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To: Hiram S. Gans.

Thank you letter to Mr. and Mrs. Gans, "for arranging for the award, for being so hospitable and cordial," to him and his wife.

GLC06196.077

To: Arthur Anderson.

A thank you letter to Anderson for sending Hilldring a telegram.

GLC06196.078

To: John H. Hilldring.

Informing Hilldring of the officer corps personnel, and asking Hilldring if he can revise it.

GLC06196.079

To:John H. Hilldring.

Asks Hilldring to give support to the CA/MG function.

GLC06196.080

To: Colonel Daniel Cox Fahey Jr.

Views on CA/MG status.

GLC06196.081

To: General Crawford F. Sams.

Sending Sams a letter that Hilldring received from Burgess.

GLC06196.082

To: Hiram S. Gans.

States he is happy to receive a gavel from Military Government Association.

GLC06196.083

To: John H. Hilldring.

Suggesting that Hilldring write to Taylor so he can share his years of experience and give Taylor advice in military government.

GLC06196.084

To: Colonel Daniel Cox Fahey Jr.

Sending a copy of the letter that Hilldring writes to Max Taylor.

GLC06196.085

To: Honorable Carter Burgess.

Sending a copy of the letter that he wrote to Max Taylor and congratulating Burgess for getting the Reserve Bill.

GLC06196.086

To: Maxwell Taylor.

Letter about the CA/MG's (Civil Affairs and Military Government) place in the Army.

GLC06196.087

To: Honorable Strom Thurmond.

Hilldring is sending a copy of the letter that he wrote to Max Taylor.

GLC06196.088

To: John H. Hilldring.

Asks Hilldring to compare two different versions of events relating to the Cabinet Committee on Germany, and chose the one that fits his memory most.

GLC06196.090

To: Paul Y. Hammond.

Hilldring recalls the Quebec Conference, Interim Directive, dissolution of the Cabinet Committee, etc. He asks Hammond to forgive him for not being able to remember several events and answers to Hammond's questions. In order to be helpful...

GLC06196.091

To: John H. Hilldring

Asking Hilldring to give his views on "CAMG problem areas of the future, based upon . . . [his]. . . past experience."

GLC06196.092

To: John H. Hilldring.

About a constitutional study group; American interviewees; tentative schedule for the Constitution Study Group; and document from the U.S. Department of State (4 Nov 1958) re: interviewing American citizens.constitutional study group; American...

GLC06196.093

To: Gerald J. Higgins.

Offers cooperation with Higgins' group.

GLC06196.094

To: John H. Hilldring.

Arrangement of the meeting on November 14, 1958.

GLC06196.095

to Takeshi Yasukawa.

Hilldring asks the date and hour of the visit from the group from Japan. He offers his assistance during their stay in New York.

GLC06196.096

To: Gen. John H. Hilldring.

Encloses information sent by the Research Committee in Tokyo.

GLC06196.097

To: John H. Hilldring.

Kades encloses letters from General Whitney and to the Counselor of the Japanese Embassy, along with asking Hilldring to meet him for lunch at the Uptown Club before Hilldring's departure for Phoenix. "Received Nov 19 1958 John Hilldring" is stamped...

GLC06196.098

To: Board Member.

From the National Secretary Treasurer, asking opinion regarding the report of the Objectives and Program of the MGA, and requesting the contact of Oliver Comstock as soon as possible.

GLC06196.099

To: John H. Hilldring.

Dyer thanks Hilldring for sharing "valuable material" from his own experiences in CAMG. Dyer included a Memorandum for the Record, asking Hilldring to initial and return it with his approval. "Received Nov 24 1958 John Hilldring" stamped in black...

GLC06196.100

To: Richard Scullin.

Hilldring comments on the "excellent program" of the Military Government Association sent by Scullin and other officers. Hilldring is impressed by the "excellent job they are doing."

GLC06196.101

To: Charles L. Kades.

