Box 1

The handbook describes safety precautions and how to manage machinery used to make weapons during World War II. On the first page is the name "Charles Salts," signed in pen and it is assumed that this book belonged to him.

A scrapbook compiled by Harold Marple showing the activities of the Audio-Visual Aids program at Naval Stataion Newport.

U.S. Naval Training Station badge that belonged to Harold Marple, SpX2c.

This map was annotated by Marple labeling the buildings where he ate and worked while at Naval Station Newport.

A scrapbook created by Harold Marple recording his time at the Audio-Visual Aids (AVA) program on Naval Station Newport. AVA was developed in 1942 to bring together educators, artists, photographers, film-makers and writers to create films and graphics to educate the Navy. Mr. Marple’s scrapbook documents their activities in the mid 1940s. The scrapbook also includes a list of personnel and addresses of those serving in the AVA during this period.

Other materials include a city of Newport map; map of Naval Training Station Newport, annotated by Marple indicating where he lived; 1945 Mar 25 Providence Journal article on the AVA program; loose photographs of Naval Station Newport; Marple's Naval Training Station badge.

Article from the Providence Sunday Journal on 1945 Mar 25 on the Audio Visual Aids program at Naval Station Newport.

Unidentified photographs of scenes around Naval Station Newport. Some are stamped on the back with "Audio-Visual Aids Training Department."

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 collection is comprised of 5 letters from Stephen B. Luce. These letters were written while Luce was a Lieutenant assigned as an instructor to the Naval Academy during the Civil War, then located in Newport. In the letters, Luce writes to then Captain A.A. Harwood addressing the training of Midshipmen, the need for training ships, as well as Civil War engagements.

The collection also includes a letter from Alfred T. Mahan, 1894, while he was located in Southampton, England aboard the USS Chicago, Mahan’s last sea-going command. In the letter, he sends his regrets that he is unable to attend the opening of a new post-graduate school of political science.