Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Aubrey Wray Fitch papers
Dates: 1900-1982
Collection Number: 80132
Creator: Fitch, Aubrey Wray, 1883-1978
Collection Size:
6 manuscript boxes, 1 scrapbook, 1 envelope, 2 phonorecords
(2.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches, orders, personnel records, clippings, and photographs, relating to American naval aviation, especially
in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Photocopy.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use copies of all sound recordings in this collection are available. For access to any video recordings or motion picture
film in this collection, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Aubrey Wray Fitch papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1980.
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
Admiral, United States Navy; commander, Air Forces, South Pacific, 1942-1944; deputy, chief of naval operations (air), 1944-1945.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches, orders, personnel records, clippings, and photographs, relating to American naval aviation, especially
in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Photocopy.
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--Aviation.
United States. Navy--Officers.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
Sound recording.