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Biographical File 1901-1990

Scope and Contents Note

Consists of certificates, memorabilia, and other material. Arranged alphabetically by physical form.
box 1, folder 1

Business and place cards undated

 

Certificates 1901-1990

box 1, folder 2

1901-1941

Scope and Contents Note

Includes Short's diploma from the University of Illinois, his certificate from the Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur, and his army appointment certificates.
box 18

1901-1941

Scope and Contents

Includes Short's diploma from the University of Illinois, his certificate from the Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur, and his army appointment certificates.
box 1, folder 3

Army Co-operative Fire Association benefit certificates 1914-1938

box 1, folder 4

Pearl Harbor Commemorative Committee, Inc. resolution honoring Lt. General Walter C. Short (photocopy), 1990 December 7

box 1, folder 5

Identification card, American Expeditionary Forces undated

box 1, folder 6

Military record undated

box 1, folder 7

Miscellany undated

Scope and Contents Note

Includes poem entitled "A Message to Congress" and a list of goods consigned to Lt. Gen. Short.
 

Correspondence 1919-1949

Scope and Contents Note

Includes letters of support regarding the Pearl Harbor investigations, thank yous to those who wrote to the president on Short's behalf, and autograph requests. Also included is correspondence between Lt. Gen. Short and his wife, Isabel Dean Short, and his son, Walter Dean Short. Following the general file, files are arranged alphabetically by correspondent or original file name.
 

General 1941-1949, undated 1941-1949, undated

box 1, folder 8

1941, undated

box 1, folder 9

1942

box 1, folder 10

1944-1945

box 1, folder 11

1946, 1949

box 1, folder 12

American Expeditionary Forces, 1919 June 22

box 1, folder 13-14

"Congratulatory Letters and Telegrams on Promotion to Major General," 1940

Scope and Contents Note

This correspondence was originally bound in one volume. Includes index.
box 2, folder 1

Kimmel, Husband E., 1941 December 8

box 2, folder 2

"Personal Correspondence File: Major General Walter C. Short," 1940

box 2, folder 3

Short, Isabel Dean, 1914, 1940, and undated

box 2, folder 4

Short, Walter Dean 1940-1947

Scope and Contents Note

Includes a letter to Walter Dean Short regarding the outcome of the initial Pearl Harbor investigation dated 1942.
box 2, folder 5

War Department, 1942, 1944, and undated

 

Speeches and Writings, 1932-1941

box 2, folder 6-7

"Tar Brush," manuscript 1932, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes a version by Isabel dean Short.
box 2, folder 8

6 April 1941, Speech to Chamber of Commerce on Army Day, circa 1941

Note

A copy of this speech appears in Exhibit 1-O of "Statement by Major General Walter C. Short of Events and Conditions Leading up to the Japanese Attack, December 7, 1941" in Pearl Harbor Investigations File.
 

Pearl Harbor Investigations File 1941-1946

Scope and Contents Note

Contains statements, congressional publications, correspondence, maps, and other material related to the Roberts Commission investigation (1941-1942) and the congressional investigation (1945-1946) of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Includes Lt. Gen. Short's official statement, with exhibits, to the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack made in 1946.
 

Investigation statements 1946, undated

box 2, folder 9-11

"Statement by Major General Walter C. Short of Events and Conditions Leading up to the Japanese Attack, December 7, 1941," undated

Scope and Contents Note

Includes statement with exhibits A - 1-R; however, some exhibit documents appear out of order. A digital version of this statement can be found at https://archive.org/details/pearlharborattac30unit 
box 2, folder 12

"Statement by Major General Walter C. Short, U. S. Army, Retired. Before the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack," prerelease 1946 January

box 2, folder 13

"Statement Reference Secret Documents Pertaining to Pearl Harbor and Not Known to Me Until the Summer of 1944" [sic], typescript undated

 

Congressional prints 1942, 1945

box 2, folder 14

Attack Upon Pearl Harbor by Japanese Armed Forces, report by the United States Commission to Investigate and Report the Facts Relating to the Attack Made by Japanese Armed Forces upon Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii on December 7, 1941 1942

box 2, folder 15

Pearl Harbor: Intercepted Diplomatic Messages Sent by the Japanese Government between July 1 and December 8, 1941 1945

 

Correspondence, 1942-1945, undated

box 2, folder 16

Green, Thomas H. 1945 April 12

box 2, folder 17

Hawaiian Department, 1941 December 20

box 2, folder 18

Unidentified 1942 April 23

box 2, folder 19

Governmental Research, Inc. statement, 1945 September 5

box 2, folder 20

Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack digest of exhibits, circa 1946

box 19, folder 8

Maps and summaries of naval positions on December 7, 1941 undated

box 2, folder 21

Proposed Pearl Harbor investigation resolution, draft, 1946 December

box 2, folder 22

Travel documents, 1942 January 8-11

 

Isabel Dean Short File 1892-1957

Scope and Contents Note

Consists of correspondence, sheet music, copyright certificates, and other material related to Isabel Dean Short (1893-1984), wife of Lt. Gen. Short. Her father, Walter C. Dean, was mayor of Oklahoma City from 1927-1931. Arranged alphabetically, followed by miscellany.
 

