Box 14

Subseries I, Personal correspondence, 19324-1973, forms the bulk of the series. There are no records documenting Admiral Colbert's youth or his service during World War II. Many of the letters are to family members, in particular, to the admiral's father, Charles F. Colbert, Jr. Most of the correspondence relates to his personal life and travels, family financial matters, and career advancement.

Subseries I, Personal correspondence, 19324-1973, forms the bulk of the series. There are no records documenting Admiral Colbert's youth or his service during World War II. Many of the letters are to family members, in particular, to the admiral's father, Charles F. Colbert, Jr. Most of the correspondence relates to his personal life and travels, family financial matters, and career advancement.

Subseries II, Semi-Official correspondence, 1961-1962, 1964-1971, covers the period when Colbert served as commander of the USS BOSTON, commander of Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Six, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, and President of the Naval War College. Most of the correspondence focuses on matters associated with various assignments: fleet preparedness, defense, the Soviet maritime threat, SACLANT, and Naval War College policies and programs. Correspondents include Admirals Thomas Moorer, Bernard L. Austin, Arleigh A. Burke, Elmo Zumwalt, and Henry Eccles; national political figures, Richard M. Nixon, Walt Rostow, George Kennan, Dean Rusk, William P. Rogers, and Claiborne Pell. Numerous memoranda, both issued by Admiral Colbert and addressed to him, appear through this subseries.

Subseries II, Semi-Official correspondence, 1961-1962, 1964-1971, covers the period when Colbert served as commander of the USS BOSTON, commander of Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Six, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, and President of the Naval War College. Most of the correspondence focuses on matters associated with various assignments: fleet preparedness, defense, the Soviet maritime threat, SACLANT, and Naval War College policies and programs. Correspondents include Admirals Thomas Moorer, Bernard L. Austin, Arleigh A. Burke, Elmo Zumwalt, and Henry Eccles; national political figures, Richard M. Nixon, Walt Rostow, George Kennan, Dean Rusk, William P. Rogers, and Claiborne Pell. Numerous memoranda, both issued by Admiral Colbert and addressed to him, appear through this subseries.

Subseries II, Semi-Official correspondence, 1961-1962, 1964-1971, covers the period when Colbert served as commander of the USS BOSTON, commander of Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Six, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, and President of the Naval War College. Most of the correspondence focuses on matters associated with various assignments: fleet preparedness, defense, the Soviet maritime threat, SACLANT, and Naval War College policies and programs. Correspondents include Admirals Thomas Moorer, Bernard L. Austin, Arleigh A. Burke, Elmo Zumwalt, and Henry Eccles; national political figures, Richard M. Nixon, Walt Rostow, George Kennan, Dean Rusk, William P. Rogers, and Claiborne Pell. Numerous memoranda, both issued by Admiral Colbert and addressed to him, appear through this subseries.

Subseries II, Semi-Official correspondence, 1961-1962, 1964-1971, covers the period when Colbert served as commander of the USS BOSTON, commander of Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla Six, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, and President of the Naval War College. Most of the correspondence focuses on matters associated with various assignments: fleet preparedness, defense, the Soviet maritime threat, SACLANT, and Naval War College policies and programs. Correspondents include Admirals Thomas Moorer, Bernard L. Austin, Arleigh A. Burke, Elmo Zumwalt, and Henry Eccles; national political figures, Richard M. Nixon, Walt Rostow, George Kennan, Dean Rusk, William P. Rogers, and Claiborne Pell. Numerous memoranda, both issued by Admiral Colbert and addressed to him, appear through this subseries.