Inventory of the Paul E. Peabody papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Paul E. Peabody papers

Date (inclusive): 1917-1959

Collection Number: 73091

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (1.7 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, orders, citations, and commendations, relating to American military intelligence operations, military liaison with Great Britain and Mexico, and occupation of Japan after World War II.

Creator: Peabody, Paul E., 1892-

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 1973.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Paul E. Peabody papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Brigadier general, United States Army; military attaché to Great Britain, 1943-1944, and Mexico, 1948-1950; chief of military intelligence, 1945-1946.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, orders, citations, and commendations, relating to American military intelligence operations, military liaison with Great Britain and Mexico, and occupation of Japan after World War II.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Officers

Secret service -- United States

Military government

Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952

World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service

Military attachés

Great Britain -- Military relations -- United States

Mexico -- Military relations -- United States

United States -- Military relations -- Great Britain

United States -- Military relations -- Mexico

United States. Army

United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division

box 1

Scrapbook 1912-1927

box 1

Scrapbook 1926-1934

box 2

Scrapbook 1934-1940

box 2

Scrapbook 1940-1959

box 3

Scrapbook 1948-1950

box 3

Certificates

Scope and Contents note

Originally located in 1940-1959 scrapbook.

drawer I07

Oversize certificates

Scope and Contents note

Originally located in 1940-1959 scrapbook.