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100 1 _aPalmer, John McAuley,
_d1870-1955.
245 0 0 _aJohn McAuley Palmer papers,
_f1863-1977
_g(bulk 1900-1949).
300 _a8,750
_fitems.
300 _a26
_fcontainers.
300 _a10
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: Chronological File, 1886-1949; Series 2: World War II File, 1941-1946; Series 3: Writings File, 1906-1949; Series 4: Miscellany, 1919-1951; and Series 5: Addition, 1863-1977.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, writings including drafts of Palmer's unpublished memoirs, notes, research material, subject files, biographical material, printed matter, and other papers relating to Palmer's career in the U.S. Army. Documents his service as assistant chief of staff and aide-de-camp to John J. Pershing and as advocate of contemporary military reform based on universal military training (draft) and the citizen soldier. Also documents his work as an author in the field of military history. Includes correspondence and material assembled by Palmer's biographer, I.B. Holley, for his book General John M. Palmer, Citizen Soldiers, and the Army of a Democracy (1982). Family correspondents include Holley's wife, Maude Laning Palmer; his daughter, Mary Palmer Rockwell, and her husband, George H. Rockwell; and Palmer's grandson, John Palmer Chandler. Other correspondents include George C. Marshall and John J. Pershing.
545 0 _aU.S. Army officer and author.
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.ms010233
600 1 0 _aChandler, John Palmer
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMarshall, George C.
_q(George Catlett),
_d1880-1959
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPalmer, Maude Laning
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPershing, John J.
_q(John Joseph),
_d1860-1948
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRockwell, George H.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRockwell, Mary Palmer
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bArmy
_xOfficers.
650 0 _aDraft.
650 0 _aMilitary history.
650 0 _aMilitary reform.
656 7 _aArmy officers.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aAuthors.
_2itoamc
700 1 2 _aHolley, I. B.
_q(Irving Brinton),
_d1919-
_tGeneral John M. Palmer, citizen soldiers, and the army of a democracy.
_f1982.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010233
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010233.3
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_d43558