ROBERT E. WOOD PAPERS
The papers of Brigadier General Robert E. Wood, retired U. S. Army officer
and businessman, were given to the United States of America for deposit in the Herbert
Hoover Presidential Library by Mrs. Robert E. Wood in a deed of gift signed
January 29, 1973. An additional accretion, equal in size to the first was received in
February of 1975. Literary rights in the unpublished writings of General Robert E.
Wood have been given and assigned to the United States of America.
Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 24
Approximate number of items: 34,200
Biographical Note
1879, June 13
Born in Kansas City, Missouri. Son of Robert Whitney
and Lillie (Collins) Wood
1900
Graduated from U.S. Military Academy., West Points
New York
1900-02
Served with 3rd. U.S. Cavalry during the Philippine
Insurrection as a 2nd and lst Lieutenant
1902-05
Instructor at U.S. Military Academy, West Point
1905-15
Assistant to the Chief Quartermaster, Chief Quarter-
masters and Director of the Panama Railroad Company
during the -construction of the Panama Canal. Promoted
to Major.
1908, April 30
Married Mary Butler Harwick of Augusta, Georgia.
Children: Anne Hardwick, Frances Elkington, Sarah Stires,
Robert Whitney II, and Mart Stovall
1915-17
Assistant to the President of the General Asphalt
Company
1918-19
Colonel and Brigadier General National Army during
World War I, acting Quartermaster General
1919-24
Vice-President., Montgomery Ward and Company
1924-28
Vice-President, Sears Roebuck and Company
1928-39
President Sears Roebuck and Company
1933
Appointed as a member of Advisory Committee., U.S. Depart-
ment of Commerce
1939
Commerce Department advisor to Harry Hopkins and Member
War Resources Board
1939-54
Chairman of the Board, Sears Roebuck and Company
1948-49
First Hoover Commission,, member of task force on National
Security
1953-55
Second Hoover Commission, chairman of task force on
Surplus Property
1954-57
Chairman of the Finance Committee., Sears Roebuck
1957-69
Director, Sears Roebuck and Company
1969, November 6
Died in Lake Forest., Illinois at the age of 90
AWARDS INCLUDE:
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa from John Carroll Uni-
versity, 1953, Doctor of Laws from Northwestern Uni-
versity, 1965, Philippines Insurrection medals Panama
Canal medal, D.S.M., Companion order of St. Michael
and St, George (British), Knight of the Legion of
Honor (French), Legion of Merit
DIRECTOR:
Central Republic Bank and Trust Co,, City National
Bank, Personal Loan and Savings Bank, CBQ Railway Coos
Atlas Corporations United Fruit Co., I.C.R.R.,
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, National Life
Insurance Coos McGraw Electric Co., Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Co., George E. Keith Coos First National
Bank of Chicago, International Minerals and Chemical,
North American Car Corporation
CLUBS:
Adventurers, Army and Navy Club (Washington), Commercial,
Exmoor., Onwentsia (Chicago), Shoreacres, University Club
(Chicago, New York, Kansas City)
Scope and Content Note
The papers of General Robert E. Wood document a long and successful
career in the U.S. Army and the business community. Born in Kansas City,
Missouri, in 1879, Wood graduated from West Point in 1900. He served with
the Third Cavalry during the Phillippine Insurrection and returned to
West Point as an instructor in 1903. In 1905 he was assigned to the Panama
Canal and served under General Goethals in the building of the canal. Wood
rose rapidly, reaching the position of chief quartermaster in 1912, having
the responsibility of hiring thousands of workmen, erecting numerous buildings,
and distributing huge quantities of supplies. He later attributed his success
on the canal to the fact that he did not succumb to yellow fever, while many
of his comrades became ill or requested reassignment. In 1915, with the canal
built, Wood retired with the rank of Major and entered the business world.
In the years between 1915 and W. W. I Wood was with the DuPont Corpora-
tion and the General Asphalt Corporation. When the United States entered
the War in 1917, Wood returned to active duty and sailed to France with the
advance contigent of the Rainbow Division. After serving there for five
months he was recalled to the United States and made Acting Quartermaster
General. In this capacity he was responsible for buying and distributing
food clothing, and materiel for 4 million soldiers.
The Wood Papers contain very little material on the early years of his
career. His service during World War I and his student days at the U. S.
Military Academy are not documented here. The papers do, however, reflect
his interest in military affairs and policy, as well as his interest in
and loyalty to the Military Academy. He was a long time member of the
Association of Graduates and maintained an active correspondence with other
members of the Class of 1900.
Other than some printed memorabilia and some letters written in 1915
commending his work, there are no materials from the period when General Wood
was actually in Panama. The papers do reflect his longstanding interest in
the canal and its workers. He was active in the efforts of retired employees
of the Panama Canal and Panama Railroad Company to obtain improved retirement
benefits, and wrote many letters to members of Congress on their behalf from
the mid-1930's to the mid-1950's. In the late 1950's and early 1960's he
became an outspoken advocate of continued United States ownership and
control of the canal.
After the First World War Wood resigned from the army with the rank of
Brigadier General and took a position with Montgomery Ward and Company as Vice-
President of Merchandising. Wood became firmly convinced that the future for
mail order businesses lay in developing a chain of retail stores. Conflict
over this issue led to Wood's resignation from Montgomery Ward in 1924. The
Montgomery Ward files in the Papers contain speeches and memoranda from
1919-1924 addressed to other Ward's executives and the sales merchandising
force, in which Wood analyzes the Company's policies and profits.
Soon after leaving Montgomery Ward, Wood joined Sears, Roebuck and Company
as Vice-President of Factories and Retail. In that capacity he led Sears in
the new venture of selling through retail stores. He continued increasing
the number of retail stores after he became President of the Company in 1928.
After guiding Sears through the Depression, Wood stepped up to be Chairman
of the Board in 1939, a position he held until 1954. He continued as a
Director of the Company until 1968. The portion of the papers concerning
Sears is not large, and consists mostly of memoranda and speeches
directed to Sears' managers and executives. Besides revealing sales figures
and profits, the files provide some insight into how Sears weathered the
Depression, and grew to be the largest retailer in the country. These
files also reflect the expansion of Sears into Latin America, the beginnings
of the Allstate Insurance Company, and the expansion and administration of
the Sears' Profit Sharing Plan.
General Wood's papers reflect not only his business career, but also
his interest in the formation of social, economic, and foreign policy from
1933 to the end of his life in 1969. During this period Wood corresponded
with a number of well known people on a wide variety of issues.
Wood supported the New Deal in the early 1930's and voted for Roosevelt
in 1932 and 1936. He supported an inflationary monetary policy in the early
1930's and became involved with the Committee for the Nation and its efforts
to influence monetary policy. His correspondence with Roosevelt and other
administration officials reveals his thinking on the monetary issue and
other issues of that time. Although Wood became disenchanted with the
Roosevelt administration by the late 1930's, he did serve as a governmental
advisor in three different areas in 1939. The collection reflects his ser-
vices on The President's Committee on Civil Service Improvement; as an
-unpaid advisor to Harry Hopkins in the Commerce Department; and as a
member of the War Resources Board.
As the United States moved closer to involvement in World War II, Wood
joined forces with other Americans who opposed U. S. Intervention in the
war. He corresponded with Herbert Hoover, Joseph P. Kennedy, Charles A.
Lindbergh, Truman Smith, Burton K. Wheeler, and other prominent Americans
opposed to U. S. intervention. He opposed Lend-Lease legislation and became
chairman of the American First Committee. The American First Committee files
(1940-1941) in his papers include correspondence, bulletins, press releases,
and publicity materials used in the campaign to keep America out of the war.
