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Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Great White Fleet postcards

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-325
Scope and Contents

Twenty-six photographic postcards of life in Lima, Peru, Panama, and Cuba as well as American naval views. A.L. Bauer was the photographer, ca., 1907-1908.

Dates: circa 1907-1908

Hoggatt, James W.: New mission for an old weapon : the S-2 in a strike role, 1967

 File — Box 271, Folder: 14
Identifier: RG-13- File N420 .F82 1967 no.58
Dates: 1967

Loving, Howard H.: The present and future Navy : the views of middle grade officers, 1975

 Item — Box 358, Folder: 18
Identifier: RG-13- Item N420 .F94 1975 no.35
Dates: 1975

Francis S. Low papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-360
Abstract

This collection contains manuscripts, books, articles, personal writings and items, and photographs primarily documenting Francis S. Low’s naval career. Low served in the Navy from 1915-1956, retiring at the rank of Admiral. He specialized in submarine warfare, playing an integral role in anti-U-boat tactics during World War II.

Dates: 1915-2000; Majority of material found within 1915-1963

Martin, William R.: The role of the United States Navy in diplomacy 1945-1965, 1966

 File — Box 260, Folder: 8
Identifier: RG-13- File N420 .F82 1966 no.96
Dates: 1966

Stephen McCarthy papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-064
Abstract

Lieutenant Stephen McCarthy (1859-1938) served in the U.S. Navy from 1887 until his retirement in 1923. He retired in Newport, Rhode Island. His papers include naval commissions from various promotions in the U.S. Navy.

Dates: 1889-1920

Wilma S. Miles papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-026
Content Description The Wilma J. Miles papers were presented to the Naval War College in two separate lots: the first accession, mainly correspondence, writings, tourist literature, and photographs, was given by Mrs. Miles in 1974, and the second lot, correspondence and tourist literature relating to South America, in 1977. Both accessions were presented through the Naval War College Foundation.The papers focus on Wilma Miles’s life and travels as a Navy wife for over a quarter of a century, with emphasis on the period from 1925 to 1955. They include materials relating to her life as a young bride in China from 1925 to 1927 during the era of the warlords and growing Chinese nationalism, and a return three-year stay there from 1936 to 1939, just prior to the outbreak of World War II. Another large segment of the papers focuses on her travels throughout South America when her husband served as Commandant of the Fifteenth Naval District, Balboa, Canal Zone, from 1954 to 1956.The collection contains fifteen boxes, a file cabinet of photographs, and numerous photograph albums and books. It measures thirty-nine linear feet and is divided into six series: correspondence, writings, subject files, miscellany, photographs, and books.Series I, personal correspondence, consists of letters to Wilma Miles from her fiancé, Milton Miles, and his letters to her mother, Mrs. Charles Jerman, containing news of China and his experiences as an officer in the Asiatic Fleet from...
Dates: 1922 - 1999

Edward S. Miller collection of research material relating to War Plan Orange

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-296
Abstract

Research materials on the US Navy's Navy's pre-World War II plans for war with Japan accumulated by Edward Miller for his award winning book War Plan Orange: The US. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945 published by the Naval Institute Press in 1991 accompanied by his personal papers related to the book's publication.

Dates: 1870 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1945

Morehouse, Charles W.: Retention of high talent young officers, 1972

 Item — Box 346, Folder: 11
Identifier: RG-13- Item N420 .F831 1972e
Dates: 1972

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Archival Object 35
Collection 14
Digital Record 5
 
Subject
photographs 7
term papers 7
letters (correspondence) 5
Naval education -- United States 4
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American 4
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scrapbooks 3
Aircraft carriers -- United States 2
Military research 2
Naval Station Newport (R.I.) 2
Navy-yards and naval stations -- Newport (R.I.) 2
Newport (R.I.) -- History 2
Outer space 2
Satellites 2
commentaries 2
lectures 2
military commissions 2
orders (military records) 2
plans (reports) 2
speeches (documents) 2
Admirals -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Admirals -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
Aerial photography 1
Air defenses -- United States 1
Air pilots -- United States 1
Air warfare 1
Amphibious warfare 1
Anti-submarine warfare -- Aerial operations 1
Basic training (Military education) 1
Command and control systems 1
Communications, Military 1
Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942 1
Destroyers (Warships) 1
Disarmament 1
Grumman Tracker (Antisubmarine aircraft) 1
Hydrographic surveying 1
Indian Ocean Region 1
Junks 1
Jutland, Battle of, 1916 1
Lajes (Terceira Island, Azores) 1
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 1
Limited war 1
Logistics, Naval 1
Logistics, Naval -- United States 1
Marine engineering -- United States 1
Middle managers 1
Midway, Battle of, 1942 1
Military bases, American 1
Military planning 1
Military planning -- United States 1
Military readiness 1
Narragansett Bay -- History 1
National security 1
Naval education 1
Naval strategy -- United States 1
Navies -- Officers 1
Navy spouses 1
Night fighting (Military science) 1
Oceanography 1
Operation Neptune 1
Operation Overlord 1
Operational art (Military science) 1
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 1
Philippines -- History -- Revolution, 1896-1898 1
Piracy 1
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography 1
Security and policy studies 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
Submarines (Ships) 1
Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1942 1
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 1
United States -- Armed Forces -- Women 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 1
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century 1
United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century 1
United States -- Military policy 1
United States -- Military relations -- Soviet Union 1
West Indies (Federation) 1
Women 1
Women and the military -- United States 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States 1
audiocassettes 1
biographical sketches 1
books 1
certificates 1
correspondence 1
diaries 1
handbooks 1
interviews 1
logs (records) 1
membership cards 1
military records 1
negatives (photographs) 1
newspaper clippings 1
photographic postcards 1
research notes 1
slides (photographs) 1
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