Inventory of the Ernest Fred Easterbrook Papers
Processed by Aparna Mukherjee.
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Inventory of the Ernest Fred Easterbrook Papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Aparna Mukherjee
- Date Completed:
- 2008
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- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Jill Golden.
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Collection Summary
Title: Ernest Fred Easterbrook papers
Dates: 1852-1988
Collection Number: 2006C56
Creator: Easterbrook, Ernest Fred, 1908-1989
Collection Size:
18 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes
(9.1 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, orders, reports, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to American
military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, military operations during the Korean War, American
military assistance to Thailand, and American army aviation. Includes papers of Edmund Pepperell Easterbrook, army chaplain
and father of E. F. Easterbrook. Transcribed copies of E. F. Easterbrook's World War II diaries (10 March 1944 - 23 February
1945) are available at
http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives/collections/east-asia/featured-collections/ernest-easterbrook .
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Chinese
Korean
Thai
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ernest Fred Easterbrook papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2006.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
Related Materials
Joseph Warren Stillwell papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Biographical Note
| 1908 August 6 |
Born, Fort Worden, Washington, United States, to Edmund Pepperell Easterbrook and Fannie Luscombe |
| 1931 |
B.S., Military Academy; Commander, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army |
| 1938 September 9 |
Married Nancy Stillwell, daughter of General Joseph Warren Stilwell |
| 1943-1945 |
Stationed under General Joseph Warren Stilwell in China-Burma-India Theater |
| 1945 |
Awarded Combat Infantry's Badge |
| 1946 |
Awarded the Legion of Merit |
| 1946-1949 |
Member, staff and faculty, U.S. Infantry School |
| 1948 |
Awarded Bronze (First Oak-Leaf Cluster) Star Medal |
| 1949-1951 |
Member, staff and faculty, Canadian Army Staff College |
| 1953 |
Awarded the Silver Star |
| 1954 |
Awarded the Legion of Merit |
| 1954-1955 |
Member, staff and faculty, U.S. Command and General Staff College |
| 1955-1957 |
Assigned, G-3, Allied Land Forces, Central Europe, SHAPE, Combat Infantry Badge; Military Cross 1st class (Belgium) |
| 1957-1959 |
Director, army aviation, ODCSOPS, Department of Army |
| 1959 |
475th Infantry Regiment, China-Burma-India (CBI); Advanced through grades to Major General, U.S. Army |
| 1959-1961 |
Commanding General, U.S. Army Aviation Center |
| 1961-1963 |
Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division |
| 1963-1965 |
Chief, Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group, Thailand |
| 1965 |
Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal |
| 1965-1967 |
Deputy Commanding General, Sixth U.S. Army |
| 1967 |
Awarded La Croix de Guerre 1940 avec Palme and The Royal Honorable Flying Badge |
| 1985 |
Author,
The Soldier and the Cross
|
| 1989 February 19 |
Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Ernest Fred Easterbrook document American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World
War II, U.S. Army operations in the Korean War, American military assistance to Thailand, and army aviation. Correspondence,
orders, photographs, reports, speeches and writings relate to Major General Easterbrook's tenure as an infantry instructor
of Chinese troops in World War II, commander of the 7th Infantry regiment in Korea, and deputy commanding general of the 6th
Army, headquartered at the Presidio in San Francisco.
In addition to documenting Easterbrook's career in the military, the collection includes the papers of his father, Edmund
Pepperell Easterbrook (1865-1933), chief chaplain of the United States Army. Correspondence, reports and photographs chronicle
Edmund Easterbrook's career as a chaplain in Cuba during the Spanish-American war and Germany in World War I.
The collection includes two published biographies and related materials:
The Soldier and the Cross (1985), a biography of Edmund Easterbrook written by Ernest Easterbrook, and
The Soldier with a Heart (2006), a biography of Ernest Easterbrook written by his son John Easterbrook.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946
United States. Army--Aviation
United States. Army--Officers
Korean War, 1950-1953
United States--Military relations--Thailand
Thailand--Military relations--United States
Chaplains, Military--United States
Collection Contents
Edmund Pepperell Easterbrook papers,
1852-1978
Physical Description: 1, 3
Scope and Content Note
Includes citizenship papers, correspondence, clippings, commissions, reports, photographs, printed matter and memorabilia
relating to Edmund Easterbrook's life and his position as the chief chaplain of the United States Army. The series is further
subdivided into Personal, Career, Photographs and Clippings files and then ordered chronologically.
