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Personal Files 1904-1970

Scope and Contents note

Includes general biographical information, a patent, citations, awards, and a set of personal files of correspondence, notes, orders, and other printed materials.
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Biographical file 1934, 1943

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Journal/notebook circa 1927, undated

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Citations, certificates, and awards 1926-1944

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Honors and awards 1943-1970

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Awards, oversize 1928-1961

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Patent no. 2,100,982, a device for blacking sights of weapons 1937

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Receipts, correspondence, and photographs 1951-1956

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Invitations and menus 1933-1960

 

Files 1904-1968

Scope and Contents note

Personal correspondence, notes, orders, brochures, and other collected printed materials, organized in numbered files, then chronologically.
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1 1904-1961 1904-1961

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2 1944-1968 1944-1968

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3 1958-1961

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4 1959-1964

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1944-1952

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1956-1957 June

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1957 July-1963

 

Correspondence 1936-1969

Scope and Contents note

Arranged in chronological order. See also: Commandant of the Marine Corps Files for additional correspondence.
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1936, 1943

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1949-1955

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1957-1959

Scope and Contents note

Includes declassified records returned to file after January 2016 release by Hoover (in 1 April 1958 - 30 June 1958).
 

Congratulatory correspondence 1959-1969

Scope and Contents note

Generally about promotion to Commandant of the Marine Corps, as well as for his 1969 Atlantic article.
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Files 1-5 1959-1962

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Files 6-7 1959-1962, 1969

Scope and Contents note

Including congratulations on "The New American Militarism" article in The Atlantic, 1969.
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1967-1969

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1969

 

Speeches 1943-1972

Scope and Contents note

Speeches given while not holding the position of Commandant of the Marine Corps. See also: Commandant of the Marine Corps Files for additional speeches.
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General speeches

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1951

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Depauw University 25th anniversary, building dedication, speech and photograph 1951

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Notes 1955

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1960 January 4

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circa 1965

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1967-1968

 

Vietnam testimony 1967-1968

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1968

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1969

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1969-1971

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1971 May 25

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circa 1972

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Quotations undated

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Undated

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Unclassified speeches 1943-1957

Scope and Contents note

Includes a speech titles index for each numbered series.
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Unclassified speeches circa 1956

Scope and Contents note

Includes a speech titles index for each numbered series.
 

Military Positions Materials 1904-1959

Scope and Contents note

Materials relating to a variety of positions Shoup held in the Marine Corps.
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Military Commissions 1927-1959

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Call sign notebook undated

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Quotes undated

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Correspondence, including clippings 1943-1944

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Second Marine Division 1943-1944

Scope and Contents note

Three folders.
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Basic School documents 1953-1956

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Marine Corps Fiscal Division notes and budget manual 1953

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Marine Corps fiscal estimates 1904-1907

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Marine Corps Fiscal Division 1953

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Marine training report 1956

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Formations and supplies notes, oversize undated

 

Commandant of the Marine Corps Files 1959-1965

Scope and Contents note

Materials created while Shoup was the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC). See also: Correspondence and Speeches for additional information.
 

Speeches 1960-1965

Scope and Contents note

A majority of the speeches included were given during Shoup's time as Commandant of the Marine Corps. Includes a speech titles index for each numbered series.
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Numbered 1-30, 1960 January-August

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Numbered 1-25 1960 October - 1961 December

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Numbered 26-33 1960 October - 1961 December

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Numbered 1-48 1961 December - 1963 December

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Unnumbered circa 1961-1965

Scope and Contents note

Three folders.
 

