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Collection Title:
Creator:
Power, Thomas S. (Thomas Sarsfield), 1905-1970.
Inclusive Dates:
1928-1970
Abstract:
Papers of the American military officer. Powers was Assistant Chief of Operations, U.S. Strategic Air Forces, 1945; Assistant Task Force Commander for Air Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, 1946; Vice-Commander of the Strategic Air Command, 1948-1954; Commander of the Air Research and Development Command, 1954-1957; and Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command, 1957-1964. Collection includes communications and writings (1945-1970), correspondence (1945-1970), memorabilia (1934-1970), and organizational records (1928-1969), mostly pertaining to the American Security Council. Notable correspondents include William F. Buckley, Lucius D. Clay, Carl T. Curtis, Donald W. Douglas, Ira Eaker, Joe Foss, Arthur Godfrey, Barry Goldwater, Roman L. Hruska, William R. Kintner, Curtis LeMay, Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Robert S. McNamara, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Francis Spellman, Lawrence Spivak, Stuart Symington, Lowell Thomas, Harry S. Truman, Nathan Twining, DeWitt Wallace, and Thomas D. White, among others.
Type of Material:
16mm (photographic film size)
Appointment books.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Sound recordings.
Book reviews.
Correspondence.
Interviews.
Manuscripts for publication.
Memorandums.
Phonograph records.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
United States -- Military policy.
Design for survival.
Aeronautics.
Military history
Aeronautics, Military -- United States.
Arms race.
Deterrence (Strategy)