Box 1

This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by Harold Marple, Specialist Second Class Third Grade, during his time at the Audio-Visual Aids (AVA) Unit in Newport from 1943-1946. It also includes a map of Newport; loose photographs and a map of Naval Station Newport; a 1945 Providence Journal article, and Marple's badge.

This collection includes five letters from Stephen B. Luce, founder of the U.S. Naval War College, and one letter from Alfred T. Mahan, esteemed naval officer and historian.

This collections consists of one letter written from Alfred T. Mahan, esteemed naval officer and historian, to Professor William W. Bailey of Brown University.

This collection consists of papers related to the family of Admiral Francis S. Low, distinguished Navy officer who graduated from the Naval War College and served during World War II. It includes two letters of thanks to Mrs. Alice Paul Requa Low from Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Genevieve de Galard. It also includes a memoir entitled "A Personal Narrative of my Association with Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Navy," written by Low.

The USS Macedonian was a United States Navy frigate that later served as a practice ship for the United States Naval Academy. This logbook spans from 1865 Jun 13-Sep 13 and was maintained while the Macedonian was atttached to the Naval Academy while it was located in Newport, RI during the U.S. Civil War.

This collection is comprised of a wartime memoir, entitled "Set Condition One," written by Morton Levine. Levine was a U.S. Navy sailor who served on the USS San Diego (CL-53) during World War II. Other documents include two editions of the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin from May and June 1945, as well as research documents about USS San Diego and Atlanta-class cruisers in World War II.

This collection consists of one letter written from Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry to his son, Raymond Perry Rodgers.

This collection consists of one Machinist's Shop Practice handbook for the Apprentice School at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, RI from 1942.