Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of fifteen boxes of papers and two slipcases that document Taussig's life and naval career from 1884 to 1947. The papers are divided in to eight series: Correspondence, diaries and journals, published and unpublished writings, fitness and medical reports, subject files, miscellaneous imprints, hooks and newspapers and photographs.Series I, personal correspondence, contains letters sent to his parents, his brother Hawley and female cousins from the U.S. Naval Academy and subsequent assignments through 1917. There are both holograph and typed copies. Personal correspondence received includes letters from ADM John Jellicoe, RN and ADM Lewis Bayly, RN. Official navy correspondence contains requests for leave, promotions, orders, and claims. The letters are arranged chronologically.The larger portion of the correspondence treats the publicity created by Taussig's Senate testimony in 1940, where he predicted war wilh Japan in the Pacific. He received letters in support of his views and critical of his censure by President Roosevelt. These files are arranged alphabetically. In addition, there are several letters to Captain Paul B. Ryan from Taussig's son and daughter regarding his editing of the diary from the USS Wadsworth.Holograph journals and diaries compose Series II. They include a journal of the Spanish American War kept aboard USS New York in 1898, one of the Philippine Insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion,...

Content Description From the Collection:

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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Curriculum records, including syllabi, curriculum, lectures and student papers, 1956–1983; Reading files, 1956–1998; Correspondence and memoranda treating NCC reunions, 1972–1993; Student files, 1957–1998; Miscellany, including photographs, 1957–1999; Cookbooks, 1960–2000; Alumni newsletters and newsgrams, 1958–1998; Videos, 1992–2000 and yearbooks, 1987–1995.

These records consist of syllabi and curriculum materials, student presentations, handouts, lectures by professors, directives for the study course, photographs of Naval Command College classes, and disc recordings of presentations by students.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The source materials for the Group were War Diaries, Deck Logs, Dispatches, Aircraft Action Reports, Action Reports of Ships, Task Force, Group and Unit Commanders' Reports, captured enemy documents, and interrogations of prisoners of war. The bulk of this Record Group is made up of photocopies and transcripts of this material with some original documents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The source materials for the Group were War Diaries, Deck Logs, Dispatches, Aircraft Action Reports, Action Reports of Ships, Task Force, Group and Unit Commanders' Reports, captured enemy documents, and interrogations of prisoners of war. The bulk of this Record Group is made up of photocopies and transcripts of this material with some original documents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The source materials for the Group were War Diaries, Deck Logs, Dispatches, Aircraft Action Reports, Action Reports of Ships, Task Force, Group and Unit Commanders' Reports, captured enemy documents, and interrogations of prisoners of war. The bulk of this Record Group is made up of photocopies and transcripts of this material with some original documents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The source materials for the Group were War Diaries, Deck Logs, Dispatches, Aircraft Action Reports, Action Reports of Ships, Task Force, Group and Unit Commanders' Reports, captured enemy documents, and interrogations of prisoners of war. The bulk of this Record Group is made up of photocopies and transcripts of this material with some original documents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The source materials for the Group were War Diaries, Deck Logs, Dispatches, Aircraft Action Reports, Action Reports of Ships, Task Force, Group and Unit Commanders' Reports, captured enemy documents, and interrogations of prisoners of war. The bulk of this Record Group is made up of photocopies and transcripts of this material with some original documents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The source materials for the Group were War Diaries, Deck Logs, Dispatches, Aircraft Action Reports, Action Reports of Ships, Task Force, Group and Unit Commanders' Reports, captured enemy documents, and interrogations of prisoners of war. The bulk of this Record Group is made up of photocopies and transcripts of this material with some original documents.

Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The source materials for the Group were War Diaries, Deck Logs, Dispatches, Aircraft Action Reports, Action Reports of Ships, Task Force, Group and Unit Commanders' Reports, captured enemy documents, and interrogations of prisoners of war. The bulk of this Record Group is made up of photocopies and transcripts of this material with some original documents.