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Lecture delivered to officers by Lt. Colonel Rogers Birnie on ordnance manufacturing.

Content Description From the Collection: Correspondence, letters sent and received, 1938-1980; Family correspondence, letters sent and received, 1893-1958; Miscellany, including Harvard University and Columbia University exam booklets, diploma, children's drawings, 1942-1980; Photographs including family and others, 1940-1980; Legal papers, 1939-1989. Scope and Contents The collection consists of letters primarily written to and from William E. Garfield, his mother Elizabeth Scot Garfield, and his younger sister Nancy Garfield Risdon, as well as letters from other family and friends including other service members. Legal documents and notes related to a property easement dispute in the 1980s are also included.Series I, letters sent, are letters mainly written from William to his mother Elizabeth. The letters from 1942-May 1943 focus on Bill's first year at Harvard, his acclimation to the academic rigor and college community, as well as the growth of friendships with his roommates. The letters written from Bill during the war portray his homesickness during boot camp, his adaptation and frustration with military life and his daily work routines. Several wartime letters in the collection show evidence of military censorship. Included in the letters to his mother is a description of a battle, believed to be the Battle of Surigao Strait in October 1944. Additionally, Bill writes of his boat handling and navigation skills, his time spent at sea in a...

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Copy of Birth and Baptismal certificate for Harry Schlie, 1878; Poesiealbum of autographs, 1891-1896; Letters sent, 1895-1896; Practice Cartographic Workbook, 1895-1896; Naval certificate, 1904; Marriage certificate, 1905; Leave Pass, 1905; Curriculum Vita, 1909; Award certificate, 1916; Telegram 1916; Newspaper Clipping of death notice, 1916; Family Photographs; Memorial Death Certificate; Ownership of family plot certificate; Leatherbound Bible; Schlie family documents, including birth and baptismal certificate of Wilhelmine Konagen and Auguste Rossow, 1858; Bank notes and certificates, 1923, 1934; Letter to Helen Schlie, 1935; Photographs of Auguste Schlie and children and grandchildren; Death certificates of Auguste Schlie, 1938, 1945; Papers of Gunther William Schlie, son of Harry Schlie, including Birth and Confirmation certificates, 1923, 1931; Photographs; US passport, 1934; Vaccination certificate and certificate allowing him to carry 110 gold dollars out of the USA, 1934; Postcards of South America and Caribbean Islands; Photograph of family building in Schwerin, Germany; Papers relating to Gunther's career as Safety Officer, NY Post Office, 1961-1967.

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Correspondence, speeches, financial statements, newspaper clippings and press releases regarding the observance of Navy Day and the Navy League, 1922–1941; Subject Files of the Roberts Pearl Harbor Commission, 1941–1942, regarding the investigation of the attack on Pearl Harbor, including reports, correspondence and firsthand accounts by observers; Subject Files of the Inter-American Escadrille, 1940–1941, including correspondence, cablegrams, reports, newspaper clippings and calling cards; Subject Files regarding the gift of the papers of ADM Mark Bristol to the Library of Congress, 1945–1946; Folio maps (copies) of China and Japan from Admiral Matthew Perry’s cruise, 1853–1854; Speeches on naval topics, 1926–1931; Subject Files on the Washington Conference, 1922, naval parity and the British- Franco-Italian Naval agreement, 1931; Miscellany, including handwritten notes by W.B. Howe, publications, photographs and newspaper clippings.

Content Description From the Collection: Correspondence, boyhood and early family letters sent and received during his naval career, 1899–1937; Correspondence of his wife, Julia Averill Belknap, 1897–1907, and reminiscences of a year in China, Japan and the Philippines, 1900–1901; Bound volume of RADM Belknap’s published articles; Lecture on Blue Orange Situation, 1915; War Plans, Their Form and Substance, 1913; NWC Long Course papers, 1913–1914; Principle and Practice of Tactics…;, Strategy, Principles and Practice...; Logistics, its influence on strategy ... suggestions for improving the War College Course; German newspaper with WWI news, 1914–1915; Pamphlets on WWI and participants and causes, 1914–1915, in English, German and French. Miscellany, including photographs, programs and imprints; Correspondence, family letters sent and received, 1866–1903, of RADM George E. Belknap; Correspondence of his wife, Frances G. Prescott Belknap, 1864–1912; Miscellany, including photographs, glass slides and clippings; Correspondence, court and military papers, speeches, poems and essays of George Washington Prescott, 1775–1816; Correspondence of George Washington Prescott II, 1830–1882, father of Frances G. Belknap; Correspondence of Prescott Belknap to his mother, Frances G. Belknap, and his aunt, Frances Lear Prescott, 1868–1912; Miscellaneous correspondence of other family members. Scope and Contents The collection consists of thirteen boxes of personal papers of both...

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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:

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:

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:

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:

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.