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Commission of W.V. Pratt to Lieutenant Commander, 1905 Jul 1
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:
1905 Jul 1
Commission of W.V. Pratt to Lieutenant JG, 1898 Aug 19
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:
1898 Aug 19
Commodore Biddle's Visit to Japan in 1846, 1905 Sep
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSC-010
Dates:
1905 Sep
Conduct of an Oversea Naval Campaign, 1920 Oct 1
File — Box: 42, Folder: 10
Identifier: RG-08- Series I- File UNO
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I is divided into two parts, Part I is devoted to Military Intelligence and Part II is devoted to technical
intelligence. Each part is arranged on different classification schemes. There is a card catalog index for Series I, available only onsite at the Naval Historical Collection. Nine drawers are devoted to an alphabetical listing by subject and four drawers are devoted to an alphabetical listing by the source of the material. This index is not complete and only relates to documents from 1910-1938.Series I, Part I has approximately 51 linear feet of material. About 19.5 linear feet of this collection focuses on intelligence information about foreign countries, 27 linear feet is devoted to information about U.S. forces and, the remaining 5 linear feet is World War I focused.Part I is organized on the following scheme of classification:
Heading
Subject
A
Asia (Except China and Japan)
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Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1920 Oct 1
Cooperation between Army and Navy, 1916 May 29
Item — Box: 84, Folder: 2
Identifier: RG-08- Series I- File XCPG- Item XCPG
Scope and Contents
"Majority report of a Board appointed by Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, U.S.N., President of the Naval War College to consider the subject of Cooperation Between the Army and the Navy, and to prepare a paper that shall serve as a basis for discussion in a Joint Conference of Army and Navy Officers at the Naval War College." Colonel J. W. Ruckmann War College Committee: Capt. C. S. Williams, U.S.N., , U.S.A.; Commander C. T. Vogelgesang, U.S.N.; Lt.Col. John P. Hains, U.S.A.; Major G. C. Thorpe, U.S.M.C.
Dates:
1916 May 29
Coordination before and during the war, 1911
Item — Box: 101, Folder: 6
Identifier: RG-08- Series I- File XPOF- Item XPOF
Scope and Contents
Lecture by Commander F. K. Hill, U.S.N.
Dates:
1911
Copy of ADM Nimitz photograph, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-334
Content Description
From the Collection:
Papers: Correspondence, Letters sent and received, 1933-1962; Letters to Caterine N. Lay and Chester Lay, 1999; Biography of ADM C.W. Nimitz; Photographs of ADM Nimitz with family, Naval Officers and political figures, Paper copies of Nimitz photographs, CD-Rom of Photographs, News Clippings, Miscellany, including pamphlet, ration card and invitations. Four CD's of Nimitz's letters to his parents and grandfather, 1901-1911.
Dates:
undated
Corrections in paper on "Situation in the case of War with Spain", 1896 Dec 13
Item — Box: 44, Folder: 5
Identifier: RG-08- Series I- File UNOpB
Scope and Contents
Corrections in paper on "Situation in the case of War with Spain"
Dates:
1896 Dec 13
Correspondence, A-C, 2013
File — Box: 58, Folder: 1
Identifier: RG-24
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Correspondence, memoranda and business files regarding administration of the division and its collections.
Dates:
2013
Correspondence between CDR Thomas B. Buell and Edward R. Stanley, 1973 Apr 13-May 10
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Scope and Contents
This item consists of correspondence regarding CDR Buell's biographical research of Raymond A. Spruance.
Dates:
1973 Apr 13-May 10