Hilldring thanks "Dear Chuck" for "clarifying his opinion" about the Committee from Tokyo. (Mr. Yasukawa)

GLC06196.102

To: Murray Dyer.

Cover letter. With enclosed Memorandum for the Record. Hilldring returned Memorandum after deleting an incident relating to General de Gaulle.

GLC06196.103

To: John H. Hilldring

History of a porcelain clock, apparently owned by Hilldring.

GLC06196.104

to Aaron Hobart and Aaron Hobart, Sr.

Informs the Hobarts that Joab Cooper has sent them to collect money owed through a note dated 30 March 1816. Mentions that Cooper has deducted a certain amount from the note and expects to be paid the difference. Possibly related to the support of...

GLC06313.04.051

to Aaron Hobart

States his interest in religious institutions and thus asks Hobart to write "a particular account of the exertions...at Hanover for the support of [illegible] their ordinances."

GLC06313.04.053

to Aaron Hobart

Sends the disposition of Lydia Brown, which he took upon Hobart's request. Brown testifies about her knowledge of man, Andrew Turner, whose real name was Amos Turner, who had multiple wives.

GLC06313.04.054

to Aaron Hobart

Mentions his poor health and explains that he has "enclosed an amount against Robert Thomas" that he wants his son to collect.

GLC06313.04.055

to Mary Hughes

Making a ring as a memento of his imprisonment.

GLC02166.011

to Mary Hughes

GLC02166.012

to Mary Hughes

GLC02166.013

to Colonel C.W.B. Allison

Reason for imprisonment.

GLC02166.014

to Mary Hughes

Sending provisions and personal effects to Camp Chase.

GLC02166.015

to Mary Hughes

Declining her offer to send his easy chair.

GLC02166.016

to Mary Hughes

Sending four rings for those at home.

GLC02166.017

to Alfred Hughes

Not receiving the Intelligencer. With pencil note by N.A. Gray, examiner at Camp Chase.

GLC02166.018

to Post Master, Columbus, Ohio

Inquiring after failure to deliver the Intelligencer to Alfred Hughes. With reply by postmaster on same page.

GLC02166.019

to Alfred Hughes

Notification of censored correspondence.

GLC02166.020

to My Dear Sister

Requesting a second copy of the suppressed letter be sent via D. B. Tiffany.

GLC02166.021

to Mary Hughes

Health of his wife and children; financial matters at home; cramped conditions in prison; discouraging his wife from sending items from home.

GLC02166.022

to Joseph Bell

Order for dividends.

GLC02166.023

to Mary Hughes

His health; his wife's employment; false friends; shirts, honey, and newspapers from home.

GLC02166.024

to Mary Hughes

News in the Cincinnati Gazette pertaining to exchange of prisoners.

GLC02166.025

to Mrs. Judge Thompson.

Canceling request for aid in securing parole from prison.

GLC02166.026

to Mary Hughes

Explaining his appeal to Mrs. Thompson for parole; enclosing a clipping from the Cincinnati Gazette; numbering of letters.

GLC02166.027

to Mary Hughes

"Dog days" of summer; uncomfortably hot conditions in prison (with pencil note from postal inspector: "Precisely the same quarters the Unions soldiers occupy.")

GLC02166.028

to Mary Hughes

Encouraging his wife to write more often.

GLC02166.029

to Mary Hughes

Delay in receiving mail.

GLC02166.030

to Mary Hughes

His wife's overexertion; encouraging his daughter's study of music, and the proper conduct of all his other children; prescribing medicine for his wife; tales of wickedness and cruelty told in prison. With clippings from unidentified papers entitled...

GLC02166.062

Scrapbook, Vol. I.

1 Woodward, Warren B. TLS: to Hilldring re: roster of Company K, 38th U.S. Infantry. 19 Jan 1940
2 Roster of Company K, 38th U.S. Infantry, 3rd Division, U.S.A. 1 Jan 1918
3 a. Clipping from [?]: "Army Transfers Major Hilldring…": [n.d.]
b...

