
The Navy Department Library
Naval War College
Newport
Naval War College
Henry E. Eccles Library
686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841
The Naval Historical Collection, the depository for the Naval War College archives, manuscript materials, and special collections, was established in 1969 as a division of the Naval War College Library. From the beginning, two types of documents were collected: the primary topic is the history of naval warfare as studied and taught at the College and the secondary theme is the history of the Navy in Narragansett Bay. The research material are divided into three components:
Archives which holds over 1200 feet of records documenting the administrative history and curriculum development since its founding in 1884. The archives contain forty-three record groups that house among others the administrative correspondence and memoranda, College publications, conference proceedings, lectures, faculty and staff presentations, war gaming materials, the Naval Command College and Naval Staff College administrative files, and a vast array of intelligence and technical source materials pertaining to technological developments in the Navy and to intelligence gathering by naval attaches during World War I.
Manuscripts containing 205 collections of corporate collections or personal papers of naval officer or civilians who have been associated with the College during their careers and have made major contributions to the evolution of naval warfare.
Oral Histories consisting of microfiche and bounded transcripts of interviews with flag rank officers conducted by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office and the U.S. Naval Institute Oral History Program. In 1975, the Naval War College developed their own oral history program to interview naval officers and civilians associated with the College. In 1993, a program to interview women in the WAVES, SPARS, and Marines was initiated.
Manuscript Holdings include:
Abromitis Jr., William
Papers, 1948-1975
Vietnam
2 boxes
Ahlgren, Charles
Papers, 1988-1992
1 box
Aldrich, Barbara T.
Papers, 1943-1945
Letters with other WAVES discuss their service during World War II
0.5 box
Anderson, Bern
Papers, 1919-1962
Rear Admiral Anderson served in the Navy from 1920 to 1960.
7 boxes
Autographs
Collection, 1957-1960
0.5 box
Baruch, Jr., Bernard M.
Papers, 1919-1962
Correspondence sent and received during Captain Baruch's service in the Naval Reserves from 1937 to 1962, as well as the public papers of his father Bernard M. Baruch Sr.
11 boxes
Bates, Richard W.
Papers, 1932-1973
Correspondence relating to Rear Admiral Bates' career from 1932 to 1973, includes messages sent as Commander Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons, Pacific Fleet, Naval War College internal memoranda, etc. concerning educational philosophy, curriculum and the World War II Battle Evaluation Group project.
19 boxes
Belknap, Reginald R.
Papers, 1830-1937
Includes correspondence from career of Rear Admiral Reginald Belknap, from his wife, Julia Averill Belknap, as well as his published articles. Also includes family correspondence from Rear Admiral George E. Belknap (1866-1903) and his wife Francis G. Prescott Belknap.
19 boxes
Billingsley, Edward B.
Papers, 1927-1967
4 boxes
Breed, Cyrus W.
Papers, 1865-1874
Letter to parents from the Naval Academy in 1865, diary kept while on board USS Nantasket, 1869.
0.5 boxes
Brennan, Joseph G.
Papers, 1924-1995
Correspondence and lectures of a professor at the Naval War College, includes speeches and letters of Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale, 1993-1998.
20 boxes
Brown, Thomas
Papers, 1946-1961
Subject files include reports on the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey and writings on the Navy Defense Supply Agency.
2 boxes
Brummel, Herbert L.
Papers, 1944-1984
Correspondence includes personal letters sent to family of Command Brummel, letters regarding USS Indianapolis (CA-35), commissioning of USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) and directives, journals, and notebooks fromIndianapolis, 1944-45.
1 box
Buell, Thomas B.
Papers, 1906-1980
Commander Thomas Buell collected research source material on careers of Admirals Ernest J. King and Raymond A. Spruance.
40 boxes
Bunn, George
Papers, 1980-1986
Correspondence and lectures of professor discuss nuclear weapons, military strategy, international law, arms control negotiations, 1984-1986. Writings discuss nuclear terrorism and arms control, 1984-86. Also files on Naval War College Stockton Chair and international law topics.
5 boxes
Burgess, W. Starling
Papers, 1938-1948
Papers include blueprints and calculations for devices to counter the Acoustic Torpedo developed for the Anti-Submarine Development Center, Quonset Point, Naval Air Station, Rhode Island. Also memorandum and reports regarding inventions and devices, 1938-1948.
33 boxes
Burke, Arleigh
Papers, 1958-1965
Correspondence between Admiral Burke and Robert R. Gros, Vice President, Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
1 folder
Burke, Thomas N
Papers, 1920-1960
Includes photographs of U.S. Navy; Coast Guard, foreign and merchant ships; histories of U.S. Navy ships; books on ships and the sea.
14 boxes
Caperton, William B.
Papers, 1875-1951
Letters and certificates relating to naval career of Admiral Caperton.
0.5 box and 1 folio
Carlson, Daniel
Papers, 1942-1991
Official correspondence and biographical information from career of Rear Admiral Carlson, include the war diary and action report from USS Paul Hamilton.
1 box
Chadwick, French E.
Papers, 1898-1911
Photocopies of correspondence and papers, including muster rolls, used for French Ensor Chadwick, Letters and Papers, published in 1981.
6 items
Chase, Robert
Papers, 1937-1945
Correspondence from family and friends detail events on home front, politics, news of friends, wedding plans, death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, while his letters describe shipboard life on board USS Kidd.
2 boxes
Christenson, Gordon A.
Papers, 1977-1979
Speeches by Professor Christenson on Law of Sea, International Law, and Use of Force in Peacetime.
0.5 box
Clark, Leroy
Papers, 1943-1945
Patrol Boat scrapbook of prints of photographs, Imprint, "Elco PTs in Action"; The Skeeter,1945 newspaper from Motor Torpedo Boat Training Facility, Melville, Rhode Island.
1 box
Clarke, Walter S.
Papers, 1987-1989
State Department Advisor to President, Naval War College, 1987-1989.
1 box
Colbert, Richard G.
Papers, 1932-1973
Paper of Admiral Colbert include personal correspondence with his father Charles F. Colbert and foreign officer correspondence 1957-1971, and subject files on ship command, Naval War College presidency and position as Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe.
26 boxes
Coll, Alberto
Papers, 1989-1990
Correspondence, academic subject files including electives course material for Charles H. Stockton Chair on International Law.
1 box
Cook, Charles O.
Papers, 1942-1967
Correspondence of Captain Cook includes letters sent and received from naval officers who took part in Battle of Cape Esperance, 1942
1 box
Cook, Henry T.
Papers, 1862-1863
Letters written by Midshipman Henry Trevor Cook to his mother from the Naval Academy at Newport, Rhode Island.
10 items
Cooling, Benjamin F.
Papers, 18867-1915
Benjamin F. Cooling was a collector of research source materials for book entitled B. F. Tracy, Father of the American Fighting Navy, on Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy. Includes microfilms of Tracy's papers
17 boxes and 30 microfilm reels
Crowl, Philip
Papers, 1967-1969
Professor of History at University of Nebraska
2 boxes
Davis, Nathaniel
Papers, 1976-1983
Correspondence, speeches, and files while he was State Department Advisor to President of Naval War College.
