Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Emory Scott Land papers, 1901-1972
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- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013126
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013126.3
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Description
- 8,500 items.
- 31 containers plus 2 oversize.
- 13 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013126
Local shelving no.
- 0508I
- Oversize 5:10
Biography/History note
- Naval officer and public official.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in nine series. Series 1: Diaries, 1919-1945; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1904-1952; Series 3: Personal Correspondence, 1903-1944; Series 4: Subject File, 1902-1948; Series 5: Speeches, 1929-1945; Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1901-1954; Series 7: Photographs, 1900-1954; Series 8: Addition I, 1902-1955; and Series 9: Addition II, 1909-1972.
Summary
- Correspondence, diary notes, speeches, copies of orders, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Land's service as chief of the U.S. Navy Department Bureau of Construction and Repair, 1932-1937; chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission, 1938-1946; and chief administrator of the U.S. War Shipping Administration, 1942-1946. Also documents his service as naval attaché in London, Eng., 1919-1921; position as vice president and treasurer of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, Inc.; role as advisor for Charles A. Lindbergh, on his tours, 1927-1928; and Land's testimony in the Lindbergh kidnapping case (1938). Subjects include shipbuilding, the need for ships during World War II, labor unions, use of the U.S. Army to control labor disorders, and the strikes of 1941-1942.
- Correspondents include William Edward Boeing, Richard Evelyn Byrd, James F. Byrnes, Homer L. Ferguson, James Forrestal, Julius Augustus Furer, Jerome C. Hunsaker, Edgar E. Kaiser, Joseph P. Kennedy, William A. Moffett, William Veazie Pratt, Theodore Roosevelt (1887-1944), William Sowden Sims, Edward R. Stettinius, Henry L. Stimson, D.W. Taylor and Fred M. Vinson.
LC Subjects
- Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956--Correspondence.
- Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957--Correspondence.
- Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972--Correspondence.
- Ferguson, Homer L. (Homer Lenoir), 1873-1953--Correspondence.
- Forrestal, James, 1892-1949--Correspondence.
- Furer, Julius Augustus, 1880-1963--Correspondence.
- Hunsaker, Jerome C. (Jerome Clarke), 1886-1984--Correspondence.
- Kaiser, Edgar F. (Edgar Fosburgh), 1908-1972--Correspondence.
- Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969--Correspondence.
- Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
- Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932--Kidnapping.
- Moffett, William A. (William Adger), 1869-1933--Correspondence.
- Pratt, William Veazie, 1869-1957--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944--Correspondence.
- Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936--Correspondence.
- Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949--Correspondence.
- Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950--Correspondence.
- Taylor, D. W. (David Watson), 1864-1940--Correspondence.
- Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953--Correspondence.
- United States. Maritime Commission.
- United States. Navy--History--World War, 1939-1945.
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Construction and Repair.
- United States. War Shipping Administration.
- Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics.
- Aeronautics--Societies, etc.
- Labor disputes--United States.
- Labor unions--United States.
- Military attachés--England--London.
- Shipbuilding--United States.
- Strikes and lockouts--Shipbuilding industry--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Naval officers.
- Public officials.
Notes
- Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Emory Scott Land, 1956-1970.
- Gift, Charles G. DeKay and Mrs. Emory DeKay, 1972.
- Gift, Charles G. DeKay, 1973.
Constituent unit
LCCN
- mm 79029314
Other standard no.
- MSS29314
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 5:10
- OV Containers 19 & 25
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
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- Not Charged
