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Title: Charles MacArthur Carman, Jedburgh collection
Date (inclusive): 1934-1994
Collection Number: 90090
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and French
Physical Description:
8 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope, 2 microfilm reels
(5.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, orders, letters, writings, printed matter, and audiovisual material, relating to Jedburgh operations carried out
by the Office of Strategic Services in 1944, involving parachuting operatives behind German lines in the Netherlands, Belgium
and France to effect liaison with local resistance forces. Includes copies of official records of the operations, and subsequent
recollections of veterans of the operations. Some materials are photocopies. In part, originals are located in the National
Archives and Records Administration.
source:
Carman, Charles MacArthur
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box OCM9 may not be used without permissionof the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1990.
[Identification of item], Charles MacArthur Carman Jedburgh Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
Some materials are photocopies. In part, originals are located in the National Archives and Records Administration.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Charles MacArthur Carman collection in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives consists primarily of materials relating
to the activities of the Office of Strategic Services in the last phase of World War II, and specifically to the operations
of the Jedburgh teams that were parachuted into German-occupied areas of Holland, Belgium, and France in 1944.
The three man Jedburgh teams, which were made up of American, British, Dutch, and French agents, attempted to reinforce and
coordinate local resistance activities against German forces in advance of the Allied offensive that followed the Normandy
landings in June 1944. They trained and armed resistance forces, undertook sabotage actions, and attacked German troops. A
number of Jedburgh team members were killed in action or executed by the Germans.
The bulk of the collection is comprised of photocopies of military records located in the National Archives in Washington,
D.C. In addition, there are publications and other materials collected by Charles MacArthur Carman, who was himself a former
Jedburgh agent (a member of team Maurice). Many of these concern the history of the French resistance, often at the level
of a specific region or town (see Printed Matter series).
In later years, Carman corresponded with other former Jedburgh operatives, and this correspondence, where it appears, is identified.
The collection also includes a number of photographs of Jedburgh training exercises and videorecordings of commemorations
of the Normandy landings and of Jedburgh operations. Additionally, there are two examples of items carried by Jedburgh operatives,
a map and code chart, both printed on silk (see Oversize Materials).
The collection is organized into seven series: Office of Strategic Services File, Printed Matter, Photographs, Sound Recordings,
Video Recordings, Oversize Materials, and Microfilm.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements
World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945 -- France
Secret service -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Belgium
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
United States. Office of Strategic Services
Carman, Charles MacArthur