Overview of the Fitzhugh Lee Papers

Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Overview of the Fitzhugh Lee Papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:: 2008
Encoded by:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.

Collection Summary

Title: Fitzhugh Lee papers

Dates: 1926-1986

Collection Number: 84058

Creator: Lee, Fitzhugh, 1905-

Collection Size: 10 manuscript boxes (4 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Fitzhugh Lee papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1984.

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 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.

Indexing Terms

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

United States. Navy--Officers.

United States. Dept. of Defense.

United States. Navy Dept.

United States. Navy--Aviation.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.

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

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States.

Panama Canal.

United States--Foreign relations--Panama.

Panama--Foreign relations--United States.

Declassified records 1951-1967

Scope and Content 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

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