Guide to Manuscript Items, 1783-2013 and undated


Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841-1207
Tel: 401-841-2435
email: nhc@usnwc.edu
Website: https://usnwcarchives.org/

Published in 2019

Collection Overview

Title: Manuscript Items
Date range: 1783-2013 and undated
Creator: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Extent: 38.5 linear feet (36 archival boxes, 7 half archival boxes, 14 oversize boxes, 6 oversize folders)
Abstract: This collection consists of single manuscripts items from past NWC presidents, faculty, and staff, as well as other other naval officers and military service members from Rhode Island and the surrounding area. These items include correspondence, journals, reports, certificates, commissions, scrapbooks, and other ephemera that relate to the history of the U.S. Naval War College, the history of navies in the Narragansett Bay region, and the history of naval warfare and strategy.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection number: MSC-364

Scope & content

This collection consists of single manuscripts items from past NWC presidents, faculty, and staff, as well as other other naval officers and military service members from Rhode Island and the surrounding area. These items include correspondence, journals, reports, certificates, commissions, scrapbooks, and other ephemera that relate to the history of the U.S. Naval War College, the history of navies in the Narragansett Bay region, and the history of naval warfare and strategy.

Access Points

Subject Organizations Subject Organizations Subject Topics Geographical Names Document Types

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by the Manuscript Item number (MSI) assigned to an item(s) at the time of its accession to the Naval Historical Collection.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.
Use of the materials: Material in this collection is in the public domain, unless otherwise noted.
Preferred citation: "Title," Date. Manuscript Itemsy papers, MSC 364, Box number, Folder number. Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
Contact information: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841-1207
Tel: 401-841-2435
email: nhc@usnwc.edu
Website: https://usnwcarchives.org/

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: This collection was received through multiple accessions to the Naval Historical Collection.
Processing information: This collection was rehoused according to current archival standards by NHC intern, Willa Anderson and Elizabeth Delmage in 2019.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Delmage, 2019 Jun 26.
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS).

Additional Information

Inventory


Box 1, Folder 1 Edmund Warre letter (MSI 1)
Contents Note: Letter from Cecil Smith, written on British Museum stationery, regarding the "Ship Question."

1888 Nov 02
Box 1, Folder 2 Edwin Noyes letter (MSI 2)
Contents Note: Letter from I. G. Walker, USNA, regarding class standing of Boutelle Noyes (son).

1868 Jun 10
Box 1, Folder 3 USS Juanita navigator's report (MSI 3)
Contents Note: Report indicating distance per log, latitude, longitude, and current. G. M. Bache, navigator; Stephen B. Luce, CO. Noon, 26 April 1870.

1870 Apr 06
Box 1, Folder 4 J. G. Hobbs letters (MSI 4)
Contents Note: Letters from S. R. Colham regarding shipments of supplies to the Station, 22-23 March 1895. Postcard from W. V. Bechler acknowledging payment for his book on the history of the Italian-Turkish War, 15 December 1913.

1895, 1913
Box 46x, Folder 1 Jonathan Bowen certificate (MSI 5)
Contents Note: Certificate of membership in the Newport, RI, Marine Society, July 1, 1800. (Reproduction)

1880 Jul 01
Box 1, Folder 5 Reginald R. Belknap typescript (MSI 6)
Contents Note: Unpublished "Introduction to the Life and Letters of Rear Admiral George Collier Remey, United States Navy, 1841-1928" with newspaper clippings and photographs.

after 1928
Box 59x, Folder 1 Chester W. Nimitz certificate (MSI 7)
Contents Note: Certificate of commission to Ensign, USN, signed by Theodore Roosevelt.

1907 Mar 07
Box 59x, Folder 2 Fort Adams, Newport, RI letter (MSI 8)
Contents Note: Architectural plans of Commanding Officers Quarters with comments of Major General G. K. Warren, USA, Newport, R.I.

1876 Mar 15
Box 46x, Folder 2 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 9)
Contents Note: Letter to Nathaniel P. Banks regarding a bill in Congress to increase the Navy's complement of seamen.

1879 Jan 09
Box 1, Folder 6 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 10)
Contents Note: Letter to George S. Blake regarding conditions in the South at the end of the Civil War, from USS Pontiac.

1865 Mar 01
Box 1, Folder 7 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 11)
Contents Note: Letter to Samuel DuPont requesting assignment to his squadron.

1861 Oct 13
Box 1, Folder 8 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 12)
Contents Note: Letter to publisher, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Mass., regarding illustrations for a forthcoming book.

1889 Nov 22
Box 1, Folder 9 Ralph Dix drawings (MSI 13)
Contents Note: Drawings and notes of a seaman apprentice concerning seamanship training at the Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, and aboard USS Constellation.

1898
Box 1, Folder 10 Caspar F. Goodrich letter (MSI 14)
Contents Note: Letter from RADM Charles E. Clark, USN (Ret.), thanking him for a copy of The Nation.

1917 Jan 01
Box 1, Folder 11-14 Harris Laning autobiography (MSI 15)
Contents Note: Draft autobiography entitled "An Admiral's Yarn," covering boyhood; Naval Academy days; Early naval career in the Spanish-American War; Years as student, staff member and president of the Naval War College; Major naval commands as Chief of Staff to CO, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, 1919-1921, Chief of Staff, CO Battle Fleet, 1927, CO, Battleship Division Two, 1928-1930, and CO Cruisers, Scouting Force, 1933-1935, and retirement years as Governor of the Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa., 1937-1941.

undated
Box 2, Folder 1-2 William D. Puleston typescript (MSI 16)
Contents Note: Translation of The Naval War in the Dardanelles by Captain A Thomasi, French Navy.

undated
Box 2, Folder 3 Charles H. Baker letter book (MSI 17)
Contents Note: Copies of letters sent and received by Baker and Navy engineers regarding the condition of engines and boilers in USS Worcester, USS Shenandoah, USS Swatara and USS Richmond and an investigation of an explosion in USS Worcester; Letters to SECNAV R.W. Thompson regarding Baker’s complaint about the advancement of Chief Engineer Barttleman ahead of him on the Navy Register.

1871-1879
Box 2, Folder 4 David G. Farragut letter (MSI 18)
Contents Note: Letter to Mrs. Farragut regarding preparations for the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, from the USS Hartford.

1864 Jul 31
Box 3, Folder 1-6 Milton E. Miles typescript (MSI 19)
Contents Note: Manuscript copy of "The Navy Launches a Dragon," edited and revised by Hawthorne Daniel and published as A Different Kind of War (1967)

undated
Box 46x, Folder 3-6 George C. Remey reminiscences (MSI 20)
Contents Note: Unpublished "Reminiscences, George C. Remey, RADM, USN," including edited and arranged copy of 1920 manuscript, genealogical notes, photographs, etc.; Also, "A Supplement to the Reminiscences of Rear Admiral George Collier Remey, USN," 1929, 1932.

1920-1932
Box 4, Folder 1 William Carter notebook (MSI 21)
Contents Note: English seaman’s unpublished notebook entitled “William Carter’s Navigation Book, Civet Prison, France, 1807,” including watercolor drawings of ships, nautical scenes, instruments and equipment; Navigation calculations; Notes on seamanship; Log entry of voyage in the ADVENTURE OF LONDON, Madeira, etc., April-May 1796 (prepared or transcribed in Civet Prison); Log entry; Journal of voyage in RICHARD LANCASTER from the Spurn to the Neye of Norway, April 1-2, 1805, kept by John David Banks of Pillan (prepared or transcribed in Civet Prison).

1807
Box 4, Folder 2 U.S. Naval Academy, Newport, RI envelopes (MSI 22)
Contents Note: Envelopes addressed to Midshipmen Francis D. Foote and T. M. Dayton.

circa 1861-1865
Box 4, Folder 3 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 23)
Contents Note: Letter to S. E. Chandler concerning the U.S. Naval Institute.

1875 Oct 02
Box 4, Folder 4 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 24)
Contents Note: Letter to Vice Admiral Charles L. Melson, President, Naval War College, with comments on the importance and value of a Naval War College education.

1965 Sep 24
Box 4, Folder 5 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 25)
Contents Note: Letter to LT Washington I. Chambers, USN, regarding the Naval War College.

1892 Jul 27
Box 4, Folder 6 Tetsushi Nakamura letter (copy) (MSI 26)
Contents Note: Letter attributed to a Japanese Second Lieutenant regarding favorable treatment by Americans to prisoners of war. Copies of the letter, actually devised by U.S. Intelligence, were dropped over Tokyo during U.S. bombardment in February 1945.

circa 1945
Box 52x, Folder 1 Richard L. Conolly citation (MSI 27)
Contents Note: Citation issued by President of Italy in recognition of his service during World War II.

1948 Oct 19
Box 4, Folder 7 Raymond P. Rodgers letter (MSI 28)
Contents Note: Letter of commendation for heroism from Secretary of the Navy George M. Robeson.

1871 Dec 12
Box 4, Folder 8 Elmo R. Zumwalt letter (MSI 29)
Contents Note: Letter to Mary Ingersoll-Curtis in Greely, Colo., 1 April 1992, regarding U.S. military capability to invade North Vietnam during the Vietnam War and the possible entrance of China into the conflict as a result. He disputes the latter and felt civilian management of the conflict led to more casualties than the Persian Gulf War where the military exerted control.

1992 Apr 08
Box 4, Folder 9 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 30)
Contents Note: Letter to R. Stein regarding the project or organization for peaceful settlement of international disputes.

1906 Nov 06
Box 4, Folder 10 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 31)
Contents Note: Letter to unknown addressee regarding identification of portrait.

1911 Dec 11
Box 4, Folder 11 Alfred T. Mahan note (MSI 32)
Contents Note: Note on religion.

1895 Jun 20
Box 4, Folder 12 Caspar F. Goodrich letter (MSI 33)
Contents Note: Letter from RADM William S. Sims regarding the Naval War College schedule and a book by Goodrich.

1921 Jan 29
Map Case 6 USS Lexington and USS Saratoga blueprints (MSI 34)
Contents Note: Blueprints for conversion of battle cruisers, Lexington (CCI ) and Saratoga (CC3) to aircraft carriers (CV-2 and CV-3). Bureau of Construction and Repair. (This item is rolled and in fragile condition.)

undated
Map case 6, Drawer 1 Samuel E. Morison annotated nautical chart (MSI 35)
Contents Note: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office Chart, 1919, "North Pacific Ocean, Middle Part," used in research on Battle of Midway, 4-7June 1942, and containing penciled annotations by Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, 1946.

circa 1942
Box 4, Folder 13 David G. Farragut letter (MSI 36)
Contents Note: Letter to GEN Benjamin F. Butler regarding the capture of the city of New Orleans, La., written from USS Hartford.

1862 May 01
Box 4, Folder 14 Raymond P. Rodgers letter (MSI 37)
Contents Note: Letter from Secretary of the Navy William Whitney assigning Rodgers to temporary duty aboard a dynamite gun cruiser in Philadelphia, Pa.

1888 Apr 03
Box 4, Folder 15 Stephen B. Luce note (MSI 38)
Contents Note: Note regarding delivery of a letter and enclosure from SECNAV George M. Robeson.

1871 Dec 12
Box 4, Folder 16 Raymond P. Rodgers letter (MSI 39)
Contents Note: Letter from Navy Department regarding a general court-martial to be held at the Navy Yard, N.Y., 25 October 1883.

1883 Oct 23
Box 4, Folder 17 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 40)
Contents Note: Letter to Samuel Hamblelon thanking him for favors rendered.

1820 Jan 26
Box 4, Folder 18 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 41)
Contents Note: Letter to Samuel Hambleton with instructions regarding finances.

circa 1820
Box 4, Folder 19 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 42)
Contents Note: Letter to Lieutenant Theodore Porter (son), regarding family matters and official Navy business.

1882 Jan 05
Box 4, Folder 20 T. Craven letter (MSI 43)
Contents Note: Signatures of members of U.S. Navy Court Martial Board and charges brought against Craven, Captain of USS Niagara.

1865 Nov 07
Box 4, Folder 21 David Beatty letter (MSI 44)
Contents Note: ADM, Royal Navy, CIC, British Grand Fleet, 1916–1919. First Sea Lord, 1919–1927 Letter to LT Alexander A.S. Wotherspoon, USN, regarding a gift of a photograph for the wardroom of USS New York.

1919 Nov 06
Box 4, Folder 22 David Beatty menu (MSI 45)
Contents Note: ADM, Royal Navy, CIC, British Grand Fleet, 1916–1919. First Sea Lord, 1919–1927. Signed printed menu of reunion dinner of officers of the Grand Fleet in honor of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty, RN and RADM Hugh Rodman, USN.

1921 Nov 11
Box 5, Folder 1-2 USS Yankee journal (MSI 46)
Contents Note: The American privateer sailed out of Bristol, R.I., and was commanded by Captain Oliver Wilson. Journals of ship's first and second cruise were written by Noah Jones.

1812 Jul 15-1813 Jan 30
Box 5, Folder 3 Gotthilf C. Layer certificates (MSI 47)
Contents Note: Certificates of appointment and service in the U.S. Navy.

1892-1903
Box 5, Folder 4 Theodore Roosevelt letter (MSI 48)
Contents Note: Letter to Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick regarding the Spanish-American War.

1908 Jul 01
William S. Sims letter (MSI 49)
Contents Note: Letter to Mrs. Arthur D. Levi regarding autographing his book, The Victory at Sea, and an error in the publisher's note.

This item was not found during processing.

undated
Box 5, Folder 5 World War II naval message (MSI 50)
Contents Note: Message from Secretary of the Navy to ALNAV announcing Italy's declaration of war on the United States.

1941 Dec 11
Box 5, Folder 6 World War II naval message (MSI 51)
Contents Note: Message from Secretary of the Navy to ALNAV announcing Germany's declaration of war on the United States.

1941 Dec 11
Box 5, Folder 7 World War II naval message (MSI 52)
Contents Note: Message from CINCPAC regarding attack on Pearl Harbor and the commencement of hostilities between the United States and Japan.

1941 Dec 07
Box 5, Folder 8 World War II naval message (MSI 53)
Contents Note: Message from CINCPAC to CINCLANT regarding air raid on Pearl Harbor.

1941 Dec 07
Box 5, Folder 9 World War II naval message (MSI 54)
Contents Note: Message regarding plan to sink Jeanne D'Arc at Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe.

circa 1942
Box 5, Folder 10 William F. Amsden letter (MSI 55)
Contents Note: Letter of congratulations from SECNAV W. Graham Claytor on the 70th anniversary of the Great White Fleet’s ’round-the-world cruise.

1977 Dec 02
Box 5, Folder 11-12 Tilden I. Moe typescript (MSI 56)
Contents Note: Typescript of manuscript entitled "Guest of the Emperor," an account of experiences as a POW of the Japanese on Guam and in Japan during WWII.

1946
Box 5, Folder 13 Anne Morrow Lindbergh letter (MSI 57)
Contents Note: Letter to CAPT William Platte declining an invitation to speak at the Naval War College's Contemporary Civilization Lecture Series.

1977 Feb 08
Box 5, Folder 14 Joseph Taussig letter (MSI 58)
Contents Note: Letter to Samuel Bryant regarding Bryant's manuscript and query regarding WWI quote ''We are ready, now," attributed to Vice Admiral Taussig.

1946 Nov 07
Box 5, Folder 15 Caspar F. Goodrich letter (MSI 59)
Contents Note: Letter of thanks from G. E. Mainwaring for favorable commentary on his book, The Life and Works of Sir Henry Mainwaring ( 1921).

1921 Aug 06
Box 5, Folder 16 Lyman G. Spalding notebook (MSI 60)
Contents Note: Notes for a course on electricity, given at the Naval Torpedo Station.

undated
Box 5, Folder 17 Bernhart A. Helgesen certificate (MSI 61)
Contents Note: Certificate of discharge of ordinary seaman from USS New Hampshire, Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I.

1889 May 13
Box 5, Folder 18 Harry H. Cladwell journal (MSI 62)
Contents Note: Journal of cruise of USS Concord to South America, West Indies, and the East Coast of the United States.

1891-1893
Box 6, Folder 1 James H. Dolan journal (MSI 63)
Contents Note: Journal of convoy and anti-submarine warfare kept aboard USS Fanning during World War I.

1917 May-Nov
Box 6, Folder 2 Fletcher Pratt note (MSI 64)
Contents Note: Note from George E. Mayo conveying birthday greetings.

undated
Box 6, Folder 3 U.S. Civil War list (MSI 65)
Contents Note: Annotated printed list of Confederate prizes captured by the U.S. Navy and received on August 1, 1864.

1864 Aug 01
Box 6, Folder 4 Royal E. Ingersoll biography (MSI 66 Part 1)
Contents Note: Biography of ADM Ingersoll by RADM J. M. Worthington including copies of letters, memoranda, messages and photographs relating to his naval career with an emphasis on his service as Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, 1942-1944.

1980 Jun 27
Box 7, Folder 1 Royal E. Ingersoll biography (MSI 66 Part 2)
Contents Note: Biography of ADM Ingersoll by RADM J. M. Worthington including copies of letters, memoranda, messages and photographs relating to his naval career with an emphasis on his service as Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, 1942-1944.

1980 Jun 27
Box 8, Folder 1-4 William V. Pratt thesis (MSI 67)
Contents Note: Unpublished Masters Thesis entitled "An Admiral for All Seasons: Life and Career of William Veazie Pratt," Syracuse University, by Jesse T. D. Boehret.

1971
Box 8, Folder 5 Matthew C. Perry letter (MSI 68)
Contents Note: Letter to George W. Rodgers regarding his transfer to USS Decatur.

1843 Dec 21
Box 8, Folder 6 USS Alliance ledger (MSI 69)
Contents Note: Ledger of wages paid aboard ship kept by Paymaster George Olney, Providence, R.I.

1783 May 05
Box 8, Folder 7 George E. Glem reminiscences (MSI 70)
Contents Note: Reminiscences entitled "Son of Gunboats and Other Tales" of a naval officer's experiences in the Spanish-American War, the Caribbean, the Far East and the Mediterranean.

undated
Box 8, Folder 8 James D. McCarthy certificate (MSI 71)
Contents Note: Certificate of continuous naval service, 1911-1937.

1911-1937
Box 52x, Folder 2 Naval Telecommunication Center note (MSI 72)
Contents Note: Facsimile of note from Newport, R.I., station to Montauk, N.Y., Station indicating that communication had been established, 1903 Aug 14.

undated
Box 8, Folder 9 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 73)
Contents Note: Letter from Major General Sir J. F. Maurice regarding a recent publication entitled "National Defense."

1897 Jul 18
Box 8, Folder 10 Thomas O. Paine journal (MSI 74)
Contents Note: Typescript journal with illustrations of transpacific voyage from Sasebo, Japan, to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, of His Imperial Majesty's Submarine 1-400.

1945 Jul-Dec
Box 47x, Folder 1-52 Charles Belknap letterbook (MSI 75)
Contents Note: Letterbook kept during USNA assignments, 1885-1888, 1894-1896, on USS Kearsarge, 1888-1891, and on assignment at U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI, 1888.

1885-1896
Box 8, Folder 11 USS Arizona night order book (MSI 76)
Contents Note: Captain’s Night Order Book from the Arizona when it was in the Pacific Fleet. Some entries are from Newport, RI.

1926-1928
Box 8, Folder 12 William D. Puleston letter (MSI 77)
Contents Note: Letter to Sir John W. Fortescue regarding History of the British Army and his comments on George Washington' s military strategy during the American Revolution.

1933 Feb 28
Box 8, Folder 13 John Fortescue letter (MSI 78)
Contents Note: Letter to Captain William D. Puleston regarding naval actions in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 and George Washington's military strategy.

1933 Jan 17
Box 9, Folder 1 Albert P. Niblack letter (MSI 79)
Contents Note: Letter of thanks to Naval War College Librarian Edwin Wiley from USS Alabama.

1917 Aug 24
Box 48x, Folder 1 USS Hartford watch and station bills (MSI 80)
Contents Note: Watch quarter and station bills of the 14 gunship attached to the Pacific Squadron, commanded by James A Gilliss.

1882
Box 9, Folder 2 Walter N. Hill lecture (MSI 81)
Contents Note: Lecture on explosives given by Hill, a chemist at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I.

undated
Box 9, Folder 3 Alfred T. Mahan commission (MSI 82)
Contents Note: U.S. Naval Commission to Acting Midshipman signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Welsh.

1856 Oct 02
Box 59x, Folder 3 Alfred T. Mahan commission (MSI 83)
Contents Note: U.S. Naval Commission to Lieutenant signed by President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.

1862
Box 59x, Folder 3 Alfred T. Mahan commission (MSI 84)
Contents Note: U.S. Naval Commission to Rear Admiral signed by President William H. Taft.

1911
Box 9, Folder 4 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 85)
Contents Note: Letter from U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Commodore George S. Blake ordering him to duty in USS Macedonian.

1863 May 12
Box 9, Folder 5 Alfred T. Mahan notebook (MSI 86)
Contents Note: Notebook containing Mahan's holograph entries on naval statistics, logistics, armaments, naval gunnery and naval warfare.

undated
Box 9, Folder 6 Alfred T. Mahan naval order (MSI 87)
Contents Note: Naval order signed by Secretary of the Navy Isaac Toucey assigning Mahan to duty in the USS Congress commanded by Captain Frederick Engle.

1859 Jun 09
Box 9, Folder 7 Alfred T. Mahan translation and note (MSI 88)
Contents Note: Autographed note signed by LCDR S. Maki, Japanese Imperial Navy, to Mrs. Mahan and a 144-page manuscript in Japanese of translation of Chapter 11 of Mahan 's The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution, 1793-1812.

1920 Dec 25
Box 59x, Folder 4 Alfred T. Mahan certificate (MSI 89)
Contents Note: Certificate of completion of course in German grammar from Columbia College, New York, signed by Henry I. Schmidt, Professor of German.

1855
Box 59x, Folder 5 Alfred T. Mahan certificate (MSI 90)
Contents Note: Document electing Mahan a corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Mass.

1894
Box 59x, Folder 6 Alfred T. Mahan honorary degree (MSI 91)
Contents Note: Honorary Doctor of Laws, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.

1895
Box 59x, Folder 7 Alfred T. Mahan honorary degree (MSI 92)
Contents Note: Honorary Doctor of Laws, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.

1897
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall diploma (MSI 93)
Contents Note: Diploma from the U.S. Naval Academy.

1871 Jun 06
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall naval commission (MSI 94)
Contents Note: Official Naval Commission to Ensign signed by President Ulysses S. Grant.

1872 Jun 22
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall naval commission (MSI 95)
Contents Note: Official Naval Commission to Master signed by President Ulysses S. Grant.

1875 Dec 15
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall naval commission (MSI 96)
Contents Note: Official Naval Commission to Lieutenant signed by President Chester A. Arthur and Secretary of the Navy William Chandler.

1882 May 08
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall naval commission (MSI 97)
Contents Note: Official Naval Commission to Lieutenant Commander signed by President William McKinley and Secretary of the Navy John D. Long.

1899 Apr 20
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall naval commission (MSI 98)
Contents Note: Official Naval Commission to Commander signed by President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy John D. Long.

1902 Mar 21
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall naval commission (MSI 99)
Contents Note: Official Naval Commission to Captain signed by President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte.

1906 Aug 04
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall letter (MSI 100)
Contents Note: Letter from W. P. Potter, Acting Bureau Chief, with notification of promotion to Captain.

1907 Jan 02
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall naval commission (MSI 101)
Contents Note: Official Naval Commission to Captain signed by President Theodore Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy Victor Metcalf.

1907 Jan 02
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall certificate (MSI 102)
Contents Note: Certificate of Honorable Commendation of the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum for service in the Armed Forces of United States and Canada in WWI.

1919 Sep 01
Box 59x, Folder 8 William A. Marshall naval commission (MSI 103)
Contents Note: Official Naval Commission to Rear Admiral signed by President William H. Taft and Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer.

1910 Apr 14
Box 59x, Folder 9 Alfred T. Mahan certificate (MSI 104)
Contents Note: Certificate of completion of course in German grammar at Columbia College, New York.

1856
Box 59x, Folder 10 Alfred T. Mahan certificate (MSI 105)
Contents Note: Certificate of membership in the Geographical Society of Lisbon, Portugal.

1894
Box 9, Folder 8 George Dewey letter (MSI 106)
Contents Note: Letter of thanks to Minnie DeHaven, written from Manila, PI, on letterhead of Dewey’s flagship, USS Olympia.

1899 Jan 26
Box 48x, Folder 2 Charles G. Ridgeley receipt roll (MSI 107)
Contents Note: CO, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1832-1839. CO, Brazilian Squadron, 1840-1842. Receipt roll of officers attached to the U.S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., with listings for fuel, candies and house rents.

1825 Jun 30
Box 9, Folder 9 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 108)
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. Reading, Baltimore, Md., requesting a copy of the Federal Republican containing an attack on Porter.

1822 Aug 09
Box 9, Folder 10 James Saumarez letter (MSI 109)
Contents Note: Copy of a letter to Mrs. Saumarez written from ORIO off Cadiz, Spain, regarding capture of Spanish frigate NINFA and burning of consort ELENA. Notations and initials of Alfred T. Mahan.

1797 Apr 28
Box 9, Folder 11 James Saumarez letter (MSI 110)
Contents Note: Copy of a letter to Richard containing his account of the Battle of the Nile, 1-2 August 1798. Notation in pencil by Alfred T. Mahan.

1798 Aug 05
Box 9, Folder 12 Horatio Nelson memorandum (MSI 111)
Contents Note: Copy of a memorandum to Royal Navy Captains regarding the attack on the French Expedition.

1798 Jun 08
Box 9, Folder 13 Horatio Nelson letter (MSI 112)
Contents Note: Copy of an extract of a letter to Earl St. Vincent from Nelson's Letters, by Nicholas, referring to the French Expedition en route to Egypt.

1798 Jun 29
Box 9, Folder 14 Horatio Nelson letter (MSI 113)
Contents Note: Copy of a letter to Benjamin Boynton, Esq. regarding his son, Commander Benjamin Boynton, with a statement of his service record and actions in which he participated during the Napoleonic Wars, 1801-1804.

1803 Aug 25
Box 9, Folder 15 Robert S. Chew diploma (MSI 114)
Contents Note: Naval War College diploma for Advanced Course with signature of ADM Edward C. Kalbfus.

1936 May 22
Box 9, Folder 16 Robert S. Chew diploma (MSI 115)
Contents Note: Naval War College diploma for Senior Course with signature of ADM Edward C. Kalbfus.

1935 May 24
Box 9, Folder 17 E. T. Pollock diploma (MSI 116)
Contents Note: Naval War College diploma signed by Admiral William S. Sims.

