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Henry Kent Hewitt papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-032
Content Description The Naval War College Naval Historical Collection houses a small but interesting segment of Hewitt materials. The collection focuses mainly on the illustrious wartime career of Admiral Hewitt, although there are materials from both earlier and later time periods. The materials are contained in fourteen boxes and a folio file drawer. The collection measures thirteen linear feet and is divided into four series: correspondence, writings, miscellany, and photographs.Series I, official correspondence, consists of letters, memoranda, and telegrams, both congratulatory and informational, dealing with the various amphibious operations that ADM Hewitt commanded. They include Operations Torch, Husky, Avalanche, and Dragoon-Anvil. Correspondents were from the highest military and civilian echelons and include General Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Admiral Ernest .J. King. Other correspondence deals with President Roosevelt's voyage in USS INDIANAPOLIS to the Pan American Conference in Buenos Aires in 1936 and in the post-war period with reminiscences of World War II. Correspondents from this Lime period include Winston Churchill, Admiral Sir John Cunningham, RN, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt.The second series, writings, contains the unpublished memoirs of Admiral Hewitt. The memoirs contain a ten page chronology of his life and career as well as a full autobiographical treatment.Series III, miscellany,...
Dates: 1903 - 1957
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Anne Sims Hopkins collection of Sims family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-352
Abstract

This collection consists of letters, photographs, invitations, a wedding gift registry, and other papers relating to the Sims family, particularly Admiral William S. Sims and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. The papers detail the Sims family’s personal life and relationship as well as Admiral Sims’s career in the Navy.

Dates: 1844-1954; Majority of material found within 1905-1920
Found in: Naval War College Archives

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 War College Archives

Francis S. Low papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-360
Abstract

This collection contains manuscripts, books, articles, personal writings and items, and photographs primarily documenting Francis S. Low’s naval career. Low served in the Navy from 1915-1956, retiring at the rank of Admiral. He specialized in submarine warfare, playing an integral role in anti-U-boat tactics during World War II.

Dates: 1915-2000; Majority of material found within 1915-1963
Found in: Naval War College Archives

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 War College Archives

Harold Marple papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-378
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1943-1946
Found in: Naval War College Archives

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
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Naval Command College records

 Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG-25
Scope and Contents

Curriculum records, including syllabi, curriculum, lectures and student papers, 1956–1983; Reading files, 1956–1998; Correspondence and memoranda treating NCC reunions, 1972–1993; Student files, 1957–1998; Miscellany, including photographs, 1957–1999; Cookbooks, 1960–2000; Alumni newsletters and newsgrams, 1958–1998; Videos, 1992–2000 and yearbooks, 1987–1995.


These records consist of syllabi and curriculum materials, student presentations, handouts, lectures by professors, directives for the study course, photographs of Naval Command College classes, and disc recordings of presentations by students.

Dates: 1956-
Found in: Naval War College Archives

NWC collection of photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSC-385
Dates: 1770-2015
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Photographs of Jewish activities at the Naval Training Station

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSC-370
Abstract

Photographs of Jewish activities held at the U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, 1942-1945. Also included is a program from the 1942 Hanukkah service.

Dates: 1942-1945
Found in: Naval War College Archives

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 2
Forrestel, Emmet Peter, 1898- 2
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International Seapower Symposium 2
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 2
King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956 2
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Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 2
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Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969 2
Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972 2
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United States. Navy. Surface Warfare Officers School 2
Almgren, Neal, 1915-1984 1
Andrea Doria (Steamship) 1
Barber, Charles F., 1917-2012 1
Bates, Richard W., 1892-1973 1
Bennington (Aircraft carrier) 1
Bieri, Bernhard H. (Bernhard Henry), 1889-1971 1
Bogart, Gerald S., 1914- 1
Bogart, Margaret Spruance, 1919-1996 1
Braun, Boynton L. 1
Braun, Mary 1
Brennan, Joseph Gerard, 1910-2004 1
Buell, Marilyn 1
Bull, Cornelius H. 1
Burke, Arleigh A., 1901-1996 1
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 1
Cannon, Robert M. (Robert Mylchrist), 1901-1976 1
Carpenter, William Milner 1
Casablanca Conference (1943 : Casablanca, Morocco) 1
Chafee, John H., 1922-1999 1
Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 1
Colbert, Richard G., 1915-1973 1
Conolly, Richard L. (Richard Lansing), 1892-1962 1
Constellation (Ship) 1
Dietrich, Neil K. (Neil Kittrell), 1901-1982 1
Eccles, Henry E. (Henry Effingham), 1898-1986 1
Forrestal, James, 1892-1949 1
Georges, John T. 1
Ginna, Robert Emmett 1
Hattendorf, John B. 1
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Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909 1
Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902 1
Hitchcock, Margaret Dwight, 1878-1926 1
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Holloway, James L., 1922- 1
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 1
Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946 1
Jellicoe, John Rushworth, 1859-1935 1
Jerman, Ettie W., 1881-1964 1
Keyes, C. M. (Charles M.) 1
Kierkegaard, Christer 1
King family 1
King, Ernest J., Jr., 1922-1990 1
Kittredge, Tracy B., 1891- 1
Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960 1
Lacy, William Sterling Byrd, 1910-1978 1
Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987 1
LeBourgeois, Julien J. 1
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Lovett, Ralph B., 1890-1977 1
Low family 1
Low, Francis S. (Francis Stuart), 1894-1964 1
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 1
Mahan, Helen Evans, 1873-1963 1
Marple, David P. 1
Marple, Harold, 1911-2003 1
Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 1
Matter, Elizabeth, 1915-1989 1
McCann, Allan R. (Allan Rockwell), 1896-1978 1
McCrea, John L. (John Livingstone), 1891-1990 1
McKnew, Thomas 1
Miles, Milton E., 1900-1961 1
Miles, Wilma Jerman, 1904-1996 1
Milner, Verna, fl. 1935 1
Moreno, John A., 1908- 1
Morison, Anne Sims, 1914- 1
Morison, Elting E. (Elting Elmore) 1
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976 1
Naval Academy Preparatory School (U.S.) 1
Naval Education and Training Center (U.S.) 1
Naval Science Institute 1
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