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Naval War College (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 742 Collections and/or Records:

Luisa Costagiola White oral history transcription, 1996

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 222
Scope and Contents

White, Luisa Costagiola, 1924-. Reminiscences of a WAVE Link Trainer Instructor in WWII; Includes youth in Providence; Employment at Shepards Department Store; Pearl Harbor attack; Patriotism, enlistment and publicity; Training at USNTS (WR), Bronx, N.Y.; NAB Atlanta, Ga., for training; Assigned to NAS Lake City, Fla., as Ground School Trainer; Social life; Marriage in 1945; Discharged in 1945; Im­ pact of WAVES on her life; Postwar life and work; Membership in Ocean State WAVES.

Dates: 1996

Mahan, Alfred T.: Abstract of his Lectures - Strategy of the Caribbean and Napoleon's Campaign of 1796, 1896

 File — Box 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

Abstract of six lectures on strategy that were given by Captain A. T. Mahan at the Naval War College. Over some time, Mahan delivered a course of lectures upon strategy that clearly and forcibly set forth the great truths of the art of war. The whole course was divided into two series, the first being, "The Strategic Features of the Caribbean" and the second series was devoted to "Some Considerations of the Art of War, Naval and Land, with Illustrations from Bonaparte's Italian Campaign of 1796-1797."

It is not apparent who compiled this abstract.

Dates: 1896

Mahan, Alfred T.: Abstract of Lectures on Strategy, 1899

 File — Box 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

Abstract of six lectures on strategy that were given by Captain A. T. Mahan at the Naval War College. Over some time, Mahan delivered a course of lectures upon strategy that clearly and forcibly set forth the great truths of the art of war. The whole course was divided into two series, the first being, "The Strategic Features of the Caribbean" and the second series was devoted to "Some Considerations of the Art of War, Naval and Land, with Illustrations from Bonaparte's Italian Campaign of 1796-1797."

It is not apparent who compiled this abstract.

Dates: 1899

Mahan, Alfred T.: Discourse on the Strategic Value of a Point, 1896

 File — Box 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

Lecture given by Captain A. T. Mahan and the Naval War College in which he stated that the strategic value of any point depended on three principal conditions which included its position, its military strength (offensive and defensive), and the resources of the place itself and the surrounding country.

Dates: 1896

Alfred T. Mahan letter to William W. Bailey

 Collection — Box Temporary Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-386
Abstract

This collections consists of one letter written from Alfred T. Mahan, esteemed naval officer and historian, to Professor William W. Bailey of Brown University.

Dates: 1887 Jan 23

Mahan, Alfred T.: Strategic Problems and List of Questions on Capt. Mahan's works, 1895

 File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: RG-15
Scope and Contents

List of questions and discussion points based on the works of Captain Mahan and strategic problems from naval history including: the Triple Alliance, Nicaragua Canal, possible war between Japan and Russia, naval administration, naval vs. military strategy, elements of sea-power, and the War of 1778-1783 among others.

Dates: 1895

Alfred Thayer Mahan papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-017
Abstract

This collection consists of lectures, letters, and other documents kept by Alfred T. Mahan, naval officer, renowned maritime historian, and past president of the Naval War College.

Dates: 1814-1914 and undated

Mahan Hall, circa 1970-1980

 Item — Box 1: Series I; Series II, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series A- Item 100.4162
Scope and Contents

8x10 black and white photo of an aerial view of campus

Dates: circa 1970-1980

Mahan Hall, circa 1970-1980

 Item — Box 1: Series I; Series II, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series A- Item 100.4163
Scope and Contents

8x10 black and white photo of an aerial view of campus

Dates: circa 1970-1980

Malcolm E. Clark oral history transcription

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 131
Scope and Contents

Clark, Idacolm E., RADid, USCG, 1923. USCG Academy, 1946; Gunnery Officer, Klamath, 1946-1948; CO, Loran Transmitting Sta­ tion, Umnak, Alaska, 1948-1949; Assistant Engineer, BIBB, 1949-1950; Assistant Engineer, Cas­ tle Rock, 1950-1951; Student, MIT, Cambridge, Mass., 1951-1954; Ship Superintendent, CG Yard, Curtis Bay, Md., 1954-1955; Engineering Officer, McCulloch, 1955-1957;Acting Chief, Naval Engineering Section, first District Office, Boston, 1957-1960; Chief, Naval Engineering Sec­ tion, Ninth CG District, Cleveland, Ohio, 1960-1964; Chief, Maintenance Branch, Naval Engineering Division, CGHQ 1964-1968; Head, Applied Science and Engineering Department, CG Academy, 1968-1972; Industrial Manager, CGYard, 1972-1973;Deputy Chief, Office of Engi­ neering, CGHQ 1973--1975; Chief, Office of Engineering, 1975-1977; Superintendent, CG Academy, 1977.

Dates: undated