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Collection material in English, French and German
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The materials were originally part of the Everett Strait Hughes papers and transferred by the Manuscript Division in 1996.
The collection was arranged and described by Ryan Moore in 2016.
The status of copyright of the Everett Strait Hughes map collection is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The Everett Strait Hughes map collection is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Geography & Map Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Everett Strait Hughes map collection, Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Everett Strait Hughes was born October 21, 1885 in South Dakota and died September 5, 1957. He was a career army officer who served at command posts in the North African and European theatres during World War II. He was a close friend of Gen. George S. Patton and an important adviser to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A West Point graduate, he served in the Philippines and was part of General John J. Pershing's pursuit of Mexican insurgent leader Pancho Villa in 1916.
A captain when the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917, Hughes was promoted to colonel when he arrived in France just 18 months later. He served there during the final weeks of the war and remained in Europe until March 1919, as part of U.S. Army’s occupation army.
The collection contains two maps with annotations showing the American zone of occupation in Germany in 1919 and of its headquarters in Coblenz.
The collection is organized into a single series
Two maps showing the American zone of occupation in Germany.
Penciled annotation showing American sector
French base map
Right half of map missing
Map with complete list of units
Printed by G-2-C Third Army