3 boxes
Davis, Vincent
Papers, 1960
Correspondence of Professor Davis with Admiral Raymond Spruance 1960, and taped interviews with Admiral John T. Hayward 1961 and Admiral Arleigh Burke 1962-63 regarding history of Polaris submarine.
2 box
Dayton, John H.
Papers, 1923-1930
Scrapbooks of memorabilia relating to cruise in Caribbean and Central America, 1923-1924, and cruise in Mediterranean and European waters, 1929.
1 box
Delaney, Edward F.
Papers, 1883-1932
Correspondence covering his career in Supply Corps 1883-1932 and photograph album and newspaper clippings, 1884-1932
1 box
Denver, James
Papers, 1942-1955
Newspaper clippings, 1942-1955; photographs relating to PT Squadron 42; "Elco PRs in Action"
1 box
DeSaussure, Hamilton
Papers, 1979-1980
Correspondence and speeches of Professor DeSaussure
3 boxes
Dockray, William P.
Papers, 1861-1898
Correspondence, loyalty oath, prize reports, naval orders for Acting Master, USN serving 1861-1863 and the East Gulf Blockading Squadron, and request for increase in disability pension, 1888-1889
2 folders
Douglas, Archibald
Papers, 1939-1944
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and photographs relating to Captain Douglas's duty on board USS Saratoga
3 boxes
Dunn, Herbert O.
Papers, 1873-1900
Letterbooks of unofficial letters regarding the design and patents for Dunn anchor, and photograph album
3 volumes
Durgin, Edward R.
Papers, 1937-1943
Official correspondence of Rear Admiral Durgin relating to Battle of the Atlantic, messages received, night order book; Reports on sinking of USS Reuben James; and Naval Attache's memoranda book, Germany, 1937-1940.
1 box
Easterbrook, John F.
Papers, 1902-1957
Official papers relating to career in U.S. Naval Reserve Fleet, 1916-1923; correspondence relating to his employment as an electrical engineer with Westington House Corporation, 1902-1917; drawings of Mark VI Mine, 1923.
1 box
Eccles, Henry E.
Papers, 1898-1986
Correspondence of Rear Admiral Eccles regarding Advance Base Operations, naval matters, 1916-1986; Speeches on naval logistics and strategy, 1943-1983; Subject Files on Asiatic Fleet, CINCNELM, CINCSOUTH, Industrial College of the Americas, Star Wars, 1941-1986;
112 boxes
Edwards, USS
Records, 1942
Photograph album and newspaper clippings of the ship's launching, July 19, 1942; Letter to Mrs. Edward Brayton, widow of Lieutenant Commander Walter A. Edwards for whom the ship was named.
6 items
Emmons, George F.
Papers, 1828-1868
Two copies of Rear Admiral Emmons's The Navy of the United States, 1778-1853; Journal of cruise in USS Ossippee transporting commissioners to Sitka, Alaska; Journal of cruise on board USS Ohio and USS Warren off coast of Mexico and California, 1847-1849; Copybook of letters sent and received, 1828-1849.
1 box
Fahy, Edward J.
Papers, 1918-1990
Papers of Rear Admiral Fahy include correspondence and memoranda, 1936-1972; Naval Orders, 1933-1958; Speeches, 1946-1967; Published reports, 1918-1971
6 boxes
Fletcher, Frank J.
Papers, 1930-1946
Papers of Admiral Fletcher include photocopies of official and unofficial correspondence, memoranda, and telegrams sent to and received by Admiral Fletcher and his wife, 1930-1946; War communiques on the Battle of Coral Sea, 1942.
2 boxes
Gamble, Philip L.
Papers, 1968-1974
Correspondence, imprints, photographs, lectures, etc. pertaining to his career as Professor of Economics at the Naval War College.
1 box
German Federal Navy
Photographs, 1950-1970
Photographs of ships of the German Federal Navy,
1 box
Gimber, Stephen H.
Papers, 1935-1992
Papers of Captain Gimber include biographical information, the Manitowoc Shipyard newspaper, map of war patrol of USS Rasher; and miscellaneous correspondence, 1935-1992
0.5 box
Green, Joseph F.
Papers, 1872-1873
Official correspondence of Read Admiral Green includes letters sent to Captain J. Blackely Creighton, commanding officer of USS Worchester, regarding court martials, discharges, transfer of personnel, prisoners, orders and reports, 1972-1873.
0.5 box
Grubaugh, Evelyn M.
Papers, 1944-1946
Memoir of her naval service in the WAVES, newspaper clippings, ration card; imprints, including Havelock, November-December 1945; WAVES songbook and jokebook; photographs,
4 folders
Grunawalt, Richard J.
Papers, 1986-1989
Correspondence of Captain Grunawalt; writings; lectures and speeches, Ocean law and Policy Research Department Materials, 1988.
4 boxes
Gunn, Frederick A.
Papers, 1934-1995
Correspondence of Rear Admiral Gunn, 1961-1995; Naval career photographs; Imprint of history of USS Scabbardfish (SS-397); cassette tapes of memorial service and burial at sea and written tribute, 1994.
2 boxes
Hartmann, Frederick H.
Papers, 1975-1986
Academic and administrative files of Professor Hartmann include lectures, reports and syllabi regarding Naval War College programs pertaining to military education topics, President's files, College curriculum and professional conferences and associations, 1975-1986.
15 boxes
Hartnett, Vincent W.
Papers, 1942-1945
Correspondence, 1945; They Call It Pacific by Clark Lee, 1943; Photographs, Map of Guadalcanal.
1 box and 1 folio
Hattendorf, John B.
Papers, 1862-1993
Publications of Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, USN, 1827-1917 collected and compiled for The Writings of Stephen B. Luce, (1974) Monograph No. 1 of the Naval War College Historical Monograph Series; Research source materials, notes and copies of documents used in writing The Evolution of the Maritime Strategy, 1977-1989. Copies of published writings.
19 boxes
Hawthorne, Mary E.
Papers, 1944-1986
Papers of Commander Hawthorne, USNR include subject files on WAVES, newsletters, 1944-1945; Photograph album and scrapbook, 1944-1970; Citations, imprints, pamphlets, and newspapers, 1944-1986.
2 boxes
Hay, Richard R.
Papers, 1941-1998
Papers of Captain Hay include reminiscences of World War II by Hay, Commander Richard E. Bennink, and Robert Owen on the war records of USS Marblehead (CL-12); General MacArthur's departure from the Philippines, The Battle of Leyte Gulf
1 folder
Hayward, John T.
Papers, 1936-1994
Papers of Vice Admiral Hayward include correspondence, 1936-1994; Speeches, 1940-1993; Published writings; Unpublished writings, journal entries, poems, articles, and aviation logs; Military papers; Newspapers, Career photographs
69 boxes
Heneberger, Harry B.
Papers, 1942-1960
Papers of Captain Heneberger include Subject files on sinking of USS Quincy (CA-39) on August 9, 1942 at Battle of Savo Island; correspondence, 1942, 1960; Naval War College thesis, 1948; Photographs of International Air Races, 1923 and surrender of Japanese at Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945; Newspaper clippings on sinking of Quincy and Japanese surrender.
