Research Library

Resources (7)

• Frank B. Hayne (b. 1891)

  Papers, 1925–41, 38 items. U.S. Army colonel, 1942–47. Correspondence includes a letter, 3 June 1937, advising Hayne on the attitude he should maintain while serving at a new post in the USSR. Unpublished inventory.

• Frank McCarthy (b. 1912)

  Papers, 1941–49, 14 ft. Secretary to the War Department general staff and military secretary to George C. Marshall, chief of staff. He accompanied Marshall to the Anglo-American-Russian conferences at Teheran, November 1943, Yalta, February 1945, and Potsdam, July 1945. Personal correspondence, reports, photographs, maps, and office files. Ca. 40 folders 1941–45 hold Russian-related material, including those labeled "Cairo-Teheran," "Yalta-Crimea," "Potsdam," and "Marshal Iosif Stalin." Also reference to Viacheslav Molotov. Unpublished finding aid.

• Franz Halder

  Diaries, 1939 - 1942. 1 linear foot. Franz Halder, Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Command of the Army of Germany (1939-1942), kept a personal war diary concerning conferences, staff talks, and lectures. Between 1939 and 1941 the entries take the form of notes, but after 1941 they become more personal in nature, creating a more well rounded diary. Both the French and Russian campaigns are discussed as they evolved. The diary is a typescript of an English translation.

• George C. Marshall (1880-1959)

  Papers, 1932–59, ca. 200 ft. Army chief of staff, 1939–45, special ambassador to China, 1946, secretary of state, 1947–49, and secretary of defense 1950–51. Collection consists of personal papers for these years retained by General Marshall. Soviet-related papers have been identified in the following files: S. D. Embick; Secretary of War; William D. Leahy; Harry Hopkins; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Averell Harriman; Bernard Baruch; Charles G. Dawes; Frank B. Hayne; Leonard Gerow; Combined and Joint Chiefs of Staff; Robert Lovett; James Forrestal; John J. McCloy; Russia; Great Britain; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Harry S. Truman; and Directives. Card index for selected correspondence. Published guide in preparation.

  In addition to the personal papers of General Marshall, selected copies (microfilm and paper) of Marshall-related records in the National Archives have been made and deposited in the Marshall Library. Approximately 1 million pieces, 1901–51, are accessible through numerous subject headings in a comprehensive card index. Soviet-related records for the World War II years include the following: U.S. Army chief of staff; secretary of war; secretary of war safe file-Russia; War Plans Division; Operations Division; Adjutant General's office; SHAEF; minutes of Allied conferences; minutes of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff; and White House records of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, 1942–49. Records documenting General Marshall's mission to China in 1946 are also available. State Department records, 1947–49, related to Russia include: records of Charles E. Bohlen; fortnightly survey of American opinion on international affairs; Policy Planning staff; and the secretary's weekly summary. Marshall-related records from the Department of Defense, 1950–51, have also been identified and copied as well as other important records such as papers of the National Security Council, 1947–53.

• Handy B. Fant

  Papers, 1931 - 1932; 1940. .5 linear feet. The Handy B. Fant papers consist of War Department bulletins and Infantry School lessons. The War Department bulletins include reports prepared in 1940 by the Military Intelligence Division covering such topics as French artillery, German Air and Army signals, Fifth Column activity, and rations in the German Army. Finding aid available: https://marshallfoundation.org/library/collection/handy-b-fant-papers/#!/collection=75

• Otto L. Nelson

  Papers, 1937 - 1973. 6 linear feet. Military papers including documents related to minutes of the War Dept. General Council, correspondence, material regarding the organization and reorganization of the Army and War Dept. (1942-1945), and material relating to personnel, Women's Army Corps, prisoners of war, and various campaigns of World War II; civil defense papers including minutes, correspondence, hearings, and reorganization (1969-1977), relating to emergency preparedness, law enforcement concerns, natural disaster assistance, and a Soviet booklet on preparedness; and papers and speeches and miscellaneous papers relating to Major General Nelson's involvement with groups including Project East River, Carnegie Endowment for Peace, and New York Life Insurance Company. Finding aid available: http://marshallfoundation.org/library/collection/otto-l-nelson-papers/#!/collection=166

• William D. Pawley

  Papers, 1945 - 1970. .5 linear feet. William Douglas Pawley (1896-1977) had a long and active business and diplomatic career. He was instrumental in organizing the Flying Tigers, an American volunteer aviation group, for the defense of China in the late 1930s. Following WW II Pawley served as Ambassador to Brazil and Peru, and as a special assistant to both Secretaries of State and Defense in the 1950s. The collection consists of official correspondence from GCM, Robert A. Lovett, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, and personal correspondence from GCM and Katherine Tupper Marshall. Also included is a 1974 draft of a book he hoped to publish, Russia is Winning, and several other unpublished writings.
  Finding aid available: https://marshallfoundation.org/library/collection/william-d-pawley-papers/#!/collection=180