Inventory of the Edward H. Forney papers

Finding aid prepared by Kendra Tsai

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Edward H. Forney papers

Date (inclusive): 1942-1964

Collection Number: 65022

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English, Korean, French, and Vietnamese

Physical Description: 7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (2.6 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Handwritten notes, correspondence, course writings, orders, reports, news releases, and news clippings relating primarily to the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

Creator: Forney, E. H. (Edward H.)

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 1965.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Edward H. Forney papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Edward H. Forney was a colonel, deputy chief of staff, and brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps, a senior advisor to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Marine Corps, and a scholar.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Edward H. Forney papers contain handwritten notes (some in small notebooks), correspondence (including family letters), course writings, orders, reports, news releases, and news clippings relating primarily to the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Forney took numerous history courses about World War I, World War II, military operations in Europe and in the Pacific, psychological warfare, post-war problems, Soviet foreign policy (1918-1939), U.S. foreign policy, French military contributions in the American Revolution War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As brigadier general for the U.S. Marine Corps, Forney kept up-to-date about foreign relations among China, Southeast Asia, the Soviet Union, the United States, Korea, Vietnam, and France, as revealed in his extensive news file.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Officers

Korean War, 1950-1953

United States. Marine Corps

Biographical File 1950-1963

box 1, folder 1

Handwritten notes 1957

box 1, folder 2-6

Handwritten notes undated

box 1, folder 7

"Brig. Gen. Edward H. Forney, United States Marine Corps," photograph, undated

box 1, folder 8

Correspondence 1950, 1954, 1957, 1963

Scope and Contents note

Personal family letters.

Course File 1956-1960

Scope and Contents note

Coursework and review sheets from various history courses taken by Forney.

box 1, folder 9

Harvard Business Review 1956-1960

box 1, folder 10

History 175 undated

box 1, folder 11

History 176 undated

box 1, folder 12

History 127 1956

box 1, folder 13

History 128 undated

box 1, folder 14

History 191 1956-1957

box 1, folder 15

History 192 undated

box 1, folder 16

Unidentified course materials undated

box 1, folder 17

Historiography 287 1956-1957

box 1, folder 18

"History of the Flags of the NATO Countries," manuscript 1956

box 6, item 1

"The National Identity Card Program, the Federation of Malaya: A Research Report," by E. H. Adkins, Jr., Michigan State University Viet Nam Advisory Group in Collaboration with Public Safety Division, United States Operations Mission to Viet Nam 1961

Korean War File 1942, 1950-1958

box 2, folder 1

Hymns circa 1950

box 2, folder 2

"Map Used by Brig. Gen. Edward Forney, United States Marine Corps, During the Korean War," circa 1950-1953

box 2, folder 3

"Chronology of the Defense," circa 1950-1953

box 2, folder 4

Amphibious Training Command, Pacific Fleet documents 1942, 1950, 1951

box 2, folder 5

Photocopies of bibliography index cards 1950-1957

box 2, folder 6

Photocopies of correspondence, organization description, annual report, and information for mail pertaining to the Holy Mother's Social Charity Work Catholic Organization 1958

box 2, folder 7

Reports 1952, 1955-1958

Vietnam War File 1962, 1964

box 2, folder 8

Reports 1962

box 2, folder 9

Reports 1964

Miscellaneous File 1944-1964

box 5, folder 23

"The March of the XX Corps from St. Jacques to Verdun, France: 600 Miles in 30 Days, One of the Fastest Sustained Marches in History," map 1944

box 5, folder 24

Plastic arrows, circa 1950-1953

Scope and Contents note

Plastic arrows colored red and blue, assumed to be used on maps, stored in envelopes. Envelopes have writings about NKPA (North Korean People's Army) and EUSAK (Eighth United States Army in Korea).

box 5, folder 25

Speeches 1964

box 5, folder 26

Sports pamphlet undated

box 5, folder 27

"From The Adventures of My Grandfather, by John Lewis Peyton, as Told to the Author by a Kentucky Frontiersman," transcript undated

