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American Expeditionary Forces, IV Army Corps File 1912-1939

Scope and Contents note

Announcements, army manuals, bulletins, charts, clippings and other printed matter, communiqués, correspondence, intelligence data, lectures, lists, maps, memoranda, notes, operation plans, orders, reports, summaries of foreign press, tables, telephone messages, and miscellany relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's training at the Army General Staff College at Langres, France, his service in the French army at Verdun, and his work as Chief Intelligence Officer, IV Army Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, arranged alphabetically by physical form. Includes material related to the French and German armies. Some brittle pamphlets have been removed from box 1. Cover sheets of these pamphlets and information regarding their availability, either in the Hoover Library, in the Stanford Libraries, or elsewhere, can be found in the first folder.
box 1, folder 1-10

Army manuals 1912-1919

Scope and Contents

Includes maps and reports.
box FH10

Army manuals

Access

Box FH10 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.

Separated Materials

A folder from Box 1 was removed and placed in Box FH10 for mold remediation treatment.
 

Bulletins 1918-1919

box 2, folder 1-5

Bulletin, Intelligence Section, IV Corps 1918-1919

Scope and Contents

Includes numbers 1-55.
box 2, folder 6-13

Bulletin de renseignements, French VIII army 1918

Scope and Contents

Includes numbers 175-266, 268-276, 278-284, 286-302, 304, and 308-315.
box 3, folder 1-4

Bulletin de renseignements, French VIII army 1918

Scope and Contents

Includes numbers 175-266, 268-276, 278-284, 286-302, 304, and 308-315.
 

Captured German documents 1914-1918

box 3, folder 5

Announcements, fliers, and posters 1918

box 3, folder 6

Certificates 1916-1918

box 3, folder 7

Currency notes 1914

box 3, folder 8

Hand bills 1918

box 3, folder 9

Military documents 1918

Scope and Contents

Includes letters, maps, messages, plans of operations, and proclamations.
box 3, folder 10

Miscellany 1918

 

Clippings and printed matter 1914-1939

box 3, folder 11

Undated

box 3, folder 12

1914-1917

box 3, folder 13-16

1918-1939

 

Field orders and notes 1918-1919

box 3, folder 17

Instructions and plan of operations 1918-1919

Scope and Contents

Includes communication, supplies, and evacuation.
box 4, folder 1

Notes 1918

 

General orders 1918-1919

box 4, folder 2

III Corps 1918-1919

box 4, folder 3-5

IV Corps 1918

 

Histories 1918-1923

box 4, folder 6

German army 1919-1920

Scope and Contents

Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918). Compiled from records of Intelligence Section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters: Chaumont, France.
 

U.S. Army. IV Corps 1918-1923

box 4, folder 7

Lists 1918-1919

box 4, folder 8

Memoranda 1918-1923

box 4, folder 9

Notes undated

box 4, folder 10

Reports on the activities of the Intelligence Section, 1st Division and 42nd Division 1918-1919

box 4, folder 11

Insignia chart for French army undated

box 4, folder 12

Intelligence data, French VI Corps 1916-1917

Scope and Contents note

Includes maps and related materials.
 

Intelligence reports 1917

box 5, folder 1-5

French army 1918

Scope and Contents note

Includes bulletins, communiqué, letter of authorization and list of addresses, maps, and report.
box 5, folder 6-18

U.S. Army. IV Corps 1917-1919

Scope and Contents note

Includes information sheets, memoranda, messages, notes, plan of operations (including list of targets), reports, tables, and printed matter.
map_case Folders 8-15

Maps, annotated 1916-1919

box 6, folder 1-7

Notebooks on French intelligence operations 1918

box 6, folder 8

Notes of Joseph W. Stilwell circa 1918

Scope and Contents

Includes J. W. Stillwell American Expeditionary Forces identity card.
box 6, folder 9-14

Official memoranda relating to intelligence operations 1918-1919

Scope and Contents note

Includes charts, correspondence, instructions, list of addresses and prisoners, and telegrams.
box 7, folder 1-9

Operation plans 1917-1918

Scope and Contents

Includes plans of defense, reports, memoranda, and maps.
box 7, folder 10-12

Order of battle, IV Corps 1917-1918

 

Personal correspondence of Joseph W. Stilwell 1918

box 7, folder 13

Unidentified

box 7, folder 14

Hunt, Paul C. 1918

box 7, folder 15

Johnson, Archibald M. 1918

box 7, folder 16

Lettow Vorbeck, von, Mrs. undated

box 7, folder 17

Williams, R. H. 1918

box 7, folder 18-19

Personnel records of Intelligence Section, IV Corps 1918

box 8, folder 1-4

Prisoner interrogation reports 1918

Scope and Contents note

Includes lists, maps, and memoranda.
 

Subject file 1916-1920

box 8, folder 5

Aerial intelligence 1918

Scope and Contents

Pamphlet giving a detailed account of the work of the Branch Intelligence Officer of the Fourth Corps Air Service.
 

Army General Staff College, Langres, France 1917-1918

box 8, folder 6

General undated

box 8, folder 7-9

First course lectures and map problems 1917-1918

box 8, folder 10

Second course general index 1918

box 8, folder 11

Second course general lectures 1918

box 9, folder 1-2

Numbered lectures undated

box 9, folder 3-11

Conferences, by number undated

box 10, folder 1-9

Map problems, by number undated

box 10, folder 10

Notes undated

 

German surrender 1918

box 11, folder 1

Agreements and terms of armistice 1918

box 11, folder 2

Chronology of events 1918

box 11, folder 3

Clippings undated

box 11, folder 4

Notes exchanged between the United States and Germany 1918

 

Propaganda 1918, undated

box 11, folder 5-8

Allied propaganda sent over enemy lines 1918

box 11, folder 9-10

German propaganda dropped in Allied lines undated

map_case Folder 28

German propaganda dropped in Allied lines undated

box 111, folder 2

Summaries of foreign press 1918

Scope and Contents note

Comprised of printed matter.
 

Summary of intelligence 1918

box 11, folder 11

General

box 11, folder 12-16

I Corps

box 11, folder 17-18

II Corps

box 12, folder 1

III Corps

box 12, folder 2-5

IV Corps

 

Telephone messages 1918

box 12, folder 6

August

box 12, folder 7-9

September

box 12, folder 10-11

October

box 13, folder 1

November

box 13, folder 2

December

 

Training materials for personnel in Intelligence Section, IV Corps 1916-1920

box 13, folder 3-7

General circa 1918

box 13, folder 8

Bulletin 1918

box 13, folder 9

Duties of officers of the G-2 section circa 1918

box 13, folder 10

Instructions 1917

box 13, folder 11

Lectures, Third Division Intelligence School undated

box 13, folder 12-13

Lists of personnel and supplies circa 1917-1918

Scope and Contents

Includes lists of officers and students attending the course and office organization.
box 14, folder 1-2

Manuals of position warfare for all arms 1917-1918

map_case Folder 27

Maps undated

box 14, folder 3-5

Memoranda 1918

box 14, folder 6

Notes, including lecture notes 1918

box 14, folder 7

Outline for intelligence regulations for machine gun battalions undated

box 14, folder 8

Plan of operations, including description of duties of officers undated

box 14, folder 9-10

Printed matter 1916-1920

box 14, folder 11-15

Reports 1916-1918

box 111, folder 8

Table of intelligence tactics circa 1918

box 14, folder 16

Schedule of exercises 1918

box 14, folder 17

Miscellaneous documents

 

China-Burma-India Command File 1942-1945

 

File 1. "History of the China-Burma-India Theater," 1945

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. See also file 28, file 89, file 90, file 110, file 162, file 163, file 165, file 170, and map case/folder 31.
box 15, folder 1-4

Section 1, Master Narrative undated

 

Section 2

box 15, folder 5

Part I, North Burma Campaign 1943 October - 1944 August

box 15, folder 6

Part II, The Ledo Road undated

box 15, folder 7

Part III, Y-Force 1944

box 15, folder 8

Part IV, Z-Force, The Second Thirty Divisions undated

box 15, folder 9

Part V, Ramgarh Training Center 1944

 

Part VI

box 15, folder 10

a. Army Air Forces 1942-1943

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 27.
box 15, folder 11

b. Fourteenth Air Force Activities 1942 July 4 - 1944 October 31

Scope and Contents note

For the final report of Commanding General, U.S. Air Force, China-Burma-India to the U.S. War Dept.
box 15, folder 12

c. India-China Division 1942 December – 1944 October

Scope and Contents

General Joseph W. Stilwell's plans for air cargo service over the hump. See also PHOTOGRAPHS/box 96/folder 2.
box 15, folder 13

d. Air Service Command undated

box 15, folder 14

e. XX Bomber Command 1944

box 16, folder 1

Part VII, Services of Supply 1942-1943

box 16, folder 2

Part VIII, Pipelines 1944

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS/box 96/folder 4 and map case/folder 43.
box 16, folder 3

Part IX, Development of Ports circa 1942

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS/box 96/folder 2.
box 16, folder 4

Part X, Assam Lines of Communication 1944

box 16, folder 5

Part XI, Lend-Lease to China 1943-1944

box 16, folder 6

Part XII, Reconstruction of the Burma Road 1944 October 24

box 16, folder 7-10

Part XIII, Administration and Staff Narratives 1944

box 16, folder 11-13

Part XIV, Galahad (5307th Composite Unit, Prov.) 1943 September – 1944 June

 

Section 3

box 16, folder 14

Part I, Political Reports 1942

box 17, folder 1

Part II, American Volunteer Group 1942

box 17, folder 2

Part III, Mission to China, Preparatory Planning 1942

box 17, folder 3

Part IV (not received by the Hoover Institution)

box 17, folder 4

Part V, Notes on Burma Campaign undated

box 17, folder 5

Part VI, "Chinese Fillers Fly the Hump," undated

box 17, folder 6-8

Part VII, Somervell-Arnold-Dill Mission 1943

box 17, folder 9

Part VIII, Study of Routes to China undated

box 17, folder 10

Part IX, Airfield Construction circa 1942

box 17, folder 11-13

Part X, Historical and Political Setting undated

box 17, folder 14

Part XI, China Exchange 1942-1944

box 17, folder 15

Part XII, War Area Service Command undated

box 17, folder 16

Part XIII, Radio Reaction to Joseph W. Stilwell's Recall 1944

box 17, folder 17

Part XIV, Appendix No. 9, Death Gratuities undated

box 18, folder 1-3

File 2. Operations plan of the "Step Child" operation 1943

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS/box 96/folder 1.
box 18, folder 4

File 3. Report on specified roads in the Myitkyina area, by Lt. Col. W. E. C. Roper 1943 November

 

File 4. Third Indian Division

map_case Folder 30

Maps undated

box 18, folder 5

Memoranda 1944

box 18, folder 6

Messages and telegrams undated

box 18, folder 7

Notes and minutes of meetings 1944

box 18, folder 8

Reports 1944

 

File 5. Y-Force supplies

box 18, folder 9

Memoranda and messages 1944

box 18, folder 10

Status reports of equipment, supplies, and troops 1944

General note

See also map case, folder 30.
box 18, folder 11-14

File 6. Somervell-Arnold-Dill Mission 1943 February

Scope and Contents note

Complete set of final papers in connection with the American-British Conference, February 1-3, 1943, and the Chinese-American-British Conference, February 9, 1943. Includes minutes of meetings and reports. See also map case, folder 30.
 

File 7. Third Indian Division

box 19, folder 1

General 1944

box 19, folder 2

Chronology of air supply 1944 May - June

box 19, folder 3

Field orders 1944

box 19, folder 4

Memoranda 1944

box 19, folder 5

Minutes of meetings 1944

box 19, folder 6

Outline of plan undated

box 19, folder 7

Telegrams 1944

box 19, folder 8

File 8. Maps of North Burma and Yunnan 1942

General note

See also map case, folder 37.
box 19, folder 9-14

Files 9-10. Drafts of "Campaign in Burma," 1942 March 10 - June 1

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. See also map case, folders 33 and 37.
 

File 11. Washington preparatory planning file

box 19, folder 15

General 1942

box 19, folder 16

Correspondence 1942

Scope and Contents note

Includes T. V. Soong's letters to Henry L. Stimson and John J. McCloy.
box 19, folder 17-19

Memoranda 1941-1942

box 19, folder 20

Notes on China given to H. A. Drum by Dwight D. Eisenhower undated

box 19, folder 21

Report 1942

box 19, folder 22

File 12. Messages undated

box 19, folder 23-25

Files 13-13a. Correspondence between Joseph W. Stilwell, Chiang Kai-shek, and Madame Chiang Kai-shek 1942 May 26 - August 1

Scope and Contents

Includes memoranda and notes regarding division of air power.
 

File 14. Data on the Joint Staff, Chinese Armies and Divisions, and the Hankow operation

box 20, folder 1

Charts and regulations governing the organization of the Joint Staff of the China War Area undated

box 20, folder 2

Conference proceedings 1942

 

Correspondence

box 20, folder 3

Currie, Lauchlin 1942

box 20, folder 4

Soong, T. V. 1942

box 20, folder 5

Lists of names of accredited representatives for Joint Military Conference and principal stocks undated

box 20, folder 6

Map undated

box 20, folder 7

Memoranda 1942

Scope and Contents note

Includes Lauchlin Currie's memorandum to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
box 20, folder 8

Notes undated

box 20, folder 9

Report 1942

box 20, folder 10

File 15. Memoranda on Lend-Lease, Chinese army, and proposed plan for opening a second Pacific front 1941-1943

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter from Chiang Kai-shek to General Lin.
 

File 16. The Woon Case

box 20, folder 11

General 1943

box 20, folder 12

Correspondence 1943

box 20, folder 13

Lists and tables 1943

box 20, folder 14

Memoranda 1942-1943

 

File 17. Data on the Northern Area Combat Command (NCAC)

box 20, folder 15

Lists of artillery liaison assignments 1944

box 20, folder 16

Memoranda 1944

box 20, folder 17

Status reports 1944

box 20, folder 18

Telegrams undated

box 20, folder 19

Files 18-19. Memoranda, including between Joseph W. Stilwell and Chiang Kai-shek 1942

box 20, folder 20

File 20. "A Short History of the Army Ground Forces," chapters I and II 1940-1942

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
 

File 21.

 

Correspondence

box 20, folder 21

General 1942

box 20, folder 22

Chiang Kai-shek correspondence 1942

Scope and Contents

Including with Joseph W. Stilwell appointing him Commander-in-Chief to reorganize, train, and direct the Chinese forces in India.
box 20, folder 23

Correspondence between Archibald Wavell and Joseph W. Stilwell 1942

box 20, folder 24

List of officers of the government of China and China's assaulting armies 1942

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 38.
map_case Folder 37

Maps undated

box 20, folder 25

Memoranda from Joseph W. Stilwell. 1942-1943

Scope and Contents note

Memoranda includes those to the Secretary of War on air operations, the medical situation in Burma and Assam, Chiang Kai-shek, and Lend-Lease transfers. Also includes notes on Lend-Lease transfers and Joseph W. Stilwell's notes on personnel of the 10th air force.
box 20, folder 26

Messages 1942

Scope and Contents

Including messages regarding future shipments of Lend-Lease materials consigned to China, from T. V. Soong to Joseph W. Stilwell supporting his advocacy of re-armament plan, and summary of important messages.
box 20, folder 27

Outline of estimate and plan to be prepared by the Joint Staff 1942

box 20, folder 28

Proposal for a "Pacific Front," undated

box 20, folder 29

Reports 1942

Scope and Contenets

Including of withdrawal of the 200th Chinese Division to China.
box 20, folder 30

Translation of General Lo Cho-ying's report to Chiang Kai-shek on the operations of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma 1942 June 25

 

File 22.

box 21, folder 1

Letter from Clayton L. Bissell to Joseph W. Stilwell on efficiency rating of Claire Lee Chennault 1943

Scope and Contents

Includes report.
box 21, folder 2

Map of the route of the 2nd Division undated

box 21, folder 3

Observations of the Royal Air Force in Burma undated

 

Reports on activities

box 21, folder 4

93rd Division undated

box 21, folder 5

49th Division in Burma 1942

box 21, folder 6

File 23. (not received by the Hoover Institution)

box 21, folder 7

File 24. Notes on problems connected with the mission in China 1944

 

File 25. Hoarding by the Chinese in Y-Force 1944 October

box 21, folder 8

Letters from Frank Dorn and T. F. Taylor 1944 October 10

box 21, folder 9

Memoranda 1944

box 21, folder 10

Messages 1944

box 21, folder 11

Report 1944

box 21, folder 12

File 26. Platoon test, 124th Cavalry. 1944 October

Scope and Contents note

Includes general comments, critiques, and reports.
box 21, folder 13

File 27. Strength report, Ramgarh 1944 October

box 21, folder 14-15

File 28. Drafts for various chapters of "History of the China-Burma-India Theater," undated

 

File 29.

box 21, folder 16

Drafts, lists, and reports 1943 September – October

box 21, folder 17

Letter about the Services of Supply, U.S. Army forces in China 1943 September 24

box 21, folder 18

Notes on training 1943

box 21, folder 19

Status reports on trucks, units, and tanks 1943

 

File 30.

box 21, folder 20

Directive from Louis Mountbatten and A. C. Wedemeyer 1944 July 23

box 21, folder 21

Letter from Feng Yu-hsiang to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 August 4

box 21, folder 22

Maps and organizational chart, East China 1944

General note

See also map case, folder 38.
box 21, folder 23

Memorandum regarding the 77th Brigade from Louis Mountbatten to Joseph W. Stilwell undated

box 21, folder 24

Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to Louis Mountbatten 1944 July 19

box 21, folder 25

Memorandum from F. L. Eldridge to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 August 24

box 21, folder 26

Memorandum from M. K. Barroll to Daniel Sultan 1944 September 3

box 21, folder 27

Summary of proposed South East Asia Command Operations 1944-1945

 

File 31.

box 22, folder 1

Code messages 1944

box 22, folder 2

Letter from Joseph W. Stilwell to Chief of Staff, U.S. Army 1944 May 27

box 22, folder 3

Letters from Claire Lee Chennault to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 April – May

map_case Folder 34

Maps undated

box 22, folder 4

Memoranda regarding the situation in Eastern China and plan of defense 1944

box 22, folder 5

Memoranda from Daniel Sultan to Joseph W. Stilwell and George E. Stratemeyer 1944 May 22

box 22, folder 6

Memoranda, including from J. E. Hull to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 June 9

box 22, folder 7

Ordnance inventories in depots 1944

box 22, folder 8

Telegrams, including with Claire Lee Chennault 1944

box 22, folder 9

File 32. G-3 situation reports 1944 April

 

File 33.

box 22, folder 10

G-2 reports 1944 June

box 22, folder 11

G-2 telegrams, including between Joseph W. Stilwell and Hayden L. Boatner regarding Myitkyina undated

map_case Folders 33 and 37

Situation maps (overlays) of Myitkyina and maps showing Merrill's Marauders' advance on Myitkyina undated

 

File 34.

box 22, folder 12

Directives, letters, and memoranda relating to the South East Asia Command 1944

box 22, folder 13

Memorandum from Daniel Sultan to Frank Merrill 1944 June 23

box 22, folder 14

Memorandum from Frank Merrill to Daniel Sultan 1944 June 28

box 22, folder 15

Memorandum from Daniel Sultan to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 July 2

box 22, folder 16

Memorandum from George E. Stratemeyer to Louis Mountbatten 1944 July 7

 

File 35.

box 22, folder 17

G-3 correspondence undated

box 22, folder 18

Letters from Frank Dorn to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 April 16, 19, and 28

box 22, folder 19

Memorandum from Claire Lee Chennault to the Commanding General, U.S. Air Force 1944

box 22, folder 20

Y-Force maps, memoranda, supply lists, and telegrams 1944

General note

See also map case, folder 27.
 

File 36. Data on First Thirty Divisions and Chinese Expeditionary Force

box 22, folder 21

Letter from George E. Stratemeyer to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944

box 22, folder 22

Lists and tables 1943

General note

See also map case, folder 27.
box 22, folder 23

Memoranda 1944

box 22, folder 24

Notes undated

 

File 37.

box 22, folder 25

General order, no. 1, American Army Forces, China-Burma-India 1942 March 4

box 22, folder 26

Letter from W. Mason Wright to John L. Mott 1945

box 22, folder 27

Memorandum from K. W. Tracey to W. Mason Wright 1945 March 3

box 22, folder 28

Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army 1945 March 5

box 22, folder 29

Memorandum to K. R. Greenfield 1945 March 16

box 22, folder 30

Miscellany 1944

box 22, folder 31

File 38. Maps of Eastern China undated

General note

See also map case, folder 37.
 

