Guide to the McClellan Air Force Base collection MS0175
Finding aid by Kim Hayden
Center for Sacramento History
2023
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Center for Sacramento History
Title: McClellan Air Force Base collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS0175
Physical Description:
12.5 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1942-2001
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron.
No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
Photographs in this collection were copied from originals still owned by the U.S. Air Force. Prints are for reference only;
no copies are to be made.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item and/or item number], McClellan Air Force Base collection, MS0175, Center for Sacramento History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by McClellan Air Force Base in 1983, 2000, 2001, and 2017 (accession numbers 1983/062, 2000/012, 2000/059, 2001/071,
and 2017/027).
Processing Information
Processed by Kim Hayden, 2023.
Biographical / Historical
McClellan Air Force Base was established as the Sacramento Air Depot in 1936 during the lead up to the United States' involvement
in World War II. It began operations in 1939. That same year, the name was changed to McClellan Field in honor of Major Hezekiah
McClellan. The base was extremely active during World War II, employing over 20,000 military and civilian workers who focused
on the repair, arming, and preparation of aircraft for the Pacific Theater. The base was renamed McClellan Air Force Base
in 1947, and it continued as an aircraft repair and supply depot during the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War. During
the Cold War, it was home to the Sacramento Air Logistics Center. McClellan AFB closed in 2001. Today, the base is known as
McClellan Business Park and is home to many businesses and organizations that operate out of its buildings, the Aerospace
Museum of California, and an airfield called McClellan Airport.
Scope and Contents
The collection documents McClellan Air Force Base through base newspapers, historical studies, oral histories, and photographs.
Material dates from 1942 to 2001. The largest part of the collection consists of bound volumes of the McClellan newspapers
"Sacramento Air Depot (SAD) News," "Command Post," "Pacemaker," and "Spacemaker," dating from 1942 through the base's closure
in 2001. The rest of the collection contains written oral histories of people associated with McClellan, historical studies
of the base and the Sacramento Air Logistics Center, and photographs of the base.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 3 series:
- Series 1. Base newspapers, 1942-2001
- Series 2. Oral histories, 1965-1996
- Series 3. Historical studies, reports, and photographs, ca. 1940-1994
Series 1. Base newspapers
1942-2001
Volume SAD, 1942
Sacramento Air Depot (SAD) News
1942
Volume SAD, 1943
Sacramento Air Depot (SAD) News
1943
Volume Command Post / Pacemaker, 1945-1948
Command Post / Pacemaker
1945-1948
Volume Pacemaker / Spacemaker, 1960
Pacemaker / Spacemaker
1960
Series 2. Oral histories
1965-1996
box 1, folder 1
Arthur S. Dudley (interview #1)
1965
box 1, folder 1
Claude J. Farinha (interview #3)
1986
box 1, folder 2
Dewey K. K. Lowe (interview #4)
1989
box 1, folder 2
Lee V. Greer (interview #5)
1989
box 1, folder 2
RAM Team Experience (interview #7)
1965-1974 (1991)
box 1, folder 3
A-10 Aircraft Battle Damage Repair in Operation Desert Storm (interview #8)
1991
box 1, folder 3
Michael D. Pavich (interview #9)
1993
box 1, folder 3
Katherine M. Stambuk (interview #11)
1942-1945 (1993)
box 1, folder 4
Eva C. Ugarkovich (interview #12)
1994
box 1, folder 4
John F. Phillips (interview #13)
1995
box 1, folder 4
Eugene L. Tattini (interview #14)
1996
box 1, folder 4
James C. Barone (interview #15)
1996
Series 3. Historical studies, reports, and photographs
ca. 1940-1994
box 1, folder 5
Rancho Del Paso (study #82)
1983
box 1, folder 5
McClellan Memorials (study #91)
ca. 1985
box 1, folder 6
History of the Sacramento Air Logistics Center (study #98)
1989-1990
box 2, folder 1
History of the Sacramento Air Logistics Center (study #99)
1990-1991
box 2, folder 2
History of the Sacramento Air Logistics Center (study #102)
1992-1993
box 2, folder 3
History of the Sacramento Air Logistics Center (study #104)
1993-1994
box 2, folder 4
History of the Sacramento Air Logistics Center (study #107)
1997
box 2, folder 5
Brief History of Sacramento Air Logistics Center (2 copies)
1989
box 2, folder 6
History of McClellan Air Force Base: A Pictorial History
1982
box 2, folder 8
Preliminary report on archaeological resources inventory of Camp Kohler, McClellan Air Force Base
1995
folder 1983/062 prints, folder 1983/062 negatives
Photographs 1983/062/01-28
ca. 1940-1949
Conditions Governing Access
These prints were copied from originals still owned by the U.S. Air Force. Prints are for reference only; no copies are to
be made.
General
Black/white 8x10 prints and 70mm negatives showing McClellan Air Force Base. Includes interior shots showing workers, airplanes,
and machinery; exterior shots of buildings, the base, and airplanes; and aerial shots.
