GEN. ROBERT C. RICHARDSON, JR. HAWAII MILITIARY GUEST BOOK
Lot of approx. 120 disbound pages of signatures from guest books kept by Gen. Robert C. Richardson while serving at Commander of Army Forces in the Pacific and Military Governor of Hawaii. The books, covering May, 1944 to March, 1946, contain hundreds of signatures of those who dined with Richardson at his residence at the Governor's Palace in Honolulu. On the first page, Richardson himself signs, noting who had gifted the guest book to him and lamenting that he had not had such a book earlier. Among the many important visitors who signed are military leaders: CHESTER NIMITZ, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, ERNEST J. KING, MAXWELL MURRAY, BRIAN H. WELLS, SIMON B. BUCKNER, JR., CLARK RUFFNER, PERCY W. CLARKSON, JOHN R. HODGE, ROY BLOUNT, WILLIAM J. DONOVAN, A. D. BRUCE, R. L. GHORMLEY, G. W. GRINER, H. B. HOLMES, SANDERFORD JARMAN, ALBERT WEDEMEYER, J. R. KAUFFMAN, ROBERT W. DOUGLAS, W. R. FURLONG, JULIAN HATCHER, ALDEN WAITT, JULIAN C. SMITH, W. A. WOOD, CHARLES RYDER, RAYMOND SPRUANCE, J. E. CHANEY, HAROLD L. GEORGE, OGDEN ROSS, RICHARD K. SUTHERLAND, W. L. CALHOUN, JOHN TOWERS, CHARLES W. RYDER, R. G. BREENE, IRA EAKER, ROBERT W. DOUGLASS, JR., JOSEPH STILWELL, JIMMY DOOLITTLE, HENRY H. ARNOLD, BARTON YOUNT, CARL SPAATZ, BARNEY GILES, COURTNEY HODGES, CLARK RUFFNER, MATTHEW RIDGWAY, JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT, JULIEN KLEIN, JOHN S. SERVICE, CLARENCE B. CRAFT, R. K. TURNER, E. B. LYON, ENNIS C. WHITEHEAD, many of the preceding in multiples, and literally hundreds and hundreds of other generals, colonels, and admirals. Non-military autographs include CHARLES LINDBERGH, JAMES ROOSEVELT, SPENCER TRACY, JOHN DOS PASSOS, CARLOS ROMULO, OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND, ERNIE PYLE, SERGIO OSMENA, PETER FRASER, MOSS HART, BASIL O'CONNOR, LOWELL THOMAS, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN, ROBERT PATTERSON, plus top Hawaiian politicians, society figures, etc. A giant collection and largely unresearched.