File 39.

box 22, folder 32

Letter from Hayden L. Boatner to Daniel Sultan 1944 July 21

box 22, folder 33

Map relating to intelligence, memoranda, and operational reports 1944 July

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter from Hayden L. Boatner to Daniel L. Sultan, 1944. See also map case, folder 37.
box 23, folder 1-2

File 40. Letters and memoranda relating to use of air resources by large scale movements of troops and supplies by air 1944

box 23, folder 3

File 41. U.S. War Dept. circulars relating to awards and decorations 1943

 

File 42.

box 23, folder 4

Letter from Pai Ch'ung-hsi to Joseph W. Stilwell about Kweilin, the Clarke affair, and tonnage 1943

box 23, folder 5

Manifesto, "China's Duty," undated

box 23, folder 6

Memoranda relating to radio training 1943

 

Files 43-43a.

box 23, folder 7

Unidentified letter to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944

box 23, folder 8

Final report on B-29 bases in India 1944 November

box 23, folder 9

Notes from Joseph W. Stilwell to Daniel Sultan undated

box 23, folder 10

Notes on issuance of communiqués and press releases 1944

 

File 44.

box 23, folder 11

Army Group operation instruction, no. 4 1944

box 23, folder 12

General order, no. 74 1944 July 17

box 23, folder 13

Memoranda, including instructions for monsoon operations 1944

box 23, folder 14

Report on Fort Hertz area 1944

 

File 45.

box 23, folder 15

Letter from Louis Mountbatten to George Marshall 1944

box 23, folder 16

Letters from Louis Mountbatten to Joseph W. Stilwell regarding the Long Range Patrol Brigades 1944

box 23, folder 17

Miscellany 1944

 

File 46.

box 23, folder 18

Letter and telegrams from Archibald Wavell to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 July 29, November 16-17, December 7

box 23, folder 19

Letter from Joseph W. Stilwell to Archibald Wavell 1942 November 8

box 23, folder 20

File 47. Memorandum from Frank Merrill to Joseph W. Stilwell regarding survey of China-Burma-India Theater 1943 June 29

 

File 48.

box 23, folder 21

Memoranda on food dropped on Chinese troops in India by Frank Merrill 1942

box 23, folder 22

Report on food dropped for Chinese troops 1942

Scope and Contents note

Includes Exhibit B, maps; and Exhibit C, summary of supplies dropped since June 29, 1942. See PHOTOGRAPHS, box 96, folder 2 for Exhibit A, prints of refugee camps.
 

File 49.

box 23, folder 23

"Final report of the Combined Chiefs of Staff to the President and Prime Minister," 1943 May 25

box 23, folder 24

Minutes of the 6th Trident meeting at the White House 1943 May 25

Scope and Contents note

Includes annex of proposals to be made to Chiang Kai-shek.
box 23, folder 25

"Report of the Combined Chiefs of Staff Relating to the Implementation of Assumed Basic Undertakings and Specific Operations for the Conduct of the War, 1943-1944," 1943 May 25

 

File 50.

box 23, folder 26

Charts, lists, and tables relating to the organization of the Ramgarh project undated

box 23, folder 27

Excerpt from Harijan, "Foreign Soldiers in India," by M. K. Gandhi 1942 April 26

 

File 51.

box 23, folder 28

Memoranda on Indian politics from John P. Davies to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942

box 23, folder 29

Paraphrased messages from Lauchlin Currie and Chiang Kai-shek to President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1942 August 11, November 11

box 23, folder 30-31

File 52. Instructions, lists, and memoranda relating to the Y-Force, Chinese artillery, and Chinese army officers 1942

 

File 53.

box 23, folder 32

Correspondence relating to the China Air Task Force 1942 October-December

box 23, folder 33

Memoranda relating to the China Air Task Force 1942 September

 

File 54.

box 23, folder 34

Letter from Shang Chen to John Magruder 1942 April 24

Scope and Contens

Letter conveying Chiang Kai-shek's order appointing Joseph W. Stilwell as Chief of Staff, Headquarters of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, China War Theater.
box 23, folder 35

Special order from Chiang Kai-shek issued by the National Government Military Committee appointing Joseph W. Stilwell as the Chief Commander of the Chinese army in India 1942 July 11

 

File 55.

box 23, folder 36

Memoranda and notes on training of the Chinese Expeditionary Force 1942-1943

box 23, folder 37

Memoranda from Joseph W. Stilwell to George C. Marshall, and from T. V. Soong to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 January 19

box 23, folder 38

Notes on program for preparation of the Y-Force and on the tactical doctrine of the Japanese Army 1943

 

File 56.

box 23, folder 39-42

Burma war plans 1942

box 23, folder 43

Memoranda between Joseph W. Stilwell and Chiang Kai-shek 1942

Scope and Contents note

Includes memoranda from Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Chief of Staff, from John Magruder to Chiang Kai-shek, from Frank Merrill to Joseph W. Stilwell, and from T. V. Soong to Joseph W. Stilwell.
box 23, folder 44

Minutes of meetings at Chiang Kai-shek's New Delhi residence 1942 February 15-16

box 23, folder 45

U.S. British report concerning assistance to China 1942

box 24, folder 1

File 57. Interim report by the Joint British-American Staff Committee 1943 February 9

box 24, folder 2

File 58. Memorandum from R. A. Wheeler to Joseph W. Stilwell regarding plans for Services of Supply mission 1942 November 4

box 24, folder 3

File 59. Memorandum from Frank Dorn to Joseph W. Stilwell, regarding the defeat of Japan 1943 March 29

box 24, folder 4

File 60. Minutes and notes on a conference held at General Headquarters, New Delhi 1942 October 27

 

File 61.

box 24, folder 5-7

Charts, maps, memoranda, and notes regarding the poor morale and condition of the Chinese 1939-1943

box 24, folder 8

Summary of the Trident Conference, Washington, D.C. 1943 May

box 24, folder 9-10

File 62. Memoranda, printed matter, and reports from John P. Davies to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942

box 24, folder 11

File 63. Translation of "China's Destiny," undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 24, folder 12

File 64. Radiograms, sent and received 1943

 

File 65.

box 24, folder 13

Letter from Edmund L. Gruber to Joseph W. Stilwell regarding the situation in the Chinese theater 1942 July 28

box 24, folder 14

Letter from Frank Merrill to Joseph W. Stilwelln 1943 September 26

Scope and Contents

Letter regarding the organization of the Southeast Asia Command.
box 24, folder 15

Memorandum from the Office of the Deputy Commander, Southeast Asia Command, to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 September 18

Scope and Contents note

Includes organizational chart.
box 24, folder 16

Notes on Burma operations undated

box 24, folder 17

Report from Joseph W. Stilwell to Chiang Kai-shek 1943 November 5

box 24, folder 18

File 66. General Headquarters Weekly Summary, no. 42 1942

 

File 67.

box 24, folder 19

Letter from F. H. Osborn to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943

Scope and Contents

Letter regarding recreation buildings at Ford Ord, California.
box 24, folder 20

Letter from Shang Chen to Joseph W. Stilwell and memorandum to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943

box 24, folder 21

Memorandum from Brehon Somervell to George Marshall 1943

box 24, folder 22

Memorandum from Roger S. Fitch to the Adjutant General 1943

box 24, folder 23

Memoranda from John P. Davies to Joseph W. Stilwell regarding conversations with Chou En-lai and Feng Yu-hsiang 1943 March 15-16

box 24, folder 24

File 68. Draft plans for the Pacific Front 1942

 

File 69.

box 24, folder 25

Letter from Breedom Case to Joseph W. Stilwell undated

box 24, folder 26

Letters from Frank Merrill to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942

box 24, folder 27

Memorandum from Frank Merrill to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942

box 24, folder 28

Report from Frank Dorn to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 September-October

Scope and Contents

Report regarding the trails and roads between Assam and Burma.
box 24, folder 29

Report from Frank Merrill to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 November

Scope and Contents note

Report about the trails and roads between Assam and Burma.
box 24, folder 30

File 70. Charts and memoranda 1942

Scope and Contents

Relating to the organization, ammunition requirements, clothing, and equipment of the Chinese Army.
box 24, folder 31

File 71. Here's How: A Handbook for American Troops in China, by John P. Davies, with an introduction by Joseph W. Stilwell 1943

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
 

File 72.

box 24, folder 32

Notes on the operation of the Royal Air Force in Burma 1943 March 23-April 29

box 24, folder 33

Report from Frank Merrill, "Notes on Burma Campaign," undated

box 24, folder 34

File 73. Letter from Shang Chen to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 August 1

Scope and Contents

Letter regarding plans for Burma operations.
box 24, folder 35

File 74. Report from J. L. Huan to R. A. Wheeler 1942 September 12

Scope and Contents

Report about the future War Area Service Corps for the care of American personnel in China.
box 24, folder 36

File 75. Report on British forces in India undated

box 24, folder 37

File 76. Report on American medium M-3 tanks in India 1942

 

File 77.

box 24, folder 38

Letter from Ho Ying-chin to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942

Scope and Contents

Regarding the organization of the headquarters of the Chinese forces in India.
box 24, folder 39

Translation of Chiang Kai-shek's orders to Joseph W. Stilwell about the new 22nd and 38th Divisions and their commanders 1942

box 24, folder 40

File 78. Archibald Wavell's report on the Burma operation undated

box 24, folder 41

File 79. Report comparing the geography of the United States with that of the China-Burma-India Theater undated

box 24, folder 42

File 80. Dutch report from P. F. J. Everard to Frank Dorn on the Southwest Pacific 1942

box 24, folder 43

File 81. Documents relating to the organization of the Chinese government, the Military Commission of China, the Chinese Red Cross, and other groups undated

 

File 82.

box 25, folder 1

Letter from Chiang Kai-shek to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 December 23

box 25, folder 2

Letter from Ho Ying-chin to Joseph W. Stilwell, January 19, 1943; letter from Joseph W. Stilwell to Tseng Kwang-lin, February 6, 1943; and letter from Shang Chen to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 March 20

box 25, folder 3

Letter from Lin Wei to Joseph W. Stilwell concerning the Y-Force operations undated

box 25, folder 4

Letters from Liu Fei to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 November-December

Scope and Contents

Letter regarding artillery assignments and inquiries of Frank Dorn and R. A. Wheeler.
box 25, folder 5

Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to Ho Ying-chin and Joseph W. Stilwell's notes 1943 January 5

box 25, folder 6

File 83. Notes advising officers on health, living, and working in the Far East among the Chinese 1943

box 25, folder 7-11

File 84. Correspondence, maps, memoranda, minutes of meetings, notes, and reports regarding the preparation of operations for autumn of 1942

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 39.
box 25, folder 12

File 85. Memoranda and reports regarding the organization of the Headquarters of the Commanding General of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in India 1943

 

File 86.

box 25, folder 13

Correspondence between Frank Dorn and Yu Ta-wei 1943 February 1-2

box 25, folder 14

Letter from R. C. Chen to David Yu 1943 March 20

box 25, folder 15

Memoranda from Frank Dorn to Yu Ta-wei 1943 March 13-26

box 25, folder 16

File 87. Memoranda and paraphrases of telegrams regarding the China Defense Supplies program 1943

box 25, folder 17-21

File 88. Draft chapters of campaign history 1944

Scope and Contents

Sections 1-3, history, letters, map, memoranda, notes, orders, and recommendations for citations relating to the Galahad campaign.
box 26, folder 1-6

File 89. Circulars, draft chapters, letters, memoranda, and notes used to prepare the chapter on Services of Supply operations for "History of the China-Burma-India Theater," 1942-1944

 

File 90.

box 26, folder 7

Clippings undated

box 26, folder 8-10

Drafts and notes used to prepare the chapter on the 14th Air Force for "History of the China-Burma-India Theater," 1941-1944

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 39.
box 26, folder 11-12

File 91. Drafts and notes relating to French Indo-China, the Yunnan bandit incidents, the Yunnan-Burma railway, the border dispute between Burma and Yunnan, the Yunnan offensive, and Chiang Kai-shek 1943-1944

box 26, folder 13

File 92. Booklet about the 4th graduating class of the Yunnan Training School 1945 June 9

box 26, folder 14

File 93. Memoranda from Clayton L. Bissell to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 August 23

Scope and Contents note

Includes a check slip, directive, and receipt.
box 26, folder 15

File 94. Draft monographs relating to British operations, entitled "The Arakan-Imphal Problems in 1944," 14 pages; "The Arakan-Imphal Problems," 11 pages, and "The Tactical Picture in 1944," 9 pages 1944

 

File 95.

box 26, folder 16

Draft report on China exchange problems 1944

box 26, folder 17

Letters and memoranda 1942-1944

 

File 96.

box 26, folder 18

Draft report on the Southeast Air Command, entitled "Lord Mountbatten's Four Points," undated

box 26, folder 19

Letter from Charles Willoughby to W. Mason Wright 1944 December 2

box 26, folder 20

File 97. Notes and summary of Sextant, Trident, and Quadrant Conferences 1943

box 26, folder 21

File 98. Letter from Hayden L. Boatner to Chih Hu Pu, Chief of Staff, Rear Echelon, relating to the organization of the Chinese Army at Ramgarh, India 1943 June 11

box 26, folder 22

File 99. Report entitled, "30 Division Plan," undated

Scope and Contents note

10 pages
box 26, folder 23

File 100. Report entitled, "Lend-Lease to China" and tables undated

Scope and Contents note

14 pages
box 26, folder 24

File 101. Notes on the establishment of the Southeast Asia Command undated

box 26, folder 25

File 102. Draft report entitled "Study of Routes to China," undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes notes for map of routes.
box 26, folder 26

File 103. Draft reports and notes on pipeline project 1944-1945

box 26, folder 27

File 104. Report entitled "The Fourteenth Air Force," 1944 December 1

Scope and Contents

Includes a letter from Charles Willoughby to W. Mason Wright.
box 27, folder 1-6

File 105. Circulars and directives, letter, memoranda, notes, and reports relating to the administrative organization of the China-Burma-India Theater 1942-1944

Scope and Contents

Titles of draft reports include, "Administrative History of CBI," "Administration and Relations with other Headquarters," "Brief Administrative Growth with Some of Complexities Described," "Situation Existing when CBI Established, Early Days," and "Unification of Command at Kunming."
 

File 106.

box 27, folder 7

Letter from John L. Mott to W. Mason Wright 1945 March 3

box 27, folder 8

Memorandum from Gordon A. Rust to John L. Mott 1945 February 28

box 27, folder 9

Notes and reports relating to the operations of the American Transport Command undated

box 27, folder 10

File 107. Notes on airfield construction 1943

box 27, folder 11

File 108. Draft report on the Burma campaign 1942

box 27, folder 12-16

File 109. Letters, lists, memoranda, notes, orders, printed matter, and reports relating to the general administration of the China-Burma-India Theater 1942-1944

box 27, folder 17-21

File 110. Drafts, maps, notes, and operational and staff reports used to prepare various chapters of History of the China-Burma-India Theater. 1944

Scope and Contens

Chapters included are Airfield Construction, Chinese Fillers Fly the Hump to India, The End of 1943, Plants and Events, Fall 1943, and Reconstruction of the Burma Road. See also map case, folder 30.
box 27, folder 22

File 111. Opening statement of Joseph W. Stilwell, U.S. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on U.S. War Dept. 1945 May 28

box 27, folder 23

File 112. Miscellaneous data relating to the American ground forces 1945

 

File 113.

box 27, folder 24

Memoranda by John P. Davies 1944 November 3

box 27, folder 25

Memorandum by John K. Emmerson, "The Policy of the 8th Route Army Toward Japanese Prisoners," 1944 November 10

box 27, folder 36

Report by John P. Davies 1944 November 19

Scope and Contents

Relating to the organization and operation of the Shanghai underground.
 

File 114.

box 27, folder 27

Editorial, entitled "Date April 25th Is Near," Hsin Hua Jih Pao 1945 March 3

box 27, folder 28

Yenan broadcast of comments on Chiang Kai-shek's March 1st speech 1945 March 6

 

File 115.

box 27, folder 29

Letters from F. L. Eldridge to Joseph W. Stilwell and from John P. Davies 1944 September 22, October 2

box 27, folder 30

Memoranda, including from Frank Merrill to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 September-October

box 27, folder 31

Notes undated

box 27, folder 32

Outline plan of Operation Capital 1944

box 27, folder 33

Report of Ho Ying-chin 1944 October 1

box 27, folder 34

File 116. Strength reports 1943

box 27, folder 35

File 117. Book, entitled Firings from Landing Craft with Standard Artillery and Rockets, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Washington, D.C. 1944

box 27, folder 36-37

File 118. Campaign situation reports on East China undated

Scope and Contents note

88 pages
box 28, folder 1-3

File 119. Radio message book, "Shaduzup No. 5," of Joseph W. Stilwell's outgoing and incoming messages undated

box 28, folder 4-5

File 120. Radio message book, "Shaduzup No. 4," of Joseph W. Stilwell's outgoing and incoming messages undated

General note

See also file 131.
box 28, folder 6-7

File 121. Radio message book, "Shaduzup No. 3," of Joseph W. Stilwell's outgoing and incoming messages circa 1944

box 28, folder 8-9

File 122. Radio messages and maps relating to the Salween Campaign undated

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 39.
 

File 123.

box 28, folder 10

Draft of radio message from Joseph W. Stilwell 1942

Scope and Contents

Message reporting on the evacuation of Burma in 1942 and his intention to reach Homalin.
box 28, folder 11

Letter from Chiang Kai-shek to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 July 10

 

File 124.

box 28, folder 12-14

a. Radio messages sent to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944

box 29, folder 1-5

b. Radio messages sent to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944

 

File 125.

box 29, folder 6

Letter from H. H. Kung to Henry Morgenthau, Jr. 1944 April 19

box 29, folder 7

Memoranda, including from Benjamin Ferris, Everett Drumright, John P. Davies, John S. Service, and reports relating to the Chinese political situation 1944

box 29, folder 8

Reports 1944

box 29, folder 9

File 126. Plans for the training of the Chinese armored force 1943

map_case Folder 32

File 127. Maps of the China-Burma-India Theater

Scope and Contents

Including Hukawng Valley, Arakan Front, Trans-Turkestan Route, airfield in India Road, Bengal, Assam, India, and Burma.
box 29, folder 10

File 128. Y-Force staff reports 1944

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 40.
box 29, folder 11

File 129. Y-Force staff reports 1944

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 39.
box 29, folder 12-13

File 130. Radio message book, "Book No. 8," of Joseph W. Stilwell's outgoing and incoming messages undated

box 29, folder 14-16

File 131. Radio message book, "Book No. 4," of Joseph W. Stilwell's outgoing and incoming messages undated

General note

See also file 120.
box 30, folder 1-2

File 132. Reports on Frank Merrill's Marauders 1943-1944

 

File 133.

box 30, folder 3

Correspondence between Frank Dorn, Joseph W. Stilwell, and T. V. Soong 1943 January 16-29

box 30, folder 4

Memoranda between Frank Dorn, Ho Ying-chin, Joseph W. Stilwell, and T. V. Soong 1942 November 8 - 1943 January 29

box 30, folder 5

Notes by Joseph W. Stilwell undated

box 30, folder 6

File 134. Reports and lists on X-Force operations 1942-1943

box 30, folder 7

File 135. Farewell letters from Joseph W. Stilwell to officers in the British, Chinese, and United States forces expressing his appreciation for their help 1944

box 30, folder 8-10

File 136. Chart, memoranda, and notes on Y-Force ordnance requirements 1942-1943

 

File 137.

box 30, folder 11

Correspondence between Frank Dorn and F. K. Sah 1943 January

box 30, folder 12-13

Memoranda and notes on Y-Force operations 1942 December – 1943 March

 

File 138.

box 30, folder 14

Conference minutes and notes relating to Chiang Kai-shek's "Three Demands," 1942 September – 1943 January

box 30, folder 15

Letter from Joseph Stilwell to Ho Ying-chin and paraphrase of Chiang Kai-shek's reply to President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1943 September 22

box 30, folder 16-21

File 139. Charts, letters, memoranda, notes, and reports relating to the training program at Ramgarh 1942-1943

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 40.
 

