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Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972

 Person

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas B. Buell and Walter M. Whitehill collection on Ernest J. King

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-037.2
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1880-1986 and undated; Majority of material found within 1942-1950; Majority of material found within 1974-1979

Correspondence, Kichisaburo Nomura to Adm. Stark, 1951 Jun 13, 1953 Jan 15 and undated

 File — Box 7, Folder: 13
Identifier: MSC-155
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of three letters written by Kichisaburō Nomura to Admiral Harold Stark in which he expressed his deep appreciation and respect for Admiral Stark and other Americans duing his time as the Japanese ambassador to the United States prior to World War I and later during the allied occupation of Japan. The first letter dated 1951 Jun 13 includes a typed transcription of the letter.

Dates: 1951 Jun 13, 1953 Jan 15 and undated

Extracts From Books Read in Connection with War College Reading Courses, 1923

 File — Box 20, Folder: 14
Identifier: RG-04- File 880
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

College curriculum items, including orientation materials, lectures, addresses, tactical, strategic, demonstrative, scouting and screening and operational problems, maneuver rules, fire effect diagrams, quick decision problems, directives, manuals, articles, historical presentations compiled by members of the Department of Intelligence on naval battles, and translations of the War at Sea, 1914–1918, and miscellaneous NWC publications.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1923

Extracts From Books Read in Connection with War College Reading Courses, Volume I, A-G, 1923

 Item
Identifier: RG-04- File 880
Scope and Contents

Subjects: Policy, Command, Startegy, Tactics arranged alphabetically by authors

Dates: 1923

Harold R. Stark biography, undated

 File — Box 9, Folder: 18
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 117
Scope and Contents

Unpublished typescript biography of ADM Harold R. Stark by B. Mitchell Simpson III.

Dates: undated

Henry Kent Hewitt papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-032
Content Description The Naval War College Naval Historical Collection houses a small but interesting segment of Hewitt materials. The collection focuses mainly on the illustrious wartime career of Admiral Hewitt, although there are materials from both earlier and later time periods. The materials are contained in fourteen boxes and a folio file drawer. The collection measures thirteen linear feet and is divided into four series: correspondence, writings, miscellany, and photographs.Series I, official correspondence, consists of letters, memoranda, and telegrams, both congratulatory and informational, dealing with the various amphibious operations that ADM Hewitt commanded. They include Operations Torch, Husky, Avalanche, and Dragoon-Anvil. Correspondents were from the highest military and civilian echelons and include General Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Admiral Ernest .J. King. Other correspondence deals with President Roosevelt's voyage in USS INDIANAPOLIS to the Pan American Conference in Buenos Aires in 1936 and in the post-war period with reminiscences of World War II. Correspondents from this Lime period include Winston Churchill, Admiral Sir John Cunningham, RN, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.The second series, writings, contains the unpublished memoirs of Admiral Hewitt. The memoirs contain a ten page chronology of his life and career as well as a full autobiographical treatment.Series III, miscellany,...
Dates: 1903 - 1957

Photocopies of letters sent to Admiral Harold Stark from Kichisaburo Nomura

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC155_07_13_01
Dates: 1951 Jun 13, 1953 Jan 15 and undated

Stark, Harold R.: Policy, 1922 Sep 1

 File — Box 5, Folder: 24
Identifier: RG-13
Dates: 1922 Sep 1

Stark, Harold R.: Tactics, 1923

 File — Box 5, Folder: 25
Identifier: RG-13
Dates: 1923