Overview of the Ralph Corbett Smith papers

Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Overview of the Ralph Corbett Smith papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:: 2009
Encoded by:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.

Collection Summary

Title: Ralph Corbett Smith papers

Dates: 1910-1971

Collection Number: 78013

Creator: Smith, Ralph Corbett, 1893-1998

Collection Size: 28 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes (12 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, reports, writings, and printed matter, relating to the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, activities of the Command and General Staff School and Army War College in the interwar period, and American military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: In English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ralph Corbett Smith papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1978.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Biographical/Historical Note

Major general, United States Army; commanding general, 27th Division, 1942-1944; military attachéto France, 1945-1946.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, diaries, reports, writings, and printed matter, relating to the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, activities of the Command and General Staff School and Army War College in the interwar period, and American military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Army War College (United States)

United States Army Command and General Staff College.

United States. Army--Officers.

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 27th.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--France.

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

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