File 140.

box 30, folder 22

Charts of 1st and 2nd Thirty Divisions undated

box 30, folder 23

Letters, including from Clayton L. Bissell to A. A. Waugh and Robert C. Oliver to Clayton L. Bissell 1943 July 5, 23

box 30, folder 24-25

Memoranda 1943 July 31

Scope and Contents note

Including from Robert C. Oliver to Joseph W. Stilwell.
map_case Folder 41

Situation map 1944 September 4

box 30, folder 26

File 141. Map overlays on East China campaign undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes messages, 1944. See also map case, folder 41.
box 30, folder 27

File 142. Intelligence situation messages and reports 1944 June-July

box 30, folder 28

File 143. Imphal daily intelligence and operations situation reports, nos. 72-103 1944 May 19-June 6, June 9-June 19, and July 15-July 20

 

File 144.

box 30, folder 29

Reports on requirements of Chinese divisions 1943

box 30, folder 30

Tables of organization for the Chinese and Indian divisions 1943

box 30, folder 31

File 145. Notes on airfield construction, airfreight, conditions in Assam, freight unloading, labor, the Ledo road, railways, and procurement problems in India 1943

box 31, folder 1-3

File 146. Daily status reports, memoranda, and tables on Y-Force operations 1943-1944

box 31, folder 4-5

File 147. Radio message book, "Shaduzup No. 7," of Joseph W. Stilwell's outgoing and incoming messages undated

box 31, folder 6-7

File 148. Radio message book, "Shaduzup No. 6," of Joseph W. Stilwell's outgoing and incoming messages undated

box 31, folder 8

File 149. Artillery plans for Y-Force operations 1942

 

File 150.

box 31, folder 9

Draft letter from Joseph W. Stilwell to Yu Ta-wei undated

box 31, folder 10

Letter from Frank Dorn to J. L. Huang 1943 March 15

box 31, folder 11

Memoranda from M. F. W. Oliver to Frank Dorn and from T. G. Hearn to Frank Dorn 1942 November 20 - 1943 January 23

box 31, folder 12

Radio message from Joseph W. Stilwell to George C. Marshall undated

box 31, folder 13

Report on Tu Li-ming undated

box 31, folder 14

File 151. Plans of Chen Cheng and Joseph W. Stilwell for training Y-Force 1943 January

Scope and Contents

Including notes of a meeting between Chen Cheng, Joseph W. Stilwell, and T. V. Soong.
box 31, folder 15-17

File 152. Letters, lists, and memoranda relating to the training school at Ramgarh 1943

box 31, folder 18-20

File 153. Directives, letters, memoranda, and notes relating to the Y-Force Yunnan Training Center 1943

Scope and Contents

Including from Frank Dorn to Joseph W. Stilwell.
 

File 154.

box 31, folder 21

Conference report on the training school in India 1942 January 22

box 31, folder 22

Letter and memoranda from Joseph W. Stilwell to Ho Ying-chin 1943 January and March

box 31, folder 23

Letter from Frank Dorn to Ho Ying-chin 1943 March 19

box 31, folder 24

Letter from Tseng His-kuei to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 October 14

Scope and Contents

Including a translation of Ho Ying-chin's statement concerning the Burma campaign in an article, "China's War of Resistance in the Fifth Year."
box 31, folder 25

Memorandum on Y-Force requirements 1943 March 5

box 31, folder 26

Statement of Ho Ying-chin concerning the Burma campaign undated

 

File 155.

box 31, folder 27

Incoming radio messages for Joseph W. Stilwell 1942-1945

box 31, folder 28

Letter from Henry L. Stimson to T. V. Soong 1943 January 23

box 32, folder 1

Memoranda regarding modification of orders and the subject of Communist policy toward the Kuomintang 1944 March-August

box 32, folder 2

Minutes of an administrative staff conference and 134th Supreme Allied Commander meeting 1944 June 9 and July 24

box 32, folder 3

Outgoing radio messages from Joseph W. Stilwell to George C. Marshall 1942

box 32, folder 4

File 156. Incoming radio messages for Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 December

box 32, folder 5

File 157. Incoming radio messages for Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 November

 

File 158.

box 32, folder 6

Letter from the Chief of Staff to Joseph W. Stilwell concerning Stilwell's instructions 1943 February 2

Scope and Contents note

Includes U.S.-British agreement and T. V. Soong's correspondence.
box 32, folder 7

Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to Chiang Kai-shek concerning submitted reports 1943 October 7

box 32, folder 8

Memorandum from L. T. Gerow to the Adjutant General concerning the designation of command 1942 February 2

box 32, folder 9

Memorandum from Paul Linebarger to Colonel Dickey 1944 September 8

Scope and Contents

Concerning the beating of the Chief of Conscription.
box 32, folder 10

Policy paper, "A Policy Toward Japan," by John K. Emmerson 1944 August 18

 

File 159.

box 32, folder 11

Chinese ordnance inventory 1942 August 20

box 32, folder 12

Notes on a conference between Lauchlin Currie and General Yu Tai-wei, Chungking 1942 July 31

 

File 160.

box 32, folder 13

Daily status reports on the American Transport Command operations 1944 February

box 32, folder 14

Incoming radio messages 1943 March, September-October

box 32, folder 15

Memoranda between Charles Willoughby and John L. Mott 1944 October

box 32, folder 16

Miscellaneous operational papers and a suggested outline for the history of the U.S. Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater 1943

box 32, folder 17

Notes on the 77th Brigade 1944

box 32, folder 18

Outgoing radio messages 1943 February 24, October 18

 

File 161.

box 32, folder 19

Letter from Chiang Kai-shek to two Chinese generals undated

box 32, folder 20

Letter from General Li-Tsung to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 August 18

box 32, folder 21

File 162. Draft chapters of "History of the China-Burma-India Theater," undated

Scope and Contents

Including chapter 14, "Burma Merry-Go-Round," and chapter 17, "Coda."
 

File 163.

box 32, folder 22

Contract concerning the supply of hostel equipment 1944

box 32, folder 23

Draft papers 1943-1944

Scope and Contents

Includes, "History of the China-Burma-India Theater," entitled "Magruder Mission," "The 1942 Preparations for Opening the Burma Road," "Stilwell Begins to Shape the Mould," "Three Demands," and "Yoke Force, 1943-1944."
box 32, folder 24

Notes about Lungling, China undated

box 32, folder 25

Report from John Magruder to Chief of Engineers, U.S. War Dept. 1942 January 29

Scope and Contents

Concerning the Yunnan-Burma Railway.
box 32, folder 26

File 164. Memoranda, minutes, and notes on conferences with Chiang Kai-shek 1942 June 26 and 29

box 32, folder 27-28

File 165. Draft chapters of "History of the China-Burma-India Theater," entitled "Miscellaneous Problems of 1944," undated

Scope and Contents

Chapter 15, and chapter 16 (no title).
box 32, folder 29

File 166. Unit history, "History of the 679th Signal AW Company," 1944

box 32, folder 30

File 167. Unit history, "History of the 679th Signal AW Company," 1944

 

File 168.

box 32, folder 31

Chemical Warfare Service administrative report, "Chemical Warfare Service in CBI Theater," undated

box 32, folder 32

Letter from John A. MacLaughlin to Joseph W. Stilwell concerning the Chemical Warfare Service administrative report 1944 January 6

 

File 169.

box 32, folder 33

General orders concerning the reorganization of the headquarters of the Y-Force Operations Staff 1944 April 28, May 1

Scope and Contents

Including the joint administrative order no. 1, concerning plan of supply.
box 32, folder 34

Letters, map, memoranda, and report concerning general Y-Force operations 1944

box 32, folder 35

Memorandum from Frank Dorn to the Adjutant General concerning the historical report of the Y-Force Operations Staff 1944

box 32, folder 36-37

File 170. Drafts and maps for the Planning Section for the China-Burma-India History Project undated

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 33.
box 33, folder 1-3

File 171. Memoranda, radio messages, and reports concerning the activities of Milton E. Miles circa 1944

 

File 172.

box 33, folder 4

Memorandum from Richard Weiser to Joseph W. Stilwell on the EAC Conference 1944 June16

Scope and Contents

Concerning air supply capabilities.
box 33, folder 5

Minutes of an administrative staff conference 1944 June 9

box 33, folder 6

Minutes of the 134th Supreme Allied Command meeting undated

box 33, folder 7

Notes on a conference held at the headquarters of the Chinese army in India 1944 July 25

box 33, folder 8

Notes on the Supreme Allied Command Conference 1944 June 30

box 33, folder 9

Press interview of Joseph W. Stilwell by Kandy Ceylon 1944 August 5

 

File 173.

box 33, folder 10

Intelligence report from John S. Service to the Assistant Chief of Staff 1944

Scope and Contents

Concerning the attitude of General Ho Ying-chin toward American military help to China.
box 33, folder 11

Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to Chih Hui Pu concerning rehabilitation camps 1944 March 14

box 33, folder 12

Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to all Commanding Generals and Officers, Chinese Army in India 1944 March 16

Scope and Contents

Concerning the payment of gratuities in case of death or disability.
box 33, folder 13

Memorandum from John S. Service to Joseph W. Stilwell. 1944 May 6

Scope and Contents

Concerning a plan for benefit payments to families of Chinese soldiers killed in Burma, and concerning a project to bring American-Chinese technicians to China for service with the Chinese Army.
box 33, folder 14

Progress reports from Robert C. Beilke to Ernest Easterbrook 1944 April 30, July, and August 1

box 33, folder 15

Miscellany undated

box 33, folder 16

File 174. Incoming radio messages for Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 February

box 33, folder 17

File 175. Incoming and outgoing radio messages of Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 October

box 33, folder 18

File 176. Incoming radio messages for Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 August-September

 

File 177.

box 33, folder 19

Draft of a radio message by Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 August 29

box 33, folder 20

Incoming radio messages for Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 August

 

File 178.

box 33, folder 21

Draft of a radio message by Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 July 16

box 33, folder 22

Incoming radio messages for Joseph W. Stilwell 1942 July

box 33, folder 23-24

File 179. Charts, inventories, and radio messages between George C. Marshall and Joseph W. Stilwell 1942-1943

Scope and Contents

Concerning the China Defense Supplies operations and the Chinese Emergency Air Transport program.
box 33, folder 25

File 180. Charts showing supply shipments over the hump to Y-Force 1942-1943

 

File 181.

box 33, folder 26

Book, entitled Chinese Military Tactics and Strategy, by Sun Tzu, edited by Dai-Ming Lee undated

box 33, folder 27

Issue of the New China Daily Press 1944 September 22

box 33, folder 28

Printed copy of the Constitutional Party's memorandum to President Franklin D. Roosevelt undated

map_case Folder 34

File 182. Y-Force map and overlay undated

 

File 183.

box 33, folder 29

Historical reports, maps, memoranda, orders, and rosters concerning the Y-Force 1944

box 33, folder 30

Map of the Changsha area undated

box 33, folder 31

Notes of Col. Wood on the Y-Force undated

box 33, folder 32

Report from Frank Dorn to the Adjutant General concerning the Y-Force historical report for 1943 1944

 

File 184.

box 33, folder 33

Draft of a message from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Chiang Kai-shek undated

 

Memoranda from John P. Davies to Ambassador Clarence Gauss 1943-1944

box 33, folder 34

"Stilwell Mission," 1943 March 9

box 33, folder 35

"Policy Conflicts Among the United Nations," 1943 September 17

box 33, folder 36

"Anglo-American Cooperation in East Asia," 1943 November 15

box 33, folder 37

"The China and Southeast Asia Theaters: Some Political Considerations," 1943 November 22

box 33, folder 38

"Interview Regarding the Chinese Situation," 1943 December 16

box 33, folder 39

Memorandum of conversations with Dr. Wang Chung-hui and Dr. Sun Fo concerning Chinese military prospects for 1944 1943 December 16 and 18

box 33, folder 40

"Chiang Kai-shek and China," 1943 December 31

box 33, folder 41

"Observers' Mission to North China," 1944 January 15

box 33, folder 42

"Coordinated Attacks on Japan's Inner Zone," 1944 January 16

box 33, folder 43

"British Attitude Towards Chinese Troops in Burma," 1944 January 28

box 33, folder 44

"American Policy in Asia," 1944 February 19

box 33, folder 45

"Fourth Army Military-Political Group in China," 1944 June 28

Scope and Contents note

3 pages
box 33, folder 46

Memorandum of conversation between Harry Hopkins and John P. Davies 1944 September 4

box 33, folder 47

Memorandum from John P. Davies to the Secretary of State 1944 March 10

box 33, folder 48

Report no. 5 from John S. Service to the Commanding General concerning communist policy toward the Kuomintang 1944 August 3

box 34, folder 1

File 185. Incoming and outgoing radio messages of Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 June-August

box 34, folder 2

File 186. Incomimg and outgoing radio messages of Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 March-September

box 34, folder 3

File 187. Memoranda between Joseph W. Stilwell and Chiang Kai-shek 1943-1944

box 34, folder 4

File 188. Maps of Imphal operations undated

box 34, folder 5

File 189. Radio message from Joseph W. Stilwell to Claire Lee Chennault concerning diversion of gasoline 1944 October 17

box 34, folder 6

File 190. Report on the Chinese Army Services of Supply undated

Scope and Contents

Includes charts and index.
box 34, folder 7

File 191. Minutes and notes on the Sino-American Conference on Anakim operation 1943 November

 

File 192.

box 34, folder 8

Letter from Thomas G. Hearn to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 August 1

box 34, folder 9

Lists, notes, and chart concerning supply problems 1944 September

box 34, folder 10

Memorandum from Frank Dorn to Joseph W. Stilwell concerning supply plan for the Y-Force 1944 August 30

 

File 193.

box 34, folder 11

Letter from Glen Edgerton to Daniel Sultan 1944 September 12

Scope and Contents

Concerning the screening of British and Indian requirements.
box 34, folder 12

Memorandum from R. F. Seedlock to the Chief of Staff 1944 September 5

Scope and Contents

Concerning matters for Joseph W. Stilwell's attention.
box 34, folder 13

File 194. Memorandum from George E. Stratemeyer to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 September 4

Scope and Contents

Concerning potential air tonnage over the hump.
 

File 195.

box 34, folder 14

Letter from H. H. Arnold to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 September 6

Scope and Contents

Concerning the 14th Air Force plan for East China Defense and Y-Force support.
box 34, folder 15

Memorandum from Claire Lee Chennault to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 November 9

Scope and Contents

Concerning air support for Y-Force.
box 34, folder 16

Memorandum from Claire Lee Chennault to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 June 4

Scope and Contents

Concerning the plan for East China Defense.
box 34, folder 17

File 196. Chart showing the schedule for airfield development 1944

 

File 197.

box 34, folder 18

Memorandum from Francis Hill to Daniel Sultan 1944 September 2 and 4

Scope and Contents

Concerning the shipment of Canadian supplies over the hump.
box 34, folder 19

Memorandum from W. S. Brewster to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 September 6

Scope and Contents

Concerning the plan for distribution of rifles and machine guns.
box 34, folder 20

File 198. Chart showing the battle order as of July 1, 1944

box 34, folder 21

File 199. Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to Chiang Kai-shek 1943 November 11

Scope and Contents

Concerning his proposals for the coming Sextant Conference,
box 34, folder 22

File 200. Memorandum from J. A. McNerney to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 September 4

Scope and Contents

Reporting on the condition of airfields, pipeline, railroad, and roads.
box 34, folder 23

File 201. Memorandum from George C. Armstrong to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 July 13

Scope and Contents

Concerning the inspection of medical activities.
box 34, folder 24

File 202. Tables of organization for the Chinese Infantry Division 1943 November 1

 

File 203.

box 34, folder 25

Memorandum from Joseph K. Dickey to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 September 5

Scope and Contents note

Concerning items of interest in an intelligence summary. Includes map showing disposition of Japanese troops in Hengyang area as of September 5, 1944.
box 34, folder 26

Weekly intelligence report, no. 47 1944 September 7

 

File 204.

box 34, folder 27

Letter from Frank Dorn to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 September 21

Scope and Contents

Letter concerning personnel.
box 34, folder 28

Letter from Hayden L. Boatner to Joseph W. Stilwell transmitting medical reports 1944 October 4

box 34, folder 29

Letter from Thomas T. Handy to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 August 30

box 34, folder 30

Letter from William E. Bergin to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 May

Scope and Contents

Letter concerning awards.
box 34, folder 31

Memorandum from Daniel Sultan to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 June 9

Scope and Contents note

Relating to the demotion of an officer. Includes related materials.
box 34, folder 32

Memorandum from Frank Dorn to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 September 22

Scope and Contents

Concerning brief estimate of Chinese commanders in the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
box 34, folder 33

Miscellany undated

box 34, folder 34

File 205. Memorandum to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 September

Scope and Contents

Concerning replacement of officers and enlisted men.
box 34, folder 35

File 206. Memorandum from Frank Dorn to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 November 11

Scope and Contents

Concerning the future training of Chinese troops.
 

File 207.

box 34, folder 36

Letter and memoranda from Hayden L. Boatner to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 June

Scope and Contents

Concerning the Myitkyina siege.
box 34, folder 37

Maps, including of Myitkyina undated

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 33.
box 34, folder 38

Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to General Ho Ying-chin 1944 June 4

Scope and Contents

Concerning unauthorized assumption of command by the Commanding General of the 22nd Division.
box 34, folder 39

Report on reduction of bunkers at Myitkyina 1944

box 34, folder 40

Miscellany 1943

box 34, folder 41

File 208. Maps of the Imphal operation undated

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folders 35 and 42.
box 34, folder 42

File 209. Chinese battle order, Yunnan 1944 September

Scope and Contents note

(not received by the Hoover Institution)
 

File 210.

box 34, folder 43

Chart, map, and table concerning the 9th War Zone order of battle 1943-1944

box 34, folder 44

Letter from Wei Li-huang to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 August 30

box 34, folder 45

Map of U.S. Army ground forces 1945 January 10

 

File 211.

box 34, folder 46

Letters and memoranda between H. H. Arnold and Louis Mountbatten and between Joseph W. Stilwell and Louis Mountbatten 1943 October-November

box 34, folder 47

Radio messages from Claire Lee Chennault, Daniel Sultan, Douglas MacArthur, and others to Joseph W. Stilwell concerning the Manila raid undated

map_case Folder 43

File 212. Map and overlay of positions of the Chinese Expeditionary Force 1943 October

map_case Folder 43

File 213. Map and overlay showing Japanese forces in China undated

map_case Folder 43

File 214. Chinese map of China operations 1943 November 11

 

File 215.

box 34, folder 48

Chart showing West Yunnan troops undated

box 34, folder 49

Letter from Louis Mountbatten to H. H. Arnold 1943 November 1

box 34, folder 50

Letter from Louis Mountbatten to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 November 2

box 34, folder 51

Letter from Louis Mountbatten to H. H. Arnold 1943 November 27

box 34, folder 52

Memorandum undated

Scope and Contents

Concerning organizational chart of integration of American and British Air Forces within Southeast Asia Command.
box 34, folder 53

Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to the Southeast Asia Command 1943 October 27

box 34, folder 54

Memorandum from Joseph W. Stilwell to the Supreme Commander 1943 October 27

box 34, folder 55

Memorandum from Frank Dorn 1943 November 2

box 34, folder 56

Notes of the conferences held among Chiang Kai-shek, Shang Chen, Lin Wei, H. H. Arnold, Joseph W. Stilwell, and others 1943 November

box 34, folder 57

Report concerning the status of Chinese troops in Yunnan undated

box 34, folder 58

Writing by Joseph W. Stilwell, "Role of China in Defeat of Japan," undated

box 34, folder 59

Miscellany undated

 

File 216.

box 34, folder 60

Battle order 1944 July 1

box 34, folder 61

Memorandum 1944 August 28

Scope and Contents

Concerning the organization of the Allied land forces for operations in Burma.
box 34, folder 62

Reports on the Supreme Allied Commander's visit to London 1944 August 5-21

box 34, folder 63

Report of Emery J. Woodall to Joseph W. Stilwell concerning military courts 1944 August 28

box 34, folder 64

Weekly summary of important information, Supreme Allied Command, Southeast Asia 1944 August 19-26

 

File 217.

box 35, folder 1

Charts, lists, and memoranda 1944

Scope and Contents

Concerning the China Defense Supplies Unit equipment quota and strength of Chinese combat units at Ramgarh.
box 35, folder 2

Information and recommendations regarding the 5332nd U.S. Infantry Brigade 1944

box 35, folder 3

Memoranda concerning the Chinese replacement situation undated

box 35, folder 4

Memoranda concerning the training of Y-Force cadres 1944

box 35, folder 5

Memorandum from Dean Rusk to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 August 25

box 35, folder 6

Memorandum from Francis Hill to the Deputy Theater Commander 1944

Scope and Contents

Relating to the status of organization, to the list of Chinese units, and to the Thirty Divisions plus 10% Program.
box 35, folder 7

File 218. Incoming and outgoing radio messages of Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 July 6 - September 11

map_case Folder 40

File 219. Maps of situation in Burma 1944 September 4

 

File 220.

box 35, folder 8

List of Chinese units approved for Lend-Lease supply 1944 July 1

box 35, folder 9

Memorandum from Francis Hill to the Theater Commander 1944 September 1

Scope and Contents

Concerning the Thirty Divisions Program.
box 35, folder 10

Tables of organization for Chinese divisions 1944 July 1

 

File 221.

box 35, folder 11

Charts and memoranda undated

Scope and Contents

Concerning operations in North Burma and the capture of Rangoon.
box 35, folder 12

Incoming radio messages for Joseph W. Stilwell 1944

box 35, folder 13

Joint Planning Staff brief concerning "Lokan 19," 1944

box 35, folder 14

Maps undated

box 35, folder 15

Memorandum from Daniel Sultan to George C. Marshall 1944 May 6-7

box 35, folder 16

Memoranda from Dean Rusk to Joseph W. Stilwell 1944 August 23

Scope and Contents

Concerning the Southeast Asia Command.
box 35, folder 17

Message from Joseph W. Stilwell to Louis Mountbatten 1944 August 14

box 35, folder 18

Miscellany 1944

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 40.
box 35, folder 19

File 222. Map of the Hengshan-Kweilin area

Scope and Contents note

(not received by the Hoover Institution)
 

File 223.

box 35, folder 20

Chart listing replacement training centers undated

box 35, folder 21

Compilation of Y-Force ordnance items received as of February 29, 1944

box 35, folder 22

Radio message from Thomas G. Hearn to Joseph W. Stilwell 1943 August 1

box 35, folder 23

Revised table showing the first group of Chinese armies and divisions to be equipped with U.S. supplies 1943 September

box 35, folder 24

File 224. History of the Field Artillery Training Center, Yunnan, China 1943 March 15 - 1944 October 16

Scope and Contents note

Includes charts.
box 35, folder 25

Miscellany 1942

Scope and Contents note

Includes a memorandum from John Magruder to Joseph W. Stilwell, regarding Chiang Kai-shek's views on command in Burma, and fragment of a letter from Chiang Kai-shek.
 

