Creator:
Wood, John S. (John Shirley), 1888-1966.
Inclusive Dates:
1917- 1967
Abstract:
Papers of the U.S. Army officer. Collection consists of correspondence (1928-1967); articles and speeches on
military subjects (1934-1967); photographs (1937-1965); and memorabilia (1917-1966), including address books.
Notable correspondents include Creighton W. Abrams, Hanson Baldwin, Alan Bible, Howard W. Cannon, Bruce C.
Clarke, James B. Conant, Bing Crosby, William O. Douglas, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leopold Figl, J. William
Fulbright, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Curtis E. LeMay, Basil Henry Liddell Hart, John L. McClellan,
Frank Pace, George S. Patton, Francis T.P. Plimpton, Syngman Rhee, Eddie Rickenbacker, L. Mendel Rivers, Karl F.
Rolvaag, Eleanor Roosevelt, DeWitt C. Smith, Robert A. Taft, Maxwell D. Taylor, James A. Van Fleet, William C.
Westmoreland, Stephen M. Young, and others.
Type of Material:
Address books.
Articles.
Sound recordings.
Audiotapes.
Correspondence.
Phonograph records.
Photographs.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Military history