Correspondence 1919-1957

box 3, folder 1

General, 1919-1944, undated

box 3, folder 2

Regarding Walter C. Short 1942-1954, undated; 1942-1954, undated;

box 3, folder 3

Crown Music, 1953

box 3, folder 4

Kimmel, Husband E., 1957

box 3, folder 5-6

Short, Walter Dean 1939-1944

box 3, folder 7-9

"The General's Lady," manuscript 1955

Scope and Contents Note

Includes correspondence regarding the publication of the manuscript.
 

Musical compositions 1939, 1951, undated

Scope and Contents Note

Includes manuscripts and printed copies of musical scores composed by Isabel Dean Short.
box 3, folder 10

Manuscripts 1939 undated

box 3, folder 11

Manuscripts 1939 undated

box 3, folder 12

Manuscripts 1939 undated

box 19, folder 9

Manuscripts 1939 undated

box 4, folder 1

Manuscripts 1939 undated

box 4, folder 2

Copyright certificates 1951

box 4, folder 3

Photostat negatives, undated

box 4, folder 4-5

Walter C. Dean file 1892-1952, undated

Scope and Contents Note

Includes various materials related to Walter C. Dean, including an artist's sketch, news clippings, and his wedding book (contains hair clippings).
box 4, folder 6

Miscellany 1918-1950 undated

Scope and Contents Note

Includes U.S. Army Hawaiian Department identification card, Puerto Rican operator's license, photograph and text used for a press release when Walter Dean Short received the Silver Star Medal, and other material.
box 19, folder 1

Miscellany 1918-1950, undated

 

Walter Dean Short File 1920-1990

Scope and Contents Note

Contains material related to Lt. Gen. Short's son, Walter Dean Short. Includes a membership card, his baby book, correspondence, and military school records. Arranged alphabetically, followed by miscellany.
box 4, folder 7

Army Navy Country Club membership card 1932

box 4, folder 8

Baby book 1920-1921

box 4, folder 9

Correspondence 1958-1990, undated

box 4, folder 10

West Point records 1942

box 4, folder 11

Miscellany 1945, undated

Scope and Contents Note

Includes childhood notebook used to practice handwriting and photostat negatives of general order for award of Silver Star Medal.
 

Photographs 1893-1950s

Scope and Contents Note

Includes photographs of Lt. Gen. Short as well as his immediate and extended family. Also included are photographs documenting his military career. Arranged alphabetically by subject followed by miscellany, unidentified persons, and negatives.
box 4, folder 12

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 4, folder 13

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 4, folder 14

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 4, folder 15

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 4, folder 16

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 5, folder 1

Family 1893-1950 undated

Scope and Contents Note

Includes photographs of Lt. Gen. Short, his wife Isabel, son Walter Dean, and their extended family. Contains tin types.
box 5, folder 2

Family 1893-1950, undated

box 5, folder 3

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 19, folder 2

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 19, folder 3

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 19, folder 4

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 19, folder 5

Family 1893-1950 undated

box 5, folder 4

"Honolulu Club and House," circa 1941

Scope and Contents Note

Includes photographs of the Shorts' arrival in Hawaii as well as their Honolulu home.
box 5, folder 5

"Leavenworth," undated

Scope and Contents Note

Contains photographs taken at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
box 5, folder 6

Military 1917-1941, undated

Scope and Contents Note

Includes photograph of Lt. Gen. Short receiving the Distinguished Service Medal with letter attached dated May 2, 1919.
box 5, folder 7

Portraits undated

box 19, folder 6

Portraits undated

box 19, folder 7

Portraits undated

box 5, folder 8

Miscellany 1916-1944, undated

box 6, folder 1

Unidentified persons undated

box 18

Unidentified persons undated

box 6, folder 2

Negatives undated

film shelf

Motion Picture Films 1940-1941

Scope and Contents note

Three 16mm film reels depicting Lt. Gen. Short's promotion to major general and an examination of troops before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
 

Oversize Material 1901-1955

Scope and Contents Note

Contains photo albums, scrapbooks, and a Confederate States of America war bond. Arranged alphabetically by type and then chronologically.
box 7