Box/Folder: 1 : 15
Citizenship document,
1896
Scope and Content Note
Includes signature, brochure, note, and picture of Rockton Church
Box/Folder: 1 : 24
Fannie Easterbrook memorial service,
1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes clippings and letters related to the death of Edmund Easterbrook's wife
Box/Folder: 1 : 28
Biographical sketch and general information,
1931
Box/Folder: 1 : 26
Retirement and death,
1933
Box/Folder: 1 : 16
Commission,
1899
Scope and Content Note
Appointment to chaplain, United States Army
Box/Folder: 1 : 17
Spanish-American War,
1898-1955
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters
Box/Folder: 1 : 18
Chaplain's duties,
1899-1913 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Printed matter and a letter
Box/Folder: 1 : 19
Philippines,
1900-1918
Scope and Content Note
Photographs and negatives
Box/Folder: 3 : 3
Records from Chaplain's school,
1902-1915
Box/Folder: 1 : 11
Monthly reports,
1908 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Written while stationed in Manila
Box/Folder: 3 : 4
Germany, Senior Chaplain of Armed Forces,
1919-1923
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, pictures, program for President Theodore Roosevelt's memorial service by Edmund Easterbrook. Includes a letter
to Edmund Easterbrook conferring on him the Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the President of the French Republic
Box/Folder: 1 : 25
Chief Chaplain of the United States Army,
1928-1933
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, letters, and printed matter relating to his retirement
Box/Folder: 1 : 27
Fort Monroe, Virginia,
1978
Scope and Content Note
A plaque honoring the memory of Army Chaplain Edmund Easterbrook dedicated in Memorial Day services at Fort Worden
Box/Folder: 1 : 13
Family portraits,
1852-1911
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs from Easterbrook's childhood in England
Box/Folder: 1 : 29
Family portraits,
1891-1973
Scope and Content Note
Includes pictures from Fort Worden, Thanksgiving service in Ramblon, Rhode Island, notes, postcard, and souvenirs from the
Holy Lands
Box/Folder: 1 : 22-23
Family portraits before and after World War I,
1906-1916 and 1918-1923
Box/Folder: 1 : 14
Headshots of Edmund Easterbrook,
1909 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes service reports
Box: 1-22 : 20
Ernest Fred Easterbrook papers,
1903-2006
Physical Description: 1-22
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, journals, clippings, medical reports, flight records, photographs, scrapbooks, memorabilia and printed
matter relating to Ernest Easterbook's career in the United States Army. The series is further subdivided into Personal, Career,
Correspondence, Photographs, Speeches, Writings, Certificates, Awards, Clippings and Printed Matter files and then ordered
chronologically.
