Inventory of the Truman Smith papers

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Title: Truman Smith papers
Date (inclusive): 1893-2002
Collection Number: XX071
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 29 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 4 microfilm reels (16.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Truman Smith papers (in part, photocopies) relate to the German army between World Wars I and II, national socialism in Germany, American military intelligence activities before and during World War II, and post-war American military policy. The collection is comprised of correspondence, memoirs, diaries, speeches and writings, intelligence reports, service records, printed matter, personal documents, photographs, and postcards; it also includes the papers of Katharine Alling Hollister Smith, wife of Truman Smith, and other family papers.
Creator: Smith, Truman
Creator: Smith, Katharine Alling Hollister, 1898-1992
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

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1969, with increments added in 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 2010, and 2013.

Preferred Citation

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

Existence and Location of Originals note

In part, originals in: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.

Biographical Note

1893 August 25 Born, West Point, New York
1915 Bachelor of Arts, Yale College
1916 Joined 12th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard
1916 June Ordered to the Mexican border to defend against Pancho Villa's army
1917 July 14 Married Katherine Alling Hollister
1917-1918 Commander, 4th Infantry, Company B (later Company A) in World War I, in France
1918 Instructor, U.S. Infantry School, Langres, France
1919-1920 Political advisor to the Officer in Charge of Civil Affairs at Koblenz, Germany
1920-1924 Assistant military observer and assistant military attaché, U.S. Mission and U.S. Embassy, Berlin, Germany
1928-1932 Instructor, Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia
1931-1935 Commanded 2nd Battalion of the 27th Infantry at the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
1935-1939 Military attaché, U.S. Embassy, Berlin, German
1939-1946 German Specialist in Intelligence, General Staff (G-2), War Department
1948 Military Advisor to the Eberstadt (Armed Forces) Committee on the Hoover Commission
1970 October 3 Died, Fairfield, Connecticut

Scope and Content of Collection

The Truman Smith papers were received in several increments and are retained as they were originally received, with the exception of oversize photographs that were rehoused. Also included are the papers of Truman Smith's wife, Katharine Alling Hollister Smith, who accompanied her husband in his stays in Koblenz, Berlin, and elsewhere. A prolific writer, Katharine's memoirs, diaries, and correspondence provide insight into the family's interactions with German officials, life in Berlin between the wars, and her relationship with Smith.
Among the original documents in the Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, Subject File, and 1980-1993 Increments series are photocopies of Truman Smith's papers at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa. Some of these copies are printed from the microfilm, which is also available in the collection.
Of particular note in the Correspondence series are original letters written by Charles Lindbergh to Truman Smith. Having come to Germany at Smith's invitation to observe the development of German aviation, Lindbergh's letters offer his frank impressions of the Luftwaffe and their capabilities. More formal analysis is available in Smith's reports to the War Department.
Among the original materials in the 1980-1993 Increments is a photo album containing postcards from the 1936 Berlin Olympics depicting Hitler, American athlete Jesse Owens, and other scenes from the newly built stadium. This increment also includes Katharine A. H. Smith's unpublished memoirs.
While stationed on the Mexican border during General Pershing's Mexican Expedition and as a commander of the 4th Infantry in German-occupied France during World War I, Smith wrote constantly to his family and to Katharine ( 2010 Increment). Although often personal in nature, these letters offer insight into Smith's understanding of the historical events which surrounded him and provide researchers with context to his future military career.
The papers also include manuscript copies of Smith's memoir "The Facts of Life" which was published in Berlin Alert: The Memoirs and Reports of Truman Smith (1984), edited by Robert Hessen as part of the Hoover Archival Documentaries series.
Throughout the collection, notes and annotations by Katharine Alling Hollister Smith and daughter Katharine T. Coley (née Smith, but known mostly as Kätchen) accompany photographs and correspondence to provide historical context to the documents. Original folders and folder titles were retained.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Officers
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945
Secret service -- United States
National socialism
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
Military attachés
United States -- Military policy
Women -- United States
Army spouses -- United States
Germany. Heer
United States. Army
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei

 

Correspondence 1935-1970

Scope and Contents note

Contains letters, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Photocopies, unless otherwise noted.
box 1, folder 1

