Reese Air Force Base: An Inventory of Its Records, 1940-1997 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Additional Sources

Description of Series

Closure and Reuse

Environment

Fact Books and Environment

Historian's Office Files

News Clipping Files

Public Relations

Publications

Wings Histories

Memorabilia

Reese Air Force Base:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1940-1997 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Reese Air Force Base (Tex.)
	Title:	Reese Air Force Base (Tex.) Records,
	Dates:	1940-1997 and undated
	Abstract:	Records documenting the activities of Reese Air Force Base, which was situated on 2000 acres and located 10 miles west of Lubbock, Texas.
	Collection #	S 1258.1
	Quantity:	19 boxes (19 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

Situated on 2000 acres and located 10 miles west of Lubbock, Texas, Reese Air Force Base was named after 1st Lt. Augustus F. Reese, Jr., a pilot from Shallowater, Texas, who was killed in a bombing raid in Italy on May 14, 1943. It was previously known as the Air Corps Advanced Flying School and the Lubbock Army Air Field. On September 1, 1949, the name was changed to Reese Air Force Base. The base's history extends from 1941-1997 and after 56 years of training pilots the base was forced to close due to federal budget cuts on military expenses.

The Handbook of Texas has published a more in-depth online biography of Reese Air Force Base at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/search.html

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Scope and Contents

The collection consists of publications and books, files from the Public Affairs office and Historian's office and scrapbook material from the Officers Wives' Club pertaining to Reese Air Force Base as a military base in Lubbock, Texas, for 56 years. The bulk of the collection consists of wing histories and public affairs materials.

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	The collection is organized into the following ten series: Closure and Reuse, Environment, Fact Books and Environment, Historian's Office Files, Memorabilia, News Clipping Files, Public Relations, Publications, Scrapbooks, and Wing Histories.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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Index Terms
	The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.
	Subjects (Organizations)
		United States. Air Force
		United States. Army Air Forces
		United States. Army--Aviation
		United States. Army Air Forces. Flying Training Command
	Places
		Lubbock (Tex.)--History
		Lubbock Army Air Field (Tex.)
		Reese Air Force Base (Tex.)
		Reese Air Force Base (Tex.)--History
		Reese Air Force Base (Tex.)--Officials and employees
	Subjects
		Air bases--Texas
		Air pilots, Military--Texas
		Air pilots, Military--Training of--Texas
		Aeronautics, Military--Texas
		Flight training--Texas
		Military bases--Texas
		World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American

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Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		Robert Keyes Papers, 1940-1947 Delton Richardson oral history interview [sound recording], 1982 Billy Jay Wright oral history interview [sound recording], 1982

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Reese Air Force Base Records, 1940-1997 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Acquisition

Collection accession #(s):
97-0179-B; 97-0184-B; 97-0238-B; 97-0254-B; and 97-0262-B

Gifts, 1987-1988

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, July, 2000

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Additional Sources



		Wings over America: Lubbock Army Air Field, Army Air Forces Training Command. Baton Rouge, La.: Army and Navy Pub. Co. of Louisiana, 1943.

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Collection Inventory



Closure and Reuse
box	folder
1	1		Class 97 Information, 1997
	2		Flag Flowing, 1996
	3		Game Plan, undated
	4		Inactivation Banquet Script, 1997
	5		Newsclippings, 1997
	6		Plan Draft, 1996
	7		Program Plan, 1996
	8		Restoration Advisory Board Meetings, 1997

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Environment
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1	9		Administrative Order on Consent, 1993
	10		Environmental Impact Analysis Progress, 1980
	11		Installation Restoration Program, 1986
	12		Installation Restoration Program, 1987
	13		Installation Restoration Program, 1988
box	folder
2	1		Installation Restoration Program, 1988
	2		Installation Restoration Program Deposition, 1994-1996
	3		Opportunities Exposition, 1996
	4		St. Louis Symposium, 1994

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Fact Books and Environment
box	folder
2	5		AETC Public Affairs Workshop, 1995
	6		Air Installation Compatible Use Zone, 1976
	7		Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Meeting, 1994
	8		Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Report, 1976
	9		Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Report, 1986
	10		Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Revalidation, 1990
	11		Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Study, 1992
	12		Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Study, 1994
	13		Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Study Citizen's Brochure, 1992
box	folder
3	1		Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Study Citizen's Brochure, 1994
	2		Air Show, 1995
	3		Air Technology Network, undated
	4		Airport Height Hazard and Land Use Zoning in Texas, 1982
	5		Community Relations in Superfund Handbook, 1983
	6		Community Relations in Superfund Handbook, 1992
	7		Defence Environmental Network and Information Exchange, undated
	8		Environmental Assessment, 1992
	9		Environmental Compliance Assessment and Management Program, 1991
	10		Environmental Impact Statements, 1976
	11		Environmental Quality Award, 1985
	12		Installation Restoration Program, 1984
	13		Installation Restoration Program Management Guidance, 1985
	14		Installation Restoration Program Workshop, 1985
	15		Interim Report of the Federal Facilities Environmental Committee, 1993
	16		Media Training Program, 1991
	17		Public Affairs and Editor's Course, 1991
box	folder
4	1		Public Affairs Environmental Guidance, 1989
	2		Public Affairs Environmental Surveys, 1994
	3		Restoration Advisory Board Workshop Guidebook, 1994
	4		Towards the 21st Century, 1988
	5		21st Century Vision, 1990
	6		Various Issues, 1993

