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040 _aDLC
_edacs
_cDLC
_dDLC
072 7 _aR
_2lcmd
100 1 _aEaker, Ira,
_d1896-1987.
245 0 0 _aIra Eaker papers,
_f1917-1989
_g(bulk 1942-1945).
300 _a77,300
_fitems.
300 _a218
_fcontainers plus
_a2
_fclassified and
_a16
_foversize.
300 _a89.6
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
506 1 _aClassified, in part.
520 8 _aPart 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
520 8 _aPart 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.
520 8 _aPart 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.
520 8 _aIncludes 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.
544 _3Audiotapes
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
544 _3Some photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aU.S. Army officer, U.S. Air Force officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051
600 1 0 _aArnold, Henry Harley,
_d1886-1950
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCannon, Joseph K.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aChurchill, Winston,
_d1874-1965
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDevers, Jacob L.
_q(Jacob Loucks),
_d1887-1979
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDoolittle, James Harold,
_d1896-1993.
600 1 0 _aDouglas, Donald W.
_q(Donald Wills),
_d1892-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEisenhower, Dwight D.
_q(Dwight David),
_d1890-1969
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFechet, James E.
_q(James Edmond),
_d1877-
600 1 0 _aFechet, James E.
_q(James Edmond),
_d1877-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFoulois, Benjamin Delahauf,
_d1879-1967.
600 1 0 _aGiles, Barney McKinney,
_d1892-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHarriman, W. Averell
_q(William Averell),
_d1891-1986
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHarris, Arthur Travers,
_cSir,
_d1892-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHarris, Hunter
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHarte, Houston,
_d1893-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHughes, Howard,
_d1905-1976.
600 1 0 _aHull, Harris B.,
_d1909-1993
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJackson, Glenn
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Lyndon B.
_q(Lyndon Baines),
_d1908-1973
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLay, Beirne,
_d1909-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLeMay, Curtis E.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLovett, Robert A.
_q(Robert Abercrombie),
_d1895-1986
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aParton, James,
_d1912-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPinkley, Virgil
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aQuesada, Elwood R.
_q(Elwood Richard),
_d1904-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRickenbacker, Eddie,
_d1890-1973
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSlessor, John Cotesworth,
_cSir,
_d1897-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSpaatz, Carl,
_d1891-1974
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSpeer, Albert,
_d1905-1981.
600 1 0 _aTwining, Nathan F.
_q(Nathan Farragut),
_d1897-1982.
600 1 0 _aTwining, Nathan F.
_q(Nathan Farragut),
_d1897-1982
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWestover, Oscar,
_d1883-1938.
600 1 0 _aWhitney, John Hay
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bAir Corps.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
_bAir Service.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy Air Forces.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy Air Forces.
_bAir Force, 8th
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy Air Forces.
_bBomber Command, 8th.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
610 2 0 _aMediterranean Allied Air Forces.
610 2 0 _aAir University (U.S.).
_bAir War College.
610 2 0 _aAir Force Academy Foundation.
610 2 0 _aAir Force Historical Foundation.
610 2 0 _aDouglas Aircraft Company.
610 2 0 _aFalcon Foundation.
610 2 0 _aHughes Aircraft Company.
610 2 0 _aHughes Tool Company.
610 2 0 _aNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization.
610 2 0 _aUnited States Air Force Academy.
611 2 0 _aStrategic Arms Limitation Talks.
650 0 _aAeronautics.
650 0 _aAeronautics, Military.
650 0 _aAir power.
650 0 _aAircraft industry
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMilitary readiness.
650 0 _aNational security
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aNewspapers
_xSections, columns, etc.
651 0 _aOuter space
_xExploration
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aVietnam War, 1961-1975.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xAerial operations.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zGreat Britain.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_zItaly.
651 0 _aEurope
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aMiddle East.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xDefenses.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xArmed forces.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xDefenses.
656 7 _aAir Force officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aArmy officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aAviators.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aExecutives.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aJournalists.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003051.3
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