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James C. Shaw papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-107
Abstract

Biographical information; Personal and official naval correspondence, including letters sent and received, 1939–1975; naval orders, 1938–1957; Journals, notebooks and diaries, 1935–1949; Speeches, notes, note cards and speeches of others, 1936–1977; Writings, including published and unpublished novels, short stories and articles, 1947–1979; Draft of film script for “The Caine Mutiny,” “Midway” and “The Jarvis Story”; Subject Files on ships and naval topics; Miscellany, including citations, programs, rosters, invitations and newspaper articles; Career photographs; Unpublished manuscript by Elizabeth Shaw entitled “Crossed Swords Forever.”

Dates: 1936 - 1989

Tully Shelley papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-140
Content Description

Photograph albums and imprints of USS Wyoming during WWI and after, 1917–1920; Photograph albums and memorabilia commemorating cruise of U.S. fleet to Australia, New Zealand, and the South Seas, 1924–1925.

Dates: 1917 - 1925

Forrest P. Sherman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-070
Content Description

Correspondence, letters sent to his parents and sister, Mary, 1937–1951; Miscellany, including diplomas, programs, pamphlets, photographs and newspaper clippings, many of which relate to WWII and his death in Naples, Italy, July 1951.

Dates: 1909 - 1979

Martin Shubik papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-208
Content Description

Books, journal articles, newsletters, lectures, reports, college assignments, correspondence, notes, bibliography, speeches, catalogs, manuals for military, scientific, corporate, economic and political gaming, including modeling, simulation, systems analysis, concepts and strategy.

Dates: undated

B. Mitchell Simpson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-155
Content Description

Research source materials for the biography entitled Admiral Harold R. Stark, Architect of Victory, 1939–1945, including copies of Stark’s correspondence and memoranda, reports and fitness reports; author’s correspondence, draft typescript, notecards, CNO diary, 1939–1945, CNO conference memoranda, 1917–1981, interviews, Simpson dissertation, copies of newspaper and Newsweek articles, COMNAVEU Admin History, articles and papers by others on Stark. Research source material for Sailors and Scholars, The Centennial History of the Naval War College, including copies of articles, notes, chapter drafts, correspondence, lectures, typescript and galley proofs, 1977–1985. Miscellaneous writings of others.

Dates: 1905-1985, undated

Dr. Nathaniel M. Sims collection of Sims and Hitchcock family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-354
Abstract

This collection consists of correspondence, logbooks, photographs, publications, and other papers relating to the Sims and Hitchcock families, particularly Admiral William S. Sims, his wife Anne Hitchcock Sims, and her father Ethan Allen Hitchcock. These papers detail the families’ personal lives and relationships as well as the careers of Adm. Sims and Ethan Allen Hitchcock.

Dates: 1797-1993; Majority of material found within 1906-1945

William S. Sims papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-168
Content Description Personal letters sent to his parents, siblings, friend Jones and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims, 1882–1925; Letters received from Navy Department regarding assignment; Letters comment on travels, places visited, family matters, politics and rebellions in the Caribbean, ship’s movements, health, social life in port, shipboard life, Hawaiian politics, life in Paris, France, French lessons, Sino-Japanese War, position as Naval Attaché in Paris and St. Petersburg, travels through Europe, criticism of U.S. Navy, World War I assignment as CO, Naval Forces, European Waters, London, England, 1917–1978, including daily routine and social life; Assignments on the China Station. Letters sent by Anne Sims to William S. Sims, 1906, 1909–1912, 1915–1917, regarding family matters. Scope and Contents The twenty-five box collection measures twelve and one-half linear feet and is divided into five series. Series I contains typescript copies of personal letters sent by Sims to his parents, his sister Louisa and brothers, Harry and Alfred, his friend Jones, and to his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. They date from 1881 to 1925. Several personal letters Sims received are located here. The letters focus on his daily shipboard routine, family matters, health, social life, financial matters, and friends as well as his duties as a naval officer and naval attaché. He described the geography, politics, economics, people, and customs of the countries he...
Dates: 1876-1925 and undated

Frank Slingluff papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-320
Abstract

Envelope cachets commemorating the commissioning, launching and keel laying of Ships and submarines, including Navy Day and President Harry S. Truman, 1936-1973.

Dates: 1909, 1919, and 1936-1973

Gilven M. Slonim papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-197
Content Description

Ph.D. dissertation entitled “World Ocean—Prelude to National Policy Fulcrum for Future Social and Educational Change”, 1985; “Message from the Missouri”‘ Naval History, 1998: Speeches on World Ocean, Pearl Harbor from Vital Speeches of the Day, 1989–1995; Miscellaneous letters and excerpts from the Congressional Record, 1983–1998.

Dates: 1983 - 1998

Edith L. Smith papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-157
Content Description

Imprints, including “A Short History of the U. S. Naval Training School (WR), Bronx, NY”, ca. 1943; An article entitled “Making WAVES in the Bronx”; The Story of the U.S. Naval Training School (WR) at Hunter College in Journal of the Bronx County Historical Society, Spring, 1993; Gyroscope, newspaper of the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI, June–October, 1945; The Register, WIMSA, Fall, 1995; “Women in RI History: Making a Difference”, 1994; Work schedules and discharge papers, 1945.

Dates: 1945 - 1994

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photographs 33
letters (correspondence) 25
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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Naval War College (U.S.) 72
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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