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Biographical File 1926-1959.

Scope and Contents note

Article, awards, bank statements, biographical note, citations, clippings, correspondence, historical records, list, press release, and miscellany relating to Clovis Byers' personal life and professional accomplishments, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 1, folder 1

Article, "Brothers in Arms: Our War Story," about Clovis Byers and others by the editors, Blue and White 1943 April.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 1, folder 2

Awards 1943 and undated.

Scope and Contents note

List of awards and decorations, undated; printed announcements in radio bulletin, Government Press Foreign Service, Department of State Division of Current Information. Printed copy; the Phi Gamma Delta; and the Ohio State University Monthly, 1943
box 1, folder 3

Bank statements 1946-1948

box 1, folder 4

Biographical note undated

box 1, folder 5

Citations 1944-1951 and undated.

Scope and Contents note

2nd Battle Group, 60th Infantry, Order of the Go Devils, undated; "for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services in New Guinea," 1944 November 24; Air Medal for "meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flights in the Philippine Islands," 1945 April 29; and 17th Infantry, Order of the Buffalo, 1951 October 24
 

Clippings

 

General

box 1, folder 6

Undated

box 1, folder 7

1942-1943

box 1, folder 8

1951-1952

 

New Guinea

box 1, folder 9

Undated

box 1, folder 10

1942-1945

 

Family file

box 1, folder 11

Certificate of baptism for Clayton Byers, Cadet Chapel, New York 1941 October 26

 

Correspondence

 

General

box 1, folder 12

Undated

box 1, folder 13

1926-1941

box 1, folder 14

1942/1943

box 1, folder 15

1944-1958

box 2, folder 1

Army and Navy Club 1940-1958.

Scope and Contents note

Includes a booklet stipulating by-laws, 1955
box 2, folder 2

Bishop of Rockhampton 1944

box 2, folder 3

National War College 1957-1959.

Scope and Contents note

Relates primarily to the activities of the alumni association. Includes a report on the final presentations, Class of 1957-1958, and Clovis Byers' letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959, and letter from Robert D. Murphy, to Clovis Byers, 1958
box 2, folder 4

Historical file 1945-1947.

Scope and Contents note

Collection of materials about important events during Byers' period of service
box 2, folder 5

List of names of personal acquaintances Undated

 

Press release by Howard Handleman about Byers' promotion to the position of Senior Military Adviser to the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 1957 July 11

box 2, folder 6

Press release by Howard Handleman about Byers' promotion to the position of Senior Military Adviser to the Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs 1957 July 11

box 2, folder 7

Miscellany 1943-1952

 

Correspondence 1917-1959.

Scope and Contents note

Byers' personal file of letters exchanged with military personnel, family and friends, and others. Arranged in Files A – H, thereunder numerically by folder number. Each numbered folder includes a list of letters in that folder. Additional personal letters from Byers to his family follow File H
 

File A. Personal correspondence – General Byers

box 2, folder 8-15

Number 1 1927-1944

box 2, folder 16

Number 2 1943-1944

box 3, folder 1-6

Number 2 1943-1944.

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters from the Philippines
box 3, folder 7-10

Number 3 1944-1945.

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters from the Philippines
box 4, folder 1-5

Number 4 1945.

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters from the Philippines
box 4, folder 6-10

Number 5 1945-1946.

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters from Yokohama, Japan
box 5, folder 1-6

Number 6 1946.

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters from Yokohama, Japan
box 5, folder 7-10

Number 7 1945/1946.

Scope and Contents note

Contains Byers' letter to Albert C. Wedemeyer, 1946 July 29, and letters relating to personal finances
box 6, folder 1-3

Number 7 1946-1947

box 6, folder 4-9

Number 8 1946-1947

box 6, folder 10

Number 9 1947

box 7, folder 1-5

Number 9 1947

box 7, folder 6-10

Number 10 1947.

Scope and Contents note

Letters to family and friends
box 8, folder 1-2

Number 11 1947.