Original Diaries 1900-1946

Scope and Contents note

Holograph notes, hardcover and spiral notebooks, and loose supplemental sheets used by Joseph W. Stilwell as diaries, arranged by numbers; may not always be in chronological order. See also: Career File/A-2 and A-26.
 

Black and white books

reel 1

No. 1, 1941 December 11-1942 January 28

Scope and Contents

Box 36, Folder 1
 

No. 2, 1942 February 8-1943 April 18

Scope and Contents

Box 36, Folder 2
 

Black book 1943 June – 1944 January 22

Scope and Contents

Box 36, Folder 3
 

Daily diaries and notebooks

box 36, folder 4

Unnumbered 1900

General note

Plebe Year. Winifred Stilwell transcription of Joseph Stilwell entries at end of diary number 4.
box 36, folder 5

No. 1 1900 July 28 – 1904 June 15

Scope and Contents note

Cadet expense ledger.
box 36, folder 6

No. 2 1904

box 36, folder 7

No. 3 1905

box 36, folder 8

No. 4 1905-1906

box 36, folder 9

No. 5 1907 June-July

Scope and Contents note

(Guatemala trip)
box 36, folder 10

No. 6 1907 July-August

Scope and Contents note

(Guatemala trip)
box 36, folder 11

No. 7 1907

Scope and Contents note

(Guatemala trip)
box 36, folder 12

No. 8 1908 June-August

Scope and Contents note

(Mexico trip)
box 36, folder 13

No. 9 1909 June–August

box 37, folder 1

No. 10 1911 September-November

Scope and Contents note

(Japan)
box 37, folder 2

No. 11 1911

Scope and Contents note

(illustrations)
box 37, folder 3

No. 12 1911

box 37, folder 4

No. 13 1911 November-December

box 37, folder 5

No. 14 1912

box 37, folder 6

No. 15 1914 June–July

Scope and Contents note

(Spain)
box 37, folder 7

No. 16 1914 August–September

Scope and Contents note

(Spain)
box 37, folder 8

No. 17 1915

box 37, folder 9

No. 18 1917 December 15 – 1918 February 10

box 37, folder 10

No. 19 1918 February 6-May 31

box 37, folder 11

No. 20 1918 June 1-September 25

box 37, folder 12

No. 21 1918 September 26 – 1919 May 7

box 37, folder 13

No. 22 1919 May 8-June 17

box 37, folder 14

No. 23 1919 June 18-July 14

box 37, folder 15

No. 24 1919 July 15 – 1922 March 23

box 37, folder 16

No. 25 1921

Scope and Contents note

(road building in Shansi)
box 38, folder 1

No. 26 1922 March-April

box 38, folder 2

No. 27 1922 April 17–September 13

box 38, folder 3

No. 28 1922 September 13 – 1923 July 31

box 38, folder 4

No. 29 1923-1929

box 38, folder 5

No. 30 1927 May 24-June 18

box 38, folder 6

No. 31 1927 September 5-24

Scope and Contents note

(Korea and Japan)
box 38, folder 7

No. 32 1929

box 38, folder 8

No. 32X 1933 May 30-November 5

Scope and Contents note

("Escape from Bondage")
box 38, folder 9

Unnumbered 1935-1937

box 38, folder 10

No. 33 1936

box 38, folder 11

Unnumbered 1937 June 18–28

Scope and Contents note

(trip to Mongolia)
box 38, folder 12

No. 34 1937 November 23 – 1938 February 2

box 38, folder 13

No. 35 1938 February 3-26

box 38, folder 14

No. 36 1938 March 12-April 11

General note

See no. 40 in box 41 for 1938 April 12-June 3.
box 38, folder 15

No. 37 1938 August 16-December 3

box 38, folder 16

No. 38 1938-1939

 

BOX 39 CLOSED.

Access

Only microfilm copies of the contents of Box 39 (1941-1944 diaries) may be used.
reel 2

Unnumbered 1941 December 7 – 1942 February 7

Scope and Contents note

Box 39, Folder 1
box 39, folder 2

No. 43 1943-1944

Scope and Contents note

Box 39, Folder 2. Includes data and notes.
reel 3

No. 1 1942 February 7-March 19

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 3
reel 2

No. 2 1942 March 19-April 17

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 4
box 39, folder 5

No. 3 1942 April 17-May 10

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 5
box 39, folder 6

No. 4 1942 May 10-July 19

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 6
box 39, folder 7

No. 5 1942 July 19-October 18

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 7
box 39, folder 8

No. 6 1942 October 19 – 1943 February 17

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 8
box 39, folder 9

No. 7 1943 February 18-June 15

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 9
box 39, folder 10

No. 8 1943 June 16-November 4

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 10
box 39, folder 11

No. 9 1943 November 5 – 1944 January 1

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 11
reel 3

No. 10 1944 January 20-March 20

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 12
reel 2

No. 10½ 1944 March

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 13
box 39, folder 14

No. 11 1944 March 30-May 31

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 14
box 39, folder 15

No. 12 1944 June 1-September 7

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 15
box 39, folder 16

No. 13 1944 September 8-December 5

Scope and Contents

Box 39, Folder 16
box 40, folder 1

No. 39 1938 December 4 – 1939 January 18

box 42, folder 2

No. 40 1938 April 12-June 3

box 40, folder 3

No. 41 1939 May 1-July 3

box 40, folder 4

No. 42 undated

box 40, folder 5

No. 44 (also no. 14) 1944 December 6 – 1945 April 20

box 40, folder 6

No. 45 (also no. 15) 1945 April 21–June 19

box 40, folder 7

No. 46 1945 June 20-October 12

box 40, folder 8

No. 47 1945 October 14 – 1946 March 10

box 40, folder 9

No. 48 1945 June

Scope and Contents note

(trips to the Pacific – Okinawa and the Philippines)
box 40, folder 10

No. 49 1946 March 10-July 2

box 40, folder 11

No. 50 1946 July 2-September 19

 

Transcripts of Diaries 1900-1946

Scope and Contents note

History of the WWII diary transcripts (adapted from Hoover website):
The World War II diaries were first transcribed several decades ago, when Stilwell's widow and a daughter-in-law, Bettye Stilwell, manually typed them.
In 1998, Deborah Bunce, a cousin of John Easterbrook (grandson of Stilwell) started entering the manually typed transcriptions into a computer database.
Several years later, Elena Danielson (then-director of the Hoover Library & Archives) came up with the idea of putting them on the Hoover Library & Archives website.
With this goal in mind, John Easterbrook began proofing the computer database text against the original diaries. Deborah input the corrections Easterbrook noted, and Stefanie Diaz (a Hoover Archives staff member) rechecked the revised transcriptions.
Janet Gardiner (an independent editor) compared these updated transcriptions with the original diaries, in order to make final corrections.
Heather Wagner (audiovisual specialist, Hoover Archives) scanned Stilwell's maps of military maneuvers, and Polina Ilieva (technical specialist, Hoover Archives) pulled everything together and created a page on the Hoover Library & Archives website in 2005.
Comments on the WWII diary transcripts by Janet Gardiner, editor (from Hoover website):
"Every effort has been made to replicate accurately Stilwell's spelling and punctuation, superscripting and dash length, underlining and abbreviations—however unconventional or inconsistent in usage. Sometimes Stilwell deliberately used inventive spelling to poke fun at the accents of British military top brass and diplomats and of the Australians or West Africans. At other points, he wrote under such time pressure and preoccupation with the campaign that he inadvertently omitted terminal quotation marks, periods, and parentheses. Whatever the reason for the idiosyncrasies in the text, the transcribers have respected them. That said, this online presentation of the World War II diaries uses larger text pages than those in Stilwell's 2 ¾ x 4 ¾ inch spiral-bound notebooks. In addition, 1.5 spacing has replaced the single spacing of the original text, and entries are separated by line spaces, rather than by terminal line rules. Dates are in boldface and set off from the text with extra space, while preserving their original format. Stilwell's miscellaneous and undated jottings at the beginnings and ends of some of the volumes have been aggregated at the end of each year of entries, with their provenance indicated."
Typescript transcripts of original diaries, arranged chronologically.
box 41, folder 1

Large Black and white books, nos. 1 and 2 1941 December 11 – 1942 January 28 and 1942 February 8 – 1943 April 18

box 41, folder 2

Black book 1943 June 16 – 1944 June 22

 

Daily diaries and notebooks

box 41, folder 3

1900 (Plebe Year)

box 41, folder 4

1904 June 15-December 31

box 41, folder 5

1905 January 1-December 31

box 41, folder 6

1906 January 1-May 22

box 41, folder 7

1907 June 24-August 9

box 41, folder 8

1908 June 10-August 30

box 41, folder 9

1909 June 4-August 4

box 41, folder 10

1911 September 14-November 16

Scope and Contents note

(trip to Japan)
box 41, folder 11

1914 June 3-September 1

box 41, folder 12

1915 April 20-September 27

box 41, folder 13

1917 December 15-31

box 41, folder 14

1918 January 1-December 31

box 41, folder 15

1919 January 1-September 2

box 41, folder 16

1920 May 2-December 31

box 41, folder 17

1921 January 1-December 31

box 41, folder 18

1922 January 1-December 31

box 41, folder 19

1923 January 1-October 1

box 41, folder 20

1924

box 41, folder 21

1926 September 23-October 24

box 41, folder 22

1927 May 24-September 24

box 41, folder 23

1928 September 22-October 30

Scope and Contents note

(trip to Japan)
box 41, folder 24

1929 March 10-28

box 41, folder 25

1933 May 30-November 5

box 41, folder 26

1935 September 9-November 26

box 42, folder 1

1936 March 5-December 28

box 42, folder 2

1937 June 18-December 31

box 42, folder 3

1938 January 1-December 31

box 42, folder 4

1939 January 1-August 11

Scope and Contents note

Includes notes from diary, 1939 and trips, 1935-1939.
box 42, folder 5

1941 December 7-31

box 42, folder 6

1942 January 1-December 31

box 42, folder 7

1943 January 1-December 31

box 42, folder 8

1944 January 1-December 31

 

1945

box 42, folder 9

January 1–October 15

box 42, folder 10

October 16-December 31

box 42, folder 11

1946 January 1–September 19

 

Career File 1911-1946

Scope and Contents note

Intelligence reports and other historical materials collected during tours of duty in China, lectures and tactical studies prepared at Fort Benning, Georgia, letters received on professional matters and letters received from the public during World War II, loose daily notes written during the 1920s and 1930s, official orders, and correspondence, arranged numerically by file numbers and alphabetically by physical form thereunder.
 

A-1 1911-1915

box 43, folder 1

Circulars, instructions, leave of absence requests, and miscellany 1911-1915

box 43, folder 2

Course description, tests, and grades, including Expert Rifleman's test 1911-1912

box 43, folder 3

Letters, including of promotion to First Lieutenant of Infantry (May 25, 1911) 1911-1915

box 43, folder 4

Lists of property and financial records 1912-1914

box 43, folder 5

Memoranda 1912-1915

box 43, folder 6

Note from Sun Pao Ki to Paul S. Reinsch 1913 September 15

box 43, folder 7

Miscellany undated

 

A-2 1916-1919

box 43, folder 8

Bulletins 1918-1919

box 43, folder 9

Circulars, instructions, and leave of absence requests 1916-1919

box 43, folder 10

Clippings and printed matter 1918

box 43, folder 11

Daily diary 1918 February 6 - September 13

box 43, folder 12

Drawings with Joseph W. Stilwell's note on the back circa 1919

box 43, folder 13

Evaluation report circa 1919

box 43, folder 14

Letters, including a letter offering Joseph W. Stilwell the position of Military Attaché in Spain 1917 August 31

box 43, folder 15

List of property received by Joseph W. Stilwell from the Military Training Camp and financial records 1916-1919

box 43, folder 16

Memoranda 1916-1919

box 43, folder 17

Notes, including lecture notes on China, Berkeley 1916-1919

box 43, folder 18

Notification of award of Distinguished Service Medal undated

box 43, folder 19

Organizational chart and classification of work undated

box 43, folder 20

Permits and passes 1918-1919

Scope and Contents note

Includes immunization record.
box 43, folder 21

Personal file of Joseph W. Stilwell 1918

box 43, folder 22

Telegrams 1916-1919

Scope and Contents

including from U.S. War Dept. announcing the appointment of Joseph W. Stilwell as Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, (September 11, 1918).
box 43, folder 23

Writings by others 1917-1918

Scope and Contents note

Includes an undated poem by Private Webster bidding farewell to Captain Joseph W. Stilwell.
box 43, folder 24

Miscellany 1918-1919

 

A-3 1920-1923

box 43, folder 25

Circulars 1920-1923

box 43, folder 26

Letters 1920-1923

Scope and Contents

Including from United States. Dept. of State designating Joseph W. Stilwell Attaché to the American Legation in Peking, China (July 13, 1920).
box 43, folder 27

Maps, including Hunan Road profile undated

box 43, folder 28

Memoranda 1920-1923

box 43, folder 29

Notes on Urga and related materials 1920-1923

box 43, folder 30

Printed matter 1921

box 43, folder 31

Telegrams 1920-1923

box 43, folder 32

Travel permits 1922

box 43, folder 33

Miscellany 1921-1923

 

A-4 1924-1927

box 44, folder 1

Circulars 1924-1927

box 44, folder 2

Letters 1925-1927

box 44, folder 3

Map undated

box 44, folder 4

Memoranda 1925-1927

box 44, folder 5

Reports, including "A Synopsis of the China Situation," by Joseph W. Stilwell undated

box 44, folder 6

Telegrams 1927

box 44, folder 7

Miscellany 1925-1927

 

A-5 1928-1929

box 44, folder 8

Announcements relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's appointment as Chief of Staff and to the Distinguished Service Medal 1928

box 44, folder 9

Chart undated

box 44, folder 10

Circulars 1928-1929

box 44, folder 11

Clippings 1922-1929

box 44, folder 12

Letters 1928-1929

box 44, folder 13

List of officers 1928

box 44, folder 14

Map of Eastern Asia 1928

box 44, folder 15

Memoranda 1929

box 44, folder 16

Notes 1928

box 44, folder 17

Record of notification to Chinese military authorities 1928

box 44, folder 18

Reports 1928

box 44, folder 19

Telegrams and messages 1928-1929

box 44, folder 20

Miscellany 1929

 

A-6 1928-1929

Scope and Contents note

Transcripts of Chinese press.
box 44, folder 21

1928 January-August

box 44, folder 22

1928 August-1929 March

 

A-7 1930-1931

box 44, folder 23

General 1930

box 44, folder 24

Memoranda 1930-1931

box 44, folder 25

Notes undated

box 45, folder 1

Outline for conference undated

box 45, folder 2

Reports 1930

Scope and Contents note

Includes efficiency reports and lectures.
box 45, folder 3

Miscellany 1930

 

A-8 1931-1932

box 45, folder 4

Efficiency reports 1931-1932

box 45, folder 5

Questionnaire on the employment of federal troops to prevent and suppress domestic disturbances 1931-1932

 

A-9 1931-1933

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS, box 96, folder 2.
box 45, folder 6

Chart undated

box 45, folder 7

Circulars 1933

box 45, folder 8

Clippings 1932

box 45, folder 9

Distribution list, IV Army Staff undated

box 45, folder 10

Instructions, including by Joseph W. Stilwell on operations and field exercises 1933

box 45, folder 11-14

Lectures and notes by Joseph W. Stilwell 1931-1933

box 46, folder 1

Maps and photocopies of war-zone photographs 1932-1933

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 36.
box 46, folder 2

Memoranda 1932-1933

box 46, folder 3

Pamphlet 1932-1933

box 46, folder 4

Reports 1932-1933

Scope and Contents

Including conference reports and report by Joseph W. Stilwell.
box 46, folder 5

Telegram 1933

box 46, folder 6

Miscellany undated

 

A-10 1934-1935

General note

See also Photographs box 96, folder 2.
box 46, folder 7

Certificates of appreciation and registration 1934

box 46, folder 8

Charts and maps undated

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 34.
box 46, folder 9

Circulars 1934-1935

box 46, folder 10

Clippings and printed matter 1935

box 46, folder 11

Genealogical table of the Chinese Emperor undated

box 46, folder 12

Letters of appreciation and congratulations 1933-1935

Scope and Contents

Including for Joseph W. Stilwell's promotion to the rank of Colonel.
box 46, folder 13

Memoranda 1935

box 46, folder 14

Notes 1935

box 46, folder 15

Telegram 1935

box 46, folder 16

Miscellany 1935

 

A-11 1936

General note

See also Photographs, PP.
box 46, folder 17

Circulars 1936

box 46, folder 18

Clippings 1936

Scope and Contents

See also box 111, folder 4.
box 46, folder 19

Letters 1936

Scope and Contents note

Including the English translation of a letter from Chiang Kai-shek to Adolf Hitler, September 16, 1936.
box 46, folder 20

List of composition and distribution of Chinese troops 1936 August 1

box 46, folder 21

News releases 1936

box 46, folder 22

Notes by Joseph W. Stilwell 1936

box 46, folder 23

Reports on Sino-American and Sino-Japanese relations 1936

box 46, folder 24

Telegram 1936

box 46, folder 25

Travel pass for Joseph W. Stilwell 1936

box 46, folder 26

Miscellany 1936

 

A-12 1937

General note

See also Photographs, XX.
box 47, folder 1

Directive issued by the U.S. Marine Corps 1937

box 47, folder 2

Distribution list of Japanese forces 1937

box 47, folder 3

Letters 1937

box 47, folder 4

Maps undated

box 47, folder 5

Memoranda 1937

box 47, folder 6

News release undated

box 47, folder 7

Notes by Joseph W. Stilwell 1937

box 47, folder 8

Reports 1937

box 47, folder 9

Telegrams 1937

box 47, folder 10

Miscellany 1937

Scope and Contents note

Includes a passport slip in Japanese, a poem, and a postcard.
 

