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Diploma, U.S. Naval Academy, 1891
Item
Identifier: MSC-024
Content Description
From the Collection:
The William Veazie Pratt papers document Admiral Pratt’s active naval career from 1910 to 1933, and through his retirement until his death in 1957. They consist of official and personal materials that are especially important for an insight into the problems facing the U.S. Navy during the first three decades of the twentieth century. Included are materials on the Washington Naval Conference, 1921–1922; naval disarmament; U.S. naval policy in the 1920s and 1930s; and the Naval War College in the 1920s.The bulk of the papers were acquired by the Naval War College Foundation from William Veazie Pratt, Jr., of Belfast, Maine, in four separate accessions made between 1968 and 1971. Photocopies of Pratt materials located in the Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D.C., and in the Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa, are also included.The papers are divided into five series: Correspondence; Writings and Speeches; Miscellany; Copies of Pratt Papers in Other Repositories; and Conference and Committee Records and Reports.Series I, Correspondence, 1901–1963
Series I is divided into three subseries: official, personal, and letters of Mrs. Pratt. Official correspondence consists of memoranda, telegrams, letters received, and copies of letters sent to naval officers, government officials, and civilian associates, 1910–1957. Prominent correspondents include Herbert Hoover, Henry Stimson, Charles Adams,...
Dates:
1891
Discussions on Maritime Strategy, 1985 Jul 10-1985 Aug 5
Item — Box: 78, Folder: 19
Identifier: MSC-052- Series IV
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Eccles and Professor Robert S. Wood, Dean, Center for Naval Warfare Studies
Dates:
1985 Jul 10-1985 Aug 5
Draft of editorial by James B. Stockdale, undated
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSC-085
Scope and Contents
This is a draft of an editoral Stockale wrote about resigned from teh Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. Stockdale sent this draft to Joseph Brennan.
Dates:
undated
Dutch East Indies - Combat Factor, 1921 Feb 15
Item — Box: 25, Folder: 3
Identifier: RG-08- Series I- File PLG- Item PLG
Scope and Contents
Report from the Commander-in_Chief, Asiatic Flett to the War College.
Dates:
1921 Feb 15
Editorial on Stockdale from the Richmond News Leader, 1986 May 28
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSC-085
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, speeches, newspaper articles, lectures, audio and video tape recordings, articles, and photographs relating to James B. Stockdale’s academic and naval careers from 1965 through 2005. The bulk of this collection documents his correspondence and work at the Naval War College, specifically his administrative and educational roles. Prominent correspondents include Professor Joseph G. Brennan (1910-2004), Admirals Carlisle Trost (1930-), Thomas Hayward (1924-), James Holloway III (1922-), Julien J. LeBourgeois (1923-2012), and Senators John Chafee (1922-1999), Sam Nunn (1938-), and John Tower (1925-1991). The majority of the correspondence relates to his professional work and responsibilities. Along with Stockdale’s published and unpublished writings on moral leadership, his prisoner of war experiences, and the mind in captivity, there are several articles by other academics and writers contained in this collection. Significant speeches from 1965-1993, which includes his time as president of the Naval War College, are in the collection. His speeches on values, leadership, and his prisoner of war experiences were in high demand. Of particular interest within this collection are two volumes of lectures for the popular course entitled Foundations of Moral Obligation team-taught by Stockdale and Brennan. A summary of his captivity in a North Vietnamese prison from 9 September 1965 to 12...
Dates:
1986 May 28
Education for Leadership and Survival, 1977 Feb 18
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSC-085
Scope and Contents
Remarks of James B. Stockdale to the Connecticut Headmaster's Association at South Kent School.
Dates:
1977 Feb 18
Eight Years in Hanoi Prison: Survival and Dignity, 1982 Feb 26
File — Box: 10, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSC-085
Scope and Contents
Stockdale recounts his time as a POW, including the torture and isolation he experienced. He also discusses the lasting effects of mental abuse, including fear and guilt, as well the enduring effects of physical abuse. The speech is followed up with a Question and Answer period, in which Stockdale addresses topics of interest including current affairs.
Please note that the cassette tape ends abruptly while Stockdale is mid-sentence. This is not an error in digitization.
Dates:
1982 Feb 26
Engineering the Humanities: A Philosophy of Power, circa 1966-1969
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSC-011
Content Description
From the Collection:
Writings, addresses, letters, etc., relating to the United States military, naval air power, modern warfare and space exploration. Hartford, Connecticut, 1966–1970.
Dates:
circa 1966-1969
Epictetus and Emotions, 1994 Apr 18
File — Box: 10, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-085
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, speeches, newspaper articles, lectures, audio and video tape recordings, articles, and photographs relating to James B. Stockdale’s academic and naval careers from 1965 through 2005. The bulk of this collection documents his correspondence and work at the Naval War College, specifically his administrative and educational roles. Prominent correspondents include Professor Joseph G. Brennan (1910-2004), Admirals Carlisle Trost (1930-), Thomas Hayward (1924-), James Holloway III (1922-), Julien J. LeBourgeois (1923-2012), and Senators John Chafee (1922-1999), Sam Nunn (1938-), and John Tower (1925-1991). The majority of the correspondence relates to his professional work and responsibilities. Along with Stockdale’s published and unpublished writings on moral leadership, his prisoner of war experiences, and the mind in captivity, there are several articles by other academics and writers contained in this collection. Significant speeches from 1965-1993, which includes his time as president of the Naval War College, are in the collection. His speeches on values, leadership, and his prisoner of war experiences were in high demand. Of particular interest within this collection are two volumes of lectures for the popular course entitled Foundations of Moral Obligation team-taught by Stockdale and Brennan. A summary of his captivity in a North Vietnamese prison from 9 September 1965 to 12...
Dates:
1994 Apr 18
Found in:
Naval War College Archives
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James B. Stockdale papers
"Fighting Fools, Thinking Cowards? Our Military Enticement System Ignores Honor, Duty, Country," by James Bond Stockdale, 1981 Sep 29
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSC-085
Scope and Contents
Article published in the Los Angeles Times.
Dates:
1981 Sep 29