Raymond L. Proctor Papers, 1925-1986

Overview of the Collection

Title
Raymond L. Proctor Papers
Dates
1925-1986 (inclusive)
Quantity
13 cubic feet
Collection Number
MG 497
Summary
Research and teaching materials created by Professor Raymond Lambert Proctor. Topics include World War II, military strategy, European history, Middle Eastern history, and South American history.
Repository
University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections and Archives
University of Idaho Library
875 Perimeter Drive
MS 2350
Moscow, ID
83844-2350
Telephone: 2088850845
libspec@uidaho.edu
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Raymond Lambert Proctor was born on October 18, 1920 in Bearden, Tennessee to Rufus Proctor and Clara Ruth Lambert. The Proctor family moved to the Pacific Northwest when he was young (exact year unknown). On January 6, 1946, Proctor married Bernie Wegmann in Medford, Oregon.

Proctor served over two decades in the U.S. Air Force, including three years serving in the South Pacific during World War II. In 1960, Proctor retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel.

After his military service, he received a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland and a doctorate degree from the University of Oregon. In 1965, Proctor moved to Moscow, Idaho and began teaching history at the University of Idaho, where he would teach until he retired in 1986. Beyond his teaching tenure, Proctor conducted in-depth research and produced several books and articles on various topics of world and military history.

Proctor died on Friday, December 13, 1991 in Moscow, Idaho.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains the research and teaching materials of Professor Raymond Lambert Proctor while he was a history professor at the University of Idaho. Topics of his research and teaching include World War II, military strategy, European history, Middle Eastern history, and South American history. Research materials include newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, photographs, maps, photocopies of other articles, corresopndence, and drafts of his written books and articles. Teaching materials include course syllabi, worksheets, student exams, and evaluations.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

[DESCRIPTION OF ITEM], Raymond L. Proctor Papers, MG 497, Special Collections & Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, Idaho.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Arrangement based on original and intellectual order.

Processing Note

Collection processed by Rachel Kerr and Michelle A. Shannon.

Bibliography

[1] "Raymond L. Proctor, 71, Retired UI Professor," The Lewiston Tribune, December 15, 1991. https://lmtribune.com/obituaries/raymond-l-proctor-71-retired-ui-professor/article_2baed788-e013-5fc8-8c25-2dc8bf8ad778.html

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Cry of the CondorReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 1
Draft and Footnoes, Chapter 1 of "The Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War: The Cry of the Condor"
undated
1 2
Chapter 1: "A Ghost Town" in "The Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War: The Cry of the Condor" by Raymond L. Proctor
1977
1 3
Chapter 2: "First Phase: Unwilling Involvement"
undated
1 4
Chapter 3: "Phase Two: 'Magic Fire,'"
undated
1 5
Chapter 4: "Phase Three: The Air Lift From Africa"
undated
1 6
Chapter 4
undated
1 7
Chapter 5: "Phase Four: Warlimont and Mission 'Guido,'"
undated
1 8
Chapter 6: "Phase Five: Creation of the Legion"
undated
1 9
Chapter 7: "Phase Six: Warlimont vs. Faupel"
undated
1 10
Chapter 8: "Combat, Problems, and Reorganizations"
undated
1 11
Chapter 9: "Malaga, Jarama, and Guadalajara"
undated
1 12
Chapter 10: "Battle in the North"
undated
1 13
Chapter 11: "Fall of Bilbao"
undated
1 14
Chapter 12: "Battle of Brunete"
undated
1 15
Chapter 13: "Termination in the North"
undated
1 16
Chapter 14: "New Commander and Teruel"
undated
1 17
Chapter 15: "Belchite to the Sea"
undated
1 18
Chapter 16: "The Levante Offensive"
undated
1 19
Chapter 17: "Battle of the Ebro"
undated
1 20
Chapter 18: "Catalonia to Döberitz"
undated
1 21
Appendix 1-2, Bibliography, Acknowledgement
undated
1 22
Raymond Proctor publication, "Luftwaffe in Spanish Civil War: Cry of the Condor"
1977
1 23
Original Chapter 1: "A Ghost Town"
undated
1 24
Acknowledgement
undated
1 25
Chapter 2: "First Phase of German Involvement or Interrupted Flight of Max von Muller"
undated
1 26
Chapter 3 of Condor
undated
1 27
Chapter 4 of Condor
undated
1 28
Chapter 5 of Condor
undated
1 29
Chapter 6 of Condor
undated
1 30
Chapter 7 of Condor
undated
1 31
Chapter 8 of Condor
undated
1 32
Chapter 9 of Condor
undated
1 33
Chapter 10 of Condor
undated
1 34
Chapter 11: "Fall of Bilbao"
undated
1 35
Chapter 12: "Battle of Brunete"
undated
1 36
Chatper 13: "Termination in the North"
undated
1 37
Chapter 14 of Condor
undated
1 38
Chapter 15: "Belchite to the Sea"
undated
1 39
Chapter 16: "The Levante Offensive"
undated
1 40
Chapter 17: "Battle of the Ebro"
undated
1 41
Chapter 18 of Condor
undated
1 42
Epilogue
undated
1 43
Bibliography
undated
1 44
Illustrations
undated
1 45
Addresses - Kondor
undated
1 46
Archival Material - Condor Legion - Warlimont, AS/88, LN/88, Prisoners
1936-1938, 1974
1 47
Condor Legion
undated
1 48
Condor Legion Final
undated
1 49
Condor Legion Final Report
20 May 1939
1 50
Lists of Condor Legion Persons and Area and Time Sequence
1938
1 51
Maps of Condor Legions
1984
1 52
Maps of Condor Legions
undated
1 53
Notes about the Condor Legion and the Spanish Civil War (2 notebooks)
undated
1 54
Photos - German Generals, "They Flew from Pollensa Bay"
1939, 1976