GLC06196.105

Scrapbook, Vol. II.

1 a. Calling card. "The Honorable John Henry Hilldring, Assistant Secretary of State, Washington D.C." [n.d.]
b. Calling card. "Henrik de Kauffmann Ambassadeur de Danemark." [n.d.]
c. Army Service Forces. Invitation: Washington, D.C., to John...

GLC06196.106

Scrapbook, Vol. III.

1 Adjutant General's Office. Official announcement of the establishment of the Civil Affairs Division 4 May 1943
2 Beta Theta Pi Magazine. Clippings: "The Second Military List of Beta Theta Pi (World War II);" Columbia University; and "Civil...

GLC06196.107

Scrapbook, Vol. IV.

1 a. Wire Service Bulletin re: Hilldring's nomination as Assistant Secretary of State. 27 Feb 1946
b. [?]. Note re: Hilldring's nomination by Truman. 27 Feb 1946
2 a. New York Herald Tribune. Clipping: "Gen. Hilldring Nominated as Aid to Byrnes."...

GLC06196.108

Scrapbook, Vol. V.

1 a. Clipping from [?]: "Forum Speaker." [7 Jan 1947]
b. Clipping from [?]: "'Policy-Maker' Speaker at Open Forum Session." [7 Jan 1947]
c. Clipping from [?]: "Problems in Occupied Areas." [7 Jan 1947]
d. Daily News, Los Angeles. Clipping: "25...

GLC06196.109

to Mary Hughes

Mail received through Capt. Tiffany; worries about his wife's health.

GLC02166.031

to Mary Hughes

Enduring Sundays in prison; mending his own clothes; receiving newspapers.

GLC02166.032

to Mary Hughes

Handmade sleeve buttons for his wife; diphtheria in Wheeling; draft dodgers; enclosing various clippings; transcribing a letter by N.A. Gray about contraband letters. With several lines on page three written over in a second, darker hand.

GLC02166.033

to Mary Hughes

Keeping track of sent/received letters.

GLC02166.034

to Mary Hughes

Urging his wife to write regularly; fellow inmate's decision to take the oath [of allegiance?], and Hughes' opinion in the matter.

GLC02166.035

to Mary Hughes

Postscript to previous letter urging his wife to say nothing of his remarks regarding Mr. G___'s cause.

GLC02166.036

to Mary Hughes

Concerns over correspondence; release of fellow inmate.

GLC02166.037

to Mary Hughes

Lack of vegetation in prison; Fifty-first Psalm and other devotional texts; concerns about his family's health in his absence.

GLC02166.038

to Mary Hughes

Questioning the arrest of a released inmate's daughter.

GLC02166.039

to Mary Hughes

Thanking her for the shirt she sent; advising her on various matters at home (ie. school for the children, the horse and buggy, accounts, etc.)

GLC02166.040

to Mary Hughes

News of his wife's diphtheria; vows to take the oath if necessary to return and nurse her back to health; receiving dispatch with news of her improved condition.

GLC02166.041

to Mary Hughes

Rejoicing in news of her recovery; news of a POW exchange, with the dispersal of political prisoners to follow directly; advising his wife they will have to cross over into the Confederacy after his release.

GLC02166.042

to Mary Hughes

Cautioning his wife against a relapse; discussion of a passage from the Columbus Journal about the release of 140 citizen prisoners.

GLC02166.043

to Mary Hughes

Hopes of hearing from his wife soon, speculations as to why citizens are no longer being arrested and required to take the oath.

GLC02166.044

to Mary Hughes

Medical advice; hopes for release next week; news of liberation at other prisons; heavily censored letter from Eliza.

GLC02166.045

to Mary Hughes

Receiving no newspapers; mending his own clothes.

GLC02166.046

to Mary Hughes

Moving to Prison No. 2, and possible discharge; restrictions placed on outgoing mail.

