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Wilma S. Miles papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-026
Content Description The Wilma J. Miles papers were presented to the Naval War College in two separate lots: the first accession, mainly correspondence, writings, tourist literature, and photographs, was given by Mrs. Miles in 1974, and the second lot, correspondence and tourist literature relating to South America, in 1977. Both accessions were presented through the Naval War College Foundation.The papers focus on Wilma Miles’s life and travels as a Navy wife for over a quarter of a century, with emphasis on the period from 1925 to 1955. They include materials relating to her life as a young bride in China from 1925 to 1927 during the era of the warlords and growing Chinese nationalism, and a return three-year stay there from 1936 to 1939, just prior to the outbreak of World War II. Another large segment of the papers focuses on her travels throughout South America when her husband served as Commandant of the Fifteenth Naval District, Balboa, Canal Zone, from 1954 to 1956.The collection contains fifteen boxes, a file cabinet of photographs, and numerous photograph albums and books. It measures thirty-nine linear feet and is divided into six series: correspondence, writings, subject files, miscellany, photographs, and books.Series I, personal correspondence, consists of letters to Wilma Miles from her fiancé, Milton Miles, and his letters to her mother, Mrs. Charles Jerman, containing news of China and his experiences as an officer in the Asiatic Fleet from...
Dates: 1922 - 1999

Militargeographische Intelligence Studies maps

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-126
Content Description

Individual maps and texts of maps, pictures and descriptions of places in England and Ireland published in 1940 in preparation for the proposed German invasion of Great Britain.

Dates: 1940

Military Officers photographs

 Collection — Box: 1x
Identifier: MSC-220
Content Description

Photographs of naval and army officers taken by Ernst Studio, Newport, RI and other photographers, Photos include admirals and four cartoon drawings.

Dates: 1930 - 1949

Military Public Affairs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: NC-08
Dates: 1968

August C. Miller papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-101
Content Description

Correspondence, 1958–1982; Notes and briefs, 1957–1971; Lectures, speeches and addresses, undated–1972; Articles, 1972; Educational materials; Subject Files, 1957–1972; Transparencies for lectures. 1956–1982.

orrespondence, letters sent and received, 1960-1975; Lectures given at the NWC, 1960-1987; Lectures notes and notebooks, 1958-1972; World War II items including action reports of USS SAVO ISLAND (CVE-78) during the Palau, Mindoro and Leyte Gulf operations, 1944-1945; Subject files on Leyte Gulf; Publications and unpublished article on Antarctica and Iran, 1970-1980; Speeches by ATM Arleigh Burke, et. al, 1956-1958; NCC curriculum items, 1950-1975.

Dates: 1944 - 1987

Edward S. Miller collection of research material relating to War Plan Orange

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-296
Abstract

Research materials on the US Navy's Navy's pre-World War II plans for war with Japan accumulated by Edward Miller for his award winning book War Plan Orange: The US. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945 published by the Naval Institute Press in 1991 accompanied by his personal papers related to the book's publication.

Dates: 1870 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1906 - 1945

Edwin S. Miller papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-142
Abstract

Biographical information; Official correspondence, 1933–1968, documents his navy career and includes information on Sino-Japanese War, 1930s; World War II in the Pacific; Occupation of Japan; Atomic bomb testing in the Pacific and the Vietnam War; Personal correspondence, 1943–1968, relates Miller family activities; Speeches, 1954–1965; Subject file on U.S. Sixth Fleet, 1958–1963; Miscellany, including imprints and ships’ histories.

Dates: 1933 - 1968

George H. Miller papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-341
Content Description

Papers: Biographical information, Naval Orders, 1933-1966; Correspondence, letters sent and received, 1947-1985; Writings, including published articles and draft of a book, 1949-1987; Speeches, 1949-1982; Speeches of others, 1972-1982; Photographs, News clippings, 1968-1974; Miscellany, and four binders of his oral history conducted by the U.S. Naval Institute, 1974.

Dates: 1933 - 1994

Thomas G. Miller papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-237
Dates: 1918 - 1970

Chester T. Minkler papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-009
Abstract

Relating chiefly to his torpedo, mine and depth charge experimentation and inventions at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI, 1912, 1917–1952, including patents, drawing, photographs and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1912 - 1952