1920 Jun
Box 9, Folder 18 Harold R. Stark biography (MSI 117)
Contents Note: Unpublished typescript biography of ADM Harold R. Stark by B. Mitchell Simpson III.

undated
Box 10, Folder 1-4 Anzel Farnsworth Hatch transcript (MSI 118)
Contents Note: Transcript volume entitled "The Creative Scholar: The Letters of Colonel Hatch, September 1944-August 1945," regarding his position as senior level Civil Affairs Officer, VIII Corps, Third Army and Military Governor of Thuringia.

1944-1945
Box 11, Folder 1 Charles F. Adams letter (MSI 119)
Contents Note: Letter to Speaker of House of Representatives Nicholas Longworth regarding draft of a proposed bill for purchase of a bust of LT James Gilliss to be presented to the Chilean National Observatory.

1929 Oct 15
Box 11, Folder 2 Charles F. Adams letter (MSI 120)
Contents Note: Letter to Congressman Daniel Garrett regarding the proper display of the USN Church Pennant during Divine Services, with a history of the pennant and papal and patriarchal crosses.

1929 Jun 11
Box 11, Folder 3 Matthew C. Perry letter (MSI 121)
Contents Note: Letter to Commander David Porter, U.S. Naval Forces, West Indies, indicating his ships movements and concerns of U.S. merchants regarding shipping through pirate-infested waters.

1823 May 26
Box 11, Folder 4 Winfield Scott Schley letter (MSI 122)
Contents Note: Letter to J. H. Montgomery regarding a prospective visit to the USS New York.

1896 Jul 30
Box 11, Folder 5 John Ericsson letter (MSI 123)
Contents Note: Letter to an unknown addressee regarding a delay in ship's construction due to a breakdown in parts.

1858 Dec 09
Box 11, Folder 6 Elmo R. Zumwalt letter (MSI 124)
Contents Note: Letter to Tim Cooper, with his thoughts on a third world war and U.S. preparedness.

1983 Dec 29
Box 11, Folder 7 Benjamin F. Tracy signature (MSI 125)
Contents Note: Signature on an Album Sheet.

1890 Dec 09
Box 11, Folder 8 Chesapeake Affair 1807 pamphlet (MSI 126)
Contents Note: Pamphlet entitled “A Calm and Dispassionate Enquiry into the Question of the CHESAPEAKE and the Necessity and Expediency of War” by an anonymous Yankee farmer.

1807
Box 11, Folder 9 Chesapeake Affair 1807 newspaper (MSI 127)
Contents Note: Letter from selectmen of Newburyport, MA to Selectmen of Norfolk, VA regarding the CHESAPEAKE.

1807
Box 59x, Folder 11 Independent Chronicle (Boston) newspaper (MSI 128)
Contents Note: Article giving first reports of the attack on the CHESAPEAKE.

1807 Jul 06
Box 59x, Folder 12 Independent Chronicle (Boston) newspaper (MSI 128A)
Contents Note: Includes commentary on the attack on the CHESAPEAKE and the British threat.

1808 Mar 31
Box 59x, Folder 13 Independent Chronicle (Boston) newspaper (MSI 128B)
Contents Note: Includes a speech of President Thomas Jefferson and correspondence between James Madison, James Monroe and George Canning regarding the attack on the CHESAPEAKE.

1808 Apr 04
Box 59x, Folder 14 Independent Chronicle (Boston) newspaper (MSI 128C)
Contents Note: Correspondence and documents of James Madison, James Monroe and George Canning regarding the CHESAPEAKE Affair.

1808 Apr 11
Box 59x, Folder 15 Independent Chronicle (Boston) newspaper (MSI 128D)
Contents Note: Commentary on the embargo and British threat.

1808 Apr 14
Box 59x, Folder 16 Independent Chronicle (Boston) newspaper (MSI 128E)
Contents Note: Articles on the British threat and the embargo.

1808 May 26
Box 59x, Folder 17 The Concord Gazette (NH) newspaper (MSI 129)
Contents Note: Articles on the Non-Intercourse Act (1809) with France and Great Britain, and impending hostilities with the U.S.

1809 Mar 21
Box 59x, Folder 18 The Concord Gazette (NH) newspaper (MSI 129A)
Contents Note: Article on Madison’s Glory War and the CHESAPEAKE.

1815 Jul 18
Box 59x, Folder 19 Commonwealth of Massachusetts broadside (MSI 130)
Contents Note: General Orders of court martial proceedings against Major T. Proctor, Major J. Johnson, and Major W. Dunbar of the state militia.

1816 May 10
Box 59x, Folder 20 Commonwealth of Massachusetts broadside (MSI 131)
Contents Note: General Orders of court martial proceedings against Major J.Jellison, Lieutenant Colonel A. Grant, and Major J. Chamberlain of the state militia.

1816 May 23
Box 11, Folder 10 Harry J. Knapp reminiscences (MSI 132)
Contents Note: Typed account of rescue of survivors of British merchant ships sunk by German submarine U-53 off the Rhode Island and Massachusetts coasts.

1916 Oct 10
Box 11, Folder 11 Harry Iredale letter (MSI 133)
Contents Note: Autographed letter written by crewmember of USS Pueblo captured by North Koreans.

1968 Mar 13
Box 11, Folder 12 Francis K. Murray letter (MSI 134)
Contents Note: Copy of a letter to Annie W. Murray, his sister, Elkridge Landing, Md., regarding family matters and the naval battle aboard the brig Vesuvius to capture the city of Tuxpan, Mexico, during the Mexican War, 1846-1848.

1847 Apr
Box 11, Folder 13 William Leahy letters (MSI 135)
Contents Note: Letter to Reverend H. S. Wilkinson, St. Thomas Church, Washington, D.C., asking for dispensation for not attending Sunday services regularly.

1943 Mar 04, 1943 Mar 17
Box 11, Folder 14 William S. Sims letter (MSI 136)
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. Alter regarding the role of the U.S. Navy in WWI.

1928 Apr 15
Box 11, Folder 15 Elmo R. Zumwalt letter (MSI 137)
Contents Note: Letter to June Siracusa stating that Winston Churchill was the greatest military man of the twentieth century.

1984 Jul 27
Box 11, Folder 16 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 138)
Contents Note: Letter to a friend regarding his appointment as Minister to Constantinople.

1829 Mar 04
Box 11, Folder 17 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 139)
Contents Note: Letter to Reverend J. P. Newman regarding the appointment of an ordinary seaman.

1879 Jan 06
Box 11, Folder 18 Virginia Farragut letter (MSI 140)
Contents Note: Letter to Controller William Broadheads, written on black-bordered stationery, regarding the collection of the sum of $2000 voted by Congress to pay for her husband's funeral expenses.

1872 Oct 29
Box 11, Folder 19 William M. Crane letter (MSI 141)
Contents Note: Letter with distribution of circular of SECNAV Samuel Southard and copy of a Southard letter, March 12, 1825, issuing a Department request for evaluation of naval officers.

1825 Mar 21
Box 11, Folder 20 John Downes letter (MSI 142)
Contents Note: Letter to SECNAV Smith Thompson recommending the promotion of Midshipman William P. Rodgers.

1819 Oct 13
Box 11, Folder 21 Levi Woodbury letter (MSI 143)
Contents Note: Letter to Commodore James Barron, Commanding Officer, Philadelphia Navy Yard, regarding permission for midshipmen to attend the Naval School at Norfolk, Va.

1832 Oct 30
Box 11, Folder 22 George E. Badger letter (MSI 144)
Contents Note: Letter to CDR George C. Read appointing him to the Board of Examiners of Midshipmen at the Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, PA.

1841 Jun 04
Box 11, Folder 23 James C. Dobbin letter (MSI 145)
Contents Note: Letter to U.S. Attorney P.R. Hendale, regarding the death of Midshipman P.J. Hanson at the Pensacola Hospital on August 25.

1853 Sep 06
Box 11, Folder 24 Josephus Daniels letter (MSI 146)
Contents Note: Letter to Charles T. White, Commissioner, Taxes and Assessments, New York, thanking him for his support.

1917 Oct 03
Box 11, Folder 25 Josephus Daniels letter (MSI 147)
Contents Note: Letter to Walter Scott, NYC, regarding layoff of boilermaker William Abbott at the New York Navy Yard, and his inability to reinstate the men.

1914 Apr 11
Box 11, Folder 26 Curtis Wilbur letter (MSI 148)
Contents Note: Letter to Chairman, House Committee on Naval Affairs, regarding a bill to purchase a bust of Lieutenant James C. Gilliss to be presented to the Chilean National Observatory.

1928 May 19
Box 11, Folder 27 Curtis Wilbur letter (MSI 149)
Contents Note: Letter to Rep. Robert Luce regarding the House Bill recommending a bust of Lieutenant James C. Gilliss be sculpted and the fact that the bill had not been passed yet.

1928 May 28
Box 11, Folder 28 Curtis Wilbur letter (MSI 150)
Contents Note: Letter to the Speaker of the House of the House of Representatives transmitting a draft to purchase a bust of Lieutenant James C. Gilliss for presentation to the Chilean National Observatory. (Gilliss was a principal in establishing the Chilean Observatory).

1928 May 19
Box 11, Folder 29 George Bancroft engraving (MSI 151)
Contents Note: Steel engraving of SECNAV Bancroft with his signature beneath.

undated
Box 11, Folder 30 William E. Chandler paper (MSI 152)
Contents Note: Signature on a 3" x 5" sheet of paper.

1878 Jan 27
Box 11, Folder 31 William E. Chandler album sheet (MSI 153)
Contents Note: Signature on a 4” x 6” album sheet.

1884
Box 11, Folder 32 Charles F. Adams signature (MSI 154)
Contents Note: Signature on 2 1/2” x 3’ card.

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Box 11, Folder 33 Charles F. Adams signed photo (MSI 155)
Contents Note: Newspaper photo of SECNAV Adams.

undated
Box 11, Folder 34 William H. Hunt signature (MSI 156)
Contents Note: Signature on Navy Department card.

1881
Box 11, Folder 35 Curtis Wilbur signature (MSI 157)
Contents Note: Signature on Secretary of the Navy card.

undated
Box 11, Folder 36 George Bancroft card (MSI 158)
Contents Note: Signature on a small place card.

undated
Box 11, Folder 37 Gideon Welles signature (MSI 159)
Contents Note: Signature on a small card.

undated
Box 11, Folder 38 James C. Dobbin signature (MSI 160)
Contents Note: Signature with closing “I am, respectfully, your obedient ser’t,” cut out from a letter.

undated
Box 11, Folder 39 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 161)
Contents Note: Letter to Leon Gutterman, publisher of Wisdom, regarding his selection as a recipient of the 1965 Wisdom Award of Honor.

1965 Sep 28
Box 11, Folder 40 Gideon Welles letter (MSI 162)
Contents Note: Letter to Honorable Charles Denison informing him that there was no vacant appointment to the USNA from the Twelfth District of Pennsylvania.

1863 Jun 01
Box 11, Folder 41 David G. Farragut letter (MSI 163)
Contents Note: Letter to Acting Ensign George Leonard, USS Katahdin, denying him permission to return north without a report from a board of medical officers.

1864 Mar 04
Box 11, Folder 42 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 164)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Governor A. H. Rice regarding an invitation to Boston on the occasion of a presidential visit.

1877 Jun 27
Box 11, Folder 43 Stansfield Turner memorandum (MSI 165)
Contents Note: Holograph memorandum to Stuart thanking him for his letter and commenting on the rewards of public service.

1982 Jan 29
Box 11, Folder 44 Ernest J. King letter (MSI 166)
Contents Note: Letter to L.J. Sylvor, NYC, thanking him for sending the hand-lettered cards.

1948 Jan 15
Box 11, Folder 45-46 Henry Craven letterbook (MSI 167)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter book regarding the transfer of Coasters Harbor Island to the Navy and the construction and costs of the Naval Training Station, Newport, RI. Letters are addressed to Commodore Earl English and to Commodore Stephen B. Luce.

1882-1885
Box 11, Folder 47 Abel Parker Upshur letter (MSI 168)
Contents Note: Letter to E. R. Nelson with orders to report to Commander J. Wilkinson, Pensacola, Fla., for duty in the West Indies Squadron.

1842 Feb 09
Box 11, Folder 48 Benjamin W. Crowninshield manuscript letter (MSI 169)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter to Captain David Porter transmitting his commission as Commissioner of the Navy as of February 28, 1815; Porter served in this capacity 1815–1823.

1815 Feb 28
Box 12, Folder 1 Richard Dale document (MSI 170)
Contents Note: Autographed document. A draft drawn on the Bank of North America, Philadelphia, PA, directing $210 to Dale. Print of a bust length pose of Dale who served with John Paul Jones.

1816 Mar 18
Box 12, Folder 2 Josephus Daniels letter (MSI 171)
Contents Note: Letter on Navy Department stationery to Admiral Frank Fletcher, War Industries Board, sending him a bound copy of the annual report.

1917 Dec 18
Box 12, Folder 3 Edwin Denby letter (MSI 172)
Contents Note: Letter to a woman seeking employment with the Navy Department; He informs her that there are no vacancies and a reduction in force may be in order.

1923 Nov 22
Box 12, Folder 4 James C. Dobbin document (MSI 173)
Contents Note: Document on Navy Department stationery, assigning three months leave to assistant surgeon Albert Schriver of the POWHATAN, Norfolk, VA.

1856 Feb 18
Box 12, Folder 5 Mahlon Dickerson document (MSI 174)
Contents Note: Printed document to John Carlton, Master, USN, Salem, MA, granting him a three-month leave of absence.

1836 May 26
Box 12, Folder 6 William A. Graham letter (MSI 175)
Contents Note: Letter to Josiah Sutterland, a member of the House of Representatives, with a promise to consider his son's application to the USNA.

1852 Feb 26
Box 12, Folder 7 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 176)
Contents Note: Letter to O. H. Peck, Esq. on origin of ADM Farragut's last name; An ancestor, Ferra Cute, a follower of Charlemagne, may be the origin of the family name.

1887 May 23
Box 12, Folder 8 William B. Preston letter (MSI 177)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter to Purser J. A. Bates with a request to return $870.43 to the Treasury.

1850 Jul 09
Box 12, Folder 9 Lawrence Kearny letter (MSI 178)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter to Commodore Daniel Patterson, CO, New Orleans Station, recommending promotion for Midshipman Frank Ellery, a nephew of William Ellery.

1818 Jul 09
Box 12, Folder 10 Henry C. Taylor letter (MSI 179)
Contents Note: Letter regarding Mahan's lecture schedule at the NWC, affirming that the lectures had more than technical military interest.

1895 Sep 11
Box 12, Folder 11 Leroy T. Taylor reminiscences (MSI 180)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WWII service in destroyers at the first raid on the Marshall Islands, the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway and Santa Cruz, 1942, and Motor Torpedo Boat Operations in the northern Solomons, 1943-1944.

1940-1944
Box 12, Folder 12 John Roenigk reminiscences (MSI 181)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of his naval career: USNA, 1930-1934; Cruises; Language instruction in Japan, 1938-1940; Intelligence staff, FRUPAC, 1942-1944; NWC student and staff, Attache duties; Harvard University, 1965-1966; Civilian career posts; Retirement.

1989
Box 12, Folder 13 Robert C. Peniston reminiscences (MSI 182)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Admiral Nimitz on the 102nd anniversary of his birth, 1988; Memorandum regarding Nimitz's visit with Representative Carl Vinson, 1957; Tribute to President Truman on the 100th anniversary of his birth, 1984; Remarks of Peniston on the decommissioning of USS New Jersey (BB-62) , 1969.

1957-1988
Box 12, Folder 14 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 183)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter to Reverend Dr. Newman regarding the receipt of Newman 's work.

1876 Mar 01
Box 12, Folder 15 John A. Tyree letter (MSI 184)
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. Pruett regarding his inability to provide anecdotes regarding President Roosevelt and other political figures during his time as Franklin D. Roosevelt's Naval Aide.

1976 Feb 12
Box 12, Folder 16 Hillary P. Jones letter (MSI 185)
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. Greenway commenting on his "Americanism" and achievement and sending him an autographed photograph.

1927 Nov 23
Box 12, Folder 17 Gideon Welles letter (MSI 186)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter to Assistant Surgeon A S. Obenly, USS Santiago De Cuba, regarding the correction of his improperly addressed orders.

1864 Nov 08
Box 12, Folder 18 Elmo R. Zumwalt letter (MSI 187)
Contents Note: Letter to Wayne Fowler regarding his comments on an encounter between a U.S. submarine and a Japanese ship.

1981 Jun 03
Box 12, Folder 19 John Worden letter (MSI 188)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter to Gardner Rand regarding his search for an old letter of Rear Admiral Thomas H. Stringham.

1873 Nov 09
Box 12, Folder 20 George W. Anderson, Jr. letter (MSI 189)
Contents Note: Letter to Morris Cotkin regarding the most memorable experience of his naval career, which was having President Eisenhower aboard his flagship on a cruise from Athens, Greece, to Tunis, Tunisia, to Toulon, France, December 1959.

1968 Jul 08
Box 12, Folder 21 Frank Knox letter (MSI 190)
Contents Note: Letter to Calvin Zimmerman congratulating him for being a delegate to the National Convention. He thanks him for the list of delegates and his congratulatory letter.

1936 Apr 18
Box 12, Folder 22 Winfield Scott Schley signature (MSI 191)
Contents Note: Card with his signature.

1903 Aug 03
Box 12, Folder 23 Robley D. Evans signature (MSI 192)
Contents Note: Signature as CO, USS Iowa, on a 5" x 6" sheet.

1898 Jul 03
Box 12, Folder 24 William D. Leahy letter (MSI 193)
Contents Note: Letter to Reverend H. S. Wilkinson in response to a letter of sympathy upon his wife's death.

1943 Jun 07
Box 12, Folder 25 Hilary Herbert letter (MSI 194)
Contents Note: Letter to Honorable Ashbel P. Fitch regarding the retention of Augustus Stueler, New York Navy Yard.

1893 Mar 29
Box 12, Folder 26 Lloyd M. Bucher letter (MSI 195)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Mrs. Fussell regarding his imprisonment in 1968, how he kept up his spirits, how the incident could have been avoided, and the bureaucracy responsible for intelligence gathering during the PUEBLO crisis.

1980 Sep 04
Box 12, Folder 27 John Mason letter (MSI 196)
Contents Note: Letter to the Attorney General of the United States regarding a Mr. Coryele and his proposals on the subject of coal.

1847 Nov 02
Box 12, Folder 28 James Paulding letter (MSI 197)
Contents Note: Letter appointing Sam Larkin as Lieutenant in the Navy as of 1 July 1840.

1840
Box 12, Folder 29 George Bancroft letter (MSI 198)
Contents Note: Letter granting leave of absence for three months to Purser John A. Bates.

1845 Apr 08
Box 12, Folder 30 Thomas H. Moorer letter (MSI 199)
Contents Note: Letter to Tom regarding the possibility of the United States becoming involved in a war in the Middle East. He thinks the United States will not become involved as the buildup in military strength will be a deterrent.

1980 Dec 31
Box 12, Folder 31 James O. Richardson signature (MSI 200)
Contents Note: Signature on 8 Vol. album sheet.

1945 Jul 20
Box 12, Folder 32 Battle of Lake Erie account (MSI 201)
Contents Note: Broadside of an account in verse of the Battle, with emphasis on the valor of Oliver Hazard Perry, CO, USS Lawrence, and Jesse D. Elliott, CO, USS Niagara.

undated
Box 12, Folder 33 David G. Farragut letter (MSI 202)
Contents Note: Letter to Thomas H. Stevens, CO, USS Oneida, requesting information regarding a communication from the Bureau of Ordnance.

1864 Sep 20
Box 13, Folder 1 Jesse D. Elliott documents (MSI 203)
Contents Note: Manuscript documents ordering two of the best chronometers belonging to the U.S. Government for the USS Constitution, Charleston Navy Yard.

1835 Feb 08
Box 13, Folder 2 John G. Walker biography (MSI 204)
Contents Note: Biography of his naval career, 1835-1907, by Frances B. Thomas; Includes excerpts from letters, memoranda sent and received, and journal entries.

1959
Box 13, Folder 3 Charles Wilkes letter (MSI 205)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter to Commander J. H. Stevens, Commanding Officer, Maratanza, regarding foregoing repairs on his ship and rendezvousing with the USS Wachusett.

1862 Jul 14
Box 13, Folder 4 Josephus Daniels letter (MSI 206)
Contents Note: Letter to RADM Thomas B. Howard, President, Naval Examining Board, regarding receipt of papers for his file.

1913 May 26
Box 13, Folder 5 John A. Dahlgren letter (MSI 207)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter to Commodore Warrington, Chief of the Ordnance Bureau, regarding a requisition for Rocket Composition, a type of gunpowder.

1848 Mar 09
Box 13, Folder 6 Samuel F. DuPont letter (MSI 208)
Contents Note: Letter to Senior Officer St. Johnson with a wartime military order written aboard his flagship, USS Wabash; DuPont wants vessels, officers and crew to return to Port Royal, SC.

1862 Mar 28
Box 13, Folder 7 Tasker Bliss letter (MSI 209)
Contents Note: Letter to Officer, Commanding Base Section No. 5, Brest, France, on stationery of Supreme War Council, American Section, Versailles, regarding the transmittal of his weekly report to the Secretary of War.

1918 May 21
Box 13, Folder 8 George Dewey paper (MSI 210)
Contents Note: Signature on 3” x 1 1/2” piece of paper.

1905 Mar 31
Box 13, Folder 9 Theodore Roosevelt letter (MSI 211)
Contents Note: Letter on White House stationery to Secretary of the Navy William Moody regarding providing officers with a vessel for an expedition.

1902 May 14
Box 13, Folder 10 Winfield Scott Schley letter (MSI 212)
Contents Note: Letter to Charles Carter declining his invitation to attend the mid-winter expedition in Topeka, Kansas.

1901
Box 13, Folder 11 Thomas H. Moorer letter (MSI 213)
Contents Note: Letter to Ghong Chi Tom, NYC, with his comments on the recent raid in Iran to free the American hostages and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941.

1980 Sep 12
Box 13, Folder 12 George Dewey letter (MSI 214)
Contents Note: Letter to William L. Straus Jr., answering his query regarding the number of men wounded on the USS Baltimore at the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898.

1912 Feb 23
Box 13, Folder 13 William B. Shubrick letter (MSI 215)
Contents Note: Letter to a Union colonel regarding the Lighthouse Board and conditions in the South during the Civil War; He expresses confidence in General George McClellan and the Union Naval Forces.

1862 Jun 14
Box 13, Folder 14 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 216)
Contents Note: Letter to Edward Bok, Editor of Ladies' Home journal, regarding receipt of a book memorializing Henry W. Beecher.

1887 Jun 27
Box 13, Folder 15 John A. Winslow letter (MSI 217)
Contents Note: Letter to Commanding Officer, USS South Carolina, regarding his taking passage in said ship to Pensacola, Fla.

1866 Apr 11
Box 13, Folder 16 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 218)
Contents Note: Letter to Dr. Charles D. Hart in reply to a request from the Philadelphia Council of Boy Scouts for a statement and a photograph.

1946 Jan 16
Box 13, Folder 17 George H. Preble letter (MSI 219)
Contents Note: Letter to Lieutenant A. D. Harnell, USS Macedonian, regarding circulating petition for increased pay for the lieutenants on his ship.

1859 Apr 29
Box 13, Folder 18 George Dewey photograph (MSI 220)
Contents Note: Signed photograph of Dewey aboard ship in dress uniform with a large dog, with the Navy band in the background.

undated
Box 13, Folder 19 Robert W. Hayter diary (MSI 221)
Contents Note: Copy of a diary of midshipman's cruise, summer 1912, on the east coast in USS New Hampshire, including a stay in Newport, R.I., where the ship was struck by the Commonwealth of the Fall River line, June 12-17 August 1912. Includes cruise to Iberian Peninsula 7-24 June 1913.

1912, 1913
Box 13, Folder 20 Charles O'Neill notebook (MSI 222)
Contents Note: Notebook of summaries of instruction in torpedoes, diagrams and drawings kept while at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I.

1876 Jun-1876 Sep
Box 13, Folder 21 Ralph M. Atherton multiple letters (MSI 223)
Contents Note: Dear ones is a collection of letters and memorabilia of World War II.

1989
Box 13, Folder 22 Husband E. Kimmel letter and newspaper clippings (MSI 224)
Contents Note: Letter to a Mr. Beam with advice not to worry about the future. Newspaper clipping with biographical details and information on the Pearl Harbor attack by John G. Rogers.

1966 Oct 06
Box 13, Folder 23 George Washington Storer letter (MSI 225)
Contents Note: Letter to Commodore Lewis Warrington, Chief of Bureau of Ordnance, requesting shot and proof powder for target practice at sea for the crew of the USS Brandywine.

1847 Aug 31
Box 13, Folder 24 Cadwalader Ringgold letter (MSI 226)
Contents Note: Letter to Commodore Lewis Warrington, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, regarding his compliance with his orders to inspect shots at a foundry near West Point, New York, and report to Commander L. M. Powell.

1842 May 13
Box 13, Folder 25 John Downes letter (MSI 227)
Contents Note: Letter to Commodore Lewis Warrington, Chief of Bureau of Ordnance, regarding shipment of a navy gun from Richmond, VA.

1848 Mar 31
Box 13, Folder 26 George Read letter (MSI 228)
Contents Note: Letter to Lewis Warrington, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, regarding the return of ammunition received from the vessel under his command.

1848 Jan 22
Box 13, Folder 27 Levin M. Powell letter (MSI 229)
Contents Note: Letter to Lewis Warrington, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, with a request for special shells and thirty two pound shells.

1848 Feb 04
Box 13, Folder 28 John A. Dahlgren letter (MSI 230)
Contents Note: Autographed letter to Commodore Lewis Warrington with regard to a requisition for a second gun quadrant and an additional two passed midshipman for the crew.

1848 May 19
Box 52x, Folder 3 John H. Aulick letter (MSI 231)
Contents Note: Letter to Commodore Crane, October 9, 1844, regarding the sale of saltpeter and sulphur from the navy yard.

1844 Oct 05
Box 52x, Folder 3 John H. Aulick letter (MSI 232)
Contents Note: Letter to Commodore Crane, October 5, 1844, Bureau of Ordnance, regarding receipt of his letter with instructions to sell unserviceable guns, shot, etc., or convert them to castings.

