Navy Department Library
NHHC
Navy Department Library
NHHC
Introduction
Use and Reproduction Policy
List of Files
This series of files is comprised of 5.5 linear feet of material, and is a subject file for documentation not categorized under other file series. Among the contents are: (1) official Office of Naval Records and Library, and Naval History Division correspondence and reports; (2) manuscripts; (3) copies of material found in other depositories; (4) newspaper and magazine articles; (5) cross-reference sheets to records in Record Group 45 and 80 at the National Archives. The arrangement is alphabetical according to subject.
Use and Reproduction Policy
Z File materials are unavailable for loan and must be consulted
in the library. Photocopying of manuscripts, as well as fragile
items, is generally prohibited, though the use of digital cameras
by researchers to reproduce non-copyrighted materials is permitted.
Permission to photocopy a few pages may be granted by the reference
staff, contingent upon the physical state of items. All photocopying
of materials shall be done by the reference staff, or under their
close supervision. The use of personal scanners by non-library
staff personnel must be approved by the reference staff on a document-by-document
basis (Reference: Naval Historical Center Instruction [NAVHISTCENTINST]
5070.1C.).
Academy, US Naval Historical Center
Administration, Navy Department
Aides to President of the United States
Airships
Alcoholic Spirits
Almanac, Naval (Published on board USS Lexington)
Anti-Submarine Tactics, Warfare, etc. - See ONI Publications, World War I
Anton Lizardo Affair, 1860
Archives - Extract from Guide to the Archives of the Government of the US in Washington, 1904
Armistice, 1918; Paris Conference, 1919
Armistice Day Dinner menu 1942
Army, US
Army, Organization of in 1789
Artists
ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare)
Aviation, US Naval - General Histories
Aviation, US Naval - Misc. to World War I
Aviation, US Naval - World War I
Aviation, US Naval - Post World War I (Misc.)
Aviation, US Naval - NC-4 Transatlantic Flight, 1919
Aviation, Flight to Hawaii, 1925-1934
Aviation, Howard Hughes Round-World Flight, 1938
Bands - US Navy and Marine Corps
Battenberg Cup
Battleships
Bermuda Triangle
Bill of Rights
Blacks and Other Minorities
Birthday of the US Navy
Birthplace of the US Navy
Boards and Commissions (includes Strategy Board, Permanent Commission of the Navy Department, Naval War Board, General Board, War Industries Board, and Board of Naval Commissioner)
Botanical and Animal Collecting by United States Navy
Boy Apprentices in the United States Navy
Bum Boatmen
Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair
Bureau of Ordinance and Hydrography
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Burials - Ceremonies/Memorials By Ship/By Name of Deceased
Camels, Navy Connection with Army Use of
Casualties, Personnel
Celebrations - Navy Participation in
Cemeteries Containing Navy Dead
Chaplains
Chevaux-de-Fries in Delaware River, 1775
Chinese in United States Navy
Naval Chronology: 1755-1939
Naval Chronology: 1775 - April 1920
Naval Chronology: 1775 - August 1920
Naval Chronology: 1775 - December 1920
Naval Chronology: Civil War
Naval Chronology: 1914-1918
Naval Chronology: World War II (Europe)
Naval Chronology: History of Naval Technology
Naval Chronology: 1890-1969
Chief of Naval Operations
Civilian Personnel (Navy)
Clipper Ships
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Coast Guard
Coastal Defense
Coat of Arms, Seal, and Flag of President of US; Treaty Seal
Colliers, Navy
Continental Navy
Convoys, World War I - See ONI Publications, World War I
Courts-martials - Unusual Sentences
Crossing the Line Ceremony
Customs and Traditions of the United States Navy
Definitions, Naval
Destroyers
Diaries - See ZB files:
John
J.A. Bissett (1863-1865)
Benjamin
Dutton (1905-1909)
George
R. Yost (USS Cairo, 1862 - filed in USS Cairo ZC
file)
Jonathon
Goble (1853)
Eugene
P. Stone (1907-1911)
Edward
Vail (USS John Adams, 1835-1836)
New
York (1895-1909, by RAdm F. M. Bunce)
Oneida
(1862, by H. Preble)
San
Francisco (1891, by M. Grant (Wheel Book with life boat assignments,
etc., not a proper journal.
Several
pages missing.)
Tacoma
(1903-1924)
Vixen
(1803-1813)
Warrington
(DD-30, World War I)
Diplomacy - Role of the United States Navy
Discipline/Punishments - See also courts-martials
Donner Party, Account of the Loss of
Dry Docks
Dueling
Dutch Navy
English Naval Operations, 1700-1805
Enlisted Personnel
Equatorial Crossing Ceremony
Esther Award
Ethnic Data
Executions
Figureheads
Finance
Firsts
Flags - Pamphlets/Informational Extracts
Flags - Pictures/News Clippings
Flags - NHC Correspondence
Fleet Exercises
Flying Boats
Foreigners Who Served With or In the US Navy or Army, 1775-1910
Forts and Coastal Defense
Founders of the US Navy
Founding Fathers of the United States
French Navy
Fuel - Conversion from Coal to Oil
Furloughs
Gender of Ships
General Orders and Directives
German Navy
German Submarines, World War I - See ONI Publications, World War I
Gifts to Ships
Grades
Gratuities
Hammocks
Historical Units of Federal Agencies During WWI
Holidays of Countries
Hydrographic Office (Oceanography)
Impressment of American Seaman, 1803-1815
Insignias
International Naval Reviews
Ironclads
Jefferson, Thomas - Navy Construction of Gunboats During His Administration
Judge Advocate General, Office of the
Kites, US Naval Use of - See also ONI Publications, World War I
Landing Force & Small Arm Instruction Manual, 1912
Letters of Marque
Life Rafts
Lighthouses - See ZB Files for J.S. Biddle and George Dewey
Lincoln Sesquicentennial
Living Conditions in the US Navy
Logistics
Lyceum, Naval
Marine Corps, United States
Marjorie Sterrett B.B. Fund Award
Medals
Medal of Honor
Medicine, World War I - See also ZO File for Misc. Convoy Information
Merchant Marine
Merchant Shipping - Company Regulations of P.M. Steamship Co.
