Inventory of the Robert L. Eichelberger Papers, 1728-1998 (bulk 1942-1949)
[top]Descriptive Summary
TitleRobert L. Eichelberger
Papers,
1728-1998
(bulk
1942-1949)
Creator
Eichelberger, Robert L.,
1886-1961
Extent
54 Linear Feet
29,056 items
Repository
29,056 items
Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library
Language
English.
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Administrative Information
Online ItemsPhotographs from Siberia, 1918-1919, have been digitized and are available in Americans in the Land of Lenin - Duke Digital Collections
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
However, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this
collection.
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Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in the papers have not
been transferred to Duke University. For further
information, see the section on copyright in the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert L. Eichelberger
Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Eichelberger Papers were donated to the
Special Collections Library in several installments from
1955 to 1999.
Processing Information
Processed by Janie Morris, assisted by Denise
Dolan
Completed October 28, 1999
Addition minimally processed at box level by
Lisa Stark
Last updated June 4, 1999
The current arrangement of the Robert L.
Eichelberger Papers is primarily the same as before the
collection was reprocessed. However, some papers were
grouped to form the following series: Correspondence,
Military Papers, and Writings and Speeches. In addition,
deteriorating picture albums and scrapbooks were dismantled
and placed into folders.
Encoded by Robin LaPasha; Stephen Douglas Miller; Walt
Evans; Cat Saleeby
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
| 1886 March 9 | Born Urbana, Ohio |
| 1903-1905 | Attended Ohio State University |
| 1909 | Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point |
| 1913 | Married Emma Gudger |
| 1918-1920 | Served in Siberia as Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations Division, and Chief Intelligence Officer with the American Expeditionary Forces |
| 1920-1921 | Served in Japan, China, and the Philippines in connection with military intelligence activities |
| 1921-1924 | Served in the Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff in Washington, D.C. |
| 1925-1929 | Student and instructor at the Command and General Staff School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. |
| 1930 | Graduated from Army War College in Washington, D.C. |
| 1939-1940 | Assumed command of the 30th Infantry, Presidio of San Francisco |
| 1940-1942 | Appointed Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1942 Jan. | Designated Commander of the Seventy-seventh Army Division, organized at Fort Jackson, S.C. |
| 1942 Dec.-1943 Jan. | Participated in the Buna and Sanananda, New Guinea campaigns |
| 1943 Sept. | Promoted to Brigadier General |
| 1944 April | Commanded task force which captured Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea |
| 1944 June | Commanded Biak Task Force which retook land from the Japanese |
| 1944 Sept. | Became commanding general, Eighth Army |
| 1945 Jan-Aug. | Eighth Army under Eichelberger's command fought on every occupied island of the Philippine Archipelago |
| 1945 Aug 30 | Participated in the occupation of Japan by landing at Atsugi Air Field in Honshu with the Eighth Army and a detachment from the 11th Airborne Division |
| 1946 Jan. 1 | Assumed control of all ground occupation troops in Japan |
| 1948 Dec. 31 | Retired from the Army |
| 1949 | Eichelberger's memoir, "Our Bloody Jungle Road to Tokyo," was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post |
| 1954 | Promoted to the rank of four star general by an Act of Congress |
| 1961 Sept. 26 | Died, buried in Arlington National Cemetery |
Eichelberger received the following medals and honors: Distinguished Service Cross with one oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Service Medal with three clusters, Combat Infantry Badge, Distinguished Service Medal (Navy), Silver Star with two clusters, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation with one cluster, Honorary Knight Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Grand Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau with swords (Holland), Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (France), Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium, the Croix de Guerre with palm (Belgium), and Order of ABDON Calderon First Class (Ecuador). He was granted the Distinguished Service Star, the Liberation Medal, and the Legion of Honor by the Republic of the Philippines. He also received the decoration, Grand Officer of the Military Order of Italy.
[top]Collection Overview
The Eichelberger Papers span the period 1728 to
1998, with the bulk of the collection dating between 1942
and 1949. The papers contain diaries, correspondence,
military papers, writings and speeches, pictures,
scrapbooks, printed material, clippings, memorabilia, and
audiovisual material chiefly relating to Eichelberger's
military career. Prominently highlighted is his
participation as a member of the American Expeditionary
Forces in Siberia (1918-1920); the military campaigns he
led in New Guinea and the Philippines during World War II
(1942-1945); and the post-war period when he commanded all
ground occupation troops in Japan (1945-1948).
Additionally, there are several photographs of Winston
Churchill, who came to Fort Jackson, S.C. in 1942, to view
the 77th Army Division commanded by Eichelberger. There are
also several photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt, when she
came to Australia in 1943 to visit the troops, and several
of Douglas MacArthur. The bulk of the personal
correspondence (1942-1945) was written by Eichelberger to
his wife, Emma Gudger Eichelberger, in which he described
the fighting in the Pacific as well as the difficulties of
jungle life. In dictations after the war, Eichelberger
reflected upon his military career and various people,
including Generals Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Robert C. Richardson.
Eichelberger's military career is represented in
all series throughout the collection. In particular, the
dictations Eichelberger made after the war are located in
the Writings and Speeches Series. The extensive Pictures
Series documents the events of his career during 1918 to
1920, and during World War II and the post-war period.