With the attack on Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war, Wood dis-
banded the America First Committee and volunteered his services to the govern-
ment. He served as advisor to the Army Ordnance Department and the papers
contain correspondence, reports, and memoranda on how supply systems could
be improved. He was also appointed as an advisor to the Air Corps by
General H. H. (Hap) Arnold and made several trips to the Pacific and European
theatres to analyze and correct supply problems. These trips are documented
in the papers by correspondence, reports, memoranda, diaries, and printed
materials.
During the 1940's Wood became involved in Republican Party politics.
He strongly supported Gen. MacArthur for the presidential nomination in 1944
and 1948, and was a Taft supporter in 1952. There is substantial correspondence
with MacArthur and others supporting MacArthur for the presidency, and with
many other well known Republican politicians. The papers also document
Wood's activities with such conservative organizations as American Action
(1946-1948), For America (1954-1958), Americans for Constitutional Action
(1958-1961), and the National Military-Industrial Conference (1957-1962).
The papers also document Wood's strong support of Senator Joseph McCarthy
in the 1950's.
Wood served as a task force member with the two Hoover Commissions on
the Reorganization of the Executive Branch. He served on the First Hoover
Commission as a member of the task force on National Security and was
chairman of the task force on Federal Surplus Property in the Second Commission.
He also contributed his extensive knowledge of merchandising and distribution
while participating in a 1955 survey of Army Post Exchanges. These services
to the government are documents with correspondence, reports, and printed
material.
General Wood's extensive interest and participation in service and
cultural organizations are also reflected in his papers. He served as Presi-
dent of the Chicago Boys' Clubs of American from 1949 to 1959. He also
supported the work of the Boy Scouts, 4-H Clubs, and served on the board
of the Cradle Society, a private adoption agency.
General Wood corresponded with a host of well known public figures
including: H. H. Arnold, Harry Elmer Barnes, William Benton, James F. Byrnes,
W. J. Campbell, William L. Clayton, Samuel Crowther, Lawrence Dennis,
Everett M. Dirksen, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James A. Farley, John T. Flynn,
W. H. Frank, Merwin K. Hart, Herbert Hoover, George M. Humphrey, H. L. Hunt,
Louis A. Johnson, Joseph P. Kennedy, Leon Keyserling, Phillip F. LaFollette,
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., Alfred M. Landon, Walter Lichtenstein, Charles A.
Lindbergh, Douglas MacArthur, Joseph R. McCarthy, Robert R. McCormick,
Henry J. Morgenthau, Karl E. Mundt, Donald M. Nelson, Henry M. Regnery,
Henry J. Reilly, Daniel C. Roper, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Julius Rosenwald,
Dr. Edward A. Rumely, Truman Smith, George Sokolsky, R. Douglas Stuart, Jr.,
Robert A. Taft, Freda Utley, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Henry A. Wallace, Sidney
J. Weinberg, and Burton K. Wheeler.
The Wood papers provide a valuable supplement to several other collections
previously opened for research at the Hoover Library. These include the
Herbert Hoover Post-Presidential Papers, the files of the First and Second
Hoover Commissions, and the papers of Paul Grady, Verne Marshall, Hanford
MacNider, Bradley D. Nash, Neil MacNeil, Gerald P. Nye, Admiral John F.
Shafroth, Lewis Stone Sorley, Charles Callan Tansill, Walter Trohan,
and William Hallam Tuck.
The Wood Papers contain approximately 34,200 items occupying 24 feet
of shelf space. An extensive name and subject card index has been compiled
for this collection arid is available upon request.
Notes on Principal Correspondents
Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1943-54, Barnes' revisionist views and pro-jected writing projects
Benton., William, 1942-51, A U.S. Senator and., earlier, an Assistant Secretary of
State. U.S. foreign policy; World War II strategy
Boldyreff, C. W., 1954-55, Anti-communist underground in USSR
Borah., William E., 1933, Currency re-valuation
Byrnes, James, 1936-37, Tugwell a political liability to FDR 1953
Campbell., W. J., 1952, Election of 1952, etc.
Clayton, William L, 1945, Assistant Secretary of State. Post-war loans to England
Colegrove, Dr. Kenneth, 1952;55, Professor of Political Science at
Northwestern University. 1952 election survey of support for Eisenhower
should he take various stands on selected issues,
Cotton Joseph P, 1930, Undersecretary of State. Possibility of Wood entering
government service.
Crowthers Samuel, 1943, U.S. economy
Davis, William Rhodes, 1939, Texas (?) oil executive. Special mission to Rome and
Berlin in October, 1939
Dennis, Lawrence, 1943-44, 1951, His indictment and trial on sedition charges. Freedom
of speech issue. Nye and the effectiveness of the America First movement.
Internationalism vs. nationalism.
Dirksen, Everett, 1951-53, Budget level. Bricker amendment. Senator Mc Carthy.
GOP chances in Illinois in 1952
Donovan, William J., 1940-47, Some references in general terms to OSS organization
and activities. Memo on him.
Drum, Lt. Gen. Hugh A., 1938-42, Drum's failure to become Chief of Staff, in 1939.
See also subject file on Drum
Edie, Lionel D., 1951-53, Business conditions in U.S.
Farley, James A., 1938-42, 1938 business conditions. FDR purge of anti-administration
congressmen
Flemingo Lamar Jr., 1952, Politics
Flynn, John T., 1941-53, 1955, Pearl Harbor investigation by War Dept and Flynn's
book on Pearl Harbor. Repression of administration and war critics. Smear
campaign in the book Undercover. Comments on 1952 election
Folsom, Marion B., 1952, U.S. policy toward post-war Europe
Fullbright, J. William, 1954, Censure of Senator McCarthy
Gannett, Frank, 1943-44, 1948-52, Elections of 1944, 1948 and 1952 (Mac Arthur
candidacy primarily)
Garner., John Nance, 1937, Growth of industry in the South
Gish, Lillian, 1941-43, Mostly social correspondence, Some about "America First"
Goodwin, William J., 1946-53, Politics. Communism
Harris., Albert W., 1950, Senator Taft's campaign. Contribution by REW
Harrison, Pat, 1937, U.S. Senator. Banking problems
Harriss, Robert W., 1943-55, Politics. Communism
Hart, Merwin K., 1945-54, 1956, American Action. Business conditions
Hazeltine, Col. C. B., 1942-44, Conditions in USSR and China during WWII
Holden, Thomas S., 1952, Economic conditions
Hopkins, Harry, 1939, Business conditions
Hoover, Herbert C., 1932, 1940-54, 1956, Offer to appoint R. E. Wood to ? ? ?
Miscellany and social, HCH expresses disappointment at Ike's, failure to push
certain Hoover Commission, reforms and follow-up on their implementation
Howard.. Roy W., 1940, Neutrality
Hull, Cordell, 1939, U.S. foreign policy and neutrality
Humphrey., George M., 1953-56, Secretary of the Treasury. Excess profits
tax proposal. Hoover Commission reforms
Hunt, H. L., 1951, Proposal to start a FACTS FORUM
Johnson, Eric, 1952, Chairman International Development Advisory Board. South
American economic development and Sears Roebuck investments there
Johnson, Hugh, 1934, Price cutting charges against Sears and Wood's defense of his
pricing policy
Johnson, Louis, 1949, Secretary of Defense. Unification of the Armed Forces
Jordan, Maj. George Racey, 1952, Atomic secrets and radioactive materials were sent
to USSR during WWII with the administrations help and approval
Kennedy, Joseph P., 1939-41, U.S. neutrality and entry into the War
Keyserling, Leon, 1949-50, Economic policies of the President's Council of Economic
Advisers
Knox, Frank, 1940, Neutrality
Kresl, Carl, 1951-52; 1954, State of Illinois Purchasing policy
La Follette,, Philip, 1933; 1942-44, Gold Standard. Presidential candidacy of Gen.
