The list below describes unclassified and declassified collections of official
Navy records held by the Operational Archives Branch. Clicking on the collection name
below will take you to a brief description of each collection. Material held by the
Operational Archives Branch does not circulate, and these collections are available for
use only at the Archives. While the majority of these collections are available without
restriction, portions of some collections are closed due to conditions placed by the donor,
privacy concerns, or classification level. You may wish to contact the Archives prior to your
visit for specific information regarding restrictions on collections.
|
Collection Name
|
Span Dates
|
Size
|
| Administrative History Appendices |
1941-1947 |
149 cu. ft. |
| ALNAVs |
1918-present |
10 cu. ft. |
| Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University; Records of the |
1942-1956 |
2 cu. ft. |
| Argentia U.S. Naval Facility; Records of |
1941-1979 |
2 cu. ft. |
| Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Women (WAVES), Bureau of Naval Personnel; Records of |
1942-1972 |
18 cu. ft. |
| Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment); Records of |
1961-2003 |
65 cu. ft. |
| U.S. Atlantic Fleet Video Collection |
1984-1995 |
18 cu. ft. |
| Bainbridge Recruit Training Center, Women; Scrapbooks of |
1957-1972 |
0.5 cu. ft. |
| Base Maintenance Division, Field Liaison and Records Section; Records of |
1939-1957 |
63 cu. ft. |
| Bethesda National Naval Medical Center, Rapid Implementation Team (RIT); Records of |
1988-1989 |
0.25 cu. ft. |
| Bicentennial Coordination Office; Records of |
1969-1976 |
7 cu. ft. |
| Booz, Allen and Hamilton, Inc.; Records of |
1946-1973 |
6 cu. ft. |
| British Navy; Records and Publications of the (and Related Source Materials) |
1914-1955 |
78 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Aeronautics, Akron, Ohio; Representative Records |
1944-1966 |
2 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Nurse Corps; Records of |
1881-1978 |
19 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Vietnam War; Documents Relating to |
1965-1970 |
2 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Miscellaneous Records |
1824-1970 |
7.5 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Navigation/Bureau of Personnel; Circular Letters of |
1860-1951 |
7.5 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Personnel, Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel for Women (WAVES); Records of |
1942-1972 |
18 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Personnel, Casualty Assistance Branch; Purple Heart Cards |
1898-1950s |
12.3 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Personnel, Casualty Branch; Records of the |
1921-1959 |
4 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Personnel, Naval Home; Papers Relating to |
1878-1976 |
5 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Personnel; Reports and Statistics |
1909-1984 |
0.5 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Personnel, Special Assistant for Women's Policy (PERS-00W); Records of |
1947-1991 |
9 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Personnel, Strength and Statistics Branch; Records of |
1946-1966 |
56 cu. ft. |
| Bureau of Personnel, Uniform Board; Records of |
1939-1983 |
19 cu. ft. |
| Chart and Map Collection |
1946-present |
98 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Information Biography Files |
1939-present |
c. 345 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Information USS Scorpion/USS Thresher Files |
1960s, 1993 |
0.25 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Information Speech Files |
1917-1977 |
13 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Information Subject Files |
1958-1990 |
24.75 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Naval Operations, Awards and Special Project Branch (OP-09B12); Records of |
1919-1973 |
45 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Operations Division: Cold Weather Operations Section, Carrier and Aircraft Operations Section, Cruiser and Destroyer Operations Section, Continental Shelf Development Section, and Movement Reports Center; Records of |
