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Acheson, Dean (Washington, D.C.), 1964

Air Force Historical Foundation (Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama), 1963

Babb, James T. (New Haven, Conn.), 1957, 1960-1961, 1963

Betts, Major General Thomas J. (Washington, D.C.), 1957

Burnett, C., Colonel (Washington, D.C.), 1935, 1937

Clark, Carter, General (Washington, D.C.), 1967

Coulter, John B., Lieut. Colonel (Washington, D.C.), 1937

Coyne, David (Hoboken, N.J.), 1964

Craig, Malin, General (Washington, D.C.), 1937-1938

Crockett, James C., Captain (U.S. Embassy, Berlin, Germany), 1935

Delaney, Edmund T. (New York, N.Y.), 1957

Gotlieb, Howard B. (New Haven, Conn.), 1961,

Hanighen, Frank C. (Washington, D.C.), 1957

Harding, Eleanor (Mrs. Forrest), 1969

Harding, Forrest, Major General, 1957

Hoover, Herbert, 1938

Knopf, Alfred, Jr. (New York, N.Y.), 1961

Kromer, Leon B., Major General (Washington, D.C.), 1937

Lamont, Betty (Mrs. Gordon), 1968

Lee, Raymond E., Colonel (U.S. Embassy, Berlin, Germany), 1936

Lindbergh, Charles A., Colonel, June 1936-February 1942.

Mason, Frank E. (New York, N.Y.), 1964

Mayer, Ferdinand L. (Bennington, Vermont), 1967

McCabe, E.R.W., Colonel (Washington, D.C.), 1938

Murphy, Robert (New York, N.Y.) 1961

Palmer, Paul ( Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, N.Y.), 1960

Pappenheim, General von, undated

Patch, J. (Mrs. Dorst), 1966

Pogue, Forrest C. (Arlington, Virginia), 1969

Reichenau, Walter (Munich, Germany), 1937

Schell, Adolf von (Berlin, Germany), 1936

Schell, Brigetta von (Mrs. Adolf), 1967

Speidel, Hans, General (Rheinland, Germany), 1969-1970

St. George Katherine (Mrs. George) (Washington, D.C.), 1964

U.S. Army, Department of the, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (Washington, D.C.), 1964(Second page missing.)

U.S. War Department (Washington, D.C.). Code cablegram, September 27, 1938

Van Voorst, M., Colonel (London, England), 1943

Weckerling, John, Brigadier General (Washington, D.C.), 1951

Wedemeyer, Albert C., General (Boyds, Maryland), 1964

Willems, John M., Major General (Washington, D.C.), 1961

Wood, O.S., Lieut. Colonel (Washington, D.C.), 1937

Young, Genevieve (Harper & Row, New York, N.Y.), 1961

Activities of the Office of the Military Attaché, American Embassy, Berlin, Germany: August 1935 To April 1939, memorandum, undated

Air intelligence activities. Office of the Military Attaché. American Embassy, Berlin, Germany August 1935-April 1939; With Special Reference to the Service of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, report, 1956

Chemical Warfare and the Tactical Training of the Army; With Special Reference to Infantry, report, 1932

The Development of the Art of War in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, essay, undated

Estimate of the German Political and Economic Situation, report, 1937

An Estimate of the Inner Political Situation, report, undated

ETHE. A Tactical Study by Truman Smith and Richard G. Tindall, lecture, undated

Europe - October 1936; As Seen from Berlin, report, undated

General Estimate as of Nov. 1, 1937. Military Intelligence Division report relating to the German Luftwaffe, 1937

German Air Power: General Estimate as of Nov. 1, 1937 (Extracts), 1937 October 25

Germany and Hitler, individual staff memorandum, 1933.

Germany: Comments on Current Events, No. 3. The Pirow Hitler conversation, report, 1938

Germany: Comments on Current Events, No. 8 Comments on European Situation, report, 1939.