Acheson, Dean (Washington, D.C.) 1964

box 1, folder 2

Air Force Historical Foundation (Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama) 1963

box 1, folder 3

Babb, James T. (New Haven, C.T.) 1957, 1960-1961, 1963

box 1, folder 4

Betts, Major General Thomas J. (Washington, D.C.) 1957

box 1, folder 5

Burnett, C., Colonel (Washington, D.C.) 1935, 1937

box 1, folder 6

Clark, Carter, General (Washington, D.C.) 1967

box 1, folder 7

Coulter, John B., Lieutenant Colonel (Washington, D.C.) 1937

box 1, folder 8

Coyne, David (Hoboken, N.J.) 1964

box 1, folder 9

Craig, Malin, General (Washington, D.C.) 1937-1938

box 1, folder 10

Crockett, James C., Captain (U.S. Embassy, Berlin, Germany) 1935

box 1, folder 11

Delaney, Edmund T. (New York, N.Y.) 1957

box 1, folder 12

Gotlieb, Howard B. (New Haven, C.T.) 1961

box 1, folder 13

Hanighen, Frank C. (Washington, D.C.) 1957

box 1, folder 14

Harding, Eleanor (Mrs. Forrest) 1969

box 1, folder 15

Harding, Forrest, Major General 1957

box 1, folder 16

Hoover, Herbert 1938

box 1, folder 17

Knopf, Alfred, Jr. (New York, N.Y.) 1961

box 1, folder 18

Kromer, Leon B., Major General (Washington, D.C.) 1937

box 1, folder 19

Lamont, Betty (Mrs. Gordon) 1968

box 1, folder 20

Lee, Raymond E., Colonel (U.S. Embassy, Berlin, Germany) 1936

box 1, folder 21

Lindbergh, Charles A., Colonel 1936 June-1942 February

Scope and Contents note

Includes 31 original letters from Lindbergh.
box 1, folder 22

Mason, Frank E. (New York, N.Y.) 1964

box 1, folder 23

Mayer, Ferdinand L. (Bennington, V.T.) 1967

box 1, folder 24

McCabe, E. R. W., Colonel (Washington, D.C.) 1938

box 1, folder 25

Murphy, Robert (New York, N.Y.) 1961

box 1, folder 26

Palmer, Paul ( Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, N.Y.) 1960

box 1, folder 27

Pappenheim, General von undated

box 1, folder 28

Patch, J. (Mrs. Dorst) 1966

box 1, folder 29

Pogue, Forrest C. (Arlington, V.A.) 1969

box 1, folder 30

Reichenau, Walter (Munich, Germany) 1937

box 1, folder 31

Schell, Adolf von (Berlin, Germany) 1936

box 1, folder 32

Schell, Brigetta von (Mrs. Adolf) 1967

box 1, folder 33

Speidel, Hans, General (Rheinland, Germany) 1969-1970

box 1, folder 34

St. George, Katherine (Mrs. George) (Washington, D.C.) 1964

box 1, folder 35

U.S. Army, Department of the, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (Washington, D.C.) (second page missing) 1964

box 1, folder 36

U.S. War Department (Washington, D.C.), code cablegram 1938 September 27

box 1, folder 37

Van Voorst, M., Colonel (London, England) 1943

box 1, folder 38

Weckerling, John, Brigadier General (Washington, D.C.) 1951

box 1, folder 39

Wedemeyer, Albert C., General (Boyds, M.D.) 1964

box 1, folder 40

Willems, John M., Major General (Washington, D.C.) 1961

box 1, folder 41

Wood, O.S., Lieutenant Colonel (Washington, D.C.) 1937

box 1, folder 42

Young, Genevieve (Harper & Row, New York, N.Y.) 1961

 

Speeches and Writings 1924-1956

Scope and Contents note

Writings, memoranda, reports, notes, essays, and lectures, arranged alphabetically by title. Includes photocopies of materials from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa.
box 1, folder 43

"Activities of the Office of the Military Attaché, American Embassy, Berlin, Germany: August 1935 to April 1939," memorandum undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 1, folder 44

"Air Intelligence Activities. Office of the Military Attaché. American Embassy, Berlin, Germany, August 1935-April 1939: With Special Reference to the Service of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh," report 1956

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 45

"Chemical Warfare and the Tactical Training of the Army: With Special Reference to Infantry," report 1932

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 46

"The Development of the Art of War in the Middle Ages and Renaissance," essay undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 47

"Estimate of the German Political and Economic Situation," report 1937

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 48

"An Estimate of the Inner Political Situation," report undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 49

"ETHE: A Tactical Study," by Truman Smith and Richard G. Tindall, lecture undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 50

"Europe - October 1936: As Seen from Berlin," report undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 51

"General Estimate as of Nov. 1, 1937," Military Intelligence Division report relating to the German Luftwaffe 1937

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 52

"German Air Power: General Estimate as of Nov. 1, 1937" (extracts) 1937 October 25