A-12X 1937

box 47, folder 11

Clippings and printed matter 1937

Scope and Contents

See also box 111, folder 4.
box 47, folder 12

Letters 1937

box 47, folder 13

Maps undated

box 47, folder 14

Memoranda, including for Chiang Kai-shek 1937

box 47, folder 15

News releases 1937

box 47, folder 16

Notes by Joseph W. Stilwell 1937

box 47, folder 17

Reports 1937

box 47, folder 18

Statements 1937

box 47, folder 19

Telegrams and coded messages 1937

 

A-13 1938

General note

See photographs.
box 47, folder 20

Certificate of settlement of account 1938

box 47, folder 21

Circulars 1938

box 47, folder 22

Distribution list, location, and organization of Chinese and Japanese troops 1938

box 47, folder 23

Lecture by Chen Cheng to the officers training class at Wuchang 1938 February 28

box 47, folder 24

Letters 1938

box 47, folder 25

Memoranda 1938

box 48, folder 1

Notes and record of daily events 1938

box 48, folder 2-4

Reports 1938

Scope and Contents note

Includes G-2 reports.
box 48, folder 5

Telegrams 1938

box 48, folder 6

Miscellany undated

 

A-14 1938

box 48, folder 7

Clippings and printed matter 1938

Scope and Contents

See also box 111, folder 4.
box 48, folder 8

Lists of army routes undated

box 48, folder 9

Maps undated

box 48, folder 10

Memoranda 1938

box 48, folder 11-12

Notes and notebooks 1938

box 48, folder 13-14

Reports 1938

box 48, folder 15

Miscellany 1938

 

A-15 1938

box 48, folder 16

Article in Hsin Hua Jih Pao 1938 October 6

Scope and Contents

Regarding Chou En-lai's comments, entitled "How to Save Wuhan."
box 48, folder 17

Letters 1938

box 48, folder 18-19

Notes 1938

box 48, folder 20

Plan of operation 1938

box 48, folder 21

Telegrams and coded messages 1938

box 49, folder 1

A-16. Notes 1938

 

A-17 1939

box 49, folder 2

Biographical sketch of Joseph W. Stilwell 1939

Scope and Contents

Includes identification card, and statement of declaration of household effects.
box 49, folder 3

Circulars 1939

box 49, folder 4

Distribution list of Japanese army 1939

box 49, folder 5

Letters 1939

box 49, folder 6

"Manifesto on Chinese National Policy," by the National Salvation Association in North China 1939 March 27

box 49, folder 7

Maps undated

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 36.
box 49, folder 8

Memoranda 1939

box 49, folder 9

Notes 1939

box 49, folder 10

Reports 1939

box 49, folder 11

Statement by the National Salvation Association in North China regarding Wang Ching Wei's peace proposal undated

box 49, folder 12

Telegrams 1939

box 49, folder 13

Miscellany 1939

 

A-18 1940

box 49, folder 14

Circulars 1940

box 49, folder 15

Letters 1940

box 49, folder 16

Memoranda 1940

box 49, folder 17

Notes 1940

box 49, folder 18

Press release undated

box 49, folder 19

Printed matter undated

box 49, folder 20

Reports undated

box 49, folder 21

Roster of officers, Seventh Division 1940

box 49, folder 22

Miscellany 1940

 

A-19 1941

box 49, folder 23

Circulars 1941

box 49, folder 24

Identification card, membership plaque, and special pass 1941

box 49, folder 25

Letters 1941

box 49, folder 26

Maps undated

box 49, folder 27

Memoranda 1941

box 49, folder 28

Minutes of meetings and reports 1941

box 49, folder 29

Notes and charts 1941

 

A-20 1942

box 49, folder 30

Circulars 1942

box 49, folder 31

Maps undated

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 27.
box 49, folder 32

Notes undated

box 49, folder 33

Report entitled, "The Campaign in Burma: March 10-June 1 1942," undated

box 49, folder 34-35

Miscellany undated

 

A-21 1942

box 50, folder 1

Clippings undated

box 50, folder 2

Correspondence between Claire Lee Chennault, Claire Booth Luce, Clayton L. Bissell, Joseph W. Stilwell, Shang Chen, T. V. Soong, Willard Wyman, and others 1942

box 50, folder 3

Memoranda, including from Joseph W. Stilwell to T. V. Soong 1942 December

box 50, folder 4

Notes 1942

box 50, folder 5

Plan of operations 1942

box 50, folder 6

Reports 1942

box 50, folder 7

Telegrams, messages, and order 1942

box 50, folder 8

Miscellany undated

 

A-22 1943

box 50, folder 9

Address by Chiang Kai-shek to the Chinese New First Army in India 1943 November 30

box 50, folder 10

Article, "Books Authors and Personalities of the Hour Broadcast," 1943 November 12

box 50, folder 11

Circulars 1943

box 50, folder 12

Letters 1943

Scope and Contents note

Including from Joseph W. Stilwell to Ho Ying-chin (March 20), and from Louis Mountbatten to Joseph W. Stilwell (December 18); and fragment of a letter from George C. Marshall noting Joseph W. Stilwell's accomplishments under difficult circumstances.
box 50, folder 13

Maps undated

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 27.
box 50, folder 14

Memoranda 1943

Scope and Contents note

Including from John Davies to Joseph W. Stilwell on "The Indian Problem: Fall and Winter, 1942-1943," and "Policy Conflicts among the United Nations," September 1943, and to the Ambassador on "The Stilwell Mission," March 9, 1943.
box 50, folder 15

Notes 1943

box 50, folder 16

Report on the Chinese School of Mechanization, Hungkiang undated

box 50, folder 17

Miscellany 1943

Scope and Contents

See also box 111, folder 1.
 

A-23 1943-1944

box 50, folder 18

Circulars 1944

box 50, folder 19

Correspondence 1943-1944

Scope and Contents

Including of President Franklin D. Roosevelt with Patrick J. Hurley.
box 50, folder 20

Lists, including of casualties undated

box 50, folder 21

Maps circa 1944

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 29.
box 50, folder 22

Memoranda 1943-1944

box 50, folder 23

Messages 1944

box 50, folder 24

Minutes of meetings 1944

box 50, folder 25

Notes 1944

box 50, folder 26

Organizational chart undated

box 50, folder 27

Printed matter undated

box 52, folder 28

Reports 1944

box 50, folder 29

Miscellany undated

 

A-24 1944-1945

box 51, folder 1

Correspondence 1944

box 51, folder 2

Memoranda, including of conversation 1944

box 51, folder 3

Messages 1944

box 51, folder 4

Notes 1944

box 51, folder 5

Outline of the status of negotiations with Chiang Kai-shek 1944

box 55, folder 6

Printed matter 1944-1945

box 51, folder 7

Records relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's recall 1944

Scope and Contents

See also box 111, folder 1.
box 51, folder 8

Reports, including on general situation 1944, undated

box 51, folder 9

Speech by Chiang Kai-shek 1944 July 5

 

A-25 1944

box 51, folder 10

Lists, including of papers by Joseph W. Stilwell undated

box 51, folder 11

Memorandum from John S. Service, May 5, 1944, on the speech by Sun Fo to the Legislature 1944 April 15

box 51, folder 12

Notes, including excerpts from the "Black Book," undated

box 51, folder 13

Order undated

Scope and Contents

Including organizational chart and instructions, issued by Chiang Kai-shek appointing Joseph W. Stilwell as Field Commander of the Ground and Air Forces of the Republic of China.
box 53, folder 14

Reports 1944

Scope and Contents

Including reports of the situation in China and summary of background and circumstances of Joseph W. Stilwell's recall.
box 51, folder 15

A-26, War diary 1944

 

A-27 1945

box 51, folder 16

Articles by others 1945

box 51, folder 17

Certificates of termination and of personal property shipped 1945

box 51, folder 18

Circular 1945

box 51, folder 19

Clippings and printed matter 1945

box 51, folder 20

Correspondence 1945

box 51, folder 21

Lists of officers and recipients of the Medal of Honor, and schedule of inspection trips 1945

box 51, folder 22

Maps undated

box 51, folder 23

Memoranda 1945

box 51, folder 24

Messages and telegrams 1945

box 51, folder 25

Notes 1945

box 51, folder 26

Remarks by Donald Armstrong 1945 May 29

box 51, folder 27

Reports 1945

box 51, folder 28

Speech of Walter Judd to the U.S. Congress. House of Representatives March 15, 1945

box 51, folder 29

Statement regarding some of Brigadier General William D. Old's troop carrier command activities undated

box 51, folder 30

Miscellany undated

 

A-28 1945

box 52, folder 1

Biographical sketch of Joseph W. Stilwell circa 1945

box 52, folder 2

Correspondence 1945

box 52, folder 3

Guide to office procedures 1945

box 52, folder 4

Interview of H. C. Ingles, Chief Signal Officer 1945

Scope and Contents

Including by Joseph W. Stilwell.
box 52, folder 5

Memoranda 1945

box 52, folder 6

Notes 1945

box 52, folder 7-11

Reports 1945

box 52, folder 12

Roster of general officers in the Pacific 1945

box 52, folder 13

Telegrams 1945

 

A-29 1945

box 52, folder 14

Certificates noting the presence of Joseph W. Stilwell at the formal surrender of the Japanese forces to the Allied Powers and of membership in the Friendly Burma Road Jeeping and Marching Association 1945

map_case Folder 27

Chart describing the 325 days of continuous fighting with the IV Corps in the Italian campaign 1944 June – 1945 May

box 52, folder 15

Clippings 1945

box 52, folder 16

Notes undated

Scope and Contents

See also map case, folder 27.
box 52, folder 17

Record and related procedure of Japanese surrender 1945

Scope and Contents

See also box 111, folder 8.
 

A-30 1945

box 52, folder 18

Letter from Toshio Nomi to Joseph W. Stilwell 1945 September 4

box 52, folder 19

Letters from Toshisada Takada to Joseph W. Stilwell 1945 September 3

box 52, folder 20

Map undated

box 52, folder 21

Notes undated

box 52, folder 22

Telegram to Joseph W. Stilwell regarding the Japanese surrender 1945 August 10

box 52, folder 23

Miscellany undated

 

A-31 1945

box 53, folder 1

Incoming and outgoing messages 1945

box 53, folder 2

Memoranda 1945

box 53, folder 3-6

Office file of Joseph W. Stilwell 1945

box 53, folder 7-8

A-32 1945 August-October

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence between Joseph W. Stilwell and Richard Lockard, Kenneth Meheran, C. W. Nimitz, S. H. Patton, Larry Stapleton, and othersCorrespondence between Joseph W. Stilwell and Richard Lockard, Kenneth Meheran, C. W. Nimitz, S. H. Patton, Larry Stapleton, and others.
 

A-33 1945-1946

Scope and Contents note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS/F.
box 53, folder 9

Chart undated

box 53, folder 10

Circulars and schedule 1945

box 53, folder 11-12

Correspondence, including with Dwight D. Eisenhower and Hugh de Lacy 1946

box 53, folder 13

Identification card and pass 1946

box 53, folder 14

Memoranda 1946

box 53, folder 15

Notes undated

box 53, folder 16

Pamphlet undated

box 53, folder 17

Press releases 1946

box 53, folder 18

Reports, including of first atomic bomb test, Bikini Atoll (July 1, 1946) 1946

box 53, folder 19

Speech by Chiang Kai-shek (English translation) at the closing session of the Political Consultation Conference 1946 January 31

box 53, folder 20

Speeches 1946 July 26

Scope and Contents

"America's Responsibility for Civil War in China," by Hugh de Lacy; "General Marshall's Mission and the Civil War in China," by Ellis E. Patterson; and "The Role of America's Lend-Lease in China's Civil War," by Charles R. Savage.
 

A-33X 1945 December – 1946 January

box 53, folder 21-23

Correspondence 1945-1946

Scope and Contents

Including with Harold Ickes, John P. Davies, Richard Lockard, and T. G. Hearn.
box 54, folder 1

List of addresses, holiday roster, and papers 1945

box 54, folder 2

Memoranda 1945-1946

box 54, folder 3

News release 1945

Scope and Contents note

Includes related material.
box 54, folder 4

Telegrams and messages 1945-1946

box 54, folder 5

Miscellany undated

box 54, folder 6-8

A-34 1945 January - 1946 February

Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to requests for autographs, photos, and shoulder patches.
 

A-35 1946 February-April

box 54, folder 9

Circulars

box 54, folder 10

Correspondence

box 54, folder 11

Press release

box 54, folder 12

Telegrams

 

A-36 1946 May–August

box 54, folder 13

Circulars

box 54, folder 14-16

Correspondence

box 54, folder 17

Memoranda

box 54, folder 18

Telegrams

 

A-37 1946 August–October

box 54, folder 19

Circular

box 54, folder 20

Correspondence

box 54, folder 21

Memoranda

box 54, folder 22

Telegrams

 

A-38 1946

box 55, folder 1-2

Correspondence

box 55, folder 3

List of invitations

box 54, folder 4

Telegrams

box 55, folder 5

A-39 1946 March–April

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence relating to requests for autographs, photos, and shoulder patches.
box 55, folder 6

A-40 1946 June–October

Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to requests for autographs, photos, and shoulder patches.
 

Personal and Family File 1889-1972

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence with family and friends, domestic records of various kinds, and school and family records, arranged numerically by file numbers and alphabetically by physical form thereunder.
 

B-1 1889-1931

box 55, folder 7

Clippings and printed matter 1889-1931

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter to the editor, The Statesman, August 31, 1889, by Benjamin W. Stilwell; an obituary of Benjamin W. Stilwell, To Serve New York, undated; and an announcement of Joseph W. Stilwell's athletic abilities, undated.
box 55, folder 8

High School certificate and report cards 1895-1899

Scope and Contents note

Includes a postcard depicting Yonkers High School, New York, undated.
 

Letters

box 55, folder 9

Unidentified; undated letter from Benjamin W. Stilwell to his family 1899-1902

Scope and Contents

Letter of recommendation for Joseph W. Stilwell from the principal of his high school, 1899; letter from Benjamin W. Stilwell to Joseph Stilwell, 1900; and letter to Mrs. Benjamin W. Stilwell, 1902
box 55, folder 10

Transcribed letters from Joseph W. Stilwell to his family and notes on his athletic activities at West Point 1900-1904

box 55, folder 11

Notification from the Adjutant General's Office, U.S. War Dept., to Joseph W. Stilwell 1900

Scope and Contents

Report for examination to determine his qualifications for appointment as a cadet of the Military Academy.
box 55, folder 12

Proof of citizenship issued by the U.S. Dept. of State to Benjamin W. Stilwell and family 1889

box 55, folder 13

Miscellany 1889-1899

Scope and Contents note

Includes copy of will of Nicholas Stilwell.
 

B-2 1901-1972

box 55, folder 14

Agreement with the New York Life Insurance Company 1905

box 55, folder 15

Ancestral records 1902

box 55, folder 16

Army records, including circulars 1902-1907

box 55, folder 17

Certificates of completion of various courses 1905

box 55, folder 18

Clipping announcing the beginning of preliminary training for the Army's football team and referring to the assistance of Joseph W. Stilwell during the last two seasons undated

box 55, folder 19

Correspondence with U.S. War Dept., and others, and postcards sent to Mrs. Benjamin W. Stilwell and Joseph W. Stilwell 1904-1911

box 55, folder 20

List of officers 1905

box 55, folder 21

Manuscript by Joseph W. Stilwell, Army Basketball at West Point from Its Inception, 1972 July 27

Scope and Contents

Includes letter from William A. Knowlton to Ernest F. Easterbrook.
box 55, folder 22

Notes, including of Guatemala trip and of homework for class in Spanish 1901

box 55, folder 23

Record of service 1906-1909

box 55, folder 24

Miscellany 1904-1914

 

B-3 1962

box 55, folder 25

Clippings undated

box 55, folder 26

Correspondence between Joseph W. Stilwell, Jr., and Armand Belhomme and Richard Blum, Jr. 1962 January–February

box 55, folder 27

Identification card from U.S. War Dept. 1917

box 55, folder 28

Notes undated

box 55, folder 29

Telegrams 1918-1919

box 55, folder 30

Miscellany undated

 

B-5 1917-1919

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS, box 85, folder 1.
box 56, folder 1

Application for patent from John W. Smith for new and useful improvement in cartridge-feed mechanism for firearms 1919 May 13

box 56, folder 2

Notes 1917

box 56, folder 3

Postcard 1918

box 56, folder 4-10

B-8 1919-1920

Scope and Contents note

Materials for Chinese language study, including lists of words and phrases with some English translation, selected lists of characters, lists of questions, phonetic picture dictionary, and examination in Elementary Chinese.
 

B-9 1930-1934

box 56, folder 7

Letters, including to Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell 1930-1934

box 56, folder 8

Notebook with miscellaneous information undated

Scope and Contents

Including accounting records, chronological record of Joseph W. Stilwell's school years, dates of land and sea crossings, personal characteristics and sayings, Smith family tree, and Stilwell family tree and notes.
 

B-11 1939

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS, box 96, folder 1.
box 56, folder 9-11

Correspondence 1939

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters of congratulations.
box 56, folder 12

Telegrams 1939

 

B-12 1940-1941

General note

See also Photographs/DD.
box 56, folder 13

Correspondence 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Includes letters of congratulations.
box 56, folder 14

Miscellany undated

 

B-13 1942-1943

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS, box 96, folder 3.
box 56, folder 15

Cartoons undated

box 56, folder 16

Letters 1942-1943

Scope and Contents note

Including from the Viceroy's office, New Delhi, India, undated; Henry L. Stimson, January 6, 1943; Brehon Somervell, March 10, 1943; and Richard B. Russell, September 1, 1943. Includes letters from the Chief of Staff, U.S. War Dept., to Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell, May 5 and 22, 1942, and from Madame Chiang Kai-shek to Olive Monroe c/o Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell, November 11, 1942.
box 56, folder 17

Miscellany undated

 

B-14 1910-1944

box 57, folder 1

Charts 1943-1944

box 57, folder 2-4

Correspondence 1944

Scope and Contents

Including letters of congratulations for receiving the Fourth Star.
box 57, folder 5

Notes on a conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins on policy in China, Cairo, Egypt 1943 December 6

box 57, folder 6

Outline of training plan for Z-Force Divisions 1944

box 57, folder 7

Telegrams 1943

 

Writings undated

box 57, folder 8

"Deckhand Diplomat," chapter of an unidentified book undated

box 57, folder 9

"Stilwell: Descendants of Charles Oliver Stilwell," reprint from vol. VII of Men of Mark in Georgia, W. J. Northen, ed. 1910-1944

Scope and Contents note

Includes Joseph W. Stilwell's letter to Laura K. Wallace, December 29, 1944.
box 57, folder 10

Miscellany 1944

 

B-15 1945

box 57, folder 11

Contract for purchase of manuscript, Message to G.I. Joe, 1945 September 19

General note

See also INCREMENTAL MATERIALS, box 105, folder 6.
box 57, folder 12-14

Correspondence 1945 February 23

Scope and Contents

Including a letter from Paul North Rice to Joseph W. Stilwell, New York Public Library, January 5, 1945, relating to the four-volume set of the Genealogy of the Stilwell Family, privately published, 1929-1930; and letters from Joseph W. Stilwell to Louis Mountbatten and John N. Wheeler.
box 57, folder 15

Memoranda 1945

box 57, folder 16

Telegrams 1945

 

B-16 1945

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS, box 96, folder 4.
box 57, folder 17-19

Letters, including to Frank Merrill, George Patton, and Eleanor Roosevelt 1945

box 57, folder 20

Memoranda 1945

box 57, folder 21

Miscellany undated

 

B-17 1945

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS, box 96, folder 1.
box 58, folder 1

Clippings 1945

box 58, folder 2-3

Correspondence, including with John P. Davies 1945

box 58, folder 4

Memoranda 1945

box 58, folder 5

Telegrams and messages 1945

 

B-18 1945

box 58, folder 6

Clippings and printed matter 1945

Scope and Contents

Including excerpts of congratulatory messages from Dwight D. Eisenhower to E. F. Reinhardt and O. N. Bradley, and excerpts of Joseph W. Stilwell's remarks for Nisei troops.
box 58, folder 7-9

Correspondence, including with Hugh de Lacy 1945

box 58, folder 10

Miscellany 1945

 

B-19 1942-1946

box 58, folder 11

Biographical sketches 1942-1946

Scope and Contents

Including from 1942 Yearbook, 1942-1946, and news release,
box 58, folder 12-14

Correspondence 1944-1946

box 58, folder 15

Letters of condolences on the death of Joseph W. Stilwell from Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hugh de Lacy, and others. 1946

General note

See also Incremental Materials, Correspondence.
 

