Partial Inventory of the Fitzhugh Lee papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Fitzhugh Lee papers

Date (inclusive): 1926-1986

Collection Number: 84058

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 10 manuscript boxes (4.0 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, testimony, orders, personnel records, and printed matter, relating to naval aviation, naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, inter-service controversies within the American armed forces, issues arising from civilian control of the military, the military system of administration of justice, and the 1978 Panama Canal treaty.

Creator: Lee, Fitzhugh, 1905-1992

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Fitzhugh Lee papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Vice admiral, United States Navy; naval aide to the secretary of the navy, 1947-1948.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, testimony, orders, personnel records, and printed matter, relating to naval aviation, naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, inter-service controversies within the American armed forces, issues arising from civilian control of the military, the military system of administration of justice, and the 1978 Panama Canal treaty.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean

Aviation

Officers

United States -- Foreign relations -- Panama

Panama -- Foreign relations -- United States

Panama Canal (Panama)

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States

United States. Navy

United States. Navy Department

United States. Department of Defense

Declassified records 1951-1967

Scope and Contents note

Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government. Includes some government records determined by the government to be unclassified. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover

box 10

2011 September release of records 1951-1967

Rest of collection not yet described