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Charles J. Moore letters

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-015
Content Description

Letters received from Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN, 1944–1963; Letter relating to Moore-Spruance letters, 1959.

Dates: 1944 - 1963
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Vincent Davis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-018
Content Description

Correspondence, letters sent and received, including several of ADM Raymond A. Spruance, 1961-1998; writings, speeches, newspaper clippings, photographs and a history of the Naval War College, 1884-1958 by Paul Schratz. 1961-1998. Taped interview with Admiral John T. Hayward, 1961, and Admiral Arleigh Burke, 1962–1963, regarding the history of the Polaris submarine.

Dates: 1960 - 1998
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Charles F. Barber papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-266
Content Description

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs of the war in the Pacific Theater, 1941-1945, with a focus on ADM Raymond D. Spruance.

Dates: 1941 - 1945
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Thomas B. Buell collection on Raymond A. Spruance

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Abstract

This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, The Quiet Warrior, published by Little, Brown and Company in 1974.

Dates: 1866-2002 and undated; Majority of material found within 1971-1974
Found in: Naval War College Archives

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
Found in: Naval War College Archives
  • U.S. Naval War College Archives
  • U.S. Naval War College
  • 686 Cushing Rd., Newport, RI 02841
  • archives@usnwc.edu