Germany - Poland, Italy, Japan, essay, undated

Historical Map Problem: A German operation on September 5, 1914. Paper presented at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, undated

Historical Map Problem: An operation of the 66th French Brigade, 1941 August 22. Paper presented at The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, undated

Hitler and the National Socialists. Notebook and report of Captain Truman Smith, Infantry, U.S. Army, Assistant Military Attache, Berlin, Germany, describing a visit to Munich from November 15 to November 22, 1922, report, 1924

The Inner Political Situation in Germany, 1938 November 24. Report, undated

Joint Plans and Army Strategic Plans of Germany Just Prior to the World War. Essay prepared for a course at the Army War College, 1932-1933, by Subcommittee No. 2. Major Truman Smith, Infantry Chairman, Major B. S. DuBois, C.A.C., Major J.E. Jacobs, FA-Res.

Panic. Essay, undated

Party and Army, Germany - December 1937, essay, 1937,

Rosignol, essay, undated

Strategic Survey of Germany. Course at the Army War College, 1932-1933. Essay prepared by Subcommittee No. 1, Maj. Truman Smith, Chairman, et al, 1932

Truman Smith1893-1946. The Facts of life: A Narrative With Documents. An Unpublished Autobiographical Narrative, undated

War Potential and Intentions of European Axis Nations. Military Intelligence Division-Report: Germany (Political)

German Foreign Policy under Hitler.1939 November 25.

The Politico-Military Factor of the Rhineland Occupation, 1936 March 20.

The German Foreign Policy, May 1936, 1936 May 7.

Germany and Czechoslovakia-When?, 1938 April 5.

Czechoslovak Question, 1939 August 8.

The Czechoslovak Crisis, 1938 September 1.

The Future of Memel District, 1939 October 28.

War Potential and Intentions of European Axis Nations. Military Intelligence Division-Report: Germany (Combat)

The Militarization of the Rhineland, 1936 March 9

The Expansion of the Active Army, 1937 January 9

The German Fortress Area towards France and Luxemburg, 1927 November 19

German Army Tendencies, 1938 February 26

Fortifications-German West Front, 1938 June 10

Babb, James T.,

Correspondence with Frank E. Mason (New York, N.Y.),

Letters sent to Harold J. Gordon, Jr. (Amherst, Massachusetts), 1964.

Biography of Colonel Truman Smith, U.S. Army (Retired), undated

German economy and German military power, 1945. Unsigned deposition Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Harding, General Forrest, 1886-1969? Newspaper clippings.

Lindbergh, Anne M. (Mrs. Charles), letters to Katherine Smith (Mrs. Truman), 1936-1941. Handwritten originals. October 18, 1970 letter is a photocopy.

Lindbergh, Colonel Charles A., letter to Katherine Smith (Mrs. Truman), October 10, 1970.

Der Mensch, der Adolf Hitler hiess. Published article. Quick, Nr. 15, v.12.4.64.

Orientation on the written monograph. Lecture outline, undated

Pogue, Forrest C. (Arlington, Virginia), correspondence with Colonel Edmund Delaney, 1969.

Smith, Kätchen (daughter of Truman Smith). Letter to Anne M. Lindbergh, 1937 October 18.

U.S. Army, Department of Public Information Division. The Medal of Honor of the United States Army. Washington, D.C. G.P.O. 1938.

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith file, 1917-1989

Memoirs, undated

"My Life, 1904-1914: Greenport, My Share of the American Dream," 119 p.

"My Life, 1916-1923: Who Won the War?", typescript (photocopy) 418 p.

"My Life, 1916-1923: Who Won the War?", typescript (photocopy), 418 p.

Diary, typescript (photocopy), 1916-1919

"My Life: Years of Preparation, 1924-1935," photocopy, undated

"My Life, 1916-1923," 418 p., photocopy of typescript, undated

"My Life, August 1935-April 1939," bound volume, undated

Berlin, 1938, undated

"My Life, The War Years, 1939-1946," typescript (photocopy), 127 pp.