GLC02166.047

to Mary Hughes

Receipt of his wife's latest letter; with autograph note signed by D.B. Tiffany, Prison Postmaster, attesting the frequency of Dr. Hughes's letters.

GLC02166.048

to Mary Hughes

Departure of the POW's for Vicksburg; criticizing the political prisoners who chose to take the oath; deciding the fate of those who choose not to take the oath.

GLC02166.049

to Mary Hughes

Joy at receiving two of her letters; urging her to have patience.

GLC02166.050

to Mary Hughes

Affectionate sentiments to his wife; advising her to take Belladonna for her ailments.

GLC02166.051

to Alfred Hughes

Advising him to write to Mssrs. Randall and Astin.

GLC02166.052

to Mary Hughes

Issues at home; opinions about Mr. G___ [fellow inmate who took the oath in items #35-37] and his family.

GLC02166.053

to Mary Hughes

Mail between Cincinnati, Columbus, and Wheeling; misinformation regarding page limits on outgoing letters; Eliza's use of the word "nervous."

GLC02166.054

to Mary Hughes

Hopes for release or parole; appointment of Judge Hitchcock to investigate cases of political prisoners at Camp Chase; Gen. Halleck's orders indicating release is inevitable; offers medical advice for her various ailments.

GLC02166.055

to Mary Hughes

More medical advice; adjusting to conditions in the Prison No. 2; propagation of secessionism in the prison.

GLC02166.056

to Mary Hughes

Daily devotions; sensing his wife is unwell before she has told him; more medical advice.

GLC02166.057

to Mary Hughes

Cautioning her against developing a "nervous" condition; self-preservation; arrival of political prisoners from Louisville.

GLC02166.058

to Mary Hughes

Criticism of the war; sentimental thoughts about his children.

GLC02166.059

to Mary Hughes

Letter from his daughter Mary; weather; sermon by Rev. Dr. Baldwin (one of the political prisoners from Louisville); medical advice.

GLC02166.060

to Mary Hughes

Mail distribution; reaction to censorship by Prison Postmaster Tiffany; her eating habits; departure of POW's for exchange. With an autograph note signed by Tiffany on verso denying having mutilated Hughes' letter.

GLC02166.061

to Mary Hughes

Spiritual lessons learned at Camp Chase; his son Tommy; advising her to see the dentist.

GLC02166.063

to Mary Hughes

Darning and mending; prescriptions for headache and sore throat trouble; dental work.

GLC02166.064

to Mary Hughes

Piety among prisoners of war and lack thereof among political prisoners; conversation with Judge Foster (a fellow inmate).

GLC02166.065

to Alfred Hughes

Forwarding personal effects so as not to let the "Yanks" get them.

GLC02166.066

to Mary Hughes

Requesting newspapers; teaching the catechism to his children; arrival of prisoners taken at Martinsburg, Virginia.

GLC02166.067

to Alfred Hughes

Behavior of their son Tommy and news of the other children; making clothes for her husband; her health.

GLC02166.068

to Mary Hughes

Plans to observe a day of prayer and thanksgiving set aside by President Davis; Rev. Dr. Ford; wealthy gentlemen among the prisoners brought from Martinsburg; taking of thirty prisoners by one man.

GLC02166.069

to Mary Hughes

Child-rearing advice; thanking her for her efforts at home; requesting socks; enclosing two newspaper clippings about escapes from Camp Chase.

GLC02166.070

to Mary Hughes

Account of their day of prayer and thanksgiving; escapes and attempted escapes from Camp Chase.

GLC02166.071

Pin

"Officers Duck Pin Tournament, 1930, 57th Infantry, Capt. J.H. Hilldring, Member."

GLC06196.110

Pin

Pin: "28th National Convention American Legion, San Francisco."

GLC06196.111

Pin

Pin: "Rock of the Marne 38th US Infantry/Veterans of Foreign Wars."

GLC06196.112