Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966

This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King entitled, Master of sea power and by Walter M. Whitehill, author and historian, for his biography on King, A Naval record.

This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, The Quiet Warrior, published by Little, Brown and Company in 1974.

Papers: Correspondence, Letters sent and received, 1933-1962; Letters to Caterine N. Lay and Chester Lay, 1999; Biography of ADM C.W. Nimitz; Photographs of ADM Nimitz with family, Naval Officers and political figures, Paper copies of Nimitz photographs, CD-Rom of Photographs, News Clippings, Miscellany, including pamphlet, ration card and invitations. Four CD's of Nimitz's letters to his parents and grandfather, 1901-1911.

Correspondence, letters received regarding Naval Institute oral history and Naval War College Chair of Intelligence, 1970–1975; Miscellany, including yearbook, Japanese texts, maps and charts, programs, certificates, USN commissions, and photographs, 1924–1984; Research source materials used in writing And I Was There, including published volumes of Japanese War Series, Senshi Sosho, 1967–1975,Pacific Mobile Radio Intelligence Unit Reports, 1942–1945; Books, Japanese monographs, military intelligence pamphlets, magazines, oral histories and maps; Unpublished materials, including various SRH histories, 1942–1947; SRNS, Japanese Naval Radio Intelligence Summaries, 1942–1945; SRN, Translations of Japanese Naval Messages, 1941–1942; SRNM, Japanese Naval Communications, 1942; CINCPAC messages, 1942; Tapes of interviews conducted by authors,1970–1983; Ships logs and action reports, 1941–1942; Translations of Japanese War History, 1942–1944; Notes and notebooks on WWII events and Japanese Intelligence; Photographs and personal letters; Promotion certificate to Rear Admiral; Drafts, Letters, memoranda and book reviews of And I Was There; Pacific Mobile Radio Intelligence Unit Reports, 1942–1945; Miscellaneous lists of diagrams, maps and biographies.

Papers relating to U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 1964–1966, kept by CDR Trotter, the Admiral’s aide for that period. Included are correspondence, memoranda, reports, printed items, pictures and memorabilia. Much of the materials deals with Nimitz’s last days and the arrangements for his funeral.