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Historian's Office Files
box	folder
4	7		A-76 Aircraft Study, 1986
	8		AAF WAC Detachment, 1944
	9		Afterwar Base History, 1953-1994
	10		Aid Society Annual Report, 1996
	11		Air Force Integrates, 1945-1964
	12		Airman, 1993
	13		American Aviation, Inc., Project, 1959
	14		Aviation Cadet Department, 1942-1944
	15		Base Closure, 1989
	16		Base History Dates, undated
	17		Calendar of Events, 1992-1997
	18		Captain Gordon Treadaway's Speech, 1965
	19		Commanders List, 1964
	20		Comments on Video and Revision, 1994
	21		Computer Print-Outs and Call Slips, 1987
	22		Copies for Filmmaker, 1995
	23		Corps of Engineers, 1935-1945
	24		Correspondence, 1993-1994
	25		Creating a Government, 1993
	26		Detachment Finance Department, 1942-1944
	27		Enlisted Pilots Legacy, 1912-1942
	28		Film Outline, 1994
	29		General Sources, 1914-1997
	30		Global Air Chiefs Conference, 1997
	31		Historical Property Survey Team Meeting, 1994
	32		Hospital Histories, 1942-1944
box	folder
5	1		Hospital Histories, 1944-1945
	2		Informal History of the Lubbock Army Fluing School, 1941-1945
	3		Interview Notes, 1993
	4		Interview with John Foitik, 1993
	5		Interview with W. G. McWilliam, 1993
	6		Interview with Gordon Treadaway, 1993
	7		Interagency Coordination During Joint Operations, 1996
	8		Joint Doctrine for Evasion and Recovery, 1996
	9		Lubbock Shoot, 1993-1994
	10		Major George Andrew Davis, 1953
	11		Maps and Drawings, 1992
	12		Meetings with Filmmaker, 1994
	13		Neal's Chronicles, undated
	14		Negrete Video Film, 1994
	15		New CAM ART, 1989
	16		North American TB-25 Dedication Ceremony, 1959
	17		Para-Sail, 1975
	18		Pearl Harbor Commemorative Ceremony, 1991
	19		Photoes Requested from SWC, undated
	20		Planning and Construction, 1941
	21		Possible Interviewees, 1993
	22		Problem of Race Relations, 1978
	23		Reese, A. Frank, Jr Biography, undated
	24		Reunion, 1997
	25		Scopes of Work Notes, 1993
	26		Script Draft, 1994
	27		Script Review, 1994
	28		64th Flying Training Wing Brief History, 1995
	29		Station Information Album, 1959
	30		Telephone Log, 1993
	31		Texas Tech Veterans' Housing, 1945-1946
	32		T-1A Jayhawk Dedication Ceremony, 1992
	33		Trips, 1993
	34		Various Issues, 1986-1993
	35		Various Issues, 1993-1997
	36		Women Airforce Service Pilots Program, 1944
	37		Wing History Office, 1942
	38		Wing Mission, 1995
	39		World War II, 1940-1941
	40		World War II Temporary Military Buildings, 1990

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News Clipping Files
box	folder
5	41		Administration Center, 1996-1997
	42		Base Closure and Other Issues, 1992-1997
	43		Budget Development and Formulation, 1993
	44		Business and Other Issues, 1994
	45		Firing Range, 1993
	46		General Dugan Press, 1991
	47		Honorary Squadron Commanders, 1994-1995
box	folder
6	1		Lubbock Avalanche Journal, 1995
	2		Lubbock Avalanche Journal, 1997
	3		Lubbock Journals, 1986-1987
	4		Sports and Other Issues, 1980-1994
	5		Unidentified Flying Objects, 1977-1988
	6		Unidentified Flying Objects and Other Issues, 1997
	7		University Daily, 1997
	8		Various Issues, 1974-1997
	9		Windspread, 1996
	10		World War II 50th Anniversary, 1995

