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Henry E. Eccles papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-052
Content Description The papers, in the main, cover the period 1898-1987 and fully document his naval career and his retirement years. They are divided into six series. Series I, family papers, consists of genealogical materials taken from Morgan City, Louisiana Archives on the Brashear and Lawrence families, a history of Morgan City, LA, and correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding the restoration of the Lawrence family cemetery in Bayside, Long Island. Correspondence, speeches and writings of various family members are found here too, as well as biographical and autobiographical materials on Admiral Eccles.Correspondence, Series II, is divided into five subseries; Naval orders and career correspondence, personal correspondence, official correspondence, letters of condolence to Mrs. Eccles on the death of Admiral Eccles, and miscellaneous correspondence of others that was found in his papers.Eccles' correspondence reveals aspects of his naval career, his many professional and intellectual interests and associations, and his study of military logistics. Major segments focus on his official naval orders and assignments, including his entrance into the U.S. Academy; his command of the USS JOHN D. EDWARDS; his assignment with CINCNELM; and his Naval War College and George Washington University associations. Other areas include the administration of the Advanced Base Section, Service Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1944-1945 (this material is especially...
Dates: 1898 - 1986

B. Mitchell Simpson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-155
Content Description

Research source materials for the biography entitled Admiral Harold R. Stark, Architect of Victory, 1939–1945, including copies of Stark’s correspondence and memoranda, reports and fitness reports; author’s correspondence, draft typescript, notecards, CNO diary, 1939–1945, CNO conference memoranda, 1917–1981, interviews, Simpson dissertation, copies of newspaper and Newsweek articles, COMNAVEU Admin History, articles and papers by others on Stark. Research source material for Sailors and Scholars, The Centennial History of the Naval War College, including copies of articles, notes, chapter drafts, correspondence, lectures, typescript and galley proofs, 1977–1985. Miscellaneous writings of others.

Dates: 1905-1985, undated

George E. Burd letters

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-287.2
Content Description

Typed letters signed and naval orders 1882-1921, by nineteenth and twentieth century Secretaries of the Navy, a Navy Bueau Chief, and Congressman.

Dates: 1882 - 1921

William Veazie Pratt papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-024
Content Description The William Veazie Pratt papers document Admiral Pratt’s active naval career from 1910 to 1933, and through his retirement until his death in 1957. They consist of official and personal materials that are especially important for an insight into the problems facing the U.S. Navy during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Included are materials on the Washington Naval Conference, 1921–1922; naval disarmament; U.S. naval policy in the 1920s and 1930s; and the Naval War College in the 1920s.The bulk of the papers were acquired by the Naval War College Foundation from William Veazie Pratt, Jr., of Belfast, Maine, in four separate accessions made between 1968 and 1971. Photocopies of Pratt materials located in the Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C., and in the Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa, are also included.The papers are divided into five series: Correspondence; Writings and Speeches; Miscellany; Copies of Pratt Papers in Other Repositories; and Conference and Committee Records and Reports.Series I, Correspondence, 1901–1963 Series I is divided into three subseries: official, personal, and letters of Mrs. Pratt. Official correspondence consists of memoranda, telegrams, letters received, and copies of letters sent to naval officers, government officials, and civilian associates, 1910–1957. Prominent correspondents include Herbert Hoover, Henry Stimson, Charles Adams,...
Dates: 1874-1963, undated

William McCarty Little papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-013
Content Description

The William McCarty Little Papers is fragmentary collection which documents aspects of Little's later career, 1880-1915.

The papers consist of correspondence, published and unpublished writings including lectures and translations of French and Italian works on tactics, a general subjects file, and family papers. The general subjects file is arranged alphabetically by topic and, among other things, it includes valuable material on the construction of the replicas of Columbus' ships for the 1892 Columbian Exposition, the Rhode Island Naval Militia in the period just before the Spanish-American War, and the work of the Naval War College in its early years. There are also a few items which relate to the early years of naval war gaming. Family papers include some of the Naval War College materials of McCarty Little's grandson, Julian M. Boit, and a family photograph album which contains carte de visite photographs of naval officers with whom Little served in the period 1865-1875.

Dates: 1880 - 1939

William W. Stoddard papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-204
Content Description

Correspondence, letters sent and received, regarding his career as master machinist, Steam Engineering Department, Brooklyn Navy Yard, his supervisory duties, promotions, pay, increases and charges brought against him, 1898–1920; Letters regarding Stoddard, 1893–1920; Letters to Warren Stoddard, 1910; Unidentified photograph; Miscellany, including notebook, marine engineers exam and questions; Miscellaneous memoranda. 1893–1924.

Dates: 1893 - 1920

Raymond A. Spruance papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-012
Scope and Contents The personal papers of Raymond A. Spruance, was donated to the Naval War College by Mrs. Spruance in 1970, only a year after the admiral's death. The collection contains eleven boxes of manuscript materials, along with memorabilia, including uniform items, medals, and Japanese Samurai swords. The papers focus, in the main, on the admiral's distinguished naval career, aspects of his ambassadorial appointnent, and his retirement years.Series I, Correspondence, consists of letters relating to his position as Commander of the Central Pacific Force, 1943-1944; the Battle of Midway, 1943; official orders and copies of messages sent relating to duty assignments, 1906-1950; and letters received and drafts of letters sent regarding naval matters. Other correspondence focuses on the Naval History Division Spruance biography by V ADM Emmet P. Forrestel. Spruance was not a particularly loquacious person and was reluctant to commit his thoughts to paper, hence the correspondence series is limited in both scope and quantity.Writings and speeches comprise Series II and Series III. Speeches consist of holograph drafts and typescripts given when Spruance was Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, President of the Naval War College, and in a retired status. His Naval War College thesis on Command, Naval War College lecture on Naval Tactics, notes made by Spruance for a book by E.B. Potter and the typescript of a 1965 Paris Match interview complete the writings...
Dates: 1898-1969 and undated

Victor McCrea papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-199
Content Description

Correspondence, official letters sent and received, 1955–1982; Writings, undated–1990; Fitness reports, 1955–1965; Miscellany, including citations, newspaper clippings, career photographs and diplomas, 1932–1959.

Dates: 1932 - 1990

William P. Dockray papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-202
Content Description

Letters sent and received; Loyalty oath, prize reports, naval orders for Acting Master, USN, who served in various ships during 1861–1863 and in the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, then retired on disability; Letters sent and received regarding request for increase in disability pension, 1888–1898.

Dates: 1863 - 1898

Hitchcock family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-165
Content Description

Letters sent from Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U.S. Ambassador to the Imperial Russian Court in St. Petersburg to his brother Henry Hitchcock, July 11, 1897–January 30, 1899; Letters sent from Margaret and Anne Hitchcock to Sarah Hitchcock Shepley, Isabel and an uncle, from St. Petersburg, July 27, 1897–October 2, 1898, describing their daily life and social activities.

Dates: 1860 - 1984

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Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972 2
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Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902 2
Hitchcock, Margaret Dwight, 1878-1926 2
Howland, Llewellyn, III 2
International Seapower Symposium 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960 2
Little, Brown and Company 2
Low, Francis S. (Francis Stuart), 1894-1964 2
Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917 2
Savannah (Light cruiser) 2
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