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 53

"Germany and Hitler," individual staff memorandum 1933

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 1, folder 54

"Germany: Comments on Current Events, No. 3: The Pirow Hitler conversation," report 1938

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 2, folder 1

"Germany: Comments on Current Events, No. 8: Comments on European Situation," report 1939

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 2, folder 2

"Germany - Poland, Italy, Japan," essay undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 2, folder 3

"Historical Map Problem: A German Operation on September 5, 1914," paper presented at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 2, folder 4

"Historical Map Problem: An Operation of the 66th French Brigade, 1941 August 22," paper presented at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 2, folder 5

"Hitler and the National Socialists," notebook and report of Captain Truman Smith, Infantry, U.S. Army, Assistant Military Attache, Berlin, Germany, describing a visit to Munich from November 15 to November 22, 1922 1924

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript). 2 copies.
box 2, folder 6

"The Inner Political Situation in Germany, 1938 November 24," report undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 2, folder 7

"Joint Plans and Army Strategic Plans of Germany Just Prior to the World War," essay prepared for a course at the Army War College, by Subcommittee No. 2. Major Truman Smith, Infantry Chairman, Major B. S. DuBois, C.A.C., Major J.E. Jacobs, FA-Res. 1932-1933

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 2, folder 8

"Panic," essay undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 2, folder 9

"Party and Army, Germany - December 1937," essay 1937

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 2, folder 10

"Rosignol," essay undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 2, folder 11

"Strategic Survey of Germany," course at the Army War College, essay prepared by Subcommittee No. 1, Maj. Truman Smith, Chairman, et al. 1932-1933

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 2, folder 12-13

Truman Smith, The Facts of Life: A Narrative With Documents, an unpublished autobiographical narrative 1893-1946, undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript). 155 pp. Illustrated with original photographs. 2 copies.
 

"War Potential and Intentions of European Axis Nations. Military Intelligence Division-Report: Germany (Political)"

box 3, folder 1

"German Foreign Policy Under Hitler," 1939 November 25

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 2

"The Politico-Military Factor of the Rhineland Occupation," 1936 March 20

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 3

"The German Foreign Policy, May 1936," 1936 May 7

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 4

"Germany and Czechoslovakia - When?," 1938 April 5

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 5

"Czechoslovak Question," 1939 August 8

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 6

"The Czechoslovak Crisis," 1938 September 1

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 7

"The Future of Memel District," 1939 October 28

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
 

"War Potential and Intentions of European Axis Nations. Military Intelligence Division-Report: Germany (Combat)"

box 3, folder 8

"The Militarization of the Rhineland," 1936 March 9

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 9

"The Expansion of the Active Army," 1937 January 9

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 10

"The German Fortress Area towards France and Luxemburg," 1927 November 19

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 11

"German Army Tendencies," 1938 February 26

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
box 3, folder 12

"Fortifications-German West Front," 1938 June 10

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript)
 

Subject File 1936-1970

Scope and Contents note

Letters, articles, clippings, and a deposition, arranged alphabetically by subject. Includes photocopies of materials from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa.
 

Babb, James T.

box 3, folder 13

Correspondence with Frank E. Mason (New York, N.Y.)

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 3, folder 14

Letters sent to Harold J. Gordon, Jr. (Amherst, M.A.) 1964

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 3, folder 15

Biography of Colonel Truman Smith, U.S. Army (Retired) undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 3, folder 16

German economy and German military power, unsigned deposition, Fairfield County, C.T. 1945

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 3, folder 17

Harding, General Forrest, newspaper clippings 1886-1969?

General Physical Description note: Photocopy.
box 3, folder 18

Lindbergh, Anne M. (Mrs. Charles), letters to Katherine Smith (Mrs. Truman), handwritten originals, letter is a photocopy 1936-1941, 1970 October 18

box 3, folder 19

Lindbergh, Colonel Charles A., letter to Katherine Smith (Mrs. Truman) 1970 October 10

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 3, folder 20

"Der Mensch, der Adolf Hitler hiess," Quick, Nr. 15, v.12.4.64.

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 3, folder 21

"Orientation on the Written Monograph," lecture outline undated

General Physical Description note: Photocopy (typescript).
box 3, folder 22

Pogue, Forrest C. (Arlington, V.A.), correspondence with Colonel Edmund Delaney 1969

box 3, folder 23

Smith, Kätchen (daughter of Truman Smith), letter to Anne M. Lindbergh 1937 October 18

General Physical Description note: Original (handwritten).
box 3, folder 24

U.S. Army, Department of Public Information Division, The Medal of Honor of the United States Army, Washington, D.C., G.P.O. 1938

General Physical Description note: Extract.
 

