The Shaw papers contain subject files on a number of topics, including programs and schedules for The Breadloaf Writers Conference, 1948–1949, that the admiral attended; Letters and genealogy of Admiral Robley D. Evans; articles, letters and photographs of The General Line School, Newport, RI; a commissioning program and reunion list from the USS Atlanta; copy of a commendation for the USS Birmingham; roster of officers, memorandum, letters, photographs and reunion information for the USS Bunker Hill; the ship’s newspaper from the USS Northampton; a recommissioning program, photographs, letters, sent and received, memoranda, rosters, war record, newsletter and poems and guest lists for the USS Waldron; articles and newsletters from the Humane Society; and letters, sent and received, schedules, program, invitations and guest lists when Shaw was naval attaché at The Hague.

Correspondence and memoranda regarding College administration, faculty and staff, curriculum, facilities, finances and organization, visitors, lectures, conferences and events.

The majority of this collection is filed using Navy file numbers. For more information about this filing system, please refer to the Navy Filing Manuals and Bureau of Ordnance File Numbers in the External Documents section of this finding aid.

Correspondence and memoranda regarding College administration, faculty and staff, curriculum, facilities, finances and organization, visitors, lectures, conferences and events.

The majority of this collection is filed using Navy file numbers. For more information about this filing system, please refer to the Navy Filing Manuals and Bureau of Ordnance File Numbers in the External Documents section of this finding aid.

Records of the Director, CNWS, including correspondence files regarding administrative matters, 1971–1995; Records of the Director, CAR/ARP, including correspondence files, 1976–1979; Minutes of meetings of Center for Advanced Research, 1972–1979; Advanced Research Program student applications and research proposals, 1973–1980; Advanced Research Program non-college applications and research proposals, 1973–1980; CAR/ARP unclassified student research papers, 1972–2000; CAR/ARP classified student research papers, 1972–2000; Strategic Studies Group, classified and unclassified papers and reports, 1991–1996; CNWS Command Histories, 1993–1994; Decision Support Group, applications and evaluations, 1995; Strategy and Campaign Department, Conference materials and RUKUS War Game, 1991–1995, War Gaming Videocassettes, 1994, and photographs.

Records of the Director, CNWS, including correspondence files regarding administrative matters, 1971–1995; Records of the Director, CAR/ARP, including correspondence files, 1976–1979; Minutes of meetings of Center for Advanced Research, 1972–1979; Advanced Research Program student applications and research proposals, 1973–1980; Advanced Research Program non-college applications and research proposals, 1973–1980; CAR/ARP unclassified student research papers, 1972–2000; CAR/ARP classified student research papers, 1972–2000; Strategic Studies Group, classified and unclassified papers and reports, 1991–1996; CNWS Command Histories, 1993–1994; Decision Support Group, applications and evaluations, 1995; Strategy and Campaign Department, Conference materials and RUKUS War Game, 1991–1995, War Gaming Videocassettes, 1994, and photographs.

Papers include correspondence, 1941-2000; writings; speeches and drafts of speeches, 1973-1980; Adventures in Learning files, 2003-2008; U.S. Naval Academy Class of of 1945 year book and reunion books; cruise books; scrapbooks of U.S. Naval War College presidency, 1974-1977; personal scrapbook, 1941-1946; newsclippings, 1941-1974; and photograph albums, 1972-1974.

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.

Subject files, Correspondence, and Miscellany, 1944-2000. Subject files on World War II deception, Maritime Strategy, military intelligence, war games, amphibious warfare, strategy and intelligence, Naval War College Center for Advance Research, Center for Naval Analysis, and miscellany. The files contain correspondence, messages, research papers, speeches, extracts from books, published articles, newspaper clippings, reports, technical reports, manuals, organizational charts, maps, and address files.

Academic Courses and Published Writings. The bulk of the papers consist of notes and writings for courses in American History, American Diplomatic History, Military History, Problems in American Foreign Policy, Historiography, Contemporary U.S. History, and Modern European History, 1960-1980; Book reviews, lectures, published articles and books, 1962-1997;Programs and papers given at History Conferences and Symposia, 1960-1993;Subject files on U.S. Presidents, naval history topics, foreign policy, the military, modem war, the U.S. Navy,World War II. Notecards and microfilm complete the collection.