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The collection contains research materials accumulated by Edward S. Miller while writing War Plan Orange, the definitive work on the US Navy's war planning activities against Japan that was published in 1991 by the Naval Institute Press. Orange was the code name for Japan in US war plans. The bulk of the collection consists of copies of documents, articles, and notes taken by Mr. Miller during a twenty-year period of study involving investigations into the various the versions of War Plan Orange, the functioning of the Navy's war planning branches and divisions, and the senior naval officers involved in the process of developing the Navy's war plans. In addition to specific materials on War Plan Orange and war planning in general, the collection includes a biographical file containing information on the US Navy's war planners, a geographical file containing information on various islands in the Pacific, and a subject file containing information on such topics as aviation and logistics.

The collection also includes Mr. Miller's personal papers relating to the pre and post-publication of War Plan Orange including reviews and commentaries on prepublication manuscripts and a copy of the book itself.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains research materials accumulated by Edward S. Miller while writing War Plan Orange, the definitive work on the US Navy's war planning activities against Japan that was published in 1991 by the Naval Institute Press. Orange was the code name for Japan in US war plans. The bulk of the collection consists of copies of documents, articles, and notes taken by Mr. Miller during a twenty-year period of study involving investigations into the various the versions of War Plan Orange, the functioning of the Navy's war planning branches and divisions, and the senior naval officers involved in the process of developing the Navy's war plans. In addition to specific materials on War Plan Orange and war planning in general, the collection includes a biographical file containing information on the US Navy's war planners, a geographical file containing information on various islands in the Pacific, and a subject file containing information on such topics as aviation and logistics.

The collection also includes Mr. Miller's personal papers relating to the pre and post-publication of War Plan Orange including reviews and commentaries on prepublication manuscripts and a copy of the book itself.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection contains research materials accumulated by Edward S. Miller while writing War Plan Orange, the definitive work on the US Navy's war planning activities against Japan that was published in 1991 by the Naval Institute Press. Orange was the code name for Japan in US war plans. The bulk of the collection consists of copies of documents, articles, and notes taken by Mr. Miller during a twenty-year period of study involving investigations into the various the versions of War Plan Orange, the functioning of the Navy's war planning branches and divisions, and the senior naval officers involved in the process of developing the Navy's war plans. In addition to specific materials on War Plan Orange and war planning in general, the collection includes a biographical file containing information on the US Navy's war planners, a geographical file containing information on various islands in the Pacific, and a subject file containing information on such topics as aviation and logistics.

The collection also includes Mr. Miller's personal papers relating to the pre and post-publication of War Plan Orange including reviews and commentaries on prepublication manuscripts and a copy of the book itself.

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Black Ships Festival Opening 1991; March to Fort Adams 1995; includes names

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Correspondence and subject files pertaining to administration, organization, mission, functions and buildings of the Naval Training Station and Naval Station, 1885–1974; Historical subject files of Coasters Harbor Island, Fort Adams, USS Constitution, USS Constellation, visits of Presidents Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon, 150th Anniversary of landing of General Rochambeau, 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Rhode Island, hurricanes, fires, Public Works Department, Tercentenary of city of Newport, Naval Air Station, Naval Torpedo Station, Naval Operating Base, and Goat Island, 1885–1974; Command Histories, 1958–1974; War Diaries, 1941–1943; Publications including Our Naval Apprentice, Newport Recruit and Newport Navalog; Photographs and photograph albums of the Naval Base, Naval Station, recruit training and special events, 1890–1963; Picture book, log book, leave books, and organization and regulation books, 1885–1974.

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4x5 negative of Sham attack on Newport, 1887

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4x5 negative of campus views from above. No date associated with negative.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of fourteen boxes of manuscript material documenting the admiral’s distinguished naval career, with emphasis on the World War II period.Series I, Naval Orders, 1902–1952, consists of his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, assignments to ships and shore duty, promotions, travel orders, leave of absence requests, temporary duty assignments, additional duty assignments, change of duty assignments, requests for instruction, examinations for promotion, commendations, awards, citations, appointments, and a transfer to the retired list.Correspondence, 1941–1948, comprises Series II. This is the largest series in the collection and contains letters both sent and received during the World War II period when Hoover was Commander of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, Commander Marianas, and briefly Deputy Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.Subseries I contains letters sent and received regarding the administration of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, 1941–1945, with a focus on the Free French Government in Martinique, the administration of Aruba-Curaçao, Guantanamo, Cuba, and Trinidad, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence. Topics discussed in the correspondence include local defense plans, Army-Navy cooperation, the U-boat menace, routing of convoys, supply problems, shipping of oil and bauxite, relations with the British, Dutch, and French, personnel issues, need...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of fourteen boxes of manuscript material documenting the admiral’s distinguished naval career, with emphasis on the World War II period.Series I, Naval Orders, 1902–1952, consists of his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, assignments to ships and shore duty, promotions, travel orders, leave of absence requests, temporary duty assignments, additional duty assignments, change of duty assignments, requests for instruction, examinations for promotion, commendations, awards, citations, appointments, and a transfer to the retired list.Correspondence, 1941–1948, comprises Series II. This is the largest series in the collection and contains letters both sent and received during the World War II period when Hoover was Commander of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, Commander Marianas, and briefly Deputy Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.Subseries I contains letters sent and received regarding the administration of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, 1941–1945, with a focus on the Free French Government in Martinique, the administration of Aruba-Curaçao, Guantanamo, Cuba, and Trinidad, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence. Topics discussed in the correspondence include local defense plans, Army-Navy cooperation, the U-boat menace, routing of convoys, supply problems, shipping of oil and bauxite, relations with the British, Dutch, and French, personnel issues, need...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of fourteen boxes of manuscript material documenting the admiral’s distinguished naval career, with emphasis on the World War II period.Series I, Naval Orders, 1902–1952, consists of his appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, assignments to ships and shore duty, promotions, travel orders, leave of absence requests, temporary duty assignments, additional duty assignments, change of duty assignments, requests for instruction, examinations for promotion, commendations, awards, citations, appointments, and a transfer to the retired list.Correspondence, 1941–1948, comprises Series II. This is the largest series in the collection and contains letters both sent and received during the World War II period when Hoover was Commander of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, Commander Marianas, and briefly Deputy Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas under Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.Subseries I contains letters sent and received regarding the administration of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, 1941–1945, with a focus on the Free French Government in Martinique, the administration of Aruba-Curaçao, Guantanamo, Cuba, and Trinidad, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence. Topics discussed in the correspondence include local defense plans, Army-Navy cooperation, the U-boat menace, routing of convoys, supply problems, shipping of oil and bauxite, relations with the British, Dutch, and French, personnel issues, need...