1980-1993 Increments 1916-1992

 

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith file circa 1916-1946, 1981, undated

 

Memoirs undated

box 4, folder 1-2

"My Life, 1904-1914: Greenport, My Share of the American Dream," 119 p. undated

Scope and Contents note

2 copies
box 4, folder 3-7

"My Life, 1916-1923: Who Won the War?," typescript (photocopy), 418 p. undated

box 5, folder 1-3

"My Life, 1916-1923: Who Won the War?," typescript (photocopy), 418 p. undated

box 5, folder 4

Diary, typescript (photocopy) 1916-1919

Scope and Contents note

See also Box 22: "Diaries, vols. I-III, 1919"
box 5, folder 5-6

"My Life: Years of Preparation, 1924-1935," photocopy undated

Scope and Contents note

2 copies
box 6, folder 1-3

"My Life, 1916-1923," typescript (photocopy), 418 p. undated

box 6, folder 4

"My Life, August 1935-April 1939," bound volume undated

box 6, folder 5

Berlin, 1938 undated

box 6, folder 6

"My Life: The War Years, 1939-1946," typescript (photocopy), 127 p. undated

box 7, folder 1-2

"My Life: The War Years, 1939-1946," typescript (photocopy) undated

box 7, folder 3

National Archives correspondence 1981

box 31

Postcards 1931-1938, undated

 

Photocopies of Truman Smith's papers at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, IA 1919-1974

 

Subject file 1919-1974

 

"Air Intelligence Activities...Berlin, 1935-1939," 1953-1964

box 8, folder 1

Correspondence 1953-1964

box 8, folder 2

Bound volume

box 8, folder 3

Lindbergh comments 1955

 

Lindbergh corrected manuscript

box 8, folder 4

Pages 1-68

box 8, folder 5

Pages 69-118

 

Army 1928-1952

box 8, folder 6

G-2 Division 1941-1952

box 8, folder 7

Lectures at Fort Benning 1928-1932

box 8, folder 8

Service School "Monographs," 1932-1933

box 8, folder 9

B, general correspondence 1941-1970, undated

box 8, folder 10

C, general correspondence 1946-1967

box 8, folder 11

Clippings

box 8, folder 12

Germany G-2 reports 1938-1939

box 9, folder 1

D-F, general correspondence 1946-1970

box 9, folder 2

Faymonville, Philip R. 1970

box 9, folder 3

G, general correspondence 1969-1970

 

Germany

box 9, folder 4

Army development 1954-1956

box 9, folder 5

Military attaché correspondence 1935-1938

 

G-2 reports

box 9, folder 6

1935-1936

box 9, folder 7

1937

box 9, folder 8

1940-1945

box 9, folder 9

Photographs 1934-1935, undated

Scope and Contents note

Photocopies
box 9, folder 10

Guatemala and Communism 1952-1954

box 9, folder 11

H, general correspondence 1940-1970

 

Hitler and the National Socialists 1922-1924

box 9, folder 12

Correspondence 1960-1961

box 9, folder 12

Bound volume, photocopies

box 9, folder 13

Hoover Commission 1948-1949

box 9, folder 14

Hoover, Herbert 1945-1964

box 9, folder 15

L, general correspondence 1948-1968

 

Lindbergh, Charles and Ann

box 9, folder 16

Correspondence 1936-1975

box 9, folder 17

Clippings 1927-1964

box 9, folder 18

Lodge, John Davis 1946-1962

box 9, folder 19

Luce, Clare Booth 1945-1964, undated

box 9, folder 20

M, general correspondence 1940-1970

box 10, folder 1

Marshall, General George C. 1957-1969

box 10, folder 2

O-R, general correspondence 1955-1972, undated

box 10, folder 3

Russian Declaration of War on Japan -- G-2 Report 1951-1969

box 10, folder 4

S, general correspondence 1947-1967, undated

 

Smith, Kätchen correspondence

box 10, folder 5

1937

box 10, folder 6

1938

box 10, folder 7

1940-1941, undated

 

Smith, Truman

box 10, folder 8

Biographical sketches

box 10, folder 9

Clippings

 

Army service

box 10, folder 10

Decorations 1919-1948

box 10, folder 11

Orders 1932-1956

box 10, folder 12

Retirement benefits 1945-1974

box 11, folder 1

"Facts of Life," documents used and reproduced in memoir, photocopies undated

box 11, folder 2

"Truman Smith: 1893-1946, The Facts of Life: A Narrative with Documents," typescript, 154 pp.