Eichelberger's memoir,
"Our Bloody Jungle Road to
Tokyo"
, serialized in the
Saturday Evening Post
in 1949, is located in the Oversize Printed Material
Series.
Related materials include a microfilm (2 reels) of
the 1949 Ph.D. dissertation written at Syracuse University
by Duke Professor Ralph Braibanti,
"The Occupation of
Japan,"
which contains information about
Eichelberger while he was commander of the occupation
troops in Japan after World War II. This microfilm is
located in Perkins Library Microforms Department. The Duke
University Special Collections Library also has the papers
of Eichelberger's father George M. Eichelberger, a lawyer
from Urbana, Ohio. Another related collection is the
Westall Family Papers. Mrs. James M. Westall (Virginia
Cooper Westall), was Eichelberger's longtime secretary in
Asheville, N.C. There are over a hundred letters of
Eichelberger's and other related materials in this
collection which document the Eichelbergers' business and
social affairs from the 1950s until his death.
Other related works include a compilation of
Eichelberger's letters to his wife entitled
Dear Miss Em: General
Eichelberger's War in the Pacific, 1942-1945,
(Westpoint, Conn., 1972) edited by Jay Luvaas. Other works
about Eichelberger include
Forged by Fire: General Robert
L. Eichelberger and the Pacific War (Columbia,
S.C., 1987) by John F. Shortal, and "A 'Near Great'
General: the Life and Career of Robert L. Eichelberger," a
Duke University 1991 Ph.D. dissertation, by Paul
Chwialkowski.
The addition (acc# 1999-0167) (83 reels; dated
1998) consists of negative microfilm reels of the
"Japan and America"
microfilm series, photographed from the Eichelberger
Papers.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Eichelberger, Robert L.
- Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
- North Carolina State Ports Authority.
- United States.--Army--Officers.
- United States Military Academy--Students.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns.
- North Carolina--Buncombe County--Asheville.
- Microfilm.
Related Material
For the guide to the microfilm in accession #
1999-0167, see
Japan and America,
c1930-1955: The Pacific War and the Occupation of
Japan in the Duke University Libraries online
catalog.
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Detailed Description of Collection
Diaries, 1909-1961 (bulk 1940s-1950s)
Arranged in chronological order, with loose
papers from individual volumes placed in folders
immediately following that particular volume.
Box 1
1909-1916
1942
1943
1944
(2 volumes)
1945-1946
1947
1940
Nov.-1947
(5 folders)
Box 2
1948
(2 folders)
1949
(1 volume, 1 folder)
1950
(1 volume, 1 folder)
1951
(1 volume, 1 folder)
1952
(2 volumes)
Box 3
1953
1954
(1 volume, 1 folder)
1955
(1 volume, 1 folder)
1956-1957
(2 volumes)
1958
(1 volume, 1 folder)
1959-1960
(2 volumes)
Box 4
1961
Correspondence, 1872-1962 (bulk 1942-1949)
Contains handwritten notes and letters, typed
letters, memoranda, and telegrams. Arranged in
chronological order primarily by year and month.
Correspondence between 1943 and 1949 has been categorized
as either personal or official. Before 1943 and after 1949,
the official and personal correspondence is filed together.
At the time of processing, the papers were already
organized in this manner. A few folders have been divided
by correspondent or topic of correspondence.
Condolences sent after Eichelberger's death
are included at the end of the series. One envelope of
alphabetized file slips compiled by Rare Book, Manuscript,
and Special Collections Library staff indexes letters in
the Correspondence Series. The envelope is filed in the
Information Folder in the Collection Inventory Drawer.
Personal and Official Subseries
1872-1919
Sept.
(6 folders)
Box 6
1919 Oct.-1942
Sept.
(6 folders)
Box 7
1942
Oct.-Dec.
(3 folders)
Personal Subseries
1943
Jan.-May
(3 folders)
Box 8
1943 June-1944
June
(6 folders)
Box 9
1944 July-1945
Apr.
(7 folders)
Box 10
1945
May-Dec.
(8 folders)
Box 11
1946-1947
(8 folders)
Box 12
1948
Jan-Oct.
(14 folders)
Box 13
1948 Nov.-1949
Apr.
(8 folders)
Box 14
1949
May-Aug.
(5 folders)
Box 15
1949 Sept.-Dec.,
undated
(7 folders)
Official Subseries
1943-1947
(7 folders)
Box 17
1948-1949,
undated
(4 folders)
Personal and Official Subseries
1950
(7 folders)
Box 18
1951-1953
(8 folders)
Box 19
1954
(3 folders)
1955
(2 folders)
1956
Jan.-Aug.
(2 folders)
Box 20
1956 Sept.-1958
Jan.
(9 folders)
Box 21
1958
Feb.-Dec.
(6 folders)
Box 22
1959
(7 folders)
Box 23
1960-1961
Apr.
(8 folders)
Box 24
1961 May-1971
undated
(6 folders)
Box 25
Algase, Gertrude,
1946-1950
Mar.
(4 folders)
Asheville Chamber of Commerce
Review Board,
1955-1958
(2 folders)
North Carolina State Ports
Authority,
1959-1960
(2 folders)
Condolences Subseries
1961 Sept. 26-Oct.
12
(9 folders)
Box 27
1961 Oct. 13-1962 Apr.,
undated
(6 folders)
Military Papers, 1912-1960, undated (bulk 1942-1948)
Subdivided into five subseries: Siberian
Expedition, World War II, World War II: Japan, Japan:
Occupation, and Miscellaneous. The sequence reflects the
order in which these events occurred.