"My Life, The War Years, 1939-1946," typescript (photocopy), undated

National Archives correspondence, 1981

Postcards, 1931-1938 and undated

Photocopies of Truman Smith's Papers at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, IA, 1919-1974

Subject file, 1919-1974

Air Intelligence Activities...Berlin, 1935-1939

Correspondence, 1953-1964

Bound volume,

Lindbergh comments, 1955

Lindbergh corrected manuscript,

Pages 1-68

Pages 69-118

Army, 1928-1952

G-2 Division, 1941-1952

Lectures at Fort Benning, 1928-1932

Service School "Monographs," 1932-1933

B General correspondence, 1941-1970 and undated

C General correspondence, 1946-1967

Clippings

Germany G-2 reports, 1938-1939

D-F General correspondence, 1946-1970

Faymonville, Philip R., 1970

G General correspondence, 1969-1970

Germany

Army Development, 1954-1956

Military Attaché

Correspondence, 1935-1938

G-2 Reports

1935-1936

1937

1940-1945

Photographs, 1934-1935 and undated

Guatemala and Communism, 1952-1954

H General correspondence, 1940-1970

Hitler and the National Socialists, 1922-1924

Correspondence, 1960-1961

Bound volume. Photocopies

Hoover Commission, 1948-1949

Hoover, Herbert, 1945-1964

L General correspondence, 1948-1968

Lindbergh, Charles and Ann

Correspondence, 1936-1975

Clippings, 1927-1964

Lodge, John Davis, 1946-1962

Luce, Clare Booth, 1945-1664 and undated

M General correspondence, 1940-1970

Marshall, General George C., 1957-1969

O-R General correspondence, 1955-1972 and undated

Russian Declaration of War on Japan--G-2 Report, 1951-1969

S General correspondence, 1947-1967 and undated

Smith, Kätchen correspondence,

1937

1938

1940-1941 and undated

Smith, Truman

Biographical sketches

Clippings

Army service

Decorations, 1919-1948

Orders, 1932-1956

Retirement benefits, 1945-1974

"Facts of Life," documents used and reproduced in memoir, photocopies, undated

"Truman Smith: 1893-1946, The Facts of Life: A Narrative with Documents," typescript, 154 pp.

Speidel, Hans, 1948-1970

Correspondence, T. Includes letters from George Tinkham (1947) and Paul Thompson (1969)

Correspondence, Taft, Robert, 1945-1952

Correspondence, Trudeau, Arthur, 1955-1962

Correspondence, W. Includes letters from DeWitt Wallace, General Warlimont (1950), John Wheeler-Bennett, Don Willever (1970), Charles Willoughby (1946), Hugh Wilson (1946-1950)

Correspondence, Wedemeyer, Albert, 1947

Correspondence, Wood, Robert E. and Mrs., 1945-1961

Z general correspondence and unidentified

Miscellaneous, 1945 and undated

Writings and speeches, 1941-1967

Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce, 1946

"Strategicus" articles, 1941-1952

"Strategicus" articles

Printed, 1941-1942

Typed, 1941-1942

"Hitler's Trick Gadgets, Unlimited," 1946

"La Abdicación del Estado-Mayor Alemán," 1946

"Nazi Strategy," Army War College, 1947-1948

Letter to editor, Brideport Post, 1948

Foreign Affairs roundtable, 1948

Testimony-Senate, Armed Services Committee, 1948

Radio debate with Norman Thomas (Disarmament, etc.), 1948-1949

"The Rise of German Air War Power: 1933-1939," Air War College, 1948-1949

4th of July address, 1949

"Hoover Report," Republican Women's Club of Greenwich, 1949?