1844 Oct 09
Box 13, Folder 29 Lewis Warrington portrait (MSI 233)
Contents Note: Copy of his black and white portrait by Rembrandt Peale, 6 1/4' x 8 1/4'.

undated
Box 13, Folder 30 Lewis Warrington letter (MSI 234)
Contents Note: Letter to Richard Smith, Bank of the United States, regarding the renewal of his brother's note.

1833 Oct 23
Box 13, Folder 31 Lewis Warrington letter (MSI 235)
Contents Note: Letter to Commander L. M. Goldsborough regarding the capture of the Brig MALEK ADHEL, and a list of crew from the USS Enterprise entitled to prize money.

1844 Mar 14
Box 14, Folder 1-2 Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) Naval Air Station history (MSI 236)
Contents Note: Copies of a history of the NAVAIRSTA on Ford Island with chronology, appendix and documents relating to the attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941, and copies of photographs and captions.

1945 Jan 01
Box 14, Folder 3-4 Willis E. Snowbarger dissertation on the development of Pearl Harbor (MSI 236A)
Contents Note: Doctoral dissertation by Willis E. Snowbarger, University of California; Topics discussed include security in the Pacific, the building of the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the expansion and development of the base, 1898-1945.

1950 Nov 18
Box 14, Folder 5 S.R. Swann holograph account (MSI 237)
Contents Note: Account of his naval service while in the USS Jamestown on the African Squadron.

1839 Apr 26
Box 14, Folder 6 David Jenkins diary (MSI 238)
Contents Note: Diary kept aboard USS Fanning (DD-37) during WWI, relating his encounter with submarines off France and Ireland.

1917 Apr-Oct
Box 14, Folder 7 Thomas H. Moorer letter (MSI 239)
Contents Note: Typed letter to Barbara Rice, Astoria, N.Y., regarding the Enhanced Radiation Weapon and its uses.

1980 Sep 04
Box 14, Folder 8 William S. Sims letter (MSI 240)
Contents Note: Typed letter to F. Wile in which Sims discusses the superiority of aircraft carriers to battleships in combat with each other.

1924 Oct 16
Box 14, Folder 9 Gideon Welles letter (MSI 241)
Contents Note: Autographed letter to Chief Engineer T. Zeller with orders detaching him from the Eastern Blockading Squadron and ordering him to the northeast Blockading Squadron.

1864 Aug 30
Box 14, Folder 10 Lloyd M. Bucher letter (MSI 242)
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. Fallen regarding handling by navy officials of the capture of USS Pueblo in 1968. He voices his support for LCOL Oliver North and asserts that he should have received a pardon; Expresses admiration for Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, ADM William Crowe.

1988 Jul 18
Box 14, Folder 11 Frank Uhlig reminiscence (MSI 243)
Contents Note: Typescript of a reminiscence entitled "A Night on the Soi Rap," 10 February 1966. Account of the trip to the Soi Rap River and a patrol cruise on the river itself. Description of river scenes, U.S. Navy vessels and a river battle.

1966 Feb 10
Box 52x, Folder 4 Oliver Hazard Perry letter (MSI 244)
Contents Note: Autographed letter to Commodore Isaac Chauncey, 1 January 1816, regarding issuing a special warrant to prevent difficulty with marine officers. He leaves this decision to Chauncey.

1816 Jan 01
Box 14, Folder 12 James D. Ramage reminiscences (MSI 245)
Contents Note: Reminiscence of WWII in the Pacific entitled "A Review of the Philippine Sea Battle, 20 June 1944." Rear Admiral Ramage was skipper of VB-10 attached to USS Enterprise; He gives a detailed account of the air battle.

1944 Jun 20
Box 14, Folder 13 John W. Philip letter (MSI 246)
Contents Note: Typed letter to M. B. Hart, New York City, thanking him for his letter.

1898 Aug 09
Box 14, Folder 14 John A. Dahlgren letter (MSI 247)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to an unknown superior ordering a standard set of weights and measures.

1848 Jan 28
Box 14, Folder 15 William B. Preston letter (MSI 248)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter to Dr. W. Grier, naval surgeon, granting him a leave of absence from the USS Independence.

1849 Jun 21
Box 14, Folder 16 Thomas H. Moorer letter (MSI 249)
Contents Note: Typed letter to D. Cooper regarding the U.S. role in the Vietnam War.

1989 Dec 20
Box 14, Folder 17 Lloyd M. Bucher photograph (MSI 250)
Contents Note: Signed black and white 8”x 10” photograph of CDR Bucher, CO, USS Pueblo, which was captured by North Korea in 1968. Inscription reads “For Joe Fallison, Happy Trails.”

undated
Box 14, Folder 18 USS Pueblo (AGER-2) photograph (MSI 251)
Contents Note: Black and white photograph of the ship.

undated
Box 14, Folder 19 Arleigh A. Burke letter (MSI 252)
Contents Note: Autographed letter to Mr. Hurlburt in which he comments on ADM Marc Mitscher’s signature and praises him as one of the greatest naval commanders.

1948 Mar 08
Box 14, Folder 20 Frank Uhlig narrative (MSI 253)
Contents Note: Narrative entitled "Journey to a Forgotten Island." Account of a trip to the Naval Base at Anthoi on Phu Quoc Island in the Gulf of Thailand during the Vietnam War.

1966 Feb
Box 14, Folder 21 Karl Doenitz document (MSI 254)
Contents Note: Typescript copy of Instrument of Surrender of all German Forces to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, and the Soviet High Command, signed by Doenitz at Rheims, France.

1945 May 07
Box 14, Folder 22 John Percival letter (MSI 255)
Contents Note: Autographed letter to Commodore Isaac Hull requesting his attention to a Mr. Jenks, a newspaper editor from Nantucket.

1829 Jun 07
Box 14, Folder 23 McPherson Williams narrative (MSI 256)
Contents Note: Typescript account entitled "Philippine Adventure" of the experiences of a downed navy aviator's rescue by Filipino guerrillas after an air raid on Nichols Field.

undated
Box 14, Folder 24 13th Congress 2nd Session United States message (MSI 257)
Contents Note: Message from President James Madison to Congress regarding the events in the last year, including the failure of peace negotiations during the War of 1812, Oliver H. Perry's victory on Lake Erie, military operations near Detroit and Lake Ontario, and Andrew Jackson's southern campaigns.

1813 Dec 07
Box 14, Folder 25 United States, 13th Congress 2nd Session States document (MSI 258)
Contents Note: Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury W. Jones transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the Navy for 1814. Six tables list vessels and ships under construction with the crew needed to man them.

1814 Jan 20
Box 15, Folder 1 United States, 13th Congress 2nd Session States letter (MSI 259)
Contents Note: Letter from Secretary of the Navy William Jones to William Lowdnes, Chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, regarding laws to increase the Navy.

1814 Mar 16
Box 15, Folder 2 United States, 13th Congress 2nd Session States message (MSI 260)
Contents Note: Message from the President, United States, to the plenipotentiaries conducting peace negotiations with Great Britain at Ghent, Belgium. President Madison outlines acceptable negotiating conditions to end the War of 1812.

1814-1815
Box 15, Folder 3 United States, 13th Congress 2nd Session States message (MSI 261)
Contents Note: Message from President James Madison, with instructions to the Ministers of the United States appointed to negotiate peace with Great Britain to end the War of 1812.

1814 Oct 10
Box 15, Folder 4 Winfield Scott Schley letter (MSI 262)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to Dr. C. P. Franklin, Philadelphia, Pa., lauding both men and women of the USA who supported the military and to whom he felt indebted.

1898 Oct 20
Box 15, Folder 5 Battle of Leyte Gulf naval message (MSI 263)
Contents Note: Naval message from Radio Leyte sending thanks and appreciation from Douglas MacArthur to William Halsey for his naval support during the Leyte Gulf Operation.

1944 Nov 01
Box 15, Folder 6 John A. Dahlgren letter (MSI 264)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles with his compliments and the presentation of photographs of Chinese forts captured in 1860 by the British and French and a view of the Paconer.

1861 Mar 25
Box 15, Folder 7 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 265)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Mrs. W. F. Paris, President of the Shut-ins Association, Philadelphia, Pa., with thanks for their booklet.

1946 Jul 18
Box 15, Folder 8 Thomas H. Moorer letter (MSI 266)
Contents Note: Letter to Joe Goldberg, Chicago, Ill., on four-star flag letterhead in which he waxes philosophical on the state of the world, periodic crises, greed, aggression and the opportunities available to Americans. He praises America's strength.

1981 Feb 05
Box 15, Folder 9 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 267)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to Lieutenant Henry H. Gorringe, Commanding Officer, USS Philadelphia, Key West, Fla. from Washington, D.C., in which he asks for information on the defense and fortifications of Havana, Little Madel, and elsewhere in Cuba, and Spanish naval activities there. Requests secrecy and promises to reward Gorringe.

1873 Dec 03
Box 15, Folder 10 Lloyd M. Bucher letter (MSI 268)
Contents Note: Autographed letter, with envelope, to Wayne Monti, Baldwin NY, February 13, 1990, mentioning his article in Naval History, February 1989 and responding to his questions about the mission of the USS Pueblo as a spy ship, the crew’s lack of communication with the outside world and the confessions they made to obtain their freedom.

1990 Feb 13
Box 15, Folder 11-14 Duncan I. Selfridge diary (MSI 269)
Contents Note: Personal diary kept aboard the USS Virginia (BB-13) during the 'Round the World Cruise of the Great White Fleet. Gives daily routine aboard ship as well as activities, tourism, and social events in various ports. Postcards, invitations, tickets, newspaper clippings and souvenir booklets are tipped in.

1907-1909
Box 15, Folder 15 Chester Kiesel report (MSI 270)
Contents Note: Typed accounts of Army Air Force B-29 pilots Kiesel, Bill Pitts and Robin Stevenson of 504th Bomb Group who were shot down on a mission from Tinian to Japan by the Japanese. The pilots give an account of their rescue by U.S. Navy submarines.

1945
Box 15, Folder 16 1939-1945 World War II report (MSI 271)
Contents Note: Strike report of 504th Bomb Group, 313th Air Wing, XXI Bomber Command, Twentieth Air Force, Tinian, Marianas Islands, February-August 1945. This Bomb Group flew the last mission of the war on 15 August 1945.

1945 Feb-Aug
Box 15, Folder 17 Fiske Hanley reminiscences (MSI 272)
Contents Note: Typescript of reminiscences as a prisoner of war in Japan during the latter part of WWII, March-August 1945. Recounts bombing mission preceding capture, treatment of prisoners, their health, food, their interrogation and events leading up to his liberation.

1945 Mar-Aug
Box 16, Folder 1 United States Navy Department letter and report (MSI 273)
Contents Note: Letter and Report of the Secretary of the Navy to the House of Representatives regarding the last major naval engagement of the Quasi-War with France on 1 February 1800, between the USS Constellation and LaVengeance. Included is a copy of Thomas Truxtun's letter to the SECNAV and an extract from his journal regarding the naval engagement.

1800 Mar 20
Box 16, Folder 2 Elmo R. Zumwalt note (MSI 274)
Contents Note: Note to Earl Collins, Austin, Tex.. defending the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War and his comments on the production of a new non-carcinogen defoliant.

undated
Box 16, Folder 3 Elmo R. Zumwalt letter (MSI 275)
Contents Note: Letter to Joseph Fawls stating that General George C. Marshall was the outstanding military man of the twentieth century.

1981 May 20
Box 16, Folder 4 Fitzhugh Lee telegram (MSI 276)
Contents Note: Holograph telegram from Lee to the Chicago Tribune thanking him for the news of Dewey's victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Manila Bay. He felt this added new laurels to the Navy.

1898 May 07
Box 16, Folder 5 PT Boats published article (MSI 277)
Contents Note: Reprint of an article entitled "PT Squadron in the South Pacific" by John Hersey that tells the story of PT Squadron X, the first to see action in the South Pacific during the Battle of the Solomon Islands.

1943 May 10
Box 16, Folder 6 James H. Doolittle photograph (MSI 278)
Contents Note: Color photograph, 8” x 10”, of General James H. Doolittle, pilot of the famous Doolittle raid on Tokyo, Japan, April 1942.

1942 Apr
Box 16, Folder 7 Lloyd M. Bucher letter (MSI 279)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed, to Joseph (Fawls) regarding photographs of the painting of USS Pueblo, which he painted and the arrangements for the ceremony and presentation of medals to the men of the ship. Signed “Pete.”

1970 May 21
Box 16, Folder 8 USS Pueblo (AGER-2) photograph (MSI 280)
Contents Note: Colored photographs, 8" x 1O", of Commander Lloyd Bucher' s painting of his ship which was captured by the North Koreans in 1968.

1968
Box 16, Folder 9 Daniel Ammen naval order (MSI 281)
Contents Note: Holograph Naval Order to John G. Walker, Burlington, Iowa, 20 January 1873, ordering him to report to Commodore Parrott at the Navy Yard in Boston for duty. Ammen was Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Signature of E.G. Parrott and “Reported 20 January 1873” appear on the document.

1873 Jan 20
Box 16, Folder 10 William Radford letter (MSI 282)
Contents Note: Manuscript letter signed to Commander John G. Walker, Commanding Officer, USS Sabine, Genoa, Italy, regarding an inventory of stateroom furniture to be forwarded to the purchasing paymaster, Washington, D.C.

1870 Jan 03
Box 16, Folder 11 Lloyd M. Bucher letter (MSI 283)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed, to R.J. Fallison, Largo, Florida, thanking him for his contribution to the Pueblo Fund, which underwrote travel and lodging for the crewmembers of USS Pueblo (AGER-2) to attend the Prisoner of War Medal ceremony in San Diego, CA in May 1990.

1990 May 25
Box 16, Folder 12 Charles W. Weaver speech (MSI 284)
Contents Note: Typescript of speech entitled "Some Reminiscences of the Pacific War" given before the Nashua Rotary Club. His reminiscences include his experiences as a plotting officer during WWII and his impressions of Ernest J. King, Robert L. Ghormley, William F. Halsey, Richmond K. Turner, and the Battle of Saipan, 1944.

1963 May 06
Box 16, Folder 13 World War II documents (MSI 285)
Contents Note: Documents collected from the Foreign and Commonwealth Officer, London, regarding wartime events in Yugoslavia, 1939-1941, including the political situation in the country, the Axis Tripartite Pact of 1940, the coup against Prince Paul, relations with Germany and England and the role of the Croatians and the Slovenes in political events.

1939-1941
Box 16, Folder 14 Samuel L. Breese letter (MSI 286)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed from Rear Admiral James R.M. Mullany, USS Worcester, Norfolk, VA, August 29, 1875, to Breese ordering repairs to the USS Ossipee in order to prepare it for sea duty. He authorizes leave for the crew during this and demands a progress report on deserters and stragglers.

1875 Aug 29
Box 16, Folder 15 Samuel L. Breese letter (MSI 287)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed from J.A. Wesley, U.S. Consul at Matanzas, Cuba, conveying the thanks of the captain of the Spanish ship to the crew and officers of the USS Ossipee for their gracious assistance.

1877 May 07
Box 16, Folder 16 USS Swanson published typescript (MSI 288)
Contents Note: Published typescript entitled "USS Swanson (DD-443), World War II, Destroyer at War, 1941- 1946," with an account of the ship's wartime operations, including the 1942 invasion of North Africa and Sicily, duty in the North Atlantic and invasion in the Southwest Pacific Ocean and the Battles off the Philippines and Cape Engano, with recollections by the crew. Published by the USS Swanson (DD-443) Historical Committee.

1941-1946
Box 16, Folder 17 Austin M. Knight letter (MSI 289)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to Florence MacKubin, 1 January 1899, regarding sending him a book and he, in tum, will provide her with an autograph of a hero after the next war. Two additional pieces contain signatures of four other naval officers.

1899 Jan 01
Box 16, Folder 18 Edward L. Beach letter (MSI 290)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Alice G. Ford, Watertown, MA, regarding a request for his autograph and expressing gratitude to all who made the submerged cruise of the submarine USS Triton around the world such a success. Clippings contain biographical information about Beach and on the voyage of the Triton.

1960 Jun 17
Box 16, Folder 19 Gideon Welles letter (MSI 291)
Contents Note: Letter signed to Major William B. Slack, Quartermaster, USMC, regarding repairs to Marine Barracks and Quarters. Departmental approval will not be necessary if costs do not exceed $100.

1867 May 29
Box 16, Folder 20 William Crowe letter (MSI 292)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Florence Hennessy, Spring Lake Heights, NJ, regarding her granddaughter’s interest in a naval career. Crowe asserts that the Navy wants women and there are many opportunities for advancement in the service. There are three female admirals.

1991 Jun 12
Box 16, Folder 21 Sylvanus W. Godon letter (MSI 293)
Contents Note: Letter signed from Rio deJaneiro to LCDRJ. G. Walker, USS Shawmut, ordering him to report to USS Supply as a member of a general court martial for Mate Christopher M. McNaboe.

1865 Nov 14
Box 16, Folder 22 Hugh C.T. Dowding report (MSI 294)
Contents Note: Report to the Secretary of State for Air on the Battle of Britain by Sir Dowding. A copy of this was printed in the Supplement to the London Gazette, September 10, 1946.

1946 Sep 10
Box 16, Folder 23 Hugh C.T. Dowding lecture (MSI 295)
Contents Note: Lecture entitled “Employment of the Fighter Command in Home Defense”, May 24, 1937, at the RAF Staff College. His remarks presaged the Battle of Britain and the strategy and tactics employed.

1937 May 24
Box 16, Folder 24 Rhode Island Naval Battalion, Bristol, RI letter (MSI 296)
Contents Note: Letter copy book of the RINB, 1904-1906 containing information on the conduct of business of the battalion, including assignments, drills, transfers, enlistment, resignations, discharges, medals and drill reports.

1904-1906
Box 16, Folder 25 Raymond A. Spruance reminiscences (MSI 297)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Admiral Spruance as related by Dr. David Willcutts, Fifth Fleet Medical Officer, His account includes comments on Spruance's personality and character, the invasion of Okinawa, the surrender of Japan, the repatriation of allied POWs, conditions on postwar Japan and medical aspects of his wartime service.

1945 Mar
Box 16, Folder 26 George Bush letter (MSI 298)
Contents Note: Copy of the letter in English and Arabic from the Emir of Kuwait expressing gratitude for the U.S. response to Iraqi aggression against Kuwait. He requests that the U.S. take military measures to restore Kuwaiti rights and that the U.S. act as coordinator of international forces.

1990 Aug 12
Box 16, Folder 27 Persian Gulf War leaflets (MSI 299)
Contents Note: Propaganda leaflets, mainly in Arabic, dropped over Iraq by U.S. forces during the war there.

1990 Jan-Mar
Box 16, Folder 28 Silas H. Stringham letter (MSI 300)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Lieutenant Commander j. G. Walker, Commanding Officer, USS Saco, U.S. Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., ordering him to report to Washington, D.C., and to inform SECNAV Gideon Welles of his arrival. The engineer and medical officer of the Massasoit are to report to him for duty.

1864 Jul 11
Box 17, Folder 1 Francis C. Dade diary (MSI 301)
Contents Note: Holograph diary that First Engineer Dade kept aboard the USS Saranac, 1853–1854, in the Mediterranean. The journal contains descriptions of visits to Italy, Portugal, the Balearic Islands and Malta and naval customs, quarantine, burial at sea, as well as drawings and sketches of naval engineering and mathematical principles. Also contains a list of officers on the SARANAC and a copy of a letter by A. Lawton, Chief Engineer, USS Hartford, Kanagawa, Japan 1860.

1853-1854
Box 17, Folder 2-3 Edith Wilson Crose reminiscences (MSI 302)
Contents Note: Reminiscences entitled “A Navy Wife Remembers”, which includes an account of her trip to New York City, her engagement to William Crose, and people, events and customs encountered at various duty stations in Savannah, Georgia, Sitka, Alaska, China, Japan, the Philippine Islands, and American Samoa. Comments on the Pandemic of 1918.

1894-1923
Box 17, Folder 4 Stanley M. Barnes letter (MSI 303)
Contents Note: Letter from New Canaan, CT sent to RADM Joseph C. Wylie, USN (Ret.), regarding his service as CO MTBS 15 in the Italian Theatre during WWII and problems of command and control with the Royal Navy, the loss of amphibious scouts reconnoitering Anzio beaches prior to the assault, superiority of U.S. radar, tactical doctrine, torpedoes, and the U.S. mission and role in combined command.

1992 Jul 16
Box 17, Folder 5 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 304)
Contents Note: Letter to an unnamed commodore from Newport R.I., regarding personal and financial business and mentioning his orders to USS Nantucket and the trial of moving again.

1863 Oct 16
Box 17, Folder 6 Richmond P. Hobson letter (MSI 305)
Contents Note: Letter to Mr. O'Donnell, Washington, D.C., referring him to Alfred T. Mahan 's work for an understanding of a fleet in being.

1902 Feb 12
Box 17, Folder 7 William D. Leahy remarks (MSI 306)
Contents Note: Remarks made at dedication ceremonies of a plaque honoring war mothers donated by San Francisco, Calif., Post No. 1.

undated
Box 17, Folder 8 Lloyd M. Bucher letter (MSI 307)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Fallen, n.p., regarding the fate of the intelligence-gathering mission of USS Pueblo in 1968, his thoughts on the CIA and intelligence operations and on the treatment of LCOL Oliver North.

1989 May 15
Box 17, Folder 9 USS Yorktown postal cover (MSI 308)
Contents Note: Postal Cover with $.03 Alamo stamp postmarked Newport News, Va., with Virginian Peninsula Association of Commerce cachet showing USS Yorktown commemorating its launching. Signature of Eleanor Roosevelt on the side.

1936 Apr 04
Box 17, Folder 10 Elmo R. Zumwalt letter (MSI 309)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Terry Leaderstick, Indian Rocks, Fla., regarding homosexuals in the military and sensitivity training before a move toward integration is made.

1992 Dec 07
Box 17, Folder 11 Lloyd M. Bucher letter (MSI 310)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Jennette regarding his ambition to be a naval officer, how he happened to join the Navy, comments on the difference between leadership and heroism and his work today as an artist and writer. Copy print of Bucher as CDR, 1967.

1984 Feb 13
Box 17, Folder 12 USS Ohio published journal (MSI 311)
Contents Note: Journal of the cruise of USS Ohio in the Mediterranean Sea, 1839-1841, under the command of Commodore Isaac Hull by F. P. Torrey, published in Boston, Mass. by Samuel N. Dickinson, 1841, from a manuscript prepared by the author. Contains marginal notes as well as comments on ports and countries visited, the crew and other vessels of the squadron.

1839-1841
Box 17, Folder 13 Enos Bronson pamphlet (MSI 312)
Contents Note: A pamphlet entitled “An Address to the People of the United States on the policy of maintaining a permanent Navy by an American Citizen” published 1802. Argues for a permanent Navy for commercial and navigational purposes against detractors.

1802
Box 17, Folder 14 P. W. Brock notes (MSI 313)
Contents Note: Holograph notes found in his copy of The Naval Review, XVII (1929) adjacent to articles on “What is it that dictates the size of fighting ships?” He notes qualities of a fighting ship, size, number, guns, cruisers and battleships.

undated
Box 17, Folder 15 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 314)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed from Luce in USS Minnesota, to John G. Walker, 1878, discussing indiscriminate restoration to the active list of naval officers. Each case should be referred by Congress to a board of naval officers for decision. States that Captain Law will be restored to his position as well as others.

1878
Box 17, Folder 16 Harold E. Shear letter (MSI 315)
Contents Note: Typescript letter signed to Benjamin Kohn, Silver Spring, Md., regarding the ship Patrick Henry on its third two-month Polaris Patrol. He comments on the effectiveness of the Polaris weapons concept and its use as a national nuclear deterrent and element of American seapower.

1961 Aug 01
Box 17, Folder 17 Sylvanus W. Godon letter (MSI 316)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed from USS Susquehanna, Montevideo, Uruguay, to LCDR J. G. Walker, CO, USS Shawmut, with orders to proceed to Colonia, Uruguay, to cultivate friendly relations and to remain there until April 1.

1866 Mar 16
Box 17, Folder 18 Sylvanus W. Godon letter (MSI 317)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed from Godon, Acting CO, Brazil Squadron, in USS Susquehanna, Montevideo, Uruguay, to LCDRJ. G. Walker, CO, USS Shawmut, with orders to sail to Buenos Aires and to seize the steamer La Portena if she has not complied with the legal requirements of the U.S. Consul, or until crew list and register is in the hands of the Consul.

1866 Jan 17
Box 17, Folder 19 Meigs family genealogy (MSI 318)
Contents Note: Genealogy of the Meigs, Rodgers, Taylor, Alger and Smith families, compiled by Mary Smith Staley, 1980.

1980
Box 17, Folder 20 John Rodgers letter (MSI 319)
Contents Note: Typescript copies of letter Washington D.C., to her children regarding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the consternation of her family regarding that event Comments on the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate forces and the celebrations surrounding that event.

1865 Apr 17
Box 17, Folder 21 Louisa Taylor Alger reminiscences (MSI 320)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Mrs. Philip Alger (1886–1962), with anecdotes, mainly of her grandfather, General Montgomery C. Meigs, Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army, during the Civil War, as recorded by Mrs. Gert Ehrlich in 1961, Annapolis, MD.

1955 May 27
Box 17, Folder 22 Eugene B. Fluckey letter (MSI 321)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Frank (?), regarding queries from authors, which he does not have the expertise to answer. Cites examples of WWII captured aviators in Japan prison camps who were killed. Refuses to be quoted because he does not have details.

1993 Jun 23
Box 17, Folder 23 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 322)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Thomas Gibbons, regarding Luce's account of Commodore Biddle's visit to Japan in 1846 and his desire to post a reward in Annapolis newspapers for the loss of Biddle's illustrations of the Columbus and Vincennes.

1906 Feb 14
Box 17, Folder 24 David Dixon Porter note (MSI 323)
Contents Note: Autographed note signed to Commodore Stephen B. Luce, with signature of Luce regarding employment of men.

undated
Box 17, Folder 25 George E. Belknap letter (MSI 324)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to John Roper, Esq. from Boston, MA, regarding the date of the next meeting of the Military Historical Society.

1895 Oct 12
Box 17, Folder 26 George E. Belknap letter (MSI 325)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Admiral David D. Porter requesting housing assignment at the U.S. Naval Academy prior to his transfer.

1868 Sep 08
Box 17, Folder 27 Battle of Jutland typescript (MSI 326)
Contents Note: Typescript copy of and account of WWI Battle May 26, 1916, by Executive Officer CDR Waylwyn, RN, of H.M.S. Warspite, describing the attack, chaos and damage to the ship.

