Box 24

Personal memoir entitled "Working for Admiral Rickover." Account of research engineer at Westinghouse who was involved in developing new metals and nuclear reactor cores to build the Nautilus, first nuclear powered submarine. Discusses the launching of the Nautilus, undersea trips in the sub, trip to England with Rickover and reflections on Rickover's personality and work style.

Holograph letter signed to Mr. McKay from Evans, Washington, D.C., n.d., requesting his autograph on an article, which he will sign when on the USS Maine on 5 November [no year].

Typed letter signed, September 28, 1917, Washington, D.C., to Gunner (T) Edward H. Belknap, USS Oklahoma, appointing him a Warrant Officer in the U.S. Navy.

Typed letter signed, April 6, 1920, Washington, D.C., regarding change of duty assignment for Gunner’s Mate Edward H. Belknap, Sperry Gyro Works, Brooklyn, NY, to the Mare Island Navy Yard.

Typed memorandum, 16 January 1932, San Pedro, Calif., with naval orders for temporary duty for Chief Electrician Edward H. Belknap.

Typed letter signed, 22 June 1931, Washington, D.C., to Chief Electrician Edward H. Belknap, USS Lexington, San Pedro, Calif., with a statement of his naval service.

Typed memorandum signed, 7January 1937, Washington, D.C., to Chief Electrician Edward H. Belknap, Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, regarding an examination for retirement.

Typed letter signed, November 30, 1903, Washington, D.C., to Frank Bramhill, Oakland, CA, who was requesting information on USS Pensacola. Dewey discusses the history of the ship, its construction, cruises, name and includes a photograph of himself as captain of the ship.

Pamphlet entitled “Views of Admiral Cervera Regarding the Spanish Navy in the Late War”, published by ONI, Navy Department, GPO, Washington, D.C., 1898. Originally published in La Época, Madrid, Spain, November 5, 1898 under the title “Vindication of the Navy.” Consists of extracts of letters previous to the declaration of war through May 5, 1898. Cervera cautions against entry into the war against a superior naval power and comments on Spanish naval unpreparedness for war.

Autographed letter signed, Washington, D.C., 13 November 1898, to his cousin, Mrs. Chapman Johnson, Utica, N.Y., indicating that he remembered her as a little girl and her husband, who was in the State service. He hopes to get some rest and gain weight after the Spanish-American War and service in the tropics.