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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

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

Neil C. Porter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-350
Abstract

This collection consists of papers detailing Captain Neil C. Porter’s (1913-2015) life and career in the U.S. Navy and at the Naval War College. It also includes the diary of Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Ritt (1890-1965), his father-in-law.

Dates: 1919-1986; Majority of material found within ( 1933-1962)
Found in: Naval War College Archives

William M. Carpenter papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-346
Abstract

Captain William Milner Carpenter (1916-2006) was a World War II Pacific theater veteran with 26 years of active service in the United States Navy. After his retirement he spent 30 years working and consulting for SRI International. This collection include books, correspondence, photographs, and writings relating to both his naval and civilian careers.

Dates: 1934-2005; Majority of material found within 1934-1964
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Francis S. Low papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-360
Abstract

This collection contains manuscripts, books, articles, personal writings and items, and photographs primarily documenting Francis S. Low’s naval career. Low served in the Navy from 1915-1956, retiring at the rank of Admiral. He specialized in submarine warfare, playing an integral role in anti-U-boat tactics during World War II.

Dates: 1915-2000; Majority of material found within 1915-1963
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Edward S. Miller collection of research material relating to War Plan Orange

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-296
Abstract

Research materials on the US Navy's Navy's pre-World War II plans for war with Japan accumulated by Edward Miller for his award winning book War Plan Orange: The US. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945 published by the Naval Institute Press in 1991 accompanied by his personal papers related to the book's publication.

Dates: 1870 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1945
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Morton Levine papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-391
Abstract

This collection is comprised of a wartime memoir, entitled "Set Condition One," written by Morton Levine. Levine was a U.S. Navy soldier who served on the USS San Diego (CL-53) during World War II. Other documents include two editions of the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin from May and June 1945, as well as research documents about USS San Diego and Atlanta-class cruisers in World War II.

Dates: 1943-1946; 1945; 1998 and undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Manuscript Items

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-364
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of single manuscripts items from past NWC presidents, faculty, and staff, as well as other other naval officers and military service members from Rhode Island and the surrounding area. These items include correspondence, journals, reports, certificates, commissions, scrapbooks, and other ephemera that relate to the history of the U.S. Naval War College, the history of navies in the Narragansett Bay region, and the history of naval warfare and strategy.

Dates: 1783-2013 and undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives

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photographs 7
newspaper clippings 4
scrapbooks 4
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Admirals -- United States -- Biography 2
Admirals -- United States -- History -- 20th century 2
Ambassadors -- United States -- History 2
Historians -- United States 2
Midway, Battle of, 1942 2
Submarines (Ships) 2
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American 2
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audiocassettes 2
certificates 2
drafts (documents) 2
ephemera 2
oral histories (literary works) 2
research notes 2
Cruisers (Warships) -- United States 1
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 1
Lajes (Terceira Island, Azores) 1
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 1
National security 1
Naval Station Newport (R.I.) 1
Naval research 1
Naval strategy 1
Navies -- Officers 1
Newport (R.I.) -- History 1
Operation Hollandia, 1966 1
Operation Overlord 1
Piracy 1
Security and policy studies 1
Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1942 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations 1
United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Congresses 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese 1
biographical sketches 1
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Names
Naval War College (U.S.) 4
United States. Navy 4
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976 3
Buell, Thomas B. 2
Forrestel, Emmet Peter, 1898- 2
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Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972 2
Howland, Llewellyn, III 2
King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956 2
Little, Brown and Company 2
Moore, Charles J. 2
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 2
Pineau, Roger, 1916-1993 2
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 2
Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969 2
Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972 2
United States Naval Academy 2
Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, 1896-1983 1
Almgren, Neal, 1915-1984 1
Anderson, Bern, 1900-1963 1
Barber, Charles F., 1917-2012 1
Bieri, Bernhard H. (Bernhard Henry), 1889-1971 1
Bogart, Gerald S., 1914- 1
Bogart, Margaret Spruance, 1919-1996 1
Braun, Boynton L. 1
Braun, Mary 1
Brett, Kenneth M. 1
Buell, Marilyn 1
Bull, Cornelius H. 1
Burgess, W. Starling (William Starling), 1878-1947 1
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1
Cannon, Robert M. (Robert Mylchrist), 1901-1976 1
Carpenter, William Milner 1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 1
Dietrich, Neil K. (Neil Kittrell), 1901-1982 1
Eccles, Henry E. (Henry Effingham), 1898-1986 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Fahy, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1910-1989 1
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 1
Ginna, Robert Emmett 1
Harvard University 1
Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946 1
Keyes, C. M. (Charles M.) 1
King family 1
King, Ernest J., Jr., 1922-1990 1
Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960 1
Lacy, William Sterling Byrd, 1910-1978 1
Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987 1
Levine, Morton 1
Lovett, Ralph B., 1890-1977 1
Low family 1
Low, Francis S. (Francis Stuart), 1894-1964 1
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 1
Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 1
Matter, Elizabeth, 1915-1989 1
McCann, Allan R. (Allan Rockwell), 1896-1978 1
Miller, Edward S. 1
Milner, Verna, fl. 1935 1
Moreno, John A., 1908- 1
Naval Underwater Systems Center (U.S.). New London Laboratory 1
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection 1
Orem, Howard E. 1
Pihl, Charlotte E., 1899-1979 1
Pihl, Paul E., 1898-1991 1
Porter, Neil C. (Neil Claiborne), 1913-2015 1
Potter, E. B. (Elmer Belmont), 1908- 1
Rice, Robert Henry, 1903-1994 1
Ritt, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1890-1965 1
Robbins, Thomas H. (Thomas Hinckley), 1900-1972 1
Roesler, Harold E. 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1
Russell, George L., 1929- 1
Smedberg, William R. (William Renwick), 1902-1994 1
Sproul, Arthur 1
Spruance family 1
Swallow (Ship) 1
Talbot, Silas, 1751-1813 1
Tuleja, Thaddeus V. 1
USS Blue 1
USS New York 1
USS San Diego (CL-53) 1
USS San Juan 1
United States Military Academy Preparatory School 1
United States Naval Academy. Class of Forty 1
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff 1
United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Battleship Force 1
Van Horn, George A., 1920-1998 1
Van den Berg, Elizabeth King, 1907-1986 1
Vixen (Ship) 1
Wheeler, Gerald E. 1
Whitehill, Walter Muir, 1905-1978 1
Wouk, Herman, 1915-2019 1
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