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Thomas B. Buell and Walter M. Whitehill collection on Ernest J. King
Collection
Identifier: MSC-037.2
Abstract
This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King entitled, Master of sea power and by Walter M. Whitehill, author and historian, for his biography on King, A Naval record.
Dates:
1880-1986 and undated; Majority of material found within 1942-1950; Majority of material found within 1974-1979
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
Thomas B. Buell collection on Raymond A. Spruance
Collection
Identifier: MSC-037.1
Abstract
This collection consists of research materials collected by Thomas B. Buell, author and retired naval officer, for his biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, The Quiet Warrior, published by Little, Brown and Company in 1974.
Dates:
1866-2002 and undated; Majority of material found within 1971-1974
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
Early records of the U.S. Naval War College
Record Group
Identifier: RG-01
Abstract
Correspondence, memoranda, lists, contracts, inventories, military and naval orders, and plans regarding the early administration and curriculum of the Naval War College, new building construction, and items relating to the establishment of a naval coaling station in Narraganset Bay. Also included are journals and letterpress copybooks kept by past NWC presidents Charles Stockton and French Chadwick.
Dates:
1883-1919; Majority of material found within 1895-1911
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
Hitchcock family papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-165
Content Description
Letters sent from Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U.S. Ambassador to the Imperial Russian Court in St. Petersburg to his brother Henry Hitchcock, July 11, 1897–January 30, 1899; Letters sent from Margaret and Anne Hitchcock to Sarah Hitchcock Shepley, Isabel and an uncle, from St. Petersburg, July 27, 1897–October 2, 1898, describing their daily life and social activities.
Dates:
1860 - 1984
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
Ingraham family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSC-353
Abstract
The Ingraham family first immigrated to the United States in the seventeenth century from Great Britain, with many settling in South Carolina where they became a seafaring family with strong connections to both the U.S. Navy and the Navy of the Confederate States. This collection includes ships’ logs and reminiscences maintained by members of the Ingraham family while on board serving in either the U.S. Navy of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1830-1864, circa 1935-1954
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
International Seapower Symposium records
Record Group
Identifier: RG-22
Abstract
The International Seapower Symposium (ISS) is a biennial meeting held at the U.S. Naval War College (NWC), hosted by the Chief of Naval Operations and the President, U.S. Naval War College. This record group consists of correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, audio cassettes, digital media (floppy disks and compact discs, etc), and digital files documenting the organization and proceedings of each symposium.
Dates:
1969-
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
Alfred Thayer Mahan papers
Collection
Identifier: MSC-017
Abstract
This collection consists of lectures, letters, and other documents kept by Alfred T. Mahan, naval officer, renowned maritime historian, and past president of the Naval War College.
Dates:
1814-1914 and undated
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
Manuscript Items
Collection
Identifier: MSC-364
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of single manuscripts items from past NWC presidents, faculty, and staff, as well as other other naval officers and military service members from Rhode Island and the surrounding area. These items include correspondence, journals, reports, certificates, commissions, scrapbooks, and other ephemera that relate to the history of the U.S. Naval War College, the history of navies in the Narragansett Bay region, and the history of naval warfare and strategy.
Dates:
1783-2013 and undated
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
Stephen McCarthy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSC-064
Abstract
Lieutenant Stephen McCarthy (1859-1938) served in the U.S. Navy from 1887 until his retirement in 1923. He retired in Newport, Rhode Island. His papers include naval commissions from various promotions in the U.S. Navy.
Dates:
1889-1920
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
William L. Ostroskie letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-368
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of letters sent and received by William L. Ostroskie (1922-1943) during his time in the US Navy serving in the United States and in Europe.
Dates:
1942 Oct 22-1943 Aug 9, undated
Found in:
Naval Historical Collection
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- Mahan, Helen Evans, 1873-1963 1
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 1
- Mason, George C. (George Champlin), 1820-1894 1
- Matter, Elizabeth, 1915-1989 1
- McCann, Allan R. (Allan Rockwell), 1896-1978 1
- McCarthy, Stephen, 1859-1938 1
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