Box 1
Contains 46 Results:
Letter from Clarence S. Williams, 1922 Nov 18
Letters received from presidents, of the Naval War College, Newport, RI, 1895–1927.
Letter from J.R.P. Pringle, 1927 Oct 12
Letters received from presidents, of the Naval War College, Newport, RI, 1895–1927.
Letters to Professor George G. Wilson from various NWC presidents, 1895-1927
Letters received from presidents, of the Naval War College, Newport, RI, 1895–1927.
Paymaster records, 1869 - 1887
Paymaster’s records kept aboard USS Kenosha, USS Plymouth, USS Congress, USS Lancaster, and USS Trenton, 1869–1887, consisting of dates of departure, ports visited, dates of arrival, distances traveled, length of cruises, days at sea, days in port, and miscellaneous related and personal notes; Memoranda on ship’s expenses, pay, and personal matters and accounts, 1883–1893.
Memoranda relating to ship's accounts, and personal matters and accounts, 1883 - 1893
Paymaster’s records kept aboard USS Kenosha, USS Plymouth, USS Congress, USS Lancaster, and USS Trenton, 1869–1887, consisting of dates of departure, ports visited, dates of arrival, distances traveled, length of cruises, days at sea, days in port, and miscellaneous related and personal notes; Memoranda on ship’s expenses, pay, and personal matters and accounts, 1883–1893.
Letters sent to his mother, 1862 Jan 6-1863 Dec 30
Letters to his mother, 1862–1863, written while he was a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy, Newport, RI, 1862–1863.
Transcriptions of messages, reports, etc. relating to the cutting of the ocean cable at Cienfuegos, Cuba (photocopies), 1898 - 1899
U.S. Naval Academy diploma, 1875; U.S. Naval commissioning certificates signed by Presidents and Secretaries of the Navy, 1882, 1883, 1888, 1899, 1903, 1908, 1911; Army commission certificate, 1916 signed by the President and Secretary of War; Copies of messages, reports, ship’s log entries and other items relating to the cutting of the ocean cable at the entrance to the harbor of Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1898–1899.
Photographs of VADM Kamada's surrender (reproductions), circa 1945
Reproductions of Japanese VADM Kamada upon the surrender of his naval forces in Dutch Borneo to the Australian 7th Division. The originals of these photos may be found at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Letters sent to family from USS Plymouth, 1858 Jun 3-Sep 20
Correspondence, letters sent from USS Plymouth, in Norfolk, VA, Key West, Cuba, and Haiti, June 3–September 20, 1858, to his mother, brother and sister. He describes life aboard ship, personal details, a trip ashore in Sagua, Cuba, and breakfast with a port officer, visiting shops there, receipt of her letter in Havana, Cuba, his studying Spanish, lack of money, the Cuban señoritas, Negroes of Cuba, the ship’s route, visit to Port au Prince, Haiti, and the Negro population there, criticisms of his mess mates and sailors (their lack of manners, education and selfishness), port call in Vera Cruz, Mexico, to transport U.S. Minister, Mr. Forsyth, home, his unfavorable impressions of the city, voyage to Tampico to protect American property, his desire to be home and his dislike of life at sea.
Postcards received, 1944-1945 Apr 25, 1954 Jun and undated
Postcards sent to her mother, Mrs. F.K. Irvine, Chicago, IL and received, 1944–1946, during her service in the WAVES at the U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Bronx, New York, USNH, Philadelphia, PA and USNH, San Diego, CA.