar F. (Edgar Fosburgh) 1908-1972 Correspondence Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) 1888-1969 Correspondence Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974 Lindbergh, Charles Augustus 1930-1932 Kidnapping, 1932 Moffett, William A. (William Adger) 1869-1933 Correspondence Pratt, William Veazie 1869-1957 Correspondence Roosevelt, Theodore 1887-1944 Correspondence Sims, William Sowden 1858-1936 Correspondence Stettinius, Edward R. (Edward Reilly) 1900-1949 Correspondence Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis) 1867-1950 Correspondence Taylor, D. W. (David Watson) 1864-1940 Correspondence Vinson, Fred M 1890-1953 Correspondence United States. Maritime Commission. United States. Navy History World War, 1939-1945 United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Construction and Repair. United States. War Shipping Administration. Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. Aeronautics Societies, etc Labor disputes United States Labor unions United States Military attachés England London Shipbuilding United States Strikes and lockouts Shipbuilding industry United States World War, 1939-1945 Naval officers Public officials mm 79029314 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013126 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms013126.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013126 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013126.3 Open to research. DLC 791030 20260227111656.0 mm 79029314 eng