Siberian Expedition, 1917-1924, undated
Includes maps, typed letters, handwritten
notes, intelligence summaries, memoranda, reports, and
leaflets. Arranged in chronological order, then
alphabetically by topic where applicable.
Box 28
1917-1918
(4 folders)
1918,
Cole, Frank L.,
"Notes on Siberian
Expedition"
1918-1919
Box 29
1919
(5 folders)
1919:
Land Defense of
Vladivostok, Siberia,
Aug.
Packard, Laurence B.,
"The Czecho-Slovaks
in Russia: Aug. 1914-Feb. 1919"
Phillip,
Karl
Reports,
1919 Jan. 3-Feb.
7
Box 30
1919 Jan. 3-Oct. 10,
Reports
(5 folders)
Box 31
1919 Oct. 11-1920,
Reports
(4 folders)
1920
Jan.-1924
(2 folders)
1920, summary,
American and Allied Intervention
1920,
Trupp, Eugene,
"Leaflets from the
History of the Civil War in Russia"
1921-1922
Miscellaneous,
undated
World War II, 1942-1951, undated (bulk 1942-1945)
Includes administrative and field orders,
notes on various campaigns, maps, intelligence reports,
military strategic studies, operations instructions,
reports, letters, staff studies, statistics, and historical
reports. Chiefly arranged in alphabetical order by topic,
then chronologically. The
"Campaigns"
topic
is further subdivided by name of individual campaigns.
Box 32
Activation of the
77th Division,
1942
Jan-July
Administrative Orders,
1945
Jan.-June
(2 volumes)
Box 33
Campaigns:
Biak, Schouten
Islands,
1944
(4 folders)
Buna, New Guinea,
1942-1948,
undated
(5 folders, 1 volume)
Box 34
Hollandia, New
Guinea,
1943-1944
(6 folders)
Box 35
Leyte-Samar, P.I.,
1944-1946
(5 folders)
Lingayen, P.I.,
1944
Luzon, P.I., 1944,
Nov.
Box 36
Luzon, P.I.,
1944-1945
(6 folders)
Box 37
Luzon, P.I.,
1945
(2 folders)
Maps,
1949
Mindanao, P.I.,
1945,
undated
(3 folders, 2
volumes)
Box 38
Mindoro-Marindugue,
P.I.,
1945
Nasugbu, P.I.,
1944
Palawan, Zamboanga and Jolo,
P.I.,
1945
(6 folders, 1 volume)
Panay, Negros, and Cebu,
P.I.,
1945,
undated
(4 folders)
Box 39
Panay, Negros, and Cebu,
P.I.,
1945
(1 volume)
Box 40
Field orders,
1944 Oct.-1945
June
(2 volumes)
Box 41
Naval Intelligence report:
Prominent Persons in
Japan and Japanese Dominated Areas,
1945 Aug.
Office of Chief of Military
History:
Leyte: Return to the
Philippines,
undated
(2 volumes)
Box 42
Office of Military History:
"The U.S. Army in
World War II, The Approach to the Philippines,"
1951
Box 43
Operations Instructions,
1944 Dec.-1945
Sept.
(3 volumes)
Box 44
Operations Instructions,
1945
July-Dec.
(2 volumes)
Operations of the Intelligence
Service in the Southwest Pacific Area,
1948 July
Box 45
Pearl Harbor Investigative
reports:
1944
Report of Army
Pearl Harbor Board,
1944
(2 volumes)
Box 46
Report (Biennial): The Chief of
Staff of the United States Army,
1943 July-1945
June
Report: The Supreme Commander to
the Combined Chief of Staff,
1944 June-1945
May
Training Directives,
1944 Oct.-1945
Nov.
Miscellaneous,
1942-1945
World War II: Japan, 1944-1945.
Contains information relating to the
invasion of
Japan, code name
"Operation
Coronet"
. Includes numerous intelligence studies and
reports about Japan, military proposals, and maps.
Box 47
Operation Coronet (Invasion of
Japan),
1944-1945
May
(4 volumes)
Box 48
Operation Coronet (Invasion of
Japan),
1945
May-1945
(1 folder, 4 volumes)
Japan: Occupation, 1945-1960, undated (bulk 1945-1948)
Contains numerous studies regarding the
economic, educational, social, and political restructuring
of
Japan during its
occupation after World War II. Includes intelligence
reports, monthly military summaries, correspondence
between
the Japanese government and the
Supreme Commander for the Allied
Powers (SCAP), war trial reports, monthly
non-military summaries, Eighth Army reports,
United States Army
occupational reports, letters, and notes.
Arranged in alphabetical order by type or title of
material, then chronologically.
Box 49
Administrative Orders,
1945-1946
(4 volumes)
"Civil Intelligence
Section: Occupational Trends: Japan and Korea,"
1945 Dec.-1946
Apr.
