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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78043935
Collection material in English
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 papers of Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, air force officer, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Gladys Rose Vandenberg, in 1955. Additional material was transferred from the U.S. Air Force Office of the Chief of Staff, 1960, and the Library of Congress Science and Technology Division, 1961.
The Vandenberg Papers were arranged and described in 1968 and 1979. The finding aid was revised in 2013.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The papers of Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Government regulations control the use of security classified items in this collection. Manuscript Division staff can furnish information concerning access to and use of classified material.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Hoyt S. Vandenberg (1899-1954) span the years 1942-1954 with the bulk of the material falling between the years 1948 and 1953, the period when Vandenberg was chief of staff of the air force. The papers consist of correspondence, reports, and memoranda, supplemented by speeches and articles, diaries, and appointment books, mail logs, personnel files, accounts, and printed matter. The collection is organized into ten series: Diaries and Appointments , General Correspondence , Subject File , Security File , Speeches and Articles , Miscellany , Classified , Top Secret , Restricted Data: Secret , and North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Top Secret .
During Vandenberg's first few years as chief of staff, the air force underwent rapid growth and development. Various commands were established, and the air force was statutorily expanded to seventy groups during this period. Vandenberg's role in this development is well documented throughout the collection, particularly in the Subject File on topics dealing with the budget, congressional hearings, commands, secretary of the air force, and correspondence with Carl Vinson.
In 1951, the air force first entered combat as an autonomous branch of the armed forces. The difficulties it encountered in the Korean War, political as well as military, are documented in the Security File . One of the most pressing problems was conducting a war under an economy-oriented administration. This difficulty is documented in subject files relating to the budget and congressional hearings as well as on the security file.
Correspondents in addition to Vinson include Lindley Beckworth, Omar Nelson Bradley, Overton Brooks, J. Lawton Collins, Clyde Roark Hoey, Olin D. Johnston, John F. Kennedy, Scott Wike Lucas, George E. Stratemeyer, and Harry S. Truman.
The collection is arranged in ten series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78043935
Diaries, appointment books, and calendars.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein.
Letters sent and received. Correspondence for each year from 1948 to 1953 is preceded by a mail log for that year.
Arranged chronologically by year and alphabetically therein. The last two containers contain miscellaneous indexed correspondence.
Correspondence, memoranda and reports, press releases, and notes relating to the Offices of the Chief of Staff and Air Force activities.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material and chronologically therein.
Memoranda, reports, and some correspondence relating principally to the Korean War.
Original arrangement retained.
Typescript and reading copies of speeches and articles. Six notebooks, one for each year, contain typescript copies of speeches and an index. .
Arranged into unbound and notebook files
Printed matter and miscellaneous papers. Arranged by type of material.
Arranged into unbound and notebook files
Correspondence, memoranda, and reports.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Correspondence, memoranda, and reports.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Memorandum and a report.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Memorandum.
Arranged and described according to the series, container, and folder from which the item was removed.