Scope and Contents note

Letters to family and friends
box 8, folder 3

Number 12 1955.

Scope and Contents note

Replies to letters of congratulations
box 8, folder 4-5

Number 13 1955.

Scope and Contents note

Letters of congratulations
 

File B. Personal correspondence – General Byers

box 8, folder 6-9

Number 1 1917-1932.

Scope and Contents note

Personnel records
box 8, folder 10-12

Number 2 1932-1937

box 9, folder 1

Number 2 1932-1937

box 9, folder 2

Number 3 1936-1939

box 9, folder 3

Number 4 1939-1942.

Scope and Contents note

Investment and insurance records
box 9, folder 4-5

Number 5 1940-1942.

Scope and Contents note

Personal financial records
box 9, folder 6-8

Number 6 1941-1942

box 9, folder 9

Number 7 1944.

Scope and Contents note

Letters to family from New Guinea
box 9, folder 10-11

Number 8 1945.

Scope and Contents note

Letters to family from the Philippines
box 10, folder 1

Number 9 1945-1946.

Scope and Contents note

Letters to family from Yokohama, Japan
box 10, folder 2

Number 10 1947

box 10, folder 3

Number 11 1947.

Scope and Contents note

Letters drafted by Byers for Robert Eichelberger's signature
box 10, folder 4

Number 12 1947.

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence between Robert Eichelberger and Byers during Eichelberger's absence
 

File C. Personal correspondence – General Byers

box 10, folder 5

Number 1 1947-1948

box 10, folder 6-7

Number 2 1948

box 10, folder 8-9

Number 3 1948

box 10, folder 10

Number 4 1948

box 11, folder 1

Number 4 1948

box 11, folder 2-3

Number 5 1948

box 11, folder 4-5

Number 6 1948

box 11, folder 6-7

Number 7 1948

 

File D. Personal correspondence – General Byers

box 11, folder 8

Number 1 1948

box 11, folder 9-10

Number 2 1948

box 12, folder 1

Number 3 1948

box 12, folder 2-3

Number 4 1948

box 12, folder 4-5

Number 5 1948

box 12, folder 6-7

Number 6 1948-1949

box 12, folder 8-9

Number 7 1949

box 12, folder 10-11

Number 8 1949

box 13, folder 1-2

Number 9 1949

box 13, folder 3

Number 10 1949

box 13, folder 4-5

Number 11 1949

box 13, folder 6-7

Number 12 1949

box 13, folder 8-9

Number 13 1949

box 13, folder 10

Number 14 1949

box 14, folder 1-2

Number 15 1949-1951

box 14, folder 3

Number 16 1949-1951

box 14, folder 4-7

Number 17 1949-1951

box 14, folder 8-10

Number 18 1949-1951

box 15, folder 1-2

Number 19 1949-1951

box 15, folder 3-4

Number 20 1949-1951

box 15, folder 5-6

Number 21 1949-1951

box 15, folder 7-8

Number 22 1949-1951

box 15, folder 9-10

Number 23 1949-1951

box 15, folder 11

Number 24 1950-1951

box 16, folder 1

Number 25 (missing)

box 16, folder 2

Number 26 1949-1951

box 16, folder 3

Number 27 1949-1951

box 16, folder 4-7

Number 28 1949-1951

box 16, folder 8

Number 29 1949-1951

box 16, folder 9

Number 30 1949-1951

box 16, folder 10

Number 31 1949-1951

box 16, folder 11-12

Number 32 1949-1951

box 16, folder 13

Number 33 1949-1950

box 16, folder 14-15

Number 34 1949-1951

box 17, folder 1-2

Number 35 1949-1951

box 17, folder 3

Number 36 1949-1951

box 17, folder 4

Number 37 1949-1951

box 17, folder 5

Number 38 1949-1951

box 17, folder 6-7

Number 39 1949-1951

box 17, folder 8

Number 40 1949-1951

box 17, folder 9-10

Number 41 1951

box 18, folder 1-2

Number 42 1951

box 18, folder 3

Number 43 1951.

