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  • Title: Fitzhugh Lee papers
    Date (inclusive): 1926-1986
    Collection Number: 84058
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 10 manuscript boxes (4.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, testimony, orders, personnel records, and printed matter, relating to naval aviation, naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, inter-service controversies within the American armed forces, issues arising from civilian control of the military, the military system of administration of justice, and the 1978 Panama Canal treaty.
    Creator: Lee, Fitzhugh, 1905-1992
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Fitzhugh Lee papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Vice admiral, United States Navy; naval aide to the secretary of the navy, 1947-1948.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, testimony, orders, personnel records, and printed matter, relating to naval aviation, naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, inter-service controversies within the American armed forces, issues arising from civilian control of the military, the military system of administration of justice, and the 1978 Panama Canal treaty.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
    Aviation
    Officers
    United States -- Foreign relations -- Panama
    Panama -- Foreign relations -- United States
    Panama Canal (Panama)
    Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States
    United States. Navy
    United States. Navy Department
    United States. Department of Defense