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6. FINANCIAL RECORDS 7. SCRAPBOOKS AND SCRAPBOOK MATERIALS I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL This series consists of three folders of sketches of the life of Marshall, drafts of these sketches, and other data about Marshall. 2. CORRESPONDENCE This series is arranged in four subseries: a. Number Indexed Secretary Marshall's staff arranged the number indexed correspondence by assigning a multipart number to each item or to a group of related items of correspondence. (Any given number may refer to a one-page letter or to an alphabetically arranged section of correspondence which fills many folders.) The first part of the number refers to the overall categorical arrangement of the correspondence, (i.e., M200 refers to all Marshall general correspondence, M20 I refers to all Marshall correspondence regarding appointments and interviews, etc. See box 170, folder 4 for a complete list ofcategories. There is an index to "e. J. George correspondence" here, as well; these papers, however, are not present in this collection.) The arrangement within each category, is roughly chronological, but there are numerous exceptions. Fortunately, there is no need to grasp this complex arrangement in order to locate specific materials, as there is an extensive name and subject card file, also prepared by Marshall's staff, keyed to these numbers. The boxes containing these cards immediately precede the correspondence. Though, once again, many prominent names appear, little official business is discussed in this correspondence. b. Selected With the exception of the materials regarding the relief of General MacArthur, the selected correspondence-so called because it contains correspondence with higher military and government officials-does not contain correspondence of more sensitivity or substance than that found in the number indexed correspondence. Sometimes correspondence from the same people appears in both subseries. c. Categorical The categorical correspondence duplicates many of the categories of the number indexed correspondence, without having xxviii
any distinctive qualities of its own. d. Chronological The chronological files consist of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence which were kept by various members of the staff of the Office of Secretary of Defense. There are two main divisions of this section: the "files of the Director, Executive Office:' (Colonel Marshall S. Carter); and the "files of three secretaries." General Carter stayed on as Director of the Executive Office under Secretary Robert Lovett who succeeded Marshall; for this reason Carter's correspondence extends well into 1952. Sensitive military and political matters are the subjects of many of these letters. Some letters from this file are still security classified at the time of the preparation of this guide. Each of the three secretaries-Ackerman, Carlson, and Hawkins-have separate chronological files consisting mainly of carbon copies of outgoing letters which they were assigned to type. (From September 26 to October 6, 1950, an unidentified staff member with the initials MWG typed the letters in the Ackerman File.) Most of the letters in these three files are over Marshall's signature; some are over Colonel C. J. George's signature. The Ackerman file differs from the other two in having a number of incoming letters filed in it, and in having had more security classified correspondence. 3. SHORTHAND NOTEBOOKS The series of shorthand notebooks is arranged in roughly chronological order; dates frequently overlap because the books of several secretaries are included here. The books written in Gregg shorthand have been paginated; lists containing the dates of dictation and addressees of each letter or memorandum have been compiled. These lists are filed with the individual notebooks. Several of the notebooks-those written in Pittman shorthand-have not been read even for dates and addressees. 4. SPEECBES AND STATEMENTS These are chronologically arranged in two subseries: a. Those of Marshall The speeches and statements made by Marshall include near print versions for releases to.the press, and typed drafts with some handwritten corrections. I xxix
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