Scope and Contents note

Letters of sympathy
 

File E. Personal correspondence – General Byers

box 18, folder 4-7

Number 1 1951-1952.

Scope and Contents note

Includes Byers' letters to friends
box 18, folder 8-9

Number 2 1951-1952

box 18, folder 10

Number 3 1952

box 19, folder 1-3

Number 3 1952

box 19, folder 4-9

Number 4 1952

box 19, folder 10

Number 5 1952.

Scope and Contents note

Byers' letters to Clayton
box 20, folder 1-4

Number 6 1952

box 20, folder 5-10

Number 7 1952-1953

box 21, folder 1-4

Number 8 1952-1953

box 21, folder 5-12

Number 9 1953

box 22, folder 1-6

Number 10 1953-1954

box 22, folder 7-8

Number 11 1954

box 22, folder 9-12

Number 12 1954/1955.

Scope and Contents note

Personal correspondence, A - K
box 23, folder 1-2

Number 12 1954-1955.

Scope and Contents note

Personal correspondence, A - K
box 23, folder 3-8

Number 13 1954-1955.

Scope and Contents note

Personal correspondence, L - Z
 

File F. Personal correspondence – General Byers

box 23, folder 9

Number 1 1955-1957

box 23, folder 10-11

Number 2 1955-1957

box 24, folder 1-4

Number 3 1955-1957

box 24, folder 5-6

Number 4 1955-1957

box 24, folder 7-8

Number 5 1955-1957

box 24, folder 9

Number 6 1955-1957

box 24, folder 10-11

Number 7 1955-1957

box 24, folder 12-13

Number 8 1955-1957

box 25, folder 1

Number 9 1955-1957

box 25, folder 2

Number 10 1955-1957

box 25, folder 3

Number 11 1955-1957

box 25, folder 4

Number 12 1955-1957

box 25, folder 5

Number 13 1955-1957

box 25, folder 6

Number 14 1955-1957

box 25, folder 7

Number 15 1955-1957

box 25, folder 8

Number 16 1955-1957

box 25, folder 9

Number 17 1955-1957

box 25, folder 10

Number 18 1955-1957

box 25, folder 11

Number 19 1955-1957

box 25, folder 12

Number 20 1955-1957

 

File G. Personal correspondence – General Byers

box 26, folder 1

Number 1 1957-1958

box 26, folder 2

Number 2 1956-1958

box 26, folder 3

Number 3 1957-1958

box 26, folder 4

Number 4 1957-1958

box 26, folder 5

Number 5 1957-1958

box 26, folder 6

Number 6 1957-1958

box 26, folder 7

Number 7 1957-1958

box 26, folder 8

Number 8 1957-1958

box 26, folder 9

Number 9 1957-1958

box 26, folder 10

Number 10 1958

box 26, folder 11

Number 11 1957-1958

box 26, folder 12

Number 12 1957-1958

box 27, folder 1

Number 13 1956-1958

box 27, folder 2

Number 14 1957-1958

box 27, folder 3

Number 15 1957-1958

box 27, folder 4

Number 16 1957-1958

box 27, folder 5

Number 17 1957-1958

box 27, folder 6

Number 18 1957-1958

box 27, folder 7

Number 19 1957-1958

box 27, folder 8

Number 20 1958

box 27, folder 9

Number 21 1958

box 27, folder 10

Number 22 1957-1958

box 27, folder 11

Number 23 1957-1958

box 27, folder 12

Number 24 1958

box 27, folder 13

Number 25 1959

box 27, folder 14

Number 26 1958-1959

box 27, folder 15

Number 27 1958-1959

box 27, folder 16

Number 28 1959

box 27, folder 17

Number 29 1958-1959

box 27, folder 18

Number 30 1959

box 27, folder 19

Number 31 1958-1959

box 28, folder 1

Number 32 1958-1959

box 28, folder 2

Number 33 1959

box 28, folder 3

Number 34 1959

box 28, folder 4

Number 35 1958-1959

box 28, folder 5

Number 36 1959

box 28, folder 6

Number 37 1959

box 28, folder 7

Number 38 1959

box 28, folder 8

Number 39 1958-1959

box 28, folder 9

Number 40 1958-1959

box 28, folder 10

Number 41 1958-1959

box 28, folder 11

Number 42 1958-1959

box 28, folder 12

Number 43 1959

box 28, folder 13

Number 44 1959

box 28, folder 14

Number 45 1959

 