1916 May 31
Box 17, Folder 28 Palmer W. Roberts letter (MSI 327)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to NWC Library Director regarding donation of NWC Swimming Society ashtray, 1958-1959, and including favorable comments on his years at the Naval War College. Photograph of ashtray.

1993 Sep
Box 17, Folder 29 Waukesha (AKA-84) article (MSI 328)
Contents Note: An article entitled "The Waukesha, Nagasaki and the Atomic Bomb" by Thomas F. Coon, a Lieutenant, USNR, aboard the ship in 1945. This is an account of the ship's stopover at Ulithi, military leave there, a stopover at Okinawa and a typhoon there, landings at Yokosuka Naval Base, 28 August 1945, and at Nagasaki, 28 September 1945, and effects of radiation on naval officers who went ashore there.

1993
Box 17, Folder 30-31 Torpedo boats, Bristol, RI article (MSI 329)
Contents Note: Typescript copy of "The Torpedo Boats of Bristol, RI.," by Richard V. Simpson, 1993.This article treats the history of the torpedo boats built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for the U.S. Navy, ca.1877-1900. Contents include information on boat types, including the steel torpedo boats, the war with Spain and torpedo boats during that war. Appendices include information on torpedo boat practice in Narragansett Bay, speed records of U.S. torpedo boats, Herreshoff's other Navy boats, Rhode Island and the war with Spain.

1993
Box 18, Folder 1 George Dewey letter (MSI 330)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Captain C.D. Sigsbee thanking him for the memorandum with views of CDR Beehler for presentation to the General Board.

1902 Nov 04
Box 18, Folder 2 Elmo R. Zumwalt letter (MSI 331)
Contents Note: Typed Letter signed to Mrs. C. K. Herburger commenting on the bravery, heroism and patriotism of the men who served under him during the Vietnam War. He has signed the currency she sent and will sign two Vietnam maps.

1993 Jul 07
Box 18, Folder 3 C. D. Carlisle letter (MSI 332)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Benjamin Kohn, Washington, D.C., thanking him for his interest in the USS Seawolf (SS-575) and his pride in his ship’s accomplishments, which demonstrate the country’s technical and scientific progress.

1959 Jan 06
Box 18, Folder 4 William F. Halsey letter (MSI 333)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Elias Bernstein, Staten Island, N.Y., thanking him for the gift of a cribbage board, his contribution to enhance the recreational activities of service men during WWII.

1943 Jan 12
Box 18, Folder 5 USS Susquehanna note (MSI 334)
Contents Note: Holograph note from the officers of the Susquehanna to Reverend Henry A Miles, Leghorn, Italy, inviting him and his family to visit the ship.

1861 Apr 24
Box 18, Folder 6 Isaac Toucey letter (MSI 335)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to the flag officer of the Mediterranean Squadron introducing the Reverend Henry A. Miles of Boston who was visiting Italy for two years. He requests that all courtesies be extended to him.

1860 Jun 15
Box 18, Folder 7 Benjamin Waterhouse published journal (MSI 336)
Contents Note: Published journal of a young man of Massachusetts, a surgeon on board an American privateer who was captured by the British and was confined first at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chetham in England and later, at Dartmoor Prison (with comments on the Dartmoor Prison massacre) written by himself. Boston: Rowe and Hooper, 1816, first edition.

1816
Box 18, Folder 8 USS Portsmouth notebook (MSI 337)
Contents Note: Holograph notebook entitled Watch, Quarter, Fire and Station bill for the ship, which was part of the South Atlantic Fleet and cruised off Brazil and Africa during I869-1871. Entries were prepared by Benjamin F. Tilley, Master, USN.

1869-1871
Box 18, Folder 9 USS Tennessee notebook (MSI 338)
Contents Note: Holograph notebook containing a program of inspection of this ship of the North Atlantic Station. Entries are in ink and pencil.

undated
Box 18, Folder 10 Eugene B. Fluckey letter (MSI 339)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Joseph Fawls, regarding the distribution of his book Thunder Below (Winner of the Samuel E. Morison Prize in 1993) and his involvement as CIC, NATO, Iberian Atlantic Command in building underground headquarters in Portugal, hence his lack of information on release of the Pueblo personnel in 1968.

1993 Sep 26
Box 18, Folder 11 Lloyd M. Bucher letter (MSI 340)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Joe regarding information on the building of USS Pueblo during WWII, its loan to South Korea during the Korean War and its conversion in 1966 for environmental research as a counter for its communications/electronics intelligence mission.

1990 Feb 21
Box 18, Folder 12 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 341)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed from Chester ? to an unnamed individual regarding a report of French General Simon Bernard (1779-1839) regarding the best locations of the Navy Shipyards on the East Coast. Porter points out errors in his report and the fact that it conflicts with the report of the Board of Navy Commissioners. He feels that military men are not qualified to decide on naval matters.

1830 Jan 20
Box 18, Folder 13 Elmo R. Zumwalt letter (MSI 342)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Earl Collins, Austin, Tex., in which he states that the use of Agent Orange is still permitted by international law. He mentions that his autobiography is entitled On Watch and that his favorite quotation is from Abraham Lincoln 's Gettysburg address.

1990 Sep 18
Box 18, Folder 14 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 343)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to Thomas Gibbons on USS Santee, with envelope, regarding his sending a photograph, finding the book Tales That Were Told, and the location of "The Cumberland's Crew" in his book of naval songs.

1906 Feb 05
Box 18, Folder 15 Charles Sigsbee note and photograph (MSI 344)
Contents Note: Autographed note signed, Tompkinsville, New York, to an unidentified person thanking him for his kind remarks. Sigsbee was Commanding Officer, USS Maine when it exploded in Havana Harbor. Cabinet photograph of Sigsbee.

1898 Oct 14
Box 18, Folder 16 William S. Sims letters (MSI 345)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed of 9 April 1929, Boston, Mass., to Louis Schwartz, New York, referring to previous letters condemning the policy of withholding medals from those who deserved them and citing grave mistakes made in naval policy during WWI that resulted in loss of life and property. Recommends reading Kittredge's Naval Lessons of the Great War for further explanation. Sims's obituary from the Herald Tribune is attached.

1929 Apr 09
Box 18, Folder 17 Husband E. Kimmel note (MSI 346)
Contents Note: Holograph note to Keith Thompson and typed copy of letter to Missouri Congressman Clarence Cannon, 3 June 1958, regarding his remarks on lack of communication and cooperation between Kimmel and General Short prior to Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Kimmel denies these allegations and asserts that he was not informed of the. Japanese ultimatum of 28 November 1941, or previous intercepted message traffic. The successful attack on Pearl Harbor was due to lack of information, not interservice rivalries.

1958 Jun 06
Box 18, Folder 18 Chester W. Nimitz typescript (MSI 347)
Contents Note: Typescript with Nimitz signature entitled "Pearl Harbor Attack," in which he cites the Japanese failure to return again to destroy repair facilities, fuel supplies and the submarine base at Quarry Point as grievous errors. Colored photograph of destruction at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

1941 Dec 07
Box 18, Folder 19 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 348)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to John A. Stewart, Chairman, Executive Committee, commenting on peace between English-speaking people and not wishing to lend his name to an unnamed celebration.

1911 Oct 29
Box 18, Folder 20 George Dewey document (MSI 349)
Contents Note: Typed document signed by Dewey CO, Asiatic Fleet in USS Baltimore, Manila, PI, requesting a daily ration of fresh bread.

1898 May 04
Box 18, Folder 21 James M. Forsyth document (MSI 350)
Contents Note: Typed document signed by Captain Forsyth, of the USS Baltimore, requesting fresh bread for the crew.

1899 Jun 30
Box 18, Folder 22 Naval Torpedo Station booklet (MSI 351)
Contents Note: Booklet entitled "Instructions for Emergency Fire Crew," Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I., Personnel Division, Training Section. The booklet was geared to industrial workers, not the fire fighting units.

1942 Apr
Box 19, Folder 1 Stephen B. Luce signature (MSI 352)
Contents Note: Signature reading "S.B. Luce, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, USS Richmond, 13 September 1887."

1887 Sep 13
Box 19, Folder 2 Chester W. Nimitz signed cover (MSI 353)
Contents Note: Signed first day cover, with "God Blessed America" and "A Two Ocean Navy to Protect it" in color bordering a navy ship. Signature reads "C. W. Nimitz, Admiral, USN."

1941 Jul 04
Box 19, Folder 3 George Smith Blake letter (MSI 354)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to F.P.C. Winship, advising him that he had been relieved as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy by David D. Porter. Information on admissions can be obtained from Annapolis.

1865 Nov 25
Box 19, Folder 4 James Alden printed documents (MSI 355)
Contents Note: Partly printed document signed by James Alden and J.G. Walker in which the Naval Signal Code No. 73 is remitted to Walker, CO, USS Sabine, berthed in New York.

1869 Jun 08
Box 19, Folder 5 Hezekiah Loomis journal (MSI 356)
Contents Note: Journal kept by Loomis, a steward on board USS Vixen during the War with Tripoli, 1804. Journal entries date from 1 November 1804-29 November 1805. Entries focus on the weather, provisioning of the ship, times of sail, ports of call, other U.S. ships, sightseeing, and list of ship's crew, 1803-1805. Edited by Louis F. Middlebrook. Published by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1928.

1804
Box 19, Folder 6 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 357)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to Bessie, Boston, Mass. promising to visit her before he leaves. He indicates that most of his evenings were spent with Mrs. Saltonstall.

undated
Box 19, Folder 7 Carlos R. Rive doctoral dissertation (MSI 358)
Contents Note: Doctoral dissertation prepared for the History Department, The Ohio State University, 1995, entitled "Big Stick and Short Sword: The American and Japanese Navies as Hypothetical Enemies."

1995
Box 19, Folder 8 Spanish-American War squadron bulletin (MSI 359)
Contents Note: Squadron Bulletin of USS New York (ACR-2) printed on 3 July 1898, with a report of the destruction of the Spanish fleet off Santiago, Cuba, giving detail of the battle, the capture of Admiral Pascual Cervera and his fellow officers and the text of the victory telegram sent to Washington, D.C.

1898 Jul 03
Box 19, Folder 9 Jeremiah H. Gilman letter (MSI 360)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to the Honorable Henry Stoughton from USS Illinois off Charleston, S.C., regarding transit, under sealed orders, to reinforce Union garrison at Fort Pickens, Pensacola, Fla. Describes the journey, his feelings about the impending war, and the reinforcement of the fort.

1861 Apr 12
Box 19, Folder 10 Jean Pierre Mayer doctoral dissertation (MSI 361)
Contents Note: Doctoral Dissertation entitled "La Strategie Nucleaire Americaine D'Hiroshima a La fin du Mandat de Lyndon B. Johnson: Un Discours D'Inspiration Puritaine" (American Nuclear Strategy from Hiroshima to the end of Lyndon B. Johnson's Term: A Treatise of Puritan Inspiration), submitted to the Department of Political Science, The University of Paris.

undated
Box 19, Folder 11 USS Mount Vernon typescript (MSI 362)
Contents Note: Bound Typescript of LT Charles Kimball Cummings' voyages in USS Mount Vemon (Str. T.) during World War I and after, with watercolor illustrations of the ship, exterior and interior, and ship formations. Log dates from 11 October 1917-9 September 1918,with commentary on operations and voyages after the armistice. Diary entries tell of the weather, wind, navigation, port visits to Brest, France, London, England, convoying operations, German sub sightings, and torpedo attack on the vessel 5 September 1918. After the war ended, Mount Vernon transported troops back to the United States.

1917-1919
Box 19, Folder 12 Hyman G. Rickover letter (MSI 363)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Congressman James C. Gardner regarding the first sea trials of nuclear powered submarine USS Pargo (SSN-650), which were successfully completed. Discusses the Pargo's mission as well as the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarine force.

1967 Aug 07
Box 19, Folder 13 Henry L. Abbot letter (MSI 364)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to General Andrew A. Humphreys, Corps of Engineers, USA, regarding the torpedo project (Whitehead Class) of Robert Weir. He recommended that the Navy Department conduct a trial, as it was unsuitable for the Army.

1874 Feb 17
Box 19, Folder 14 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 365)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Allen Evans, regarding his decision to enter the Episcopal ministry. Mahan gives him advice and counsel, speaks of works and inward spiritual grace and of noted London parish priest G. H. Wilkarson who exemplified both of these traits. Suggests that a consecrated purpose is the best preparation for the ministry and the habit of communion with God.

1914 Oct 17
Box 19, Folder 15 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 366)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Rowland Evans regarding the Christian use of force in the secular world. Mahan believes that this is not incompatible with the Christian life.

1914 Apr 29
Box 19, Folder 16 Anne Hitchcock Sims note (MSI 367)
Contents Note: Holograph note to Mr. Pond, Newport, RI., thanking him for sending a copy of John Mansfield's Captain Margaret, which her husband, Admiral William S. Sims, is now reading. She intends to read it later. They enjoyed his brief visit to Newport.

undated
Box 19, Folder 17 George Dewey letter (MSI 368)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Horace A. Dodge, Esq., Washington, D.C., thanking him for a copy of Lindon W. Bates’ “Project for the Panama Canal.”

1905 Jun 26
Box 19, Folder 18 French Forrest letter (MSI 369)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to unnamed person Washington, D.C., thanking him for a pamphlet sent and promising to read it. Intends to have the Admiral Bill in Congress passed. Mentions the election of General Zachary Taylor to the presidency and hopes for better times.

1898 Dec 02
Box 48x, Folder 3 Spanish-American War Nurses scrapbook (MSI 370)
Contents Note: Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs of nurses during the Spanish-American War and programs of conventions of Spanish American War Nurse Veterans, 1898-1934. Miscellaneous clippings on Civil War Veterans, Spanish-American War Nurses in Japan, 1904-1905, during the Russo-Japanese War, and pensions for veterans.

1893-1934
Box 19, Folder 19 John Almy letter (MSI 371)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed, USS Ohio, San Francisco, CA to his sister regarding her brother-in-law’s (Senator John P. Hale) bill introduced in the Senate to end flogging as a way of disciplining sailors in the U.S. Navy. Almy supports flogging as a way to control sailors and guarantee the safety of officers and asks that she use her influence with him on this subject. Hale was successful in his effort to end corporal punishment.

1849 Sep
Box 52x, Folder 5 USS Nevada (BB-32) scrapbook (MSI 372)
Contents Note: Scrapbook of ship's history and wartime service, 1944-1946, collected by Lieutenant Lester Millman, USN. Items includes newspaper clippings, ship's newspapers, plan of day, photographs, programs, and telegrams. The ship took part in D-Day operations, 1944, the invasion of Southern France, 1944, the Battle of Okinawa and the invasion of Japan, 1945.

1944-1946
Box 19, Folder 20 Herman B. Killam reminiscences (MSI 373)
Contents Note: Typed reminiscences of his works as a Navy salvage and scuba diver at Day invasion, 4 June 1944, on Omaha Beach where he was tasked with clearing the beach of equipment and removing casualties. Describes the pandemonium on the beach, the noise, confusion, destroyer actions and the securing of the beach.

1944 Jun 06
Box 19, Folder 20 Carolyn Killam Mayer letter (MSI 373A)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed of Carolyn Killam to her father, Herman B. Killam, regarding his participation in the D-Day invasion, 6 June 1944.

1995 Jun 15
Box 20, Folder 1 Gustav Kaemmerling scrapbook (MSI 374)
Contents Note: Scrapbook of photographs of naval officers, scenery in the Philippine Islands 1898, Egypt and the pyramids, family members, a male relative at summer camp in New Hampshire and views of Quebec City. Letter, 1916; Postcard, 1907; Newspaper clipping, 1923; Two cartoons, 1903.

1898-1923
Box 20, Folder 2 Stanley M. Barnes typescript (MSI 375)
Contents Note: Typescript entitled, “A Personal Narrative History of MTB Squadron 15”. Barnes was CO of the squadron, which was located in the Mediterranean in 1943–1944. The Squadron’s activities and operations during the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Salerno and Southern France are covered as well as the relationship with the Royal Navy under whose operational control the squadron was for half of its existence.

1996
Box 20, Folder 3 Patrol Squadron book (MSI 376)
Contents Note: "Six Hits and a Miss," the story of the U.S. Navy's top scoring U-Boat Patrol Squadron during WWII. The squadron was organized in October 1941 and operated with the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet. Author is Ragnar Ragnarsson.

1993 Apr 13
Box 20, Folder 4 Leo J. Daugherty, III paper (MSI 377)
Contents Note: The United States Marine Corps and the Advanced Base Force, 1898–1903,” submitted to John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1985 for the Master of Arts degree.

1985
Box 20, Folder 5 Anne Sims Morison typescript reminiscences (MSI 378)
Contents Note: Typescript reminiscences entitled "Memories of a Child's life in the President's House at the Naval War College, 1919-1922" by the daughter of Admiral W. S. Sims, President, NWC, 1917, 1919-1922. Topics include the children's nurses, Navy stewards, the arrival of the Atlantic Fleet in Newport, a visit to the NWC War Gaming room and a return visit to Quarters AA, ca. 1979. Biographical information on the Sims Family.

1995
Box 21, Folder 1 Joel Abbot book (MSI 379)
Contents Note: Book entitled, The Trial of Lieutenant Joel Abbot by the General Naval Court Martial by Captain David Porter, Boston, 1822. In 1822, Abbot, was on duty at the Charleston Navy Yard, where he uncovered a case of fraud and accused Captain Isaac Hull. The charges were unsubstantiated and Abbot was court martialed for two years. The book is inscribed to Charles Henry Davis.

1822
Box 21, Folder 2 William B. Shubrick letter (MSI 380)
Contents Note: Personal holograph letter sent to his wife, Washington, D.C., regarding family matters, grandchildren and the installation of a rug in their home and the dimension of windows.

1849 Sep 28
Box 21, Folder 3 William B. Shubrick letter (MSI 381)
Contents Note: Personal letter to his wife regarding his travel plans and the wealth of various individuals.

undated
Box 21, Folder 4 Frederick W. Rodgers order (MSI 382)
Contents Note: Holograph order from FW Rodgers to Lieutenant H. G. Dresel from USS Puritain ordering him to take charge of the steam cutter, make a reconnaissance of the shore and capture/destroy two sighted vessels and return to the ship before dark.

1898 Aug 01
Box 21, Folder 5 Aurar C. Chase letter (MSI 383)
Contents Note: Holograph letter written from Manila, PI to Miss Hazelton of Boston, MA, enclosing a paper placemat, a souvenir from a dinner given by ADM Charles J. Train for Russian Sailors, survivors of the Battle of Tsushima, Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1905. Chase describes himself, his pride in the Navy and hopes to meet her when he returns.

1905 Aug 29
Box 21, Folder 6 Russo-Japanese War tissue paper placemat (MSI 383a)
Contents Note: Tissue paper placemat in the shape of an American Flag commemorating the dinner and hop given by Admiral Charles Train and officers of the Asiatic Squadron for officers of the Imperial Russian Navy who survived the Battle of Tsushima, 1905. Dinner was given in Manila, Pl.

1905
Box 21, Folder 7 James Russell Soley report (MSI 384)
Contents Note: Photocopy of report on Foreign Systems of Naval Education prepared by Soley for the U.S. Navy, Washington, D.C., 1880. Includes sections on Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy.

1880
Box 21, Folder 8 Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron One memorandum (MSI 385)
Contents Note: Typed Memorandum signed from Executive Officer, MTBS One to Commanding Officer, MTBS One, reporting the activities of the squadron during the Battle of Midway, 4-6 June 1942. Cites certain individuals for bravery but recommends that all are officially commended.

1942 Jun 07
Box 21, Folder 9 Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron One memorandum (MSI 386)
Contents Note: Typed Memorandum signed from Commanding Officer, MTBS One to CINCPACFLT, regarding the Battle of Midway, 4 and 5 June 1942. Cites details of battle, including bombing attack, rescue operations, fighting fires and the cooperation of NAS Midway during the battle.

1942 Jun 09
Box 21, Folder 10 William S. Sims letter (MSI 387)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Mrs. Adelaide L. S. Robb, Atlanta, Ga., requesting letters of Theodore Roosevelt. Sims will not part with the correspondence, which was of historical importance and of an official nature.

1924 Feb 24
Box 21, Folder 11 William H. Standley message (MSI 388)
Contents Note: Typed message from the Chief of Naval Operations, regarding the San Francisco American Legion post's eleventh award ceremony honoring the War Mothers of the World. He comments on the disturbed international situation and the character and spirit of the war mothers that will serve as an example and inspiration.

undated
Box 21, Folder 12 J. H. Guild letter (MSI 389)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed from USS Constitution, Hampton Roads, Va., to his mother describing the scenes in Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe, Swell's Point and sighting of Confederate ships. He thinks ship will be assigned to Port Royal, S.C.

undated
Box 21, Folder 13 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 390a)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Jose Carpino, Manila, Pl, thanking him for his letter of congratulations regarding victory in the Pacific and the end of the war.

1945 Oct 18
Box 21, Folder 13 USS Missouri (BB-63) photograph (MSI 390b+F399)
Contents Note: Photograph of surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, showing Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz signing surrender agreement. Behind him are General Douglas McArthur, Admiral William K. Halsey and Admiral Forrest Sherman. In background are Admiral Nimitz's staff and Fleet Commanders.

1945 Sep 02
Box 21, Folder 14 Y. Wood letter (MSI 391)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Arthur, from USS Chocura, off Cape Fear River, N.C., where he is on blockade duty. He reports that they have not caught any prizes lately and that steamers go by them undiscovered. The Florida caught a steamer and a sailing vessel recently. He is anxious for news from home. He reports on the weather and the fact that Robert E. Lee is in Pennsylvania and McClellan is in command.

1863 Jun 30
Box 21, Folder 15 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 392)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to F. Fisher Unwin, Esq. from Woodmere, N.Y., regarding his receipt of The Siege of Port Arthur by D. H. Tower, which he appreciates.

1906 Oct 10
Box 21, Folder 16 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 393)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to the Perry Mason Company, Boston, Mass., giving them permission to reprint his article that first appeared in Youth Companion.

1901 Apr 25
Box 21, Folder 17 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 394)
Contents Note: Holograph letter sent from New York City, to unnamed correspondent regarding a pamphlet he sent him. Mahan is not versed in the subjects discussed and will not venture an opinion on them, especially the Alsace-Lorraine question.

1904 Feb 15
Box 21, Folder 18 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 395)
Contents Note: Holograph letter sent from Quogue, N.Y., to Mr. Betts, declining a speaking engagement.

1901 Sep 30
Box 21, Folder 19 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 396)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed, New York City, N.Y., to Reverend C. T. Brady returning the article that he sent. Mahan notes he has heard of the Nelson touch, but not the Hanke touch.

1901 Mar 11
Box 21, Folder 20 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 397)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Paul Dana, editor New York Sun, New York City, regarding his views on foreign affairs, the Boer War, the Far East, free trade with China, close ties between England and the United States, British Seapower, France and Russia as possible enemies, and the proper course of action for the United States. Mahan hopes that the newspaper will show strong U.S. support for Great Britain.

1899 Nov 06
Box 21, Folder 21 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 398)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Monroe, from New York City, thanking him for an invitation to a dub and expressing surprise at the interest in his lectures, which he feels may prove disappointing to the listener. He sends him a ticket with the letter.

undated
Box 21, Folder 22 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 399)
Contents Note: Holograph letter sent to Professor W. T. Sedgwick, from Boston, Mass., thanking him for his kindness and requesting that the map of the Caribbean be carefully packed and sent to the Naval War College, and that the drawings of ships be sent to him.

1897 Apr 24
Box 21, Folder 23 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 400)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Dr. Stevenson from New York City declining an invitation. He has to attend a meeting of the Church Club of the Episcopal Church regarding missionary matters.

undated
Box 21, Folder 24 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 401)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Charles Darwin from USS Chicago, inviting him and his family to a dance aboard the ship.

1893 Sep 03
Box 21, Folder 25 Alfred T. Mahan note (MSI 402)
Contents Note: Holograph note regarding a correction on his article, along with the original phrasing.

undated
Box 21, Folder 26 Asa Mahan letter (MSI 403)
Contents Note: Holograph letter, London, England, to unnamed person indicating that he does not know of the work in question being in print.

1877 Dec 28
Box 21, Folder 27 William S. Sims letter (MSI 404)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Mr. Greenway regarding his request with which Sims will comply. Letter was sent from Marion, Mass., ca. June 1935, where he was celebrating the recent wedding of his daughter Anne on 26 June 1935.

undated
Box 52x, Folder 6 World War I photograph album (MSI 405)
Contents Note: Photograph album from Zeebrugge (Belgium) Museum, with photographs of submarines, ships sinking, minelayers off the coast at Zeebrugge and Ostend, guns, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, the Somme Battlefield, France, English prisoners, submarine crew and the mole at Zeebrugge. (The officers of the submarine base at Zeebrugge wanted photographs as souvenirs of their service.)

1914-1918
Box 21, Folder 28 Battle of Savo Island personal reminiscences (MSI 406)
Contents Note: Personal reminiscences by Marine Corps pilot Roy T. Spurlock of the Battle of Savo Island with comments on the American, Australian, and Japanese leadership, the battle scenario, casualties, the role of USMC pilots and ship-based personnel.

1997 May 17
Box 21, Folder 29-30 Frederick W. Hirst notebook (MSI 407)
Contents Note: Notebook containing photographs of the construction of William M. Callaghan, a gas turbine ship, in 1967-1968 at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry-dock Company, Chester, Pa.; Color filmstrips of various subjects; Photographs of Callaghan at sea, N.S. Savannah and USS Constitution with officers; Reprints of articles on the Callaghan, 1968; Biography; Copies of licenses and school certificates, and letter, 1936-1987.

1936-1987
Box 22, Folder 1-2 Laura Rapaport Borsten typescript (MSI 408)
Contents Note: Typescript of manuscript entitled “Once a WAVE: My Life in the Navy, 1942–1946” is an account of her naval training, billets at USNTS (WR), Bronx, NY and in Hawaii where, as a LCDR, she was one of the last WAVES to leave.

1995 Mar 01
Box 22, Folder 3 John B. Lundstrom thesis (MSI 409)
Contents Note: "The First South Pacific Campaign. January-June 1941," MA Thesis, University of Wisconsin¬Milwaukee, 1974. The thesis focuses on the strategic situation in the South Pacific, the Battle of the Coral Sea and its strategic aftermath, including U.S. and Japanese strategies.

1974
Box 22, Folder 4 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 410)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed, New York, to William S. Kendall an artist, requesting that the sittings for his portrait be scheduled in the afternoons and that he be given the correct studio address.

undated
Box 22, Folder 5 Henry Phelps letter (MSI 411)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed, Gloucester, Mass., to Littleton W. Gazewell, prize agent, on behalf of John Rowe, Seaman on the USS Guerriere at the capture of the Algerine Squadron. Requests prize money or channel through which he can obtain it.