Album, circa 1910s

Scope and Contents Note

Contains photographs of Isabel and Lt. Gen. Short during his early military career at an unidentified military camp. Album has been removed from its bindings due to deterioration.
box 11

Album 1918-1947 1918-1947

Scope and Contents Note

Contains wedding and family photos of Walter Dean and Emily Short as well as clippings, programs from Isabel Short's musical performances, correspondence, and Walter Dean Short's West Point graduation invitation.
box 8

Album 1920s-1944 1920s-1944

Scope and Contents Note

Contains a clipping announcing Walter Dean Short's marriage to Emily Short, as well as photographs of him as a baby and correspondence.
box 9

Album, 1934

Scope and Contents Note

Contains captioned photographs of the 6th U.S. Infantry at various locations in Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri. Also contains three news clippings.
box 16

Album 1935

Scope and Contents Note

Contains photographs taken during the 1935 National Rifle Matches held at Camp Perry, Ohio. Includes photographs of Lt. Gen. Short awarding trophies to the winners of the matches.
box 12

Album 1941

Scope and Contents Note

Contains images of the Shorts' arrival at Fort Shafter in Honolulu, Hawaii taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Also contains clippings and several images of the interior of the Shorts' Honolulu residence.
box 19, folder 10

Confederate States of America war bond 1863

box 10

Scrapbook 1901-1939

Scope and Contents Note

Contains clippings, photographs, and other printed matter related to Lt. Gen. Short's early military career, including letters regarding his appointment to army lieutenant dated 1901. Also includes several clippings regarding Walter C. Dean's mayoral re-election. Scrapbook has been removed from its original binding due to preservation concerns.
box 13

Scrapbook 1922-1940

Scope and Contents Note

Contains invitations from the White House and for various events. Also includes ticket stubs from the 1939 World's Fair in New York and news clippings. Scrapbook unbound due to preservation concerns.
box 14

Scrapbook 1923-1945

Scope and Contents Note

Contains articles on Walter Dean Short receiving the Bronze Star Medal, his cadet records, and clippings about the end of World War II. Also includes programs from several of Isabel Short's musical performances, photographs, and a first prize ribbon from the 1930 Fort Leavenworth Dog Show.
box 17

Scrapbook 1938-1941

Scope and Contents Note

Contains clippings related to Lt. Gen. Short's military achievements, including his promotion to major general in March of 1940 and to commander of the Hawaiian Department in 1941. Includes some photographs.
box 15

Scrapbook 1940-1955

Scope and Contents Note

Contains clippings regarding Lt. Gen. Short's promotion to commander of the Hawaiian Department, the attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent investigations, and his death. Includes some correspondence.
 

Memorabilia 1922 undated

box 20

Gavel of Walter C. Dean 1922

box 20

Gold military sash undated

 

Printed Matter 1920-1956

Scope and Contents Note

Contains clippings, pamphlets, programs, and other printed matter relating to the Short family's activities and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Arranged alphabetically, followed by miscellany.
 

Clippings 1920-1956

box 6, folder 3

"1st Army Maneuvers," 1939-1940

Note

Material removed from its original metal fasteners due to preservation concerns.
box 6, folder 4

Articles regarding Walter C. Short 1929-1955, undated

box 6, folder 5

El Imparcial: El Diario Ilustrado de Puerto Rico 1938

Scope and Contents Note

Consists of Spanish language articles related to Lt. Gen. Short's military service in Puerto Rico. Material has been removed from its original metal fasteners due to preservation concerns.
box 6, folder 6

El Mundo: Diario de la Mañana 1938

Scope and Contents Note

Consists of Spanish language articles related to Lt. Gen. Short's military service in Puerto Rico. Material has been removed from its original metal fasteners due to preservation concerns.
box 6, folder 7

Miscellany 1920-1956

box 6, folder 8

The Final Secrets of Pearl Harbor, pamphlet 1945

box 6, folder 9

Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy 1931-1941 1943

box 6, folder 10

The Pointer, Volume XVII, Number 15 1940 March 22

box 6, folder 11

Programs 1930-1941, undated

box 6, folder 12

The Truth About Pearl Harbor, pamphlet 1944

box 6, folder 13

U.S. News & World Report 1954

Scope and Contents Note

Includes three issues of U.S. World & News Report from April 2, April 16, and December 3, 1954 that feature articles about Pearl Harbor. Articles of note include: "The Big Secret of Pearl Harbor" (April 2), "More About Pearl Harbor" (April 16), and "The Muddle Before Pearl Harbor--Inside Story by Capt. T. B. Kittredge" (December 3).
box 6, folder 14

Miscellany undated

Scope and Contents Note

Includes postcard booklets from Madrid and the Museu Nacional dos Coches in Portugal as well as a reproduction of a York Minster Cathedral etching with text.