(2 folders)
Box 50
"Civil Intelligence
Section: Occupational Trends: Japan and Korea,"
1946
May-June
"Civil Intelligence
Section: Occupational Trends: Japan, Korea,
Philippines,"
1946 July
Economics,
1945-1949,
undated
(3 folders)
Box 51
"Editors and
Publishers Tour of Kobe, Japan,"
1947
Education,
1948
May-July
(1 folder, 2 volumes)
Eighth Army Field Orders,
1945
"Eighth Army in
Japan,"
1945 Aug.-1946 May,
undated
Box 52
Far East War Trials:
1945-1948,
undated
"Special Study of
the Yokahama War Crimes Trials,"
1945 Dec.-1947
Sept.
Food,
1948, undated
Memoranda to Imperial Japanese
Government from
SCAP (Supreme Commander for the
Allied Powers),
1945
Sept.-Dec.
(1 folder, 1 volume)
Box 53
Memoranda to Imperial Japanese
Government from
SCAP (Supreme Commander for the
Allied Powers),
1945 Nov. -1946
Jan.
(2 folders, 1 volume)
Military Government Reports,
1945-1951,
undated
(3 folders)
Box 54
Monthly Military Summaries,
1946 July-1947
July
(1 folder)
Monthly Military Summaries in
Korea
1946
March-July
(5 volumes)
Box 55
Monthly Military Summaries in
Korea,
1946
Aug.-Sept.
(2 volumes)
Monthly Non-Military Summaries,
1945
Sept.-Nov.
(2 volumes)
Box 56
Monthly Non-Military Summaries,
1945 Dec.-1946
Feb.
(3 volumes)
Box 57
Monthly Non-Military Summaries,
1946
March-June
(4 volumes)
Box 58
Monthly Non-Military Summaries,
1946
July-Nov.
(5 volumes)
Box 59
Monthly Non-Military Summaries,
1946 Dec.-1947
July
(6 volumes)
Box 60
Monthly Non-Military Summaries,
1947
Aug.-Dec.
(5 volumes)
Box 61
Monthly Non-Military Summaries,
1948
Jan.-May
(5 volumes)
Box 62
Occupation Plans,
1945 July-1949 May,
undated
(1 volume, 4 folders)
Box 63
Occupation Plans: Directives,
1945 Sept.-1948 Apr.,
undated
(2 folders)
Political Reorganization of
Japan,
1947 Aug.-1949
Oct.
Public Health and Welfare Reports,
1945-1949
"Report on Industrial
Reparations,"
1948 Feb.
(2 folders)
"Special Staff Study
of the Repatriation of German Nationals from Japan,"
1947 May
(2 folders)
Box 64
Sugayomo Prison: A Special Study,
1945 Nov.-1947
Jan.
"Two Years of
Occupation"
by
SCAP (Supreme Commander for the
Allied Powers) and
Far East Command, 1947
Aug.
Miscellaneous,
1945-1949,
undated
(3 folders)
Miscellaneous, 1912-1960, undated (bulk 1946-1949).
Contains various letters, reports,
memoranda, newspaper articles, dictation, and notes.
Arranged in alphabetical order by topic then
chronologically.
Box 65
Eisenhower's
Inspection of
Kobe Base,
1946 May
14
Klein, Juluis,
Brigadier General,
1949
Sorge Spy Reports,
1947 Dec.-1949
Feb.
1912-1960,
undated
(3 folders, 1 volume)
Writings and Speeches Series, 1909-1984, undated (bulk 1945-1960)
Chiefly material about Eichelberger's army
service. Arranged into subseries: Chronological, Subject,
Press Releases, Dictation, and Published Works.
Chronological Subseries
1920-1950
(7 folders)
Box 67
1951-1959
(7 folders)
Box 68
1960-1961,
undated
(3 folders)
Subject Subseries
Australia,
1948
Biak, Schouten Islands;
Buna,
Hollandia Campaigns;
Formation of Eighth Army, 1948 Mar. 18-1949 Feb.
12
Buna, New Guinea,
1948
Documents regarding the Eighth
Army,
undated
Glider Infantry, 187th,
undated
Hollandia, New Guinea,
1948
Japan, Future of,
1947-1952,
undated
Box 69
Japan:
Occupation of,
1948-1955,
undated
War criminals,
1948,
undated
Korean War, 1953 June
25
MacArthur, Douglas,
undated
Philippines,
1945-1948
Siberia,
1946-1947,
undated
Press Releases Subseries
Press Releases,
1938-1984,
undated
(4 folders)
Dictation Subseries
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dictation notebooks, index to the typed dictation, and
typed dictation transferred from the dictation notebooks
found in Boxes 70-74. Contact Research Services.
Box 70
Notebooks of dictation,
1952 Nov. 24-1956 Feb.
6
(3 folders)
Box 71
Notebooks of dictation,
1956 Feb. 6-1959 Jan.
30
(3 folders)
Box 72
Notebooks of dictation,
1959 Jan. 30-1961 Aug.,
undated
(4 folders)
Box 73
Index of typed dictation, Nos.
1-3
Typed dictation,
ca. 1952 Nov.-1961
July
(7 folders)
Box 74
Typed dictation,
ca. 1955 July-1961
Sept
(2 folders)
Typed Dictation
"Victory in
Papua,"
1954-1959
Published Works Subseries
Eighth U.S. Army-Up
to Now!, 1965 June
Engineers of the
Southwest Pacific, 1945
The Entry of the
Soviet Union in to the War Against Japan,
1941-1945
History of XI Corps,
1942-1946
History of the 3rd
Infantry Division in WWII, 1953
Box 76
The
Howitzer, 1909 and 1941 (2 volumes)
Box 77
The
Howitzer, 1942
Box 78
Under the Southern
Cross, 1949
United States at
War, 1945
102nd United States
Cavalry, 1941-1942
1909 USMA Eleven
Years After, 1920
Pictures Series, 1872-1984 (bulk 1942-1948).
