Overview of the Carter L. Burgess papers
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Overview of the Carter L. Burgess papers
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Title: Carter L. Burgess papers
Dates: 1944-1978
Collection Number: 89020
Creator: Burgess, Carter L., 1916-
Collection Size:
29 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box.
(12 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Reports, studies, memoranda, legislation, correspondence, manuals, clippings, and photographs, relating to American defense
policy during the presidential administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, especially with regard to personnel management in the
armed forces, and to the role of reserve forces; civil service structuring in other areas of the federal government; structuring
of the Allied high command during World War II; and the founding conference of the United Nations in 1945.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Carter L. Burgess papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1989.
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.
American business executive and government official; assistant secretary of defense for manpower, personnel and reserve, 1954-1957.
Scope and Content of Collection
Reports, studies, memoranda, legislation, correspondence, manuals, clippings, and photographs, relating to American defense
policy during the presidential administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower, especially with regard to personnel management in the
armed forces, and to the role of reserve forces; civil service structuring in other areas of the federal government; structuring
of the Allied high command during World War II; and the founding conference of the United Nations in 1945.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Dept. of Defense.
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters.
Civil service--United States.
World War, 1939-1945.
United States--Military policy.
United States--Armed Forces--Management.
United States--Armed Forces--Reserves.
United States--Executive departments.