Speeches 1946, undated

box 58, folder 16

Chester W. Nimitz and Joseph W. Stilwell, Boy Scouts of America undated

Scope and Contents note

Printed copy.
box 58, folder 17

Joseph W. Stilwell, announcement in The Business Woman 1946 September 17

box 58, folder 18

Telegrams 1946

box 58, folder 19

Miscellany undated

 

B-20 1919-1941

box 58, folder 20

Circulars 1927-1941

box 58, folder 21

Clippings 1931

box 58, folder 22

Letters of appreciation and transfer 1919-1927

box 58, folder 23

Memoranda, including award of Distinguished Service Medal 1942 October 14

Scope and Contents note

Includes a message of appreciation for distinguished service, October 14, 1942.
box 58, folder 24

Telegrams 1940-1941

 

B-21 1919-1950

box 58, folder 25

Certificates, including of satisfactory completion of various subjects at the Command and General Staff School 1919-1947

box 58, folder 26

Circulars 1949

box 58, folder 27

Citations undated

box 58, folder 28

Letters to Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell and to Joseph W. Stilwell, Jr. 1946-1949

Scope and Contents

Commendations and awards of medals, and personal letters of remembrance and admiration.
box 58, folder 29

List of decorations awarded to Joseph W. Stilwell 1942-1950

box 58, folder 30

Memoranda 1919-1949

box 58, folder 31

Program for dedication of Stilwell Dam and Stilwell Lake 1949

 

B-22 1927-1965

box 59, folder 1

General undated

box 59, folder 2

Financial records 1942-1958

box 59, folder 3

Introduction of Joseph W. Stilwell by Prentiss M. Brown, Annual Meeting, Michigan Post Army Ordnance Association 1945 May 16

box 59, folder 4

Notarized copy attesting to the birth of Joseph W. Stilwell 1927

box 59, folder 5

Passport 1935

box 59, folder 6

Personal letters of remembrance and admiration 1965

 

Literary File 1907-1946

Scope and Contents note

Articles, essays, lyrics, notes, poems, sketches, and speeches, arranged numerically by file numbers and alphabetically by physical form thereunder.
 

C-1

box 59, folder 7

Lecture notebook undated

box 59, folder 8

Notes 1936-1938

 

C-2

 

Articles

box 59, folder 9

["Linyl"] undated

box 59, folder 10

"Psychology of the Chinese," undated

Scope and Contents note

Holograph fragment.
box 59, folder 11

"Strategic Features of China," undated

box 59, folder 12

"Tienchiachen Battle," undated

box 59, folder 13

Untitled 1938

Scope and Contents note

Holograph and typescript.
box 59, folder 14

Christmas issue of the Bulletin, G2–4th Corps, illustrating Joseph W. Stilwell's expressions towards the infantrymen 1918

 

Speeches 1946, undated

box 59, folder 15

Cleveland, Ohio undated

box 59, folder 16

Independence Day broadcast, Radio Okinawa undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 59, folder 17

Interview of Joseph W. Stilwell by an unidentified G.I. undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 59, folder 18

Appreciation Banquet, J.A.C.L., San Francisco, California 1946 May 7

 

C-3, Articles and other writings

box 59, folder 19

Untitled fragments undated

Scope and Contents note

Holograph and typescript.
box 59, folder 20

"America's Eastern Question," undated

box 59, folder 21

"China," undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 59, folder 22

"The Chinese Situation," undated

box 59, folder 23

"Evolution of Modern China," undated

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
box 59, folder 24

Foreword to "China for Player and Spectator?," undated

Scope and Contents note

Holograph and typescript.
box 59, folder 25

Notes for a speech? undated

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
box 59, folder 26

"The Chinese-Japanese War of 1894-1895," 1920

box 59, folder 27

Untitled fragment circa 1927-1928

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
box 59, folder 28

"The Mongol Invasion of Japan," circa 1935

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
box 59, folder 29

Outline of a chapter? 1937

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
box 59, folder 30

"On Chinese Battles," 1938

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
box 59, folder 31

Untitled 1938 October 23-28

 

C-4, Articles and other writings

box 59, folder 32

Untitled poem untitled

box 59, folder 33

"The Cruise of the 'Irish Stew'," untitled

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
box 59, folder 34

"Estáln saltando," untitled

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
box 59, folder 35

"The Fighting Demon," undated

box 59, folder 36

"Mexico," undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 59, folder 37

"Riding the Tiger," musical performance, Fort Benning, Georgia undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript lyrics.
box 59, folder 38

"Short History of Germany," undated

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
box 60, folder 1

"Lecture on Guatemala," 1907, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter and a report from Joseph W. Stilwell to the Chief of the 2nd Division, General Staff, 1907. Typescript.
box 60, folder 2

"Military Services and Sufferings of the Colonel of Cavalry Jose Maria Hunter," 1909

Scope and Contents note

Translated by Joseph W. Stilwell from Spanish to English, 1909. Typescript.
 

C-5, Miscellaneous writings

box 60, folder 3

Article by Galoola Vinegaritch, "Anemian Nights," undated

box 60, folder 4

Notes and writings by Joseph W. Stilwell 1924-1946

Scope and Contents note

Holograph.
 

Clippings and Printed Matter 1899-1971

Scope and Contents note

See also: Box 111, folders 1-6.
box 60, folder 5-7

Before 1941

box 60, folder 8

1941

box 60, folder 9-15

1942

box 60, folder 16-18

1943

box 61, folder 1-10

1944

box 61, folder 11-14

Joseph W. Stilwell's recall 1944 October–November

box 62, folder 1-7

1945

box 62, folder 8-17

1946

box 63, folder 1

1947

box 63, folder 2-15

Reviews of The Stilwell Papers, arranged and edited by Theodore H. White, with a foreword by Winifred A. Stilwell 1948 April-May

Scope and Contents

Includes letters from Beatrice B. Gould and Frank Dorn to Winifred Stilwell and a photo layout for the book.
box 64, folder 1-6

Reviews of The Stilwell Papers, 1948

box 64, folder 7

1949

box 64, folder 8-12

1950 and after

box 64, folder 13

Reviews of Stilwell and the American Experience in China by Barbara Tuchman 1971 January 21

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter from Mathew B. Ridgeway to Barbara Tuchman.
box 64, folder 14-17

Miscellany undated

 

Annotated Maps 1908-1945

Scope and Contents note

See also: Oversize Materials.
map_case Folder 17

Anti-Communist campaign in Shansi and West China 1935-1936

Scope and Contents note

Government and communist forces.
map_case Folder 18

China-Burma-India Theater undated

map_case Folder 19

Europe undated

map_case Folder 20

Northern Expedition 1926, 1945

Scope and Contents note

Forces of the central government and of Chiang Kai-shek, Okinawa Island, (island fortifications).
map_case Folder 21

Sino-Japanese conflict 1937-1939

Scope and Contents note

Movements of Chinese army, map of Beijing, map of city of Manila, state of Mexico, and map of railroads.
 

Miscellany 1910-1946

Scope and Contents note

Articles, handbook, notebook, notes, pamphlets, and printed matter relating to the activities of the U.S. Army, arranged alphabetically by physically form.
box 65, folder 1

Article, "The Story of White Sands Proving Ground," 1946 April 30

General note

See also PHOTOGRAPHS, box 96, folder 4.
 

Army Ground Force Equipment Review Board file

box 65, folder 2

Part I, Board study and annexes undated

box 65, folder 3

Part II, Enclosures undated

box 65, folder 4

Handbooks entitled "Tactical Principles and Decisions," General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 1925

box 65, folder 5

Notebook kept by Joseph W. Stilwell while Military Attaché in Peking 1935-1939

box 65, folder 6

Notebooks for Chinese language practice undated

box 65, folder 7

Notes circa 1935-1946

 

Pamphlets 1910, undated

box 65, folder 8

Communism or Sanity in Government: An American Solution, by Jay Taylor undated

box 65, folder 9

Art of War, by Sun Tzu 1910

 

U.S. War Dept. Equipment Board file

box 66, folder 1

Agenda for hearings undated

box 66, folder 2

Handbook undated

box 66, folder 3

Notebook undated

 

Memorabilia 1889-1946

Scope and Contents note

Joseph W. Stilwell's personal effects, gifts, and some souvenirs from the army, arranged alphabetically by physical form within each box.
memorabilia_cabinet 

Ashtray with a 50-caliber swag

memorabilia_cabinet 

Two-Star overseas cap from Joseph W. Stilwell's days in Fort Ord, California

box 67

Army IV Corps banner

Conditions Governing Access

Box 67 may not be used without permission of the Archivist
box 67

Copper etching of Joseph W. Stilwell

Access

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box 67

House plaque - Military Attaché

Access

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box 67

Ramgarh Training Center cap 1943

Access

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box 67

Trophy with the engraving

Scope and Contents

"General Stilwell, C-In-C of Chinese Army in India, Graduates of Tactical School, Ramgarh Training Center, U.S. Army in India, Burma, and China, 1943"

Access

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box 67

Wood carving portrait of Joseph W. Stilwell

Access

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box 67

Wooden replica of a plane 1946 May 10

Access

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box 67

Miscellany

Access

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box 68

Hat of Joseph W. Stilwell, Jr., from West Point

box 68

Officer's cape and vest of Joseph W. Stilwell

box 68

Miscellaneous service and award ribbons and other personal effects

box 69

Metal trunk, labeled "Personal Property of General Joseph W. Stilwell" on the lid

Access

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box 70

Wooden box used to carry wine in Joseph W. Stilwell's plane

box 71

Sleeping bag

box 72

Calligraphed Chinese scroll

Access

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box 72

Canadian Medical Association medal

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box 72

Canvas covering for a flag

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box 72

Epaulettes

Access

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box 72

Gloves

Access

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box 72

Four-Star insignia and small Four-Star Army General's flag with yellow stars

Access

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box 72

Novelli Award for Distinguished Service and 1905 award from the Philippines

Access

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box 72

Medals, ribbons, patches, and service badges

Access

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box 73

Banner

Access

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box 73

Ceramic plate 1904 undated

Scope and Contents

Memento of the 1904 exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, attended by Joseph W. Stilwell on horseback with his West Point cavalry team.

Access

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box 73

G-2 IV Army Corps bullet

Access

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box 73

Various cards, train tickets, music card, postcards including from France and Germany, and personal stamp

Access

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box 74

Military jacket

box 113

United States Military Academy plaque

box 116

Cartoon depicting Joseph W. Stilwell

box 116

China-Burma-India Theater insignia

box 116

Mementos from China

box 116

Poem by J. W. Wright entitled "Outward Bound," attached to a photograph of a ship sailing, printed on hand-made paper by the craftsmen of the Press in the Forest, Carmel, California undated

box 116

Tribute to Joseph W. Stilwell from the Chinese people 1942

box 117

Army ground forces patch

Access

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box 117

Sweater, swatch, patch, painted cloth tie

Access

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box 116

Miscellany, insignias, and postcards 1889

Scope and Contents note

Includes items from the Exposition Universelle, Paris.
box 119

Canteen

Access

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box 119

Canvas bag with leather bottom and shoulder strap

Access

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box 118

Caps

Access

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Scope and Contents

Includes a Four-Star overseas garrison cap, 2 olive drab twill fatigue caps, 1 khaki baseball cap, and 1 dark blue cap with gold stitching.
box 120

U.S. flag

Access

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box 120

U.S. Army General's flag

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box 120

3 flagpole sleeves

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box 120

Red, white and blue cord with tassels

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box 121

Honorary Doctor of Laws hood

box 121

3 Japanese battle flags with names of people in the organization

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box 121

Red and white flag with "10" in the center

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box 121

Tenth United States Army flag

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box 121

U.S. flag with gold tassels

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box 121

U.S. Army IV Corps blue and white pennant

Access

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box 121

"V" banner

Scope and Contents

全國慰勞總會敬贈(National recognition of service presented respectfully to the General Assembly)

Access

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box 122

China Burma India theater flag banner with Chinese characters

Access

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Scope and Contents

Center: 威震東亞To inspire awe throughout East Asia
Right: 中國駐印總指揮 史 Commander-in-Chief Stilwell of China Army in India
Left: 關外全體華民敬獻Respectful offering from all the people of China to those beyond the Pass
box 122

Blue banner with red, white and blue circle and four white stars

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box 123

World War I name plates, G-1 Army IV Corps

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box 123

Name plates

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box 124

Belt buckle and buttons, BG stars, Colonel's eagles, Dogtags for WWI and WWII

Access

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box 124

Camera

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box 124

Combat infantryman's badge presented to Joseph W. Stilwell 1946 October 11

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box 124

Four-Star insignia

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box 124

French Legion d'Honneur medal

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box 124

Belgian Order of Leopold, Grand Cordon star with swords

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box 124

Merrill's Marauders trial insignia

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box 124

Military wristwatch and watch box

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box 124

Brass horn with belt loops

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box 125

Turquoise and gold hat band

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box 125

5 belts and leather fob

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Oversize Materials 1904-1945

Scope and Contents note

Cartoons, certificates, diagrams, diplomas, drafts of various documents, letters, maps, and posters, arranged alphabetically by physical form within each folder.
map_case Folder 1

Cartoons entitled "Down to Earth," "The Great Otto Schmeercase," "Guardians of the West," and "On the Wings of Victory," undated

map_case Folder 1

Certificate of membership in The Empire State Society issued to Joseph W. Stilwell by the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution 1907 November 1

map_case Folder 1

Diploma recommending Joseph W. Stilwell for promotion in the U.S. Army 1904 June 15

 

Maps

map_case Folder 1

Belgium, France, Germany, and Switzerland, IV Army Corps undated

Scope and Contents

See also box 11, folder 7.
map_case Folder 1

Operations, Northern Combat Area Command 1943 October – 1945 April

 

Posters

map_case Folder 1

Chinese nationalist leaders undated

map_case Folder 1

"Good-luck" poster for the American soldiers in the Philippines signed by some of them at the back, 12th Infantry, Camp Jossman, Philippine Islands 1905 October

map_case Folder 2

Document entitled "Surrender," based on the executive order of the Imperial Japanese Government issued at Yokohama, September 2, 1945, for the surrender of the Islands in the Ryukyus, signed by Joseph W. Stilwell

map_case Folder 2

Draft of handwritten ultimatum entitled "The Twenty-One Demands" (revised April 26, 1945), presented May 1 and accepted May 8, 1945

Scope and Contents note

Includes clippings relating to the Monroe Doctrine, July 4, 1931.
map_case Folder 2

Letter with a good-bye message to Joseph W. Stilwell from an unidentified individual on the eve of Joseph W. Stilwell's departure, April 27, 1918

 

Maps

map_case Folder 2

Map-overlay device used by Joseph W. Stilwell in intelligence operations during World War I

map_case Folder 2

Maps and sketches detailing airplane course record, patrol record, and shelling record undated

map_case Folder 2

Maps of the China-Burma-India Theater

map_case Folder 2

Maps of Yellow River Road, Shansi, China undated

map_case Folder 3-4

Maps of World War I battle lines 1917-1918

map_case Folder 5

German battle orders undated

Scope and Contents note

Index attached.
map_case Folder 6-7

Diagrams of trench networks, tunnels, dugout, pillboxes, and other fortified structures, prepared by the U.S. Army IV Corps, G-2 1918-1919

 

Scrapbooks 1895-1949

Scope and Contents note

Nine scrapbooks consisting of articles, cartoons, certificates, clippings and other printed matter, editorials, letters of commendation, news releases, obituaries, official citations, patriotic message sent by Joseph W. Stilwell, personal letters, photographs, posters, programs, sketches, and telegrams relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's personal life and military service.
box 75

Clippings relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's recall, 1944; and maps and photos of Okinawa port facilities 1945 July-August

box 76

Clippings relating to the Stilwell Road and to Joseph W. Stilwell as Commanding General of the U.S. Army ground forces 1945 January-June

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter from Gerald A. Koetting to Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell, July 26, 1945.
box 77

Letters of commendation, photographs, telegrams, and clippings relating to the dedication of Stilwell Hall, Presidio of San Francisco, October 18, 1947

box 78

Opinions of thirty American editors on the life and achievements of Joseph W. Stilwell, undated; posters and printed matter relating to the IV Army Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, 1918-1919; and representative newspaper stories and editorials on Joseph W. Stilwell, January-February 1945

box 79

Articles about Joseph W. Stilwell, cartoons, certificates, clippings and other printed matter, letters, news releases, obituaries, official citations, patriotic message sent by Joseph W. Stilwell, photographs, posters, programs, sketches, and telegrams relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's personal life and military service 1895-1949

box 80

Articles about Joseph W. Stilwell, cartoons, certificates, clippings and other printed matter, letters, news releases, obituaries, official citations, patriotic message sent by Joseph W. Stilwell, photographs, posters, programs, sketches, and telegrams relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's personal life and military service 1895-1949

box 81

Articles about Joseph W. Stilwell, cartoons, certificates, clippings and other printed matter, letters, news releases, obituaries, official citations, patriotic message sent by Joseph W. Stilwell, photographs, posters, programs, sketches, and telegrams relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's personal life and military service 1895-1949

 

Lantern Slides circa 1926-1939

Scope and Contents note

253 slides depicting scenes of daily life and cultural sites in China.
box 82

Lantern Slides circa 1926-1939

box 83

Lantern Slides circa 1926-1939

box 84

Lantern Slides circa 1926-1939

box 85

Lantern Slides circa 1926-1939

 

Photographs 1899-1957

Scope and Contents note

7670 prints and postcards and 81 negatives depicting Joseph W. Stilwell, his family, career in the army, people and scenes in China, Europe, Japan, and the Philippines, and personalities, including Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Louis Mountbatten, and Winston Churchill.
box 86, folder A.1-4

