Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, orders, memoranda, reports, and speeches and writings, relating to aerial operations in China during World War II, and to postwar American foreign policy in China.
- Extent:
- 12 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 3 envelopes, 2 oversize folders (5.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Claire Lee Chennault papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Date Event 1890, Sept. 6 Born, Commerce, Texas1917 Commissioned First Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Became military aviator1937 Retired from U.S. Army Air Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel1937-1941 Adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek1941, Aug.-1942, July Commanding Officer, American Volunteer Group in Chinese Air Force1942 Commissioned Brigadier General, U.S. Army Air Forces1942, July-1943, Mar. Commanding General, China Air Task Force1943 Promoted to Major General1943, Mar.-1945, Aug. Commanding General, 14th Air Force1945 Retired from U.S. Army Air Forces1946-1958 President, Chinese National Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Air Transport, and its successor organizations, Civil Air Transport and China Air Transport1949 Author, Way of a Fighter1958, July 27 Died, New Orleans, Louisiana - Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- China - Names:
- United States. Army
United States. Army Air Forces. China Air Task Force
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 14th - Places:
- China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Box FH9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Claire Lee Chennault papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563