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John T. Georges papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-367
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and other materials relating to LCDR John T. Georges’ career in the U.S. Navy and later as the Athletic Director at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport, R.I.

Dates: approximately 1950-1974
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Thomas B. Buell and Walter M. Whitehill collection on Ernest J. King

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-037.2
Abstract

This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King entitled, Master of sea power and by Walter M. Whitehill, author and historian, for his biography on King, A Naval record.

Dates: 1880-1986 and undated; Majority of material found within 1942-1950; Majority of material found within 1974-1979
Found in: Naval War College Archives

William S. Sims papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-168
Content Description Personal letters sent to his parents, siblings, friend Jones and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims, 1882–1925; Letters received from Navy Department regarding assignment; Letters comment on travels, places visited, family matters, politics and rebellions in the Caribbean, ship’s movements, health, social life in port, shipboard life, Hawaiian politics, life in Paris, France, French lessons, Sino-Japanese War, position as Naval Attaché in Paris and St. Petersburg, travels through Europe, criticism of U.S. Navy, World War I assignment as CO, Naval Forces, European Waters, London, England, 1917–1978, including daily routine and social life; Assignments on the China Station. Letters sent by Anne Sims to William S. Sims, 1906, 1909–1912, 1915–1917, regarding family matters. Scope and Contents The twenty-five box collection measures twelve and one-half linear feet and is divided into five series. Series I contains typescript copies of personal letters sent by Sims to his parents, his sister Louisa and brothers, Harry and Alfred, his friend Jones, and to his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. They date from 1881 to 1925. Several personal letters Sims received are located here. The letters focus on his daily shipboard routine, family matters, health, social life, financial matters, and friends as well as his duties as a naval officer and naval attaché. He described the geography, politics, economics, people, and customs of the countries he...
Dates: 1876-1925 and undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives

James B. Stockdale papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-085
Abstract

Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale (1923-2005) was a highly decorated naval aviator who spent nearly eight years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. He was the fortieth President of the Naval War College and after his retirement from the navy he served as President of The Citadel, Charleston, S.C and was an independent candidate for Vice President of the U.S. in 1992. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, speeches, and writings relating to Stockdale’s naval and academic careers.

Dates: 1965-2005; Majority of material found within 1975-1983
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Raymond A. Spruance papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-012
Scope and Contents The personal papers of Raymond A. Spruance, was donated to the Naval War College by Mrs. Spruance in 1970, only a year after the admiral's death. The collection contains eleven boxes of manuscript materials, along with memorabilia, including uniform items, medals, and Japanese Samurai swords. The papers focus, in the main, on the admiral's distinguished naval career, aspects of his ambassadorial appointnent, and his retirement years.Series I, Correspondence, consists of letters relating to his position as Commander of the Central Pacific Force, 1943-1944; the Battle of Midway, 1943; official orders and copies of messages sent relating to duty assignments, 1906-1950; and letters received and drafts of letters sent regarding naval matters. Other correspondence focuses on the Naval History Division Spruance biography by V ADM Emmet P. Forrestel. Spruance was not a particularly loquacious person and was reluctant to commit his thoughts to paper, hence the correspondence series is limited in both scope and quantity.Writings and speeches comprise Series II and Series III. Speeches consist of holograph drafts and typescripts given when Spruance was Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, President of the Naval War College, and in a retired status. His Naval War College thesis on Command, Naval War College lecture on Naval Tactics, notes made by Spruance for a book by E.B. Potter and the typescript of a 1965 Paris Match interview complete the writings...
Dates: 1898-1969 and undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Richard W. Bates papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-028
Abstract

The personal papers of Rear Admiral Richard W. Bates (1892-1973) cover the years 1915-1973. He was a commanding officer on many ships in the Navy. His collection consists of correspondence, subject files, writings, speeches, and miscellaneous items. The papers are arranged in four series based on an established file system. They mainly encompass Bates career as a Naval Officer, family, and social life in Newport, as well as other aspects of his career including published and unpublished writings, notes, photographs, slide presentations, and reports.

Dates: 1915-1973
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Dr. Nathaniel M. Sims collection of Sims and Hitchcock family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-354
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, logbooks, photographs, publications, and other papers relating to the Sims and Hitchcock families, particularly Admiral William S. Sims, his wife Anne Hitchcock Sims, and her father Ethan Allen Hitchcock. These papers detail the families’ personal lives and relationships as well as the careers of Adm. Sims and Ethan Allen Hitchcock.

Dates: 1797-1993; Majority of material found within 1906-1945
Found in: Naval War College Archives

William M. Carpenter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-346
Abstract

Captain William Milner Carpenter (1916-2006) was a World War II Pacific theater veteran with 26 years of active service in the United States Navy. After his retirement he spent 30 years working and consulting for SRI International. This collection include books, correspondence, photographs, and writings relating to both his naval and civilian careers.

