Naval War College (U.S.). Foundation

Letter from Alfred T. Mahan while in to English publisher, Edward Arnold in 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.

Letters sent from Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U.S. Ambassador to the Imperial Russian Court in St. Petersburg to his brother Henry Hitchcock, July 11, 1897–January 30, 1899; Letters sent from Margaret and Anne Hitchcock to Sarah Hitchcock Shepley, Isabel and an uncle, from St. Petersburg, July 27, 1897–October 2, 1898, describing their daily life and social activities.

Correspondence, letters sent to Kenneth Lang's parents and a relative in Chicago from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, IL and Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA, 1944–1945. The letters describe his naval training, daily routine, work, boot camp, Bugle Corps, and feelings about naval service during WWII.