Mac Arthur in 1944
La Follette, Mrs. Philip, 1944-45, Presidential candidacy of Mac Arthur
La Follette, Robert M., Jr., 1933-46, Gold standard. 1946 social correspondence
Lamont, Robert P., 1929-30, Secretary of Commerce. The unemployment situation
and the need for large-scale goverment spending programs
Landon, Alfred M., 1940-44, Presidential candidates in 1949 (post-mortem on the
election of 1948 ?)
Lahm, Frank P., 1931-42, Col. and later Maj. Gen. in AAF. Lahm's career (see also
Subject File., MacArthur Correspondence). Social
Lincoln, Edmons E., 1947-48, The election of 1948--prognostications and results
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1950, Communist infiltration of the State Dept.
Lichtenstein, Walter, 1936-49, Banker and economist. The unofficial economist of
the Chicago "Discussion Group." Retrospective comments on U.S dropping
of the gold standard. International monetary policies. Post WWII stabilization,
Lindbergh, Col. Charles A., 1940-54, U.S. entry into WWII and neutrality. Post-war
conditions and future U.S. foreign policy. Social
McCall., Chester H., 1936, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce, Daniel
C. Roper. Growing business apprehension about FDR policies
McKay, Douglas, 1954, Secretary of the Interior. Mississippi River Valley plan--its
boost to the farm economy and the national economy too
Mc Carthy, Joseph R., 1950-57, U.S. Senator. Communist influences in USA
Merigeault, Rene, 1952, United Nations Technical Assistance Admin.
Morgenthau, Henry J., 1933-37, Gold Standard. Business conditions
Mundt, Karl E., 1942-52, U.S. Senator, Willkie vs. Dewey for GOP nomination in
1944. HUAC investigations. 1952 Elections
Nelson, Donald M., 1944, War Production Board.
O'Brian, Dr. Robert E., 1942-47, 1944 and 1948 elections and the possibility and
feasibility of a third party, the American Democratic Party.
O'Laughlin, John Callan, 1941; 1945-46, Editor of Army-Navy Journal. Foreign policy
Pew., Joseph N., 1943-44, 1944 election. Farm situation and parity prices
President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1944-50
President's Committee on Civil Service Improvement, 1939-41
Reece, Carroll, 1952, GOP National Convention arrangements., possible candidates
Reed., Col. Latham R., 1944, Election of 1944
Regnery, Henry, 1950-53, Leftist domination of publishing business as reason for
formation of his company. Details of Company organization, financing,
profits and losses, Publication of Freda Utley's books and books of other
authors scheduled for publication. Ford Foundation subversion by leftists.
Reilly, Brig. Gen. Henry Jo, 1931-48, Good reports on early WWII conditions
and interesting predictions (tactics and strategy of AXIS). Post-WWII
European situation and threatened communist takeover there. Election of
1948 and Gen. Mac Arthur's possible candidacy
Robinson, Claude, 1952, Election of 1952 and the work of Robinson's Opinion
Research Corporation
Roper, David C., 1937, Anti-business speeches of Ickes Tugwell and Hugh Johnson,
the recession of 1937
Rosenwald, Julius, 1929-31, Sears Roebuck business--primarily the company's losses
and relative business position, Rosenwald's health. Social
Rumely, Dr. Edward A., 1933; 1946-56, Committee for Constitutional Government
Buchanan Committee litigation and Sears' assistance to Rumely. "America's
Future". 1952 election and candidacy of Mac Arthur.
Selvage, James P., 1950, Proposes "Americans for America" as a counter to
"Americans for Democratic Action"
Shipley, Mrs. Ruth, 1928-51, Chief of the Passports Bureau. A wide variety of political
and business topics. Repressive character of FDR era.
Smith,, Snell, 1940, Election of 1940. "America First"'
Smith, Col. Truman, 1939-55, U.S. Army General Staff G-2 expert on Germany.
WWII Russian situation. End of WWII predictions and effect on procurement,
supply., tactics, strategy, etc., Post-war observations on European situa tion.
Election of 1952 and 1948 (?)
Smoot, Dan, 1955, Praise for Smoot's work. R. E. Wood purchases subscriptions to
Smoot's sheet
Sokolsky, George, 1942, Situation in Russia. Attempts to mobilize public opinion
favorable to USSR, suppression of other views
Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., 1940, Neutrality
Stout, Col. Harry Howard, 1940-41, "America First" and neutrality
Symington, W. Stuart, 1937-54, Personal. Business conditions. Not much
Taft, Senator Robert A., 1946-53, Post-war government spending. Arrangements for
and representation at the 1952 GOP National Convention.
Tobin, Edgar, 1943, Oil supply
Trussell, John C., 1952, Election of 1952--Ike vs. Mac Arthur
Utley, Freda, 1941-53, Books she is planning to write; requests and for financial aid.
Portions of manuscripts undated, sent with letters. (See also Regnery and Utley
subject files)
Vandenburg, Sen. Arthur H., 1943-48, Election of 1944. 1948 Marshall Plan expenditures
Wallace., Henry A., 1933-40, Secretary of Agriculture. Agricultural economic situation
as reflected in trend of Sears' gross sales. Business picture in general.
International monetary policy
Watkins, Senator Arthur V., 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy
Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert C.1954, Wedemeyer's testimony re: breaking of diplomatic
relations with the USSR
Weinberg, Sidney, 1933, Business conditions
Weir., Ernest T., 1944-52, MacArthur candidacy
Wheeler, Burton K., 1940-54, 1943 sedition trials. 1944 election and FDR's health.
Election of 1948
Woodin, William H., 1933, Need to reopen banks in farm communities as soon as
possible.
Description of Series
Box Contents
1-22
CORRESPONDENCE 1923-1969. 22 containers.
Letters received and carbon copies of letters sent.
Arranged by name of correspondent and thereunder
chronologically.
23-57
SUBJECT SERIES 19o6-1969. 35 containers.
Speeches and articles by General Wood, correspondence,
clippings, memoranda, and miscellaneous printed materials
concerning General Wood's business, patriotic,
philanthropic and civic interests, as well as his many
services as advisor to governmental agencies. Arranged
by subjects alphabetically and chronologically
thereunder.
INDEX
A name and subject card index of the Wood Papers is
in preparation. This index is available for use by
any qualified researcher. Please ask an archivist
about it.