Hitler's Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil WarReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
1 55
Final Manuscript of "Hitler's Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War" by Raymond L. Proctor (folder 1 of 2)
undated
1 56
Final Manuscript of "Hitler's Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War" by Raymond L. Proctor (folder 2 of 2)
undated
1 57
Research Notes for "Hitler's Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War" (folder 1 of 2)
undated
2 58
Research Notes for "Hitler's Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War" (folder 2 of 2)
undated
2 59
Maps, Research, and Article of "Hitler's Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War" by Raymond L. Proctor
undated
2 60
Correspondence with Greenwood over Luftwaffe in Spanish Civil War
1979-1990

Agony of a NeutralReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 61
Final Manuscript of Agony of a Neutral: Spanish-German Wartime Relations in the Blue Division (folder 1 of 3)
undated
2 62
Final Manuscript of Agony of a Neutral: Spanish-German Wartime Relations in the Blue Division (folder 2 of 3)
undated
2 63
Final Manuscript of Agony of a Neutral: Spanish-German Wartime Relations in the Blue Division (folder 3 of 3)
undated
2 64
Reviews "Agony"
1972-1974
2 65
Franco - "Agony of a Neutral"
1975
2 66
"Agony" Correspondence
1971-1973
2 67
Materials about "Agony of a Neutral"
1971-1982

The German Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil WarReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 68
The German Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War (folder 1 of 3)
undated
2 69
The German Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War (folder 2 of 3)
undated
2 70
The German Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War (folder 3 of 3)
undated
2 71
Index to German Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War
undated

PublicationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
2 72
"Age of Duke Wellington and Changing Concepts of War"
undated
2 73
Wellington
undated
2 74
Wellington English copies
undated
2 75
Chapter 8
undated
2 76
"Franco: A General Reevaluated," Raymond L. Proctor
1986
2 77
"Franco: The Aragon, Ebro, Catalonia" - Final Copy
undated
2 78
"Morrocan Soldiers in Service of Spain"
1984
2 79
"Moros of the Spanish Army" by Raymond L. Proctor
1986
2 80
"Oral History and the Third Reich"
undated
2 81
Spain 1772-1828, Through the Eyes of Goya - Final Draft
undated
2 82
"Spain 1770-1828, Through the Eyes of Goya" by Raymond L. Proctor
1989
2 83
"Spain" For the Aerospace Historian by Raymond L. Proctor
1983
3 84
"The Spanish Army and the Nationalist Moro Allies," Raymond L. Proctor
1983
3 85
"The Spanish Army and the National Moro Allies" Final Copy
1984
3 86
Moros and Spanish Army research material
undated
3 87
"The Spanish Conflict 1936-1939" by Raymond L. Proctor
1980
3 88
"They Also Mourn" by Raymond L. Proctor
1975
3 89
"They Also Mourn" by Raymond L. Proctor
1979
3 90
"They Flew From Pollensa Bay: An Intimate View of the Seaplane Squadron of the German Condor Legion, 1936-1939," by Raymond L. Proctor
1976
3 91
"They Flew From Pollensa Bay: The Seaplane Squadron of the German Condor Legion," by Raymond L. Proctor
1975
3 92
papers Raymond was working on
undated

