Inventory of the Truman Smith papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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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 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.
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
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 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
"Air Intelligence Activities...Berlin, 1935-1939,"
1953-1964
Lindbergh corrected manuscript
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 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
box 9, folder 4
Army development
1954-1956
box 9, folder 5
Military attaché correspondence
1935-1938
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
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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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.