File H. Letters of invitation

box 28, folder 15-19

Number 1 1946-1947

box 29, folder 1-3

Number 1 1947

box 29, folder 4-6

Number 2 1947-1948

box 29, folder 7-8

Number 3 1952-1953

box 29, folder 9-10

Number 4 1953

box 30, folder 1-2

Number 5 1954

box 30, folder 3

Personal letters of Byers to his family from Yokohama, Japan 1945-1946.

General note

See also box 45 and 47 for materials relating to surrender of Japan and File B for additional personal letters
box 30, folder 4

Miscellany 1948-1949

 

Speeches and Writings 1946-1959.

Scope and Contents note

Articles, lectures, notes, remarks, statement, transcripts of speeches, and a radio talk, arranged chronologically
 

General 1948-1951

box 30, folder 5

Byers' personal file of speeches and notes, 1948, and suggested topics for talks, undated. Includes speaker's policy guide 1949

 

Collection of speeches 1950-1951.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 6

Book I

box 30, folder 7

Book II

box 30, folder 8

Speech untitled and undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 9

Speech, untitled, Cleveland, Ohio undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript and handwritten note cards
box 30, folder 10

"Airborne Operations and National Defense, 1948-1949," remarks undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes a letter to Clarence C. Clendenen, 1966 March 14
box 30, folder 11

"Airborne Operations of the Future," lecture, Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 12

"Armor Expands the Airhead," article for Armored Cavalry Journal undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 13

Foreword: Course IX, NATO Defense College, Paris undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 14

Foreword for bulletin, Course X, NATO Defense College, Paris undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 15

"National Security," radio talk undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 16

Remarks, Veterans Recognition Program, Windsor, North Carolina undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 17

Statement, Sendai American-Japan Society inaugural meeting undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 18

Suggested material for talk on staff functioning and training of staff officers for staff duties undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 19

"United We Are Invincible," speech, Birmingham, Alabama undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 20

Welcoming speech, Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and cadets undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript outline
box 30, folder 21

"World Sensitive Areas," address undated.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 22

"Observations on the Pacific Theater," address, 55th convention, Ohio Bankers Association, Ohio 1946 May 15-16.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 23

Address, first anniversary of the Ernie Pyle Theater, Tokyo 1947 February 24.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 24

"Your Job Is Important," message to the 7th I and E Training Class 1947 March 7.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 30, folder 25

Address, graduation ceremonies, Eighth Army Replacement Training Center 1947 March 22.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 30, folder 26

Lecture, Conference on Airborne Operations, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk 11, Virginia 1947-1948.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 1

"Six Years in Pacific," speech 1948 May 1.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript outline and holograph notes
box 31, folder 2

Speech, Ohio Department AMVETS, Cincinnati, Ohio 1948 June 12.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 3

Talk to officers by Clovis Byers? 1948 June 16.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript notes
box 31, folder 4

Remarks, North Carolina State Boys 1948 June 17.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript outline and holograph notes
box 31, folder 5

"Report on 82D," remarks 1948 July 4.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript and handwritten outline
box 31, folder 6

"Good Business in the Army," speech, meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Fayetteville, North Carolina 1948 July 26.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes holograph notes and a memorandum from J. H. Harper
box 31, folder 7

"Keeping Informed," speech, luncheon meeting, Optimist Club, Raleigh, North Carolina 1948 August 30.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 8

"Insurance and Its Evaluation," speech, Southern Pines Kiwanis Club 1948 September 8.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes notes
box 31, folder 9

"Responsibilities of Citizenship Today," speech, First Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, North Carolina 1948 September 15.