Research - Blue DivisionReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 93
Blue Division
1966
3 94
Blue Division Notes (folder 1 of 6)
1940s-1960s
3 95
Blue Division Notes (folder 2 of 6)
1940s-1950s
3 96
Blue Division Notes (folder 3 of 6)
1930s-1960s
3 97
Blue Division Notes (folder 4 of 6)
1930s-1960s
3 98
Blue Division Notes (folder 5 of 6)
1930s-1960s
3 99
Blue Division Notes (folder 6 of 6)
1940s
3 100
Brotherhood Div. Azul
1970s
3 101
I - Blue Division - German Documents (Photocopies) (folder 1 of 2)
1941-1943
3 102
II - Blue Division - German Documents (Photocopies) (folder 2 of 2)
1943-1945
3 103
III - Blue Division - German Documents, translations
1941-1945
3 104
IV - Blue Division - Letters, WWII, Carow.
1960s
3 105
V - Blue Division - Interview in Spain, Photos
1930s-1960s
3 106
Photographs - Blue Division
undated
3 107
Prade, Sr. Blue Div.
1970s

ResearchReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
3 108
5/88
undated
3 109
Alonso Vega, Camilo
undated
3 110
Aranda Mata, Antonio
undated
3 111
Athena
undated
3 112
Bibliographies by Raymond Proctor
undated
3 113
Bibliography of military history
1978
3 114
Bolin "Vital Years"
undated
4 115
Brunete "Battle of"
undated
4 116
Christ Diary
1938
4 117
Clippings and Manuscript Relating to Foreign Relations
1990
4 118
Colodny - Last Battle
undated
4 119
Condony - Battle of Madrid
undated
4 120
Davila Arrondo
1878-1962
4 121
Documents Related to Military Cameras and Photography
1951-1953
4 122
Drumm, Karl and maps
undated
4 123
Ebro Battle
undated
4 124
German Personal Files
undated
4 125
Goya Research Materials
undated
4 126
Grants' Operations
undated
4 127
Guardia Civil (folder 1 of 3)
undated
4 128
Guardia Civil (folder 2 of 3)
undated
4 129
Guardia Civil (folder 3 of 3)
undated
4 130
Guernica
26 March 1979
4 131
Guernica
1937, undated
4 132
Halstead, Charles
1974
4 133
Hills' Battle for Madrid
undated
4 134
Interviews - German Generals (folder 1 of 2)
1972-1975
4 135
Interviews - German Generals (folder 2 of 2)
1973
4 136
K/88 Dave Mat.
1937-1974
4 137
Kindelán Duany, Alfredo
undated
4 138
Last Report - Legion K
undated
4 139
LB-30
undated
4 140
Lists of Writers and Periodicals in Spain (2 notebooks)
undated
4 141
Magi, Brunete, 2nd Ebro, Catalon, Evaluation, Recon
1937-1940
4 142
Malaga, Jarama, Guadalajara
undated
5 143
Maps and Corrections
undated
5 144
Middle East
1983-1986
5 145
Millán Astray y Terreros, José
undated
5 146
Mola Vidal, Emilio
undated
5 147
Mölders Diary
undated
5 148
Monasterio Ituarte, José
undated
5 149
Muñoz Grandes, Augustíne
undated
5 150
Nationalist Army
undated
5 151
Notes About West Point
undated
5 152
Notes and Document on Aviation in Spain
undated
5 153
Notes from Archivo de la Guerra de Liberacion
undated
5 154
Notes on Spanish Army
undated
5 155
Notes, Minutes, Correspondence
1955-1957
5 156
Notes
undated
5 157
Organization and Operation of Condor Legion - General Staff
1938
5 158
Overhead Transparencies of Spanish Civil War Maps
1936-1938
5 159
Queipo de Llano Serra, Gonzalo
undated
5 160
RB-47 Photo Recon Operational ENGRG Section, Specific Item Reports (folder 1 of 2)
1957
5 161
RB-47 Photo Recon Operational ENGRG Section, Specific Item Reports (folder 2 of 2)
1957
5 162
RB-47 Photographic Reconnaissane Operational Engineering Section, Specific Item Report Number 000, Optical and Mechanical Flare Project No. 56-7
30 April 1957
5 163
Regulares Moros
undated
5 164
Research about German Military Figures - WWII
undated
5 165
Research about Russia - Battle of Stalingrad and Others
undated
5 166
Research Notes on Spanish Civil War - Magic Fire - Parts I-V, Bilbao, Second Ebro, Belchite, Bomber Aces
1940
5 167
Research Notes
undated
5 168
Research Notes
undated
5 169
Research on Russia
undated
5 170
Salayor
undated
5 171
Sanjurjo Sacanell, José
undated
5 172
Scotburough, Captian U.S.N.
undated
5 173
Spanish Documents - Legion K
undated
5 174
Spanish Generals - Archive Raw Data - Official Files
undated
5 175
Spanish Generals Final Draft
undated
5 176
Spanish Society Madrid '85
undated
5 177
Special Staff "W"
July 6 - September 23, 1938
5 178
Stalingrad Letters
undated
5 179
Thomas Coverdale - Guadalajar
undated
5 180
Thomas Uprising
undated
5 181
Toward End Malaga
undated
5 182
Untitled Research Notes
undated
5 183
Untitled Research Notes
undated
5 184
US Military Attache Reports for the First 18 Months of the Spanish Civil War (folder 1 of 2)
July - September 1936
5 185
US Military Attache Reports for the First 18 Months of the Spanish Civil War (folder 2 of 2)
July - September 1936
6 186
Vigón Suerodiaz, Juan
undated
6 187
Viñas, Angel
undated
6 188
War in North 1
undated
6 189
War in North 2
undated
6 190
Wellington Notes No. 1
undated
6 191
Wellington Notes No. 2
1925
6 192
WWII Bibliography
undated
6 193
Yagüe Blanco, Juan
undated
10
unidentified microfilm #1-14
undated
11-12
bibliographies (includes index of bibliographies)
undated