33 prints depicting award ceremony and dedication ceremonies for memorials for Joseph W. Stilwell circa 1949

box 86, folder B.1-2

11 prints depicting dedication ceremonies for Stilwell Field 1946 November 11

box 86, folder C.1-2

18 prints depicting dedication of Stilwell Dam and Lake at West Point, New York 1949 July 26

box 86, folder D.1-2

16 prints depicting dedication of Stilwell Park, Ft. Ord, California 1957 September 7

box 86, folder E

5 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell's gravestone 1947

box 86, folder F.1-2

20 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell as an observer of the Atomic bomb test at Bikini Island 1946 July

box 86, folder G.1-4

43 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell at various informal and official functions while he was Commander of the 6th Army, Western Defense Command, San Francisco, California 1946

box 86, folder H

2 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell with Vice Admiral Jorge D. Martins, Brazilian Secretary of Navy 1946 May 21

box 86, folder I.1-4

55 prints depicting the surrender ceremony on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, August 31, 1945, and of Joseph W. Stilwell's visit to Tokyo at the time

box 86, folder J

6 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell upon his return to the U.S. from his command of the 10th Army, Pacific Theater 1945 October

box 86, folder K.1-3

29 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell on inspection tours of various military camps in the U.S., including Ft. Benning, Camp Croft, Ft. McClellan, Camp Fannin, and Ft. Riley 1945

box 86, folder L.1-2

11 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell on inspection tours of various military camps in the U.S., and Ft. Riley 1945

box 86, folder M.1-3

27 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell on inspection tours of various military camps in the U.S., including Ft. Benning, Camp Croft, and Ft. McClellan 1945

box 86, folder N.1-2

12 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell on inspection tours of various military camps in the U.S., including Ft. Knox and Ft. McClellan 1945

box 86, folder O.1-6

88 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell on inspection tours of various military camps in the U.S., including Ft. Benning, Camp Croft, Ft. McClellan, Camp Fannin, and Ft. Riley, 1945

box 87, folder P

5 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell with General Douglas MacArthur 1945

box 87, folder Q.1-2

19 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell performing official duties 1945

box 87, folder R

2 prints depicting Chinese army activities, including the first convoy over the Stilwell Road, and celebration of V-J day in Chungking 1945

box 87, folder S.1-5

49 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and activities of the Tenth Army on Okinawa, including surrender of Japanese forces 1945

box 87, folder T.1-4

50 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and activities of the Tenth Army on Okinawa 1945

box 87, folder U.1-13

130 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and activities of the Tenth Army on Okinawa 1945

box 88, folder U.14-24

96 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and activities of the Tenth Army on Okinawa 1945

box 88, folder V.1-21

300 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and activities of the Tenth Army on Okinawa 1945

box 88, folder W.1-4

36 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell at his home in Carmel, California 1943-1944

box 88, folder X.1-3

19 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell at his home in Carmel, California, after his recall from China 1944

box 89, folder Y.1-8

57 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell as Commander of the China-Burma-India Theater, 1944. Includes a postcard depicting an unidentified individual riding on a horse up to the De Anza at Calexico, California, on the Mexican border undated

box 89, folder 7

6 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell as Commander of the China-Burma-India Theater, during his visit to Ft. Ord 1943

box 89, folder AA

2 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and initial contingent of officers and enlisted men sent to China-Burma-India Theater 1942

box 89, folder BB.1-5

61 prints depicting the evacuation (walk-out) of Joseph Stilwell's command from Burma 1942

box 89, folder CC.1-5

237 prints depicting the evacuation (walk-out) of Joseph Stilwell's command from Burma, 1942, and decorations after walk-out

box 89, folder DD.1-5

30 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and training activities and construction of Ft. Ord, California, while Stilwell was Commander of the 7th Division 1941

box 89, folder EE.1-5

27 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and training activities at Ft. Ord, California, while Stilwell was Commander of the 7th Division 1941

box 89, folder FF.1-4

59 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and training activities at Ft. Ord, California, while Stilwell was Commander of the 7th Division, including diagram of soldiers' club 1941

box 90, folder GG.1-3

39 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and training activities at Ft. Ord, California, while Stilwell was Commander of the 7th Division 1941

box 90, folder HH.1-2

20 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and training activities at Ft. Ord, California, while he was Commander of the 7th Division 1940

box 90, folder II.1-2

75 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell in 1917 with French XVII Corps and the American Expeditionary Force, France 1918-1919

box 90, folder JJ

4 prints depicting West Point cadets in formation at the St. Louis Exposition 1904

box 90, folder KK

11 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell's family circa 1935-1946

box 90, folder LL

1 print, (autographed May 24, 1945), depicting Madame Sun Yat-sen, and 1 print depicting Wei Li-huang and wife 1944

box 90, folder MM

13 prints depicting cultural and scenic sites in China undated

box 114, folder mNN

16 sketches depicting Joseph W. Stilwell, European architecture by E. L. Rose, and scenes from France, Germany, and Okinawa, 1917-1919; 9 cartoons depicting Joseph W. Stilwell, 1943; 16 prints, including 1 depicting Joseph W. Stilwell signing the photograph, 1941-1946; 1 print depicting Japanese surrender ceremonies on board USS Missouri autographed by Ho Ying-chin, Li Tsung-jen, C. W. Nimitz, Li-jen Sun, and Hsueh Yuen; 1 print depicting Hsueh Yuen, n.d.; 1 print depicting Li Tsung-jen, n.d.; 1 print (autographed) depicting Li-Jen sun, 1946; 1 print depicting the III Corps Color Guard, n.d.; 1 print depicting Chiang Kai-shek helping Lin Sen, n.d.; 1 print depicting Ho Ying-chin, n.d.; 1 print depicting Ambassador Nelson Johnson presenting his credentials, n.d.; 2 prints depicting castles in Germany, 1919; 1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell's boots and hat, n.d.; 6 prints illustrating bomb damages and intelligence operations, n.d.; and 2 prints depicting unidentified women in Okinawa

box 90, folder OO

1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and Claire Lee Chennault undated

box 90, folder PP.1-2

34 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell as Military Attaché in China 1936-1938

box 90, folder QQ

1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell as a West Point cadet, n.d., and 1 print depicting Winifred A. Smith (Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell) 1908

album fRR

1 album of 58 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater taken by Bernard Hoffman of Life Magazine 1944

album fSS

1 album of 15 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell inspecting Ft. Benning, Georgia 1944 December 7

album fTT

1 album of 8 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell inspecting Ft. Still, Oklahoma 1945 March 16-17

album fUU

1 copy entitled Snapshots of China, consisting of 126 reproductions depicting scenes of China and activities of the U.S. Army in China, 15th U.S. Infantry, Tientsin, China, 1927-1928, published and compiled by The Sentinel

box 90, folder VV.1-10

95 prints depicting Fort Benning, Georgia, including group photos of George Marshall, Joseph W. Stilwell, and others 1929-1933

box 90, folder WW.1-3

40 prints depicting maneuvers of the 2nd Division, Christine, Texas 1940

box 90, folder XX.1-3

30 prints depicting scenes of the Sino-Japanese War, including war atrocities 1937-1939

box 91, folder XX.4-10

145 prints depicting scenes of the Sino-Japanese War, including war atrocities 1937-1939

box 91, folder YY.1-2

17 prints depicting the Casablanca Conference participants, including Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George C. Marshall, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and Winston Churchill 1943 January

box 91, folder ZZ

2 prints depicting the Dalai Lama of Tibet and the Living Buddha of Outer Mongolia 1943

box 91, folder AAA

9 prints depicting Chiang Kai-shek and Mme Chiang Kai-shek with Joseph W. Stilwell and others undated

box 91, folder BBB.1-8

174 prints depicting training of Chinese soldiers, hospitals, U.S. troops, and entertainers, China-Burma-India Theater 1943-1944

box 91, folder CCC.1-7

45 prints depicting training activities at Camp Ramgarh in India 1943-1944

Scope and Contents note

Includes one print depicting the B-29 base, China Bay, Ceylon.
box 92, folder DDD.1-5

55 prints depicting training activities of the Y-Force of the Chinese Army 1943-1944

box 92, folder DDD.6-11

68 prints depicting training activities of the Y-Force of the Chinese Army 1943-1944

box 92, folder EEE.1-8

123 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater 1942-1944

box 92, folder FFF.1-4

71 prints depicting scenes from Kunming and Burma 1942-1944

box 92, folder GGG.1-9

117 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater 1942-1944

box 93, folder HHH.1-10

115 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater 1942-1944

box 93, folder III.1-6

98 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater 1942-1944

box 93, folder JJJ.1-8

118 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater 1942-1944

box 93, folder KKK.1-4

78 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater, including Ledo Road 1942-1944

box 94, folder LLL.1-2

489 prints and 79 negatives depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater 1942-1944

box 94, folder MMM.1-2

155 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater 1942-1944

box 94, folder NNN.1-2

25 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater, including Ledo Road 1943-1945

box 94, folder OOO.1-3

34 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater 1943-1945

Scope and Contents

Including first convoy over Ledo Road, Mars Task Force, and Merrill's Marauder.
box 94, folder PPP.1-3

33 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater, including Mars Task Force, Myitkyina 1943-1945

box 94, folder QQQ.1-2

27 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater, Oran, North Africa, and Myitkyina 1942-1944

box 94, folder RRR.1-2

25 prints depicting scenes from the China-Burma-India Theater 1943-1945

Scope and Contents

Including bridge damage in Burma, Stilwell Road, and Mars Task Force.
box 95, folder SSS.1-4

113 prints and 114 postcards depicting daily life and cultural sites in the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and Japan 1935-1939

box 95, folder TTT

12 prints depicting the "China Room" at Harvet Barracks, Kitzingen, Germany, showing regimental colors, artifacts, and memorabilia 1912-1938

box 95, folder UUU

29 prints, unidentified or miscellaneous circa 1914-1945

box 114, folder mVVV

44 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell in the China-Burma-India Theater, together with album pages containing captions to prints 1942-1944

box 114, folder mWWW

11 prints depicting aerial views of World War I battlefields, France undated

box 114, folder mXXX

9 caricatures depicting military life in the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I undated

box 114, folder YYY

18 prints of war damage and French soldiers in France during World War I undated

box 114, folder ZZZ

15 prints depicting unidentified German officers 1915-1917

box 114, folder mAAAA

1 aerial print depicting Toul, France; 2 German aerial prints depicting trench networks; 4 panoramic prints depicting trench networks; 20 panoramic prints depicting French locations; 1 print depicting a T-1 light tank; and 2 prints depicting the Logan Wire Cutting Machine, all from World War I period

album fBBBB

1 album of 180 prints depicting people and scenes in Spain 1914

album fCCCC

1 album of 302 prints depicting people and scenes in Japan and China 1911

album fDDDD

1 album of 44 hand-painted prints in color depicting scenery in Japan undated

album fEEEE

1 album of 174 prints depicting people and scenes in Hawaii and the Philippine Islands, including American troops and ships 1906

album fFFFF

1 album of 320 prints depicting people and scenes in Mexico, Philippines, and the United States 1904-1909

album fGGGG

1 album of 314 prints depicting people and scenes in Mexico, 1908, Honduras, 1909, and the Philippine Islands 1911-1912

album fHHHH

1 album of 171 prints, 1912; loose album sheets of 757 prints, undated; 1 envelope of 11 prints, undated; and 3 loose prints, ca. 1899, depicting Joseph W. Stilwell as a military cadet and young officer, people and scenes in the U.S. and Europe, and World War I

box 95, folder IIII

45 prints depicting people and scenes in Europe, including one depicting General John J. Pershing 1917-1918

box 95, folder JJJJ

7 prints depicting people and scenes in Honduras circa 1908

box 95, folder KKKK

17 prints depicting boats and 3 prints depicting France circa 1918

box 95, folder LLLL

15 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell, 15th infantry, Monterey, and scenes of West Point circa 1912

box 95, folder MMMM

9 prints depicting scenes in Urga, Russia, 19 prints depicting scenes in the Far East, and 51 prints depicting unidentified scenes circa 1918-1939

box 95, folder NNNN.1-2

165 prints depicting unidentified people, primarily military personnel circa 1918-1919

box 95, folder OOOO

19 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and others circa 1918

box 95, folder PPPP

1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell with others, including James M. Meade and Richard B. Russell, Jr. circa 1943

box 95, folder fQQQQ

1 album of 119 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell's visit to Ramgarh Training Center in India during World War II

box 95, folder RRRR

1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell's son-in-law, Ernest F. Easterbrook, in Burma with others 1945

envelope m*SSSS

1 print depicting Ramgarh, undated; 1 print depicting the Class of 1926, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; 2 prints depicting Chinese soldiers, 1944; 1 print depicting a plane, 1944; 1 print depicting the Military Order of the World Wars, New York Chapter, banquet and ball in observance of Army Day, New York City, April 7, 1945; 1 print depicting military attachés in China, 1930-1935; 1 print depicting foreign military attachés in Peking, including Joseph W. Stilwell, ca. 1937; 1 print depicting scenes in the Philippines, n.d.; 4 prints depicting U.S. Signal Corps activities, World War II; 1 souvenir poster-montage consisting of prints depicting members of the 12th Infantry, Philippine Islands, 1925; 1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell during the walk-out, 1942; and 1 unidentified print undated

box 96, folder 1

1 print depicting an aerial view of Chabua airport, India, undated; 1 print depicting Ch'ih Feng-cheng, undated; 23 prints depicting unidentified individuals carrying guns in war zone, undated; 1 print depicting Howard Smith, undated; 1 print depicting a rifle mounted on a wooden bench, Fort Ord, California, undated; 1 print depicting an unidentified individual, undated; and 26 prints depicting the plan for the "Step Child" operation undated

box 96, folder 2

1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell with Omar Bradley, George C. Marshall, and others, 1932-1933; 1 print depicting 3 unidentified soldiers in war zone, circa 1934-1935; 1 print depicting Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell with Mme Dan, a Manchu Princess, China, ca. 1937; 1 print depicting Bennett, Berlucci, Hiraoka, Imai, Kabutch, Kano, Overesch, Taylor, and Yamaguchi with their names written on the back by Joseph W. Stilwell, October 11, 1937; 6 prints depicting the development of ports, 1942; 12 prints depicting refugee camps, 1942; and 6 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell's plans for air cargo service over the hump 1942 December – 1944 October

box 96, folder 3

1 print depicting the Nasbet (bullet proof) shock absorbing Raming plane and submarine, 1943; 22 prints depicting the Fourteenth Air Force's activities, July 1943 – October 1944; and 1 print depicting Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill after the Cairo Conference 1943 November

box 96, folder 4

4 prints depicting Assam lines of communication, 1944; 19 prints depicting traces of the Pipeline Project, 1944; 1 print depicting the Skau family, 1945; and 6 prints depicting White Sands, New Mexico 1944-1946

box 97, folder TTTT

1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and fellow officers at Plattsburgh 1917

box 97, folder UUUU

38 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and 2nd Division, 1940, and house at Ft. Sam, Houston, Texas

box 97, folder VVVV

3 prints depicting Curtis E. LeMay, Commander of the 21st Bomber Command, and others, Guam 1945

box 97, folder WWWW

9 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell, Mrs. Stilwell, and others 1945-1946

box 97, folder XXXX

10 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell, Mrs. Stilwell, and others during the Stilwells' visit to the United States to attend a conference 1943

box 97, folder YYYY

3 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell, H. H. Arnold, Brehon B. Somervell, and R. A. Wheeler, New Delhi, India circa 1944

box 97, folder ZZZZ

25 prints depicting tours of civilian manufacturing plants by the Army Ground Forces, Detroit, Michigan, 1945, including one print of military banquet and ball in commemoration of Army Day, New York 1945 April

map_case 

Undescribed photograph

 

Sound Recordings 1944-1956

Scope and Contents note

Includes comments by Red Barber on Joseph W. Stilwell and sports; Joseph W. Stilwell speech in San Francisco; messages sent by Joseph W. Stilwell to the American people from Burma; Frank Dorn speech about Stilwell; radio dramatization about Stilwell, on three sound cassettes (CD use copies available).
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Stilwell speech, San Francisco circa 1946 March

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0000241_a01 (part)

Scope and Contents note

CD 241, tracks 1-7. Believed to be a speech at a luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, 28 March 1946, based on quotes in "Gen. Stilwell Talks Back: 'Army Caste System Sounds Nasty, but Discipline Is Vital'," San Francisco Chronicle, 29 March 1946. Quoting from the article, Stilwell's talk covers "the caste system, Army brasshats, the atomic bomb, and charges of undemocratic procedures in the Army."
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Stilwell message to the American people from Burma via the Blue Network circa 1944

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0000241_a01 (part)

Scope and Contents

CD 241, tracks 7-8.
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Sports Magazine of the Air with Red Barber, presented by Columbia circa 1946 October

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0000241_a01 (part)

Scope and Contents note

CD 241, tracks 8-9. Days after his death, Barber salutes Stilwell as soldier and athlete.
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Stilwell message to the American people from Burma via the Blue Network circa 1944

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003278 (part)

Scope and Contents

CD 3278, track 1.
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Stilwell message after victory in Europe about the war in the Pacific 1945

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003278 (part)

Scope and Contents

CD 3278, track 2.
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Stilwell speech 1946

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003278 (part)

Scope and Contents note

CD 3278, track 3. Stilwell addresses criticisms of the army and urges Americans not to neglect the military.
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Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell radio message from Carmel, California circa 1946

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003278 (part)

Scope and Contents note

CD 3278, track 4. After her husband's death, she defends his reputation after publication of some uncomplimentary articles.
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Stilwell message to the American people from Burma circa 1944

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003278 (part)

Scope and Contents

CD 3278, track 5.
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Stilwell message after victory in Europe about the war in the Pacific 1945

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003278 (part)

Scope and Contents

CD 3278, track 6.
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Stilwell speech 1946

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003278 (part)

Scope and Contents note

CD 3278, track 7. Stilwell addresses criticisms of the army and urges Americans not to neglect the military.
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Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell radio message from Carmel, California circa 1946

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003278 (part)

Scope and Contents note

CD 3278, track 8. After her husband's death, she defends his reputation after publication of some uncomplimentary articles.
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General Frank Dorn speech about Stilwell in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II, San Francisco 1956 March 20

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003277 (part)

Scope and Contents note

CD 3277, 1 of 2, track 1, introduction of Dorn; tracks 2-4, Dorn speech; tracks 4-10, questions and answers with Dorn; CD 3277, 2 of 2, tracks 1-3, questions and answers with Dorn; CD 3277, 2 of 2, track 3, Mrs. Stilwell. At the end, Mrs. Stilwell makes some remarks and brings a poem written by Stilwell, "Is Marriage a Failure?," which Dorn reads aloud. This may be a speech to the Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco.
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Stilwell speech, San Francisco circa 1946 March

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003277 (part)

Scope and Contents note

CD 3277, 2 of 2, tracks 4-9. Believed to be a speech at the Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, 28 March 1946, based on quotes in "Gen. Stilwell Talks Back: 'Army Caste System Sounds Nasty, but Discipline Is Vital'," San Francisco Chronicle, 29 March 1946.
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Stilwell message to the American people from Burma via the Blue Network circa 1944

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003277 (part)

Scope and Contents

CD 3277, 2 of 2, track 10.
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"Uncle Joe," Warriors of Peace: The Story of the United States Army and 148 Years of Peacetime Service To the Nation undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 51001_a_0003277 (part)

Scope and Contents note

CD 3277, 2 of 2, tracks 11-17. Starring Walter Abel as narrator. Presented by ABC in cooperation with the U.S. Army Recruiting Service.
 

Incremental Materials 1910-2002

Scope and Contents note

Biographical information, clippings and other printed matter, circulars, correspondence, lists, maps, memoranda, notes, photographs, reports, and speeches and writings relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's life and military career, and to the issuance of a postal stamp in recognition of his service, arranged alphabetically by physical form. Includes two scrapbooks containing miscellaneous material.
 

Biographical file

box 98, folder 1

Family travel records 1935-1969

box 98, folder 2

ID card for Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell issued in Peiping 1938 November 29

box 86, folder 3

Legal record signed by Joseph W. Stilwell appointing Winifred Stilwell his "true and lawful attorney," Carmel, California 1942 October 6

Scope and Contents note

Includes some undated financial records.
box 98, folder 4

Notes 1911-1982

Scope and Contents note

Including on Joseph W. Stilwell from the diary of Winifred Stilwell and miscellaneous notes in Chinese.
box 98, folder 5

Poem, "Seeing Halley's Comet," by Benjamin Watson Stilwell undated

box 98, folder 6

Sketches 1967 June 26

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter from Joseph M. O'Donnell to Barbara Tuchman.
 

Writings by others

Scope and Contents

Relating to Joseph W. Stilwell. Includes some writings by Joseph W. Stilwell edited by others.
box 98, folder 7

General undated

box 98, folder 8

"General Joseph W. Stilwell – Soldier," by John Easterbrook undated

box 98, folder 9

"Vinegar Joe and the Reluctant Dragon," by Samuel Lubell, Saturday Evening Post 1945 February 24

box 98, folder 10

"Mourning the Death of General Stilwell," editorial comments by Ching Shih Jih Pao, Peiping, October 14, 1946, Peiping Tientsin Chinese Press Review, American Consulate, Peiping 1946 October 15

box 98, folder 11

"Highlights," by Jack Bell, Miami Herald 1947 January 12

box 98, folder 12

"Stilwell," poem by Ivan Becker written for Winifred Stilwell 1948 December 4

box 86, folder 13

"Conversation with Barbara Tuchman," The Carmel Pine Cone 1970 November 26

box 98, folder 14

"Gen. Joseph Stilwell," by Stephen Earll, Express-News Sunday Magazine 1975 January 12

 

Stilwell's Personal File: China-Burma-India, 1942-1944, 1976, edited by Riley Sunderland and Charles F. Romanus

box 98, folder 15-16

Volumes 1-2

box 99, folder 1-2

Volumes 3-4

box 100, folder 1

Volume 5

box 100, folder 2

"George C. Marshall: The Loyal General," by Laurence S. Kuter, The Retired Officer 1978 June

box 100, folder 3

"WWII Pilot Is 'the Forgotten Man'," by Annabelle Armstrong, Sunday Advocate 1983 August 21

box 100, folder 4

"Search for the Other Stilwell Road," by Nancy S. Easterbrook 1988

box 100, folder 5

"The Best of Army Basketball," Basketball Media Guide 1988-1989

Scope and Contents note

Includes a copy of "Basket Ball," The Howitzer, 1904, with a listing of team members including Joseph W. Stilwell.
box 100, folder 6

"I Am Very Proud," Nancy S. Easterbrook, China Today, 1992 February

box 100, folder 7

"Stilwell's Role in Sino-US Relations," Chen Xiuxia, China Today 1992 February

box 100, folder 8

"A Test of Wills," John Grady, Army 1994 July

box 100, folder 9-12

"Our Stilwell Heritage: Writings of Ole Pappy, and Others," arranged by Deborah J. Bunce 1999

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter to the Hoover Institution, May 18, 1999.
box 101, folder 1

Clippings and printed matter 1921-1992

 

Correspondence 1919-1989

box 101, folder 2

Easterbrook, Nancy S. 1975-1989

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence between Nancy S. Easterbrook and Robert D. Lichty, Li-Jen sun, and T. P. Taggert.
 