"Thoughts on the Defense of Europe," 1950

"Joseph Anthony Michaela," 1950

Political Address-Westport Women's Club, 1950

Book review: The Freeman-Europe Between the Acts, 1951

Letters to Kätchen from Central America from Katharine A. H. Smith, 1952

Impressions of Germany, 1955

Germany-Virgin Islands memorandum, 1955

"The Infamous Record of Soviet Espionage," Reader's Digest, 1960

Notes on a Lazy Winter (Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico), 1961

Memorandum regarding Miracle on the Marne, 1961

"A Summer at a Montana Dude Ranch," 1962

"Jungling as a Winter Sport," 1963

"Estimates of the Combat Value of the German Army," 1963

Germany-Letters from, 1963

Latin American cruise, 1964

"Not Much Rain in Spain," 1965

Smith to [Carter Weldon] Clark on Vietnam, 1967

Truman Smith miscellaneous writings, 1961-1968

Photographs, negatives, and postcards, 1919-1953

Three photo albums of postcards from Sweden, Denmark, and Paris, 1936-1939

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith, 1917-1992

Letters to Kätchen from Germany, holograph drafts, 1963

Letters to family, typed copies and carbons, 1919-1923

Correspondence and writings, 1965-1977

Accounts of events surrounding Austrian Anschluss, typed copies, 1938

Clippings, 1917-1992

Military personnel files of Truman Smith (TS), 1919-1946

Transparency of page from book on pilots during WWI, undated

Letters from TS to KAHS during the Mexican Expedition, typescript copies, 1916

Clippings and correspondence of TS and KAHS, 1936-1985

Kniss, C. "Die deutsche Luftwaffenrüstung zwischen 1935 und 1939 im Spiegel der US-amerikanischen Attaché-berichte," master's thesis, undated

Published articles by TS, 1940s-1960s

Berlin guestbook, photocopy, 1935-1939

Invitations and letters, photocopies, 1930s

Photographs, negatives, and postcards, 1919-1953

Photographs (reproductions) used in "My Life, 1935-1939," 1936

Ambassador Hugh Wilson, circa 1938

8x10 negatives for "Facts of Life," 1930s

TS and Charles Lindbergh, copy, 1936

Photo album, 1935-1939.

Transparency of identification document, undated

Postcards (copies) featuring Hitler and Göring, a zeppelin, and a rally, circa 1934

"ETHE. A Tactical Study," typescript of lecture by TS and Major Richard G. Tindall, undated

Letters from TS to KAHS, from France and Germany, photocopies of typed copies, 1918-1919

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith, 1917-1992

Note regarding letters to family, undated

Letters to family, 1917-1923 and undated

"Life in Berlin," 1919-1924

"Life in Berlin," 1919-1924 (Contd.)

Moreau, Louis, correspondence from battlefield, 1917

"German Soldier Waiting To Go To Battle," typescript, 1918 and undated

Letters to family, by subject, 1911-1969

"Last months of war," 1918

Silver Star for bravery in the Argonne, 1917-1919

Battle of Bois de Forêt, Château-Theirry, Argonne, 1918-1919

Landing in France, 1918

"Life on the Mexican border," 1911-1917

Letters to family, 1915-1969

Letters to KAHS from France and Germany, 1918-1919 and undated

Undated

1918

1918 (Contd.)

1919

Biographical file, 1893-1970

Yale University clippings, photographs, and ephemera, 1913-1915

Marriage of TS to Katharine Alling Hollister, 1917

Military personnel files of TS, 1919-1946

Infantry School, Fort Benning and Fort Leavenworth, files, 1926-1930

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith, 1917-1992

Smith, Kätchen (Katharine T.) correspondence, 1941-1945

Smith, Kätchen (Katharine T.) correspondence, 1941-1945 (Contd.)