Correspondence Series
Box Contents
1
Abbot, Stephen 1953-59
Aberg, Carl P. 1959
Adam, Malcom 1952
Adams, A.H. 1967
Ahlen, Gosta 1953
Aldrich, Winthrop W. 1953
Anderson, John 1963
Anderson, William D. 1953
Andrews, Avery D. 1954
Arnold, Joe undated
Artamonoff, George L. 1953
Atkins, William A. 1942-53
Babbitt, Mrs. James 1959
Baldwin, Hanson W. 1941
Bale, Henry S. 1959
Ball, John 1956; 1960
Ballinger, Willis J. 1953
Barbosa, J.V. Ruy
1955
1956-57
1958-59
1960-67
Barker, J.M. 1962
Barkhausen, L.H. 1953
Barkley, Alben W. 1937
Barnard, Harry 1961
Barnes, Harry Elmer 1943-54
Barnett, Frank R. 1960-61
Barnett, John T. 1969
Bath, Marquess of 1955
Barton, Bruce 1953-56
Beadle, George Wells 1966
Beliard, Jean 1964
Bell, Don 1955-56
Bell, Henry M. 1964
Benton, William 1942-65
2
Bilger, L.A. 1924
Bird, Willis H. 1952
Blackson, Walter 1953
Blaik, Earl H. 1953
Bloeksome, Don 1968-69
Blough, Roger M. 1959
Boker, Alexander 1958-59
Boldyreff, C.W. 1954-55 and Undated
Bondurant, A.P. 1961
Borah, William E. 1933
Boutwell, John T. 1968
Boyd, Henry W., Jr. 1953
Boyden, Frank L. 1953
Bracken, Lord Brenden 1937; 1952-56
Brigham, Elbert S. 1947
Brooks, C. Wayland 1945-47
Brooks, E.P. 1953-56
Brown, Harry 1968
Browne, Ken 1968
Buell, Mrs. Alice 1955
Bullis, Harry A. 1959
Burke, Edward R. 1940
Burke, Helen 1949-55
Burrows, Rear Admiral A.C. 1958
Burton, Edgar G. 1966-67
Busbey, Fred E. 1951
Butler, John M. 1951
Byrd, Harry F. 1950
Byrnes, James F. 1936-53
Calhoun, Frank A. 1942
Callahan, Dan F. 1945
Campbell, Chesser M. 1955-56
Capper, Arthur 1947
Carey, Angela G. 1959
Carlton, Ann Marie 1959
Carper, Wood B., Jr. 1956; 1966
Carry, Champ 1960
Carson, Perley A. 1964
Carter, Francis Montgomery 1959
Case, Otto A. 1942
Caselberry, Guy 1957-59
Caselberry, Mrs. Ora 1959
Cassady, Thomas G. 1965
Castro, Fidel 1959
Cavey, Arthur T. 1938-39
Chamberlin, William Henry 1950-59
Chennault, Claire L. 1945
Cherbonnier, E.G. 1952
Cherne, Leo 1959
Chitty, Arthur 1968
Church, Marguerite Stitt 1951
Clark, George E. 1955
Clark, General Mark W. 1953-55
Clark, Mary Jean 1963-64
Clay, General Lucius D. 1946-65
Clayton, William L. 1936-45
Close, Upton 1954-55
3
Coffman, Edward M. 1960
Cohn, David L. 1955
Cole, Al 1959-64
Cole, William Graham 1963
Colegrove, Kenneth 1952-55
Collins, Robert S. 1954
Colmer, William M. 1960
Connolly, Mrs. William J. 1953
Connor, William D. 1927
Conrad, Arthur 1966
Conway, Carle C. 1956
Cook, James A. 1962
Cotton, Joseph P. 1930
Coulter, Thomas 1959
Cowles, Alfred 1960
Craig, Malin 1935-37
Croom-Johnson, Hon. Mr. Justice 1939
Crosswhite, William V. 1959
Crowson, Richard 1965
Crowther, Samuel 1943-45
Cullen, H. Roy 1955
Cuneo, John F. 1966
Cushman, A.T. 1966
Cushman, Ralph E. Undated
Daley, Richard J. 1957-66
Damon, R.S. 1953
Davis, Dr. Joseph A. 1964
Davis, William H. 1940
Davis, William Rhodes 1939
Dawes, Charles G. 1945; 1949
deButts, John D. 1968
DeMelo, Francisco A. 1966
Dennis, Lawrence 1941-44; 1951-52
Devin-Adair Company 1954
Dilling, Elizabeth 1954
Dirksen, Everett M. 1950-69
Disque, Brice P. 1940
Divine, Mrs. Ernest C.
1936-55
1956
4
1957
1958
1959-60
1961-62
1963
1964-66
Dodge, Charles G. 1966
Donnell, Edward S. 1962
Donovan, William J. 1940-47
Douglas, L.W. 1962-69
Douglas, Paul H. 1949-61
Downing, John F. 1960
Drucker, Peter F. 1952-53
Drum, Hugh 1938-42
Dubois, Jules 1959-64
Dubow, J.A. 1959-69
Duffield, Hugh K. 1968
Dunigan, E.B. 1956
Dunn, Roger C. 1954
Dyer, R.T. 1966
Ebner, Dodi Joachim 1968
Edie, Lionel D. 1951-53
Edison, Charles 1955-60
Edwards, R.D. 1957
Eichelberger, R.L. 1947
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1956-63
Elbert, Robert G. 1939
Endicott, Bradford M. 1954-56
Endicott, H. Wendell 1924-48
Ettinger, Karl Egmont 1955
Evans, Charles, Jr. 1965-66
Evans, Joseph W. 1957-59
Evans, Lawrence F. 1938
Fain, John M. 1943
Falzone, Lawrence D. 1970
Farish, William S., Jr. 1941
Farish, William S., III 1966
Farley, James A. 1936-42; 1962
Favor, Jeanne G. 1949-67
Favor, Joe 1951
Fellers, Bonner 1946
Fennelly, John F. 1968
Fentress, Calvin 1955-68
Fentress, Calvin III 1956-66
Field, Marshall 1944
Fifield, James W. 1954
Fitz, Patrick, A.J. 1954-57
Fleming, Lamar, Jr. 1952
Flinker, Rudy 1956
Flynn, John T. 1941-55
Folsom, Marion B. 1952
Forgan, Jim 1964
Franco, Antonio 1966
6
Fox, John A. 1955
Frank, Walter H. and Mrs. 1945-61
Freeman, Fulton 1962
Fry, Lloyd A. 1960
Fulbright, J. William 1954
Gabriel, J. Walter 1966
Gaines, Harry L. 1948-52
Galitzine, Nicholas 1949
Gallery, Admiral W.O. 1957-69
Galvin, Eddie 1951
Ganoe, William Addleman 1964
Gardner, John 1965-68
Garner, John Nance 1937
Garrett, Van Holt 1956
Gibson, David H. 1953
Gilpin, Mrs. W. Douglas 1964
Gimbel, Bernard F. Undated
Gish, Lillian 1941-43
Glace, Frank E. 1956
Glynn, Henry R. 1952
Goldwater, Barry 1959-66
Goodwin, William J. 1946-53
Goes, Otto W. 1956
Gorman, C.H. 1961
Graham, G.M. 1959-60
Graham, William L. 1959
Grauten, Sylvester 1967
Gregory, Mildred 1965
Griggs, Benjamin G. 1959
Greunther, Alfred M. 1954; 1966
Grumhaus, Harold F. 1966
Gudeman, Edward and Mrs. 1954-67
Halfpenny, Harold 1959
Hall, Mrs. Lester W. 1953-59
Halligan, Robert F. 1959
Hamilton, Fred L. 1952
Hanahan, Mrs. Ralph 1938
Handley, W.C. 1943
Hansen, Henrik 1953
Hardwick, George 1958-66
Hardwick, Henry 1954-68
Hardwick, McKinne 1955-57
7
Hardwick, Virginia 1965-67
Harper, Mrs. Joseph H. 1959
Harriman, Averill 1938
Harris, Albert W. 1940-56
Harris, Charles U. 1966
Harrison, Pat 1933
Harriss, Robert M. 1943-55