1 box
Hewitt, Henry K.
Papers, 1903-1957
Correspondence relating to personal and official life of Admiral Henry Hewitt, USN, includes autographed leather-bound volume of Franklin D. Roosevelt's speeches, 1936; Lucky Bag, 1907; Midshipman's notebook, memoirs of his naval career; Photographs of family and career include photographs of Operation Torch, 1942.
8 boxes
Hill, Lloyd F.
Papers, 1918
Correspondence sent to friend, Wesley Smith by Hill serving in the U.S. Navy and Arthur C. Abrams, serving in the U.S. Naval Reserves, March 13-June 22, 1918 regarding training at Camp Upton, NY, at Philadelphia Naval Yard and assignment to USS Ossippee, 1918.
4 items
Hitchcock Family
Papers, 1897-1899
Letters sent by Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U.S. Ambassador to the Imperial Russian Court and by his family members from St. Petersburg
2 boxes
Honan, William H.
Collection, 1910-1992
Research source material used in writing biography of Hector C. Bywater, Visions of Infamy. It includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, drafts, articles, attache reports, maps, monographs, and translations covering inter-war U.S. and Japanese navies, The British Secret Service and the 1934 London Naval Conference.
24 boxes
Howe, Walter B.
Papers, 1853-1946
Includes Correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings and press releases retarding the observance of Navy Day and the Navy League, 1922-1941; Subjects files of the Roberts Pearl Harbor Commission, 1941-1942 includes reports, correspondence and first hard accounts of observers of the attack on Pearl Harbor; Subject Files on Inter-American Escadrille, 1940-1941; Folio maps of China and Japan from Admiral Matthew Perry's cruise, 1853-1854; Speeches on naval topics, 1926-1931; Subject files on Washington Conference, 1922, naval parity and the British-Franco-Italian Naval Agreement, 1931.
6 boxes
Howland, Daniel
Collection, 1902
Letter from Commanding Officer, USTB Biddle regarding collision with yacht Moose; Report to investing board on incident.
5 items
Hudson, Manley O.
Papers, 1923-1954
Correspondence and writings of Professor Hudson; Studies of international law at the Naval War College
13 boxes
Hull, Harry
Papers, 1965-1967
Papers of Rear Admiral Hull include briefing books, notebooks regarding visits to Vietnam, Guam, Thailand and Japan; Photographs of visit to USS Proteus (AS-19), 1965; Folio maps and charts of Vietnam, 1965-1967.
1 box and folio items
Hurlburt, Jay S.
Papers, 1982-1987
Correspondence and memoranda of Captain Hurlburt, USN, on Naval War Gaming, Strawman War Gaming Course and Strategic Studies Groups, 1982-1987.
2 boxes
Innes, Walter D.
Papers, 1938-1991
Papers of Rear Admiral Innis, USN, includes: Technical reports and papers on logistics and aeronautical matters, undated-1974; Correspondence, letters sent and received, 1938-1991; Naval War College thesis, 1947, Photograph album of his naval career.
5 boxes
Irving, Ronald K.
Papers, 1931-1965
Papers of Captain Irving, USN, include biographical information and subject files on his career: Commanding Officer of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 23, 1943-1944; Commanding Officer of USS Stormes, 1947-1949; Commanding Officer USS Wyandot, 1958-1959; Operation Deep Freeze IV;
2 boxes
Jackson, David H.
Papers, 1943-1994
Papers of Rear Admiral Jackson, USN, include biographical materials; official naval correspondence, 1947-1974; personal letters sent and received, 1970-1993; Sermons, 1970-1993; career photographs and photograph albums, 1943-1994.
10 boxes
Kalber, William L.
Papers, 1929-1990
Papers of Rear Admiral Kabler, USN, includes his official correspondence, 1949-1955; personal correspondence, 1961-1990; service record; subject files on USS Heron, Kearsage, and Rendova, 1941-1953; Citations and Naval War College items, 1929-1990.
4 boxes
Kalbfus, Edward C.
Papers, 1905-1954
Papers of Admiral Kalbfus, USN, contain his official and personal correspondence, 1942-1954; writings entitled "The Development of the Naval Command Structure, 1898-1945," career photographs, newspaper clipping regarding his career and USS Iowa (SS-61), 1942-1947.
2 boxes and 1 folio
Killham, Edward
Papers, 1983-1985
Correspondence, subject files and writing as State Department Advisor to President of the Naval War College
2 boxes
King, Rufus
Papers, 1890-1975
Letter from President Theodore Roosevelt, 1911; Photographs of King, ships and submarines of U.S. 1890-1975
1 box
Knoll, Denys
Papers, 1936-1988
Papers of Rear Admiral Knoll, USN include biographical data; correspondence and memoranda regarding organization of the Defense Department, 1946-1961; Published and unpublished writings 1936-1980; Speeches, 1960-1988; Intelligence Report on Sixteenth Naval District and "Stalin's Answers to Werth" prepared for the Military Staff Committee, 1946' and Arms of the Soviet Union, 1948; Report on Philippine Camapaign, 1940-1942; Intelligence Report on Sixteenth Naval District, 1942; Radio Broadcast, 1942; Photographs; Miscellaneous writings and newspaper clippings.
1 box
Kurth, Ronald
Papers, 1987-1990
Papers of Rear Admiral Kurth, USN, include correspondence, and subject files on Joint Professional Military Education, Naval War College Review, Naval War College graduation, promotions, daily schedule, etc. during his Naval War College presidency, 1987-1990.
13 boxes
Lang, Kenneth
Papers, 1944-1945
Correspondence sent to parents and friend by sailor who sounded reveille at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, IL describing naval training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, IL and at Treasure Island, CA, 1944-1945. Bugle Corps, daily life.
1 folder
Laning, Caleb
Papers, 1942-1948
Papers of Rear Admiral Laning include correspondence, pamphlets, diagrams and subject files regarding the establishment of Combat Information Centers in destroyers during World War II and correspondence regarding publication of an article, 1942-1948.
1 box
Laning, Harris
Papers, 1890-1941
Papers of Admiral Laning, USN contain correspondence; speeches, 1890-1937; Journal of USS Modnadnock, 1898; drafts of his autobiography, "An Admiral's Yarn", photographs, newspaper clippings, 1897-1939 treating his naval career.
6 boxes and 1 folio
Layton, Edwin T.
Papers, 1924-1984
Papers of Rear Admiral Layton, USN, contain correspondence regarding his Naval Institute oral history and Naval War College Chair of Intelligence, 1970-1975; Miscellany, including yearbook, Japanese texts, maps and charts, U.S. Navy commissions, and photographs, 1924-1984; source materials used by him in writing And I Was There, including published volumes of Japanese War Series, Senshi Sosho, 1967-1975, Pacific Mobile Radio Intelligence Unit Reports, q942-1945, Books, Japanese monographs, military intelligence pamphlets, magazines, oral histories and maps; unpublished materials include SRH histories, 1942-1947, Japanese Naval Radio Intelligence Summaries, 1942-1945; Translations of Japanese Naval Messages, 1941-1942; Translations of Japanese War History, 1942-1944; photographs, Pacific Mobile Radio Intelligence Unit Reports, 1942-1945
52 boxes and folio items
Leith, Fred
Papers, 1905-1919
Letters sent to his family during active duty of Chief Petty Officer in U.S. Navy, 1905-1908; and as Lieutenant in Army in France and Germany during World War I, 1917-1919; Letters describe service on board USS Ranger, USS Elcano and USS Galveston in the Pacific
1 box
Little, William M.
Papers, 1880-1939
Personal correspondence of Captain Little, USN; subject files relate to career reinstatement, Colombian Historical Exposition, Rhode Island Naval Battalion, Naval War College, 1892-1914, Published and unpublished writing and naval War College lectures on naval war gaming, 1895-1913; Translations of articles, 1902-1913; Letterpress books, 1891-1895, relating chiefly to the Colombian Historical Exposition; Photograph album; Personnel correspondence of Major General Louis McCarty Little, (son), 1936-1939; Correspondence course materials of Rear Admiral Julian Boit, (grandson), 1920-1921
4 boxes
Loeser, Harrison
Papers, 1967-1971
Memoranda, sketches, drawings, research papers, and photographs of model of a "Free World Frigate" designed by Loeser and intended for use as an escort vessel by allied navies, 1967-1971.
1 box
Luce, Stephen B.
Papers, 1876-1919
Correspondence of Rear Admiral Luce, USN
0.5 box
Magruder, C. W.
Papers, 1918-1947
Papers of Commodore Magruder include correspondence, newspaper accounts of the sinking of USS Ticonderoga, 1918-1947; War diaries of USS Preston, 1917 and USS Lansdale, 1918-1919.
1 box
Maguire, Doris
Collection, 1887-1915
A collection of research source material on Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick for published work, French Ensor Chadwick, Letter and papers, 1981.
4 boxes
Maguire, Mary V.
Papers, 1943-1983
Official Navy memoranda regarding WAVES service in World War II, 1943 -1954; Subject files on Eastern Sea Frontier WAVES Reunion, New York City, 1982 organized by her; Photographs of WAVES, 1943-1945 and WAVES reunion, 1982-1983, Miscellany.
0.5 box
Mahan, Alfred T.
Papers, 1868-1914
Letters to members of his family by Rear Admiral Mahan, 1884-1896. Letters to Sir John K. Laughton, 1893-1914, Journal kept on board USS Iroquois, Asiatic Squadron, 1868-1869; Research notes, Indexes to diary and scrapbook of materials relating to Spanish American War kept by Berkeley C. Quill, 1868-1914;
7 boxes
Mahan, Alfred T.
Papers, 1789-1967
Papers of Rear Admiral Mahan, USN contain research source materials collected for publication, Letters and Papers of Alfred Thayer Mahan; Copies of unpublished Mahan letters, 1864-1914; Copies of letters from Mahan children; Diary kept on board USS Iroquois and USS Aroostock, 1868-1869, Copy of diary of Charles O'Neill in USS Wasp, 1874-1875; copies of court martial proceeding in which Mahan participated, 1868-1895; copy of scrapbook kept by British publishers, 1894; copies of footnotes and reels of microfilm, 1789-1967.
20 boxes
Maine, USS
Papers, 1898-1912
Photographs of the raising of USS Maine; Diary of J. Reese Brown, 1910-1911, who was a member of the engineering crew
1 box
Marchand, John B.
Papers, 1834-1874
Papers of Captain Marchand, USN include journals of cruises to Mediterranean, South America, Far East, and along the east and west coasts of the United States, 1834-1860; Journals of cruises in South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and Gulf Coast Blockading Squadron, 1861-1864; copies of official letters sent, 1841-1874, Navy signal books, 1840-1860.
4 boxes
Matthews, Wade H. B.
Papers, 1985-1987
Correspondence; Curriculum vita; electives course materials, Intelligence research reports, performance evaluations as State Department Advisor to the President of the Naval War College.
1 box
McCarthy, Stephen
Papers, 1889-1921
U.S. Navy commissions and appointments as Boatswain, Chief Boatswain, and Lieutenant
6 items
McCauley, Charles S.
Papers, 1821-1867
Papers of Commodore McCauley contain letter book of official correspondence, 1850-1859 of squadron commander; journal of Commander Home Squadron, April 6- June 18, 1855; Letters received regarding his naval career discuss conditions in Chile when he was Commanding Officer, Pacific Squadron.
2 boxes
McCrea, Victor
Papers, 1932-1990
Official correspondence of Rear Admiral McCrea, USN, 1955-1982; Writings; Newspaper clippings, Photographs
3 boxes
McIlroy, Doris S.
Papers, 1943-1990
Official correspondence regarding WAVES service, notice of separation and discharge certificate, 1945-1946; Photographs of WAVES at U.S. Naval Training Station, Cedar Falls, Iowa, New York City and Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1943-1945; Training Bulletin from U.S. Naval Training Station, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Pamphlets and brochures from WAVES National Conventions, 1958-1992, Newspaper Clippings of WAVES, 1943-1990.
1 box
McNeill, John H.
Papers, 1990-1991
Correspondence, published articles, speeches, course materials of Professor McNeill for Naval War College and Georgetown University Law Center
1 box
McNulty, James F.
Papers, 1950-1977
Papers of Captain McNulty, USN, include correspondence, 1959-1976; speeches written for Vice Admiral Richard G. Colbert, 1969-1972, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, 1970-1974; writings on U.S. and Soviet Sea Power, U.S. Naval presence, 1970 International Sea Power Symposium, Naval War College missions and objectives, mooring and towing procedures, Sea Grant Colleges, 1962-1975; Notebooks; Photographs
10 boxes
Melville Community Association
Records, 1965-1974
Srapbooks containing newspaper clippings, notices and photographs of Melville Community Center activities, 1965-1973; Minutes of meetings, 1971-1974
7 volumes
Miles, Wilma S.
Papers, 1922-1971
The collection includes correspondence and reports of her husband, Vice Admiral Milton E. Miles, 1922-1939; Autobiography, 1971; Tapes of interviews with her husband for film on Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO), 1943-1945; three films on SACO.
10 boxes
Militargeographische Intelligence Studies
Collection, 1940
Folio maps and texts of maps, pictures and descriptions of places in England and Ireland in preparation for the proposed German invasion of Great Britain planned for 1940.
3 boxes
Miller, August C.
Papers, 1956-1982
Correspondence, 1958-1982, Notes and briefs, 1957-1971; Lectures, speeches, and addresses, updated-1972; Articles, educational materials; lecture transparencies, 1956-1982 used by Professor Miller.
5 boxes
Miller, Edwin S.
Papers, 1933-1968
Papers of Rear Admiral Miller contain biographical information; Official correspondence, 1932-1968 discuss his Navy career and include information on Sino-Japanese War, World War II in the Pacific, Occupation of Japan, Atomic bombing testing in the Pacific and the Vietnam War, as well as Sixth Fleet, 1958-1963.
4 boxes
Minkler, Chester T.
Papers, 1912-1952
Chester T. Minkler was an ordnance engineer at the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island. Materials relating to his torpedo, mine, and depth charge experimentation and inventions at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, 1917-1952.
1 box
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
Collection, 1783-1995
The collection includes letters, journals, diaries, scrapbooks, certificates, and diplomas of naval officers and enlisted rates from the 19th and 20th centuries.
459 items
Monsarrat, John
Papers, 1942-1954
Includes materials regarding his reserve duty from 1942-1954: Extracts from action reports from USS Langley; Miscellany
1 box
Moore, Charles J.
Papers, 1944-1963
Rear Admiral Moore's correspondence with Admiral Raymond Spruance, USN, 1944-1963.
0.5 box and 5 volumes
Moran, Henry G.
Papers, 1923-1988
Papers of Rear Admiral Moran include biographical data; naval career documents, fitness reports, 1923-1958; official correspondence, 1949-1950; personal correspondence, 1939-1982; writings, 1945; Photographs; newspaper clippings, 1923-1988.
2 boxes
Morris, Francis
Papers, 1864-1881
Papers of Commander Morris include order book; Abstract log containing wind, weather, and climatic data; Morning order book from USS Ossipee, 1871-1881; Photographs; imprints, pamphlets
2 boxes
Mullin, William L.
Papers, 1943-1949
Correspondence of Lieutenant Mullin, USNR, Intelligence reports, 1944-1945; Books,; Photographs of U.S. and British ships; Charts and Maps of Southeast Asia; Card file of foreign ships, 1943-1949.
7 boxes, 4 volumes, and 2 card file boxes
Murphy, John F.
Papers, 1971-1981
Correspondence, 1979-1981; Speeches, 1980-1981; Curriculum, 1980-1981 during his tenure as Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Law at the Naval War College
2 boxes
Murphy, Timothy F.
Papers, 1864-1865
Includes letters describing his Civil War service in the U.S. Army and U.S, Navy, February 21, 1864-May 17, 1865. He participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay and served in the Blockading Squadron off Georgia coast.
1 box
Musicant, Ivan
Papers, 1984-1985
Research materials used in writing Battleship at War; history of USS Washington (BB-56). Materials include correspondence with officers and men who served on board Washington
1 box
Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island
Papers, 1915. 1937-1939
Photographs,1915; Training manuals, 1937-1939
1 box
Nelson, Valentine S.
Papers, 1877-1910
Naval orders covering the career of Commodore Nelson from 1877-1910
1 box
O'Connor, Raymond G.
Papers, 1967-1994
Papers of Professor O'Connor include: Correspondence with Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, 1974-1984, Prospectus and copy of Whitehat/Bluejacket: An American Sailor in Peace and War, an account of O'Connor's career in the U.S. Navy; typescripts of "Origins of the American Navy: Sea Power in the Colonies and New Nation;" Book, Powers of the President in Foreign Affairs, 1945-1965; Notes for college courses taught at the Naval War College, 1975-1994
40 boxes
O'Kane, Richard H.
Papers, 1931-1993
Papers of Rear Admiral O'Kane include biographical information; Correspondence received regarding his books, Clear the Bridge! and Wahoo; Diary of his Midshipmen cruise, 1931; Subject files on USS Tang andWahoo; patents for inventions, 1964-1970; Miscellany, 1949-1993.
5 boxes
Oberhard, Gustave
Papers, 1919-1990
Correspondence regarding purveying and provision of U.S. Navy ships and other naval matters, 1919-1978; Correspondence received from Captain G. J. Rowcliff and Rear Admiral C. E. Weakley, 1933-1975; Recollection of cruise on board USS Yosemite, 1958; Miscellany connected with his connection with naval activities in Newport, Rhode Island, 1945-1990.
5 boxes
Oral History
Collection, 1910-1995
The Oral History Collection includes reminiscences of naval officers and WAVES by Columbia University, the U.S. Naval Institute, and the Naval War College.
260 items
Parks, W. Hays
Papers, 1984-1985
Correspondence, subject files and writings of Professor Parks, who was the Charles H. Stockton Chairholder in International Law at the Naval War College.
1 box
Pemstein, Bernard L.
Papers, 1943
Correspondence sent from U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1943-August 1943 and from the U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, September 1943.
0.5 box
Perry, Alexander J.
Papers, 1793-1933
Correspondence sent to Perry and family members 1793-1913
2 boxes
Peter Tare, Inc.
Papers, 1943-1983
Correspondence, 1946-1996; Newsletters, 1948-1995; Rosters and directories, 1947-1994; Photographs of PT Reunions, 1972-1974; Records of PT Boats, Inc, Memphis, Tennessee; 1968-1972
7 boxes
Peterson, George E.
Papers, 1943-1989
Papers of Rear Admiral Peterson include correspondence, 1950, 1954-1956; citations and commendations, 1943-1989; North Pole Expedition materials, 1950-1951; photographs
0.5 box
Pickering, Charles F.
Papers, 1934-1945
Letters of a Navy enlisted man to his parents during World War II from Norfolk, Virginia and from the USS Refuge, (AH-11) in Europe and in the South Pacific
0.5 box
Pouliot, Gabrielle C.
Papers, 1944-1968
Imprints include "A Short History of the U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Bronx, NY" and "Our Days at U.S. Naval Training School, Bronx, NY"; Photographs; Miscellany, including WAVES songbook and prayer
0.5 box
Pratt, William V.
Papers, 1903-1963
Papers of Admiral Pratt include correspondence from 1903-1957; official Navy orders, reports and memoranda, 1915-1941; unpublished writings and speeches, 1920-1957; Correspondence of Mrs. Pratt, 1922-1963; Washington Naval Conference, 1920-1921; Proceedings of the Senate Investigative Committee on the Navy Department, 1920; Studies and reports on international disarmament and the China question, 1920-1931
23 boxes
Quonset Point-Davisville Naval Officers Wives Club
Records, 1962-1972
Newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia of the club's activities at Quonset Point, Naval Air Station, Construction Battalion Center, Davisville, Rhode Island
4 volumes
Robertson, Horace B.
Papers, 1991-1992
Personal files and correspondence of Professor Robertson at the Naval War College. Includes writings on international law, foreign relations, Persian Gulf War and Just War.
2 boxes
Rodgers Jr., James L.
Papers, 1942-1945
His letters from Navy Pre-Flight School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1942-1943; Letters from Camp Endicott, Davisville, Rhode Island regarding Anti-Aircraft School, Newport, Rhode Island.
1 folder
Roenigk, John
Papers, 1930-1977
Papers of Captain Roenigk, USN, contain his naval orders, memoranda, correspondence, photographs, 1930-1977 and include his attendance at the Naval War College, 1948-1951 and 1955-1956; Scrapbooks and photograph albums of his career, 1935-1961.
6 boxes
Rogers, Fred F.
Papers, 1924-1960
Papers of Captain Rogers, USN contain writing and speeches on Japan in 1930s, lectures, and miscellany including newspaper clippings, phone directories, yearbooks, and photograph albums.
5 boxes
Rosinski, Herbert F.
Papers, 1903-1985
Personal and career items of Professor Rosinski; Correspondence from 1948-1985; Published and unpublished writings, 1930-1977
9 boxes
Rubin, Alfred P.
Papers, 1981-1982
Correspondence dealing with matters of international law when Rubin was Charles H. Stockton Chairholder in international Law at the Naval War College.
1 box
Russell, Kay
Papers, 1845-1979
Research source materials collected by Captain Russel, USN for a prospective dissertation on Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce
3 boxes
Sayer, Daniel
Papers, 1862-1865
Civil War family correspondence.
12 items
Scheck, Jane L.
Papers, 1945-1954
Correspondence during her service in the WAVES, 1944-1946; Photographs; Promotion certificates to Ensign and Lieutenant (JG).
0.5 box
Schonland, Herbert E.
Papers, 1929-1985
Rear Admiral Schonland's correspondence including the naming of Schonland Hall, Surface Warfare School, Newport, Rhode Island, 1945-1985; Citation for Medal of Honor
1 box
Schratz, Paul R.
Papers, 1968-1988
Writings of Captain Schratz, USN, include drafts of Submarine Commander, drafts of edited work, The Evolution of the American Military Establishment Since WW II; Notes on military topics, including Continental and Maritime Philosophies in Modern War, World War I, course and resource notes; Correspondence , 1968-1988.
11 boxes
Schwarz, Edwin
Papers, 1938-1945
Collection of papers of Captain Arnold J. Isbell, USN, include Presidential Citation commending USS Card for World War II operations in Atlantic
12 items
Seager, Robert
Collection, 1798-1976
A collection of research source materials on Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan.
23 boxes
Searles, Jack
Papers, 1942-1945
Logs of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 31, 1944-1945 and Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons 2, 3, and 6, 1942-1943, PT Songs; Imprints including several Motor Torpedo Boat Tactical Bulletins and Manuals.
1 box
Semmes, Benedict J.
Papers, 1931-1987
Papers of Vice Admiral Semmes include personal and official correspondence, 1931-1987; Speeches, undated-1972; Writings, including articles by Mrs. Semmes, 1958-1973; Miscellany, including photographs, newspaper clippings, 1944-1987
4 boxes
Service, James
Papers, 1982-1985
Papers of Rear Admiral Service include correspondence regarding Naval War College curriculum, conferences, and administrative matters, 1982-1985 from his presidency of the Naval War College, 1982-1984.
2 boxes
Shaw, James C.
Papers, 1935-1979
Papers of Rear Admiral Shaw include personal and official correspondence, 1939-1975; Journals, notebooks and diaries, 1935-1949; Speeches; Writings, including published and unpublished novels, short stories and articles, 1947-1979; Draft of film scrips for "The Caine Mutiny," "Midway" and the "The Jarvis Story"; Subject files on naval topics.
21 boxes
Shelley, Tully
Papers, 1917-1925
Papers of Rear Admiral Shelley include photograph albums and imprints of USS Wyoming during World War I and after and photograph albums and memorabilia commemorating the cruise of the fleet to Australia, New Zealand, and the South Seas, 1924-1925.
3 boxes
Sherman, Forrest P.
Papers, 1937-1951
Papers of Admiral Sherman include correspondence, and information about his death in Naples, Italy, July 1951.
5 boxes
Simpson, Benjamin M.
Collection, 1917-1985
A collection of research source material on Admiral Harold Stark for his biography, Admiral Harold R. Stark, Architect of Victory, 1939-1945 includes copies of Stark's correspondence, interviews, Simpson's dissertation, Commander Naval Forces Europe Administrative History; Research source material for Sailors and Scholars, The Centennial History of the Naval War College.
23 boxes
Sims, William S.
Papers, 1882-1925
Papers of Admiral Sims include personal letters, 1882-1925 that comments on politics, rebellions in Caribbean, Sino-Japanese War, position as Naval Attache in Paris; World War I assignment as Command Officer, Naval Forces, European Waters, London, England, 1917-1978.
14 boxes
Slonim, Gilven M.
Papers, 1983-1998
Papers of Captain Slonim include Ph.D. dissertation; Speeches on World Ocean, Pearl Harbor; Miscellaneous letters and excerpts from the Congressional Record, 1983-1998.
0.5 box
Smith, Edith L.
Papers, 1943-1995
Imprints, include "A Short History of the U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Bronx, NY"; article, "Making WAVES in the Bronx"; The Story of the U.S. Naval Training School (WR) at Hunter College in Journal of the Bronx County Historical Society; "Women in RI History: Making a Difference"; work schedules and discharge papers, 1945
0.5 box
Smith, Mary T.
Papers, 1925-1928
Correspondence from on board ships in Pacific
1 box
Smith, Norma G.
Papers, 1941-1946
Photographs of VJ Parade in Sonolulu, Hawaii; photographs of nurses and patients at Newport Naval Hospital, 1945; Imprints of Base Eight Hospital, Honolulu, 1945; Resume of service in Navy Nurse Corps, 1944-1945.
1 box
Smith, Roy Campbell.
Papers, 1848-1940
Papers of Captain Smith include correspondence with his wife, 1888-1928; Official correspondence, 1876-1929; Speeches include speeches as Governor of Guam, 1908-1928; Subject files on Aztec Club, Society of the Cincinnati; Guam Naval Station; Miscellany.
24 boxes
Smith, Roy Commander.
Papers, 1924-1937
Papers of Commander Smith contain his Naval War College theses; Naval War College curriculum materials include solutions in International Law, Operations and Tactical Problems, 1933-1934; Correspondence sent to his mother from Pacific area, 1925-1927; Photographs.
0.5 box
Snyder, Charles P.
Papers, 1896-1953
Papers of Admiral Snyder contain his official Navy correspondence, 1896-1947; personal correspondence, 1092-1953; Writings including his Naval War College theses on Policy and Command, 1923-1938; Scrapbook of clippings of Admiral George Dewey and the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898. Naval papers, including ships rosters, Fleet Exercises, ships newspapers, 1910-1946
16 boxes
Snyder, Frank M.
Papers, 1976-1992
Papers of Captain Snyder contain articles and book reviews, 1972-1992; Published books; Speeches prepared for Admiral Arleigh Burke, 1960-1961; Command and Control System Architecture, 1976-1986; Research source material on USS Liberty, 1967, Newport Naval Base, Battle of the Atlantic, Victoria and Camperdown, Battle of Santiago Bay, Battle of Midway.
15 boxes
Spruance, Raymond A.
Papers, 1898-1968
Papers of Admiral Spruance contain personal correspondence, 1944-1968; Official Navy messages sent and received, 1906-1950; Personal correspondence of Commander, Fifth Fleet, August 1943-December 1944; Material on the Battle of Midway; Speeches, 1944-1960; Scrapbooks and mementos
11 boxes, 5 volumes, a oversize folder
Stanley, Joseph W.
Papers, 1898-1953
Personal and official correspondence, 1910-1953, Naval pamphlets treating Mark guns and torpedoes, 1898-1947; Journals and notebooks on guns, mines and torpedoes, 1901-1920; Subject files on the torpedo, 1921-1927; Blueprints, Photographs of ships and naval personnel, 1900-1910
5 boxes
Stark, James
Papers, 1995-1998
Official correspondence of Rear Admiral Stark during his Naval War College presidency, 1995-1998
6 boxes
Stetson, Charles
Collection, 1945
Photographs of surrender of Vice Admiral Kamada, Miscellany including instructions for rescue of downed aviators, 1945.
1 folder
Stockdale, James B.
Papers, 1977-1994
Papers of Vice Admiral Stockdale contain correspondence, speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, tape recording of prison experience, and summary account of confinements as prisoner of war, September 9, 1965-February 12, 1973.
9 boxes
Stockton, Charles H.
Papers, 1886-1936
Papers of Rear Admiral Stockton contain his correspondence regarding his naval career and the Naval War College, 1866-1908; Holograph reminiscences, 1866; Personal Diary, 1904, Journals of ship's cruises in USS Thetis and USS Yorktown and USS Kentucky, 1889-1902; Published books; Miscellany including photographs and newspaper clippings, 1886-1936; Diary of Mrs. Stockton, London, England, 1903, 1905.
4 boxes
Stoddard, William W.
Papers, 1893-1924
Correspondence regarding his career as master machinist, Steam Engineering Department, Brooklyn Navy Yard; Miscellany including notebook, marine engineers exam and questions.
0.5 box
Storer, Horatio R.
Papers, 1883-1929
Correspondence and pictures of prominent U.S. Naval officers; Prints from periodicals depicting the significant historical events in which they achieved fame.
1 box
Strasser, Joseph C.
Papers, 1988-1995
Papers of Rear Admiral Strasser contain correspondence from his Naval War College presidency, 1990-1994 and his prior assignment; Speeches, 1988-1994; Subject Files, 1990-1991; Photographs
22 boxes
Strohmier, Frederick
Papers, 1908
Certificate of crossing the equator in USS Colorado, 1908; Map of cruise of USS Colorado.
4 items and 1 folio
Taussig, Joseph K.
Papers, 1884-1987
Papers of Vice Admiral Taussig contain his personal correspondence, 1994-1933; Official correspondence regarding naval matters, 1901-1927 and letters sent and received regarding testimony before U.S. Senate Committee on the possibility of war with Japan, 1940; Diaries and journals from USS Wadsworth, 1917, USS Little, 1918 and USS Trenton, 1926-27; Unpublished manuscript, "The Queenstown Patrol" by Paul Ryan; Photographs; Subject files on the commissioning of USS J. K. Taussig (DE-1030), Admiral Edward D. Taussig and the U.S. flag on Wake Island, 1898; Books on Naval Songs; Miscellany, certificates, 1899-1967, newspaper clippings, 1895-1950.
14 boxes and folio items
Thomas, Charles M.
Papers, 1862-1905
Papers of Rear Admiral Thomas contain holograph of U.S. Naval Academy notebook, 1862; cruise journals in USS Shenandoah, 1865-1866; General and Special Navy Department Orders issued after 1905; Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, 1863
1.5 boxes
Thompson, Charles P.
Papers, 1869-1893
Paymaster's records kept on board USS Kenosha, USS Plymouth, USS Congress, USS Lancaster, and USS Trenton, 1869-1887 consisting of dates of arrival and departure, ports visited, distances traveled, days at sea, etc.; memoranda on ship's expenses, pay and personal matters and accounts, 1883-1893.
2 volumes
Trotter, Thomas K.
Papers, 1964-1966
Papers relating to Fleet Admiral Nimitz by Commander Trotter who was the Admiral's aide for that period; Much of the material deals with Nimitz's last days and the arrangements for his funeral.
0.5 box
Umsted, Scott
Papers, 1904-1971
Papers of Rear Admiral Umsted contain his official correspondence, 1920-1951; Personal correspondence, 1908-1971; Correspondence and travel writings of his mother Mrs. Katherine Scott Umsted, 1904-1934.
9 boxes
U.S. Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island
Records, 1941-1973
Historical files of the public affairs office.
22 boxes
U.S. Naval Base Newport, Rhode Island
Records, 1913-1969
Historical subject files pertaining to administrative matters, base activities and command facilities, 1942-1969; Presidential visits of Eisenhower and Kennedy, 157-1958, and 1960-1961; German Submarine survivor burial, 1959-1960; War Diaries, 1942-1946;
10 boxes
U.S. Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island
Records, 1885-1974
Correspondence and subject files pertaining to administration and mission of the Naval Training Station and Naval Station, 1885-1974; Historical files of USS Constitution, USS Constellation, visits of Presidents F.D. Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon, Naval Air Station, Naval Torpedo Station, Naval Operating Base, and Goat Island, 1885-1963; Command histories, 1958-1974; War Diaries, 1941-1943; Publications including Our Naval Apprentice, Newport Recruit and Newport Navalog; Photograph albums of the Naval Base, Naval Station, recruit training, 1890-1963.
27 boxes and 1 book
U.S. Naval Torpdeo Station
Records, 1906-1939
Pamphlets on Bliss-Leavitt and Whitehead Torpedoes and Cliss-Leavitt Gyro Gear, 1906-1911; Booklets for Supervisory Training course and Principles of Foremanship, 1932-1933.
1 box
U.S. Naval Women Officers' School Newport, Rhode Island
Records, 1913-1974
Historical subject files including correspondence, calendar of events, chronologies, and booklets regarding the development, organization and administration of the Women Officers School, 1961-1973; Photographs of Nurse Corps Officer and graduates of the Women Officers School, 1948; Extracts of U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations, 1913, with uniform sketches; The Women Officers School was disestablished and consolidated with Officer Candidate School in June 1973.
1 box
U.S. Navy, Bureau of Construction and Repair
Records, 1898-1899
Construction sketches done by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine for U.S. Navy torpedo boats Dahlgren and T.A.M. Craven, 1898, 1899; Construction sketches by Wolff and Zwicker Iron Works, Portland, Oregon for U.S. Navy torpedo boats, Davis and Goldsborough, 1898.
4 folio drawings
VanBenschoten, George W.
Papers, 1917-1968
Holograph account of his service in submarine tender USS Charles Whittmore (SLP) in World War I; Naval orders, 1917-1922.
9 items
Veltman, Ronald H.
Papers, 1942-1995
Subject files on USS Hornet (CV-8) in which he served as Pharmacist's Mate, including ship's history, list of ship's company and Air Group 8; Report on Battle of Santa Cruz, Photographs; Tape recordings by Veltman on history of Hornet and 1942.
1 folder
Wadleigh, George H.
Papers, 1860-1899
Papers of Rear Admiral Wadleigh contain official naval orders, letters of appointment, and commendations relating to his naval career, 1860-1899.
0.5 box
Wadsworth, John W.
Papers, 1858
Correspondence sent from USS Plymouth, June-September 1858 to his family describing life on board the ship and on ashore in the Caribbean.
7 items
Wait, Andrew
Papers, 1936-1944
Correspondence of World War II experiences at Camp Endicott, Davisville, Rhode Island, the South Pacific and San Francisco, California, 1942-1944; Newspapers from Camp Endicott, 1942 and Noumea, New Caledonia, 1942.
0.5 box and one folio
Wait, Dalls
Papers, 1902-1945
Official correspondence of Lieutenant Commander Wait, 1926-1935; Naval war College course materials, 1922-1929; Signal Log Books from Atlantic Fleet, 1943-1945; Diaries of Mrs. Wait, 1902-1929.
4 boxes
Waite, Nellie
Papers, 1943-1946
Copies of WAVE discharge and separation papers, 1946; Newspaper, Naval Air Station, Atlanta, 1944; Navy Prayer Book; Photographs of WAVE Regiment, Hunter College.
0.5 box
Walker, George
Papers, 1992-1993
Correspondence regarding his assignment as holder of Charles H. Stockton Chair of International Law, 1992-1993; Copies of papers on Maritime Neutrality, Integration and Disintegration in Europe, Federal Rules on Civil Procedure in Transnational Law.
2 boxes
Weaver, Charles W.
Papers, 1942-1971
Operational Log kept for Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley describing the Guadalcanal Operation, August 1 - November 13, 1942; Copy of letter from Ghormley indicating the value of this log; Letter from Admiral Richmond K. Turner; Newspaper clippings on 25th anniversary of the invasion of Saipan, and his retirement after a 42 year newspaper career in 1971; Reminiscences of invasion of Saipan and World War II naval leaders.
5 items and 1 folio
Webber, S. Gilbert
Papers, 1862
Correspondence of Dr. Webber with his fiancee, February 15-November 13, 1862; He was a naval surgeon stationed at the Boston Navy Yard and on board USS Ohio during the Civil War.
0.5 box
Welch, Edward F.
Papers, 1975-1982
Papers of Rear Admiral Welch contain subject files on foreign and domestic trips taken, strategic studies group, war gaming, Soviet Affairs 1978-1981, Naval War College Foundation, 1975-1977, Rochambeau Celebration, 1980, U.S. Commission on Peace and Conflict Resolution, 1980; Speeches, 1979-1982.
3 boxes
Wellings, Joseph H.
Papers, 1896-1973
Papers of Rear Admiral Wellings contain personal and official correspondence; Naval Orders; Memoranda and messages regarding base negotiations with the West Indies Federation; Staff correspondence as Commanding Officer, First Naval District; Naval and business correspondence in retirement, 1925-1986; Speeches and writings, including "On Her Majesties Service," reminiscences as observer of the British Home Fleet and witness to sinking of Bismarck, 1934-1975; Subject Files, including career related material on Strolling and service as Naval Attache in London and Bismarck sinking, 1921-1964; Miscellany.
23 boxes
Weschler, Thomas R.
Papers, 1935-1989
Papers of Vice Admiral Weschler contain: Personal and career correspondence, 1935-1988; Published and unpublished writings, 1950-1985; Subject Files concerning naval career assignments and post-retirement; Naval War College academic positions, 1955-1988; Biographical and personal papers, 1935-1975; Speeches and articles by naval officers and politic figures.
27 boxes
West, Richard
Papers, 1957-1968
Papers of Professor West include correspondence, research source materials, interviews, commentary by Admiral H. Kent Hewitt; final draft for an unpublished book, "A History of Amphibious Warfard: From the Age of Sail to Inchon."
11 boxes
White, Albert F.
Papers, 1941-1944
Papers of Rear Admiral White contain naval orders, citations, and marilgrams.
10 items
White, Luisa C.
Papers, 1944-1945
Correspondence when she was a WAVE at Naval Air Station, Atlanta, Georgia and Link Trainer Instructor at Naval Air Station, Lake City, Florida; Photographs.
2 boxes
Wilde, E. Andrew
Papers, 1941-1945
Booklets on U.S. destroyers that were lost during World War II that Commander Wilde, USNR compiled. These booklets include photographs, histories, crew lists, memoranda, citations, and battle accounts.
3 boxes
Williams, Arthur P.
Papers, 1942-1969
Papers of Captain Williams, USNR contain his correspondence, naval orders, citations, newspaper clippings, 1944; World War II Photographs
0.5 box
Williams, L. Jane
Papers, 1944-1946
Postcards sent and received during her service in the WAVES at Naval Training School (WR), Bronx, New York; U.S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and U. S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California.
1 folder
Wilson, Eugene E.
Papers, 1966-1970
Writings, addresses, letters, relating to the U.S. military, naval air power, modern warfare and space exploration.
8 items
Wilson, George G.
Papers, 1895-1927
Letters received from presidents of the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.
6 items
Winslow, Cameron M.
Papers, 1875-1916
Papers of Commander Winslow, USN, contain copies of mesages, reports, ship's log entries and other items relating to the cutting of the ocean cable at the entrance to the harbor of Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1898-1899; U.S. Naval Academy diploma, commissioning certificates.
0.5 box
Women Officers' School
Papers, 1913-1974
1 box
Wood, Chester C.
Papers, 1928-1952
Papers of Vice Admiral Wood, USN, include U.S. Navy communications, memoranda relating to assignments and career matters; Letters received, photographs and miscellaneous items; USS Wasp-USS Hobson collision court of inquiry files, April-August 1952; clippings relating to the USS Missouri grounding court of inquiry, February 1950.
0.5 box
Wood, George W.
Papers, 1935-1970
Correspondence regarding The Acoustical Society of America, 1956-1964; Correspondence regarding Strategic Air Command Atlantic Anti-submarine Research Center, La Spezia, Italy, 1956-1962; Reports, journals, articles, conference proceedings, speeches, and transcripts of conversations treating underwater sound, acoustics, Project Nobska, 1937-1970, Miscellany.
4 boxes
Woodson, Walter B.
Papers, 1907-1945
Papers of Rear Admiral Woodson, USN contain memoranda and directives of Flag Secretary, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Third Division, Battleship Squadron, 1914-1917; Log of presidential cruise to Dry Tortugas, 1937 and diary kept while naval aide to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937-1938; Photograph album of F.D. Roosevelt's cruise through the Panama Canal and the Caribbean, 1934 and 1942; Commemorative twenty-fifth anniversary book of the Class of 1905 and of Round the World Cruise of the Great White Fleet, 1907-1909; Photographs, ciplomas, citations and commissioning certificates, 1900-1942.
4 boxes
Woodson, Walter B.
Papers, 1952-1963
Papers of Captain Woodson, USN, contain photographs and album of 1963 visit of Brazilian Naval War College staff to the U.S.; correspondence regaring orders to Brazil, 1962; Miscellany.
1 box
Worthington, Robert K. R.
Papers, 1938-1996
Papers of Captain Worthington, USN, include correspondence, including details of Cochino rescue, 1945-1996; War partol logs from USS Balao; Writing, including diary, November 30, 1941-June 1943; Speeches, reports and typed manuscript; Subject files on USS Tusk, Cochino, Silversides, and Tolovana rescues; Photographs; Files of Tusk, Balao and Silversides; Miscellany including rosters, citations, programs; Newspaper clippings.
8 boxes
Wulzen, Donald W.
Papers, 1935-1996
Papers of Rear Admiral Wulzen, USN contain correspondence, 1945-1966; Letters of commendation and appreciation, 1914-1968; Personal memoirs of naval service entitled "A Sailor's Story; Ports of Call"; Photographs; Certificates, 1937-1985; Citations, 1944-1949; Newspaper clippings, Miscellany, including untitled piece on tradition in the U.S. Navy.
1 box