box 11, folder 3

Speidel, Hans 1948-1970

box 11, folder 4

T, general correspondence

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters from George Tinkham (1947) and Paul Thompson (1969).
box 11, folder 5

Taft, Robert, correspondence 1945-1952

box 11, folder 6

Trudeau, Arthur, correspondence 1955-1962

box 11, folder 7

W, general correspondence

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters from DeWitt Wallace, General Warlimont (1950), John Wheeler-Bennett, Don Willever (1970), Charles Willoughby (1946), Hugh Wilson (1946-1950).
box 11, folder 8

Wedemeyer, Albert, correspondence 1947

box 11, folder 9

Wood, Robert E. and Mrs., correspondence 1945-1961

box 11, folder 10

Z, general correspondence and unidentified

box 11, folder 11

Miscellaneous 1945, undated

 

Writings and speeches 1941-1967

box 11, folder 12-13

Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce 1946

box 11, folder 14-16

"Strategicus" articles 1941-1952

 

"Strategicus" articles

box 12, folder 1

Printed 1941-1942

box 12, folder 2

Typed 1941-1942

box 12, folder 3

"Hitler's Trick Gadgets, Unlimited," 1946

box 12, folder 4

"La Abdicación del Estado-Mayor Alemán," 1946

box 12, folder 5

"Nazi Strategy," Army War College 1947-1948

box 12, folder 6

Letter to editor, Brideport Post 1948

box 12, folder 7

Foreign Affairs roundtable 1948

box 12, folder 8

Testimony, Senate, Armed Services Committee 1948

box 12, folder 9

Radio debate with Norman Thomas (disarmament, etc.) 1948-1949

box 12, folder 10

"The Rise of German Air War Power: 1933-1939," Air War College 1948-1949

Scope and Contents note

3 copies
box 12, folder 11

4th of July address 1949

box 12, folder 12

"Hoover Report," Republican Women's Club of Greenwich 1949?

box 12, folder 13

"Thoughts on the Defense of Europe," 1950

box 12, folder 14

"Joseph Anthony Michaela," 1950

box 12, folder 15

Political address, Westport Women's Club 1950

box 12, folder 16

Book review, The Freeman: Europe Between the Acts 1951

box 12, folder 17

Letters to Kätchen from Central America from Katharine A. H. Smith 1952

box 12, folder 18

Impressions of Germany 1955

box 12, folder 19

Germany, Virgin Islands memorandum 1955

box 12, folder 20

"The Infamous Record of Soviet Espionage," Reader's Digest 1960

box 12, folder 21

"Notes on a Lazy Winter" (Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico) 1961

box 12, folder 22

Memorandum regarding Miracle on the Marne 1961

box 12, folder 23

"A Summer at a Montana Dude Ranch," 1962

box 12, folder 24

"Jungling as a Winter Sport," 1963

box 12, folder 25

"Estimates of the Combat Value of the German Army," 1963

box 12, folder 26

Germany, letters from 1963

Scope and Contents note

Includes photocopies and originals, with photographs
box 12, folder 27

Latin American cruise 1964

box 12, folder 28

"Not Much Rain in Spain," 1965

box 12, folder 29

Smith to [Carter Weldon] Clark on Vietnam 1967

box 13, folder 1

Truman Smith, miscellaneous writings 1961-1968

 

Photographs, negatives, and postcards 1936-1939

box 13, folder 2-4

Three photo albums of postcards from Sweden, Denmark, and Paris 1936-1939

 

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith 1917-1992

box 14, folder 1

Letters to Kätchen from Germany, holograph drafts 1963

box 14, folder 2-6

Letters to family, typed copies and carbons 1919-1923

box 14, folder 7

Correspondence and writings 1965-1977

Scope and Contents note

Includes typescript draft of "Polish Crisis--General Situation," transcript of conversation with Paul Thompson and Charles Willoughby, and correspondence with Frank Mason.
box 14, folder 8

Accounts of events surrounding Austrian Anschluss, typed copies 1938

box 14, folder 9-13

Clippings 1917-1992

box 14, folder 14-15

Military personnel files of Truman Smith 1919-1946

box 14, folder 16

Transparency of page from book on pilots during WWI undated

box 15, folder 1

Letters from Truman Smith to Katharine A. H. Smith during the Mexican Expedition, typescript copies 1916

box 15, folder 2-4

Clippings and correspondence of Truman Smith and Katharine A. H. Smith 1936-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes reviews of Berlin Alert.
box 15, folder 5

Kniss, C., "Die deutsche Luftwaffenrüstung zwischen 1935 und 1939 im Spiegel der US-amerikanischen Attaché-berichte," master's thesis undated

box 15, folder 6

Published articles by Truman Smith 1940s-1960s

box 15, folder 7

Berlin guestbook, photocopy 1935-1939

box 15, folder 8

Invitations and letters, photocopies 1930s

Scope and Contents note

Originals in Box 22.
 