Alphabetical correspondence 1959-1963

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A-H

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H-M

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M-S

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S-Z

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General officers correspondence 1959-1962

Scope and Contents note

Two folders.
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President of the United States correspondence 1961-1963

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Presidential inauguration materials 1961

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Press conferences, favorable 1961-1962

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Press conferences, unfavorable 1961-1962

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Press coverage 1962

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Remarks 1961-1963

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Utterances, notes, and miscellany, including notes on becoming the Commandant of the Marine Corps 1959-1963

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"Muzzling of the Military," Stennis hearings in Senate 1961-1962

Scope and Contents note

Two folders.
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"Muzzling of the Military," correspondence and clippings circa 1961-1962

Scope and Contents note

Six folders.
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Charleston News and Courier editorial 1962

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Karou Omine visit 1963

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Chart folio, flight schedule to Japan, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office 1963 September-October

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Far East tour documents and photographs 1963

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Visit to the Royal Thai Marine Corps circa 1963

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City of Los Angeles, oversize certificate in honor of General Shoup Day 1963 August 20

 

Writings 1965-1971

Scope and Contents note

Contains articles written by Shoup after his retirement from the military.
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Vietnam 1965-1971

Scope and Contents note

Two folders.
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"Military Leadership and McNamara," circa 1968

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"Let's Dare Think About Lasting World Peace," 1969

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"The New American Militarism," The Atlantic 1969

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"New American Militarism," reprinted, Businessmen's Educational Fund, New York 1970

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"The China Expedition," undated

 

Tarawa Materials 1943-1968

Scope and Contents note

Various materials documenting the 1943 Tarawa campaigns, including items original to the time as well as those collected or written later, arranged in chronological order. See also: Photographs.
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Small notebook/military diary 1943

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Tarawa operations report 1943

Scope and Contents note

Includes signed photographs from 1943, 1963.
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Tarawa materials 1943

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Tarawa Atoll charts 1943

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Tarawa Atoll charts (continued)

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Photograph book captured at Tarawa 1943

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Tarawa Quartermaster's joke 1943

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Camp Tarawa aerial photograph, oversize circa 1943

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Tarawa landing photograph, oversize, mounted 1943

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Christening of the USS Tarawa by Zola Shoup 1944-1946

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"The Tarawa Campaign," an address by Col. Robert R. McCormick 1946

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"The Battle for Tarawa," Capt. James R. Stockman, USMC Historical Section 1947

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"Some of My Thoughts on Tarawa," David Shoup circa 1954

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Tarawa articles circa 1954-1957

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"The Bloody Epic that Was Tarawa," New York Times Magazine 1958 November 16

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Amphibious Warfare Sea Power Symposium, Tarawa photographic reprints 1960

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Tarawa articles 1962

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"Tarawa, My Last Battle," Kiyoshi Ota with Keith S. Williams 1964

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Tarawa materials 1968

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Tarawa 25th anniversary materials 1968

Scope and Contents note

Includes reprinted photographs.
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Uncommon Valor pamphlet, including Tarawa photograph undated

 

Photographs 1942-1971

Scope and Contents note

Contains official photographs, snapshots, and personal photographs, arranged chronologically.
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Hawaii circa 1942

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1942 July

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Battle of Tarawa 1943

Scope and Contents note

See also: Tarawa research materials for additional information.
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Battle of Tarawa and after 1943

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Tarawa 1943

Scope and Contents note

Includes related correspondence.
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1943

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Shoup 1943-1944

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War scenes, possibly Tarawa circa 1943-1944

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War scenes 1944 August

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War scenes circa 1944

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Official photographs circa 1944

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Official photographs of officers 1945

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War publicity photos 1945

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Ceremonies: Medal of Honor, Promotion, and CMC 1945-1959

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Commissioning of the USS Tarawa 1945-1946

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Bikini Atoll atomic test 1946

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1947 January

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1948

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Basic School, Quantico, Virginia circa 1951

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9th JCOC, Marine Corps Schools 1951

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Portraits and negatives 1955

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2nd Division Sword Monument speech 1955

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Parris Island, South Carolina 1956 December

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1957 January, July, and August

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1957 September

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1957 October

Scope and Contents note

Three folders.
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1957 November

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First Division miscellany 1957

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Congressional Medal of Honor Society 1957

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1957-1959

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Camp Hansen Typhoon, Okinawa 1958 January

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1958 March

Scope and Contents note

Two folders.
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1958 April

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1958 May, June, and July

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1958 October

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1958 November

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1958 December

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Taipei, General Shu and General Shoup 1958