Scope and Contents note

Holograph outline
box 31, folder 10

"Airborne Operations of the Future," lecture, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia 1948 October 1.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes several versions
box 31, folder 11

"Airborne Operations of the Future," lecture, Engineer School, Fort Belvois, Virginia 1949 February 8.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 12

"Airborne Operations of the Future," lecture, Anti-Aircraft Artillery School, Fort Bliss, Texas 1949 March 21.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 13

"Airborne Operations of the Future," lecture, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia 1949 March 25.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 14

Talk, 82D Airborne Division Association Convention, Cleveland, Ohio 1949 July 5.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 15

Speech, annual pig dinner, Phi Gamma Delta, Washington, D.C. 1950 April 28.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 16

Remarks, Thanksgiving Day, Headquarters X Corps, Kwandae-Ri, Korea 1951 November 22.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 17

"Washington and National Defense," article, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine 1952 February.

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy
box 31, folder 18

"Obligations of the Academy and Its Graduates in the Future," speech, West Point banquet, Tokyo 1952 March?

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 19

Remarks, Headquarters XVI Corps 1952 May 10.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 20

Speech, turnover ceremony, NATO Defense College, Paris 1955 November 15.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 21

Speech, Paris American High School, France 1956?

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes related materials
box 31, folder 22

Address, German journalists, Association for Democratic Action, sponsored by NATO Information Service 1956 January 25.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 23

"Review of the Eighth Course," lecture, Paris 1956 February 2.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 24

Speech, closing ceremony, Course VIII 1956 February 3.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 25

Speech, opening ceremony, Course IX 1956 February 20.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 26

Talk, European Commandery, Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States dinner meeting, Paris 1956 April 17.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 27

Talk, sunset supper, Ohio State University, Ohio 1956 May 5.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 28

Remarks, review of Course IX 1956 July 26.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 29

Speech, closing ceremony, Course IX 1956 July 27.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 30

Speech, opening ceremony, Course X 1956 September 3.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 31

Welcoming remarks, orientation, members of Course X 1956 September 3.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 32

Remarks, review of Course X 1957 January 31.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 33

Speech, closing ceremony, Course X 1957 February 1.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 34

Remarks, opening ceremony, Course XI 1957 February 18.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 35

Welcoming remarks, NATO Defense College, Paris 1957 February 18.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 36

Talk, Ladies Group, NATO Defense College, Paris 1957 May 3.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 37

Address, North Atlantic Council luncheon 1957 May 7.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 38

Final talk, Course XI, NATO Defense College, Paris 1957 July 26.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 39

Remarks, closing and turnover ceremony, NATO Defense College, Paris 1957 July 26.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 31, folder 40

"The Free World Coalition in the Struggle," speech, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1957 August 30.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 32, folder 1

Remarks, Armed Forces Day, St. Patrick's Church 1958 May 11.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 32, folder 2

"The Massing of the Colors," talk, Washington Cathedral, Washington, D.C. 1958 May 25.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 32, folder 3

"Military Requirements in the Space Age: Share in America Program," remarks, Columbus, Ohio 1958 June 3.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 32, folder 4

Speech, Veterans and Fraternal Day, sesquicentennial celebration, Mansfield, Ohio 1958 July 17.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes a letter from Fred J. Tonnemacher, 1958 July 11, memorandum, and program
box 32, folder 5

Remarks, the SACLANT Annual Review Visiting Team, Washington, D.C. 1958 July 22.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 32, folder 6

"The Armed Forces as an Element of Power," speech, NATO Defense College, Paris 1958 September 8.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 32, folder 7

"Religious Outlook of the Military," speech 1958 September 10.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 32, folder 8

Speech, Institute on World Affairs, Oregon State College, Oregon 1958 November 13.