Contains photographs chiefly from
Eichelberger's army career, including World War II military
campaigns, those from the Japanese occupation after World
War II, army bases, and ceremonial events, as well as
photographs of Eichelberger and his family, including
formal portraits and group photographs.The series is
subdivided into four subseries: Places and Events, People,
Albums, and Miscellaneous.
Places and events and photographs of people
are arranged in alphabetical order, with the exception that
those of Eichelberger and his family are arranged before
those of others. This series also includes photograph
albums, arranged in order by volume number and date, and
miscellaneous photographs, arranged in chronological
order.
Places and Events Subseries
Australia,
1942-1943,
undated
(2 folders)
Figi Islands,
1942-1943
Fort Jackson, South
Carolina,
1942,
undated
Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas,
1920
Japan: Surrender of
the Japanese on board the USS Missouri,
1945 Sept.
2
Box 80
Japan: Occupation,
1945-1948,
undated
(5 folders)
Box 81
Japan: Occupation,
1945-1949,
undated
(5 folders)
Box 82
Japan:
Occupation:
Hotels,
1946,
undated
(2 folders)
Kiki and
Kyoto Governors
Office,
undated
Visits to:
Shrines,
1945-1948,
undated
Sendai, 1945 Oct.
3
Yokohama,
1945-1948,
undated
Box 83
New Guinea Campaign,
1942-1945,
undated
(5 folders)
Box 84
New Guinea Campaign,
1942-1945
(10 folders)
Box 85
Philippine Campaign,
1942-1945,
undated
(6 folders)
Box 86
Philippine Campaign,
1944-1945,
undated
(6 folders)
Box 87
Siberia,
1918-1919,
undated
(3 folders)
Siberia photographs have been digitized and are available in Americans in the Land of Lenin - Duke Digital Collections
West Point,
1931-1940's,
undated
(3 folders)
Box 88
World Tour,
1946, undated
People Subseries
Eichelberger:
Formal Portraits
Index
Formal portraits,
1940-1949,
undated
(4 folders)
Box 89
Eichelberger:
Formal portraits,
1940-1949,
undated
In groups,
1939-1948,
undated
(3 folders)
Box 90
Eichelberger:
With religious leaders,
1946-1953,
undated
Ceremonies at retirement,
1947-1949,
undated
(2 folders, one phase
box)
After retirement,
1949-1960,
undated
Box 90a
Eichelberger:
General and Mrs. Eichelberger at
public events, parties, receptions,
1947-1951,
undated
Eichelberger family,
1872-1956,
undated
(2 folders)
Unidentified,
1943-1948,
undated
(4 folders)
Box 91
Eichelberger:
Unidentified,
1943-1948,
undated
Miscellaneous,
1940-1948,
undated
(1 folder, 1 phase
box)
Participants at Eichelberger's
induction into the Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame,
1984
Box 92
A-B
(Abbot and Costello, undated;
Prince Akihito, 1947
Sept.;
Prince Masahito,
1947 Sept.;
Barbey, Daniel Edwards
(see
Northcott, John),
undated;
Blamey, Thomas Albert,
1943-1953, undated;
Brown, Joe E., 1945
April, undated;
Byers, Clovis Ethelbert,
1942-1947, undated)
Churchill, Winston Leonard
Spencer, at
Fort Jackson, S.C.,
1942 June
Co-K
(Collins, Joseph Lawton,
undated;
Clark, Mark Wayne,
undated;
Cook, J. A., undated;
Cooper, Gary, 1944
Jan., undated;
Creel, George, undated;
Draper, William H.,
1947;
Dunn, Floyd, undated;
Edwards, Daniel Kramer,
undated;
Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
1946 May;
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great
Britain, 1953;
Emigh, Harry, undated;
Gruenther, Alfred Maximilian,
1955;
Halsey, William Frederick,
1949 Sept.;
Hatfield, Lansing,
undated;
Herring, Edmund Francis,
1943;
Hoover, Herbert,
1946, May;
Howard, Roy, 1947
Feb.;
Krueger, Walter,
1943 Nov., undated)
MacArthur, Douglas
1943-1948,
undated
(2 folders)
M
(Maloney (of Chicago Tribune)
1947 Sept.;
McCloy, John J.,
1945 Oct.;
McKinley, Jim, undated;
Merkel, Una,
undated)
N-R
(Northcott, John and
Barbey, Daniel Edwards,
undated;
Pechkoff, M. Zenovi,
undated;
Robertson, Horace,
1947;
Rogers, Gordon,
undated;
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
1934-1943)
Roosevelt, Eleanor:
Visit to
Australia,
1943
S-W
(Sherman, Frederick C.,
1946;
Stimson, Henry L.,
1940, undated;
Van Oyen, Ludolf Henrik,
1943, undated;
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew,
1945, undated)
Albums Subseries
Volume I,
1910-1918,
"Panama and
Cuba"
(1 volume, 1 folder)
Volume II,
1918,
Sept.11-1921, Jan. 21,
"Siberia"
Volume III,
1918-1921,
"Siberia"
Volume IV, [see
Oversize
Materials]
Volume V, [see
Oversize
Materials]
Volume VI [see
Oversize
Materials]