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Public Relations
box	folder
6	11		Activity Processes Charts and Lists, undated
	12		Air Show Reports, 1993
	13		Air Show Schedule, 1995
	14		Air Show and Open House, 1996
	15		American Gold Star Mothers' Inc., 1990
	16		Army Air Corps Enlisted Pilots Reunion and Dedication Ceremony, 1992
	17		Awards Banquet and Other Events, 1988-1997
	18		Base Disposal, 1997
	19		Base Tours, 1991
	20		Base Tours, 1993
	21		Base Tours, 1994
	22		Beechcraft Raytheon Company, 1992
	23		Blue Angels News Releases, 1993-1997
box	folder
7	1		Blue Angels Shows, 1987
	2		Blue Angels Shows, 1991
	3		Blue Angels Shows, 1993
	4		Colonel Gelwix's First News Conference, 1988
	5		Community Appreciation Days, 1996
	6		Community Noise Complains, 1993
	7		Community Relations Events, 1990-1996
	8		COMBS Ceremony, 1993
	9		`Farewell to Reese' Annual Event, 1996
	10		Frends of Reese, 1994-1997
	11		Golden Knights, 1991
	12		Golden Knights Parachute Team, undated
	13		Historical Records, 1990-1992
	14		Home-Based Business, undated
	15		Honor Guard Request, 1994
	16		Inactivation Ceremony, 1997
	17		Joint Airport Zoning Board Activities, 1990
	18		Lubbock Christian University's Reese Appreciation Day, 1997
	19		LISD Band Extravaganza, undated
	20		Lugas Scam, 1994
	21		Media Contest and Achievement Award Winners, 1996
	22		Information Office, 1974-1976
	23		Military Editorial Reading File, 1975-1977
	24		Military Related Editorials, 1977-1977
	25		Military Related News, 1974-1976
	26		Mission Statement, 1993
	27		Museum Agreements, 1993
	28		News, 1973-1993
	29		News Releases, 1994-1996
	30		Official Visits, 1991-1992
	31		Open House, 1955
	32		Open House, 1959
	33		Open House, 1977
	34		Open House, 1979
	35		Open House, 1989
	36		Open House, 1991-1992
	37		Open House and Other Information, 1986-1997
	38		Open Houses, 1993-1997
	39		Orientation Flight Certificate, 1990
	40		Personnel's Speeches, 1989-1990
box	folder
8	1		Public Affairs Reports, 1987-1988
	2		Reese in Action, 1980-1991
	3		Reunion, 1980
	4		Reunion, 1990
	5		Reunion, 1993
	6		Roundup Clippings, 1968
	7		Senator Gramm, 1980
	8		Showbirds, 1993
	9		Speakers Bureau Projects, 1993
	10		Special Events Planning, 1976-1993
	11		Speech Building Material, 1990-1991
	12		T-1 Demonstrational Material, 1992
	13		T-1A Arrival Ceremony, 1992
	14		Thunderbirds Show, 1985
	15		Undergraduate Pilot Training Program, 1979
	16		Undergraduate Pilot Training Program, 1991
	17		Undergraduate Pilot Training Program, 1993-1997
	18		Undergraduate Pilot Training Program Graduation, 1976
	19		Veterans Day, 1991
	20		Veterans Day, 1997
	21		Visit to the Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Widnal, 1994
	22		Welcome to Eglin AFB, 1990
	23		Welcome to Lubbock Information, 1994-1996