Stilwell, Joseph W.

 

General

box 101, folder 3

Undated

box 101, folder 4

1921-1946

 

Stilwell, Winifred A.

box 101, folder 5

Undated

box 101, folder 6

1919-1945

 

Stilwell, Winifred A.

 

General

box 101, folder 7

Undated

box 101, folder 8

1942-1948

box 101, folder 9

1942-1957, including with H. H. Fisher, Hoover Institution, April 1951

 

Letters of condolences

General note

See also PERSONAL AND FAMILY FILE, B-19.
box 101, folder 10

Undated

box 101, folder 11

1946-1948

 

Military file

box 101, folder 12

General 1942-1946

box 101, folder 13

Circulars 1942-1946

 

Clippings and printed matter

box 101, folder 14

Undated

box 101, folder 15

1918-1982

 

Correspondence

box 101, folder 16

Undated

box 101, folder 17

1942-1987, including with Joseph W. Stilwell

box 102, folder 1

ID cards of Joseph W. Stilwell, one card with right thumb print, issued May 20, 1944, by Frank Milani, authorizing him to carry on investigations in the CBI Theater; and one with right index finger print, issued May 9, 1946, by Atomic Bomb Test Joint Task Force One, identifying him as staff associated with Project Crossroads

box 102, folder 2

Lists, including of war materials, May 2, 1942, and of proposed shipments for China 1942 May-October

box 102, folder 3

Maps and sketches undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes maps of Luzon and Northern Philippines navigation chart.
 

Memoranda

box 102, folder 4

Undated, on White Paper on U.S. relations with China undated

box 102, folder 5

1942-1944, including for Joseph W. Stilwell

box 102, folder 6

Notebook of Spanish notes 1914

 

Notes

box 102, folder 7

Conference notes 1942-1943

box 102, folder 8-13

Lecture notes and miscellany 1914-1918

 

Reports

box 91

Reports

 

Undated

box 103, folder 1

"Biennial Report: The Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War, July 1, 1943 – June 30, 1945"

box 103, folder 2

"Report by the Supreme Commander to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the Operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, June 6, 1944 – May 8, 1945"

box 103, folder 3

1938-1942

Scope and Contents note

Includes reports on Joseph W. Stilwell's observations regarding Chinese fighting during a battle at Teian, October 23-28, 1938.
box 103, folder 4

Reports by Dwight D. Eisenhower and George C. Marshall 1945

box 103, folder 5

Miscellany 1911-1993

 

Speeches and writings

 

General

box 103, folder 5

Collected writings, "Our Stilwell Heritage: Writings of Ole Pappy, and others," arranged by Deborah J. Bunce 1999

General note

See box 88, folders 9-12.
box 103, folder 6

List of Joseph W. Stilwell's writings as sent to George T. Bye, January 31, 1949, and a letter to the editor, Wall Street Journal, by I. Ridgeway Trimble, August 30, 1974, which quotes some of Joseph W. Stilwell's comments.

box 103, folder 7

"All Is Not Gold that Glitters," article undated

box 103, folder 8

"The Big Automobile Race," short story undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 103, folder 9

"Bits from China," article undated

box 103, folder 10

"Boy Scout Rally," speech undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 103, folder 11

"The British," article undated

box 103, folder 12

"China for Player and Spectator," thoughts for speech undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 103, folder 13

"The Chinese Overseer," article undated

box 103, folder 14

"Chinese Revolt against the Mongols," article undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 103, folder 15

"Chinese Village," essay undated

box 103, folder 16

"Defense of the Regular Army," article undated

box 103, folder 17

"Diagnosis Minimus: A Lay of Ancient Rome," short story undated

box 103, folder 18

"The Dowager Empress: Tzu His," article undated

box 103, folder 19

"Gillem's Loss," comments on different personalities undated

box 103, folder 20

"Haphazard Conversations," short story undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 103, folder 21

"How Can the Battalion Commander Play His Role Best?" article undated

box 103, folder 22

"Infiltration," lecture, Fort Benning, Georgia undated

box 103, folder 23

"It Is Better to Be Lucky than Rich," article undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 103, folder 24

"Modern Warfare: Infantry Versus Tank and Dive-Bomber," article undated

box 103, folder 25

"The Modernization of China," article undated

box 103, folder 26

"Moving Picture Show," short story undated

box 103, folder 27

"News Flashes," article undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 103, folder 28

"Odds and Ends," article undated

box 103, folder 29

"On the Tehuantepec Trail," short story undated

box 103, folder 30

Poems undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes list.
box 103, folder 31

"Politeness - or 'Face'," article undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 1

"A Protest on Leadership," essay undated

box 104, folder 2

"Rambling along Chinese Trail," short story undated

box 104, folder 3

"Reminiscing for the Children," article undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 4

"Stories by Ole Pappy," collection of stories undated

box 104, folder 5

"The T'ai P'ing Invasion of the North, 1853–1855," article undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 6

"Thoughts on the U.S. Army," essay undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 7

"War and Work on the Ledo Road (Burma)," talk undated

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 8

"Hong-Kong to Manila," descriptive letter, McKinley, Manila, Philippines 1911 December 17

box 104, folder 9

"The Amateur Doctor," short story 1921

box 104, folder 10

"A Chinese Inn," short story 1921

box 104, folder 11

"How to Travel on a Chinese Railroad," short story 1921

box 104, folder 12

"Official Reception for Distinguished Visitors," short story 1921

box 104, folder 13

"The Old Taoist Priest from Yunnan," article 1921

box 104, folder 14

"Paul Revere's Ride," short story 1921

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 15

"The Shih Li Pu Beggars," short story 1921

box 104, folder 16

"Yellow River Road," short story 1921

box 104, folder 17

"Excerpts from My Chinese Diary," short story 1922

box 104, folder 18

"On s'amuse," short story 1922

box 104, folder 19

"An Unorthodox Chinese Diary," expanded diary 1922

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 20

Remarks on "The Normal Life of a Normal Chinese Woman," Fort Woman's Club 1923-1925

box 104, folder 21

Armistice Day Celebration, musical program, Fort Benning, Georgia 1924 November 11

box 104, folder 22

"Hsu Chow Fu," article 1927

box 104, folder 23

"What Is the Issue in China?" article 1927

box 104, folder 24

"Bleat from the Orient," article 1928

box 104, folder 25

"Psychology of Orientals," article 1929

box 104, folder 26

Lectures, Fort Benning, Georgia 1930-1932

box 104, folder 27

"Case of Jim Averill," short story 1933

box 104, folder 28

"Hinky Dink and the Chinese Platter," article 1933

box 104, folder 29

"Odyssey of a Shave-Tail," San Diego, California, short story 1933

box 104, folder 30

"The Siege of Badres," short story 1933

box 104, folder 31

"Cock-Tail Parties in Peking," article 1935

box 104, folder 32

"Future Developments in China," article 1935

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 33

"Guerrilla Warfare," article circa 1936

box 104, folder 34

"Communism in China," article 1937

box 104, folder 35

"The Dragon Goes to Kashgar: Tso Tsung T'ang and the Mohammedan Rebellion," article 1937

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 36

"Just a Few Remarks by Ole Pappy," article 1937 July

box 104, folder 37

"Chinese Notes," article 1937 August 12

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 104, folder 38

"Let's Go," song for the 7th Division Song Book, Fort Ord, California 1940-1941

box 104, folder 39

Talk to officers and men of the 7th division, Fort Ord, California 1941 July 26

Scope and Contents note

Holograph draft.
box 104, folder 40

Remarks, Conference on Policy in China, Cairo, Egypt 1943 December 6

Scope and Contents note

Holograph. Includes related materials.
box 104, folder 41

Speech, Greek rally, San Francisco, California 1944 November

box 104, folder 42

Excerpts from remarks, Monterey, California 1944 November 16

box 104, folder 43

"Let's Finish the Fight: War Bond Drive," remarks 1944 November 26

box 104, folder 44

"On Taking Command of the Army Ground Forces," remarks 1945

box 104, folder 45

Address, Pre-Campaign Luncheon for the Red Cross 1945 War Fund, New York 1945 February 19

Scope and Contents note

Typescript
box 105, folder 1

"Army Day," remarks 1945 April 7

box 105, folder 2

Recorded message from the China-Burma-India Theater at the end of the war with Germany 1945 May

box 105, folder 3

Speech, Detroit, Michigan 1945 May 16

box 105, folder 4

Statement, Salute to the GI's of the United Nations, New York 1945 May 31

Scope and Contents note

Holograph and typescript. Includes a letter from Paul L. Jones to Edwin S. Smith, May 21, 1945.
box 105, folder 5

Graduation speech, West Point, New York 1945 June

Scope and Contents note

Holograph fragment and typescript.
box 105, folder 6

"Message for G.I. Joe," remarks circa 1945 September

Scope and Contents note

Typescript. Includes a letter from Joseph W. Stilwell to William T. Nichols, September 5, 1945. See also PERSONAL AND FAMILY FILE/B-15.
 

Subject file 1938-2002

box 105, folder 7

Balkans undated

 

China

box 105, folder 8

General

box 105, folder 9

War Messages and Other Selections, May-ling Soong Chiang (Madame Chiang Kai-shek), 1938, presented to Joseph W. Stilwell 1938 September 22

box 105, folder 10

Highway Transportation History, edited by the Commission of the Communication and Transportation Department, Xansi province, China 1988

 

Dedication of General Joseph W. Stilwell Museum, Chongqing, China 1991 October 11-13

box 106, folder 1

General (Chinese language materials)

box 106, folder 2

"I Was There, too, When General Stilwell Was in Chongqing," article by Ignace Liu

box 106, folder 3

"On General Stilwell," talk by Mr. Epstein

box 106, folder 4

"The Strategic Significance of Sino-Indian Highway," speech, Luo Hong Zhang, Stilwell Seminar

box 106, folder 5

Speech by Huang Hua, Opening Ceremony, Stilwell Seminar

box 106, folder 6

"Understanding American Culture," speech by Betsy Geist

box 106, folder 7

Speech by Nancy S. Easterbrook.

Scope and Contents note

Includes notes.
 

Stilwell stamp.

General note

See also INCREMENTAL MATERIALS/Photographs/box 109/folder 3.
box 106, folder 8

General 2000 August 24

Scope and Contents note

Includes first day issue.
box 106, folder 9

Clippings and printed matter 2000

 

Correspondence

box 106, folder 10

Bush, George H. W. 1993

box 106, folder 11

CBS Inc. 1991

box 106, folder 12

China-Burma-India Veterans Association, Inc. 1991-1992

box 106, folder 13

Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee 1989-1993

box 106, folder 14

Easterbrook, John 1990-2000

box 106, folder 15

Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace 1990

box 106, folder 16

Nixon, Richard 1991

box 106, folder 17

Runyon, Marvin 1992-1993

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence with George Bush, Barry Goldwater, Robert S. McNamara, Caspar W. Weinberger, and others.
box 106, folder 18

U.S. Congress. House of Representatives 1993-1995

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence of Newt Gingrich, Norman Mineta, and others.
box 106, folder 19

U.S. Congress. Senate 1990-1996

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence of Daniel Inouye, John Warner, Joseph Lieberman, Pete Wilson, Sam Nunn, Tom Campbell, and others.
box 106, folder 20

University of Arizona 1994

box 106, folder 21

University of Georgia 1991-1993

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence of Dean Rusk.
box 106, folder 22

West, Michael 1990

box 106, folder 23

News releases 2000-2002

 

Speeches

box 106, folder 24

John Easterbrook, grandson of General Stilwell, First Day of Issue Ceremony, Providence, Rhode Island, August 24, 2000, and China-Burma-India Veterans Association Reunion, Houston, Texas 2000 August 25

box 106, folder 25

Susan Mai Easterbrook Cole, great granddaughter of General Stilwell, Stilwell Hall, Fort Ord, California 2000 August 25

box 106, folder 26-27

Miscellany 1910-1995

Scope and Contents note

Includes also Peking for the Army and Navy, Marcus R. Ogden, 1935, and Peking Utility Book, 1937-1938 and 1938-1939.
box 107

Oversize materials undated

Scope and Contents note

Eight photocopies of maps of Burma.
box 108

Scrapbooks 1889-1928

Scope and Contents note

Two scrapbooks containing an announcement of an award to Joseph W. Stilwell; a speech by him; a letter to the editor by Benjamin W. Stilwell, The Statesman, September 2, 1889; certificates issued to Joseph W. Stilwell by the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain, July 9, 1914, and by the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, China, May 16, 1923, entitling him to help and protection; a special order, issued July 1, 1928, directing Joseph C. Castner, Otto L. McDaniel, and Joseph W. Stilwell to proceed from Tientsin to Peking, China; Chinese paintings and notes; currency notes; clippings and printed matter; letters, including to Mrs. Joseph W. Stilwell; magazine subscriptions; memorabilia; military passes; name tags; notes; orders; party invitations; prints; postcards; propaganda materials dropped from airplanes over enemy lines; sketches; telegrams; and miscellany relating to Joseph W. Stilwell's life and military career.
 

Photographs 1899-2000

General note

See also Scrapbooks.
box 109, folder 1

1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell with road engineer, General Pick, and driver Poh Braud, Peking, n.d.; 1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell bending on a table and writing in Chinese, n.d; 16 prints and 2 proof sheets depicting Joseph W. Stilwell's personal effects, including badge, belt, cap, a wooden box used to carry drinks for Joseph W. Stilwell ("Chariot II"), clothing, diplomatic passport, duffle bag, flag, first aid packet label, watch, and wooden name plate undated

box 109, folder 2

1 print depicting Joseph W. Stilwell's hat, n.d.; 1 print depicting his shoes, n.d.; and 4 prints depicting Joseph W. Stilwell and Li-Jen Sun in jungles in Burma 1938-1939

box 109, folder 3

15 prints depicting the ceremony on the occasion of the issuance of the Stilwell Stamp, Providence, Rhode Island, and Stilwell Hall, Fort Ord, California, August 24-25, 2000, including John Easterbrook, Nancy Easterbrook Sherburne, Susan Mai Easterbrook Cole, and Leon Panetta.

box 110, folder 1

2 prints depicting Brehon Somervell, Chiang Kai-shek, Ho Ying-chin, Joseph W. Stilwell, Louis Mountbatten, and Mme Chiang Kai-shek, n.d.; 1 print depicting Louis Mountbatten and Joseph W. Stilwell, n.d.; and 1 print depicting Yonkers High School Football Team 1899

box 111

Oversize Materials 1904-1945

Scope and Contents

Printed matter.
box 112

Memorabilia circa 1945

Scope and Contents

Military binocular.
box 113

Memorabilia (letters, invitation, 3 color photos) and plaque

Access

Box 113 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 114

See PHOTOGRAPHS undated

 

Sound recordings

Scope and Contents note

Originals in Box 15.
box 115, onsite digital

Personal record 1944 June 16

Physical Description: 2.0 discs

Scope and Contents note

Soldiers send audio messages home.

Access

Use copy reference number 51001_a_0011984
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Uncle Joe and the Boys undated

Physical Description: 2.0 discs

Access

Use copy reference number 51001_a_0011985
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Chinese folk songs undated

Physical Description: 1.0 discs

Access

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Chinese folk songs undated

Physical Description: 2.0 discs

Scope and Contents note

Part 1: Cuts 1-3 Part 2: Cuts 4-5 Part 3: Cuts 6-8 Part 4: [???]

Access

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Red Barber Program 1946 October 14

Physical Description: 1.0 discs

Scope and Contents note

Time: 6:30-6:45 64323 Copy
Barber reflects on the life of General Stilwell as seen through the lens of sports, such as his interest in basketball at West Point and sports as a necessity in war--as a conditioning program for his soldiers and as a morale booster.
The disc indicates this is a four part program. It appears the Hoover Institution only accessed one disc containing parts 1 and 2.

Access

Use copy reference number 51001_a_0012757
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Radio Address by General Stilwell on Army Day 1946 April 06

Physical Description: 1.0 discs

Scope and Contents note

General Stilwell reflects on the state of the Army a year after the end of World War II. He argues the armed forces should be well-funded during peace time so that when it is called upon to fight another war, it is properly prepared.

Access

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The Boss, Earnie, Joe, Ellis, and Paul from Burma undated

Physical Description: 1.0 discs

Scope and Contents note

A message home from soldiers in the jungle.

Access

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The Job Ahead 1945 May 08

Physical Description: 1.0 discs

Scope and Contents note

General Stilwell looks at the challenges for the United States' military in Japan after defeating Germany in World War II.
Two copies. One of the discs containing this program has an unrelated program, "From Burma," on its flipside. Please see 51001_a_0012767 for this program.

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From Burma undated

Physical Description: 1.0 discs

Access

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Rebuttal 1950 January 22

Physical Description: 1.0 discs

Access

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Scope and Contents note

This program was written by and delivered by Joseph Stilwell's widow. It focuses on the role Joseph Stilwell had in the loss of China to communism. Mrs. Stilwell responds to statements about his conduct.
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Joseph Stilwell address to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce 1946 March 28

Physical Description: 5.0 discs

Scope and Contents note

General Stilwell speaks about the state of the United Stats' Army following the end of World War II.
Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Leadership in the Pentagon Part 3: On good examples of military commanders and leaders Part 4: On the administration of nuclear weapons. Part 5: On the Army's efforts to dignify the enlisted soldier and reward excellence. Part 6: wishes and problems of the enlisted man, including uniforms, food, and how the treatment of rank-and-file compares to the treatment of officers. Part 7: More on differences between officers' and soldiers' lives. Part 8: On the need for discipline and the effectiveness of Army training. Part 9: Closing remarks."
This talk is believed to be that which was described in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 29, 1946. The front page headline was, "Gen. Stilwell Talks Back: 'Army Caste System Sounds Nasty, but Discipline Is Vital.'" The article reports that Stilwell "covered the caste system, Army brass hats, the atomic bomb, and charges of undemocratic procedures in the Army," which closely parallels the arc of this recorded speech.

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General Dorn talk remembering General Stilwell 1956 March 20

Physical Description: 3.0 discs

Scope and Contents note

General Dorn speaks before a gathering of people, including General Stilwell's widow.
Dorn starts by speaking about the most controversial aspects of Stilwell's work in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater. Topics he covers in order:
- How Stilwell wound up in CBI instead of North Africa, where he was originally supposed to go. - Using Burma to supply China - The many interests by various nations that Stilwell had to balance.
Following, he takes questions from the audience. The questions/audience are well picked up on the recording. Topics covered here include:
- Stilwell's relationship with Chiang Kai-Shek and commanding the Chinese forces - Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, of whom General Dorn does not have a favorable opinion. Dorn analyzes her strengths, weaknesses, and others opinions of her. - What the implications would have been if an American corps was sent to China to assist the Chinese forces. - China going communist and American culpability for that. - The ability of China to act as an integrated power (audio quality is poor in this section due to a scratch on the accessioned disc) - Civil war in China prior to World War II. - The personality, political skills, and military skills of Chiang Kai-Shek - The future of Shanghai.
The meeting ends with brief remarks from Mrs. Stilwell and one of General Stilwell's poems.
The Frank Dorn Papers, 1927-1976, are also available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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Warriors of Peace: Uncle Joe undated

Physical Description: 3.0 discs

Scope and Contents note

Episode 31 of Warriors of Peace, a joint dramatic production from the American Broadcasting Company and the United States Army Recruiting Service.
This production portrays General Joseph W. Stilwell.

Access

Use copy reference number 51001_a_0012800
 

Declassified U.S. Government Records 1917-1945

 

Records released in 2017 1917-1945