Volume VII,
1945 Apr.
30-1946 Apr. 25,
"Occupation of Japan,
Early Period"
Volume VIII,
1945 Aug.
30-1948 June 29,
"Occupation of
Japan"
Box 94
Volume VIII,
1945 Aug.
30-1948 June 29,
"Occupation of
Japan"
(2 folders)
Volume IX,
1945 Sept.
1-1946 Sept. 26,
"Occupation of Japan
and Japanese Surrender"
(2 folders)
Volume X,
1945 Aug.
30-Sept. 4,
"Japanese Surrender
and Japan"
(1 folder, 1 volume)
Volume XI,
1946 March-Aug.
30,
"Occupation of
Japan"
Box 95
Volume XII,
1946 Sept.
4-Dec. 21
"Occupation of
Japan"
(3 folders)
Volume XIII,
1946
"Occupation of
Japan"
Volume XIV, [see
Oversize
Materials]
Volume XV,
1947 Jan.
10-June 27
"Occupation of
Japan"
(4 folders)
Box 96
Volume XV,
1947 Jan.
10-June 27
"Occupation of
Japan"
(2 folders)
Volume XVI,
1947 April 7
"Occupation of
Japan"
Volume XVII,
1947 May
"Occupation of Japan
and Souvenir Pictures"
Volume XVIII,
1947 July 4-Dec.
31
"Occupation of Japan
and Autographs of Dignitaries"
(3 folders)
Box 97
Volume XIX,
1948 Jan. 7-July
21
"Occupation of
Japan"
(8 folders)
Volume XX,
1948 July 4
"Appreciation Day
Festival During Occupation of Japan"
Box 98
Volume XXI,
1948 Aug. 3-10
"Occupation of Japan
and Ceremonies at General Eichelberger's
Retirement"
(1 folder, 1 volume)
Volume XXII, [see
Oversize
Materials]
Volume XXIII,
1952 April 26-28
"Visit of General and
Mrs. Eichelberger to Australia"
Volume XXIV,
1952 April 26-
May 8
"Visit of General and
Mrs. Eichelberger to Australia"
Volume XXV, undated
"The Artillery
Center, Fort Sills, Oklahoma"
(1 folder, 1 volume)
Miscellaneous Subseries
1943-1959,
undated
(6 folders)
Printed Material Series, 1893-1962 (bulk 1946-1960).
Contains books, including comic books,
magazines and other material, chiefly relating to
Eichelberger's military career. Arranged in chronological
order. See also Writings and Speeches Series.
Box 100
1893-1952
(6 folders)
Box 101
1952-1962,
undated
(4 folders)
Clippings Series, 1918-1984 (bulk 1945-1955).
Includes clippings chiefly relating to
Eichelberger's military career. Arranged in chronological
order.
Box 102
1918-1947
(11 folders)
Box 103
1948-1951
(7 folders)
Box 104
1952-1984,
undated
(10 folders)
Miscellaneous Series, 1911-1971, undated (bulk 1945-1960).
Includes financial, audiovisual, biographical
materials, and memorabilia. Documents Eichelberger's
involvement in various organizations and contains
information pertaining to his military career. Arranged
into six subseries: Subject, Chronological, Guest Book,
Audiovisual, Memorabilia, and Scrapbooks. Memorabilia and
some audiovisual material are located in the Oversize
Materials section.
Subject Subseries
Army Mutual Aid Association,
1949 Apr.-1950
Mar.,
undated
Biographical materials about
General and Mrs. Eichelberger,
1942-1948,
undated
Camouflage material,
1952
Deaths of
Robert L. and Emma Eichelberger,
1961-1972
Documents pertaining to
Helen Felder,
1943-1947
Financial papers,
1911-1959,
undated
(3 folders)
Box 106
Health Research Foundation,
1957-1960,
undated
(2 folders)
List of Eichelberger's letters and
papers,
1952-1961,
undated
National Memorial Cemetery of the
Pacific, 1949 Sept.
North Carolina Ports Authority,
1957-1960,
undated
(2 folders)
War monument controversy
(Urbana, Ohio),
1947 Apr.,
undated
Chronological Subseries
1905-1962,
undated
(6 folders)
Guest Book Subseries
1946-1958
Audiovisual Subseries
Films
Arranged in order by size of film
canister.
Box 109
1.
a. Silent color film of
official residences of General Eichelberger in Tokyo,
undated
b. Silent black and white film
of General Eichelberger addressing a safety group,
undated
2. Japan
a. Gathering of generals and
their ladies at the official residence of eneral
Eichelberger in Tokyo,
undated
b. Official residence,
undated
c. Military review,
undated
3. Japan
a. Pearls,
undated
b. Marriage ceremony,
undated
c. Military review,
undated
4. Japan: Military review,
undated
5. Japan: Military review,
undated
6. Army football,
1948
7. Japan: Eisenhower visits,
1946?