Beck, Alfred correspondence regarding what G-2 thought about chances of war and relationship of TS and General von Boetticher, 1973

Mosely, Leonard correspondence, 1986

Correspondence of Kätchen Smith with various researchers interested in TS and collected materials regarding military attaché in Germany, 1965 1990s-2000s

Subject file, 1944-1993

G-2 (Military Intelligence Service), 1944-1984

Collected clippings and correspondence, photocopies, 1944-1984

War ration leather pouch, undated

Delaney, Edmund letters and fragment of memoir (photocopy), 1944-1945, 1984

Lindbergh, Charles visits to Germany, 1945-1984

Thompson, Paul writings and photgraphs, 1980-1993

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith, 1917-1992

"From the files of KAHS, 1935-1939, Germany." Includes an assortment of Christmas cards and ephemera from military attachés, members of the Luftwaffe and other German officials, 1935-1939. Also includes letters from General Werner von Blomberg, Erhard Milch, and others regarding TS's departure from Germany and a photograph of General Rüdel and his family

Diaries, vols. I-III, 1919

Guest lists of German civilians and army, Berlin, circa 1935

Correspondence, clippings, and notes relating to German tactics and Pearl Harbor, 1945-1976

United States Army documents relating to departure from Berlin, 1941

Correspondence, 1911-1985

Clark, Carter, General, photocopy, 1969

Mayer, Ferdinand, 1961-1970

Smith, Katharine regarding possible duel with Gerd von Buggenhagen, 1924

Smith, Kätchen regarding trip to Germany, typed copies, 1963

Speidel, Hans, regarding German war events and events leading up to NATO, photocopies, 1945-1955

Diplomatic passport of TS, 1922

Knox, H. J. Soldier cartoons of the American Forces in Germany. Coblenz: Krabbensche Buchdruckerei, 1919

Trip to Germany with new military attaché Major Allan Leonard to re-establish pre-war contacts with German military officers, photographs and correspondence, 1955

Scrapbook (guestbook) of cards and telegrams, 1930s

"Truman Smith, 1893-1942, The Facts of Life, a Narrative with Documents," photocopy, 155 p.

Correspondence of KAHS regarding trip to West Germany, 1968

Letters regarding trips to Central America and Spain, 1960s

Published reviews of Berlin Alert, 1982-1984

Speech by TS on Cold War analysis and defense of Europe, 1950

Airpower Historian magazine, 1963 April

Freedom of Information file of TS, 1938-1978

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith, 1917-1992

Lindbergh, Charles and Anne (originals and photocopies) correspondence in response to death of TS, 1970-1974

Condolence letters regarding death of KAHS, 1992

Miller, Dwight (Herbert Hoover Presidential Library) correspondence, 1978-1984

TS biography, presumably written by KAHS, 1970s

KAHS biographical materials, 1981-1984

Summary of conversation between Charles Lindbergh and Igor Sikorsky regarding atomic bomb, photocopy, 1976

Correspondence with various researchers concerning TS and events in Berlin, 1974-1991

Letters received, 1933-1990

Passport and drivers license, 1935-1939

Letters received, 1937-1962

Correspondence of Katharine T. Coley (Kätchen Smith) with Alexander Böker, German ambassador to the Vatican, 1979-1994

Biographical file, 1893-1970

Oral history interview with TS conducted by Ray Henze, bound volume, 1970

Death of Truman Smith, 1975-1988

Writings and correspondence on death and legacy of TS, 1970-1971

Miscellaneous, 1969 and undated

Photographs, negatives, and postcards, 1919-1953

Schofield Barracks, 1933-1935

TS and other military attachés at maneuvers; Nuremburg rally; TS in Berlin; Lindbergh's arrival in Germany; Royal Reception Diplomatic Corps, the Hague; portraits of TS and KAHS, 1935-1936 and undated

Photographic negatives, for use in "My Life" memoir, undated

Katharine Alling Hollister Smith, 1917-1992

Burdick, Charles and Milorad Drachkovitch correspondence, 1977-1984

List of reports sent from Berlin between 1935 and 1936, photocopy, undated

Biographical file, 1893-1971

Death of Truman Smith, 1893-1971

Death of Truman Smith, condolences, 1970-1971

Books by Hans Speidel, Ernst Hanfstaengl, and others, relating to Hitler, Normandy invasion, and German army, 1953-2002

Oversize materials, 1916-1953

Photographs, 1919-1953

Certificates, citations, and other identification documents, 1916-1939

4 reels of microfilm copies of papers of Truman Smith, 1916-1975, at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library