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Contains 4 Results:

Charles H. Stockton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-056
Abstract

Official and semi-official correspondence regarding naval career and Naval War College, 1866–1908; Holograph reminiscences, 1866; Personal Diary, 1904; Journals of ship’s cruises in USS Thetis and USS Yorktown and USS Kentucky 1889–1902; Published Books; Miscellany, including newspaper clippings, photographs and certificates, 1886–1936; Diary of Mrs. Stockton, London, England 1903–1905.

Dates: 1866 - 1908

Official Correspondence, Letterbook Volume, 1866 Jan 9-1908 Oct 30

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-056- Series I
Content Description From the Collection:

The Charles H. Stockton Papers form a small manuscript collection which documents several aspects of Stockton's naval career, including his presidency of the Naval War College, 1898-1900, and his post-war College naval service.

The papers consist of correspondence, unpublished writings and miscellany. The correspondence series contains revealing letters regarding College administrative policy and provides insights into the problems facing the fledgling institution from its detractors. The series also contains Stockton's official naval orders. Cruise journals kept on the Asiatic Station and in Alaskan waters comprise the greater part of the unpublished writings series. Photographs of the cruise of USS THETIS, Naval War College subjects and family members are included in the miscellany series, as well as newspaper clippings, books and certificates.

Dates: 1866 Jan 9-1908 Oct 30

Letters received, 1898 Aug 14-1908 Feb 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSC-056- Series I
Content Description From the Collection:

The Charles H. Stockton Papers form a small manuscript collection which documents several aspects of Stockton's naval career, including his presidency of the Naval War College, 1898-1900, and his post-war College naval service.

The papers consist of correspondence, unpublished writings and miscellany. The correspondence series contains revealing letters regarding College administrative policy and provides insights into the problems facing the fledgling institution from its detractors. The series also contains Stockton's official naval orders. Cruise journals kept on the Asiatic Station and in Alaskan waters comprise the greater part of the unpublished writings series. Photographs of the cruise of USS THETIS, Naval War College subjects and family members are included in the miscellany series, as well as newspaper clippings, books and certificates.

Dates: 1898 Aug 14-1908 Feb 6

Letters received, 1924 Jul 16

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSC-056- Series I
Content Description From the Collection:

The Charles H. Stockton Papers form a small manuscript collection which documents several aspects of Stockton's naval career, including his presidency of the Naval War College, 1898-1900, and his post-war College naval service.

The papers consist of correspondence, unpublished writings and miscellany. The correspondence series contains revealing letters regarding College administrative policy and provides insights into the problems facing the fledgling institution from its detractors. The series also contains Stockton's official naval orders. Cruise journals kept on the Asiatic Station and in Alaskan waters comprise the greater part of the unpublished writings series. Photographs of the cruise of USS THETIS, Naval War College subjects and family members are included in the miscellany series, as well as newspaper clippings, books and certificates.

Dates: 1924 Jul 16