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Kenneth Lang papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-203
Content Description

Correspondence, letters sent to his parents and a relative in Chicago, IL from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, IL and Treasure Island, CA, 1944–1945, describing naval training, daily routine, work, boot camp, Bugle Corps, and feelings and opinion about the navy and his duty stations from a sailor who sounded reveille at Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

Dates: 1944-1945

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

Andrew F. Wait papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-201
Content Description

Correspondence, WWII personal letters sent to his wife Irene in Greenfield, MA, from USNCTC, Camp Endicott, Davisville, RI, the South Pacific and San Francisco, CA, 1942–1944. Letter received, 1936; Miscellany, card, poem, Camp Endicott newspaper, 1942; French Catholic Calendar, 1943 and French Newspaper, La France Australe, Noumea, New Caledonia, 1942. 1936–1944.

Dates: 1936 - 1944

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

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

Collection of Newport Area photographs and records

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-389
Abstract

This collection consists of photographs, minutes, correspondence, newspaper articles, and programs pertaining to Naval War College studies, buildings, people, and events. The collection also includes photographs and correspondence of events in Newport.

Dates: 1951 - 2009

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photographs 29
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American 18
letters (correspondence) 18
newspaper clippings 12
Naval Station Newport (R.I.) 9
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American 8
scrapbooks 8
speeches (documents) 8
Naval strategy 5
Navy-yards and naval stations -- Newport (R.I.) 5
Newport (R.I.) -- History 5
United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century 5
correspondence 5
research notes 5
Midway, Battle of, 1942 4
Naval education 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean 4
ephemera 4
lectures 4
maps (documents) 4
Admirals -- United States -- Correspondence 3
Admirals -- United States -- History -- 20th century 3
Ambassadors -- United States -- History 3
Fort Adams (Newport, R.I.) 3
Naval education -- History 3
Naval education -- United States 3
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 3
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography 3
Spanish-American War, 1898 3
World War, 1939-1945 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States 3
audiocassettes 3
diaries 3
military commissions 3
oral histories (literary works) 3
reminiscenses 3
reports 3
slides (photographs) 3
writings (documents) 3
Admirals -- United States -- Biography 2
Admirals -- United States -- History 2
Admirals' spouses 2
Aerial photography 2
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 2
Historians -- United States 2
International law 2
Jutland, Battle of, 1916 2
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 2
Military intelligence 2
Narragansett Bay -- History 2
Operation Overlord 2
Submarines (Ships) 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations 2
War diaries 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan 2
blueprints (reprographic copies) 2
certificates 2
christmas cards 2
drafts (documents) 2
handbooks 2
invitations 2
logs (records) 2
memorandums 2
military records 2
orders (military records) 2
postcards 2
ships' logs 2
Air bases -- Rhode Island -- History 1
Amphibious warfare 1
Basic training (Military education) 1
Camp Endicott (Davisville, R.I.) 1
Charlestown (R.I. : Town) -- History 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 1
China -- Social life and customs -- 1912-1949 1
Command and control systems 1
Communications, Military 1
Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942 1
Cruisers (Warships) -- United States 1
Cryptography 1
Deception (Military science) 1
Destroyers (Warships) 1
Dogger Bank, Battle of the, 1915 1
Hurricanes -- Rhode Island 1
Japan -- History -- February Incident, 1936 (February 26) 1
Japan -- Politics and government -- 1912-1945 1
Lajes (Terceira Island, Azores) 1
Leadership 1
Logistics, Naval 1
Manila (Philippines) 1
Military attachés 1
Military bases, American 1
Military education -- United States 1
Military education -- United States -- 20th century 1
Military ethics 1
Military planning 1
Military spouses 1
Military spouses -- United States -- Correspondence 1
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Naval War College (U.S.) 27
United States. Navy 13
Naval War College (U.S.). Foundation 8
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 6
United States Naval Academy 6
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United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.) 6
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 5
Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969 5
Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914 4
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 4
Sims family 4
Sims, Anne Hitchcock, 1875-1960 4
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve 4
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 3
Hitchcock family 3
King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956 3
LeBourgeois, Julien J. 3
Moore, Charles J. 3
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976 3
Pineau, Roger, 1916-1993 3
Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 3
Barber, Charles F., 1917-2012 2
Brennan, Joseph Gerard, 1910-2004 2
Buell, Thomas B. 2
Burke, Arleigh A., 1901-1996 2
Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919 2
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 2
Colbert, Richard G., 1915-1973 2
Eccles, Henry E. (Henry Effingham), 1898-1986 2
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 2
Forrestel, Emmet Peter, 1898- 2
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 2
Hattendorf, John B. 2
Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972 2
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909 2
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
Schonland, Herbert E. (Herbert Emery), 1900-1984 2
Shepley, Sarah Hitchcock, 1870-1957 2
Smith, Roy Campbell, 1858-1940 2
Sowden family 2
Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972 2
Strasser, Joseph C. 2
Taussig, Edward David, 1847-1921 2
Tracy, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1830-1915 2
United States Military Academy Preparatory School 2
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff 2
United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Battleship Force 2
United States. Navy. Officer Candidate School 2
United States. Navy. Surface Warfare Officers School 2
Abromitis, William, 1925-1975 1
Ahlgren, Charles 1
Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, 1896-1983 1
Aldrich, Barbara Tanner 1
Almgren, Neal, 1915-1984 1
Amberg, Richard H. 1
Anderson, Bern, 1900-1963 1
Anderson, Henry H. 1
Andrea Doria (Steamship) 1
Atlanta (Protected cruiser) 1
Bailey, William Whitman, 1843-1914 1
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 1
Baruch, Bernard M., Jr., 1902-1992 1
Bates, Richard W., 1892-1973 1
Bauer, A. L. 1
Bauernschmidt, George W. (George William), 1899- 1
Belknap, George E. (George Eugene), 1832-1903 1
Belknap, Reginald Rowan, 1871-1959 1
Bennington (Aircraft carrier) 1
Bennington (Gunboat No. 4) 1
Bieri, Bernhard H. (Bernhard Henry), 1889-1971 1
Billingsley, Edward Baxter, 1910-1997 1
Bismarck (Battleship) 1
Bogart, Gerald S., 1914- 1
Bogart, Margaret Spruance, 1919-1996 1
Boyd, Carl 1
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981 1
Braun, Boynton L. 1
Braun, Mary 1
Brett, Kenneth M. 1
Brown, Thomas 1
Brown, Winston S. 1
Brummel, Herbert L. 1
Buehler, Michael 1
Buell, Marilyn 1
Bull, Cornelius H. 1
Bunn, George, 1925- 1
Burd, George E. 1
Burgess, W. Starling (William Starling), 1878-1947 1
Burke, Thomas N. 1
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1
Bywater, Hector C. (Hector Charles), 1884-1940 1
Caliandro, Peter J. 1
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