1817 Oct 03
Box 53x, Folder 1 William S. Sims letter and imprints (MSI 412)
Contents Note: Framed item containing a typed letter signed to Surgeon Frank L. Pleadwell, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va., thanking him for a Christmas card; Imprint of King George, the Prince of Wales, Admirals Beatty, Rodman and Sims prior to the surrender of Germany, 1918, and naval officers viewing destroyers entering the harbor.

1918 Jan 08 and undated
Box 22, Folder 6 Ernest T. Johnstone diary (MSI 413)
Contents Note: Holograph diary kept aboard USS Independence, USS Hartford, USS Massachusetts and USS Atlanta with the South Atlantic and Caribbean Squadrons. Cruises included the east coast of South America, the Caribbean Sea, the Mississippi River and the U.S. east coast. The USS Atlanta crew aided government troops during the March-April revolt in the Dominican Republic after the president was overthrown. Daily entries include fleet maneuvers, target practice, inspections, sports, coaling, visits of dignitaries and admirals, liberty, foreign ships and celebrations. There are seventy-three photographs of ports visited, U.S. and foreign ships, crews; Three watercolor sketches of USS Atlanta, Santo Domingo and sailor with hat; Hand painted U.S. and international flags; Lists of U.S. ships foreign ships, record of USS Atlanta's baseball team, semaphore and cypher codes and imprint of general court marlial order for Philip Fechter, USS Atlanta, 1904.

1899-1903
Box 22, Folder 7 USS Olympia (C 6) cruise book (MSI 414)
Contents Note: Cruise book of ship's voyage from San Francisco Bay to Manila Bay, 1895-1899, by L. S. Young containing a narrative of the voyage and a reissue of seven issues of the Bounding Billow, treating the Spanish-American War, the Battle of Manila Bay and the fall of Manila. Textual illustrations, photographic plates and poetry by L.S. Young.

1895-1899
Box 23, Folder 1 USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) scrapbook (MSI 415)
Contents Note: Copies of photograph, narratives, ship's log and rosters, action and casualty reports, official ship's history, daily diary kept by crew members, awards and citations and chronology of ship's voyages.

1943-1946
Box 23, Folder 2 Harley Eppler eyewitness accounts (MSI 416)
Contents Note: Typed and signed eyewitness accounts of the attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, by a sailor in USS Vestal, a Navy repair ship berthed next to the USS Arizona. The Vestal did not sink as the lines connecting it to the Arizona were cut.

1941 Dec 07
Box 23, Folder 3 Henry D. Carter letter (MSI 417)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to J. B. Hirst New York, NY regarding an article on the sinking of the troop ship PRESIDENT LINCOLN, on May 31, 1918, which he wrote. He mentions the ship’s reunion and a bronze memorial tablet located on the Battery in New York to the twenty-six men who lost their lives when the ship sunk.

1918 Nov 26
Box 23, Folder 4 Henry D. Carter letter (MSI 418)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to J. B. Hirst New York, NY regarding an article on the sinking of the troop ship PRESIDENT LINCOLN, on May 31, 1918, which he wrote. He mentions the ship’s reunion and a bronze memorial tablet located on the Battery in New York to the twenty-six men who lost their lives when the ship sunk.

1922 Feb 10
Box 23, Folder 5 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 419)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed from Berkeley, Calif., to Rear Admiral and Mrs. Aaron S. Merrill, Natchez, Miss., extending holiday greetings and commenting on their new residence and activities.

1949 Jan 04
Box 23, Folder 6-8 C. Homer Bast manuscript (MSI 420)
Contents Note: Photocopy of unpublished typed manuscript entitled “Okinawa War Diary, April 1945, the First Nineteen Days” by the author. This work gives a detailed account of the battle.

undated
Box 23, Folder 9 Author Unknown letter (MSI 421)
Contents Note: Holograph letter of Union Sailor George ______ to his wife and children from USS Circassian, Hampton Roads, VA, telling them of a trip to the James River, waiting for a flag of truce ship, taking Confederates aboard, and river traffic on the way to join General U. S. Grant. He hopes to return home soon.

1864 Oct 08
Box 23, Folder 9 Author Unknown letter (MSI 422)
Contents Note: Holograph letter of Union Sailor George _____ to his wife and children from USS Circassian at sea, telling about the search for the MANATEZ and a steamer lost in a storm near Charleston, SC, the weather and his arrival at Key West, FL.

1864 Oct 24
Box 23, Folder 10 Stanford Weston diary (MSI 423)
Contents Note: Leather-bound holograph diary kept by a Union soldier from Middleboro, Mass., with entries for 9, 11, 31 December 1862, who served in the Civil War at Ship Island, Miss., New Orleans, La., Baton Rouge, La. and Carrolton, La. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 15 November 1861, and was discharged on 15 October 1862, because of poor health. Diary relates his voyage to Hampton Roads, Va., and Ship Island in USS Constitution, with comments on the weather, illness, the crew, news of Union victories at Savannah, Ga., and New Orleans, La., descriptions of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, picket duty, guard duty, skirmishes with the Confederates near Baton Rouge, execution of a Confederate, the taking of prisoners, burning plantations, capturing supplies, his illness and subsequent discharge and return trip to NYC and home. Diary contains a family record, date of his marriage, list of household goods, list of dates in service and where spent, and Army items issued to him.

1862
Box 23, Folder 11 George H. Engeman handbook (MSI 424)
Contents Note: Handbook of the regiment of midshipmen, U.S. Naval Academy, belonging to Engeman, class of 1927. Published in 1923, the handbook contains information on the Academy's mission, historical sketch, buildings, activities, songs, honor code, classes and calendar.

1923
Box 23, Folder 12 William S. Sims letter (MSI 425)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Cyrus T. Brady, Yonkers, N.Y., declining an invitation because of present conditions.

1920 Jan 13
Box 23, Folder 13 Sylvanus W. Godon letter (MSI 426)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed, Commandant's Office, Navy Yard, New York, authorizing a band for USS Sabine, consisting of a bandmaster's six first-class and five second-class musicians.

1869 May 05
Box 23, Folder 14 John H. Knowles photograph (MSI 427)
Contents Note: Black and white photograph, 4" x 6", by M. M. Caster, Annapolis, Md. Knowles was Chief Quartermaster and served in the Navy for forty-five years. A native of South Kingstown, R.I., he lashed ADM Farragut to the mast of USS Hartford at the Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864.

1894 Nov 30
Box 23, Folder 15 C. H. Hunt letter (MSI 428)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed of a Union sailor in USS Pembina near Pensacola, Fla., to his friend Jessie, relating his voyage from New York to Pensacola, a layover in the Bahamas, repairs to the ship, rebel destruction of the navy yard and the town of Warrenton, Fla.

1862 Nov 19
Box 23, Folder 16 C. H. Hunt letter (MSI 429)
Contents Note: Holograph letter of a Union Sailor in USS Pembina, off Mobile, Ala. to friend Jessie mentioning Christmas presents received, a request for her carte de visite, the blockade of Mobile, capturing Confederate schooners, a shot from Fort Morgan and the slowness of mail. He closes with a poem to Jessie.

1863 Jan 03
Box 48x, Folder 4 USS Lancaster logbook (MSI 430)
Contents Note: Holograph logbook of the ship kept by Captain Charles C. Johnson during blockade duty and other duties on the west coast of South America and North America. Accounts relate to daily activities at sea, various disciplinary problems, sailing, and the business of operating a large ship.

1862-1863
Box 23, Folder 17 Richard E. Bennik reminiscence (MSI 431)
Contents Note: Holograph reminiscence of the landing of Marines on Gavutu and Tanambogo Islands in August 1942. Describes the logistics, the attack on the Japanese entrenched in caves, the aerial attacks, injuries and chaos of war. Two maps of Guadalcanal and Tulagi Islands in the Solomons.

1942
Box 23, Folder 18 William Leahy letter (MSI 432-433)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Dr. H. S. Wilkinson, Washington, D.C., regarding scheduling a meeting of the Men's Club at his home in May. Signed black and white matte photograph of Leahy seated at his desk, December 1944, when he was Chief of Staff to Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1937 Apr 10
Box 23, Folder 19 William S. Sims letter (MSI 434)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Scott McComb, Esq. Lily Hill, Bracknell, Berks., England thanking him for his contribution of twenty-five pounds for a recreation hut for men of the U.S. Naval Forces.

1917 May 16
Box 23, Folder 20 George Dewey letter (MSI 435)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to R.J. Shortlidge, State Normal School, West Chester, PA wishing readers of The Amulet faith and accomplishment in the New Year.

1906 Dec 18
Box 23, Folder 21 Isaac Hull letter (MSI 436)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to LCDR John Percival, CO, USS Dolphin, Callao, Peru, from Hull in USS United States with orders to deliver dispatches to Simon Bolivar near Trujillo, Peru, via Lieutenant. W. Paulding.

1824 May 24
Box 23, Folder 22 USS Constitution photographs (MSI 437)
Contents Note: Photographs of ship in sepia tones by William T. Clark, Boston Mass., ca. 1900, showing details of the ship, including rigging, guns, steering wheel and at harborside.

circa 1900
Box 23, Folder 23 Gideon Welles letter (MSI 438)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed of Secretary of the Navy Welles, to Henry Flanders, Prize Commission Philadelphia, Pa., regarding Lieutenant Crosby, USA, and a non-naval vessel, the Fanny. Flanders hoped to collect prize money for reporting Lieutenant Crosby.

1862 Jul 09
Box 23, Folder 24 USS Nautilus (SSN 571) letter (MSI 439)
Contents Note: Letter of Commander William R. Anderson, to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Currier, Harvey, Ill., regarding transpolar voyage of the sub, the first to make such a voyage in August 1958; Attributes its success to the nation's industrial capabilities. Black and white printed photograph of Commander Anderson in Portugal, England, attached to letter.

1958 Oct 23
Box 23, Folder 25 USS Nautilus (SSN 571) photographs (MSI 440)
Contents Note: Two 8" x 10" black and white photographs of USS Nautilus, one signed by Commander William R. Anderson, and the other unsigned. The ship was the first to make a transpolar voyage in August 1958.

1958 Oct 23
Box 24, Folder 1 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 441)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Attorney Basil O'Connor, New York, regarding Navy recruiting practices and the administration of a variety of test for placement of recruits in service schools. He will refer the work of the Human Engineering laboratory to the officer in charge, Navy Recruiting, N.Y., for possible use by the Navy.

1941 Mar 17
Box 24, Folder 2 USS Hornet (CV-12) personal reminiscences (MSI 442)
Contents Note: Personal reminiscence of the ship's first war cruise as flagship Commander Carrier Division 5, RADM J.J. Clark by John B. Harriman, Communications Watch Officer with account of operations in New Guinea, Palau, Caroline, Mariana and Bonin Islands, Saipan, China, lwo Jima and Okinawa, 1944-1945. Photograph of a navy brig in the South Pacific. n.d., n.p.

1980 Oct 06
Box 24, Folder 3 Thomas M. Allison personal reminiscence (MSI 443)
Contents Note: Personal reminiscence of service with Task Force 14, first U.S. Navy Task Force of WWII, November 10, 1941-December 19, 1941, that transported British Troops from Halifax, NS, to Capetown, SA, then made port stops at Bombay, India, Mombasa, Kenya, and Singapore, Malaysia. Gives an account of the trip, liberty, food, weather and news of early wartime attacks.

1999 Aug 05
Box 24, Folder 4 Thomas M. Allison personal reminiscence (MSI 444)
Contents Note: Personal reminiscence of service in the U.S. Navy, including recruitment and training at the Newport Naval Training Station in early months of 1941, service in USS Hornet at the Battle of the Marianas, an instance of friendly fire in USS Hornet and visit of Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan to USS Midway, 1950.

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Box 24, Folder 5 John A. Dahlgren letter (MSI 445)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed from USS Powhatan, Callao, Peru, to Admiral George F. Emmons apologizing for not spending the evening with him and wishing him well on his cruise. He hopes to be of service to him some day.

1867 May 27
Box 24, Folder 6 Dahlgren gun engraving (MSI 446)
Contents Note: Mounted engraving from Harper’s Weekly of a shattered 9” Dahlgren gun at Fort Hindman, Arkansas.

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Box 24, Folder 7 Benjamin F. Tracy order (MSI 447)
Contents Note: Holograph order for reassignment of Commander F. W. Dickens, CO, USS Tallapoosa, Montevideo, Uruguay, South Atlantic Squadron. Annotation regarding expenses allowed and date of departure appear as well as signatures of Rear Admiral Gillis, Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy and Dickens.

1889 Jul 18
Box 24, Folder 8 Gideon Welles letter (MSI 448)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed Washington, D.C., to Captain George F. Emmons, Princeton, NJ., regarding his reporting to the New York Navy Yard for a physical exam prior to promotion.

1868 Nov 02
Box 24, Folder 9 Battle of Leyte Gulf photograph (MSI 449)
Contents Note: Black and white photograph, 8" x 1O" of meeting of newspaper reporters, SECNAV James Forrestal and naval officers regarding General Douglas MacArthur's strategy in the Leyte Gulf invasion in 1944 to attendees.

ca. 1944
Box 24, Folder 10 Philippine Expeditionary Force photocopy (MSI 450)
Contents Note: Photocopy of the Japanese account of their Philippine Campaign by Gasel. A photographic account with captions in Japanese and English translated by U.S. Intelligence. This item was found in a Manila warehouse. The original copy belonged to Fem Harrington Miles, a missionary.

1996 Apr
Box 24, Folder 11 USS Preble (TBD-12) diary and travelogue (MSI 451)
Contents Note: Diary and travelogue of the ship's navigator from April 1917-November 1918, when the ship served in Eastern Atlantic and Caribbean waters as a sub chaser and escort ship. Contains maritime poetry, ink drawings, photos, descriptions of ports of call, sub chasing and Armistice Day, 1918, in New York City, lists of hotels, tables and inscriptions.

1917 Apr-1918 Nov
Box 24, Folder 12 David Dixon Porter postal cover (MSI 452)
Contents Note: Signed postal cover with signatures of Porter and Commodore Murray, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Box 24, Folder 13 David G. Farragut letter (MSI 453)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to Paul Langdon Norfolk, Va., asking him to serve as his clerk in USS Brooklyn assigned to the Gulf of Mexico. Farragut states that the pay and the travel are not inducements, but he would be pleased if Langdon accepted. Farragut discusses his orders for a trial cruise and other candidates for captain's clerk.

1858 Dec 17
Box 24, Folder 14 J. Hubert Mee autobiography (MSI 454)
Contents Note: Copy of Autobiography entitled My Life as I Lived it by Mee and edited by Tim Comstock, n.p., 1999, with paternal and maternal ancestry, boyhood, education, service in Navy in USS Quincy at Guadalcanal landing, August 1942, USS Boston in major South Pacific operations, then instructor in CIC, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Postwar career with Standard Oil and Petroleum Consultant for UCAL regents. Interview with David Kennedy, Chair, History Department, Stanford University, 1991, regarding loss of USS Quincy, 7-9 August 1942. Mee's cousin, Luke McNamee, was president of the Naval War College, 1933-1934.

1999
Box 24, Folder 15 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 455)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed NYC to W. H. Rideing, Esq. informing him that he has not written the article on David G. Farragut but the delay will not be long. He wonders if he wants to consider it, given the circumstances.

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Box 24, Folder 16 George Dewey signature (MSI 456)
Contents Note: Signature of Dewey in black ink. Above the signature is printed “The Admiral of the Navy, Washington.”

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Box 24, Folder 17 Frederick Funston signature (MSI 457)
Contents Note: Holograph signature of the General with date of 7 February 1915, written underneath.

1915 Feb 07
Box 24, Folder 18 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 458)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Colonel Sterling, London, England, indicating that he is sending him a copy of his interest of America in Seapower. This book will give citizenry food for thought; Mahan urges readers to acquaint themselves with the history of Great Britain and the common interest both countries share.

1897 Dec 09
Box 24, Folder 19 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 459)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed, New York, to English publisher Edward Arnold, London, England, discussing his publishers and indicating that he is writing the history of the War of 1812 and hasn't the time to treat in depth the Russo-Japanese War, with the exception of an article.

1904 Dec 13
Box 24, Folder 20 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 460)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed New Orleans, La., to Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton concerning his drawing up bills of exchange for $3952.54 for payment for repair of vessels. Payment was due prior to death of William Spence.

1809 Nov 19
Box 24, Folder 21 Fred White letter (MSI 461)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed from Seaman White, USS Niagara, New York, to F. A Belcher, Randolph, Mass., regarding life aboard ship, visits of women, sailors and whiskey, change in officers quarters to main deck, liberty on shore but not home, awaiting orders to a foreign station or around Cape Horn to San Francisco, Calif. Conveys his best regards to his parents and friends.

1864 May 22
Box 24, Folder 22 William B. Farnsworth personal account (MSI 462)
Contents Note: Account of his service in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War entitled "First Ship, USS Alex P. Diachenko (ADP-123), August 1950-December 1951"; Includes USNA cruises, orders to the Twelfth Naval District, then Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif.; Pacific trip to Yokosuka, Japan, to board USS Diachenko, description of ship and officers; Duties as Assistant Chief Engineer; Orders to Pusan, Korea; Duties as Watch Officer and Damage Control Officer; Landing at Inchon; Sasebo, Japan; Minesweeping with Mine Division 31 at Wonsan, Hungnam and Sonjin, Korea; Travel in Japan; Detail on south coast of Korea; Orders to San Diego, Calif., April 1951; Accepted for submarine training, 1951.

2000 Sep
Box 24, Folder 23 Jonas Corey letters (MSI 463)
Contents Note: Autographed letters signed of Union Navy sailor to his sister Sarah from steam propeller USS Continental, January 24 & 25, 1863, telling of a stormy passage from New York to Key West, FL via Bermuda and the Bahamas. Recounts death and burial at sea of two sailors, conditions in Key West, including weather, free blacks, his health and sends regards to relatives.

1863 Jan 24
Box 24, Folder 24 Winfield Scott Schley letter (MSI 464)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed, Washington, D.C., 13 November 1898, to his cousin, Mrs. Chapman Johnson, Utica, N.Y., indicating that he remembered her as a little girl and her husband, who was in the State service. He hopes to get some rest and gain weight after the Spanish-American War and service in the tropics.

1898 Nov 13
Box 24, Folder 25 Pearl Harbor and the Kimmel Controversy conference proceeding (MSI 465)
Contents Note: Published conference proceeding sponsored by the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., 7 December 1999. Participants include naval officers and naval historians. Edition prepared by David Winkler and Jennifer Lloyd in 2000.

1999 Dec 07
Box 24, Folder 26 Robert B. Gordon memoir (MSI 466)
Contents Note: Personal memoir entitled "Working for Admiral Rickover." Account of research engineer at Westinghouse who was involved in developing new metals and nuclear reactor cores to build the Nautilus, first nuclear powered submarine. Discusses the launching of the Nautilus, undersea trips in the sub, trip to England with Rickover and reflections on Rickover's personality and work style.

2000
Box 24, Folder 27 Matthew Preston letter (MSI 467)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed, 29 November 1779, to Philadelphia merchants Thomas and Matthew Irwin regarding supplies for Captain John Barry at Mole St. Nicholas, Haiti.

1779 Nov 29
Box 24, Folder 28 Robley D. Evans letter (MSI 468)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. McKay from Evans, Washington, D.C., n.d., requesting his autograph on an article, which he will sign when on the USS Maine on 5 November [no year].

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Box 24, Folder 29 Josephus Daniels letter (MSI 469)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed, September 28, 1917, Washington, D.C., to Gunner (T) Edward H. Belknap, USS Oklahoma, appointing him a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Navy.

1917 Sep 28
Box 24, Folder 30 Josephus Daniels letter (MSI 470)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed, April 6, 1920, Washington, D.C., regarding change of duty assignment for Gunner’s Mate Edward H. Belknap, Sperry Gyro Works, Brooklyn, NY, to the Mare Island Navy Yard.

1920 Apr 06
Box 24, Folder 31 Ernest J. King memorandum (MSI 471)
Contents Note: Typed memorandum, 16 January 1932, San Pedro, Calif., with naval orders for temporary duty for Chief Electrician Edward H. Belknap.

1932 Jan 16
Box 24, Folder 32 Frank Brooks Upham letter (MSI 472)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed, 22 June 1931, Washington, D.C., to Chief Electrician Edward H. Belknap, USS Lexington, San Pedro, Calif., with a statement of his naval service.

1931 Jun 22
Box 24, Folder 33 William Leahy memorandum (MSI 473)
Contents Note: Typed memorandum signed, 7January 1937, Washington, D.C., to Chief Electrician Edward H. Belknap, Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, regarding an examination for retirement.

1937 Jan 07
Box 24, Folder 34 George Dewey letter (MSI 474)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed, November 30, 1903, Washington, D.C., to Frank Bramhill, Oakland, CA, who was requesting information on USS Pensacola. Dewey discusses the history of the ship, its construction, cruises, name and includes a photograph of himself as captain of the ship.

1903 Nov 30
Box 24, Folder 35 USS Mohongo record book (MSI 475)
Contents Note: Manuscript record book of prisoners incarcerated aboard the steamer during 1866-1867. List includes the name, rate, date, offense, discharge and remarks as reported by Frank Boyington, Master at Arms.

1866-1867
Box 24, Folder 36 Pascual Cervera pamphlet (MSI 476)
Contents Note: Pamphlet entitled “Views of Admiral Cervera Regarding the Spanish Navy in the Late War”, published by ONI, Navy Department, GPO, Washington, D.C., 1898. Originally published in La Época, Madrid, Spain, November 5, 1898 under the title “Vindication of the Navy.” Consists of extracts of letters previous to the declaration of war through May 5, 1898. Cervera cautions against entry into the war against a superior naval power and comments on Spanish naval unpreparedness for war.

1898 Nov 05
Box 24, Folder 37 Naval War College President's gravesites photograph album (MSI 477)
Contents Note: Photograph album and negatives of gravesites of eighteen Naval War College Presidents buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., and the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Md. Compiled by Stacey D. Hicks, CNW, 1970.

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Box 25, Folder 1 Arleigh A. Burke (MSI 478)
Contents Note: Letter to William McCormick

1976 May 06
Box 25, Folder 2 Arleigh A. Burke (MSI 479)
Contents Note: Letter to William McCormick

1976 Dec 30
Box 25, Folder 3 Arthur W. Bergeron (MSI 480)
Contents Note: WWII Duty on USS Chaffee

2000
Box 25, Folder 4 John Voskian letter (MSI 481)
Contents Note: Holograph letter, written by naval recruit, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport R.I., to James Kapakjian, USA, Fort Campbell, Ky. John describes his first three weeks in Newport, the food, sleeping in a hammock, and his busy schedule with only five more weeks to go.

1942 Mar 05
Box 25, Folder 5 Hyman G. Rickover letter (MSI 482)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed, to Congressman William H. Natcher regarding the completion of the sea trials of USS James Madison (SSBN-627), the twenty-third Polaris submarine. Rickover pays homage to President James Madison, who is known as the father of the Constitution and for whom the sub was named. Rickover states that freedom and democracy are on trial all over the world and we should heed Madison's words.

1964 Jun 16
Box 25, Folder 6 Charles Washburn letter (MSI 483)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed from USS Preble, Mississippi River, to Joshua Blake, Boston, Mass., describing the capture of the Confederate Steamer Magnolia with 1,100 bales of cotton on it. It was captured by the Union ships the Brooklyn, South Carolina, and Merridita as it ran the blockade. Three other Confederate steamers successfully ran from the blockade, avoiding capture.

1862-03-04
Box 25, Folder 7 William F. Halsey photograph (MSI 484)
Contents Note: Black and white, 8" x IO" photograph of ADM Halsey in tuxedo. Signed "For Albert, W. F. Halsey."

1949 Feb 06
WAVES Poster poster (MSI 485)
Contents Note: Poster, entitled "Enlist in the WAVES, There's a Man Size Job in Your Navy for You" (28" x 42") by J. Falter. In the background are Navy ships and planes with bombs bursting. In the foreground is an image of a WAVE.

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Box 25, Folder 8 Eugene D. Morais memoir (MSI 486)
Contents Note: Holograph reminiscences of a voyage around the world, 16 September 1893 through 3 May 1896, in USS Baltimore and USS Concord. Includes descriptions of ports, sights, and people in the Middle East, Far East, and Hawaii. Morais calculates mileage between ports and total miles traveled. Photocopy of Morais and Marine Camille [Levy or Schmuler?], and newspaper clipping of New Orleans fire department.

1893 Sep 16-1896 May 03
Box 25, Folder 9 David G. Farragut letter (MSI 487)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to SECNAV Isaac Toucey, from USS Brooklyn, Chiriqui Lagoon, Panama, where he was on a special surveying mission. Reports on his activities and complains of his humiliation at waiting for Captain Engle, his junior, and acceding to his wishes regarding the survey.

1860 Aug 25
Box 25, Folder 10 Trieste Bathyscaph transcript (MSI 488)
Contents Note: Transcript of dictabelt recordings of the dives of the Trieste, 1958-1963, from the papers of Dr. Robert S. Dietz, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, LaJolla, Calif. Includes record of descent to the Marianas Trench and dives off San Diego and Italy. Speakers include Dietz, Dr. Andreas Rechnitzer, Jacques Piccard, and unidentified.

2000 Sep
Box 25, Folder 11 John Voskian letter (MSI 489)
Contents Note: Personal letter to James Kapakjian from Newport Naval Training Station, where he complains about a lack of leave. He hopes to be selected for the Radio Material School and has adjusted to the Navy.

1943 Apr 16
Box 25, Folder 12 USS Melvin (DD 680) booklet (MSI 490)
Contents Note: Booklet entitled "This is our Story Fifty Years later, USS Melvin" and addendum "Welcome Home USS Melvin (DD 680)," including accounts of Battles of Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Leyte Gulf, Surigao Strait, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Includes list of crew members, abbreviations, etc.

1994
Box 25, Folder 13 Blue-Orange war plan chart (MSI 491)
Contents Note: Shows color coded zones from Western U.S. to Japan.

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Box 25, Folder 14 John A. Dahlgren (MSI 492)
Contents Note: Letter to A.D. Barrett

1869 Aug 16
Box 25, Folder 15 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 493)
Contents Note: Holograph letter on U.S. Naval Academy letterhead to Commodore Andrew A Harwood, USN, regarding the lack of parade or show exercises in the winter. He invites him to come when the weather improves and mentions his petition to reorganize the Navy.