Hart, Merwin K. 1945-56
Haskell, Henry J. 1942
Haskin, Millard L. 1959
Hastings, James B. 1959
Hawkes, Albert W. 1960-65
Hawkins, James W. 1932
Hazeltine, C.B. 1942-44
Hebard, R.W. and Family 1953-59
Helm, Wilbur 1965
Henderson, Leon 1951
Herman, Mrs. Raymond 1959
Herr, John K. 1950-53
Herrick, Ray W. 1965
Herter, Christian 1959
Hess, Wilbur 1968
Hill, Charles A. 1956-68
Hirooka, Hyohei 1966-67
Hiss, Alger 1956
Hixon, Mrs. Robert 1961
Holden, Benedict M. 1935
Holden, Thomas S. 1952
Hollings, Ernest T. 1959
Holt, John Randolph 1957
Holtzermann, J.D. 1968
Hook, Charles R. 1955
Hoover, Herbert
1932-41
1942-49
1950-64
Hoover, Herbert, Jr. 1966
Hopkins, Harry 1938-40
8
Howard, John K. 1955
Howard, Roy W. 1940
Houser, Theodore 1960
Hoy, Charles J. 1969
Hubbard, Reverend Bernard R., S.J. 1947-61
Hughes, Charles J. 1956
Hughes, Mrs. Gerald 1956
Hull, Cordell 1939
Humphrey, Hubert 1966
Hunt, H.L. 1951-60
Hunt, Leigh H. 1954
Hurja, Emil 1950
Hurleigh, Robert F. 1953-54
Hurley, James F. 1956
Hutchins, Robert M. 1965
Hutchinson, B.E. 1953
Ingebretsen, James C. 1956
Ingersoll, James H. 1959
Insull, Samuel 1959
Inuna, David 1961
Isham, Henry P. 1949-54
Jadwin, Edgar 1929
Jansen, D.E. 1966
Jeran, N.W. 1956
Johansson, Albin 1956
Johnson, Charles and Ruth 1944-57 and Undated
Johnson, Hugh S. 1934
Johnson, Louis Arthur 1939-50
Johnson, Virgil 1961-64
Johnston, Eric 1945-52
Jordan, George Racey 1952
Jung, Harry A. 1946-53
Just, Bernice Undated
Justi, Mrs. Herman 1928
Kargulla, S.M. 1953-54
Kellstadt, Charles H. 1969
Kelly, Alured 1942-43
Kemper, Hathaway G. 1956
Kemper, James S. 1943-68
Kemper, James S., Jr. 1969
Kemper, R. Crosby 1961
Kenderdine, R.L. 1966
Kennedy, John F. 1957
Kennedy, Joseph P. 1939-41
Kennelly, Martin H. 1954; 1955
Kewley, Norma S. 1964
Kile, O.M. 1937
Kimberly, Lewis Robert 1942
King, Austin 1969
Kinnear, James W. 1965-66
Klee, Fred 1967
Knox, Frank 1940
Kohler, Herbert V. 1955
Kresl, Carl 1951-63
9
LaFollette, Philip F. 1933-44
LaFollette, Mrs. Philip F. 1944-45
LaFollette, Robert M., Jr. 1933-51
Lahm, Frank P. and Mrs. 1931-67
Lamont, Robert P. 1929-30
Lamont, Thomas S. 1954-59
Landon, Alfred M. 1940-44
Larkin, Dr. William F. 1951
Lasher, E.C.R. 1959-61
Lathrop, John 1947
Lawrence, George W. 1968
Lederer, Charles 1931-35
Lee, H. Rex 1966
Lee, J. Bracken 1961
LeMay, Curtis E. 1965
LeMay, Jeanette M. 1968
Levin, N.W. 1959
Lewis, Mary 19?-67
Leyburn, Boyd 1959
Lichtenstein, Walter 1936-49
Lincoln, Edmond E. 1947-48
Lindbergh, Charles A.
1940
1941
1942-44
1945-49
1950-54
1960-63
Livermore, Charles 1963
Livingston, Homer J. 1962-63
10
Llaura, Pablode la 1962
Lodge, Henry Cabot 1950
Loeb, Ernest G. 1950; 1959
Loeb, William 1967
Looby, Dr. W.E. 1952
Lucas, Scott W. 1949-50
Ludlow, William E. 1966
Lund, Robert L. 1955
MacArthur, Douglas
1931-45
1947-48
1949-52
1953-64
McBain, Hughston 1948-49; 1961
McCall, Chester H. 1936
McCarran, Pat 1952
McCarthy, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R.
1950-55
1956-57
McClatchie, Stanley 1940-42
McCormick, Robert R.
1933-42
1943-44
1945-50
11
1951-52
1953-54
McDonald, J. Robert 1968
McGill, Ralph 1963
McKellar, Kenneth 1937
McManus, J.V. 1967
McMillan, Ruth 1959
McSwain, John J. 1936
Malone, George W. 1956
Manlove, Emma 1964
Mann, Charles K. 1965
Marden, G.E. 1961
Mardikian, George 1959
Marks, Bertram 1966
Martin, Thomas W. 1959
Mason, George Allan 1966
May, William H. 1927-59
Mazur, Paul 1956-59
Merigeault, Rene J. 1952
Metcalf, Gordon M. 1967
Meyer, Charles A. 1965-69
Millikin, Eugene 1950-54
Mitchell, Samuel K. 1955
Moley, Raymond 1941-42
Montgomery, John C. 1942
Moore, Alonzo 1965
Morgan, W. Forbes 1936
Morgenthau, Henry J. 1933-37
Morrow, R.G. 1955-64
Morton, Sterling 1941-59
Moseley, George Van Horn 1937-39
Mundt, Karl E. 1942-63
Murphy, Charles J.V. 1964
Murphy, James L. 1961
Nandadasa, B.V.K. 1964
Neely, Frank H. 1964-65
Nelson, Donald M. 1944
Nixon, Richard M. 1950-68
Nolan, Ann 1965
Oates, James F., Jr. 1957-62
O'Brian, Robert E. 1942-47
12
Odlum, Floyd B. 1949-57
O'Dell, R.L. 1969
O'Hara, Ray 1955
O'Laughlin, John Callan 1941-46
Old, Admiral Francis P. 1953-54
Oldberg, Eric 1956-65
O'Neill, J. Vincent 1955-60
Ott, John Nash III 1961
Ottenheimer, Gus 1954
Overstreet, J.W. 1962
Page, Inga 1950-55
Paley, William S. 1954
Parker, Rev. Jack 1957
Patrick, Ted 1960
Patterson, Edward 1957-58
Patterson, J.M. 1941
Patterson, Richard 1952
Pawley, William Douglas 1954
Payan, Genaro 1957
Peacher, Doug 1968
Peek, George 1933-41
Pegler, Westbrook 1959
Percy, Charles H. 1964-69
Perkins, Col. George T. 1960-65
Peter, Marion 1950
Pettengill, Samuel B. 1954
Pew, J. Howard 1966
Pew, Joseph N. 1943-47
Phillips, J. Marquette 1955
Pinder, A.J. 1964
Pirie, John F., Jr. 1966-67
Pollak, Robert 1960
Pollock, Emil J. 1934; 1951-57
Pope, Henry 1966
Potter, Edward Jr. 1956-57
Potter, William C. 1955
Potter, William G. 1933
Prall, B.R. 1951
Pratt, John Lee 1952
Prentice, H.W., Jr. 1951
Preston, Frederick A. & Family 1947-60
Prince, William Wood 1957
Prochnow, Herbert V. 1955
Putnam, Rufus 1959-64
Putze, Louis 1961
Quayle, R.H. 1956
Quinn, William F. 1959
Rafferty, Virginia 1955
Ralston, Byron Brown 1955
Ranney, George A. 1961
Ranney, Paul T. 1957
Ranney, Thomas P. 1953-56
13
Rathbun, Spide 1952
Rayburn, Sam 1936
Rayens, Charles E. 1948-53
Redhead, H. Wesley 1951
Reece, Carroll 1952-58
Reed, Latham R. 1944
Reed, Gen. Walter J. 1953-57
Regnery, Henry 1949-55
Regnery, William H. 1946-55
Reilly, Henry J.
