Register of the Ralph Corbett Smith papers
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diaries 1911-1943
Diary and classroom notes 1911-1917
Diary notes 1943 July-November
Correspondence 1917-1971
Album of World War I letters (1917) 1917
Album of World War I letters and notes 1918-1920
Album of World War I letters and notes 1918-1920
Family correspondence 1920
Regarding General Golovine's book 1933-1934
Swords and Ploughshares: An Introduction to the Sociology of War, by General N. N. Golovine 1938
General correspondence 1931-1951
Conroy's burial 1948-1949
America article on Makin 1949
Makin correspondence and clippings 1944-1950
G-2 Situation Map no.2, Saipan Island, Sheets 1 and 4 1944 May 6
Colonel W.M. Van Antwerp 1961-1962
Smith, Truman and Kay 1967-1971
Army files 1917-1967
World War I 1917-1919
American Expeditionary Forces, France 1917-1919
Third Corps Area, Operation Map No.3 - 3rd American Army, American Sector - Coblenz Bridgehead 1918
Army General Staff College - Handbook for Brigade and Division Commanders 1918
Médaille de Saint-Michel 1918
Université de Paris - Cours de Civilisation Française pour les Étudiants Américains 1919
2 maps: Annecy, Service Géographique de l'Armée, 1931 Auxerre-Dijon, Service de Tourisme Michelin, 1937 1931-1937
Army War College 1930-1935
The Galician Battle, 1914 1930 October 4-8
The Russian War Plan of 1914 1931 May 21-22
Comparison of French and American Tactical Doctrine 1932
Map no. 1, Inclosure no. 6 and Map no. 2, Inclosure no. 7 undated
Comparison of French and American Offensive Doctrines 1932
Map no. 1, Inclosure no. 6, General Situation - Gettysburg Map no. 2, Inclosure no. 7, Special Situation - Blue undated
Conduct of War course 1934-1935
Album of maps depicting Civil War campaigns undated
Circular of Information and Regulations 1934-1935
G-1 course 1934-1935
G-2 course 1934-1935
G-3 course 1934-1935
G-4 course 1934-1935
G-4 reference data 1934-1935
War Plans course 1934-1935
Bulletin 1935
Orders to Army War College 1935
Army Command and Staff School 1923-1934
Infantry School 1923-1924
Lecture on Grant and Lee 1924-1933
Tactical Principles and Decisions 1930
Map no. 1, Inclosure no. 6, General Situation - Gettysburg Map no. 2, Inclosure no. 7, Special Situation (Blue) undated
Military History and Strategy 1931-1932
Lectures on Military History 1931-1934
Map of Montmirail, Janvilliers, Boissy, Charleville Map no. 1 - Situation des corps allemands, le 6 Septembre 1914 vers 9 heures du matin, dans la région Esternay-Saint-Gond undated
War Planning Principles 1931-1934
Military Intelligence 3 1932
Memoranda 1932
Memoranda and directives 1932-1933
Infantry Headquarters and Service Company 1932-1933
Civil War 1932-1934
Preparatory course exam 1933
Military Intelligence Factor in the Commander's Decision 1933-1934
Military Intelligence 1933-1934
[Table for intelligence analysis] undated
Overlay to accompany Section I Map Problem no. 1, Series IV MI.12. 1 copy of Sheet A, 2 copies of Sheet B 1933 February 10
Military Intelligence map exercises 1934
Special Map no. 10, Army Extension Courses 1930
Military Intelligence, lecture on enemy capabilities 1933-1934
15 assorted maps of Germany and France in 1813 and 1918 undated
Liason problem 1934
War Planning Principles 1933-1934
Military Intelligence 9 1934
Overlay No. 1 Section I, Map Problem No. 1 Series IV, MI-9 G-2 Plan Map of Amiens, Service Géographique de l'Armée 1933-1934
"The Purposes, Objectives and Teaching Techniques of a Ranger Training Program of the Ranger and Combat Training School" undated
École Supérieure de Guerre 1936-1937, 1945
Infantry: Travail en Salles no. 1 1936
6 assorted maps of infantry exercises undated
Infantry: Exercice Exterieur no. 2 Montdidier 8 August 1918 1936-1937
Mondidier N.E., Service Géographique de l'Armée Exercice extérieur No. 2 - Le 94e R.I. le 8 Août 1918 1930
Cours de Tactique Générale et d'État-Major 1936-1937
3 maps showing the positions of the 9th Army on June 3 undated
3 maps showing the positions of the 3rd Army on June 2 1 map showing "Parti rouge, Dossier 1er Partie, Piece B6" undated
