Overview of the Robert Milchrist Cannon papers

Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Overview of the Robert Milchrist Cannon 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: Robert Milchrist Cannon papers

Dates: 1931-1974

Collection Number: 77077

Creator: Cannon, Robert Milchrist, 1901-1976.

Collection Size: 4 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 3 envelopes (3.5 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Orders, correspondence, speeches, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and to American military relations with Turkey and the Philippines, 1951-1955.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: In English Turkish

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert Milchrist Cannon papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1977.

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

Lieutenant general, United States Army; chief of staff, Northern Combat Area Command, China-Burma-India Theater, 1944-1945; commanding general, Sixth Army, 1959-1961.

Scope and Content of Collection

Orders, correspondence, speeches, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, and to American military relations with Turkey and the Philippines, 1951-1955.

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. Army. Army, 6th.

United States. Army--Officers.

Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--China.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Burma.

Philippines--Military relations--United States.

Turkey--Military relations--United States.

United States--Military relations--Philippines.

United States--Military relations--Turkey.

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