Partial Inventory of the William Henry Baumer papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: William Henry Baumer papers

Date (inclusive): 1929-1991

Collection Number: 91042

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 10 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (4.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Diary, memoirs, correspondence, orders, memoranda, reports, and printed matter relating to Allied strategic planning during World War II, especially for the Normandy landings of 1944, wartime diplomacy and Allied conferences, and the Paris Peace Conference. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.

Creator: Paris Peace Conference (Location of meeting: Paris, France. Date of meeting or treaty signing: 1946.)

Creator: Baumer, William H. (William Henry), 1909-1989

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 1991.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William Henry Baumer papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternate Forms Available

Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.

Biographical Note

Major general, United States Army; staff officer, War Department General Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces, and military missions to Great Britain and the Soviet Union, 1942-1945; military adviser, Paris Peace Conference, 1946.

Scope and Content of Collection

Diary, memoirs, correspondence, orders, memoranda, reports, and printed matter relating to Allied strategic planning during World War II, especially for the Normandy landings of 1944, wartime diplomacy and Allied conferences, and the Paris Peace Conference.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history

Officers

World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy

United States. Army

Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters

United States. War Department. General Staff

Material not yet described

box 1

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box 2

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box 3

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box 4

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box 5

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box 6

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box 8

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box 9

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box 10

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box 11

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Declassified U.S. government records 1940-1990

Scope and Contents note

Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Includes some government records determined by the government to be unclassified. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover, thereunder chronologically by date of creation.

2010 release of records 1942

online digital

Memo to Albert C. Wedemeyer, "Request for Major William H. Baumer to Speak," 1942 October 17