Phonograph Records
Memorabilia Subseries
Scrapbooks Subseries
Volume I,
1728-1940
(4 folders)
Volume II,
1936-1945
(2 folders)
Volume III,
1942-1947
(4 folders)
Box 111
Volume IV,
1945
(2 folders)
Volume V,
1945-1949
Volume VI,
1945-1946,
"Japan"
(2 folders)
Volume VII,
1945-1946,
"Newspaper Clippings
and Mementos"
(2 folders)
Volume VIII,
1948
(4 folders)
Volume IX,
1948-1954
(2 folders)
Box 112
Volume X,
1949
(3 folders)
Volume Xa,
1949 Sept. 2,
"Dedication of the
National Memorial Cemetery of the
Pacific"
(3 folders)
Volume XI [see
Oversize
Materials]
Volume XII,
1954,
"Fort Jackson, South
Carolina"
(2 folders)
Volume XIII [see
Oversize
Materials]
Oversize Materials
Correspondence Series
Official Subseries
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1945-1949
Personal and Official
Subseries
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1952-1954
Condolences Subseries
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1961
Military Papers Series
Siberian Expedition
Subseries
Oversize Cabinet
OC:II:3:
1918-1920,
undated
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1919
World War II Subseries
Oversize Cabinet
OC:II:11:
Campaigns:
Leyte-Samar, P.I.,
1944-1945
Luzon, P.I.,
1944-1945
Mindanao, P.I.,
1945
Palawan, Zamboanga and Jolo,
P.I.,
1945
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
Buna, New Guinea,
1942-1943
Leyte-Samar, P.I.,
1944-1945
Luzon, P.I.,
1944-1945,
undated
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
Maps:
Mindanao, P.I.,
1942-1945
Mindoro, P.I.,
1944,
undated
Nasugbu, P.I.,
1944
Palawan, Zamboanga and Jolo,
P.I.,
1944-1947,
undated
Panay, Negros and Cebu,
P.I.,
1945
World War II: Japan
Subseries
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
Instruments and other materials
of the Japanese surrender,
1945,
undated
Maps:
Japan,
1945,
undated
Miscellaneous
Subseries
Oversize Cabinet
OC:II:3:
Maps, 1940s
Oversize Cabinet
OC:II:11:
Maps:
Philippine Islands,
1938-1946,
undated
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1936-1948,
undated
Writings and Speeches Series
Chronological
Subseries
Ovsz. Box 73
1944-1946,
undated
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1945
Pictures Series
Places and Events
Subseries
Ovsz. Box 72
Australia,
1952
Japan: Occupation
1945,
undated
New Guinea Campaign
1943,
undated
Philippine Campaign,
undated
Pictures Series
Places and Events
Subseries
West Point,
undated
People Subseries
Eichelberger
1948,
undated
Eichelberger and Family:
1948,
undated
Eichelberger: Formal Portraits
1941-1944,
undated
Eichelberger: Miscellaneous,
undated
Oversize Cabinet
OC:I:2:
Eichelberger: Commission of
Robert L. Eichelberger
as Major General,
1946
Ovsz. Box 72
Miscellaneous,
1938-1949,
undated
Albums Subseries
Oversize Cabinet
OC:IV:1:
Volume IV, 1939,
"30th U.S.
Infantry, San Francisco, Calif."
Ovsz. Box 81
Volume V, 1941 Oct.-Nov.
"First Army
Maneuvers"
Ovsz. Box 90
Volume VI,
1944 April
28-1945 March 30
"New Guinea,
Philippine Islands, Negros Islands"
(2 folders)
Volume VII,
1945 April
30-1946 April 25
"Occupation of
Japan, Early Period"
Ovsz. Box 81
Volume VIII,
1945 Aug.
30-1948 June 29
"Occupation of
Japan"
Ovsz. Box 91
Volume XI,
1946
March-Aug. 30
"Occupation of
Japan"
Ovsz. Box 81
Volume XII,
1946 Sept.
4-Dec. 21
"Occupation of
Japan"
Ovsz. Box 91
One volume and one folder
Ovsz. Box 92
Volume XIV,
1946 Nov.
"Visit to Japan of
General Thomas T. Handy"
Ovsz. Box 81
Volume XV,
1947 Jan.
10-June 27
"Occupation of
Japan"
Volume XVII,
1947 May
"Occupation of
Japan and Souvenir Pictures"
Volume XVIII,
1947 July
4-Dec. 31
"Occupation of
Japan and Autographs of Dignitaries"
Ovsz. Box 81
Volume XIX,
1948 Jan.
7-July 2
"Occupation of
Japan"
Ovsz. Box 92
Volume XXII,
1952 April
26-May 8
"Souvenir of the
Visit of General and Mrs. Eichelberger to Australia"
Miscellaneous
Subseries
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1920-1940s,
undated
Ovsz. Box 72
1938
Ovsz. Box 4
1940s,
undated
Ovsz. Box 72
Japanese drawings,
undated
Printed Material Series
1943-1960,
undated
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1947, undated
Ovsz. Box 79
1949,
Saturday Evening
Post,
"Our Bloody Jungle
Road to Tokyo"
Clippings Series
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1918-1948
Ovsz. Box 73
1943-1948,
undated
Miscellaneous Series
Subject Subseries
Ovsz. Box 81
Land grant from
James Monroe to
George Handy, 1823,
June 24
Oversize Cabinet
OC:II:3:
Maps:
1942-1946,
undated
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
North Carolina State Ports
Authority,
1959
Chronological
Subseries
Ovsz. Box 73
1937-1957
Oversize Cabinet
OC:III:8:
