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Formal title:
William M. Carpenter papers
Extent:
2.29 linear feet
Date range:
1934-2005 (bulk 1934-1964)
Abstract:
Captain William Milner Carpenter (1916-2006) was a World War II Pacific theater veteran with 26 years of active service in the United States Navy. After his retirement he spent 30 years working and consulting for SRI International. This collection include books, correspondence, photographs, and writings relating to both his naval and civilian careers.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-346
Formal title:
Ingraham family papers
Extent:
.75 linear feet (1 archival box)
Date range:
1830-1864, circa 1935-1954
Abstract:
The Ingraham family first immigrated to the United States in the seventeenth century from Great Britain, with many settling in South Carolina where they became a seafaring family with strong connections to both the U.S. Navy and the Navy of the Confederate States. This collection includes ships’ logs and reminiscences maintained by members of the Ingraham family while on board serving in either the U.S. Navy of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-353
Formal title:
Alfred Thayer Mahan papers
Extent:
2.85 linear feet (3 archival boxes, 2 half archival boxes, 1 oversize box)
Date range:
1884-1914
Abstract:
This collection consists of lectures, letters, and other documents kept by Alfred T. Mahan, naval officer, renowned maritime historian, and past president of the Naval War College.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC 017
Formal title:
Anne Sims Hopkins collection of Sims family papers
Extent:
4 linear feet
Date range:
1844-1954 (bulk) 1905-1920
Abstract:
This collection consists of letters, photographs, invitations, a wedding gift registry, and other papers relating to the Sims family, particularly Admiral William S. Sims and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. The papers detail the Sims family’s personal life and relationship as well as Admiral Sims’s career in the Navy.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-352
Formal title:
Bern Anderson papers
Extent:
3 linear feet
Date range:
1920-1960 (bulk 1944-2000)
Abstract:
The Anderson papers consist of career papers, correspondence, subject files, writings, and other miscellaneous items related to the military career of Bern Anderson. The majority of the materials in this collection are from the career series and the correspondence series. These materials reflect many angles of his active United States Naval duty including: his personal letters during active duty, his materials regarding Operation Hollandia, his published and unpublished writings, diaries, citations, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-088
Formal title:
Bernard M. Baruch, Jr. papers
Extent:
9 boxes
Date range:
1937-1962
Abstract:
These papers span the years 1937-1962 and in large part they focus on Bernard M. Baruch Jr.'s service in the Naval Reserve from 1937. The collection is divided into 5 series. Of special interest to researchers are the programs he developed and the publications he wrote on naval intelligence and enemy sightings. Other topics of interest include slides and photographs of World War II, Nazi surface ships and submarines, photographs and documents pertaining to Japanese Air Balloon Bombers, and his correspondence with Laurent H. L. Brackx who was accused of espionage. Series V includes some materials pertaining to Bernard M. Baruch Sr.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-146
Formal title:
James B. Stockdale papers
Extent:
4.2 linear feet (10 archival boxes)
Date range:
1965-2005 (bulk 1975-1983)
Abstract:
Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale (1923-2005) was a highly decorated naval aviator who spent nearly eight years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. He was the fortieth President of the Naval War College and after his retirement from the navy he served as President of The Citadel, Charleston, S.C and was an independent candidate for Vice President of the U.S. in 1992. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, newspaper articles, speeches, and writings relating to Stockdale’s naval and academic careers.
Repository:
Naval War Collection (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-085
Formal title:
International Seapower Symposium records
Extent:
17 linear feet (21 half Bankers’s boxes, 2 archival boxes, 1 small oversize box)
Date range:
1969-
Abstract:
The International Seapower Symposium (ISS) is a biennial meeting held at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC), hosted by the Chief of Naval Operations and the President, U.S. Naval War College. This record group consists of correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, audio cassettes, digital media (floppy disks and compact discs, etc), and digital files documenting the organization and proceedings of each symposium.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
RG-22
Formal title:
Herbert F. Rosinski papers
Extent:
10 archival boxes
Date range:
1919-1988 (bulk 1940-1962)
Abstract:
The papers of Herbert F. Rosinski, military historian and strategist, consist of personal records, correspondence, published and unpublished writings, lectures, seminars, notes, and outlines. The bulk of the items date from the period between the 1930s and Roskinski's death in 1962, and will be of interest to students of pre and post World War II military affairs, military strategy, and international relations. The collection fully documents Rosinski's personal and public life, both in Europe and America, and was presented to the Naval War College Foundation by Dr. Richard P. Stebbins, a longtime friend and colleague of Rosinski.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-091
Formal title:
Frank M. Snyder papers
Extent:
12.5 linear feet (11 half banker’s boxes, 10 archival boxes, 1 half archival box, 2 oversize boxes)
Date range:
1941-2010 (bulk 1969-1994)
Abstract:
Frank M. Snyder (1926-2017) is a career naval officer who worked as a Professor and Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. His papers include articles, research materials, speeches and lectures, audio and video cassette tapes, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to Snyder’s naval and professional academic career.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-137

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