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Mary Taylor Alger Smith papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-161
Abstract

The collection primarily consists of letters written by Mary Taylor Alger Smith (1892-1987) while she accompanied her husband, Commander Roy Campbell Smith, Jr. (1888-1946) on his assignment to the Asiatic Theater from 1925 to 1928.

Dates: 1925-1987; Majority of material found within 1925-1928

Norma G. Smith papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-175
Content Description

Photograph album of VJ Day Parade in Honolulu, Hawaii, September 3, 1945 and other photographs of Hawaii; Two photographs of nurses and patients at Newport Naval Hospital, 1945; Imprints of Base Eight Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii, second Anniversary Edition, 1945, and Aloha booklet for those who served in Hawaii, 1941–1945; Resume of service in Navy Nurse Corps, 1944–1946.

Dates: 1944-1945 and undated

Roy Campbell Smith Jr. academic papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-066
Content Description

Naval War College Theses, Senior Class, 1934; Naval War College curriculum materials including solutions in International Law, Operations and Tactical Problems, 1933–1934; Jutland Cruiser Warfare presentations, 1933–1934; Correspondence, letters sent to his mother, Margaret Sampson Smith from China, the Philippine Islands, Japan and Singapore, 1925–1927, including commentary on family life, China’s political troubles, ship trials and repairs, missionaries, crossing the line ceremony and comments on places visited. Photograph of four generations of Smiths and Smith family naval officers, 1937.

Dates: 1933-1934

Roy Campbell Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-005
Content Description The papers of Captain Roy Campbell Smith, USN, were presented to the Naval War College in two separate lots: the first accession, composed primarily of U.S. Navy Department official orders, was given in 1941 by Commander Roy C. Smith Jr., his son, and the second accession, comprising the bulk of the collection, was donated through the Naval War College Foundation in 1983 by Mrs. William T. Sampson Smith, his youngest son's widow and second wife.The papers focus on Roy Campbell Smith's naval career, which spanned the last two decades of the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century. The collection contains documents relating to his early service with the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, R.I., his association with the Naval War College as a staff member over the years, his experiences as a naval attache in F ranee and pre-revolutionary Russia, his participation in the occupation of Vera Cruz in 1914, and his governorship of Guam. In addition, the papers shed light on navy personnel and promotion policies and efforts to reorganize the Navy Department after the turn of the century. The twenty-four box manuscript collection measures ten linear feet and is divided into four distinct series and is further divided into subseries. Series I, Correspondence, consists of letters both sent and received. It is composed of four subseries: personal, family, official, and miscellaneous correspondence.Subseries I, personal...
Dates: 1847-1940

Charles P. Snyder papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-141
Abstract Biographical information; Official Naval Orders, 1900–1945; Official Navy correspondence, letters sent and received, requests, assignments, claims, and instructions, 1896–1947; Personal correspondence, letters sent and received, with various naval officers, 1902–1953; Naval War College personal correspondence, letters sent and received, 1937–1939; Naval War College official correspondence, letters sent and received, including information on the Munich Crisis, 1938, and the American Naval Mission, Brazil, 1937–1939; Naval War College correspondence, with Heads of Bureau of Navigation, letters received and sent, 1937–1939; Naval War College correspondence, letters sent and received with organizations, including the American Legion, the Red Cross, and the British Empire Club, 1937–1939; Correspondence, letters of condolence received on the death of Mrs. Snyder, 1944; Speeches of Admiral Snyder and James Forrestal, Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Ernest J. King, Thomas Hart and David Sellers, undated–1946; Writings and lectures, including Naval War College theses on Policy and Command, 1923–1938; Naval papers, including ships rosters, Fleet Exercises, Change of Command ceremonies, and ship’s newspapers, 1910–1946; Miscellany, including programs, invitations, maps, clippings, diplomas, certificates, scrapbook of clippings of Admiral George Dewey and the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898, scrapbook of postcards of foreign visits; Photographs of family and career situations, including...
Dates: 1896 - 1947

Frank M. Snyder papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-137
Abstract

Frank M. Snyder (1926-2017 ) is a career naval officer who worked as a Professor and Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College. His papers include articles, research materials, speeches and lectures, audio and video cassette tapes, photographs, and scrapbooks relating to Snyder’s naval and professional academic career.

Dates: 1941-2010; Majority of material found within 1969-1994

Spanish-American war clippings

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: NC-01
Dates: 1898-1899

Spanish-American war scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: NC-03
Dates: 1898-1899

Spanish-American War scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: NC-22
Dates: 1898

Speed-Up

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: NC-14
Dates: 1919-1920

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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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