Personal Files,
1903-1983
Box/Folder: 16 : 4
Miscellaneous,
1922-1970 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes article about movies shown by Edmund Easterbrook, article titled "Reminiscences," certificate from the Church of
the Centurion, clippings, invitation, letters, program for armistice day service, and 4 unidentified pictures
Box/Folder: 8 : 11
1957-1967
Scope and Content Note
Includes medical report
Box/Folder: 7 : 6
Passports,
1978-1983
Scope and Content Note
Includes 2 photographs and cancelled passports
Box/Folder: 2 : 8
China trip,
1980-1982
Scope and Content Note
Includes article, journal, and notes
Box/Folder: 7 : 8
Efficiency reports,
1932-1965
Box/Folder: 3 : 1
Infantry school,
1933-1966
Scope and Content Note
Includes United States Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea, National Defense College, National War College, and
Academic Department telephone directory
Box/Folder: 18 : 5
Panama,
1934-1936
Scope and Content Note
Letters, list of assignments of men of details in fields, memoranda, printed matter, and special orders including from War
Department
Box/Folder: 18 : 6
Camp Dix,
1937-1941
Scope and Content Note
Commendation for his lecture on the Panama Canal before the Reserve Officers Association, letters, and special orders issued
by the War Department
Box/Folder: 18 : 11
War Department efficiency report and special orders,
1937-1942
Box/Folder: 17 : 6
Special orders,
1941
Scope and Content Note
Relieved from duty by Adjutant General
Box/Folder: 11 : 1
Diaries, notebooks, and records of army personnel,
1942-1945
Scope and Content Note
Includes clippings, card signed by Ernest Easterbrook, messages, and miscellany
China-Burma-India Theater,
1943-1987
Box/Folder: 2 : 7
General information,
1943-1945
Box/Folder: 12 : 1
475th Infantry Association (CO CT 475),
1944 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Lists of addresses, ammunition, weapons, and accessories to be carried by mules
Box/Folder: 11 : 3
475th Infantry,
1944-1945
Scope and Content Note
Includes general orders, letters, memoranda, printed matter, and roster of officers and home addresses. See oversize boxes
for maps and other materials
Box/Folder: 10 : 6-8
Merrill's Marauders,
1968-1987
Scope and Content Note
Includes brochure, clippings, correspondence, lists, memoranda, printed matter, and related materials
Box/Folder: 18 : 3
Fort Benning, Georgia,
1946-1948
Scope and Content Note
Includes a pictorial report of the conference, list of army personnel, memoranda from John W. O' Daniel in appreciation of
Ernest Easterbrook's outstanding work as Secretary of the Infantry Conference, Infantry School
Box/Folder: 12 : 5
Sketch of "A" CO BUNC Combat Patrol,
undated
Scope and Content Note
See oversize boxes for magazine, maps, and other materials
Box/Folder: 18 : 2
Canada,
1949-1951
Scope and Content Note
Letter, nominal roll and address list, National Defense College and Canadian Army Staff College, and a poem
Box/Folder: 12 : 2-3
Miscellany,
1952-1989
Scope and Content Note
Includes award, card, certificate citation, clippings, correspondence, list of officers and casualties, memoranda, newsletters,
notes, printed mattter, roster, and special orders
Box/Folder: 10 : 1
Roster of officers and enlisted men of Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG) RTC #1, 29th ROK Infantry Division,
1953-1954
Box/Folder: 18 : 4
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
1954-1955
Scope and Content Note
Includes personal roster from Department III, clippings, memoranda in appreciation of Ernest Easterbrook's completion of duty
with the Command and General Staff College and promotion to General Officer for his outstanding service as Director, Department
III
Box/Folder: 18 : 9
France,
1955-1957
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, award of Croix de Guerre, article on Ernest Easterbrook, and a Christmas letter
Box/Folder: 8 : 9
Flight records,
1958-1967
Box/Folder: 17 : 5
Briefings,
1959 and and undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes
Box/Folder: 13 : 11
Miscellany,
1959-1986
