Box 1

Content Description From the Collection: Manuscript Collection 10, the papers of Stephen B. Luce, was created in 1970 from a Naval War College Library historical file. Information on provenance is unknown. This small collection consists of three series: correspondence, writings and miscellany. The correspondence series, letters received and copies of letters sent, 1876-1911, includes such prominent correspondents as Alfred T. Mahan, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Stockton and Henry C. Lodge. Topics at issue are Naval War College lectures, the publication of Luce's own articles, the continued existence of the College, A.T. Mahan's writings and war games.Series II, writings, contains several articles written by Luce for various publications, including the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings and The North American Review, 1905-1911, along with reviews of several of Mahan's works. Finally, miscellany, series III, has tributes to Stephen B. Luce, articles by other writers, and publisher's notes.A collection of photocopies of the publications of Stephen B. Luce, 1862-1911, was a 1973 gift to the Naval War College Foundation for deposit in the Naval Historical Collection by John B. Hattendorf, co-editor of the first contribution to the Naval War College Historical Monograph Series, The Writings of Stephen B. Luce. These items comprise manuscript collection 23.The Captain Kay Russell collection of research source materials on Stephen B. Luce is the third major component of this register....

Content Description

Collection consists of 4 letters, which were attached to the end papers of the 2 volume set, "The Relations of the United States and Spain: The Spanish-American War," French E. Chadwick, 1911. The volumes are a part of NHC's rare book collection.

Scope and Contents

Letter from Fred T. Jane to Luce about the Jane Naval War Game.