Scope and Contents note

Brochure, correspondence, and itinerary only
box 32, folder 9

"The Military and the New Look in Europe," speech, Oregon State College, Oregon 1958 November 13.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Brochure, correspondence, and itinerary only
box 32, folder 10

"Some Aspects of Competitive Existence," speech, Ohio Society, Washington, D.C. 1959 January 31.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes holograph notes
box 32, folder 11

"Today's Outlook for the Career Officer," address, West Point Association of New England, Boston, Massachusetts 1959 March 21.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 33, folder 12

"Some Aspects of Competitive Existence," address, Ohio Society, New York City 1959 April 6.

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
 

Diaries and Appointment Books 1918-1961.

Scope and Contents note

Appointment books, daily notes, diaries, and transcripts of diaries, arranged alphabetically by physical form
 

Appointment books

box 32, folder 13

1952

box 32, folder 14

1957

box 33, folder 1

1958

box 33, folder 2

1959-1961

 

Daily notes

box 33, folder 3

1951-1952

box 33, folder 4

1959-1961

 

Diaries

box 33, folder 5

1918-1924

box 34, folder 1

1927-1930

box 34, folder 2

1931-1934

box 35, folder 1

1935-1939

box 35, folder 2

1940-1941

box 36, folder 1

1942-1944

box 36, folder 2

1945-1946

box 36, folder 3

1949-1950

box 37, folder 1

1951 and 1955-1957

box 37, folder 2

1951 July – December

box 37, folder 3

1952 January – December

box 38, folder 1

1953 January - December

box 38, folder 2

1954

box 38, folder 3

Transcripts of diaries 1946 January – 1951 November

 

Military File 1925-1959.

Scope and Contents note

Bulletin, clippings, correspondence, day lists, fact sheet, financial records, lists, maps, memoranda, messages, note cards, orders, organizational charts, reports, schedule, statements, studies, subject file, and travel records relating to Clovis Byers' military career, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 39, folder 1

Bulletin, "Enemy-Tactics," X corps, number 10 Undated

 

Clippings

box 39, folder fA

Invasion of the Philippines 1945

box 39, folder 2

XVI Corps 1952

 

Correspondence

box 39, folder 3

Undated

box 39, folder 4

1942-1947

box 39, folder 5

1951-1952

box 39, folder 6

Day lists 1945-1947

box 39, folder 7

Fact sheet on guided missiles 1958

 

Financial records

box 39, folder 8

General 1939-1940

box 39, folder 9

Entertainment funds 1947-1948

box 39, folder 10

Pay vouchers 1942-1946

box 39, folder 11

Travel vouchers 1949-1951.

General note

See also box 45 Illustrations
box 39, folder 12

4 illustrations including 1 depicting special car, U.S. Army, Jacksonville, Florida, undated; 1 depicting Allied Forces Corps Commander car, Saginaw, Texas? 1 depicting club lounge car, Red Bird, undated; and 1 depicting dining car, Savannah, Georgia Undated

box 39, folder 12

1 postcard depicting military convoy undated

box 39, folder 12

1 illustration depicting telephone terminal CF-1-B and experimental model of similar terminal, showing possible results of miniaturization program

 

Lists

box 39, folder 13

Security classified papers undated

box 39, folder 14

Joint committee undated.

Scope and Contents note

Includes lists of sub-committees, United States and Japanese personnel, and list of representatives from the press and agricultural sector
box 39, folder 15

Intelligence summaries on individuals in Japan issued by the Office of the Chief of Counter Intelligence 1946

Scope and Contents note

Includes note cards with the same information and a letter from Douglas MacArthur to Robert Eichelberger(?), 1942 December 13
box 39, folder 16

Important papers 1946

box 39, folder 17

Instructions issued by the Deputy Chief of Staff, Pacific Office, for personnel attending surrender ceremony, 1945 September 2, and those issued by the Office of the Commanding General to be presented to the Commanding General, First Japanese General Army 1945 September 4

box 40, folder 1

Names of congressmen, correspondents, commanders, and staffs 1945-1946

box 40, folder 2

Roster of officers holding a specified rank 1946 August 7

box 40, folder 3

General officers and other visitors invited to the armor conference, Fort Knox, Kentucky 1955 January 25

box 40, folder 4

Maps 1946

 