Dates: 1934-2005; Majority of material found within 1934-1964
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Frank M. Snyder papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-137
Abstract

Frank M. Snyder (1926-2017 ) is a career naval officer who worked as a Professor and Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. His papers include articles, research materials, speeches and lectures, audio and video cassette tapes, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to Snyder’s naval and professional academic career.

Dates: 1941-2010; Majority of material found within 1969-1994
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Wilma S. Miles papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-026
Content Description The Wilma J. Miles papers were presented to the Naval War College in two separate lots: the first accession, mainly correspondence, writings, tourist literature, and photographs, was given by Mrs. Miles in 1974, and the second lot, correspondence and tourist literature relating to South America, in 1977. Both accessions were presented through the Naval War College Foundation.The papers focus on Wilma Miles’s life and travels as a Navy wife for over a quarter of a century, with emphasis on the period from 1925 to 1955. They include materials relating to her life as a young bride in China from 1925 to 1927 during the era of the warlords and growing Chinese nationalism, and a return three-year stay there from 1936 to 1939, just prior to the outbreak of World War II. Another large segment of the papers focuses on her travels throughout South America when her husband served as Commandant of the Fifteenth Naval District, Balboa, Canal Zone, from 1954 to 1956.The collection contains fifteen boxes, a file cabinet of photographs, and numerous photograph albums and books. It measures thirty-nine linear feet and is divided into six series: correspondence, writings, subject files, miscellany, photographs, and books.Series I, personal correspondence, consists of letters to Wilma Miles from her fiancé, Milton Miles, and his letters to her mother, Mrs. Charles Jerman, containing news of China and his experiences as an officer in the Asiatic Fleet from...
Dates: 1922 - 1999
Found in: Naval War College Archives

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Forrestel, Emmet Peter, 1898- 2
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Howland, Llewellyn, III 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956 2
Little, Brown and Company 2
Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914 2
Moore, Charles J. 2
Naval War College (U.S.). Foundation 2
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 2
Sowden family 2
Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969 2
Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972 2
United States Military Academy Preparatory School 2
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Almgren, Neal, 1915-1984 1
Andrea Doria (Steamship) 1
Barber, Charles F., 1917-2012 1
Bates, Richard W., 1892-1973 1
Bennington (Aircraft carrier) 1
Bieri, Bernhard H. (Bernhard Henry), 1889-1971 1
Bogart, Gerald S., 1914- 1
Bogart, Margaret Spruance, 1919-1996 1
Braun, Boynton L. 1
Braun, Mary 1
Brennan, Joseph Gerard, 1910-2004 1
Buell, Marilyn 1
Bull, Cornelius H. 1
Burke, Arleigh A., 1901-1996 1
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1
Cannon, Robert M. (Robert Mylchrist), 1901-1976 1
Carpenter, William Milner 1
Casablanca Conference (1943 : Casablanca, Morocco) 1
Chafee, John H., 1922-1999 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Colbert, Richard G., 1915-1973 1
Conolly, Richard L. (Richard Lansing), 1892-1962 1
Constellation (Ship) 1
Dietrich, Neil K. (Neil Kittrell), 1901-1982 1
Eccles, Henry E. (Henry Effingham), 1898-1986 1
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 1
Georges, John T. 1
Ginna, Robert Emmett 1
Hattendorf, John B. 1
Hayward, Thomas Bibb, 1924- 1
Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972 1
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909 1
Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902 1
Hitchcock, Margaret Dwight, 1878-1926 1
Hobson (DD-464) 1
Holloway, James L., 1922- 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946 1
International Seapower Symposium 1
Jellicoe, John Rushworth, 1859-1935 1
Jerman, Ettie W., 1881-1964 1
Keyes, C. M. (Charles M.) 1
Kierkegaard, Christer 1
King family 1
King, Ernest J., Jr., 1922-1990 1
Kittredge, Tracy B., 1891- 1
Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960 1
Lacy, William Sterling Byrd, 1910-1978 1
Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987 1
LeBourgeois, Julien J. 1
Liberty (Ship) 1
Lovett, Ralph B., 1890-1977 1
Low family 1
Low, Francis S. (Francis Stuart), 1894-1964 1
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 1
Mahan, Helen Evans, 1873-1963 1
Marple, David P. 1
Marple, Harold, 1911-2003 1
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 1
Matter, Elizabeth, 1915-1989 1
McCann, Allan R. (Allan Rockwell), 1896-1978 1
McCrea, John L. (John Livingstone), 1891-1990 1
McKnew, Thomas 1
Miles, Milton E., 1900-1961 1
Miles, Wilma Jerman, 1904-1996 1
Milner, Verna, fl. 1935 1
Moreno, John A., 1908- 1
Morison, Anne Sims, 1914- 1
Morison, Elting E. (Elting Elmore) 1
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976 1
Naval Academy Preparatory School (U.S.) 1
Naval Command College (U.S.) 1
Naval Education and Training Center (U.S.) 1
Naval Science Institute 1
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