Box 26

Typed letter from Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, appointing Luce commander as of 25 July 1866.

Certificate of membership in the National Security League, Inc., 19 April 1917, signed by Joseph H. Choate, honorary President; Robert Bacon, President; and Alton R. Parker, honorary Vice President.

Letter from Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, appointing Luce lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy as of 16 July 1862.

Holograph copy of Senate Resolution, 6 March 1862, appointing Luce a lieutenant as of 15 September 1855, signed by J. W. Forney.

This collection consists of single manuscripts items from past NWC presidents, faculty, and staff, as well as other other naval officers and military service members from Rhode Island and the surrounding area. These items include correspondence, journals, reports, certificates, commissions, scrapbooks, and other ephemera that relate to the history of the U.S. Naval War College, the history of navies in the Narragansett Bay region, and the history of naval warfare and strategy.

Album of photographs of All Service Women Veterans luncheons, 1991-1995; letters sent and received from Janice Klein, 1991-1997; and newspaper clipping regarding Hardin, the oldest female veteran of the Armed Services, 1997-2000.