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Box 2

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Journal of Cruise of USS THETIS in Arctic Ocean, 1889 May 31-1890 Oct 13

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSC-056- Series II
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The papers consist of correspondence, unpublished writings and miscellany.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 Cruise journals kept on the Asiatic Station and in Alaskan waters comprise the greater part of the unpublished writings series.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: 1889 May 31-1890 Oct 13

Writings. Unpublished. "Recollections of My Life Afloat and Ashore from the Beginning to my arrival in Rio de Janeiro in 1866 based on journals, letters, etc .... Parts I and II, circa 1919

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4A
Identifier: MSC-056- Series II
Scope and Contents

Handwritten draft by Charles H. Stockton in which he reminiscences about his life.

Also included is a November 6, 1981 note from Pauline Stockton Hoff, a relative of Stockton, in which she notes that "these recollections were not edited or completed by Admiral Stockton. [She] thinks he started them in 1919."

Dates: circa 1919

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, Letters sent, 1895 Jan 29-1907 Oct 8

 File — Box: 2, 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: 1895 Jan 29-1907 Oct 8

Official Correspondence, Letterbook Volume, Letters sent, 1898 Jun 6-1900 Oct

 File — Box: 2, 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 Jun 6-1900 Oct

Family Correspondence, Letter of Stockton's daughter, Helen Stockton Porter, containing recollections of RADMS C.H. Stockton and A.T. Mahan, 1936 Jan

 File — Box: 2, 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: 1936 Jan

Miscellaneous Correspondence of Others, 1925 Apr 9 and undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
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: 1925 Apr 9 and undated