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Publications
box	folder
8	24		Aerospace Speech, 1982-1983
	25		Aerospace Speeches, Statements, and Data, 1983-1985
	26		Agreement with American Federation of Government Employees, 1992
	27		Air Force, 1996
	28		Air Force Academy Catalog, 1982-1983
	29		Air Force Speech, 1994-1996
box	folder
9	1		Air Force Updates, 1993-1996
	2		Air Power History, 1993
	3		Airman, 1982
	4		Airman, 1994-1996
	5		Assignment: Reese, 1986-1987
	6		Biographies, 1994-1997
	7		Blue Angels, 1988
	8		Chambers of Commerce Directiry, 1976-1977
	9		Changes of Command, 1997
	10		Closure and Reuse, 1993-1994
	11		Community Appreciation Days, 1995-1996
	12		Desert Storm, 1990
	13		Economic Resource Impact Statement, 1987-1995
box	folder
10	1		Enlisted Awards Banquet, 1996
	2		Environmental Excellence Center, undated
	3		Environmental Tour, 1996
	4		Facilities and Bases in the Midwest, undated
	5		Fact Sheets, 1991-1997
	6		Fact Sheets and News Releases, 1968-1976 and undated
	7		Federal Credit Union Annual Report, 1975
	8		Fiftieth Anniversary, 1991
	9		Fiftieth Anniversary Planner, 1997
	10		Fifty Years of Training, 1993
	11		Fifty Five Years of Excellence, 1942-1997
	12		Gameday, 1996
	13		Graduation Ceremony, 1991
	14		Graduation Programs, 1995-1997
	15		Guide, undated
	16		History of Military Aviation in San Antonio, 1996
	17		Inactivation Ceremonies, 1997
	18		Information Digests, 1994-1997
	19		Leadership Directory, 1991
	20		Looking East, 1995
	21		Lubbock Avalanche Journal, 1974
	22		Lubbock City and Base Maps, 1991-1993
	23		Lubbock County News, 1993
	24		Lubbock Newcommers Guide, 1994-1995
	25		Lubbock Salutes Reese AFB, 1975
	26		Lubbock Salutes Reese AFB, 1981
	27		Lubbock Salutes Reese AFB, 1983
	28		Lubbock, Where it's at..., 1993
	29		Media Advisories and News Releases, 1995-1997
	30		Military Forces in Transition, 1991
	31		Military Market, 1987
	32		Naval Air Station Whiting Field, 1991
	33		News Releases, 1988
	34		News Releases and Biographies, 1989-1992
	35		Newspaper Certificate of Trademark, 1995
	36		Public Affairs Guidance, 1993
	37		Questions and Answers about Your USAF, 1974
	38		RAFB International Marketing Corporation Edition, 1993
	39		Reese Center, undated
	40		Reese Invitation Booklets, 1997
box	folder
11	1		Reunion, 1985
	2		Revolution in the Air, 1996
	3		Roundup, 1974
	4		Roundup, 1984
	5		Roundup, 1991-1995
	6		Service News, 1984-1985
	7		Service Weather Map, 1996
	9		Soviet Military Power, undated
	10		Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, 1991
	11		Talon Service News, 1995
	12		Telephone Directory, 1996
	13		Thunderbirds, 1975-1976
	14		Thunderbirds, 1985-1995
	15		Tour of Historic Randolph, 1995
	16		Training Wing Programming Plan, 1996
	17		Treadaway History, 1944
	18		Twenty First Century Vision, 1991
	19		USAF Salutes the South Plains, 1989
	20		Vision for Lubbock, 1995
	21		Visitor's Guide Map, undated
	22		Welcome to Reese Air Force Base, 1991
	23		Wildlife at Reese Air Force Base, undated
	24		Wings across America, 1992
	25		Wings Histories, 1995
box	folder
12	1		World Air Show News, 1997
	2		Writing Effective Letters, undated

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Scrapbooks
box	folder
12	3		Air Force Village, 1984
	4		Enlisted Wives Club, 1982
	5		Enlisted Wives Club, 1985
	6		Enlisted Wives Club, 1988-1989
	7		Golf Course, 1960-1972
	8		Officers Wives' Club, 1968-1969
	9		Officers Wives' Club, 1972-1977
	10		Officers Wives' Club, 1984-1985
	11		Officers Wives' Club, 1991

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Wings Histories
box	folder
12	12		Army Air Force Pilot School, 1945
	13		Lubbock Army Air Field, 1940-1944
box	folder
13	1		Lubbock Army Air Field, 1941
	2		Lubbock Army Air Field, 1941-1944
	3		Lubbock Army Air Field, 1945
	4		Lubbock Army Air Field Station Information, 1944
	5		Periodic History, 1950
	6		Periodic History, 1951
	7		Periodic History, 1951
box	folder
14	1		Periodic History, 1953
	2		Periodic History, 1953
	3		Periodic History, 1954
	4		Periodic History, 1955
	5		Periodic History, 1956
	6		Periodic History, 1957
	7		Periodic History, 1958
	8		Periodic History, 1959
	9		Periodic History, 1960
box	folder
15	1		Periodic History, 1961
	2		Periodic History, 1962
	3		Periodic History, 1963
	4		Periodic History, 1964
	5		Periodic History, 1965
	6		Periodic History, 1966
	7		Periodic History, 1967
	8		Periodic History, 1968
	9		Periodic History, 1969
	10		Periodic History, 1970
	11		Periodic History, 1971
	12		Periodic History, 1972
box	folder
16	1		Periodic History, 1973
	2		Periodic History, 1974
	3		Periodic History, 1975
	4		Periodic History, 1976
	5		Periodic History, 1977
	6		Periodic History, 1978
box	folder
17	1		Periodic History, 1979
	2		Periodic History, 1979

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Memorabilia

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folder

17

3

Media Passes, BEET Pass, Golden Eagle CFC Badge, BEET Armband, undated

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Scrapbooks

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18

1

Officers Wives' Club, 1959-1977

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19

1

Officers Wives' Club, 1978-1985

2

Officers Wives' Club, 1994-1995

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