1931-40
1941-44
1945-48
1953-63
Revere, C.T. 1939-40
Reynolds, Mrs. C.P. 1967
Rice, Harvey M. 1959
Richards, Marc 1965
Richardson, H. Smith 1944-59
Richardson, Harold W. 1956
Richardson, Jennie M. 1947-58
Richardson, Robert C. 1937-51
Rickenbacker, Edward V. 1952-68
Ries, Mrs. Adrian P. 1951-55
Robinson, Claude 1952-58
Robinson, J.P. 1948-50
14
Robnett, George W. 1951
Robson, E.A. 1957
Rockefeller, Nelson A. 1968
Roebuck, Mrs. A.C. 1966
Rogers, Harriet 1940
Rogers, Hilda 1962
Romney, George 1966-67
Roosevelt, A.B. 1955-59
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
1933-36
1937-38
1939-42
Roper, Daniel C. 1936-37
Rosenbaum, Arthur 1966
Rosenwald, Julius and Mrs. 1929-31; 1949
Ross, Robert C. 1957
Ross, Walter G. 1946-68
Rothgerber, Ira C., Jr. 1956
Rowe, Harley 1951
Rusk, Dean 1964
Rumely, Edward A.
1938-42
1946-56
Sandemar, Gosta 1956
Sanford, William 1959-60
Schmidt, Sigrid 1963
Schulman, Robert 1952
Schwab, Mrs. Dorothea J. 1966-67
Scott, Elmer 1953
Scott, William Pearson 1967
Seibert, Herbert D. 1953
Selvage, James P. 1950
Selfridge, Gordon 1936-41
Sessler, Vera 1957-65
Shafer, Jonathan Stickley 1954-55
Shapiro, Eli R. 1956
Shefferman, N.W. 1948-53
15
Shipley, Mrs. Ruth
1928-53
1954-66
Shipnes, Stanley 1968
Shoemaker, Perry 1960
Sisler, George F. 1958
Smeeton, General Miles 1955-57
Smith, C.R. 1966
Smith, Margaret Chase 1950
Smith, Snell 1940 and Undated
Smith, Truman
1939-45
1946-53
1954-57
Smoot, Dan 1955-61
Smythe, Donald 1960
Sokolsky, George E. 1942-52
Somervell, Brehon B. 1942
Somerfield, Arthur 1952
Spacek, Leonard 1964
Spalding, Eliot 1956
Spencer, Lyle 1954
Spiegel, Edwin J. 1954
Spiegel, Modie J. 1965
Spring, Richard R. 1965
Stancook, Mr. & Mrs. Joe 1960-68
Steele, Walter S. 1950
Steese, James G. 1952-58
16
Stegeman, H.R. 1960
Stephen, H.R. 1968
Stephens, A.J. 1962
Stern, Edgar B. and Family 1945-65
Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. 1940-43
Stevens, John F. 1940
Stewart, Joseph L. 1965
Stickle, H.W. 1942
Stires, Ernest 1963-69
Stires, Hardwick 1947-67
Stout, Harry Howard 1940-41
Stratemeyer, George 1960
Stratton, William G. 1959-60
Strauss, Admiral Lewis 1958-59
Strenger, Ruth Robinson 1957
Struthers, George H. 1965
Stuart, R. Douglas, Jr. 1940-47; 1958
Stuart, R. Douglas, Sr. 1944
Suarez, Diego 1952
Summerall, C.P. 1953
Swearington, John 1966
Swim, Dudley 1942
Swofford, Jewell 1966-67
Symington, W. Stuart 1937-63
Taft, Charles P. 1964
Taft, Robert A. 1946-53
Talbot, Ralph, Jr. 1952-55
Talbot, Ralph, III 1952-54
Talberg, Earl A. 1966
Tankersly, Ruth McCormick 1955
Taylor, Henry C. 1954-68
Taylor, J.C. 1953
Taylor, Maxwell 1966
Thillens, Mel 1959
Thomajan, Lucille 1955
Thompson, H. Keith 1956-59
Thompson, William G.B. 1938-62
Thorne, Robert J. 1955
Thurmond, Strom 1960-63
Thynne, Christopher 1956
Timothy, R.W. 1969
Tobin, Edgar 1943-54
Todd, H.D. 1966
17
Triebull, Marie 1966
Trohan, Walter 1955-56
Trussell, John C. 1952-61
Tull, George W. 1957
Tullis, Robert Wood 1959
Tydings, Millard E. 1950
Uhl, Edwin W., Jr. 1956
Underhill, Henry E. 1959
Upton, Frederick 1967
Upton, Robert 1959
Utley, Freda 1941-55
Vandenberg, Arthur H.
1943-44
1945-48
Vanderbilt, William H. 1957
Vanderpoel, Robert P. 1953-54
Vaxelaire, Baron Francois 1954-68
Vignoles, C.M. 1957
Volk, Miss Katherine 1953
Von Braun, Wernher 1959-66
Walker, Edwin 1961-63
Walker, Kirby 1955
Wall, Mrs. Perry
1947-50
1951-52
1953-55
1956
1957-58
1959-62
February-May, 1963
June-December, 1963
1964-66 and Undated
Wallace, DeWitt 1959-65
Wallace, Henry A. 1933-40
Ward, Harris 1959
Warren, Avra M. 1948-54
Watkins, Arthur V. 1954
Waud, Morrison 1957
Wedemeyer, Albert C. 1951-54
19
Weinberg, Sidney J.
1933-42
1943-59
Weinrich, William A. 1969
Weir, Ernest T. 1952
Welch, Robert 1958-66
Welker, Herman 1957
Wells, George 1947-57
Westervelt, General W.I. 1933
Westervelt, Mrs. W.I. 1956
Westmoreland, Major General W.C. 1960-67
Wheeler, Burton K.
1940-44
1945-46
1948-58
White, E.A. 1967
White, Walter 1943
Wilbur, William H. 1950-68 and Undated
Wilcox, Mrs. Robert 1951
Wiley, Alexander 1947
Wilkie, Leighton 1944-59
Wilkins, Roy 1964
Williams, Alford J. 1940-43
Williams, Joseph L. 1959
Williams, Langbourne M. 1954
Williams, S. Clay 1947
Williamson, Lee H. 1939
Willis, Benjamin C. 1966
Willoughby, Charles A. 1944
Wilson, Robert E. 1963
Wirt, William A. 1933
Wisenbaker, Allan R. 1965-66
20
Wood, Benjamin 1951-52
Wood, E.C.