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photographs 33
letters (correspondence) 24
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American 19
newspaper clippings 14
Naval education -- United States 11
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Naval Station Newport (R.I.) 10
speeches (documents) 10
World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American 9
reports 9
scrapbooks 9
United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century 7
Naval strategy 6
correspondence 6
lectures 6
Midway, Battle of, 1942 5
Naval education 5
Naval education -- History 5
Navy-yards and naval stations -- Newport (R.I.) 5
Newport (R.I.) -- History 5
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean 5
maps (documents) 5
memorandums 5
research notes 5
Spanish-American War, 1898 4
World War, 1939-1945 4
audiocassettes 4
ephemera 4
slides (photographs) 4
transcriptions (documents) 4
Admirals -- United States -- Correspondence 3
Admirals -- United States -- History -- 20th century 3
Ambassadors -- United States -- History 3
Fort Adams (Newport, R.I.) 3
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 3
Military education 3
Narragansett Bay -- History 3
Naval strategy -- Congresses 3
Newport (R.I.) 3
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 3
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States 3
curricula 3
diaries 3
logs (records) 3
military commissions 3
minutes (administrative records) 3
oral histories (literary works) 3
reminiscenses 3
ships' logs 3
writings (documents) 3
Admirals -- United States -- Biography 2
Admirals -- United States -- History 2
Admirals' spouses 2
Aerial photography 2
Coral Sea, Battle of the, 1942 2
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 2
Historians -- United States 2
International law 2
Jutland, Battle of, 1916 2
Military intelligence 2
Military planning 2
Navies -- Congresses 2
Newport (R.I.) -- Newspapers 2
Operation Overlord 2
Savo Island, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942 2
Sea-power -- Congresses 2
Submarines (Ships) 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations 2
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
War diaries 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan 2
biographical files 2
biographical sketches 2
blueprints (reprographic copies) 2
certificates 2
compact discs 2
conferences 2
drafts (documents) 2
financial records 2
handbooks 2
invitations 2
lantern slides 2
military records 2
newspapers 2
orders (military records) 2
personal narratives 2
photocopies 2
postcards 2
press releases 2
Air bases -- Rhode Island -- History 1
Amphibious warfare 1
Basic training (Military education) 1
Camp Endicott (Davisville, R.I.) 1
Cartography 1
Charlestown (R.I. : Town) -- History 1
China -- History -- Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 1
China -- Social life and customs -- 1912-1949 1
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United States. Navy 14
Naval War College (U.S.). Foundation 12
United States Naval Academy 7
United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.) 7
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 6
Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914 5
Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 5
Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969 5
International Seapower Symposium 4
LeBourgeois, Julien J. 4
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 4
Sims family 4
Sims, Anne Hitchcock, 1875-1960 4
Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 4
United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve 4
Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919 3
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 3
Hitchcock family 3
King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956 3
Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917 3
Moore, Charles J. 3
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976 3
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection 3
Pineau, Roger, 1916-1993 3
Barber, Charles F., 1917-2012 2
Bates, Richard W., 1892-1973 2
Brennan, Joseph Gerard, 1910-2004 2
Buell, Thomas B. 2
Burke, Arleigh A., 1901-1996 2
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 2
Colbert, Richard G., 1915-1973 2
Eccles, Henry E. (Henry Effingham), 1898-1986 2
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 2
Forrestel, Emmet Peter, 1898- 2
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 2
Hattendorf, John B. 2
Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972 2
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909 2
Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902 2
Hitchcock, Margaret Dwight, 1878-1926 2
Howland, Llewellyn, III 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960 2
Little, Brown and Company 2
Low, Francis S. (Francis Stuart), 1894-1964 2
Naval Command College (U.S.) 2
Naval War College (U.S.). Center for Naval Warfare Studies 2
Naval War College (U.S.). Joint Military Operations Department 2
Naval War College (U.S.). Library 2
Naval War College (U.S.). National Security Decision Making Department 2
Naval War College Museum 2
Schonland, Herbert E. (Herbert Emery), 1900-1984 2
Shepley, Sarah Hitchcock, 1870-1957 2
Smith, Roy Campbell, 1858-1940 2
Sowden family 2
Sperry, Charles S. (Charles Stillman), 1847-1911 2
Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972 2
Stockdale, James B. 2
Strasser, Joseph C. 2
Taussig, Edward David, 1847-1921 2
Tracy, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1830-1915 2
Turner, Stansfield, 1923-2018 2
United States Military Academy Preparatory School 2
United States. Department of the Navy 2
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff 2
United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Battleship Force 2
United States. Navy. Officer Candidate School 2
United States. Navy. Surface Warfare Officers School 2
Abromitis, William, 1925-1975 1
Ahlgren, Charles 1
Albion, Robert Greenhalgh, 1896-1983 1
Aldrich, Barbara Tanner 1
Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841-1915 1
Almgren, Neal, 1915-1984 1
Amberg, Richard H. 1
Anderson, Bern, 1900-1963 1
Anderson, Henry H. 1
Andrea Doria (Steamship) 1
Army and Navy Staff College (U.S.) 1
Atlanta (Protected cruiser) 1
Bailey, William Whitman, 1843-1914 1
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 1
Baruch, Bernard M., Jr., 1902-1992 1
Battaglia, Charles 1
Bauer, A. L. 1
Bauernschmidt, George W. (George William), 1899- 1
Belknap, George E. (George Eugene), 1832-1903 1
Belknap, Reginald Rowan, 1871-1959 1
Bennington (Aircraft carrier) 1
Bennington (Gunboat No. 4) 1
Bieri, Bernhard H. (Bernhard Henry), 1889-1971 1
Billingsley, Edward Baxter, 1910-1997 1
Bismarck (Battleship) 1
Bogart, Gerald S., 1914- 1
Bogart, Margaret Spruance, 1919-1996 1
Boyd, Carl 1
Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981 1
Braun, Boynton L. 1
Braun, Mary 1
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