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Edward J. Fahy papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-120
Abstract

Correspondence and memoranda, 1936–1972; Naval Orders, 1933–1958; Biographies, 1965–1990; Speeches, 1946–1967; Writings, 1936–1965; Subject Files, 1935–1971; Published reports, 1918–1971; Miscellany, including certificates, booklets, programs, photographs and sound recordings, 1939–1971.

Dates: 1918 - 1972
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

Dr. Nathaniel M. Sims collection of Sims and Hitchcock family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-354
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, logbooks, photographs, publications, and other papers relating to the Sims and Hitchcock families, particularly Admiral William S. Sims, his wife Anne Hitchcock Sims, and her father Ethan Allen Hitchcock. These papers detail the families’ personal lives and relationships as well as the careers of Adm. Sims and Ethan Allen Hitchcock.

Dates: 1797-1993; Majority of material found within 1906-1945
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Joseph H. Wellings papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-003
Abstract

This collection consists of materials regarding Wellings’ assignment as U.S. observer of the British Home Fleet, including his reminiscences of the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941, as well as correspondence, writings, speeches, subject files, and other documentation relating to his naval career.

Dates: 1921-1983
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Charles Filmer collection of Low family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-390
Abstract

This collection consists of papers related to the family of Admiral Francis S. Low, distinguished Navy officer who graduated from the Naval War College and served during World War II. It includes two letters of thanks to Mrs. Alice Paul Requa Low from Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Genevieve de Galard. It also includes a memoir entitled "A Personal Narrative of my Association with Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Navy," written by Low.

Dates: 1954-1961
Found in: Naval War College Archives

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Bismarck (Battleship) 1
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Fahy, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1910-1989 1
Filmer, Charles 1
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Forrestel, Emmet Peter, 1898- 1
Galard, Geneviève de, 1924- 1
Hitchcock family 1
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909 1
Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Jellicoe, John Rushworth, 1859-1935 1
King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956 1
Kittredge, Tracy B., 1891- 1
Low, Alice Paul Requa 1
Low, Francis S. (Francis Stuart), 1894-1964 1
Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1
Morison, Anne Sims, 1914- 1
Morison, Elting E. (Elting Elmore) 1
Naval Underwater Systems Center (U.S.). New London Laboratory 1
Naval War College (U.S.) 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1
Sims family 1
Sims, Anne Hitchcock, 1875-1960 1
Sims, William S., Jr. (William Sowden), 1912- 1
Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 1
Sowden family 1
Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969 1
United States Naval Academy 1
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff 1
United States. Navy 1
United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Battleship Force 1
Wellings, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold), 1903- 1
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