MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aEaker, Ira,$d1896-1987.
245 00 $aIra Eaker papers,$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.
541 $cGift,$aIra Eaker,$d1953-1962.
541 $cGift,$aJames Parton,$d1985-1991.
541 $cTransfer,$aAlbert F. Simpson Historical Research Center, Maxwell Air Force Base,$d1982-1984.
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 10 $aArnold, Henry Harley,$d1886-1950$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCannon, Joseph K.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aChurchill, Winston,$d1874-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDevers, Jacob L.$q(Jacob Loucks),$d1887-1979$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aDoolittle, James Harold,$d1896-1993.
600 10 $aDouglas, Donald W.$q(Donald Wills),$d1892-1981$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aEisenhower, Dwight D.$q(Dwight David),$d1890-1969$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFechet, James E.$q(James Edmond),$db. 1877.
600 10 $aFechet, James E.$q(James Edmond),$db. 1877$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aFoulois, Benjamin Delahauf,$d1879-1967.
600 10 $aGiles, Barney McKinney,$d1892-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHarriman, W. Averell$q(William Averell),$d1891-1986$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHarris, Arthur Travers,$cSir,$d1892-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHarris, Hunter$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHarte, Houston,$d1893-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHughes, Howard,$d1905-1976.
600 10 $aHull, Harris B.,$d1909-1993$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJackson, Glenn$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJohnson, Lyndon B.$q(Lyndon Baines),$d1908-1973$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLay, Beirne,$d1909-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLeMay, Curtis E.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aLovett, Robert A.$q(Robert Abercrombie),$d1895-1986$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aParton, James,$d1912-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPinkley, Virgil$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aQuesada, Elwood R.$q(Elwood Richard),$d1904-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aRickenbacker, Eddie,$d1890-1973$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSlessor, John Cotesworth,$cSir,$d1897-$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSpaatz, Carl,$d1891-1974$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSpeer, Albert,$d1905-1981.
600 10 $aTwining, Nathan F.$q(Nathan Farragut),$d1897-1982.
600 10 $aTwining, Nathan F.$q(Nathan Farragut),$d1897-1982$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWestover, Oscar,$d1883-1938.
600 10 $aWhitney, John Hay$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bAir Corps.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bAir Service.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.$bAir Force, 8th
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.$bBomber Command, 8th.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bAir Force.
610 20 $aMediterranean Allied Air Forces.
610 20 $aAir University (U.S.).$bAir War College.
610 20 $aAir Force Academy Foundation.
610 20 $aAir Force Historical Foundation.
610 20 $aDouglas Aircraft Company.
610 20 $aFalcon Foundation.
610 20 $aHughes Aircraft Company.
610 20 $aHughes Tool Company.
610 20 $aNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization.
610 20 $aUnited States Air Force Academy.
611 20 $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
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
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