09205cpcaa2201333 a 4500 mm 83035634 DLC 20260227111719.0 cr ||||||||||| 831103|||||||||||| eng mm 83035634 mm 80057869 su 83035634 DLC dacs DLC DLC DLC R lcmd Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945. George S. Patton papers, 1807-1979 (bulk 1904-1945). 26,100 items. 78 containers plus 23 oversize. 10 microfilm reels. 40 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, writings, speeches and lectures, military papers, reports, orders, notes and notebooks, scrapbooks, military publications and other printed material, maps, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Patton's military career as a student at the U.S. Military Academy (1904-1909), member of John J. Pershing's Punitive Expedition into Mexico (1916), aide-de-camp to Pershing and later tank commander in Europe during World War I, and commander of forces in Europe and North Africa during World War II. Documents American ground combat operations in the campaign for North Africa, the invasion of Sicily, the liberation of France, the final assault on Germany, and Patton's leadership in the development and tactical use of the tank as a combat weapon. Topics include the saber, cavalry, casualty information, denazification of Germany, and displaced persons. Includes family papers consisting mainly of Patton's letters to his wife, Beatrice Banning Ayer Patton, and his father, George S. Patton (1856-1927). Correspondents include Harold Alexander (Earl Alexander of Tunis), Terry de la Mesa Allen, Henry Harley Arnold, Charles Fanning Ayer, Frederick Ayer, Omar Nelson Bradley, Arvin H. Brown, Mark W. Clark, Lucius D. Clay, Charles R. Codman, Willis Dale Crittenberger, Jacob L. Devers, Walter Francis Dillingham, James Harold Doolittle, Manton S. Eddy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Riley Finlay Ennis, Harry Albert Flint, Hobart R. Gay, Charles P. George, Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr., Robert W. Grow, Wade H. Haislip, Thomas T. Handy, James G. Harbord, Ernest Nason Harmon, Guy Vernor Henry, Courtney H. Hodges, Kenyon Ashe Joyce, Alphonse Juin, Geoffrey Keyes, John Clifford Hodges Lee, Henry Cabot Lodge, John Porter Lucas, Lesley James McNair, George C. Marshall, Keith Merrill, Troy H. Middleton, Sherman Miles, Charles (Auguste Paul) Noguès, Elmer Q. Oliphant, Floyd Lavinius Parks, Willard Stewart Paul, John J. Pershing, Charles L. Scott, William H. Simpson, Walter Bedell Smith, Brehon Burke Somervell, Carl Spaatz, Henry Lewis Stimson, Charles Pelot Summerall, Alexander D. Surles, Lucian King Truscott, James Alexander Ulio, Walton Harris Walker, Frederick C. Wallace, J. J. Bethurun Williams, and John Shirley Wood. Microfilm edition of diary (Sept. 1942-5 Mar. 1943) available, no. 20,613. Microfilm edition of scrapbooks, 1807-1950, available, no. 21,850. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1992-2000. Microfilm of the originals of personnel records in Patton's 201 file in the U.S. Dept. of the Army available, no. 17,250. U.S. Dept. of the Army, Washington, DC Duplicate maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. U.S. Army officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000001 Alexander of Tunis, Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Earl, 1891-1969 Correspondence. Allen, Terry de la Mesa, 1888-1969 Correspondence. Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 Correspondence. Ayer, Charles Fanning, 1865-1956 Correspondence. Ayer, Frederick, 1917?-1974 Correspondence. Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981 Correspondence. Brown, Arvin H. Correspondence. Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984 Correspondence. Clay, Lucius D. (Lucius DuBignon), 1897-1978 Correspondence. Codman, Charles R. Correspondence. Crittenberger, Willis Dale, 1890-1980 Correspondence. Devers, Jacob L. (Jacob Loucks), 1887-1979 Correspondence. Dillingham, Walter Francis, 1875-1968 Correspondence. Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 Correspondence. Eddy, Manton S. (Manton Sprague), 1892-1962 Correspondence. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Correspondence. Ennis, Riley Finlay, 1897- Correspondence. Flint, Harry Albert, -1944 Correspondence. Gay, Hobart R. (Hobart Raymond), 1894- Correspondence. George, Charles P., 1886-1946 Correspondence. Gillem, Alvan Cullom, 1888-1973 Correspondence. Grow, Robert W., 1895-1985 Correspondence. Haislip, Wade H. (Wade Hampton), 1889-1971 Correspondence. Handy, Thomas T. (Thomas Troy), 1892-1982 Correspondence. Harbord, James G. (James Guthrie), 1866-1947 Correspondence. Harmon, Ernest Nason, 1894-1979 Correspondence. Henry, Guy Vernor, 1839-1899 Correspondence. Hodges, Courtney H., 1887-1966 Correspondence. Joyce, Kenyon Ashe, 1879-1960 Correspondence. Juin, Alphonse, 1888-1967 Correspondence. Keyes, Geoffrey, 1888-1967 Correspondence. Lee, John Clifford Hodges, 1887-1958 Correspondence. Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1902-1985 Correspondence. Lucas, John Porter, 1890-1949 Correspondence. McNair, Lesley James, 1883-1944 Correspondence. Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 Correspondence. Merrill, Keith, 1887-1959 Correspondence. Middleton, Troy H. (Troy Houston), 1889-1976 Correspondence. Miles, Sherman, 1882-1966 Correspondence. Noguès, Charles, 1876-1971 Correspondence. Oliphant, Elmer Q. (Elmer Quillen), 1893-1975 Correspondence. Parks, Floyd Lavinius, 1896-1959 Correspondence. Patton, Beatrice Banning Ayer, 1886-1953 Correspondence. Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945 Correspondence. Paul, Willard Stewart, 1894-1966 Correspondence. Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948. Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 Correspondence. Scott, Charles L. (Charles Lewis), 1883-1954 Correspondence. Simpson, William H. (William Hood), 1888-1980 Correspondence. Smith, Walter Bedell, 1895-1961 Correspondence. Somervell, Brehon Burke, 1892-1955 Correspondence. Spaatz, Carl, 1891-1974 Correspondence. Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950 Correspondence. Summerall, Charles Pelot, 1867-1955 Correspondence. Surles, Alexander D. (Alexander Day), 1886-1947 Correspondence. Truscott, Lucian King, 1895-1965 Correspondence. Ulio, James Alexander, 1882-1958 Correspondence. Walker, Walton Harris, 1889-1950 Correspondence. Wallace, Frederick C. Correspondence. Williams, J. J. Bethurun Correspondence. Wood, John Shirley, 1888-1966 Correspondence. United States. Army History Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916. United States Military Academy. Cavalry. Denazification. Refugees. Sabers. Tank warfare. War casualties. World War, 1914-1918 Europe Tank warfare. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Africa, North. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Germany. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Italy Sicily. World War, 1939-1945 Africa, North. World War, 1939-1945 Europe. Army officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000001 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms000001.3 43952 43952