1940-1972 |
63 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Naval Operations Immediate Office Files (Double Zero Files) |
1946-1975 |
c. 1400 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Naval Operations, Oceanographer of the Navy; Records on Operation Deep Freeze |
1954-1998 |
2.5 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Naval Operations, Organization Research and Policy Division (OP-23); Records of |
1944-1949 |
95 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Naval Operations, Organizational Records of the Office of |
1946-2000 |
12.5 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Naval Operations, Ship Material Readiness Division; Records of |
1942-1963 |
1 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Naval Operations, Speeches |
1973-1997 |
10.5 cu. ft. |
| Chief of Naval Operations, Underseas/Submarine Warfare Division; Historical/Administrative Files |
1915-1970 |
24 cu. ft. |
| China Repository |
1908-1990s |
10 cu. ft. |
| CINCPAC Scientific Advisory Group |
1965-1972 |
1.5 cu. ft. |
| CINCPAC/CINCPACFLT, Pueblo Command Information Bureau; Records of |
1965-1971 |
6 cu. ft. |
| Citations, Medal and Award |
1940s-1970s |
47.5 cu. ft. |
| Civil Affairs/Military Government/Island Government Branch, Chief of Naval Operations; Records of |
1899-1976 |
88 cu. ft. |
| Coastal Division 12; Records of |
1967-1970 |
4 cu. ft. |
| Comfort, USNS and Hosptial Ships in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Records Relating to |
1906-1991 |
5 cu. ft. |
| Constitution, USS; Historical Materials Relating to OPSAIL 200 |
1997-1998 |
1 cu. ft. |
| Defense Department Reorganization; Records of |
1937-1975 |
29 cu. ft. |
| Earhart, Amelia; Records Regarding the Loss of |
1937-present |
4 cu. ft. |
| Fleet Readiness Liaison Branch, Chief of Naval Operations; Records of |
1946-1971 |
46 cu. ft. |
| French Translations Collection |
1948-1965 |
2 cu. ft. |
| From the Sea; Working Papers and Drafts of |
1992 |
0.5 cu. ft. |
| German Naval Archives/Tambach Archives Materials |
1922-1945 |
75 cu. ft. |
| Hospital Ships and USNS Comfort in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Records Relating to |
1906-1991 |
5 cu. ft. |
| International Naval Review (CINCLANTFLT); Records Relating to |
1976 |
0.5 cu. ft. |
| Interview and Statement Transcripts |
1942-1946 |
18 cu. ft. |
| Japanese Navy and Related Source Materials |
1939-1952 |
130 cu. ft. |
| Map Collection |
|
25 cu. ft. |
| Mercury 3, Records Relating to |
1959-1961 |
0.25 cu. ft. |
| Military Armistice Commission, United Nations Command; Transcripts of Meetings |
1965-1966 |
1 cu. ft. |
| Microfilm Collections |
1950-present |
c. 3500 reels |
| Military Sealift Command; Records of |
1975-1985 |
1 cu. ft. |
| Military Sealift Command; Records of Transportation Directorate |
1950-1993 |
1.5 cu. ft. |
| National Association of USS LCS(L)(3) 1-130 |
1940s-present |
12.75 cu. ft. |
| National Yeomen (F); Records of |
1920-1976, 1986 |
0.8 cu. ft. |
| Naval Forces Vietnam Records |
1958-1972 |
334 cu. ft., 814 microfilm reels |
| Naval Historical Center, Director of Naval History; Files of |
1942-1989 |
30 cu. ft. |
| Naval History Documentation Team; Records Relating to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm |
1990-1991 |
0.5 cu. ft. |
| Naval Home, Bureau of Naval Personnel; Papers Relating to |
1878-1976 |
5 cu. ft. |
| Naval Material Command, Speech Bureau; Records of |
1965-1981 |
6.75 cu. ft. |
| Naval Military Personnel Command; Records of |
1930-1964 |
0.5 cu. ft. |
| Naval Sea Systems Command, Supervisor of Diving and Salvage; Records of |
1915-1985 |
3 cu. ft. |
| Naval Sea Systems Command; Records Relating to USS Scorpion (SSN-589) |
1969-1970 |
0.75 cu. ft. |
| Naval Security Group Command; Records of |
1942-1945 |
2.5 cu. ft. |
| Naval Security Group Command Intelligence; Records of |
1909-1925, 1942-1946 |
6.5 cu. ft. |
| Naval Special Warfare Group (OP-16W), Cover & Deception; Records of |
1942-1958 |
2.5 cu. ft. |