Photographs, negatives, and postcards 1930s

box 15, folder 9

Photographs (reproductions) used in "My Life, 1935-1939," 1936

box 15, folder 10

Ambassador Hugh Wilson circa 1938

box 15, folder 11

8x10 negatives for "Facts of Life," 1930s

box 15, folder 12

Truman Smith and Charles Lindbergh, copy 1936

box 16, folder 1

Photo album 1935-1939

Scope and Contents note

Contains mostly postcards from the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and some snapshots of friends, presumably compiled by Kätchen Smith in Berlin.
box 28

Transparency of identification document undated

Scope and Contents

Transparencies originally housed in Box 16, Folder 2
box 16, folder 3

Postcards (copies) featuring Hitler and Göring, a zeppelin, and a rally circa 1934

box 16, folder 4

"ETHE: A Tactical Study," typescript of lecture by Truman Smith and Major Richard G. Tindall undated

box 16, folder 5

Letters from Truman Smith to Katharine A. H. Smith, from France and Germany, photocopies of typed copies 1918-1919

Scope and Contents note

Originals in Boxes 18-19.
 

2010 Increment 1893-2002

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, clippings, writings, diaries, ephemera, identification documents, printed matter, photographs, and microfilm reels.

Arrangement note

Materials are arranged as they were originally received.
 

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith 1917-1924

box 17, folder 1

Note regarding letters to family undated

box 17, folder 2-11

Letters to family 1917-1923, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes some letters from Truman Smith and Louis Moreau, as well as photographs.
box 17, folder 12

"Life in Berlin," 1919-1924

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence of Truman Smith and Katharine A. H. Smith.
box 18, folder 1

"Life in Berlin" (cont'd.) 1919-1924

Scope and Contents note

Includes family photographs and reproductions of photographs used in "My Life" memoir.
box 18, folder 2

Moreau, Louis, correspondence from battlefield 1917

box 18, folder 3

"German Soldier Waiting to Go to Battle," typescript 1918, undated

 

Letters to family, by subject 1911-1969

box 18, folder 4

"Last months of war," 1918

box 18, folder 5

Silver Star for bravery in the Argonne 1917-1919

Scope and Contents note

Includes book of the United States Army 3rd Infantry Division titled Third Division Citations (1919).
box 18, folder 6

Battle of Bois de Forêt, Château-Theirry, Argonne 1918-1919

box 18, folder 7

Landing in France 1918

box 18, folder 8

"Life on the Mexican border," 1911-1917

box 18, folder 9

Letters to family 1915-1969

 

Letters to Katharine A. H. Smith from France and Germany 1918-1919, undated

box 18, folder 10

Undated

box 18, folder 11-12

1918

box 19, folder 1

1918 (cont'd.)

box 19, folder 2-5

1919

 

Biographical file 1913-1917

box 19, folder 6

Yale University clippings, photographs, and ephemera 1913-1915

Scope and Contents note

Includes some postcards depicting training exercises in Plattsville, New York and casualties on the Marne.
box 19, folder 7

Marriage of Truman Smith to Katharine Alling Hollister 1917

box 20, folder 1-2

Military personnel files of Truman Smith 1919-1946

Scope and Contents note

Copies of correspondence and efficiency reports, obtained from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.
box 20, folder 3-8

Infantry School, Fort Benning and Fort Leavenworth, files 1926-1930

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence to family, photographs, and teaching materials.
 

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith 1941-1945, 1973, 1986

box 20, folder 9

Smith, Kätchen (Katharine T.), correspondence 1941-1945

box 21, folder 1

Smith, Kätchen (Katharine T.), correspondence (cont'd.) 1941-1945

box 21, folder 2-4

Beck, Alfred, correspondence regarding what G-2 thought about chances of war and relationship of Truman Smith and General von Boetticher 1973

box 21, folder 5

Mosely, Leonard correspondence 1986

box 21, folder 6-16

Correspondence of Kätchen Smith with various researchers interested in Truman Smith and collected materials regarding military attaché in Germany 1965 1990s-2000s

 

Subject file 1944-1993

 

