Raymond Stallings McLain Collection

Collection — Drawer: 8613

Identifier: WHC-M-395

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

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U.S. Army officer. Correspondence (1929-1954) concerning McLain's personal and business affairs; orders, memoranda, reports (1920-1937) and correspondence (1939-1940) from McLain's service with the Oklahoma National Guard; speeches (1947-1954) made by McLain as Chief of Information of the U.S. Army and as a member of the National Security Training Commission; typescript account (n.d.) by McLain of his participation as commander of the 45th Division Artillery in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II; and a typescript account by McLain of the 45th Division Artillery's role in the Battle of the Aisne (1918) in World War I.

Dates

1912-1987

Restrictions on Access

Restricted. This collection is located at the Library Service Center.

Extent

20.66 ft. (20.66 ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Bertha C. McLain.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--McLain, Bertha C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1956.

Subjects

Aisne, Battle of the, France, 1917 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Generals -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
McLain, Ray, 1890-1954
Memoranda Subject Source: Ftamc
Military maneuvers -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Military maneuvers -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Oklahoma. National Guard -- : Maneuvers.
Orders Subject Source: Ftamc
Reports Subject Source: Ftamc
Speeches, addresses, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States -- Armed forces -- Reserves Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States -- History -- 1919-1933 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States -- History -- 1933-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
United States. Army -- Officers -- Correspondence
United States. Army -- : Public relations.
United States. Army. Field Artillery Brigade, 70th
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th
United States. National Security Training Commission
War games Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings