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Bernard M. Baruch, Jr. papers (MSC-146)

Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College

686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841-1207
Tel: 401-841-2435
E-mail: nhc@usnwc.edu
Website: https://usnwcarchives.org/

Inventory

Series I. Correspondence
2.5 box(es)

Series I, Correspondence, contains three boxes of letters received and sent during his naval reserve career, 1937-1962, that treat the various projects with which he was involved. These letters are addressed to flag rank officers of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force and politicians, among others. A significant portion of correspondence in later years deals with his failure to achieve flag rank.

Arrangement: Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Index of Correspondents
undated
Box 1, Folder 2 Summary of Correspondence
undated
Box 1, Folder 3 Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
1951-1956
Box 1, Folder 4 Airline Pilots Association
1948-1957
Box 1, Folder 5 Air Transport Association
1953
Box 1, Folder 5 Allen, Brooke E.
1954
Box 1, Folder 6 Alien Supervision
1939-1940
Box 1, Folder 7 American Flag Shipping Company
1955
Box 1, Folder 7 American Telephone & Telegraph
1957
Box 1, Folder 8 Ammon, William B.
1952-1957
Box 1, Folder 9 Ankenbrandt, F.L.
1948-1954
Box 1, Folder 10 Astor, Vincent
1954
Box 1, Folder 11 Beau, Lucas Y.
1995
Box 1, Folder 11 Berquist, Kenneth P.
1955
Box 1, Folder 11 Blake, Gordon A.
1953-1956
Box 1, Folder 12 Boatner, Bryant L.
1947
Box 1, Folder 12 Bradley, Omar
1953
Box 1, Folder 12 Bruton, H.C.
1957
Box 1, Folder 13 Bull, James T.
1938
Box 1, Folder 13 Burgess, George
1948
Box 1, Folder 13 Burgess, W.M.
1953-1954
Box 1, Folder 14 Burke, Arleigh
1959-1960
Box 1, Folder 14 Burke, Richard L.
1948
Box 1, Folder 14 Buskey, Paul
1956
Box 1, Folder 15 Cabell, Charles P.
1948-1961
Box 1, Folder 15 Chidlaw, Benjamin W.
1952-1955
Box 1, Folder 16 Cooley, Thomas R.
1952
Box 1, Folder 16 Cooper W.G.
1958
Box 1, Folder 16 Crpsley, Paul C.
undated
Box 1, Folder 17 Curts, Maurice E.
1958-1959
Box 1, Folder 17 DeFlorez, Luis de
1956
Box 1, Folder 17 Delany, Walter S.
1953
Box 1, Folder 17 Deuterman, H.T.
1957-1959
Box 1, Folder 18 Dinwiddie, John
1959-1960
Box 1, Folder 18 Douglas, James H.
1957-1960
Box 1, Folder 18 DuBose, Laurence T.
1957-1960
Box 1, Folder 19 Estes, Howell, M.
1959-1965
Box 1, Folder 19 Espe, Carl F.
1955-1962
Box 1, Folder 20 Evans, Albert
1961
Box 1, Folder 20 Finletter, Thomas K.
1950
Box 1, Folder 21 Forrestal, James V.
1946-1949
Box 1, Folder 21 Forte, Albert
1953
Box 1, Folder 21 Ford, Walter C.
1959
Box 1, Folder 22 Frost, Laurence
1957
Box 1, Folder 22 Frost, Benjamin
1959
Box 1, Folder 23 Gallery, Daniel V.
1952-1959
Box 2, Folder 1 Gates, Thomas
1957-1962
Box 2, Folder 2 Gingrich, John
1947-1957
Box 2, Folder 2 Goldsborough, Paul
1953-1957
Box 2, Folder 2 Graubart, A.H.
undated
Box 2, Folder 3 Grussendorf, R.A.
1952-1953
Box 2, Folder 3 Hannah, Joseph
1953
Box 2, Folder 4 Harper, Robert
1954
Box 2, Folder 4 Henry, Draper F.
1955
Box 2, Folder 4 Hillenketter, R.H.
1947-1955
Box 2, Folder 4 Hodgkins, N.G.
1959
Box 2, Folder 5 Howeth, L.S.
1954
Box 2, Folder 5 Hughes, W.C.
1959
Box 2, Folder 5 Hustvedt, Olaf
1953-1957
Box 2, Folder 6 Jacobs, Claude, W.
1955
Box 2, Folder 6 Johnson, Leon W.
1953
Box 2, Folder 6 Kehoe, Donald E.
1953-1957
Box 2, Folder 7 Kenner, W.W.
1959
Box 2, Folder 7 Killion, George
1959
Box 2, Folder 7 Kinney, Sheldon
1959
Box 2, Folder 7 Kuter, Lawrence
1948-1949
Box 2, Folder 7 Kutz, Thomas R.
1948-1949
Box 2, Folder 7 Kriloff, Herbert
1958
Box 2, Folder 7 Kiare, R.A.
undated
Box 2, Folder 8 Lavin, Charles G.
1955
Box 2, Folder 8 Lewis, Millard
1956-1957
Box 2, Folder 8 Li-Tsung, Jen
1955
Box 2, Folder 9 Low, F.S.
1954-1955,
Box 2, Folder 9 Lowerence, V.L.
1957
Box 2, Folder 9 Lynch, W. Waldo
1953-1955
Box 2, Folder 9 Mandel, Leon
1956
Box 2, Folder 10 Martin, Glen W.
1949-1959
Box 2, Folder 10 Mason, Redfield
1959
Box 2, Folder 10 Massey, James B.
1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 10 Masland, William M.
undated
Box 2, Folder 11 McCoy, R. Bruce
1947
Box 2, Folder 11 McClelland
1948
Box 2, Folder 11 Mears, Gilbert
1953
Box 2, Folder 11 Meirer, J.R.
1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 12 Miles, Milton E.
1958-1960
Box 2, Folder 12 Milton Class Dinner
1947
Box 2, Folder 13 Momsen, Charles B.
undated
Box 2, Folder 13 Montgomery, J.B.
1947-1954
Box 2, Folder 13 Morse, Clarence G.
undated
Box 2, Folder 13 Morine, L.H.
undated
Box 2, Folder 14 Nash, Bradley
1954-1955
Box 2, Folder 14 National Business Aircraft Association
undated
Box 2, Folder 14 Naval Intelligence
undated
Box 2, Folder 14 Navy League
undated
Box 2, Folder 15 Normile, Glen W.
1955-1958
Box 2, Folder 15 Ohly, John H.
1959
Box 2, Folder 15 Opper, Elwood R.
undated
Box 2, Folder 15 Quesada, Earle
1958
Box 2, Folder 16 Patridge
1958
Box 2, Folder 16 Pryor, F.D.
1946
Box 2, Folder 16 Radford, Arthur
1946
Box 2, Folder 16 Ramsay
1947-1948
Box 2, Folder 17 Randell, Carey A.
1956
Box 2, Folder 17 Redman, Joseph
1944-1957
Box 2, Folder 17 Reever, J.W.
1947
Box 2, Folder 17 Rentzel, Delos W.
1948-1961
Box 2, Folder 17 Rhode, John E.
1955-1961
Box 2, Folder 17 Richmond, Alfred E.
undated
Box 3, Folder 1 Russell, James
1959
Box 3, Folder 1 Samford, John A.
1954
Box 3, Folder 1 Slater, John C.M.
1955-1956
Box 3, Folder 1 Sayeon, Clarence
undated
Box 3, Folder 2 Smith, Edward
1950-1953
Box 3, Folder 2 Smith, Frederic
undated
Box 3, Folder 2 Smith, Joseph
1950-1953
Box 3, Folder 3 Stone, Earl
1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 3 Strauble, Arthur
1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 3 Sullivan, John L
1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 3 Strauss, Lewis
1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 4 Symington, W. Stuart
1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 4 Talbert, Ansel, E.
1959
Box 3, Folder 5 Talbott, Harold S.
1954
Box 3, Folder 5 Tappin, John
1948
Box 3, Folder 5 Toth, Joseph
1953-1959
Box 3, Folder 6 Turner, William
1959
Box 3, Folder 6 Tuthill, John
1959
Box 3, Folder 6 Vandenberg, Hoyts
1952-1953
Box 3, Folder 7 Wartime Communications Institute
1942
Box 3, Folder 7 Watkins, Frank T.
1958-1959
Box 3, Folder 8 Watson, Harold E.
1954-1959
Box 3, Folder 8 Wertenbaker, George L.
1954-1959
Box 3, Folder 8 Willis, Barry
1959-1962
Box 3, Folder 9 Wildman, C.K.
undated
Box 3, Folder 9 Wilson, Charles E.
1956
Box 3, Folder 9 Wright, Jerauld
1959-1960

Series II. Naval Papers
3.5 box(es)

Naval papers, Series II, are housed in three boxes. The first box contains material pertaining to his assignments while the other two contain documentation on the Merchant Ship Intelligence Program, Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings, and Communications Instructions for Reporting Military Intelligence Sightings, and Communications for Reporting Enemy Sightings and a Joint Army-Navy Publication for Reporting Intelligence for merchant ships and aircraft.

Arrangement: Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 3, Folder 1 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
undated
Box 3, Folder 1 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1938
Box 3, Folder 2 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1939
Box 3, Folder 3 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1940
Box 3, Folder 4 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1941
Box 3, Folder 5 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1942
Box 3, Folder 6 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1943
Box 3, Folder 7 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1944
Box 3, Folder 8 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1945
Box 3, Folder 9 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1946
Box 3, Folder 10 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1947
Box 3, Folder 11 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1948
Box 3, Folder 12 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1949
Box 3, Folder 13 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1950
Box 3, Folder 14 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1951
Box 4, Folder 1 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1952
Box 4, Folder 2 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1953
Box 4, Folder 3 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1954
Box 4, Folder 4 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1955
Box 4, Folder 5 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1956
Box 4, Folder 6 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1957
Box 4, Folder 7 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1958
Box 4, Folder 8 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1959
Box 4, Folder 9 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1960
Box 4, Folder 10 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1961
Box 4, Folder 11 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
1962
Box 4, Folder 12 Reserve Officers Increase in Rank
undated
Box 4, Folder 13 Cires, Commercial Airline-Enemy Sightings Reports
1942
Box 4, Folder 14 Cires 43
undated
Box 4, Folder 15 Cires 43 background
undated
Box 4, Folder 16 Cires, British use
undated
Box 4, Folder 17 Cires directives
1942-1945
Box 4, Folder 18 Cires, Japanese Balloons
undated
Box 5, Folder 1 Cires Radio Facility Charts
undated
Box 5, Folder 2 Cires report to CNO
undated
Box 5, Folder 3 Cires/Cirvis directives
1945-1948
Box 5, Folder 4 Cirmis working papers
undated
Box 5, Folder 5 Cirvis USAF directives
undated
Box 5, Folder 6 Cirvis Conac regulation 200-1
undated
Box 5, Folder 7 Cirvis JCS report
undated
Box 5, Folder 8 Cirvis miscellany
undated
Box 5, Folder 9 Cirvis progress reports
undated
Box 5, Folder 10 Cirvis posters
undated
Box 5, Folder 11 Cirvis Pan Am
undated
Box 5, Folder 12 Cirvis Smith report
undated
Box 5, Folder 13 Cirvis working papers
undated
Box 5, Folder 14 Cirvis Canada
undated
Box 5, Folder 15 JANAP 146 A
undated
Box 5, Folder 16 JANAP 145 C-D
undated
Box 5, Folder 17 Merint
undated
Box 5, Folder 18 Merint ONI conference
1959 June
Box 5, Folder 19 Merint recommendations to DNC
undated
Box 5, Folder 20 Merint working papers
undated
Box 6, Folder 1 Airlines recognition course
undated
Box 6, Folder 2 Intelligence Information
undated
Box 6, Folder 3 Correspondence courses
undated
Box 6, Folder 4 Correspondence course in Naval Intelligence
undated
Box 6, Folder 5 Intelligence Organization Course
undated
Box 6, Folder 6 Training materials
undated
Box 6, Folder 7 Training materials, Army & USAF
undated
Box 6, Folder 8 Recognition training
undated

Series III. Subject Files
1.5 box(es)

Series III, Subject Files, contains correspondence, clippings and articles pertaining to boards that Baruch served on or topics that interested him, such as St. Francis Hospital, The Committee of One Hundred, United Airlines, Pan American Airline, the Eastern Sea Frontier and military etiquette.

Arrangement: Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 7, Folder 1 Awards & Promotions to Admiral
undated
Box 7, Folder 2 Airline Pilots Association
undated
Box 7, Folder 3 Aliens, Illegal
undated
Box 7, Folder 4 Brackx, Laurent H.T.
undated
Box 7, Folder 5 Committee of One Hundred
undated
Box 7, Folder 6 Common Frequency
undated
Box 7, Folder 7 Cosmopolitan Magazine
undated
Box 7, Folder 8 Eastern Sea Frontier
undated
Box 7, Folder 9 Economic Mobilization Course
undated
Box 7, Folder 10 Economic Warfare
undated
Box 7, Folder 11 Great Lakes Marine Aircraft
undated
Box 7, Folder 12 Ground Observer Aircraft & Recognition Manual
undated
Box 7, Folder 13 Gulf Sea Frontier
undated
Box 7, Folder 14 Military Etiquette
undated
Box 8, Folder 1 Pan American Airways
undated
Box 8, Folder 2 Philadelphia Ports
undated
Box 8, Folder 3 United Airlines
undated
Box 8, Folder 4 St. Francis Hospital
undated

Series IV. Miscellany
1.5 box(es)

Miscellany, Series IV, contains naval training films and film scripts, photographs of United States, British and German submarines of WWII vintage. In addition, there are two boxes of slides of submarines and German ships and seaplanes. Imprints and career photographs complete this section.

Arrangement: Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 8, Folder 5 Bridge of Ships
undated
Box 8, Folder 6 General Miscellany
undated
Box 8, Folder 7 Itineraries
undated
Box 8, Folder 8 Photographs
undated
Box 9, Folder 1 Photographs of Submarines
undated
Box 9, Folder 2 Slides of German Ships and Submarines
undated
Box 9, Folder 3 Film of "Communication Instructions for Reporting Enemy Sightings", CIRES
1944
Box 9, Folder 4 Master Script for "Communication Instruction for Reporting Enemy Sightings", CIRES
undated
Box 9, Folder 5 Framed Citations
undated

Series V. Papers of Bernard M Baruch Sr.
3 box(es)

Series V, the papers of Bernard M. Baruch Sr. consist of his published writings that are contained in red leather bound volumes and in separate folders.

Arrangement: Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 10, Folder 1 The Papers of Bernard M. Baruch, Sr., Book One
1919-1930
Box 10, Folder 2 Book Two
1931-1936
Box 11, Folder 3 Book Three
1937-1945
Box 11, Folder 4 Book Four
1946-1950
Box 11, Folder 5 Book Five
1951- 1956
Box 12, Folder 1 Testimony of Bernard M. Baruch to the United States Senate
undated
Box 12, Folder 2 War and Post-War Adjustment Policies
1944
Box 12, Folder 2 Thoughts on Peace
1944
Box 12, Folder 3 Atomic Energy Commission Report to the United Nations
1946
Box 12, Folder 3 A Philosophy for Our Time, International Control of Atomic Energy
1946
Box 12, Folder 4 Air Force Magazine
1948 Nov