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, letter of recommendation for promotion to Major General, magazines, and printed matter
Box/Folder: 13 : 10
Clearance record, list of papers, and telegrams,
1962
Box/Folder: 4 : 4
Order regarding Ernest Easterbrook's assignment of command of Joint United States Military Advisory Group (JUSMAG) to Thailand,
APO 146, San Francisco, California,
1963
Box/Folder: 22 :
Scrapbooks,
June-November 1963 and April-August 1965
Box: 21
Joint United States Military Advisory Group (JUSMAG), Thailand, 2 scrapbooks,
November 1963-June 1964 and June 1964-April 1965
Box/Folder: 5 : 1
Printed matter and correspondence,
1963-1965
Box/Folder: 9 : 7
Certificate, memorandum, notes, press release and rosters,
1963-1965
Box/Folder: 4 : 10
Embassy of the United States of America, Bangkok, and Thailand telephone directories,
1963-1965
Scope and Content Note
Includes American Women's Club of Thailand directory
Box/Folder: 9 : 5
Alphabetical roster, Joint United States Military Advisory Group (JUSMAG) to Thailand,
1965
Box/Folder: 8 : 6
Proposal for East Asia International University,
undated
Box/Folder: 2 : 9
Albums, compliments of RTA Cavalry Center, Sarabury, Thailand. From Sawad-Di to Major General Easterbrook with the best wishes
of the members of Army Section of Joint United States Military Advisory Group (JUSMAG) to Thailand,
undated
Box/Folder: 8 : 10
Rosters, 6th Army,
1966-1967
Box/Folder: 20 :
Scrapbook presented to Ernest Easterbrook by the 6th Army senior staff,
undated
Box/Folder: 13 : 8-9
Fort Rucker, Alabama,
1960-1962
Scope and Content Note
Includes certificate, correspondence, farewell message, magazines, newsletters, notes, and miscellany
Box/Folder: 8 : 7
Retirement papers,
1959-1967
Box/Folder: 8 : 8
Retirement and letters of good wishes,
1967
Box/Folder: 7 : 7
Retirement ceremony schedule and standard pilot log book,
1967
Correspondence,
1921-1988
Box/Folder: 16 : 2
1928
Scope and Content Note
Includes clipping and diary
Box/Folder: 13 : 1-7
1959-1962
Scope and Content Note
Includes clipping and diary
Box/Folder: 5 : 4
Chief Joint United States Military Advisory Group (JUSMAG), Thailand,
1965
Box/Folder: 18 : 7
1969
Scope and Content Note
Proposal for an Oral History Project. Correspondence with Glenn Campbell, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Willa
Baum, University of California, Berkeley
Box/Folder: 11 : 2
John H. Lattin Associates correspondence,
1985-1988
Box/Folder: 2 : 4
Boyhood pictures, brochure and proposal,
1918-1923
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
Plebe Year and at West Point,
1927-1930
Box/Folder: 2 : 6
As young officer at West Point and in Panama, including his wedding picture,
1935-1942
Box/Folder: 2 : 3
Fort Benning, Georgia,
1948 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Faculty of Infantry School, Ernest Easterbrook with his family
Box/Folder: 20 :
Canadian Army Staff College, 2 group pictures,
January 19, 1949 and January 16, 1950
Box/Folder: 2 : 1-2
Pictures of Ernest Easterbrook and others taken in Korea,
1953-1954
Box/Folder: 10 : 5
Presidio of San Francisco, pre-arrival of 6th Army,
1955-1956
Box/Folder: 4 : 6
Ernest Easterbrook in army uniform and at social gathering,
1957-1960
Box/Folder: 4 : 7
Ernest Easterbrook including in Rucker, Alabama,
1959-1962
Box/Folder: 4 : 3
Ernest Easterbrook and his wife with others, 25th Division,
1962-1963
Box/Folder: 20 :
Ernest Easterbrook scrapbook,
March-June 1963 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes 2 pictures of Ernest Easterbrook with unidentified individuals
Box/Folder: 5 : 6
Thailand, army helicopters and reconnaissance helicopters,
1965 and undated
Box/Folder: 17 : 3
1959-1962
Scope and Content Note
Includes brochure and clippings
Box/Folder: 7 : 2
AUSA dinner meeting,
November 11, 1965
Box/Folder: 7 : 3
Army ROTC graduates,
January 27, 1966
Box/Folder: 7 : 4
Fort Rucker, Alabama,
March 1, 1966
The Soldier and the Cross,
1895-2006
Box/Folder: 3 : 2
The Soldier and the Cross: A Biography of My Father, Edmund P. Easterbrook, by Ernest F. Easterbrook,
undated
Box/Folder: 18 : 1
The Soldier and the Cross: A Biography of My Father, Edmund Easterbrook, and