Voyage d'Histoire Militaire 1937
8 assorted topographical maps of France, including Dijon, Reims, Clamecy undated
Voyage d'Histoire Militaire 1945
8 assorted maps of France 1945
World War II 1939-1945
Training 1939
Reports regarding the Netherlands 1940
10 assorted maps of France, Pennsylvania, Netherlands
Special Bulletin: Attempt to Capture the Hague by the 22nd German Division, Air Infantry 1940
Fall of France 1940-1941
Gringoire 1940 October 10 24
Essay on the Essentials of Tactics by Leon Dumoncel, translated by the Military Intelligence Division 1941 October 22
War Department Special Bulletin no. 36, Battle of Salum June 15-17, 1941 1941 November 17
Military Intelligence Division, Tentative Lessons Bulletin 1941
Carte no. 12: Situation des troupes de la région fortifiée de Verdun le 21 février 1916 undated
Propaganda (draft) 1941-1942, undated
Data on reception from 79th Division 1942
Map of Oahu Road Net 1942
Saipan 1942-1947
War Department. Notes for Task Force Commands in Pacific Theaters 1943
27th Infantry Division Memorandum on training for South Seas 1943 July
Field Service Regulations- Command and Employment of Air Power 1943 July
Training for Transport Quartermasters Prior to Makin 1943 September
Notes made prior to Makin [1943]
Field Order number 21, 17th Infantry Division C/S copy 1943 October 23
Assorted maps, overlays, and firing schedule 1943
Operation Galvanic (Makin Island) Field Order 21, inclosure 1 1943 October 23
Assorted maps, overlays, and firing schedule 1943
Gilberts Operation, Operation Plan A2-43 Task Force 54 1943 October 23
Intelligence Map Butaritari Island 1943
Gilberts Operation, Movement Order A1-43 T.F. 54 1943 October 27
Routes to objectives and return routes 1943
Makin Operation Plan Gen 1-43 1943 November
Appendix I and II to Annex F, COMCENPAC Operation Plan CEN 1-43 1943
Fifth Amphibious Corps, Operation Plan A1-43 1943 November
Annex "Easy" to OP 1-43, Maps A and B 1943
Communication Plan Cen. 1-43 1943 November
Gilberts Operation, Attack Order A3-43 T.F. 52 1943 November
Maps, firing schedule, mine sweeping plan, daylight disposition xray 1943
Makin Operation G-2 27th Infantry Division 1943
Map of Makin (Kourbash) Atoll. 1:20,000. Sheets 3, 4, 6. 1943 October
Makin Operation G-3 27th Infantry Division 1943
Annotated copies 1-5 of Map of Makin (Kourbash) Atoll. 1:20,000. Sheets 3, 4, 6. 1943 October
Makin Operation G-4 27th Infantry Division 1943
Notes on Makin by Lt. Col. S.L.A. Marshall 1943 November 20
Makin Operation reports 1943
Makin reports 1943-1944
Captured Japanese journal 1943
Reports from French Mission with 5th U.S. Army in Italy 1943-1944
2 maps of Makin Atoll 1943
Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Areas (JICPOA) Bulletin 4-44 1944 January
27th Division Reports on Makin Operation December 1943 1944 January
War Department - List of Officers 1944 February 1
Japanese Forces in the Gilbert Islands 1944 February
Report on Operations 27th Division Saipan by Major General Ralph C. Smith 1944 June 15-24
Testimonials regarding Makin controversy 1944
Saipan maps and reports 1944
5 maps of Saipan Island, 1 map of the Pacific Ocean 1936, 1944
Report on 27th Division on Saipan by Lieutenant Colonel John Lemp (War Department Observer) 1944
Forager Operation 27th Division Artillery 1944 April-July
Map of Saipan 1944 June 17- July 9
Headquarters 27th Infantry Division Field Orders for Operation Forager 1944 May 10
11 maps of Saipan - Tinian area, 1 G-4 Administrative Net 1944
Journal, Forager Operation, DIV/ARTY 1944 June 1-August 6
Journal, Forager Operation, G-1 1944 May 31-August 6
Map of Saipan 1944
Journal, Forager Operation, G-2 1944
Saipan - Tinian Area Special Map, Sheets 1-5 1944
Journal, Forager Operation, G-2 1944
Journal, Forager Operation, G-3 1944
Map of Saipan 1944
Journal, Forager Operation, G-4 1944
Map of Saipan 1944
Narrative accounts of Saipan attack 1944 June
5 overlay maps to accompany reports 1944 June
Report of Action, Saipan Island 16-27 June 1944 by Col. Gerard W. Kelley 1944 July
The Supply Phase of the Forager Operation 1944 July 26
The Supply Phase of the Forager Operation (continued)