G-2 (Military Intelligence Service) 1944-1984

box 21, folder 17

Collected clippings and correspondence, photocopies 1944-1984

box 21, folder 17

War ration leather pouch undated

box 21, folder 18

Delaney, Edmund, letters and fragment of memoir (photocopy) 1944-1945, 1984

box 21, folder 19-20

Lindbergh, Charles, visits to Germany 1945-1984

box 21, folder 21

Thompson, Paul, writings and photgraphs 1980-1993

 

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith 1919 1935 1945-1976

box 22, folder 1

"From the files of KAHS, 1935-1939, Germany"

Scope and Contents note

Includes an assortment of Christmas cards and ephemera from military attachés, members of the Luftwaffe and other German officials, 1935-1939. Also includes letters from General Werner von Blomberg, Erhard Milch, and others regarding Truman Smith's departure from Germany and a photograph of General Rüdel and his family.
box 22, folder 2-4

Diaries, vols. I-III 1919

box 22, folder 5

Guest lists of German civilians and army, Berlin circa 1935

box 22, folder 6-7

Correspondence, clippings, and notes relating to German tactics and Pearl Harbor 1945-1976

box 22, folder 8

United States Army documents relating to departure from Berlin 1941

 

Correspondence 1924 1945-1955 1961-1970

box 22, folder 9

Clark, Carter, General, photocopy 1969

box 22, folder 10

Mayer, Ferdinand 1961-1970

box 22, folder 11

Smith, Katharine, regarding possible duel with Gerd von Buggenhagen 1924

box 22, folder 12

Smith, Kätchen, regarding trip to Germany, typed copies 1963

Scope and Contents note

Includes copy of report titled "Estimate of the Combat Value of the German Army," 1963 December 15.
box 22, folder 13

Speidel, Hans, regarding German war events and events leading up to NATO, photocopies 1945-1955

box 22, folder 14

Diplomatic passport of Truman Smith 1922

box 22, folder 15

Knox, H. J., Soldier Cartoons of the American Forces in Germany, Coblenz: Krabbensche Buchdruckerei 1919

box 22, folder 16-17

Trip to Germany with new military attaché Major Allan Leonard to re-establish pre-war contacts with German military officers, photographs and correspondence 1955

box 23, folder 1

Scrapbook (guestbook) of cards and telegrams 1930s

Scope and Contents note

Includes entries by Adolf von Schell, Hermann Göring, Thea Rasche, and Erhard Milch.
box 23, folder 2

"Truman Smith: 1893-1942, The Facts of Life: A Narrative with Documents," photocopy, 155 p.

box 23, folder 3

Correspondence of Katharine A. H. Smith regarding trip to West Germany 1968

box 23, folder 4

Letters regarding trips to Central America and Spain 1960s

box 23, folder 5

Published reviews of Berlin Alert 1982-1984

box 23, folder 6

Speech by Truman Smith on Cold War analysis and defense of Europe 1950

box 23, folder 7

Airpower Historian magazine 1963 April

box 23, folder 8-10

Freedom of Information file of Truman Smith 1938-1978

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence from Army Intelligence.
 

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith 1933-1992

box 23, folder 11

Lindbergh, Charles and Anne, correspondence (originals and photocopies) in response to death of Truman Smith 1970-1974

Scope and Contents note

Includes one photograph of the Lindberghs on a boat.
box 23, folder 12

Condolence letters regarding death of Katharine A. H. Smith 1992

box 23, folder 13

Miller, Dwight (Herbert Hoover Presidential Library), correspondence 1978-1984

box 23, folder 14

Truman Smith biography, presumably written by Katharine A. H. Smith 1970s

box 23, folder 15

Katharine A. H. Smith biographical materials 1981-1984

box 23, folder 16

Summary of conversation between Charles Lindbergh and Igor Sikorsky regarding atomic bomb, photocopy 1976

box 23, folder 17

Correspondence with various researchers concerning Truman Smith and events in Berlin 1974-1991

box 24, folder 1

Letters received 1933-1990

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters from Jacob Beam, Robert F. Bradford, Diane von Buggenhagen, President Gerald Ford, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Bob Hope, Stewart McKinney, Carlos Menottie, Mrs. Hans Speidel, and Dewitt Wallace. Includes photographs of Katharine A. H. Smith (1933) and Truman Smith (1920s).
box 24, folder 2

Passport and drivers license 1935-1939

box 24, folder 3

Letters received 1937-1962

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters from Rudolf Brickmann, William E. Dodd, Stanley D. Embick, [?] von Goblenz, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Herbert Hoover, Charles Lindbergh, George C. Marshall, John F. O'Ryan, General von Reichenau, Ernst Udet, Albert C. Wedemeyer, and Robert E. Wood.
box 24, folder 4