The Soldier with a Heart, biography of Ernest Easterbrook by John Easterbrook,
1985 and 2006
Photographs used in
The Soldier and the Cross,
1895-1929
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
Chapter 1, Edmund Easterbrook and his family and personalized souvenir from the Holy Lands,
1895-1897 and undated
Box/Folder: 1 : 2
Chapter 2, Edmund Easterbrook's family and his trips to Egypt and Palestine,
1897-1900
Scope and Content Note
Includes acceptance of his commission as chaplain of the U.S. Army and memorandum from the office of the Adjutant General
with instructions about his assignment
Box/Folder: 1 : 3
Chapter 3, Chaplain from Manila,
1901
Box/Folder: 1 : 4
Chapter 4, Chaplain and his work,
1902
Box/Folder: 1 : 5
Chapter 5, Picture of Fort Worden,
circa 1912
Box/Folder: 1 : 6
Chapter 6, Individual reports of the chaplain to the Adjutant General,
1908-1909
Box/Folder: 1 : 7
Chapter 7, Edmund Easterbrook and flag presentation at Fort Worden,
1918 and undated
Box/Folder: 1 : 8
Chapter 8, Pictures of Church of the Palace, reception for Commander Eva Booth, ceremony for awarding Légion d'Honneur, Edmund
Easterbrook and his sons, wedding of Gladys Easterbrook,
undated
Box/Folder: 1 : 9
Chapter 9, Pictures and negatives, Easter Sunrise Service at Walter Reed Hospital, appointment of Edmund Easterbrook as Chief
of Chaplain, and Edmund Easterbrook's letter to Gladys Easterbrook,
1928-1929
Box/Folder: 1 : 10
Chapter 10, Fort Worden, Memorial Day services, circa 1912, and visit to West Point,
1929
Certificates and diplomas,
1931-1989
Box/Folder: 18 : 10
Fort Benning, Georgia,
1931-1933 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Certificate for the completion of a base course, Troops Schools, in the subject of care of animals, clippings, letters, notebook,
orders from the War Department
Box: 19
Recognitions received by Ernest Easterbrook from China, Korea, and Thailand,
1931-1954
Box: 19
Awarded a diploma for advancement in the Army of the United States given at West Point, New York,
June 11, 1931
Box: 19
Letter of thanks from Headman of district office, Southern Cheju, Korea, for his help with the war orphans,
February 23, 1954
Box: 19
Testament from Korea for service to war orphans,
March 3, 1954
Box: 19
Letter of appreciation for his cooperation and maintenance of close liaison with the Advisory Group of 29th Infantry ROK Division
and for his efforts in supplementing training aids,
March 3, 1954
Box: 19
Certificates of appreciation,
1954
Box: 19
Testimonial for distinguished services in the reconstruction of educational and welfare institutions in Cheju, Korea,
April 1954
Box: 19
Testimonial in recognition of outstanding contribution to the administrative efforts at the orphanage of Chun-Sa, Korea,
1954
Box: 19
Certificate of appreciation on the eve of his departure from Korea,
undated
Box: 19
Album of pictures from Korea with illustrations in both Chinese and Korean,
undated
Box/Folder: 22 :
Certificate for a diploma awarded to Ernest Easterbrook for graduating from the Defense Committee Course of Mediation, Fort
Benning, Georgia,
December 1948
Box: 19
Memorial resolution of the California State Assembly in memory of the passing of Ernest Easterbrook,
1989
Box/Folder: 3 : 5
Awards of the Silver Star, citation for the Legion of Merit (Oak-Leaf Cluster), award of the Bronze Star Medal, and employment
record,
1950-1963
Box/Folder: 1 : 21
Fort Worden,
1908-1975
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed matter and an article of remembrance of Ernest Easterbrook,
Burman News
Box/Folder: 17 : 4
Fort Rucker, Alabama,
1959
Scope and Content Note
Clippings relating to Ernest Easterbrook's arrival as Commander of the U.S. Army Aviation Center
Box/Folder: 9 : 3
Presidio of San Francisco,
1963-1966 and undated
Box/Folder: 18 : 8
"Training on the Roof of the World," Ernest Easterbrook's article on Tibet in Army,
1982
Scope and Content Note
Includes clippings Joseph Warren's comments about the United States Army, correspondence, and map. Also includes typescript
copies of the article
Printed Matter,
1954-1965
Box: 21
Front Line: The Third Infantry Division, Korean edition,
October 1954
