Box 20

Typescript reminiscences entitled "Memories of a Child's life in the President's House at the Naval War College, 1919-1922" by the daughter of Admiral W. S. Sims, President, NWC, 1917, 1919-1922. Topics include the children's nurses, Navy stewards, the arrival of the Atlantic Fleet in Newport, a visit to the NWC War Gaming room and a return visit to Quarters AA, ca. 1979. Biographical information on the Sims Family.

Scrapbook of photographs of naval officers, scenery in the Philippine Islands 1898, Egypt and the pyramids, family members, a male relative at summer camp in New Hampshire and views of Quebec City. Letter, 1916; Postcard, 1907; Newspaper clipping, 1923; Two cartoons, 1903.

Typescript entitled, “A Personal Narrative History of MTB Squadron 15”. Barnes was CO of the squadron, which was located in the Mediterranean in 1943–1944. The Squadron’s activities and operations during the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Salerno and Southern France are covered as well as the relationship with the Royal Navy under whose operational control the squadron was for half of its existence.

"Six Hits and a Miss," the story of the U.S. Navy's top scoring U-Boat Patrol Squadron during WWII. The squadron was organized in October 1941 and operated with the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet. Author is Ragnar Ragnarsson.

The United States Marine Corps and the Advanced Base Force, 1898–1903,” submitted to John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1985 for the Master of Arts degree.