1867 Dec 06
Box 25, Folder 16 Charles H. B. Caldwell (MSI 494)
Contents Note: Letter to RADM W.R. Taylor

1872 Nov 05
Box 25, Folder 17 Frank Clark (MSI 495)
Contents Note: Letter regarding the sinking of the USS Maine in the Havana harbor.

1898 Mar 17
Box 25, Folder 18 Richard Pratt memoir (MSI 496)
Contents Note: Memoir of Navy life of the Pratts, entitled "The Story of a Navy Family," including a genealogy, list of individuals, youth of both Ann and Richard, their marriage in 1938 in Honolulu, Hawaii, life in China, 1938-1940; World War II, 1942-1945; Assignment in Newport, R.I., 1949- 1952; Overseas assignments in Spain, 1952-1954; Paris and Stuttgart, 1965-1968; CO, Service Force Atlantic, 1969-1971; Retirement in 1971 and post-retirement travel, 1971-1984. The memoir was written for their children.

1988
Map case 6, Drawer 1 Stephen B. Luce genealogical chart (MSI 497)
Contents Note: Genealogical chart of the descendants of Vinal Luce (1782-1856) and Charlotte Bleecker (1789-1858) prepared by John B. Hattendorf. Measures 11"x 27".

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Box 25, Folder 19 WWII Handbook for WAVES and SPARS handbook (MSI 498)
Contents Note: Guide Right, A Handbook for WAVES and SPARS by Lt Mary V. Harris, USNR. Published by the MacMillan Company, New York, 1944. Handbook gives information on proper etiquette and customs, uniforms, rank, ratings, and personal conduct.

1944
Box 25, Folder 20 David Dixon Porter letter (MSI 499)
Contents Note: Holograph letter, from USS Rhode Island, Hampton Roads, Va., to CDR Thomas E. Smith, Fort Monroe, Va., with orders to report to USS Vicksburg.

1865 Mar 03
Box 25, Folder 21 Charles J. Moore extracts (MSI 500)
Contents Note: "Serving in Destroyers, 1912-1932."These extracts were taken from the oral history of RADM Moore, done by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office in 1964-1966. The extracts focus on World War I destroyer activity off Queenstown, Ireland, and later with the Pacific Fleet where he was in command of USS McDermut. He took command of USS Hatfield in 1926 and was executive officer of USS Altair in 1932.

2001
Box 26, Folder 1 Battle of Manila Bay account (MSI 501)
Contents Note: Holograph account of the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898, with commentary on the fleet in Hong Kong before and after the battle, and a vivid description of the battle itself by an unnamed sailor. Account in ink and pencil was taken from a bound journal 15 April-5 May 1898.

1898
Box 26, Folder 2 Reef Points handbook (MSI 502)
Contents Note: U.S. Naval Academy annual handbook of the Regiment of Midshipmen. Stapled inside is Midn R. L. Walters, USN, Rm 3237 Bancroft Hall, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., the presumed owner of the Handbook.

1945-1946
Box 26, Folder 3 George Dewey (MSI 503)
Contents Note: Letter to Crawford.

1902 Feb 10
Box 26, Folder 4 Rhode Island, The Gem of New England sheet music (MSI 504)
Contents Note: Sheet music for "Rhode Island, The Gem of New England," with music by Bobbie Burns and Charles F. Gilroy, published by Charles F. Gilroy, Myrtle Point, Oregon.

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Box 53x, Folder 2 The Training Station Two Step sheet music (MSI 505)
Contents Note: Sheet music for "The Training Station Two Step" for Pianoforte by Charles S. Cowie, dedicated to CDR John McGowan, USN, Commander, Naval Training Station, Newport, RI. Published by J. H. Barney, Jr. & Co., Newport R.I., ca. 1898.

circa 1898
Box 26, Folder 5 Albert P. Niblack note (MSI 506)
Contents Note: Holograph note, stating that the friendship of England and the United States depends on absolute independence for each other.

1920 Nov 07
Box 26, Folder 6 Lockwood Wiley diary (MSI 507)
Contents Note: Diary of Yeoman Third Class Wiley, USNR, 23 November 1943 to 4 December 1944. Wiley describes service in LST 126 in the Pacific Theater, including battles in the Marshall Islands, the invasion of Saipan, Tinian and Leyte Gulf, weather, general quarters, maneuvers, marines, accidents and near collisions, Japanese attacks, various islands, including Eniwetok, Tarawa, Namur, Hawaiian Islands, Kwajalein, Makin, and Tarawa and voyages from New Orleans, La., to Hawaii to the war zone and back. Photograph of Wiley with sea bag.

1943 Nov 23-1944 Dec 04
Box 26, Folder 7 NWC Command and Staff yearbook (MSI 508)
1943 Jun
Box 26, Folder 8 The Song of the Seabees sheet music (MSI 509)
Contents Note: Sheet music for "The Song of the Seabees," with music by Peter De Rose and lyrics by Sam M. Lewis, 1942. Dedicated to the Seabees construction and fighting men of the U.S. Navy. Published by Robbins Music Corporation, New York.

1942
Box 26, Folder 9 George W. Patterson booklet (MSI 510)
Contents Note: "Gone to Korea: The Social Disease of 1950 and Other Just So-So Stories" by Patterson. Includes his poetry, color photographs, chapters on the occupation of Japan, 1951; Service in Korea, 1951; Postwar Navy, 1954; and Prewar Navy, 1927-1941. Privately printed, 2003.

2003
Box 59x, Folder 21 Stephen B. Luce commission (MSI 511)
Contents Note: Commission to master in the U.S. Navy as of 15 September 1855, signed by President Franklin Pierce and Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin, 29 October 1855.

1855 Sep 15
Box 59x, Folder 21 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 512)
Contents Note: Commissioning certificate to commodore, dating from 25 November 1881, signed by President Chester A. Arthur and William H. Hunt, Secretary of the Navy, on 20 December 1881.

1881 Nov 25
Box 59x, Folder 21 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 513)
Contents Note: Commissioning certificate to lieutenant, dating from 16 September 1855, signed by President Franklin Pierce and James C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy, on 24 July 1856.

1855 Sep 16
Map case 6, Drawer 1 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 514)
Contents Note: Certificate appointing Luce U.S. Commissioner General to the Columbian Historical Exposition, Madrid, Spain, 1892, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. Signed by President Benjamin Harrison and Secretary of State James Blaine.

1892 May 23
Box 26, Folder 10 Frieda Mae Hardin photographs (MSI 515)
Contents Note: Album of photographs of All Service Women Veterans luncheons, 1991-1995; letters sent and received from Janice Klein, 1991-1997; and newspaper clipping regarding Hardin, the oldest female veteran of the Armed Services, 1997-2000.

1991-2000
Box 26, Folder 11 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 516)
Contents Note: Letter from SECNAV James C. Dobbin appointing Luce a master in the Navy as of 15 September 1855 and indicating a warrant is being sent.

1855 Nov 09
Box 26, Folder 12 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 517)
Contents Note: Letter from SECNAV James C. Dobbin, notifying him of his appointment as Lieutenant, USN, as of 16 September 1855, with a commission forthcoming.

1855-11-12
Box 26, Folder 13 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 518)
Contents Note: Letter from Chief Clerk, Navy Department, enclosing Luce's commission to Lieutenant, USN.

1856 Aug 25
Box 26, Folder 14 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 519)
Contents Note: Letter from W. F. Shubick, President of the Board of Examiners, U.S. Naval School, Annapolis, Md., informing Luce that he passed exams in Seamanship, Mathematics, Navigation, Mechanics, Astronomy, Gunnery, Steam, and French. Includes typed copy of letter.

1849 Aug 18
Box 26, Folder 15 Stephen B. Luce account (MSI 520)
Contents Note: Holograph account entitled "Naval History" listing Luce's U.S. Navy assignments through 1865 written by him and dated 14 July 1866.

1866 Jul 14
Box 26, Folder 16 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 521)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed from Secretary of the Navy, James C. Dobbin, appointing Luce acting master of the Schooner Madison to the Hydrographic party on the Coast Survey.

1854 Jun 08
Box 26, Folder 17 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 522)
Contents Note: Letter from J. V. S. Oddie, Secretary, New York Yacht Club, electing Luce an honorary member.

1890 Mar 28
Box 26, Folder 18 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 523)
Contents Note: Holograph letter, appointing Luce a passed midshipman with assigned rank as of 10 August 1847, number 126.

1849 Sep 24
Box 26, Folder 19 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 524)
Contents Note: Typed letter from Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, appointing Luce commander as of 25 July 1866.

1866 Aug 07
Box 26, Folder 20 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 525)
Contents Note: Certificate of membership in the National Security League, Inc., 19 April 1917, signed by Joseph H. Choate, honorary President; Robert Bacon, President; and Alton R. Parker, honorary Vice President.

1917 Apr 19
Box 26, Folder 21 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 526)
Contents Note: Holograph letter from Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, appointing Luce lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy as of 16 July 1862.

1863 Feb 21
Box 26, Folder 22 Stephen B. Luce resolution (MSI 527)
Contents Note: Holograph copy of Senate Resolution, 6 March 1862, appointing Luce a lieutenant as of 15 September 1855, signed by J. W. Forney.

1862 Mar 06
Box 53x, Folder 3 Stephen B. Luce photograph (MSI 528)
Contents Note: Photograph (Sepia) of Luce in rear admiral's uniform with sword, standing with hand on a table. Signed S. B. Luce, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy.

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Box 59x, Folder 22 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 529)
Contents Note: Certificate appointing Luce Honorary Commissioner to Spain, for the World's Columbian Exposition to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America, held in Madrid in 1892.

1892 Dec 15
Box 59x, Folder 22 Stephen B. Luce passport (MSI 530)
Contents Note: Passport for Luce and his wife issued by the Department of State, Washington, D.C., on May 20, 1895. Document contains personal description: height, age, and facial features.

1895 May 20
Box 59x, Folder 22 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 531)
Contents Note: Certificate naming Luce one of the "Men of Mark in America" by the Advisory Board. Signed by Merrill E. Gates, Editor-in-Chief.

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Box 53x, Folder 4 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 532)
Contents Note: Certificate of promotion to commodore as of 25 November 1881, signed by William H. Hunt, Secretary of the Navy, and Stephen B. Luce, Commanding, Training Squadron, Newport, R.I. (photocopy)

1881 Nov 25
Box 59x, Folder 23 Stephen B. Luce passport (MSI 533)
Contents Note: Special Passport as Commissioner General of the United States to the Columbian Historical Exposition, in Madrid, Spain. Signed by Acting Secretary of State William F. Wharton, 21 June 1892.

1892 Jun 21
Box 59x, Folder 23 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 534)
Contents Note: Certificate of membership in the Aztec Club of 1847 by virtue of his service as a midshipman during the Mexican War. Dated 13 October 1894, New York. Signed by four officers of the Aztec Club.

1894 Oct 13
Box 59x, Folder 23 Stephen B. Luce document (MSI 535)
Contents Note: Document in Spanish awarding Luce the Great Cross of Naval Merit with mark for his services as U.S. delegate to the exposition commemorating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, Madrid, Spain, 1892. Signed by the Queen regent for her son, King Alfonso XIII, and by Minister of the Navy, Pascual Cervera, 1 March 1893.

1893 Mar 01
Box 59x, Folder 23 Stephen B. Luce document (MSI 536)
Contents Note: Document in Latin by Father Joseph Maria Rodal, Custodial Vicar, Convent of the Holy Savior, Jerusalem, on 20 August 1843, granting Luce permission to visit. Second signature is illegible. Seal torn off.

1843 Aug 20
Box 59x, Folder 23 Stephen B. Luce award translation (MSI 537)
Contents Note: English translation of the document awarding Luce the Great Cross of Naval Merit with the white distinctive mark for his services as the U.S. Honorary Commissioner to the Columbian Historical Exposition, Madrid, Spain, 1892. Translated by Luis Martinez y de Arce, Under Secretary, 13 May 1893.

1893 Mar 13
Box 53x, Folder 5 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 538)
Contents Note: Certificate of membership in the Newport Historical Society, 18 March 1907 signed by Valentine Mott Francis, President, and Robert Franklin, Secretary.

1907 Mar 18
Box 59x, Folder 24 Stephen B. Luce translation (MSI 539)
Contents Note: Typed letter from Vice Admiral Gombei Yamamoto, Tokyo, Japan, regarding his receipt of two pictures of the arrival of Commodore Biddle in Japan in 1846 with the USS Columbus and the USS Vincennes. The pictures will be kept in the Navy Department.

1902 Feb 15
Box 59x, Folder 24 Stephen B. Luce (MSI 540)
Contents Note: Letter in Japanese from Vice Admiral Gombei Yamamoto, Tokyo, Japan, regarding his receipt of two pictures of the arrival of Commodore Biddle in Japan in 1846 with USS Columbus and USS Vincennes. The pictures will be kept in the Navy Department.

1902 Feb 15
Box 59x, Folder 24 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 541)
Contents Note: Membership certificate as Companion of the First Class of the Loyal Legion of the United States signed by Commander in Chief John M. Schofield and Recorder-in-Chief John P. Nicholson. Signed in Philadelphia, Pa., 28 February 1901.

1901 Feb 28
Box 59x, Folder 24 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 542)
Contents Note: Life membership certificate in the U.S. Naval Institute signed by RADM Caspar Goodrich, President, and Philip R Alger, Secretary. 11 February 1905.

1905 Feb 11
Box 59x, Folder 24 Stephen B. Luce certificate (MSI 543)
Contents Note: Certificate appointing Luce Companion of the First Class of the U.S. Navy Veteran Association through the Commandery of Massachusetts signed by Vice Commander C. Webster Wilson and Senior Secretary Lemuel Pope on 30 January 1892.

1892 Jan 30
Box 59x, Folder 24 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 544)
Contents Note: Typed letter with stamped signature of Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, Washington, D.C., to Luce, informing him of his appointment as rear admiral on the active list from 5 October 1885.

1885 Oct 05
Box 26, Folder 23 Arthur Johnson letter (MSI 545)
Contents Note: Holograph Letter signed, from Newport, R.I., to A. P. Kester, SL Petersburg, Fla., on Naval War College stationery. Johnson was a recruit at the Naval Training Station and mentions the barracks, the Battle Fleet, his plan to transfer to the Naval Ammunition Depot, the Bonus Bill, and Anny detachments from Fort Adams practicing with machine guns.

1935 May 14
Box 26, Folder 24 Vaughn D. Bornet (MSI 546-547)
Contents Note: "Barracks Administration," "Wartime Salute to Navy (1944-1945)"

undated
Box 26, Folder 25 Jess Drewitt Bethard (MSI 548)
Contents Note: Memoir of the Navy in 1930 and WWII, D-Day.

2003
Box 26, Folder 26 Frank P. Thomas manuscript (MSI 549)
Contents Note: Unpublished manuscript entitled "Gallant Devotion to Duty: The Naval Career of Rear Admiral Frank Thomas." Includes early years, U.S. Naval Academy, family, and highlights of naval career with a focus on World War II as CO, USS North Carolina in the Pacific Theatre, and death of his son Frank in USS Growler. Retired from the Navy in 1947. Written by Phillip Thomas, 2001.

2001
Box 54x, Folder 1 Bavarian Fighter Squadron 35 war diary (MSI 550)
Contents Note: War Diary of the Bavarian Fighter Squadron 35, August 1917, in German (photocopy).

1917
Box 54x, Folder 2 Development of the Dutch Army journal (MSI 551)
Contents Note: In Dutch (photocopy).

1939 Sep 01-1945 Jan 01
Box 27, Folder 1 Surrender of Japan report (MSI 552)
Contents Note: Report of the surrender and occupation of Japan issued by Admiral John H. Towers, CIC, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, 11 February 1946.

1946 Feb 11
Box 27, Folder 2 Warren C. Hamm memoir (MSI 553)
Contents Note: Memoir entitled "Steady as you go, Midshipman to Flagbridge." Discusses youth in St. Albans, Vt.; attendance at the Maine Maritime Academy, 1946-1949; served in USS Charles H. Roan, USS Algol; attended General Line School; XO, USS Springfield; CO, U.S. Naval Destroyer School; served as Senior Advisor to Vietnamese Navy; CO, USS Dale; CO, Naval Forces Korea; CO, Amphibious Group Two; Military Sealift Command; Deputy CIC, IBERLANT.

undated
Box 27, Folder 3 Harlan P. Ro memoir (MSI 554)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of signalman in the Navy Armed Guard in 1944 when he served aboard an Army tugboat. Includes crossing the North Atlantic in February 1944, participation in the D-Day invasion and in Antwerp, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge; along with personal vignettes.

2003
Box 27, Folder 4 Maynard B. Williamson memoir (MSI 555)
Contents Note: Memoir of service in the USS Maloy (DE 791) , Normandy and the Channel Islands, 1944- 1945. Includes biographical information, entry in the V7 program of the Navy in 1942, active duty in 1943, Navy training with USS Maloy in England screening landing craft movements, and preparing for the invasion of Normandy, D-Day, battle action off the Channel Islands, patrols off Cherbourg and the Channel Islands.

2003 Sep 05
Box 27, Folder 5 Arthur V. Keller, Jr. memoir (MSI 556)
Contents Note: Memoir of service in the Navy as an enlisted sailor and limited duty officer, 1960-2002. Includes biographical information, training at Great Lakes Receiving Station Boot Camp, service in USS Independence (CVA-62), Cuban Blockade of 1962, transfer to USS Fulton, U.S. Naval Reserve, enlisted surface warfare specialist and commission as a limited duty officer.

2003
Box 27, Folder 6 Henry A. Wristen memoir (MSI 557)
Contents Note: Memoir of a Senior Chief Gunner's Mate, USN, of an incident involving USS Deliver, 19 June 1947, in Tsingtao, China, where an armed landing was made against Chinese troops who fired upon the ship.

2003
Box 27, Folder 7 Robert W. Hoel memoir (MSI 558)
Contents Note: World War II memories of service in USS Chepachet (A078), including prelude to war, signed on A-7 program, attendance at Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, Columbia University, commissioning of the Chepachet, convoy duty in the Atlantic, trips to Mediterranean to deliver oil, assignment to the Pacific Theater and the USS Soubarissen, Battle of Okinawa, 1945, and detached from active duty in February 1946.

2003
Box 27, Folder 8 Irwin J. Kappes memoir (MSI 559)
Contents Note: Memoir of a reluctant warrior who did not want to go to war, was drafted, trained at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, assigned to USS Champlin, convoy duty to Europe and North Africa, transfer to USS Moale, served as radarman, ship saw action in the Pacific at Battle of Ormuc Bay, Mindoro, Lingayen Gulf, and Iwo Jima, transferred to shore duty at Fleet Recreation and Morale 14th Naval District, Hawaii.

2003
Box 27, Folder 9 James A. Ferren, Jr. memoir (MSI 560)
Contents Note: Memoir of World War II radioman on subchasers and USS Mount Olympus, 1944-1945, enlisted in the Navy in 1941, U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I., assigned to USS SC768, Miami, Florida, assigned in 1943 to USS Mount Olympus in Pacific Theater. Comments on incidents, people, Leyte Gulf engagement, Monnt Olympus rammed but not sunk, liberty in the Philippines and discharge from the Navy, 1945.

2003
Box 27, Folder 10 Katharine Ainsworth Semmes memoir (MSI 561)
Contents Note: Memoir entitled "Reflections on the Navy Life." Includes youth, father's naval career, life as a Navy junior, courtship with B. J. Semmes, World War II, life in occupied Germany, 1949, Newport, RI., life in Bahrain in the 1960s, Norfolk, Va, Naval War College, and retirement in Wonalancet, N.H. Includes article "Bahrain-Pearl of the Persian Gulf."

2004
Box 27, Folder 11 William Reed memoir (MSI 562)
Contents Note: Memoir of World War II service in USS Hazelwood, including enlistment in the Navy in 1943, torpedo man in USS Hazelwood, Marshall Islands operation, Solomon Islands, Western Caroline operations, Leyte Gulf Battle, Iwo Jima, Kamikaze attack, rescue, assigned to USS Smith and USS Harwood in China, and discharged in 1947.

2002
Box 27, Folder 12 Lyle D. Hansen memoir (MSI 563)
Contents Note: Memoirs of a photographer' s mate during World War II in the Pacific Theater, 1944-1945, as signed to Combat Photo Unit 6, staff of Admiral Nimitz, under Captain Edward Steichen. Includes narrative interspersed with photographs of various battles including Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guam, and Japan.

2003
Box 27, Folder 13 Ernest E. Parton memoir (MSI 564)
Contents Note: Memoir of Chief Warrant Quartermaster. Service in the Yangtze patrol, China, 1934-1936 in the USS Henderson, USS Palos, USS Luzon, and plank owner in USS Yorktown, 1937-1942, including account of the Battle of Midway, 1942.

2002
Box 28, Folder 1 Robert C. Horton memoir (MSI 565)
Contents Note: Memoir of LT Horton, who served in the USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the post-Korean War Navy. Includes volunteering for the Navy's V5 flight program, then enlistment as air intelligence candidate and assignment of VF-152 in 1953 in USS Yorktown.

2002
Box 28, Folder 2 David L. Boslaugh memoir (MSI 566)
Contents Note: Memoir of engineering duty officer who specialized in Tactical Computer Systems Engineering for a five-year perios in the Bureau of Ships Naval Tactical Data System Project Office. He discusses the use of digital computers in fleetwide anti-air battle managment systems, 1962-1967.

2002
Box 28, Folder 3 Louis A. Maguire letter (MSI 567)
Contents Note: Copy of a typed letter to Fred Thurber, Providence, R.I., with his reminiscences of ships, tugs, and navy captains in Newport, R.I., in 1917-1918. Thurber was CO, Second Naval District Mine Force and Maguire was yeoman, second class, USNR.

1954 May 29
Box 28, Folder 3 Fred B. Thurber letter (MSI 568)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Louis A Maguire, Newport, RI., thanking him for his letter regarding the Mine Force, ships and their skippers.

1954 May 29
Box 28, Folder 4 Louis A. Maguire photograph (MSI 569)
Contents Note: Sepia photograph, head and shoulders, in naval uniform of yeoman second class, USNR, Newport, RI., ca. 1917. 4" x 5 3/4".

undated
Box 28, Folder 4 Louis A. Maguire photograph (MSI 570)
Contents Note: Sepia photograph in naval uniform of yeoman, second class, USNR, Newport, R.I., ca. 1917. 4" x 5 3/4".

undated
Box 28, Folder 5 Ernest D. Martin letter (MSI 571)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to his brother, J. Hill Martin, Esq. in Philadelphia, Pa., from flagship of the South American Squadron, USS Powhatan, Iquique and Arica, Peru, mentioning his health, the long sea voyage, gold he has sent home, a description of Iquique with women muleteers, silver and nitrate mines, and Arica with plantations and greenery. He does not look forward to a return to Panama with its heat.

1868 May 30 and 1868 Jun 08
Box 28, Folder 6 John T. Rice diary (MSI 572)
Contents Note: Personal Diary kept aboard USS Barry (DD-2) by Machinist 1st Class Rice, 20 December 1903-8 March 1906. Contains crew list, list of ports visited, distances traveled, duties performed on ship, discipline and punishments aboard ship. Includes photograph of 1st Torpedo Flotilla in the Mediterranean en route to China, 1904, and newspaper clippings of poems, Admiral Harry Yarnell's death, and family matters.

1903-1909
Box 28, Folder 7 Duncan H. Doolittle memoir (MSI 573)
Contents Note: "Barker's Cubs. Piper Cub Planes and Their Pilots in the 43rd Division Artillery, 1944-1945." This is a memoir of his Army service in WWII, including flight training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Denton, Texas, service in New Guinea and the Philippines as a spotter pilot. Brief mention of Doolittle's liasion with the U.S. Navy in an LSM and the USS Pennsylvania.

1991
Box 29, Folder 1 Robert Coontz memorandum (MSI 574)
Contents Note: Copy of memorandum to Edwin Denby

1924 Mar 06
Box 29, Folder 2 H. Kent Hewitt letter (MSI 575)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed to Lois Spitzbart, Brooklyn, N.Y., thanking her for her note and regretting that he has no photograph for distribution.

1948 May 05
Box 29, Folder 3 John W. Greenslade note (MSI 576)
Contents Note: Holograph note on modem warfare and the coordination of the armed forces, written on Commander Western Sea Frontier stationery.

1943 Apr 12
Box 29, Folder 4 Ernest J. King magazine (MSI 577)
Contents Note: Signature, picture on cover and article on King in The Beehive, The Pratt and Whitney Company, Hartford, Conn.

1933 Jun
Box 29, Folder 5 John D. Bulkeley photograph (MSI 578a)
Contents Note: Signed photograph, 1966 Oct 4; copy of certificate, 1980

1966 Oct 04; 1980
Box 29, Folder 6 John Paul Jones commemorative postal cover (MSI 578b)
1979 Sep 30
Box 29, Folder 7 J. S. Johnson note (MSI 579)
Contents Note: Signature and note on stationery of wardroom mess of USS Ranger; commemorative Air Mail envelope honoring the Torrey Pines Glider Port.

1939 Jan 01
Box 29, Folder 8 U.S. Navy Amphibious Base, Solomons, MD scrapbook (MSI 580)
Contents Note: Scrapbook of USN Amphibious Training Base, Solomons, Md., with illustrations of base personnel, activities, departments, classes, training, buildings, and sports, 1944.

1944
Box 29, Folder 9 Robert L. Halliburton memoir (MSI 581)
Contents Note: Memoir of a radio operator and direct commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, 1924-1945. Includes youth and education in Georgia, boot camp, cruise to Australia in USS Seattle, Radio and Submarine School, USS V-3, USS S-12, duty in Panama, duty in USS Houston in China and the Philippines, USS Portland, duty in Canal Zone, USS New Orleans, shore duty in San Diego, course in radar, duty in USS Quick, warrant officer and duty in Brazil, and later in Salerno, Italy.

2004
Box 29, Folder 10 Jordan J. Garrett memoir (MSI 582)
Contents Note: Personal memoir of the sinking of the USS Houston on 1 March 1942, at the Battle of the Java Sea, rescue by the Japanese, internment in Batavia, then Singapore, Burma, Thailand, Indo¬China, and rescue by Americans once the war ended.

2004
Box 29, Folder 11 John B., Desrosiers, Jr. memoir (MSI 583)
Contents Note: Memoir of World War II service of a chief yeoman in USS YMS 380 engaged in minesweeping in the English Channel and during D-Day operations, 6 June 1944. Comments on training at the Newport Naval Training Station in 1941. Copies of photographs.