| Naval Technical Mission in Europe; Records of |
1945-1947 |
33 cu. ft. |
| Navy Laboratory/Center Coordinating Group; Archives of the |
1940s-1990s |
750 cu. ft. |
| Nurse Corps, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Records of |
1881-1978 |
19 cu. ft. |
| Oral History Collections |
1940-present |
c. 95 cu. ft. |
| Organization and Research Policy Division (OP-23), Chief of Naval Operations; Records of |
1944-1949 |
95 cu. ft. |
| Post 1946 Action and Operational Reports |
1946-1973 |
291.5 cu. ft. |
| Post 1946 Command File |
1946-1973 |
ca. 711 cu. ft. |
| Post 1946 Plans, Orders, and Related Documents |
1946-1973 |
413.66 cu. ft. |
| Post 1946 Submarine Patrol Reports |
1946-1963 |
22 cu. ft. |
| Post 1946 War Diaries |
1946, 1950-1953 |
59 cu. ft. |
| Post 1974 Command File |
1974-1989 |
ca. 600 cu. ft. |
| Post 1990 Command File |
1990-present |
|
| Privileged Manuscript Collection (Unpublished Histories and Autobiographies) |
1939-1975 |
c. 20 cu. ft. |
| Rapid Implementation Team, Bethesda National Naval Medical Center; Records of |
1988-1989 |
0.25 cu. ft. |
| Research and Public Queries Branch, CHINFO (Office of Chief of Information); Records of |
1941-1972 |
16 cu. ft. |
| Research and Development Unit, Vietnam; Records of |
1967-1972 |
1 cu. ft. |
| Reserve Fleet (OP-432); Records of |
1947-1960 |
17.5 cu. ft. |
| Rio de Janiero Naval Operating Base Records |
1943-1946 |
0.5 cu. ft. |
| Sea Frontier Routing Instructions for Ships and Convoys during WW II |
|
1.5 cu. ft. |
| Second Fleet Public Affairs Files |
1980s-1990s |
0.75 cu. ft. |
| Secretary of the Navy; ALNAVs |
1918-present |
10 cu. ft. |
| Security Watch Officer, Chief of Naval Operations; Log Books Maintained by |
1939-1957 |
3 cu. ft. |
| Seventh Fleet Public Affairs; Records of |
1985-1991 |
18 cu. ft. |
| Ship Material Readiness Division, Chief of Naval Operations; Records of |
1942-1963 |
1 cu. ft. |
| Shore and Fleet Organization Branch (N09B22), Chief of Naval Operations; Records of |
1940s-1990s |
30 cu. ft. |
| Special Assistant for Women's Policy (PERS-00W), Bureau of Naval Personnel; Records of |
1947-1991 |
9 cu. ft. |
| Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations/Chief of Naval Personnel on Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Matters; Records of |
1964-1981 |
35 cu. ft. |
| Speech Files, CHINFO (Office of Chief of Information) |
1917-1977 |
13 cu. ft. |
| Strategic Bombing Survey, Naval Analysis Division; Records of |
1940-1947 |
41 cu. ft. |
| Strategic Plans Division, Chief of Naval Operations, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Plans and Policy); Records of |
1948-1970 |
250 cu. ft. |
| Strength and Statistics Branch, Bureau of Naval Personnel; Records of |
1946-1996 |
56 cu. ft. |
| Strike Assault Boat Squadron Twenty/Barnes, Lawrence; Papers of Lieutenant (jg) |
1960s |
0.25 cu. ft. |
| Study Group on Women in the Navy; Records of |
1942-1987 |
5.5 cu. ft. |
| Subic Bay U.S. Naval Air Station; Records of |
1982-1989 |
1 cu. ft. |
| Subic Bay U.S. Naval Station; Records of |
1898-1991 |
2 cu. ft. |
| Sugar Grove, West Virginia Naval Radio Station; Records of |
1965-1992 |
0.5 cu. ft. |
| Tambach Archives Materials |
1922-1945 |
75 cu. ft. |
| Teapot Dome Scandal; Papers of Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss Relating to |
1940-1947 |
41 cu. ft. |
| Tonkin Gulf Collection |
1962-1984 |
4.5 cu. ft. |
| Underseas/Submarine Warfare Division, Chief of Naval Operations; Historical/Administrative Files |
1915-1970 |
24 cu. ft. |
| Uniform Board, Bureau of Naval Personnel; Records of |
1939-1983 |
19 cu. ft. |
| United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission Meeting Transcripts |
1965-1966 |
1 cu. ft. |
| Vietnam Command File |
1959-1973 |
205 cu. ft. |
| World War II Command File |
1939-1945 |
ca. 323 cu. ft. |
| Year 2000 (Y2K) Project; Records of the Navy |
1996-2000 |
3.0 cu. ft. |
| Year 2000 Project Office; Records of the |
1997-2000 |
2.0 cu. ft. |
| Yorktown Mine Warfare Engineering Activity; Records Relating to Mine Warfare |
1918-1971 |
1.5 cu. ft. |