1932-41
1942-47
Wood, J. Howard 1966
Wood, Miss Julia Francis
1925-31
1933-37 and Undated
Wood, Robert E. (no relation) 1961
Wood, Robert E.,II 1966
Wood, Robert W. 1941; 1961
Wood, Stanley 1958
Woodin, William H. 1933
Woolverton, N.C. 1962
Yarling, M.B. 1938-61
Yates, Charles R. 1963
Yonge, A.M. 1938-50
Young, F.M. 1955-65
Youngberg, General Gilbert 1950-60
Zaharoff, Sir Basil 1923-24
Zeigler, Mrs. H.F. 1968
Zelomek, A.W. 1955
Zemurray, Samuel 1939-45
Subject File Series
Box Contents
21
Air Force Logistical Studies
Correspondence
1941
1942
July-October
November
December 1-15
December 16-31
1943
January
February
March
April-May
June-July
August-September
October-December
22
1944
January-May
June-November
1945-46 and Undated
Australian Trip Correspondence
1942-43 May
1943 June
1943 July-1944 January
Australian Trip Diary, Persons Seen, 1943
Australian Trip Souvenirs, 1943
Australian Trip Miscellaneous, 1943
European Trip (First), 1944
Correspondence, 1944; 1947 and Undated
23
Diary, Persons Seen
Miscellaneous
European Trip (Second), 1944-45
Round the World Trip (First), 1944
Correspondence
1943-44 July
1944 August
1944 September
1944 October 1-18
1944 October 19-December and Undated
Diary and Itineraries
Letters of Introduction, People to See
Printed Matter and Miscellaneous
Round the World Trip (Second), 1945
24
Citation for Services Rendered, 1945
Diaries and Travelogue, 1943-45
Maps
Organization Charts and Directories, 1942-43 and Undated
Reports of the Commanding General of the AAF, 1944-45
Miscellaneous
Allstate Insurance Company, 1932; 1959-67 and Undated
America First Committee
Correspondence, 1940-46; 1956
Correspondence (Disposition of Records), 1941-42; 1956-57
Bulletins
1941
January
25
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November-December
Chapter Chatter, 1941 June-August
Press Releases, 1941, February-December and undated
Publicity Materials (3 folders)
Research Bureau Newsletters
1941 June-August
1941 September-October
Washington Newsletter, 1941
American Action, 1945-48
American British Cowdray Hospital, 1963-65
27
American Legion, 1941-44; 1956
American Youth Commission, 1938-40
Americans for America
Correspondence 1951-52
Printed Material
Art Institute of Chicago 1948-59; 1965
Articles
See:
1. Speeches and Articles
2. Wood, Robert E.--Articles About
Association of the United States Army, 1957-65
Awards and Honors
See Also: Honorary Degrees
American Good Government Society
George Washington Award, 1955
Boston Conference on Distribution
Hall of Fame in Distribution, 1953
Boy Scouts of America
Good Scout Award, 1967
Silver Antelope Award, 1956
Silver Buffalo Award, 1961
Boys Clubs of America
Golden Keystone Award, 1956
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia
William Penn Award, 1951
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
"Great Living Americans" Award, 1959
Chicago Association of Commerce
Man of the Year Award, 1954
Council of Profit Sharing Industries
Hiram C. Nicholas Award, 1959
(1)
(2)
28
Daughters of the American Revolution (Illinois)
Award of Merit, 1955
Distinguished Service Medal, 1928
Forbes Magazine of Business - Citation, 1947
Future Farmers of America
Honorary American Farmer Degree, 1952
Grandparents of the Year, 1952
International House
Thomas Cunningham Award, 1950
Jesuit Centennial Citation
Chicago's Outstanding One Hundred Citizens, 1957
Legion of Honor (French), 1932
Legion of Merit (U.S.), 1945
Lincoln Academy of Illinois
Order of Lincoln, 1967
Lions Club (Chicago): Award of Merit, 1955
Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame: Induction,
1955
2 folders
Unveiling of Statue
Mississippi Valley World Trade Conference
Annual Award, 1955
National 4-H Club Camp - Citation, 1956
National Jewish Hospital, Denver
Honor Dinner, 1952
Rotary Club of Chicago
Chicago Merit Awards, 1951
29
Sons of the American Revolution (Illinois)
Patriotic Service Award, 1951
Sons of the American Revolution (New York)
Chauncey Depew Medal, 1951
Tobe Award for Distinguished Contribution to
American Retailing,1950
(1)
(2)
U.S. Military Academy Association of
Graduates Citation, 1960
West Point Society of New York
Illustrious Graduates Program, 1967-68
Miscellaneous
Boy Scouts of America, 1950-67
See Also: Under Awards and Honors
Boys Clubs of America
See Also: Under Awards and Honors
Correspondence
1946-53
1954-55
1956-59
1960-69 and Undated
Clippings, 1951-56
Robert E. Wood Living Memorial Fund, 1954
30
Robert E. Wood Testimonial Dinner, April 12, 1954
Robert E. Wood Boys Club Building
Plans and Cornerstone Laying, 1955-56
Dedication, 1956
Printed Material
Burton, Edgar G. 1968
Cabinet Members 1952-58
Cabinet Members - Humphrey, George M. 1952-57
Caravan of the Americas 1956
Chicago Club, 1927, 1941, 1948
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations 1939-41
See Also: Discussion Group, 1943-45
Chicago Ordnance District, 1942-43
See Also: Ordnance Department, 1943-46
Chicago Railroad Terminal Authority 1959-66
Chicago Tribune 1954-65
Chicago Zoological Society, 1942; 1957-58
China, 1949-50
31
The Citadel
1955-59
1960-66
Civil Service Improvement, President's Committee on
Correspondence, 1939-44
Report, 1941-43
Coleman Lake Club, 1939-58; 1969
Commerce Department Advisor, 1939
Committee for the Nation
See Also: Correspondence Series -
Rumely, Edward A.
Correspondence 1933
Correspondence 1934-37
32
Printed Material 1933-35
Congressional Committee Testimony
See Also: Thirty Hour Work Week, 1934-37
1934, 1937-38, 1941
1947-48
Corporation Securities Company of Chicago,
1932-48
Council of Economic Advisors, 1949-50
Cradle Society
General Correspondence 1947-58
Benefit Fashion Show 1956
Financial Statements 1954-58
Financing and Contributions 1948-55
New Director 1950
33
New Nurses Quarters
1953
1954-55
Prospective parents
Defense Department Reorganization 1953; 1961
See Also: McNamara, Robert S.
Discussion Group, 1943-45
See Also: Chicago Council on Foreign Relations 1939-41
Economic Policy 1936-48
Eisenhower Dinner, 1955-56
Encyclopedia Britannica 1958-67
Endicott's European Trip Report 1923
Farish Memorial, U.S. Air Force Academy 1959
Farm Foundation 1931-50; 1969
Fin 'n Feather Farm 1952
Flynn, John T. 1947
For America
1954
1955
1956 and Undated
Foreign Holdings in U.S. 1947
Fuller Summer Seminary 1964
Gaither Report 1957-58
Gallery, Admiral W.O. 1955
General Aniline and Film Corporation 1963
Geographic Society of Chicago 1925; 1958
34
Gold 1938-51
Goodwill Industries 1965
Government Service - Wood's
See:
1. Air Force Logistical Studies 1941-46
2. Chicago Ordnance District, 1942-43
3. Civil Service Improvement President's Committee On, 1939-44
4. Commerce Department Advisor 1939
5. Congressional Committee Testimony 1934-48
6. Council of Economic Advisors 1949-50
7. Hoover Commission (First) 1948-53
8. Hoover Commission (Second) 1953-60
9. Ordnance Department 1943-46
10. Panama Canal - Correspondence 1915
11. Post Exchange Survey 1955-56
12. War Resources Board 1939
13. Wood, Robert E. - Quartermaster General (W.W. I) 1950-51
Grandson's Luncheon 1965-66
Honigsberg Family 1938-49
Honorary Degrees 1952-66
Hoover Commission (First)
Correspondence 1948-49
Task Force Report on National Security 1948
35
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
U.S. Senate Documents 1949-53
Hoover Commission (Second)
Correspondence
1953 October-November
1953 December
1954 January-February
36
1954 March-June
1954 July-August
1954 September-October