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 194
Albi, Sr. Julio (Spanish Embassy)
1984
6 195
Allen, Richard S.
1967 - 1985
6 196
Arabs: Abdullah, etc.
undated
6 197
Aramburu, José (Gen., Spain)
1975 - 1984
6 198
Art Prints of Italian Military Dress and Christmas Card
undated
6 199
Boog, Horst (Germany)
1975 - 1986
6 200
Christelow, Allan and Maghreb Review
1983 - 1984
6 201
Ciervas, Recardo
1975 - 1979
6 202
Civil War Spain
1986
6 203
Correspondence
1979 - 1986
6 204
Correspondence
1968 - 1983
6 205
Correspondence and Other Materials relating to plane crash
1943 - 1989
6 206
Europe Revolt
1989 - 1990
6 207
Fanjul, Leandro
1990
6 208
Garcia-Lopez, Barsen (Col., Spain)
1979 - 1984
6 209
Glubb, Sir John
1970 - 1978
6 210
Hart, Keith (Canada)
1979 - 1984
6 211
Hoffmann - Malaga
1942 - 1973
6 212
Letter to Raymond from Spence w/ reply
January 11, 1990; January 17, 1990
6 213
Loriga, Antonio (Count de Morphy)
1975 - 1984
6 214
Messick, Frederic - Bibilography on Spanish Neutrality
1984
6 215
Montgomery, David C.
1990 - 1991
6 216
Muñoz, José - Guardia Civil Spain
1983 - 1984
6 217
Pike, David Wingate - Paris Journal
1981 - 1989
6 218
Rello, Salvador - FLAPS (Spain)
1975
6 219
Ruiz, Manuel - Northrop Spain
1985
6 220
Skimin, Robert
1989
6 221
Stivers, T.W. - Guernica
1976
6 222
Television Española
1982
6 223
Villanueva, Col. Carlos
1984 - 1989
6 224
Viñas, Dr. Sr. and Recardo
1974 - 1984
6 225
Winkler, Wallace R. - 14th Officer
1977

Publishers/CompaniesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
6 226
AeroSpace Historian/Sunflower University Press
1980 - 1990
6 227
Greenwood Press (folder 1 of 2)
1979 - 1983
6 228
Greenwood Press (folder 2 of 2)
1979 - 1984
6 229
International Biographical Centre
undated
6 230
Material about "North to Russia" and Cease and Desist by Raymond
1971 - 1982
6 231
Publishers
1977
6 232
Wayward Press
undated
Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 233
Reviews by others
1984
7 234
Reviews by Raymond
1973-1985

OrganizationsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 235
Afterburner: US Airforce News for Retired Personnel, Publications
1978-1991
7 236
American Comittee on the History of the Secodn Wold War
1977-1978
7 237
Confederate Air Force
1985-1986
7 238
Fletchers Gang
undated
7 239
Journal of the International B-24 LIbteration Club Issues
1987, 1990, 1991
7 240
National Social Science Honor Society
1969, 1970
7 241
Society for Spanish & Portugese Historical Studies
1983-1985
7 242
USAF
1976-1986