Forager Operation G-1 Report 1944 June-August
Operational Report Forager 1944
Report Forager Operation 1944
Report of Intelligence Activities 27th Infantry Division Saipan Operation 1944 September
"Forager" Operations Report 1944
Saipan Operation June-August 1944 165th Infantry 1944 October
List of files received 1944 November
Belgium: The Story of the Bulge, the 82nd Airborne Division 1944 December 18-1945 February 18
Report by Official Interpreter on Trip to Berlin and Official German Surrender 1945 May
United States Information Service, Paris "Madeleine Carroll in Paris" 1945
Postwar period 1945-1967
Profile of General Dwight D. Eisenhower 1945 November 15
Notes on Leadership and Command. United States Forces European Theater [1946]
General Smith personal file 1946-1948
Saipan controversy, clippings and correspondence 1944-1949
Cline, Ray S. The Operations Division of the War Department. Washington, DC: Historical Division 1949
Cline, Ray S. The Operations Division of the War Department. Washington, DC: Historical Division (continued)
Japanese Agriculture Programs Under the Occupation 1949
Invitational travel orders - Japan 1950
Guide to Research in American Military History 1950
Watson, Mark. United States Army in World War II, Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparation. Washington DC: War Department Historical Division 1950
Watson, Mark. United States Army in World War II, Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparation. Washington DC: War Department Historical Division (continued)
Guide to the Writing of American Military History 1950-1951
The Relief of Major General Ralph C. Smith, by Charles R. Viale 1967
Notes by Colonel S.L.A. Marshall - Official War Department Observer at Makin undated
Early draft of Historical Division manuscript on Makin undated
Map of Saipan Tō and Approaches undated
Saipan controversy undated
27th's Saipan, by Colonel William M. Van Antwerp undated
Untitled typescript regarding Saipan undated
The Gilberts-Marshalls Campaign by Edmund G. Love undated
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II undated
Betio Island Maps 2-4 Scene of Battle 1943-1944 undated
Photographs 1919-1944
Saipan: landing vessels and seaplane, 6 prints 1944
Saipan, 27 prints of photographs taken by the Army Pictorial Service 1944
Saipan, 10 prints credited to the U.S. Army Signal Corps 1944
Portraits of German officers, 9 prints including images of von Hindenburg, Ludendorff, von Kluck, von Moltke, von Schlieffen, von Bülow, and the Duke of Würtemberg undated
Schmitt, Bernadotte Everly. Interviewing the Authors of the War. Chicago: Chicago Literary Club 1930
Conférences de Tactique générale et d'État Major: Le Corps d'Armée. 1932
Conférences de Tactique générale et d'État Major La Division (Suite et fin) 1932
United States Army. French Maps. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Command and General Staff School, 1933
Burns, John H. Psychology and Leadership. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Command and General Staff School Press, 1934
Review of Military Literature, volume XVI number 61 1936 June
German Psychological Warfare: Survey and Bibliography. New York: Committee for National Morale, 1941
Marshall, S.L.A. Armies on Wheels. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941
War Department. Military Intelligence Division. Special Bulletin no. 36: The Battle of Salum, June 15-17, 1941. 1941 November 17
Pictorial History, Twenty-Seventh Division, United States Army, Fort McClellan, 1940-1941. 1941
Fuller, Major General J.F.C. Armored Warfare. Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1943
Emory, Kenneth P. South Sea Lore. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum 1943 September
Time. Pony edition 1944 July 10
Faus, Marie. Aloha: One Year of Hawaiian Events (Sept. '43 to Sept. '44). Honolulu, HI: Marie Faus 1944
Marshall, Lt. Col. S.L.A. Island Victory: The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll. Washington DC: The Infantry Journal, 1945
Makin. Washington DC: War Department Historical Division 1946