1945-1947
Audiovisual Subseries
Films
stacks
41-A: Wire Container
The Eighth Army Shield of the
Free World
Phonograph Records
Ovsz._Box
1
1. Army Day Address,
1948 Apr.
6
2. BBC War reporting unit,
undated
3-8. Commemorative banquet
given for Eichelberger,
Asheville, N.C.,
undated
9. GHQSWPA Recording of
General Eichelberger,
undated
10. Memorial Day speech,
Yokohama, Japan,
1947 May
23
11. Memorial Day speech,
1948 May
31
12. Merry Christmas 1945:
Frazier Hunt,
1945 Dec.
20
13. NBC radio broadcast of
interview with Eichelberger upon his return to the U.S. for
Christmas,
1945 Dec.
7
14. Pyle-Eichelberger
Interview,
1945 Aug.
31
15. Radio 2UW Sydney: General
Eichelberger interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel
James Prentice in
Sydney,Australia,
1952 May 2
This recording is badly damaged.
Technical Services staff needs to format for use copy.
16. Recording of a portion of
Frazier Hunt's
broadcast about General Eichelberger,
1945?
17. We the people, General
Eichelberger /
Jerome Edelberg,
1950 Aug. 18
18. WFBC General Eichelberger
1949 Apr. 25
#1
19. WFBC General Eichelberger
1949 Apr. 25
#2
20. WFBC General Eichelberger
1949 Apr. 25
#3
21. WFBC General Eichelberger
1949 Apr. 25
#4
22. World Today,
1945 Dec.
24
Ovsz._Box
113
23. ARC Program-
General Eichelberger, Colonel
Stoval, Colonel Gray, Colonel Erkenbeck, Colonel Beans, Mr.
Christensen (Announcer), Lieutenant Busbey,
undated
24. Armed Forces Radio Service
Japan,
undated
25. a. Army Day
Ceremonies-Speech by Eichelberger,
undated
25. b. Speech on deactivation
of 77th Division,
undated
25. c. Army Day Speech for all
troops in Japan (Armed Forces Radio Service),
undated
26. Description of Parade,
Urbana, Ohio, and
Eichelberger Address,
1947 Oct. 18,
#1
27. Description of Parade,
Urbana, Ohio, and
Eichelberger Address,
1947 Oct. 18,
#2
28. Description of Parade,
Urbana, Ohio, and
Eichelberger Address,
1947 Oct. 18,
#3
29. Eichelberger address:
Opening baseball game
Yokohama, Japan,
1946 May 4
30. Eichelberger: Memorial Day
Speech, WVTR,
undated
31.
Hugh Sanders with
General Eichelberger: Interview at Urbana Homecomeing,
undated
Memorabilia Subseries
Ovsz. Box 80
Cloth calendars (2),
1962
Decorations (21),
undated
Australian medal,
undated
Merit plaque, n.d
Japan photo album (decorated
mother of pearl, no contents), n.d
Ovsz. Box 82
"Japan Today: A
Portfolio of Sketches, Tokyo-Yokohama Area,
1945-1946"
"Engineers of the
Eighth U.S. Army in Action: A Portfolio of Sketches
Tokyo-Yokohama Area, 1945-1946"
Japanese Prints,
undated
room
344A:
Bust of General Eichelberger by
Gozo Kawamura,
1946 Aug.
30
Carrel
3023:
Oil portrait of General
Eichelberger and General
George Catlett
Marshall,
undated
on_display:
Catalog Cabinets, Dalton-Brand
Research Room
Pair of Cloisonne vases (Gift to
the Eichelbergers from the Emperor and Empress of Japan),
undated
Satsuma ware vase,
undated
Samurai soldier doll in glass
and wooden case,
undated
Oversize Cabinet
OC:IV on top:
Totem stick from New Guinea,
undated
Scrapbooks Subseries
Ovsz. Box 93
Oversize Cabinet
OC:I:1:
Volume I,
1728-1940
(1 volume, 2 folders)
Ovsz. Box 94
Volume II,
1936-1945
Ovsz. Box 93
Oversize Cabinet
OC:I:1:
Volume III,
1942-1947
(2 folders)
Ovsz. Box 94
Volume V,
1945-1949
Ovsz. Box 95
Volume VI,
1945-1946
Ovsz. Box 95
Volume VII, 1945-1946
"Newspaper
Clippings and Mementos"
Ovsz. Box 93
One volume and one folder
Ovsz. Box 96
Volume IX,
1948-1954
Volume XI,
1952
Volume XIII,
1961
Accession #1999-0167, 1998
This addition consists of 83 reels of negative
microfilm made from the collection in 1998 as a part of the
"Japan and America,
c1930-1955: The Pacific War and the Occupation of
Japan"
microfilm series. A bound guide to this
microfilm collection may be obtained from Research
Services. Positive reels may be obtained from Perkins
Library Microforms Department.
Box 1
Microfilm Negatives - Reels
1A-16
Box 2
Microfilm Negatives - Reels
17-33
Box 3
Microfilm Negatives - Reels
34-48
Box 4
Microfilm Negatives - Reels
49A-65
Box 5
Microfilm Negatives - Reels
66-83