Correspondence of Katharine T. Coley (Kätchen Smith) with Alexander Böker, German ambassador to the Vatican 1979-1994

 

Biographical file 1970 1975-1988

box 24, folder 5

Oral history interview with Truman Smith conducted by Ray Henze, bound volume 1970

box 24, folder 6

Death of Truman Smith 1975-1988

Scope and Contents note

Includes clippings, citation, and certificates.
box 24, folder 7-8

Writings and correspondence on death and legacy of Truman Smith 1970-1971

box 24, folder 9

Miscellaneous 1969, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes itinerary and Christmas card.
 

Photographs, negatives, and postcards 1933-1936 undated

box 24, folder 10

Schofield Barracks 1933-1935

box 24, folder 11

Truman Smith and other military attachés at maneuvers; Nuremburg rally; Truman Smith in Berlin; Lindbergh's arrival in Germany; Royal Reception Diplomatic Corps, the Hague; portraits of Truman Smith and Katharine A. H. Smith 1935-1936 undated

box 24, folder 12

Photographic negatives, for use in "My Life" memoir undated

 

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith 1977-1984 undated

box 25, folder 1-2

Burdick, Charles and Milorad Drachkovitch, correspondence 1977-1984

box 25, folder 3

List of reports sent from Berlin between 1935 and 1936, photocopy undated

 

Biographical file 1893-1971

box 25, folder 4-11

Death of Truman Smith 1893-1971

Scope and Contents note

Includes baptismal record, clippings, funeral booklet, photographs of grave at Arlington National Cemetery, and condolence telegrams.
box 26, folder 1-4, box 32, folder 1-2

Death of Truman Smith, condolences 1970-1971

box 27

Books by Hans Speidel, Ernst Hanfstaengl, and others, relating to Hitler, Normandy invasion, and German army 1953-2002

 

Oversize materials 1916-1953

box 28, folder 1-2

Photographs 1919-1953

Scope and Contents note

Includes portraits of Tom Barber, Hamilton Bryan, Forrest Harding, Townsend B. Heard, Alan Houghton, Ralph Huebner, Clare Booth Luce, Ruth Bryan Owens, George C. Marshall, Paul Palmer, Rabe von Pappenheim, Dorst Patch, Paul Peabody, Walter Reichenau, Phillip Roosevelt, Adolf von Schell, Hans Speidel, Albert Wedemeyer, and Robert Woods.
box 28, folder 3-4

Certificates, citations, and other identification documents 1916-1939

microfilm cabinet

4 reels of microfilm copies of papers of Truman Smith, 1916-1975, at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library

Scope and Contents

A description of the Truman Smith papers at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library may be found at: https://hoover.archives.gov/research/collections/manuscriptfindingaids/smith.html 
 

2013 Increment 1919-1984

box 29

Album of Berlin compiled by Katharine A. H. Smith 1935 August - 1937 February

Scope and Contents note

Includes various photographs of Truman Smith and others, invitations, cards, postcards, and other ephemera.
box 30

Album of Berlin compiled by Katharine A. H. Smith 1935, 1937-1938

Scope and Contents note

Includes invitations, announcements, postcards, photographs, newspaper articles, tickets, invitations, and other ephemera. See memoirs of Katharine A. H. Smith for further information about the individuals and events. There are some notes by Katharine T. Coley (Kätchen) identifying individuals.
box 30

Guestbook 1935-1939

Scope and Contents note

Signed by guest house visitors, including Charles and Anne Lindbergh, General Weidemer, Major Spiedel, Martha Dodd, and Amanda Dodd.
box 30

Album, Army of Occupation, Berlin circa 1919-1922

Scope and Contents note

Photographs of individuals, scenery, landmark, and events in Germany.
box 30

Correspondence, Hoover Presidential Library Association 1975-1984

 

Declassified U.S. Government Records 1939-1945 1955

Scope and Contents note

Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover, thereunder chronologically by date of creation.
box 26

Declassified U.S. Government Records

box 32, folder 3

2015 May release of records 1939-1945

Scope and Contents note

Telegram (1939); a report titled "War Potential and Intentions of European Axis Nations" (circa 1941); memoranda regarding organization of the Military Intelligence Division (MID) (1944); and a study on developments within the German Reich (1945).
box 32, folder 4

2016 January release of records 1955

Scope and Contents note

Letter from Robert A. Schow, Department of the Army, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Intelligence, to Truman Smith regarding assignment in Germany, 18 May 1955.