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DePauw University 1958

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First Marine Division History 1958

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First Marine Aircraft Wing 1958

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Quarters, Okinawa 1958-1959

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Cloth of Okinawa circa 1958-1959

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1959

Scope and Contents note

Two folders.
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1959 March

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All-Marine Boxing Champion 1959

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Shoup, life story for Commandant ceremony 1959

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Parris Island, South Carolina 1959

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Covington, Indiana Veteran's Day celebration honoring General Shoup 1960

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Naval Academy visit 1960

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General Franke, Secretary of the Navy, signed 1960

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Taiwan Marine inspection slides 1961

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Salute to Admiral Arleigh Burke 1961

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Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) 1961

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Visits 1961-1963

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Visits, oversize 1961-1963

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Cabinet/Staff, oversize 1961-1963

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Signed Cabinet/Staff, oversize 1961-1963

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Naval Academy visit 1962

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Fort Still, Indiana visit 1962

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Commandant of the Marine Corps visit to JUSMAG Bankok 1962

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1963

Scope and Contents note

Two folders.
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President Kennedy and Shoup 1963

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Distinguished Service Medal, with President Johnson 1964

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Johnson White House 1964

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Birthday 1964

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Parade photo signed by Herbert Humphrey 1965

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1967

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1970-1971

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Portrait undated

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Personal photos undated

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Honorary degree undated

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Color photographs undated

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Third Marine Division undated

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Military visits circa 1945-1950

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Military training undated

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Miscellany undated

 

Photographic books and albums

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Inauguration of John F. Kennedy 1961

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Chinese visit circa 1961

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Korean visit 1961

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Camp Murphy, Philippines visit 1961

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U.S. First Fleet Exercise, United States Navy and Marine Corps 1961 November 18

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Visit of the President of the United States and Distinguished guests to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet 1962 April 13-14

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Marine Corps Base Combat Swimming Team, Twentynine Palms, California 1963

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Special issue for the 9th Marine Anniversary Brigade 1963 October

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20th Anniversary of the 2nd Marine Division, D.M. Shoup, a lifetime of photographs 1963

 

Collected Printed Materials 1907-1983

Scope and Contents note

Consists of collected clippings, printed materials, and research books. Shoup often wrote or was quoted in the materials.
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Clippings 1944-1968

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Clippings 1967-1983

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Clippings, oversize 1960-1968

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Fountain-Warren Democrat, Attica, Fountain County, Indiana 1907 June 13

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The Bulletin, San Francisco 1928 August 18

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Congressional Record, Senate, vol. 106, no. 4 1960 January 12

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Congressional Record, Senate, vol. 106, no. 44 1960 March 9

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Congressional Record, House, vol. 109, no. 47 1963 April 1

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Congressional Record, House, vol. 113, no. 25 1967 February 20

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Congressional Record, Senate, vol. 115, no. 52 1969 March 26

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"A Way of Thinking," typescript by Dr. Albert Burke circa 1970

Scope and Contents note

Two folders.
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Newsweek 1971 November 29

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"Our President, Herbert Hoover," William J. Marsh (age 11 years), signed by the author 1930

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Follow Me! The Story of the Second Marine Division in World War II, by Richard W. Johnston, Random House 1948

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Khrushchev in America: Full Texts of the Speeches Given by Khrushchev on His Tour of the United States in September 1959, 1960

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The Chien Nhan Dan, People's Strategy 1960

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Nation's Business: A Useful Look Ahead Magazine 1962 October

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Intercom: Your Guide to the World Affairs Field 1966 July-August

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Kaikishu, Japanese maritime self-defense force, Admiral Togo undated

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Sons of Indiana: Stories of Indiana's Famous Sons, Indiana Bell undated

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How to Save our Republic, by Dr. George W. Crane undated

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Japanese Lesson Book undated

 

Memorabilia 1941, 1954-1962, undated

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Inauguration license plates 1954-1962

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Remington Arms Company posters undated