2004
Box 29, Folder 12 Robert L. Cayouette memoir (MSI 584)
Contents Note: Memoir of observer and participant in Operation Castle, the hydrogen bomb test, at Eniwetok Proving Ground in the Marshall Islands, 1954. Includes voyage in USS Curtis (AV-4) and return by air.

2004
Box 29, Folder 13 Timothy Boutoures memoir (MSI 585)
Contents Note: Memoir of the Fire Controlman entitled, "You're in the Navy Now" including service during World War II in USS PGM 27, a patrol gunboat in the Pacific at the Battle of Okinawa. Comments on the typhoon on September 1945 amd final days in the navy, his opinion on the war, race and ethnic relations, and youth in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

2004
Box 29, Folder 14 Johnson F. Swanson account (MSI 586)
Contents Note: Narrative account of his service in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1976, first as enlisted, then as an officer, after graduation from Purdue University. Served in the Vietnam War in USS Midway in a flight squadron.

2004
Box 29, Folder 15 Harry R. Mead memoir (MSI 587)
Contents Note: Memoir of an enlisted man who served in the U.S. Navy, 1938-1958, as an electronics technician. Comments on Pearl Harbor attack, the war in the Pacific, promotion to CPO, and subsequent duty stations in Europe and the Far East. Epilogue and copies of photographs.

2004
Box 29, Folder 16 Howard M. McConnell memoir (MSI 588)
Contents Note: Memoir of service during World War II as executive officer and commanding officer of amphibious ship USS LSM 311 in the Pacific. Includes sea trials, comments on landing ships, manning problems, the Philippine campaign, end of the war, the LSM in postwar operations, provisioning and replenishment, life on board, operational anecdotes and comments on religious service.

2004
Box 29, Folder 17 Alexander A. Martin memoir (MSI 589)
Contents Note: Typed and bound memoir of a bluejacket in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1904, entitled "Hedunit." Includes training at Newport Naval Training Station, in training ship USS Essex on European cruise, in USS Wabash, assigned to USS Wisconsin, launching of ship and meeting President McKinley, cruise to South America, Pacific Islands, and Japan where assigned to USS Wilmington, sailed to China, then transferred to USS Solace and return to United States for discharge. Train Ship to Cleveland, Ohio, and welcome home. Copies of ships in which he served and his ship models.

2004
Box 29, Folder 18 George Dewey letter (MSI 590)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C. to George F. Seward, Esq., the New York State Chamber of Commerce declining an invitation to dinner for health reasons.

1907 Oct 19
Box 29, Folder 19 Josephus Daniels letter (MSI 591)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed, Washington, D.C. to Sereno S. Pratt, New York, regarding the New York State Chamber of Commerce's interest in obtaining permission from employers for members of the Naval Militia to take leave to participate in summer cruises.

1914 Jan 13
Box 29, Folder 20 Josephus Daniels letter (MSI 592)
Contents Note: Copy of a typed letter signed, Washington, D.C. to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., New York, declining an invitation to a New York State Chamber of Commerce dinner.

1919 Nov 05
Box 55x, Folder 1 Naval Act of Enlistment act (MSI 593)
Contents Note: Two copies of an act to provide for the enlistment of boys in the naval service and to extend the term of the enlistment of seaman. Boys between 13 and 18 can enlist and serve until 21 years old. When a seaman's time in service is up, he may be returned to the United States or detained in the vessel. When the vessel returns to the United States he will be discharged. The Act was approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate on 2 March 1837.

1837
Box 29, Folder 21 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 594)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to Doctor Gilman, USN, Berkeley, Calif., on his stationery thanking him for the loan of a book and for medication for his wife. He requests two more bottles of medication, if possible.

1953 Jan 10
Box 29, Folder 22 John T. Hayward letter (MSI 595)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed "Chick" to George Fielding Eliot, 1175 York Avenue, New York, congratulating him on an article entitled "Alliance Diplomacy in Limited Wars" that appeared in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings.

1967 May 03
Box 29, Folder 23 James Alden (MSI 596)
Contents Note: Letter to Assistant SECNAV Gustavus Fox.

1866 Nov 02
Box 29, Folder 24 Andrew Hardwood letter (MSI 597)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed from Commandant's office, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., to Assistant SECNAV Gustavus Fox, regarding settlers being improperly authorized and gaining improper passes. Fox answers in pencil on the back that the problem results from his granting permits on military request.

1862 Jan 09
Box 29, Folder 25 Charles A. Smith letter (MSI 598)
Contents Note: Typed letter signed from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, regarding the Navy's call for binoculars, spy glasses, and other navigational instruments for use in the war. The glasses will be returned to Smith at the end of the war.

1918 May 15
Box 29, Folder 26 Charles A. Smith certificate (MSI 599)
Contents Note: Certificate issued by the Department of the Navy for contributors to the Navy's appeal for "Eyes for the Navy," donations of binoculars, telescopes, spy glasses, and navigational instruments during World War I, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

undated
Box 29, Folder 27 Charles A. Smith memorandum (MSI 600)
Contents Note: Typed memorandum, undated, from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding return of the items donated to the "Eyes for the Navy" program during World War I.

undated
Box 29, Folder 28 Charles A. Smith memorandum (MSI 601)
Contents Note: Typed memorandum from Bureau of Supplies and Accounts regarding payment of $1.00 for the item purchased by the Navy for the "Eyes for the Navy" program. If possible, the item will be returned to him at the war's end. The Navy will maintain a record of the item and the donor.

1918 Sep 30
Box 29, Folder 29 The Helm yearbook (MSI 602)
Contents Note: Yearbook of the WAVES at the Naval Supply Depot, Mechanicsburg, Pa., published in 1946. The book chronicles the years the WAVES were at the Depot and includes ship's company, how we live, activities highlights, and environs. The book belonged to Betty M. Weaver, SK2C.

1946
Box 29, Folder 30 Thomas C. Hart narrative (MSI 603)
Contents Note: Narrative of Events, Asiatic Fleet leading up to war and from 8 December 1941 to February 1942, including war plans and Admiral Hart's Supplementary Narrative Copy. Original is in the National Archives, College Park, Md.

1941 Dec 08 - 1942 Feb 15
Box 30, Folder 1 William S. Sims journal (MSI 604)
Contents Note: Holograph navigation journal kept aboard the schoolship USS Saratoga, 1890-1892, with later entries in 1896 and 1897. Journal includes a preface indicating the purpose of the notes, examples, and problems contained within and signed by Sims in November 1891. The journal has an Almanac for the examples, determining courses, calculations, finding latitude and longitude, logarithms, stellar navigation, chronometer correction, Great Circle sailing, magnetic bearing, Azimuth tables, dead reckoning, tables, mercator's sailing, and celestial sphere. Includes diagrams and calculations. Illustrations tipped in of a side wheel steamer, schooner yacht, code signals and answering pennant, four-masted double topsail ship, steamship, and method of determining latitude and longitude. Cover contains national colors worn by all U.S. vessels. Inside cover contains dates, 16 January 1897-11 December 1897, and printed name of Frank B. Eckenroth.

1890-1897
Box 49x, Folder 1 USS Oglala photograph album (MSI 605)
Contents Note: Photograph album of USS Oglala (AGR-1), with pictures of the crew, the ship, the natives, and islands of New Guinea and Leyte, P.I., 1944-1945. The photographs were taken by George Egley, the ship's photographer. Names and addresses of the crew are listed.

1944-1945
Box 30, Folder 2 USS Trenton newspaper (MSI 606)
Contents Note: Trenton Herald published in Yokohama, Japan, Asiatic Station, Vol. I, No. 11, 9 March 1886. W.J. Ryan was editor and publisher. Contains news of the crew, an article on the ship in Nagasaki and news items from U.S. newspapers.

1886 Mar 9
Box 30, Folder 3 Alfred T. Mahan draft of autographed letter (MSI 607)
Contents Note: Draft of an autographed letter unsigned from Villefranche, France, 13 January 1893 to the Navy Department regarding the records of the Summary Court Martial of 6 & 8 January 1884 regarding the case of Patrick Boyle, J. A. G. Simpson and John Lappan for drunkenness and overstaying leave.

1893 Jan 13
Box 30, Folder 4 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 608)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Moffet, Collier's Weekly, New York, 27 April 1905 regarding an article that he is writing. Mahan indicates that he written a general discussion of the subject and will need to write 500 more words.

1905 Apr 27
Box 30, Folder 5 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 609)
Contents Note: Holograph letters signed to Mr. Moffet, Collier's Weekly, New York, April 28, [1905] notifying him that he is sending three corrected galleys, which will need close attention from the proof reader.

1905 Apr 28
Box 30, Folder 6 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 610)
Contents Note: Autographed letter signed to the editors of Collier's Weekly, New York, 16 May 1905, regarding omission of two Nelson quotations in an article published recently. Mahan feels he should have been consulted in the matter and states that a technical paper should be revised by the author.

1905 May 16
Box 30, Folder 7 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 611)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Mr. Moffet, Collier's Weekly, 1 June 1905, informing him of his move to Quogue for the summer where he will be reading and proof reading. Mahan poses a question about submarines and a hydrographic chart.

1905 Jun 01
Box 30, Folder 8 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 612)
Contents Note: Holograph letter to Mr. Moffet. Collier's Weekly, New York, 4 June 1905, regarding the publication of a manuscript. He requests a proof to correct.

1905 Jun 04
Box 30, Folder 9 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 613)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Moffet, Collier's Weekly, New York, 6 June 1905, regarding payment for articles published. Mahan disputes the amount he received for three articles.

1905 Jun 06
Box 30, Folder 10 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 614)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Moffet, Collier's Weekly, New York, in which Mahan states he wants to edit his own manuscript and is glad there is no misunderstanding between them.

1905 Jun 08
Box 30, Folder 11 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 615)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Moffet, Collier's Weekly, New York, in which he asks to correct his manuscript.

1905 Jun 08
Box 30, Folder 12 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 616)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Moffet. Collier's Weekly, New York, in which he agrees to undertake writing an article.

1905 Jun 10
Box 30, Folder 13 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 617)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Moffet, Collier's Weekly, New York, containing an account of a battle. Mahan would like to proof read it.

1905 Jun 14
Box 30, Folder 14 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 618)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Moffet, Collier's Weekly, New York, stating that he is returning a manuscript that has been shorted by eight lines.

1905 Jun 16
Box 30, Folder 15 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 619)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to Mr. Moffet, Collier's Weekly, New York, in which he hopes to write a thousand words, but cannot promise as the material is scant He hopes not to make assumptions appear as facts.

1905 Jun 15
Box 30, Folder 16 Alfred T. Mahan letter (MSI 620)
Contents Note: Copy of a typed letter to Spencer Gordon, 29 November 1913 regarding a misunderstanding about a quarters allowance for Mahan when he was in the Navy. Mahan states that he received quarters allowance from 31 October 1908 to 7 June 1912. He does not remember if he had quarters allowance in 1906. A handwritten note appears at the bottom of the letter.

1913 Nov 29
Box 30, Folder 17 Porter Halyburton diary (MSI 621)
Contents Note: Diary kept in North Vietnam by POW Halyburton prior to his release on 12 February 1973 and the following days at Clark Field, AFB, P.I. The diary includes the Paris Peace Accords, of 27 January 1973.

1973
Box 50x, Folder 1 Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Study of Central Japan publication (MSI 622)
Contents Note: Copy of a published study of proposed 1946 invasion of Central Japan, Central and Northern Honshu by the Joint Intelligence Study Publishing Boards, JANIS 85, Vol. l, Washington, D.C., February 1945.

1945 Feb
Box 51x, Folder 1 Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Study of Central Japan publication (MSI 623)
Contents Note: Copy of a published study of proposed 1946 invasion of Central Japan, Central and Northern Honshu by the Joint Intelligence Study Publishing Boards, May 1945. JANIS 85-21, Washington, D.C.

1945 May
Box 30, Folder 18-19 William A. Glassford war diary (MSI 624)
Contents Note: Confidential War Diary, 29 November 1941-15 March 1942 including departure from Shang¬hai, China, in USS Luzon to Freemantle, Australia, March 1942.

1941 Nov 29-1942 Mar 15
Box 31, Folder 1 Somerville Nicholson letter (MSI 625)
Contents Note: Holograph letter signed to an unnamed individual from USS Lancaster, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 1873, reporting that he has complied with Navy regulations regarding the inspection of the ship and crew upon taking command.

1873 Oct
Box 31, Folder 2-6 Francis W. Rockwell narrative (MSI 626)
Contents Note: Narrative of naval activities in the Luzon area, 1 December 1941 to 19 March 1942; Supplementary of narrative, including letters, reports, dispatches and photographs concerning activities in the Luzon area, 11 December 1941 to March 1942.

1941 Dec 1-1942 Mar 19
Box 55x, Folder 2 Francis W. Rockwell newspapers (MSI 626a)
Contents Note: Photocopies of newspapers including the Sunday Tribune, Manila, PI, 8 February 1942 and the Sunday News, Manila, P.I., 18 January 1943.

1942-1943
Box 31, Folder 7 Raymond C. Ennis (MSI 627)
Contents Note: "Under the Southern Cross, One Marine’s Service in World War II" memoir on his father, John M. Ennis.

2005 Dec
Box 55x, Folder 3 Chilean Naval Academy photograph album (MSI 628)
1959
Box 31, Folder 8 George Dewey letter (MSI 629)
Contents Note: Letter to Edward Bok, Editor, LHJ, May 7, 1904.

1904 May 07
Box 31, Folder 9 Samuel Marcy notebook (MSI 630)
Contents Note: Manuscript notebook, circa 1839-1842.

circa 1839-1842
Box 32, Folder 1 Condoleeza Rice letter (MSI 631)
Contents Note: Letter to CNO ADM Michael Mullen thanking CNWS, NWC for their support during the PSI Talks in Warsaw, Poland, June 2006. July 20, 2006.

2006 Jun 20
Box 32, Folder 2 B. W. Strickland typescript (MSI 632)
Contents Note: USS Alshain (AKA 55) Typescript: “The Story of The Mighty Al” Photographs of the Ship’s Commissioning and C.M. Justice. (Photocopy)

undated
Box 32, Folder 3 Invasion of Guam war diary (MSI 633)
Contents Note: War Diary, January 1-August 10, 1944.

1944 Jan 1-Aug 10
Box 32, Folder 4 Isaac May letter (MSI 634)
Contents Note: Letter regarding military governorship of Alvarado, Mexico, May 21, 1847.

1847 May 21
Box 32, Folder 5 Michael DiMaio interview transcription (MSI 635)
Contents Note: Typed interview of his service in WWII as a flight surgeon in the U.S. and Europe, 1942-1946.

undated
Box 32, Folder 6 Douglas W. Harold reminiscences (MSI 636)
Contents Note: WWII Reminiscences as a Cryptologist in the Pacific Theater and China. Interview Dec 2006 and Jan 2007.

2006 Dec-2007 Jan
Box 32, Folder 7 USS Besugo (SS 321) night order book (MSI 637)
Contents Note: USS Besugo (SS 321) night order book, March 8, 1952-March 16, 1953.

1952 Mar 3-1953 Mar 16
Box 32, Folder 8 John Rodgers letter (MSI 638)
Contents Note: Letter to CDR James Barron, August 31, 1836.

1836 Aug 30
Box 32, Folder 9 Sylvester R. Foley speech (MSI 639)
Contents Note: Speech to USNA Fall Leadership Mess Night, undated.

undated
Box 45, Folder 1 Louis R. Hansen photograph album (MSI 640)
Contents Note: Photograph album of Naval Training Station, Newport, RI.

circa 1936
Box 32, Folder 10 Unidentified letter (MSI 641)
Contents Note: Letter from an unidentified American to his mother while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the Mexican War, January 24, 1848.

1848 Jan 24
Box 32, Folder 11 Roger Minahan memoir (MSI 642)
Contents Note: Landlubber at Sea, January 19, 1990.

1990 Jan 19
Box 32, Folder 12 Edward I. Van Housen memoir (MSI 643)
Contents Note: A Personal Chronicle of WWII, 1983.

1983
Box 32, Folder 13 Kenneth F. Burgess, Jr. memoir (MSI 644)
Contents Note: Memoir of WWII service, Christmas 1991.

1991
Box 32, Folder 14 James Curren typed account by Daniel A. Curran (MSI 645)
Contents Note: Typed account of Civil War service in USS Unadilla, March-April 1865.

2007 Apr
Box 32, Folder 15 Ulys S. Allen memoir (MSI 646)
Contents Note: Memoir of WWII naval service, 1938-1946.

undated
Box 32, Folder 16 Timothy J. Richard memoir (MSI 647)
Contents Note: “Ship Happens! A Tiger Cruise Tale, How to Spend Six Nights on a Navy Warship for $70”

2007
Box 32, Folder 17 Priscilla Dacatur Twiggs letter (MSI 648)
Contents Note: Holograph letter of Priscilla Decatur Twiggs, January 6, 1849 to Alphonso Felch, Philadelphia, PA.

1849 Jan 06
Box 32, Folder 18 N. R. Usher letter (MSI 649)
Contents Note: Holograph Letter signed of N.R. Usher, October 2, 1913, Boston, MA. Includes typed transcription.

1913 Oct 02
Box 32, Folder 19 Squadron Sixty-Six (VC-66) history (MSI 650)
Contents Note: Composite Squadron Sixty-Six (VC-66), a History.

2007 May
Box 32, Folder 20-21 Gary Ohls thesis (MSI 651)
Contents Note: "Changing Modes of Warfare: Amphibious Doctrine in the Interwar years."

2004 Dec
Box 33, Folder 1 John M. Shalikashvili letter (MSI 652)
Contents Note: Letter, October 14, 1994.

1994 Oct 14
Box 33, Folder 2 George W. Bush letter (MSI 653)
Contents Note: Letter, August 1, 2007.

2007 Aug 01
Box 55x, Folder 4 Oliver Hazard Perry engraving (MSI 654)
circa 1885
Box 33, Folder 3 Gary Roughead letter (MSI 655)
Contents Note: Letter to NWC President RADM Shuford regarding the 2007 International Seapower Symposium.

2007 Oct 24
Box 33, Folder 4 George E. Belknap postcard (MSI 656)
Contents Note: Postcard, October 25, 1884.

1884 Oct 25
Box 33, Folder 5 James K. Paulding letter (MSI 657)
Contents Note: Letter to Major A.A. Nicholson, USMC, December 4, 1830 regarding financial expenditures.

1830 Dec 04
Box 33, Folder 6 USS Porter (DD 356) envelope (MSI 658)
Contents Note: USS Porter (DD 356) envelope commemorating second anniversary of commissioning, 1938.

1938
Box 33, Folder 7 Stuart K. Mills letter (MSI 659)
Contents Note: Letter to CDR Bosse relating his experiences during WWII, January 1993.

1993 Jan
Box 33, Folder 8 Erich Raeder letter (MSI 660)
Contents Note: Letter to Captain Robert Henderson, USN, August 14, 1928.

1924 Aug 14
Box 33, Folder 9 Robert Henderson letter (MSI 661)
Contents Note: Letter to NUWC librarian, circa November 13, 1928.

circa 1928 Nov 13
Box 49x, Folder 2 Andrew Hull Foote letter (MSI 662)
Contents Note: Letter, February 1, 1862.

1865 Feb 01
Box 49x, Folder 2 Andrew Hull Foote engraving (MSI 663)
Contents Note: Signed engraving of Foote in his naval uniform.

undated
Box 33, Folder 10 Edward J. Cummings, Jr. memoir (MSI 664)
Contents Note: My First Destroyer-USS Buck.

2006
Box 33, Folder 11 Edward Michaels memoir (MSI 665)
Contents Note: “LSTs in WWII.”

2005
Box 33, Folder 12 USS New Orleans (CA-32) history (MSI 666)
Contents Note: History, 1934-1946.

undated
Box 33, Folder 13 Thomas Watson item (MSI 667)
Contents Note: VA 115 Midway, 1972.

1972
Box 33, Folder 14 Lawrence A. DeLong memoir (MSI 668)
Contents Note: From the Short Stop Diner to the Elephant Valley and Buck.

2006 Jan 30
Box 33, Folder 15 Women at Sea article (MSI 669)
Contents Note: Women at Sea: 25 years and counting, November 20, 2003.

2003 Nov 20
Box 33, Folder 16 USS Arizona (BB 39) wreckage certificate (MSI 670)
Contents Note: USS Arizona (BB 39) wreckage certificate.

2004 Oct 26
Box 33, Folder 17 USS Arizona (BB 39) photograph (MSI 671)
Contents Note: Photograph showing ship capsizing, December 7, 1941

1941 Dec 07
Box 33, Folder 18 Donald A. Banks memoir (MSI 672)
Contents Note: “Looking Backward,” memoir of WWII, Turret Gunner's story.

2008
Box 33, Folder 19 USS Porter (DD 356) general information book (MSI 673)
Contents Note: USS Porter (DD 356) etc., general information book, 1937.

1937
Box 34, Folder 1 USS Winslow (AG-127) information book (MSI 674)
Contents Note: USS Winslow (AG-127) information book, undated.

undated
Box 35, Folder 1 Gary Ohls thesis (MSI 675)
Contents Note: “Roots of Tradition: Early Amphibious Warfare in the American Republic."

2008 May
Box 35, Folder 2 Robert Roberts letter (MSI 676)
Contents Note: Letter from the USS Philadelphia, August 6, 1907.

1907 Aug 06
Box 55x, Folder 5 George Dewey poster (MSI 677)
Contents Note: Matted reproduction of poster entitled, “Standing by his Colors, 1898."

undated
Box 35, Folder 3 Robert C. Strong memoir (MSI 678)
Contents Note: “It Did Happen Here,” a memoir of the Bataan Death march and years as a POW in the Philippines, 1942-1944. (Photocopy)

undated
Box 35, Folder 4 David G. B. Evans paper (MSI 679)
Contents Note: “The U.S. Naval Presence in Ireland during WW II.”

2008
Box 35, Folder 5 Stephen C. Rowan letter (MSI 680)
Contents Note: Regarding ADM Farragut and ADM Foote's descendants.

1887 May 16
Box 35, Folder 6 Leroy W. Gahan photographs (MSI 681)
Contents Note: Photographs (on CD) of Subic Bay, RI, 1952-1955.

undated
Box 55x, Folder 6 Battle of the Leyte Gulf operational order (MSI 682)
Contents Note: Battle of the Leyte Gulf, Operational Order 24. “Allied Air Forces,” October 21-27, 1944.

1944 Oct 21-27
Box 35, Folder 7 U.S. Naval Training Station photogravures (MSI 683)
Contents Note: U.S. Naval Training Station photogravures, circa 1920.

circa 1920
Box 35, Folder 8 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 684)
Contents Note: Letter to Lawton Coggeshall, November 18, 1891.

1891 Nov 18
Box 35, Folder 9 Daniel E. Keenan and Janet Matthews paper (MSI 685)
Contents Note: "The Navy's Baby."

2006
Box 36, Folder 1 Worrall Reed Carter paper (MSI 686)
Contents Note: Seron Ten. The Story of Service Squadron Ten.

1948
Box 35, Folder 10 Donald S. Tuttle, Jr. journal (MSI 687)
Contents Note: "An Overseas Jounal."

undated
Box 35, Folder 11 Sheldon Gates diary (MSI 688)
Contents Note: “Sparkie’s Lost Diary: A Boy’s Adventure at the end of WWII."

2008
Box 36, Folder 2 Matthey C. Perry letter (MSI 689)
Contents Note: Letter to John Rogers, February 9, 1835.

1835 Feb 09
Box 36, Folder 3 David N. Scott personal account (MSI 690)
Contents Note: Personal account of RN Task Force 57, 1945-1946 (with photographs).

1945-1946 and undated
Box 36, Folder 4 Ralph Chandler letter (MSI 691)
Contents Note: Letter to Commodore F. Parker regarding Henry Harvey, September 27, 1877.

1877-09-27
Box 36, Folder 5 George Dewey letter (MSI 692)
Contents Note: Letter to Col. Augustus Nicholson, USMC, December 2, 1907.

1907 Dec 02
Box 36, Folder 6 Charles Moran scrapbook (MSI 693)
Contents Note: Bound volume of articles published in the USNI Proceedings, 1937-1940.

1937-1940
Box 36, Folder 7 Luther S. Ely memoir (MSI 694)
Contents Note: Memoir of WW II experiences in USS Ordronaux (DD 617), 1942-1945.

undated
Box 36, Folder 8 USS PC-565 signal log book (MSI 695)
Contents Note: USS PC-565 signal log book, March 25, 1944-June 3, 1944.

1944 Mar 25-Jun 03
Box 36, Folder 9 USS Bollinger (APA-234) ship's history (MSI 696)
Contents Note: USS Bollinger (APA-234) ship's history, 1944-1945.

circa 1944-1945
Box 36, Folder 10 William P. Crowley memoir (MSI 697)
Contents Note: Memoir of naval service as an aviation mechanic's mate, 1951-1955.

2009
Box 36, Folder 11 Mary K. Simkhovitch papers (MSI 698)
Contents Note: Letter sent, 1945, Letter received, 1946, News clipping, February 13, 1945.

1945-1946
Box 36, Folder 12 John A. Shearman letter (MSI 699)
Contents Note: Letter from Philippines, October 4, 1899.

1899 Oct 04
Box 36, Folder 13 USN Surgeons of the Navy memoiral (MSI 700)
Contents Note: Memorial of the Surgeons of the Navy of the United States, 1828.

1828
Box 36, Folder 14 Memorial of the Lieutenants of the Navy of the United States (MSI 701)
1828
Box 36, Folder 15 David Potter essays (MSI 702)
Contents Note: Essays on discipline and command.

undated
Box 36, Folder 16 U.S. Naval Facility Argentia, Newfoundland cruise book (MSI 703)
1979
Box 36, Folder 17 USS Betelgeuse (AK-260) booklet (MSI 704)
circa 1959
Box 36, Folder 18 USS Barbey (DE 1088) shakedown cruise (MSI 705)
Contents Note: USS Barbey (DE 1088) shakedown cruise, 1973.

1973
Map case 6, Drawer 1 Sherwoode A. Taffindor diploma (MSI 706)
Contents Note: From the U.S. Naval Academy.

1906 Jun 14
Box 36, Folder 19 William Bambridge letter (MSI 707)
Contents Note: Letter to Charles A. Davis, circa 1823

circa 1823
Box 49x, Folder 3 Alfred Eisenstaedt copy of photograph (MSI 708)
Contents Note: Copy of V-J Day photograph (reproduction).

undated
Box 49x, Folder 4 Life Magazine editor's note (MSI 709)
Contents Note: Reproduction.

undated
Box 49x, Folder 5 Navy Times article (MSI 710)
Contents Note: Reproduction of article on George Mendonsa, October 24, 2005.

undated
Box 37, Folder 1-3 William Crowe memoirs (MSI 711)
Contents Note: Untitled typescript of his memoirs published as "Line of Fire: From Washington to the Gulf, the Politics and Battles of the New Military," with a letter of 17 April 1992 to RADM Joseph K. Strasser and unsigned comments.