box 5, folder 28

"Weather in the North Pacific" and two copies of "Safe Conduct Pass," undated

News File 1951-1964

box 2, folder 10

China/Chinese, clippings, 1951

box 2, folder 11

The Korean Republic, newspaper 1957

box 2, folder 12

The Korea Times, newspaper 1957

box 2, folder 13

The Korean Republic, newspaper 1957

box 2, folder 14

Korean clippings 1957

box 2, folder 15-16

The Korean Republic newspaper 1957

box 2, folder 17

The Korea Times, clippings 1957

box 2, folder 18-19

The Korean Republic, newspaper 1957-1958

box 2, folder 20

The Korean Republic, clippings 1957

box 2, folder 21

The Korea Times, clippings, 1958

box 2, folder 22

The Korean Republic, clippings, 1958

box 2, folder 23

Korea, general, clippings, 1958

box 2, folder 24

Republic of Korea Marines, clippings 1958

box 2, folder 25

U.S. Marine Corps, clippings, 1958

box 2, folder 26

U.S. Fleet Marine, clippings, 1958

box 2, folder 27

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, clippings, 1959, 1962

box 2, folder 28

Education, clippings, 1960, 1961

box 2, folder 29

Ben G. Forney, clippings 1961

box 2, folder 30

U.S. President John F. Kennedy, clippings, 1961

box 2, folder 31

"Art Treasures for All America," clippings, 1961 December 10

box 2, folder 32

"These Days" column, clippings, 1961, 1962

box 2, folder 33

Southeast Asia, clippings, 1961, 1962

box 2, folder 34

U.S. Marines, clippings, 1962

box 3, folder 1

China/Chinese, clippings, 1960, 1962-1963

box 3, folder 2

Soviet/Russian, clippings, 1961, 1963

box 3, folder 3

U.S. President John F. Kennedy, releases, 1961, 1963

box 3, folder 4

U.S. President John F. Kennedy, clippings, 1962, 1963

box 3, folder 5-7

U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination, clippings, 1963

box 3, folder 8

U.S. News & Report, clippings, 1963 November 18

box 3, folder 9

Releases, 1963

box 3, folder 10

Southeast Asia, clippings, 1963, 1964

box 3, folder 11

Robert S. McNamara, Clippings, 1961, 1963, 1964

box 3, folder 12

Brief announcements, clippings, 1963

box 3, folder 13

Mixed clippings 1963

box 3, folder 14-15

Saigon Daily News, newspaper 1963

box 3, folder 16

Time, magazine, 1963

box 3, folder 17

Le Journal, newspaper 1963

box 3, folder 18

Time, magazine 1963

box 3, folder 19

Vietnamese newspaper 1963

Language of Material: Vietnamese.

box 3, folder 20

Saigon Daily News, newspaper 1963

box 3, folder 21

Newsweek, magazine 1963

box 4, folder 1

Vietnam War, general, clippings, 1961, 1963-1964

box 4, folder 2

Saigon Daily News, newspaper 1963

box 4, folder 3

Vietnam War, releases, 1963-1964

box 4, folder 4

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, clippings, 1963-1964

box 4, folder 5

Vietcong, clippings, 1963

box 4, folder 6

United Nations, clippings, 1964

box 4, folder 7

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), clippings, 1964

box 4, folder 8

"Worldgram," clippings 1964

box 4, folder 9

Douglas MacArthur, clippings, 1964

box 4, folder 10

Saigon Daily News, newspaper 1964

box 4, folder 11

France, clippings, 1964

box 4, folder 12

Saigon Daily News, newspaper, 1964

box 4, folder 13

Mixed clippings 1964

box 4, folder 14

Capt. Robert Alan Phillips, clippings, 1964

box 4, folder 15

Catholicism/Buddhism, clippings, 1964

box 4, folder 16

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, clippings, 1964

box 4, folder 17-18

Saigon Daily News, newspaper 1964

box 4, folder 19

Mixed clippings 1964

box 4, folder 20

Saigon Daily News, newspaper 1964

box 4, folder 21

The Saigon Post, newspaper, 1964

box 4, folder 22-27

U.S. News & World Report, clippings, 1964 April 27-June 15

box 5, folder 1

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), clippings, circa 1954

box 5, folder 2

Seoul recapture, clippings, circa 1957

box 5, folder 3

Gen. Trudeau, clippings, 1958

box 5, folder 4

Gen. McGee, clippings, 1958

box 5, folder 5

Naval Academy, clippings, 1958, circa 1962-1963

box 5, folder 6

President Mohammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan, clippings, circa 1958-1959

box 5, folder 7

Cuba, clippings, circa 1961-1962

box 5, folder 8

U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination, clippings, circa 1963, undated

box 5, folder 9

Southeast Asia, clippings, circa 1961-1964

box 5, folder 10

Vietnam War, clippings, circa 1961-1964

box 5, folder 11

Vietnam, general, clippings, circa 1961-1964

box 5, folder 12

Wire reports, circa 1961-1964

box 5, folder 13

China/Chinese, clippings, circa 1961-1964

box 5, folder 14

Gen. Paul Harkins, clippings, circa 1962-1964

box 5, folder 15

Ambassadors, clippings, 1964

box 5, folder 16-17

Saigon Daily News, newspaper 1964

box 5, folder 18

Civil War, clippings, undated

box 5, folder 19

Booklet analysis, clippings, undated

box 5, folder 20

Unidentified war, clippings, undated

box 5, folder 21

Korea, mission work, clippings, undated

box 5, folder 22

New appointments, clippings, undated

box 6, folder 2

Press reviews related to the Vietnam War, bound volume 1961 August-November

box 6, folder 3

Press reviews related to the Vietnam War, bound volume 1961 December - 1962 March

box 7, folder 1

Press reviews related to the Vietnam War, bound volume 1962 April-July

box 7, folder 2

Press reviews related to the Vietnam War, bound volume 1962 August-November

box 8, folder 1

Scrapbook of news clippings related to the Vietnam War, 1960 August 5 - 1962 October 9

box 8, folder 2

Scrapbook of news clippings, wire reports, and news releases related to the Vietnam War 1963