Box 10
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Research materials: Boyhood, 1898-1902, 1966-1973 and undated
File — Box: 10, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains correspondence, oral histories, research materials, and photographs collected and used by Buell to complete his biography of Admiral Spruance, The Quiet Warrior. All of the research materials assembled by Buell pertain to the life and career of Spruance, particularly his naval career during World War II and his ambassadorial post in the Philippines.
Buell’s research is comprised of correspondence between himself and naval officers who knew him throughout his career and photocopies of Spruance correspondence. Also included are subject cards and subject files created by Buell with copies of Spruance’s fitness reports, articles, clippings, Buell’s notes, and photocopies of the research compiled by VADM E.P. Forrestel. Forrestel had also wrote a biography on Spruance for the Navy Department in 1966 focusing on Spruance’s World War II activities.Also found in this collection are photographs, oral history recordings and transcriptions. Majority of the photographs are official U.S. Navy photographs, many of which were used by Buell in The Quiet Warrior. Photographs are of Spruance, his family, his World War II contemporaries, and scenes from the war in the Pacific. Oral histories contain edited transcriptions of interviews conducted by Buell with Spruance’s close associates as well as his wife and daughter. The audiocassettes for these interviews are included.The bulk of this collection is made up Buell’s various...
Dates:
1898-1902, 1966-1973 and undated
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
Letter from James L. Hall to VADM E. P. Forrestal, U.S.N. (Ret.), 1966 Nov 8
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Scope and Contents
This item is a letter regarding VADM Forrestal's book "Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, U.S.N., A Study in Command."
Dates:
1966 Nov 8
Correspondence between CDR Thomas B. Buell and James L. Hall, 1972 Jan 31-Feb 13
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Scope and Contents
This item consists of correspondence regarding CDR Buell's biographical research of ADM Raymond A. Spruance.
Dates:
1972 Jan 31-Feb 13
Letter from CDR Thomas B. Buell to Mr. R. Lloyd Green, 1972 Nov 20
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Scope and Contents
This item is a letter regarding CDR Buell's interest in researching poetry written by ADM Raymond A. Spruance while a student at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, IN.
Dates:
1972 Nov 20
CDR Thomas B. Buell's research notes, undated
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Scope and Contents
This item consists of notes related to CDR Buell's research of Raymond A. Spruance.
Dates:
undated