University of OregonReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 243
Middle Age Renaissance, Reformation Term Papers written by Raymond Proctor
1961-1962
7 244
Raymond Lambert Proctor Theseis (Contemprary Spain: The Anglo American Historical Image 1935-1960) and related research materials
1962
7 245
Raymond Proctor's MA Thesis from University of Oregon
1962
7 246
Spanish Anarchism and Commynism, by Raymond Proctor
1963

U of I - Classes and InstructionsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
7 247
Bibliography General & Course Outlines
1973
7 248
Civilization 4
undated
7 250
Course Outlines and Reserve Book Lists
1965-1966
7 252
Europe - Nineteenth & Twentieth Century History
undated
7 253
German History - Fall and Winter term 452: Readings in German History, Raymond Proctor Notebook
1961-1963
7 254
History 101 course outlines
1982-2984
7 255
History 102 Course Outline
1980, 1985
7 256
History 103: The revolutionary era
1965
7 257
History 455: Recent times Outline
1981-1985
7 258
History 456: Recent times Exams #2
1985-1986
7 260
History of the Middle East - History 457
1986
7 263
Middle East History, Middle East WWI
undated
7 264
Middle East War
1973
7 265
MIlitary History
1986
7 266
Military History - Dr. Proctor
1986
7 267
Notes about documents about the american civil war
undated
7 268
People & Events WWII
1979
8 269
Recent Times - History 455
undated
8 270
Recent Times - History 456, 1939-present
undated
8 271
Renaissance
undated
8 272
Revolution Lecture Notes and Handouts
undated
8 273
Western Civilization 101
undated

Student ThesesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 274
Greek Fire: It's Origin, Usage, and Composition by Franklin William Hill
April 1986
8 275
King - Crane Commission by James Arthur Hawley
April 1970
8 276
Metternich and the Carlsbad Decrees by Thomas Scott Thrasher
May 1975
8 277
Roosevelt and Unconditional Surrender J. Berry Barlow
May 1970
8 278
Terrorism as a Political Weapon on Cyprus, 1955-1959 by John Stephen Sandmeyer
April 1974
8 279
The Volga Germans before World War I by Deanne Crawford
April 1972
8 280
Volga Germans by Michael Lonergan
1982
8 281
Wilhelm Keitel: Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, 1938-1945 by Gene Alberto Mueller
September 1972

Other University MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
8 282
Class Record Book [CONFIDENTIAL]
1977-1978
8 283
Course Evaluations
1980-1986
8 284
Curriculum/Faculty Vitae and Accomplishments
1964-1985
8 285
Evaluations and Salary [CONFIDENTIAL]
1975-1985
8 286
Leave and Research
1975-1984
8 287
Military History
1984-1985
8 288
Proposal for Research on the Condor Legion
1974-1976
8 289
Publications
1968 ,1985-1986
9 290
Recommendation Letters
1966-1991
9 291
Research Council
1975-1984
9 292
ROTC Military History Program
4 March 1981
9 293
Sabbatical Leave
1977-1982
9 294
Sig Roland
undated
9 295
Student University Materials - Recommendations, University Periodicals, Student Grades, Handouts, etc. [CONFIDENTIAL]
1983-1986
9 296
University correspondence
1970-1985

Travel/ConferencesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 297
Air Force
undated
9 298
Air Force Symposium
October 12-14, 1988
9 299
Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain)
1984
9 300
Conf. Spain - Germany
1985
9 301
Goya Conference (Portugal)
1989
9 302
International Congress on the Peninsular War
1984
9 303
Libya
1978-1980
9 304
Libya Conference
1977-1978
9 305
Military History Sypomsium
1970, 1972, 1976
9 306
Military History Workshop
1982
9 307
Organization of Military Museums of Canada Meeting Information and Canadian Tourism Pamphlets
1986
9 308
Reunions
1985-1991
9 309
Romania
undated
9 310
Travel Expense Claims
1980, 1983
9 311
Travel Grants
1985

Personal PapersReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
9 312
Letters to Family
undated
9 313
Personal Papers
undated
9 314
Personal Pictures
undated
9 315
Clippings - Miscellaneous
1968-1979
9 316
Clippings - Near East
undated
9 317
Clippings - Proctor
1972-1975
9 318
Miscellaneous (folder 1 of 2)
1968-1971
9 319
Miscellaneous (folder 2 of 2)
1971-1977
9 320
Pictures of Raymond Proctor and General Francisco Franco
undated

OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
13 (oversize)
unidentified tapes
undated
Folder
13 (oversize) 321
scrapbook
undated
13 (oversize) 322
scrapbook
undated
13 (oversize) 323
Raymond Proctor University Portraits and Personal Photographs
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Aerial photographs
  • History--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States
  • World War, 1939-1945