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5x7 black and white photo of ADM Spruance's portrait

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8x10 black and white photo of ADM Spruance presenting credentials to President Quirino at Malacanang Palace

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8x10 black and white photo of ADM Spruance and his wife

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8x10 black and white photo of ADM Spruance at URI receiving honorary degree

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8x10 black and white photo of ADM Spruance pictured in a photo with ADM C.W. Nimitz. Nimitz gave a dinner for the First Lady Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

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Personal files, undated–1983; Correspondence files, 1977–1983; Speeches given at the Naval War College and other institutions, undated–1982; Subject Files treating electives courses, 1976–1981, while State Department Advisor to the President, NWC

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Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.

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Biographical sketches, career material, publication and writings of NWC presidents.

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This item consists of notes related to CDR Buell's research of Raymond A. Spruance.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of fourteen boxes of manuscript material documenting the admiral’s distinguished naval career, with emphasis on the World War II period.Series I, Naval Orders, 1902–1952, consists of his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, assignments to ships and shore duty, promotions, travel orders, leave of absence requests, temporary duty assignments, additional duty assignments, change of duty assignments, requests for instruction, examinations for promotion, commendations, awards, citations, appointments, and a transfer to the retired list.Correspondence, 1941–1948, comprises Series II. This is the largest series in the collection and contains letters both sent and received during the World War II period when Hoover was Commander of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, Commander Marianas, and briefly Deputy Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.Subseries I contains letters sent and received regarding the administration of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, 1941–1945, with a focus on the Free French Government in Martinique, the administration of Aruba-Curaçao, Guantanamo, Cuba, and Trinidad, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence. Topics discussed in the correspondence include local defense plans, Army-Navy cooperation, the U-boat menace, routing of convoys, supply problems, shipping of oil and bauxite, relations with the British, Dutch, and French, personnel issues, need...