1992 and undated
Box 37, Folder 4 George F. Powers photograph album (MSI 712)
1905-1906
Box 37, Folder 5 Andrew Perry journal (MSI 713)
Contents Note: Journal kept aboard USS Constitution, edited by Matthew C. Perry, 1898.

2008
Box 37, Folder 6 William Dekoven letter (MSI 714)
Contents Note: Letter to Samuel Jarris, March 14, 1843.

1843 Mar 14
Box 37, Folder 7 Charles A. Ehm, Jr. letter (MSI 715)
Contents Note: Letter to SECNAV James Forrestal, February 7, 1947.

1947 Feb 07
Box 37, Folder 8 George F. Powers logbook (MSI 716)
Contents Note: USS Raleigh (Cruiser) log book of Seaman George F. Powers, MC, USN, 1904-1906.

1904-1906
Box 56x, Folder 1 Frederick Hartman scrapbook (MSI 717)
Contents Note: Scrapbook kept during his service on USS Hornet (CV-12), 1943-1946.

1943-1946
Box 45, Folder 2-9 Frederick Hartman papers on the USS Hornet (CV-12) (MSI 717a)
1943-1946 and undated
Box 37, Folder 9 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 719)
Contents Note: Letter to Curt and May Schiffler, February 25, 1949.

1949 Feb 26
Box 38, Folder 1 Lloyd D. Burns memoir (MSI 719)
Contents Note: “Vivid Memories of WWII Chronicles of a German"

2009
Box 38, Folder 2 Isaac Chauncey letter (MSI 720)
Contents Note: Letter to SECNAV Robert Smith, January 20, 1808.

1808 Jan 20
Box 56x, Folder 2 U.S. Pacific Fleet Bulletin from Okinawa (MSI 721)
1944 Nov 15
Box 38, Folder 3 Jesse D. Elliott letter (MSI 722)
Contents Note: Letter to Nathaniel Griswold, January 20, 1834.

1834 Jan 20
Box 38, Folder 4-5 Duball, Ivo W. typescript (MSI 723)
Contents Note: "World War II: War Cruise of USS Cotton (DD 669)" and one copy.

2008
Box 38, Folder 6-7 William M. Cole naval orders (MSI 724)
Contents Note: Naval orders, 1920-1954.

1920-1954
Box 38, Folder 8 John E. O'Hara poems (MSI 725)
Contents Note: “Torpedo Roadstead, Poems from the War,” 1942-1947.

2009
Box 49x, Folder 6 R. L. Conolly photograph (MSI 726)
undated
Box 38, Folder 9 Samuel F. DuPont general order (MSI 727)
1982 Apr 26
Box 56x, Folder 3 Bertram Leavitt scrapbook (MSI 728)
Contents Note: Scrapbook of photographs.

1944-1945
Box 39, Folder 1-3 Naval Torpedo Station photograph album (MSI 729)
Contents Note: Photograph album and DVD-ROM, 1905.

1905 and undated
Box 39, Folder 4 Hugh Moore diary (MSI 730)
Contents Note: Diary of WWII, 1940-1944

1940-1944
Box 57x, Folder 1 William Bainbridge letter (MSI 731)
Contents Note: Letter to William Jones, February 1, 1811.

1811 Feb 01
Box 39, Folder 5 James Kelly papers (MSI 732)
Contents Note: WWII Diary, 1943-1944, and letters of commendation, 1944 and Special orders, 1943, Excerpt from NY Times.

1943-1944
Box 39, Folder 6 Anton M. Luken reminiscences (MSI 733)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WWII in the Naval Armed Guard.

2010 Jan 30
Box 39, Folder 7 John O'Hara diary (MSI 734)
Contents Note: WWII diary, 1942-1945.

2010
Box 39, Folder 8 Russell E. Marchand service record (MSI 735)
1942-1944
Box 39, Folder 9 Carrier Division Eighteen report on HUK Group Operations (MSI 736)
1963
Map case 6, Drawer 1 Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, The Gathering Storm: A Retrospective poster (MSI 737)
1991 May
Box 49x, Folder 7 Time Magazine cover (MSI 738)
Contents Note: Signed by William F. Halsey (Vol. XLVI, No. 4).

undated
Box 39, Folder 10 Cecelia Baum reminiscences (MSI 739)
Contents Note: Reminiscences entitled, “Nightingales Can Soar High.” Also included is an article, "Angels of Mercy; U.S. Navy Flight Nurses of the Pacific Theater," by Paul Stuart in WWII Military Journal, winter 1996, pp.26-29.

1996 and undated
Box 39, Folder 11 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 740)
Contents Note: Letter to his sister, June 8, 1944.

1944 Jun 08
Box 39, Folder 12 USS Maine (BB2) photographs (MSI 741)
Contents Note: Unpublished photographs of ships of the White Fleet.

1897
Box 58x, Folder 1 U.S. Training Station, Newport, RI office time book (MSI 742)
Contents Note: Leather bound office time book, Jan 1913-Jun 1919.

1913 Jan-1919 Jun
Box 39, Folder 13 Chester W. Nimitz letter (MSI 743)
Contents Note: Letter to Mrs. Otto Madlerer, Feb 11, 1946; undated newspaper clipping.

1946 and undated
Box 39, Folder 14 Providence Journal citations (MSI 744)
Contents Note: Citations to articles relating to naval and maritime subjects.

undated
Box 39, Folder 15 Ernest J. King letter (MSI 745)
Contents Note: Letter in which he recalls his service in the Spanish American War, August 10, 1948.

1948 Aug 10
Box 39, Folder 16 USS Atlanta (cr) program (MSI 746)
Contents Note: Program of George Washington Birthday Celebration, February 1901 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

1901 Feb 22
Box 39, Folder 17 William P. Raimo reminiscences (MSI 747)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of service in WWII in the Naval Armed Guard, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 39, Folder 18 John R. Jockel certificate (MSI 748)
Contents Note: Certificate for Order of the Guinea Pig, 1957.

1957
Box 39, Folder 19 SS Wooster (Victory Ship) newspaper (MSI 749)
1946
Box 39, Folder 20 William F. Preece letter (MSI 750)
Contents Note: Letter to Thomas O. Selfridge, September 12, 1866.

1866 Sep 12
Box 45, Folder 10-12 Millard Simmons scrapbook (MSI 751)
Contents Note: "D-day and beyond," scrapbook of letters, photographs, action reports, ship’s history, and war diary, 1943-1946. (Includes CDs and is comprised mostly of reproductions and photocopies.)

undated
Box 40, Folder 1 William S. Sims portrait (MSI 752)
Contents Note: Oval portrait with holograph note.

undated
Map case 6, Drawer 1 John Grimes Walker notes (MSI 753)
Contents Note: Details on the U.S. Brazil Station.

1865
Box 40, Folder 2 Albert Phillips letter (MSI 754)
Contents Note: Letter, June 15, 1862.

1862 Jun 15
Box 57x, Folder 2 USS Enterprise (CVA N-65) record (MSI 755)
Contents Note: Record (33 1/3) of sound effects aboard the ship.

1963
Box 40, Folder 3 Burial of unknown soldier program (MSI 756)
Contents Note: Washington, DC, November 11, 1921.

1921 Nov 11
Box 40, Folder 4 George L. Quaid memoir (MSI 757)
Contents Note: Memoir, "Before I Forget,” an account of Merrill’s Marauders in Burma.

2008
Box 40, Folder 5 Michael G. Mullen letter (MSI 758)
Contents Note: Letter to men and women of the NWC, 2009 on the 125th Anniversary of the College.

2009
Box 40, Folder 6 Robert C. Achorn memoir (MSI 759)
Contents Note: WWII memoir, "War Time," 1943-1946.

2008 Dec
Box 40, Folder 7 Robert T. Browne stories (MSI 760)
Contents Note: T/SGT Benko’s Medal for Valor and Other WWII True Stories, 2009

2009
Box 40, Folder 8 Robert T. Browne paper (MSI 761)
Contents Note: “Experiences with the CIA 1950s. Berlin Spy Tunnel," 2009.

2009
Box 40, Folder 9 Stephen B. Luce letter (MSI 762)
Contents Note: Letter to Commodore Andrew Harwood, Oct 5, 1863.

1863 Oct 05
Box 40, Folder 10 Morton Myerson memoir (MSI 763)
Contents Note: “Before I Forget: A Civilians War with Navy Regs”

undated
Box 40, Folder 11 Jesse C. Hayes certificate (MSI 764)
Contents Note: Naval Training Course Certificate, Pharmacist’s mate, 3rd class, Jan 25, 1939.

1939 Jan 25
Box 40, Folder 12 U.S. Naval Training Station invitation (MSI 765)
1889 Nov 15
Box 40, Folder 13 Theodore H. Ingalls account (MSI 766)
Contents Note: Copy of an account of the collision of SS Uruguay and USS Salamonie (AO-26), February 12, 1943.

undated
Box 40, Folder 14 Naval War College copies lectures (MSI 767)
Contents Note: Copies of Alfred T. Mahan lectures on military strategy, circa 1886-1889.

undated
Box 40, Folder 15 Marie Bennett Alsmeyer reminiscences (MSI 768)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1943-1945

undated
Box 40, Folder 16 May N. Battani reminiscences (MSI 769)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1943-1945

undated
Box 40, Folder 17 Dorothy Baier reminiscences (MSI 770)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES, 1943-1945

undated
Box 40, Folder 18 Virginia Bedsole reminiscences (MSI 771)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1942-1945

undated
Box 40, Folder 19 Margaret Bills reminiscences (MSI 772)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1942-1945

undated
Box 40, Folder 20 Jeane Bennett reminiscences (MSI 773)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVE Service, 1942-1945

undated
Box 40, Folder 21 Helen Black reminiscences (MSI 774)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1943-1945

1999
Box 40, Folder 21 Moralee Morgan Bloomfield reminiscences (MSI 775)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1944-1948

undated
Box 57x, Folder 3 Howard B. Crane scrapbook (MSI 776)
Contents Note: Scrapbook of his WWII naval service in the Pacific Theater, including photographs, certificates, pencil sketches, maps, and charts.

1942-1945
Box 40, Folder 23 Anna K. Brookes reminiscences (MSI 777)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1944-1946

1997 Dec
Box 40, Folder 24 Rita H. Brengel reminiscences (MSI 778)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1942-1945

undated
Box 40, Folder 25 Marydean Bruns reminiscences (MSI 779)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1942-1945

undated
Box 40, Folder 26 Mary V. Lauer Cagney reminiscences (MSI 780)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of service in the WAVES, 1942-1944

1997 Aug 12
Box 41, Folder 1 Dorothy M. Riehle Call reminiscences (MSI 781)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1943-1945

undated
Box 41, Folder 2 Helen Lynch Cassanos reminiscences (MSI 782)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1943-1945

1997
Box 41, Folder 3 Dorothy Dill Clements reminiscences (MSI 783)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of service in the WAVES, 1944-1946

1997
Box 41, Folder 4 Mary Faul Clifford reminiscences (MSI 784)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES, 1943-1945

undated
Box 41, Folder 5 Jeanne Thompson Clough reminiscences (MSI 785)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service

undated
Box 41, Folder 6 Geraldine Luey Cadzow reminiscences (MSI 786)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1944-1945

undated
Box 41, Folder 7 Otha Pearle Cooley Crisler reminiscences (MSI 787)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1943-1945

1997 Sep 05
Box 41, Folder 8 Iva Jean Davis reminiscences (MSI 788)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WWII WAVE and Reservist, 1944-1978

undated
Box 41, Folder 9 Ellem M. Diming reminiscences (MSI 789)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WWII, 1944-1946

undated
Box 41, Folder 10 Mary B. Kuegle Dixon reminiscences (MSI 790)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1944-1964

1999
Box 41, Folder 11 Marion J. Nelson Eckstein reminiscences (MSI 791)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1943-1945

undated
Box 41, Folder 12 Caryl E. Jones Eitreim reminiscences (MSI 792)
Contents Note: World War II WAVE reminiscences, 1943-1946

undated
Box 41, Folder 13 Helen Clanin Ellis reminiscences (MSI 793)
Contents Note: WWII WAVE Reminiscences, 1944-1945

undated
Box 41, Folder 14 Virginia Emigholtz reminiscences (MSI 794)
Contents Note: WWII WAVE Reminiscences, 1943-1946

undated
Box 41, Folder 15 Dorothy Enochs reminiscences (MSI 795)
Contents Note: WWII WAVE Reminiscences, 1943-1945

undated
Box 41, Folder 16 Alice Kinman Eubanks reminiscences (MSI 796)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1942-1944

undated
Box 41, Folder 17 Charles H. Caldwell letter (MSI 797)
Contents Note: Letter to his son, Nov 28, 1829.

1829 Nov 28
Box 41, Folder 18 USS Nicholas (DD-449) commemorative book (MSI 798)
Contents Note: USS Nicholas (DD-449) World War II commemorative book

undated
Box 41, Folder 19 Robert McLain graduation program and invitation (MSI 799)
Contents Note: Graduation program and invitation, Nov 13, 1953 (originals and copies).

1953 Nov 13
Box 41, Folder 20 Leslie Fischer reminiscences (MSI 800)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1943-1945

undated
Box 41, Folder 21 June Fitzgerald reminiscences (MSI 801)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 41, Folder 22 Elinor Johnson Folk reminiscences (MSI 802)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1932-1944.

1997
Box 41, Folder 23 U.S. Naval Training cruise for civilian volunteers scrapbook (MSI 803)
Contents Note: Scrapbook of U.S. Naval Training Cruise for Civilian Volunteers, 1916, in USS Maine.

1916
Box 41, Folder 24 Jay N. Darling scrapbook (MSI 804)
Contents Note: Scrapbook of Cartoons of the Great War, 1917-1918

1917-1918
Box 41, Folder 25 Naval War College postcard (MSI 805)
Contents Note: Postcard of Luce Hall, U.S. War College, Newport, R.I., circa 1920.

circa 1920
Box 41, Folder 26 Winfield S. Schley letter (MSI 806)
Contents Note: Letter to Captain Arthur Yates, Aug 1, 1885.

1885 Aug 01
Box 41, Folder 27 Excerpt from "All Hands" magazine (MSI 807)
1947 May
Box 41, Folder 28 Charles House letter (MSI 808)
Contents Note: Letter to Captain Neil O'Connor, POW in Kiska, Alaska (photocopy).

undated
Box 41, Folder 29 USS Akron envelope (MSI 809)
Contents Note: Memorial cachet envelope, 1948

1948
Box 41, Folder 30 U.S. Naval Training Station envelope (MSI 810)
1951 May 08
Box 41, Folder 31 USS Virginia (BB 13) postcard (MSI 811)
Contents Note: USS Virginia (BB 13) postcard of Oakland Farm with postmark of USS Virginia.

circa 1918
Box 41, Folder 32 John Thompson musical score book (MSI 812)
Contents Note: "We're in the Navy Now: A Musical Journey Around the World."

undated
Box 41, Folder 33 Rosalie Bray Gailey reminiscences (MSI 813)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Services, 1945-1946.

undated
Box 41, Folder 34 Bernice S. Field reminiscences (MSI 814)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1944-1946

undated
Box 41, Folder 35 Mrs. R. Erwin Foy reminiscences (MSI 815)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1944-1946.

1998
Box 49x, Folder 8 Kenneth G. Schacht scrapbook (MSI 816)
Contents Note: Scrapbook of drawings and captions during three years as a POW in Japan.

1942-1945
Box 42, Folder 1 Operational Training exercises booklet (MSI 817)
1943 Oct 31
Box 42, Folder 1 Jacqueline B. Gardner reminiscences (MSI 818)
Contents Note: WAVES Reminiscences, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 42, Folder 3 Priscilla Morrison Getchell reminiscences (MSI 819)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Services as a WAVE, 1942-1946.

undated
Box 42, Folder 4 Anna Marie Olup Giese reminiscences (MSI 820)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 42, Folder 5 Charlotte L. Ginsel reminiscences (MSI 821)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 42, Folder 5 Peggy Jane Harrison reminiscences (MSI 822)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WAVE in WWII, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 42, Folder 7 Eleanor Landgref Gustafson reminiscences (MSI 823)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1943-1945

1997 Sep 25
Box 42, Folder 8 Betty Lawler Halmstad reminiscences (MSI 824)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE.

undated
Box 42, Folder 9 Beatrice M. Harrington reminiscences (MSI 825)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1944-1946

undated
Box 42, Folder 10 Phyllis J. Hunter Harrison reminiscences (MSI 826)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WAVE, 1942-1944

undated
Box 42, Folder 11 Doris M. Grossini Hardisty reminiscences (MSI 827)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WAVE, 1944-1945

1997 Sep 25
Box 42, Folder 12 Margaret J. Prefontaine Hayes reminiscences (MSI 828)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WWII WAVE, 1944-1946

undated
Box 42, Folder 13 Emma R. Hays reminiscences (MSI 829)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1944-1945

undated
Box 42, Folder 14 William S. Sims note (MSI 830)
Contents Note: Signed note, July 8, 1929.

1929 Jul 08
Box 42, Folder 15 Myrtle Beall Helem reminiscences (MSI 831)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1945-1946.

1997 Sep 02
Box 42, Folder 16 Muriel M. Sanborn Hoyt, reminiscences (MSI 832)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her SPARS Service, 1943-1945.

1997 Oct
Box 42, Folder 17 Betty Ann Campbell Ferris Howe reminiscences (MSI 833)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1945-1946.

undated
Box 42, Folder 18 Helen B. Hughes reminiscences (MSI 834)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1942-1945.

undated
Box 42, Folder 19 Salutes and Ceremonials on ship handling vis-à-vis other ships passing (MSI 835)
undated
Box 42, Folder 20 Gideon Welles report (MSI 836)
Contents Note: Report of the Secretary of the Navy, July 4, 1861.

1861 Jul 04
Box 42, Folder 21 Gideon Welles report (MSI 837)
Contents Note: Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 4, 1865.

1865 Dec 04
Box 42, Folder 22 Gideon Welles letter (MSI 838)
1861
Box 42, Folder 23 Gideon Welles letter (MSI 839)
Contents Note: Circular letter, Aug 18, 1862.

1862 Aug 18
Box 42, Folder 24 U.S. Navy Congressional speeches (MSI 840)
1865
Box 42, Folder 25 Ronald Etychinson memoir (MSI 841)
Contents Note: Memoir, 1958-1991.

2008 May
Box 42, Folder 26 Edgar Keats memoir (MSI 842)
Contents Note: Memoir of WWII.

2011
Box 42, Folder 27 Stephan VanDeventer memoir (MSI 843)
Contents Note: Memoir WWII Service in USS Nevada (BB 36), 1943-1946.

2013
Box 42, Folder 28 Hobart S. Butcher log (MSI 844)
Contents Note: Cruise aboard USS Gilmer (DD-233) Aug. 26, 1920-Oct. 19, 1921. Transcribed by his daughter, Bette Jeanette Butcher Topp.

2011 Jul 25
Box 42, Folder 29 Josephine Karls reminiscences (MSI 845)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, circa 1942-1945.

undated
Box 42, Folder 30 Lola Kreiger reminiscences (MSI 846)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES in WWII.

undated
Box 42, Folder 31 Betty Doolittle LaFontsee reminiscences (MSI 847)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1942-1944.

undated
Box 42, Folder 32 Patricia Moorman Mansfield reminiscences (MSI 848)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE.

undated
Box 42, Folder 33 Ruth Helms Leveille reminiscences (MSI 849)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 42, Folder 34 Doris Mann reminiscences (MSI 850)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1944-1946.

1997 Oct 24
Box 42, Folder 35 Helen Martin reminiscences (MSI 851)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WAVE who served in WWII until 1954.

1999 Jun 01
Box 42, Folder 36 Sheila Martin reminiscences (MSI 852)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVES, 1944-1946.

undated
Box 42, Folder 37 Mary Balaban McClusky reminiscences (MSI 853)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1942-1945.

undated
Box 42, Folder 38 Marjorie K. McGoldrick reminiscences (MSI 854)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 42, Folder 39 Edward N. Dickerson speech (MSI 855)
Contents Note: The Navy of the U.S. An Exposure of Its Condition, and the Causes of Its Failure. 1864, a Speech in the Case of the Washington And Alexandria Steamboat Company.

1864
Box 42, Folder 40 David Farragut letter (MSI 856)
Contents Note: Letter to Paul Langdon, Jan 1, 1859.

1859 Jan 01
Box 42, Folder 41 David Farragut letter (MSI 857)
Contents Note: Letter to Paul Langdon, Jan 14, 1859.

1859 Jan 14
Box 42, Folder 42 David Farragut letter (MSI 858)
Contents Note: Letter to Paul Langdon, Jan 29, 1859.

1859 Jan 29
Box 42, Folder 43 Naval Training Station postcard (MSI 859)
Contents Note: Barracks B., circa 1955

circa 1955
Box 42, Folder 44 Naval Training Station postcard (MSI 860)
Contents Note: Instruction in signaling, circa 1907

circa 1907
Box 42, Folder 45 USS Tennessee (Armored Cruiser no. 10) postcard (MSI 861)
undated
Box 42, Folder 46 U.S. Navy in the Pacific photographs (MSI 862)
Contents Note: U.S. Navy in the Pacific, Photos of ships, sailors, scenes circa 1942-1945

circa 1942-1945
Box 42, Folder 47 USS Aldebaran (AF-10) photocopies of photographs (MSI 863)
circa 1942-1945
Box 43, Folder 1 W. Bennett notebook (MSI 864)
Contents Note: Notebook of whitehead torpedo parts test, 1916.

1916
Box 43, Folder 2 USS Independence (CV-62) end of deployment records (MSI 865)
1985 Feb 19
Box 57x, Folder 4 U.S. Navy Uniform and Dress Regulations (MSI 866)
1869
Box 43, Folder 3 Jack Genz diary (MSI 867)
Contents Note: Diary kept during WWII, 1944.

1944
Box 43, Folder 4 Ezra M. Ellis naval air pilot book (MSI 868)
1931
Box 43, Folder 5 French E. Chadwick paper (MSI 869)
Contents Note: “The Present Day Phase of the Monroe Doctrine," 1919.

1919
Box 43, Folder 6 Florence Barna Mast reminiscences (MSI 870)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1944-1945.

undated
Box 43, Folder 7 Barbara Metras reminiscences (MSI 871)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1942-1962

undated
Box 43, Folder 8 Arline McCallum Miles reminiscences (MSI 872)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of service in the WAVES, 1945-1946.

undated
Box 43, Folder 9 Helen M. McGrath reminiscences (MSI 873)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Service in the WAVES, 1943-1945.

1997 Sep 17
Box 43, Folder 10 Lucille Nantz McKenzie reminiscences (MSI 874)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Service in the WAVES, 1943-1946.

1997 Jul 07
Box 43, Folder 11 Mary Paulson Mitchell reminiscences (MSI 875)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Service in the WAVES, 1944-1946.

undated
Box 44, Folder 1 Lence Thompson Montonara reminiscences (MSI 876)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Service in the WAVES, 1944-1947.

undated
Box 44, Folder 2 Pearl S. Morrell reminiscences (MSI 877)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Service in the WAVES, 1943-1946.

undated
Box 44, Folder 3 Louise Nation reminiscences (MSI 878)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Service in the WAVES, 1943-1945

undated
Box 44, Folder 4 Vanita F. Parret reminiscences (MSI 879)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Service in the WAVES, 1944-1970

undated
Box 44, Folder 5 Dorothy E. Stevvins Pittsley reminiscences (MSI 880)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of WAVES Service, 1944-1946.

undated
Box 44, Folder 6 Dorothea Crawford Redmond reminiscences (MSI 881)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of Service in the WAVES, 1944-1946.

undated
Box 44, Folder 7 Elizabeth Bemis Robarts reminiscences (MSI 882)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her Service in the WAVES, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 44, Folder 8 Betty J. Gaffney Stiors Singer reminiscences (MSI 883)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1943-1946.

undated
Box 44, Folder 9 Wanda M. Branas Singer reminiscences (MSI 884)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1943-1946, with photograph.

undated
Box 44, Folder 10 Nancy Lee (Catherine) Savidge reminiscences (MSI 885)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her Service in the WAVES, 1944-1945.

undated
Box 44, Folder 11 Dorothy R. Turnbull Stewart reminiscences (MSI 886)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her Service in the WAVES, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 44, Folder 12 Beth Mackey Stiffler reminiscences (MSI 887)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 44, Folder 13 Jean McCracken Strauss reminiscences (MSI 888)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her Service in the WAVES, 1943-1945.

1998 May 27
Box 44, Folder 14 USS Galena (Steamer) (MSI 889)
Contents Note: USS Galena (Steamer) manning the Navy with sea faring men, circa, 1887.

circa 1887
Box 44, Folder 15 Helen May Strauss reminiscences (MSI 890)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1942-1946.

undated
Box 44, Folder 16 Mary Nyland Tannen reminiscences (MSI 891)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her Service in the WAVES, 1945-1946.

undated
Box 44, Folder 17 Florence Welch Tanner reminiscences (MSI 892)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1944-1946.

undated
Box 44, Folder 18 Mavily Converse Turner reminiscences (MSI 893)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1943-1946.

1997 Aug
Box 44, Folder 19 Ruth E. Warfel reminiscences (MSI 894)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1944-1946.

1997 Sep
Box 44, Folder 20 Mary L. Unterburger reminiscences (MSI 895)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1943-1945.

undated
Box 44, Folder 21 Florence Debrowski Waugh reminiscences (MSI 896)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1944-1947.

undated
Box 44, Folder 22 Alice G. Cornell Wheeler reminiscences (MSI 897)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her WAVES Service, 1944-1946.

undated
Box 44, Folder 23 Edna Miller Wimsett reminiscences (MSI 898)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES, 1942-1945.

undated
Box 44, Folder 24 Louisa J. Irvine Williams reminiscences (MSI 899)
Contents Note: Reminiscences of her service in the WAVES.

1997 Apr 16
Box 44, Folder 25 Edward Kalbus photograph (MSI 900)
circa 1942
Box 44, Folder 26 Postcards of various naval ships (MSI 901)
circa 1905-1935
Box 57x, Folder 5 James C. Flynn discharge certificate (MSI 902)
1921 Sep 30
Box 49x, Folder 9 William Benson letter (MSI 903)
Contents Note: Matted letter to Stephen B. Luce with photograph.

1906 Aug 01