Memoranda

box 40, folder 5

Undated

box 40, folder 6

1931-1958

 

Messages

box 40, folder 7

Undated

box 40, folder 8

1942-1952

box 40, folder 9

Note cards and notes 1947 and undated

 

Orders

box 40, folder 10

1934 April 13 - 1937 March 20

box 40, folder 11

1937 April 1 – 1939 April 5

box 40, folder 12

1939 April 11 – 1941 December 11

box 40, folder 13

1942 February 28 – 1943 November 4

box 41, folder 1

1944 January 15 – 1945 December 4

box 41, folder 2

1946 January 15 – 1949 December 29

box 41, folder 3

1948 January 24 – 1950 October 24

box 41, folder 4

1951 June 21 – 1952 October 30

box 41, folder 5

1956 February 21 – 1959 April 14

box 41, folder 6

1957 April 12 – September 18

box 41, folder 7

Organizational charts for Third Army, Seventh Army, Philippines-Ryukyus Command, Far East Command, and political and administrative agencies in Japan officially accredited by or otherwise related to SCAP 1947.

Scope and Contents note

Includes a proposed chart for Automatic Weapons Battery, Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion, undated
box 41, folder 8-11

Personal file 1934-1958.

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials relating to relocation
 

Press releases

box 41, folder 12

Undated

box 41, folder 13

1958

 

Reports

box 41, folder 14

Mindoro-Marinduque report 1945

box 41, folder 15

Efficiency reports on general officers 1948

box 41, folder 16

"Reports of the Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the National Society Magna Charta Dames," 1950

box 42, folder 1

X Corps periodic personnel reports 1951

box 42, folder 2-4

Reports from Europe 1957-1959

box 42, folder 5

Schedule 1942-1959

box 43, folder 1

Statements 1955-1958.

Scope and Contents note

A descriptive statement of the organization, functions, and procedures of the Operations Coordinating Board (OCB), 1955, and statement of the Secretary of Defense, Neil McElroy, regarding appropriations on the fiscal year 1959 budget, 1958
 

Studies

box 43, folder 2

Undated.

Scope and Contents note

A comparative study of American, French, German, English, Japanese, Italian, and Russian doctrines on the value of a permanent corps organization for cavalry; the horse, arms, and equipment of the American cavalry trooper compared with those of England, France, Germany, and Spain; development of airborne forces; and sociological study of diseases in XVI Corps
box 43, folder 3

1925-1939.

Scope and Contents note

Includes studies of equipment of the British cavalry trooper; possible routes of march between El Paso, Texas, and Columbus, New Mexico; attacks in converging directions; research data, and related materials
box 43, folder 4

1948.

Scope and Contents note

Airborne Division's assessment of aircraft loading characteristics, requirements for airdromes and aircraft, and current airborne developments
 

Subject file

box 43, folder 5

American Assembly, Arden House, Columbia University, New York 1958

box 43, folder 6

Army War College 1950

box 43, folder 7-8

Australia--Eleanor Roosevelt's trip 1943

box 43, folder 9

Fox River Valley Seminar on United States foreign policy, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin 1958 May 16-18.

Scope and Contents note

Includes holograph notes about conference sessions, list of participants, and papers by others, including Henry Kissinger and Dean Acheson
box 43, folder 10

Indo-China 1957

box 43, folder 11

MacKechnie, A. R. 1943

 

NATO Defense College

box 44, folder 1-5

Undated

box 44, folder 6-11

1955-1957

box 45, folder 1-4

1957-1959

box 45, folder 5

Sheridan, John Edward 1946

 

Travel records.

General note

See also box 39 for travel vouchers
box 45, folder 6-8

General 1947-1954.

Scope and Contents note

Includes itineraries and travel orders
 

Trips.

Scope and Contents note

Includes miscellaneous materials
box 45, folder 9

Alumni day trip to Ohio State University 1956

box 45, folder 10

Germany 1956-1957

box 45, folder 11-12

Japan 1945-1947.

