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Correspondence, Letter received from Captain C. F. House regarding the fires at Pearl Harbor and a salvage account entitled “Vestal Fires” , 1941

File — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: MSC-334

Content Description From the Collection:

Papers: Correspondence, Letters sent and received, 1933-1962; Letters to Caterine N. Lay and Chester Lay, 1999; Biography of ADM C.W. Nimitz; Photographs of ADM Nimitz with family, Naval Officers and political figures, Paper copies of Nimitz photographs, CD-Rom of Photographs, News Clippings, Miscellany, including pamphlet, ration card and invitations. Four CD's of Nimitz's letters to his parents and grandfather, 1901-1911.

Dates: 1941

Found in: Naval War College Archives / Lay family collection on Chester W. Nimitz

Correspondence, Letters received, Catherine N. Lay and Chester N. Lay, 1909

File — Box: 1, Folder: 4

Identifier: MSC-334

Content Description From the Collection:

Papers: Correspondence, Letters sent and received, 1933-1962; Letters to Caterine N. Lay and Chester Lay, 1999; Biography of ADM C.W. Nimitz; Photographs of ADM Nimitz with family, Naval Officers and political figures, Paper copies of Nimitz photographs, CD-Rom of Photographs, News Clippings, Miscellany, including pamphlet, ration card and invitations. Four CD's of Nimitz's letters to his parents and grandfather, 1901-1911.

Dates: 1909

Found in: Naval War College Archives / Lay family collection on Chester W. Nimitz

Correspondence, Letters Sent and Received, 1933 - 1962

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Identifier: MSC-334

Content Description From the Collection:

Papers: Correspondence, Letters sent and received, 1933-1962; Letters to Caterine N. Lay and Chester Lay, 1999; Biography of ADM C.W. Nimitz; Photographs of ADM Nimitz with family, Naval Officers and political figures, Paper copies of Nimitz photographs, CD-Rom of Photographs, News Clippings, Miscellany, including pamphlet, ration card and invitations. Four CD's of Nimitz's letters to his parents and grandfather, 1901-1911.

Dates: 1933 - 1962

Found in: Naval War College Archives / Lay family collection on Chester W. Nimitz

Correspondence, S-Z, 2013

File — Box: 58, Folder: 4

Identifier: RG-24

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Correspondence, memoranda and business files regarding administration of the division and its collections.

Dates: 2013

Found in: Naval War College Archives / Naval Historical Collection records

Courage Under Fire: Testing Epictetus' Doctrines in a Laboratory of Human Behavior, 1993

File — Box: 10, Folder: 8

Identifier: MSC-085

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, speeches, newspaper articles, lectures, audio and video tape recordings, articles, and photographs relating to James B. Stockdale’s academic and naval careers from 1965 through 2005. The bulk of this collection documents his correspondence and work at the Naval War College, specifically his administrative and educational roles. Prominent correspondents include Professor Joseph G. Brennan (1910-2004), Admirals Carlisle Trost (1930-), Thomas Hayward (1924-), James Holloway III (1922-), Julien J. LeBourgeois (1923-2012), and Senators John Chafee (1922-1999), Sam Nunn (1938-), and John Tower (1925-1991). The majority of the correspondence relates to his professional work and responsibilities. Along with Stockdale’s published and unpublished writings on moral leadership, his prisoner of war experiences, and the mind in captivity, there are several articles by other academics and writers contained in this collection. Significant speeches from 1965-1993, which includes his time as president of the Naval War College, are in the collection. His speeches on values, leadership, and his prisoner of war experiences were in high demand. Of particular interest within this collection are two volumes of lectures for the popular course entitled Foundations of Moral Obligation team-taught by Stockdale and Brennan. A summary of his captivity in a North Vietnamese prison from 9 September 1965 to 12...

Dates: 1993

Found in: Naval War College Archives / James B. Stockdale papers