1955-56 and Undated
Aircraft Industries Association 1954
Clippings 1953; 1956 and Undated
Committee of Hoover Commission Task Force Member 1956-60
DOD-GSA Surplus Property Proposals 1953-55 and Undated
Navy Surplus Property 1951-53
Procurement Task Force Report 1955
Radio Broadcast 1956
Scrap Processing by the Armed Services 1953-54
Surplus Property Task Force
Correspondence
1953
1954 February-March
1954 April-August
1954 September-November
Agenda and Minutes 1954 and Undated
Congressional Investigation of Surplus
Property Disposal 1947
Draft Material 1954
Final Report 1954
Printed Matter and Miscellaneous
Horse Association of America 1949
38
Housing: Proposed Information and Statistical Service 1936
Human Events 1943-59
Illinois Central Railroad 1947; 1961-67
Inter-American Council of Commerce and Production 1946-48
Jewish Welfare Fund 1939-47
Kansas City Friends Undated List
Kansas City Star 1953-58
Lake Forest Academy
1947-50
1951
1952
1953
1954-56
1957
39
1958
1957-58; 1966-69
Lattimore, Owen 1951
Lindbergh, Charles A. 1936-54 and Undated
Litvinoff, Maxim--Talk 1941
MacArthur, General Douglas
General
1943-50
1951-52 and Undated
MacArthur Day in Chicago 1951
Presidential Candidacy
1942-43
1944 January-April
1944 May-August and Undated
1945-48
40
1950-51
1952-53
Speeches 1951-52
MacArthur Memorial Foundation 1963-67
See Also: West Point Douglas MacArthur Memorial
McCarthy, Joseph R. 1952-58 and Undated
McCormick, Colonel Robert M. 1955
McGraw Wildlife Foundation 1962-66
McNamara, Robert S. Undated
Malone, Senator George--Book 1957
Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame 1953-54
See Also: Awards and Honors--Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame
Merchants and Manufacturers Club 1937-39
Mid-American Research Library 1955-56
Midwest Research Institute 1951-59
41
Military Industrial Conference 1956-57
Military Order of the World Wars 1962
Montgomery Ward & Company
1919-23
1924 and Undated
1944-45
1965
Museum of Science and Industry 1947; 1958
National Industrial Conference Board 1939-40; 1962
National Industrial Information Committee 1940-42
National Institute of Social Sciences 1945-51
National Military-Industrial Conference 1957-62
Navy Department, Report of the Committee on the Organization of 1954
New York Stock Exchange
1938 September-November
1938 December
1939-40
Newcome Society 1945-64
Northwestern Military & Naval Academy 1955-67
Northwestern University
See Also: Honorary Degrees
1943-52
1953; 1963-68
Ordnance Department 1943-46
Organizations--Miscellaneous
42
Panama Canal
Correspondence 1915
Goethal's Memorial 1953-54
Letters from Canal Workers 1936-68
Pension Bills
1927
1936-38
1939-41
1947-67
Printed Material 1906-15; 1931; 1960
Speech 1959
Speech and Book 1963
(1)
(2)
43
(3)
(4)
U.S. Policy Toward 1947-68
See Also: Speech 1959 & Speech & Book
1963 under Panama Canal
Panama Canal Society 1947-63
Phillipine Islands
Photographs--Miscellaneous 1947-67 and Undated
Polish Relief: Paderewski Fund 1940-41
Politics
See Also:
1. American Action 1946
2. Cabinet Members 1952-58
3. Eisenhower Dinner 1955-56
4. MacArthur, General Douglas
5. McCarthy, Joseph R. 1952-58
6. Republican Fund Raising in Illinois 1954-57
1928, 1943-49
1951-52
1955-56
1957-59
1964 January-August
44
1964 September-November
1965-66
Wood, Robert E.
For National Convention Delegate 1956
For President 1935-48
For Secretary of the Treasury 1933
For U.S. Senator 1940
Population Growth
Post Exchange Survey
Correspondence
1955
1956
Printed Matter 1954-55 and Undated
Report 1955
Postwar Advisors: Recommendations 1946-47
Quartermaster Association 1954
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 1958
Republican Fund Raising in Illinois
1954-55
1956
1957
Republican Party
See: Politics
Rubber 1942
Rubber Tires Bill 1943
45
Russia 1942; 1950
Schnibbe, Harry C. 1942
Sears, Roebuck and Company
1924-25
1932
1933-35
1936-38
1939-46
1947-57
1958-59
1962-69
Allstate Insurance Company
See: Allstate Insurance Company
Board of Directors--Leadership Changes 1959-62
Profit Sharing Plan 1956-67
Printed Material
1953-61
46
1965-68 and Undated
Resignation from Board
1968 March
1968 April
1968 May-August
Smear Tactics
Society of the Cincinnati (New York State) 1949-50
Southern Freight Rates 1939-40
Southern Research Institute 1945-52; 1969
Southwest Research Institute 1949
Speeches and Articles
See Also:
1. Montgomery Ward and Company 1919-24
2. Panama Canal--Speech
3. Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1924-68
1930-37
1938-39
1940 March-October
1940 November-December
1941-43
1945-48 April
1948 September (Readers' Digest Article)
(1)
(2)
(3)
1948 September 23-1949
1950
1951-52
1953-54
1955-56
1957-58
1959-66 and Undated
48
Subscription TV 1955-58
Taft, Robert A., Memorial Foundation 1954-61
Taxes on Foreign Investments and Tariff Policy 1953
Tennessee Valley Authority 1935; 1940
Third U.S. Cavalry Veterans Association 1935-41
Thirty-Hour Work Week 1935-37
Tobe and Associates, Inc. 1951-57
See Also: Awards and Honors--Tobe Award for Distinguished
Contributions to American Retailing 1950
48
Trips
See Also: Under Air Force Logistical Studies
Alaska
1930
1935
1939
Alberta, Canada
1934
1935
1938
Australia 1966
British Columbia 1937
(1)
(2)
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(3)
Central America 1966
Central and South America 1947
England 1936
Europe
1951
1954
Florida
1941
1942 (Cancelled)
Mexico 1962
Montana 1940
Ontario
1929
1936
Orient 1958
Panama 1939
Saskatchewan 1955
South America 1962
Miscellaneous
United States Military Academy
See Also:
1. Awards and Honors--West Point Society of New York,
Illustrious Graduates Program
2. West Point Douglas MacArthur Memorial
3. West Point Society of Chicago
Correspondence 1926-69
Association of Graduates
See Also: AWARDS AND HONORS--U.S. Military
Academy Association of Graduates, Citation, 1960
1926-55
1957-68
50
Class of 1900
1924-25; 1933
1940-44
1945 January-April
1945 May
1945 June-October
1946-49
1950-61 and Undated
Miscellaneous
United States News; U.S. News and World Report 1939-66
University Club 1924-50
Utley, Freda 1942; 1949
War Department Manual Investigation 1946
War Resources Board
Correspondence
1939 August-September
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1939 October
1939 November-December
1942; 1945-47
Clippings 1939
Minutes of Meetings 1939
Offers of Services B-W
Reports and Studies 1939 and Undated
West Point
See Also: United States Military Academy
West Point Douglas MacArthur Memorial 1965-69
West Point Society of Chicago 1951-52; 1969
Wood, Mary Hardwick
Ancestry and Family
Birthday Book Drafts 1981 and Undated
Oral Histories 1976-81
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Wood, Robert E.
Appointment Books
1923-37
53
1938-52
54
1953-58
Articles and Speeches About
1938-54
1955-64
1965-79 and Undated
Biographical, Correspondence re 1952-58
55
Biographical Sketches 1929-65 and Undated
Birthday
1963
1964
1965-66
1967-68
1969
Death 1969
Memorabilia
Memorial Resolutions 1969
Oral History: Interviews with Frank S. Cellier 1967
Oral History Project, Columbia University 1959-66
Passports
Personal
Profit-Sharing - Retirement from Sears
Quartermaster General (W.W.I) 1941-51
Wood Family - Miscellaneous
World War II - Sedition Trial
World War II - U.S. Entry 1939-60
World War II - Wood's Services
See:
1. Air Force Logistical Studies
2. Chicago Ordnance District
3. Ordnance Department
4. War Resources Board
Miscellaneous