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World War II signal cylinder: Signal, Ground, Amber Star Cluster M22 1941

 

Filmstrips undated

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Project Crossroads, Able and Baker nuclear tests, 35 mm film

 

Audiovisual Materials 1959-1972 undated

 

Sound recordings 1959-1972

Scope and Contents note

Arranged by format, then chronologically.
tape cabinet

Admiral Burke's party, seven inch sound reel possibly 1961

tape cabinet

W.R. Epsy, "talking letter," 1963

Scope and Contents note

Includes his experiences in World War I, Marine Aviation in the Azores, and Marines. Given to Shoup as the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Three inch sound reel; also includes a slide.
record cabinet

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial, "in appreciation of your support in furthering the establishment of a Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Maryland," before 1959

record cabinet

Khrushchev in America, Eisenhower-Khrushchev meetings, CBS Radio Network 1959

record cabinet

The Kings of Pentagonia, Annual Wallow Skit, Military Order of the Carabao 1960 February 6

record cabinet

Sounds of Marine Corps Boot Camp, San Diego, Parris Island, Gold Star Recordings 1960

record cabinet

Tatoo Delft, Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine 1960

record cabinet

Parade of the Champions, Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy circa 1960

record cabinet

Marines on Parade, Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy circa 1960

record cabinet

Tradition: Favorite Songs of the United States Marines, U.S. Marine Band and Marine Corps Officer's Basic School Chorus circa 1960

record cabinet

"The President's Own," United States Marine Band, Lieutenant Colonel Albert Schoepper, Director circa 1960

record cabinet

Alliance for Progress, programs and lectures on Latin America and promoting Western Hemisphere understanding, Westinghouse Company 1962

record cabinet

Dedication dinner for the Donald W. Douglas Engineering Product Development Center, Douglans Aircraft Company, Inc. 1962

record cabinet

"A Moment with General David Shoup," part 1, concerning Shoup's career; military issues, such as the nuclear test ban treaty; and his personal hobbies 1963 November 9

Access note

Use copy reference number: 76027_a_0001702
record cabinet

United States Marine Band, Lt. Col. A.F. Schoepper, Director, conducting, including the General Shoup March circa 1960-1963

Access note

Use copy reference number: 76027_a_0001703

Scope and Contents note

1. General Shoup March; 2. Marine's Hymn - Wm. Jones, soloist; 3. Semper Fidelis; 4. King Cotton.
record cabinet

The Fort Henry Retreat Ceremonial, recorded live at Fort Henry, Kingston, Ontario, Canada exactly as performed there since 1812 1963

record cabinet

The National Cultural Center presents: The United States Marine Band 1963

record cabinet

The United States Marine Corps Band circa 1960-1963

record cabinet

The Commandant's Own, U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps 1970

record cabinet

America's First Man in Orbit, John H. Glenn in Friendship 7, Nelson Doubleday, Inc. 1972

record cabinet

Semper Fi lacquer disc undated

Access note

Use copy reference number: 76027_a_0001701

Scope and Contents note

The three cuts on side A are a male chorus singing "Semper Fi," a male/female duet whose title seems to be "That's A Lot of El Toro," and the Star Spangled Banner. Side B is two cuts of a male chorus, the second also being "Semper Fi."
record cabinet

Japanese record undated

 

Motion picture film reels 1960-1964, undated

film shelf

King and Queen of Afghanistan, 16mm film, 500 feet undated

film shelf

General Shoup interviewed by Von Fremd, CBS Washington, 16mm film circa 1961-1963

film shelf

Salute to the Navy, 16mm film, 1000 feet undated

film shelf

A Force in Readiness, 2 copies, 16mm film, 950 feet circa 1961-1963

film shelf

"Tarawa," The Twentieth Century, CBS Television Film Service Operations, 2 copies, 16mm film, 1892 feet undated

film shelf

The Story of a Marine, 16mm film, 900 feet circa 1960-1963

film shelf

Presented to General David S. Shoup, Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1960-1964, from the Old and New Breed, with Second Division and Marine Corps Symbols, 16mm film after 1964