General note

See also box 30 for Byers' correspondence with his family while stationed in Japan and box 47 for photocopies of documents relating to the surrender of Japan
box 46, folder 1

Korea 1951-1954

box 46, folder 2

London 1957.

General note

See also folders 4-5
box 46, folder 3

Naples 1952-1953.

General note

See also folder 7
box 46, folder 4-5

Northern Europe 1955-1957.

General note

See also folder 2
box 46, folder 6

Portugal 1957

box 46, folder 7

Southern Europe 1956-1957.

General note

See also folder 3
box 46, folder 8

Turkey 1953

box 46, folder 9

Writings by others 1947-1958

box 46, folder 10

Miscellany 1945-1948

 

Declassified U.S. government records 1944-1952

Scope and Contents note

Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government. Includes some interfiled records determined by the government to be unclassified. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover
box 46, folder 11

2011 July release of records 1944-1952

Scope and Contents note

Letters, cables and memos. Most correspondents are members of the U.S. Army
 

Oversize Materials 1945.

Scope and Contents note

Photocopies of the documents relating to the surrender of Japan
box 47

Photocopies of materials relating to surrender of Japan.

General note

See also boxes 30 and 45
 

Photographs 1922-1954.

Scope and Contents note

Photographic and contact prints, illustrations, and albums, depicting Clovis Byers, his family, other army officers, and places he was assigned to for his military duties
 

Albums

album fA

Clippings relating to the invasion of Japan 1945

album fB

Tour of duty in the Pacific and Japan 1942-1946

album fC

Tour of duty in Japan 1946-1949

album fD

Tour of duty in Korea 1951

album fE

Tour of duty in Japan 1951-1952

album fF

Tour of duty of duty in Japan and Europe 1952-1954

album fG

Rockhampton, Australia, area 1943

 

Loose photographs

envelope H

The Pacific, Japan, and Korea undated

envelope I

7 prints of British, German, and Spanish cavalry circa 1925

envelope mJ

6 oversize prints of Byers undated

envelope m*K

2 oversize prints depicting Byers with other officers of the 4th U.S. Cavalry at Fort McIntosh, Texas, January 1922; and with the first-year class, Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 1934-1935

box 48, folder 1

5 negatives and 2 contact prints depicting unidentified individuals in an outdoor setting undated

box 48, folder 2

6 prints including 3 depicting Byers and other unidentified army officers, 1 depicting an open box, 2 depicting moving trains undated

box 48, folder 3

14 prints, including 5 illustrations depicting helicopter truck, glider cargo capacities, aircraft load and range characteristics, and the squad boxes, undated; and 9 prints depicting aircraft, parachute, gliders, and helicopters undated

box 48, folder 4

9 prints including 8 depicting Byers, Mrs. Byers, and their son; and 1 depicting 8 month old Glen Gray, Jr. undated

box 48, folder 5

7 prints including 1 depicting Clovis Byers and Alden K. Sibley during his visit to the U.S. Army Engineer Division, New England, undated; 1 depicting the Watson children wishing a happy holiday season, undated; 2 prints depicting 2 Flak Boas, 1944 March 22; 2 prints depicting Byers sent to him to wish a happy Easter from Yokohama, Japan, 1947; and 1 print depicting Joseph Kormylo. Fort Gulick, Canal Zone 1950 April

box 48, folder 6

3 prints including 2 depicting a dog outside a house, 1952 May 29, and 1 commemorative photograph of the Japanese Imperial family 1952 September 16

tape cabinet

2 Aug 1875 full retreat dress parade sound recording undated.

Physical Description: 1.0 sound_tape_reel

Scope and Contents note

This is a sound recording of a full retreat dress parade of 2 Aug 1875 held at Fort Davis in Texas. It was made for the National Park Service and Fort Davis Historical Site.
Use access copy number: 64016_a_0008860
film Shelf

Motion Picture undated.

Scope and Contents note

One 16mm film reel