Box 36

Correspondence, principally letters received from RADM Edwin T. Layton, 1974–1984; Critique of And I Was There by Layton, et.al.; Vita; Prospectus and copy of Whitehat /Bluejacket: An American Sailor in Peace and War, an account of O’Connor’s career in the U.S. Navy; Published articles, 1967–1992; Typescripts of “Origins of the American Navy: Sea Power in the Colonies and New Nation.” Book entitled Powers of the President in Foreign Affairs, 1945–1965; Subject Files on professional history conferences attended and syllabi and notes for college courses that he taught, 1975–1994. O’Connor was E. J. King Professor of Naval History at the Naval War College, 1967–1968.

Academic Courses and Published Writings. The bulk of the papers consist of notes and writings for courses in American History, American Diplomatic History, Military History, Problems in American Foreign Policy, Historiography, Contemporary U.S. History, and Modern European History, 1960-1980; Book reviews, lectures, published articles and books, 1962-1997;Programs and papers given at History Conferences and Symposia, 1960-1993;Subject files on U.S. Presidents, naval history topics, foreign policy, the military, modem war, the U.S. Navy,World War II. Notecards and microfilm complete the collection.