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Anne Sims Hopkins collection of Sims family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-352
Abstract

This collection consists of letters, photographs, invitations, a wedding gift registry, and other papers relating to the Sims family, particularly Admiral William S. Sims and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. The papers detail the Sims family’s personal life and relationship as well as Admiral Sims’s career in the Navy.

Dates: 1844-1954; Majority of material found within 1905-1920
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Thomas B. Buell and Walter M. Whitehill collection on Ernest J. King

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-037.2
Abstract

This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King entitled, Master of sea power and by Walter M. Whitehill, author and historian, for his biography on King, A Naval record.

Dates: 1880-1986 and undated; Majority of material found within 1942-1950; Majority of material found within 1974-1979
Found in: Naval War College Archives

William S. Sims papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-168
Content Description Personal letters sent to his parents, siblings, friend Jones and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims, 1882–1925; Letters received from Navy Department regarding assignment; Letters comment on travels, places visited, family matters, politics and rebellions in the Caribbean, ship’s movements, health, social life in port, shipboard life, Hawaiian politics, life in Paris, France, French lessons, Sino-Japanese War, position as Naval Attaché in Paris and St. Petersburg, travels through Europe, criticism of U.S. Navy, World War I assignment as CO, Naval Forces, European Waters, London, England, 1917–1978, including daily routine and social life; Assignments on the China Station. Letters sent by Anne Sims to William S. Sims, 1906, 1909–1912, 1915–1917, regarding family matters. Scope and Contents The twenty-five box collection measures twelve and one-half linear feet and is divided into five series. Series I contains typescript copies of personal letters sent by Sims to his parents, his sister Louisa and brothers, Harry and Alfred, his friend Jones, and to his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. They date from 1881 to 1925. Several personal letters Sims received are located here. The letters focus on his daily shipboard routine, family matters, health, social life, financial matters, and friends as well as his duties as a naval officer and naval attaché. He described the geography, politics, economics, people, and customs of the countries he...
Dates: 1876-1925 and undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Richard W. Bates papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-028
Abstract

The personal papers of Rear Admiral Richard W. Bates (1892-1973) cover the years 1915-1973. He was a commanding officer on many ships in the Navy. His collection consists of correspondence, subject files, writings, speeches, and miscellaneous items. The papers are arranged in four series based on an established file system. They mainly encompass Bates career as a Naval Officer, family, and social life in Newport, as well as other aspects of his career including published and unpublished writings, notes, photographs, slide presentations, and reports.

Dates: 1915-1973
Found in: Naval War College Archives

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letters (correspondence) 2
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Admirals -- United States -- Biography 1
Admirals' spouses 1
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Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 1
Naval education -- United States 1
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Newport (R.I.) -- History -- 20th century 1
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Congresses 1
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Naval War College (U.S.) 2
Sims family 2
Sims, Anne Hitchcock, 1875-1960 2
Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 2
Almgren, Neal, 1915-1984 1
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Bates, Richard W., 1892-1973 1
Bieri, Bernhard H. (Bernhard Henry), 1889-1971 1
Braun, Boynton L. 1
Braun, Mary 1
Buell, Marilyn 1
Buell, Thomas B. 1
Bull, Cornelius H. 1
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1
Dietrich, Neil K. (Neil Kittrell), 1901-1982 1
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 1
Ginna, Robert Emmett 1
Hitchcock family 1
Hitchcock, Margaret Dwight, 1878-1926 1
Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946 1
Howland, Llewellyn, III 1
Keyes, C. M. (Charles M.) 1
King family 1
King, Ernest J., Jr., 1922-1990 1
King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956 1
Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960 1
Little, Brown and Company 1
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 1
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 1
Matter, Elizabeth, 1915-1989 1
McCann, Allan R. (Allan Rockwell), 1896-1978 1
Moore, Charles J. 1
Moreno, John A., 1908- 1
Naval War College (U.S.). Foundation 1
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 1
Orem, Howard E. 1
Pihl, Charlotte E., 1899-1979 1
Pihl, Paul E., 1898-1991 1
Rice, Robert Henry, 1903-1994 1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1
Russell, George L., 1929- 1
Shepley, Sarah Hitchcock, 1870-1957 1
Sims, Alfred Varley, 1864-1944 1
Smedberg, William R. (William Renwick), 1902-1994 1
Sowden family 1
Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972 1
United States Naval Academy 1
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff 1
Van den Berg, Elizabeth King, 1907-1986 1
Wheeler, Gerald E. 1
Whitehill, Walter Muir, 1905-1978 1
Wouk, Herman, 1915-2019 1
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