Merchant Shipping, World War I
Midshipmen
Military Governments
Mines and Mineweeping
Miscellaneous Papers
Missing Vessels - See Bermuda Triangle
Missions, US Naval
Monuments
Mutiny
National Anthem
National Defense and Neutrality Proclamations
National Historical Publications Commission
National Navy Club
Naval Attaches
Naval Commissioners
Naval Consulting Board
Naval Historical Foundational
Naval History Supplements (Including History of ships, discipline, Civil War, Russo-Japanese War, guns, early steam warships)
Naval Militia, Auxiliary, and Reserve
Naval Order of the United States
Naval Records and Library, Office of - A History, 1822-1946
Naval Records and Library, Office of - Misc. Data
Naval Supplies
Navies, State
Navy Day, Origins of
Navy Department - Historical Data
Navy, US - General Historical Data
Nets, Anti-Submarine
Nurse Corps
Oaths of Office
Observatory, Naval Historical Center
Officers
Officer Rotation
ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence)
ONI Publications, World War I:
"Analysis of the Advantage of Speed and Changes of Course in Avoiding Attack by Submarine"
"Anti-Submarine Defenses, Notes on"
"Anti-Submarine Information, (Nov. 1918)"
"Anti-Submarine
Information, (Dec. 1918)"
"Anti-Submarine Tactics"
"Anti-Submarine Warfare. Notes for the Use of Naval Armed Guard"
"Bombs,
Incendiaries and Explosives Used by the Enemy, Illustrations &
Descriptions of"
"German Submarine Attacks"
"German Submarines in Question & Answer"
"Kite Balloons in Escorts"
"Sloops and Torpedo Craft Employed on Antisubmarine Duties, General Instructions for"
"Patrol
Service Course Tables"
"Protection of a Convoy by Extended Patrols, Remarks on"
" Submarine Tactics Against Convoys, Remarks on"
"
Submarines: Military Characteristics, Tactical Use, and Methods
of Defense Against Them"
Ordnance
Outstanding Events in Naval History
Paint and Paint Factories
Pay Rates
Peace Time, Navy
Pearl Harbor Attack, Court of Inquiry Findings
Periscope
Personnel Strength Levels
Pigeons
Pirates and Piracy
Presidents of the United States
Privateering
Post Offices (Ship)
POWs, German prisoners in World War I in Georgia
Prize Money
Promotion Exams
Property - First Piece Purchased by US Navy
Quonset Huts
Quotations
Radio
Rank
Rating
Receiving Ships, 1843-1888
Recruiting
Relics
Religion
Rendezvous
Revenue Cutter Service
Ropewalks
Salutes
Salvage Operations
Samoan Hurricane
Seal, Navy
Secretaries of the Navy
Serial Numbers
Shipbuilding
Ship Captures
Ship Casualties and Wrecks, Lists & General Information
Ship Casualties and Wrecks, World War I
Ship Christenings and Launchings
Ship Design and Plans
Ship Equipment - Bells, Anchors, Fittings
Ship Force Levels, 1908-1973
Ship Models
Ship Names
Ship Sponsors
Ships, Bibliographies
Ships, Historic (Location)
Ships, Wooden
Signals
Societies
Songs
South African Wars, Americans in
Special Events
Staffs of Farragut, Dewey, Evans, and Mayo
Steamboats
Submarines - General Histories & Bibliographies
Submarines - Individual Histories (C2-S51)
Submarines - Individual Histories (Hackleback-Triger)
Submarines - Silhouette Books, 1917
Submarines - New London Submarine School, "The Sub…Care & Operation," 1920
Submarines - Foreign
Submarines - Naval Historical Center Correspondence on - See also Expeditions ZO File for Wilkins Submarine Expedition to Arctic, 1931
Submarine Chasers
Submarine Qualifications
Surveys
Tactics, Naval
Texas Navy
Timber, Naval
Time Balls
Torpedo Boat/Destroyer, Evolution of
Torpedo Flotilla
Torpedoes - Hammond Torpedo Board, 1916-1919
Torpedoes - Electrical (1874)
Training Schools, Stations, and Vessels
Training Schools - Apprentice School, Washington Navy Yard (Lessons for mechanical drawing)
Training, World War I - See World War I ZO file
Treasure, Transportation on Navy Ships
Trophies, Gunnery
Truxton - Decatur House and Museum
Uniforms - Misc. Information
Uniforms - 1700s
Uniforms - 1800s
Uniforms - 1900s
Uniforms - Confederate
USS, Designation of
Washington Naval Conference
Women in the US Navy
Yachts, Presidential
Yarns, Naval