Organisation de Résistance de l'Armée. Dans le Maquis Breton avec Ceux de l'ORA. Paris: E. Desfossés-Néogravure 1946 October 14
Small Unit Actions. Washington DC: War Department Historical Division 1946
Infantry Journal 1946-1949
Marshall, Colonel S.L.A. Bastogne: The First Eight Days. Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press, 1946
Les Transmissions en A.F.N. de 1934-1944 1947
Marshall, S.L.A. Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1947
Liberty 1947 July 19
The Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1924-1949: Twenty-fifth Anniversary 1949
US Army. Command and General Staff College. Special Text 21-5-1: Instructor Training. 1950 November 1
Foreign Intelligence Digest 1961-1962
Assembly volume XXV number 3 1966 Fall
Marshall, S.L.A. and Hackworth, David H. Military Operations: Vietnam Primer. Department of the Army pamphlet no. 525-2 1967
Joint Intelligence Command Pacific Ocean Area. Memo on the Marianas. undated
United States. War Information Office. Tarawa. undated
Military textbooks 1923-1939
Instruction Course 1922: Military Protection. Camp Dix, NJ 1922 May 1
Boucher, Général Arthur. Les Lois Éternelles de la Guerre: L'Art de la Guerre il y a Vingt-Trois Siècle. Nancy: Berger-Levrault, Libraires-Éditeurs 1923
De Pierrefeu, Jean. Plutarque a menti. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1923
Boucher, Général Arthur. Les Lois Éternelles de la Guerre: Les Doctrine dans la Préparation de la Grande Guerre. Paris: Berger-Levrault, Libraires-Éditeurs 1925
France. Ministère de la Guerre. Instruction Provisoire sur la Recherche et l'Interprétation des Renseignements: Annexe No. 4 à l'Instruction Provisoire sur l'Emploi Tactique des Grandes Unités. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelles et Cie, 1929
Espérandieu, Commandant Emile. Guide Pratique pour la Lecture et l'Emploi de la Carte de l'État-Major. Paris: Charles Lavauzelle, 1934
France. Ministère de la Guerre. Annexe No. 1 au Règlement de la Cavalerie: La Recherche des Renseignements et l'Observation dans les Corps de Troupe et les Unités Subordonnées. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie, 1935
France. Ministère de la Guerre. Instruction Provisoire pour la Pièce de Mortier de 60mm. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie 1935
Mordacq, Général H. Les légendes de la Grande Guerre. Paris: Imp. Flammarion, 1935
Andriot, Commandant René. Tactique et Fonctionnement des Postes de Commandement des Unités d'Infanterie. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie, 1936
Conduite des Troupes: Traduction du Réglement Allemand du 17 Octobre 1933. Paris: Éditions Berger-Levrault, 1936
France. Ministère de la Guerre. Règlement de Manoeuvre de l'Artillerie. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie, 1936
France. Ministère de la Guerre. Instruction sur L'Emploi des Chars de Combat. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie 1937
France. École Supérieure de Guerre. Aide-Mémoire pour les Travaux d'État-Major. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie, 1937
La Revue Hebdomadaire. 46 Année no. 6, 1937 February 6
Revue Militaire Générale. Paris: Librarie Militaire Berger-Levrault 1937 May
Revue Militaire Générale. Paris: Librarie Militaire Berger-Levrault 1937 March
France. Ministère de la Défense Nationale et de la Guerre. Instruction sur le Renseignement et l'Observation. Paris: Charles Lavauzelle et Cie, 1939
France. Ministère de la Défense Nationale et de la Guerre. Règlement de l'Infanterie. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie, 1939
France. Ministère de la Guerre. Règlement de Manoeuvre de l'Artillerie: Deuxième Partie l'Artillerie au Combat. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie, 1939
France. Ministère de la Guerre. Instruction Pour Les Unités de Fusiliers-Voltigeurs. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelles et Cie, 1939
Clippings 1914-1974
Album of press clippings relating to Makin-Saipan and Smith vs. Smith controversy 1942-1944
Loose clippings 1942-1970
Newspaper columns by General S.L.A. Marshall 1971-1974