Papers, 1906-1980 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Abstract:Including copies of the letters of Adm. Spruance to Mrs. Spruance 1942-45; copies of correspondence between Adm. Spruance and Arthur Sproul, 1951-65; copies of correspondence between Adm. Spruance and Emmel Forrestal, 1961-68; copies of correspondence between Adm. Spruance and E.B. Potter, 1959-65; correspondence of Cdr. Thomas B. Buell regarding Spruance, 1970-73; copies of the Fitness Reports of Adm. Spruance, 1906-48; typescripts and tapes of recorded interviews with Mrs. Spruance, et. al., 1971-72; typescripts, blueprints, unbound and bound galleys of The Quiet Warrior, 1973-74; unpublished M.A. Thesis (1967) of H. Snow entitled "The 1953 Philippine Presidential Election." Research source materials on ADM E.J. King collected by CDR Thomas Buell for his biography Ally of the Trident and Walter Whitehill for A Naval Record. Materials include Buell's correspondence with naval officers who knew or served with King; Copies of King's autobiography and personal papers from Library of Congress, FDR Library and Opeational Archives, NHD; preliminary drafts with comments by Herman Wouk, Gerald Wheeler, and Llewellyn Howland; extracts of NI oral histories of Flag Rank Officers; synopses of oral histories done by Buell; note cards and files; photographs; tape cassettes. Research materials on Port Chicago Mutiny of 1944, including copies of correspondence files, 1944-1946; copies of hearings of the mutiny, 1944; correspondence of Buell, 1980; microfilm. Correspondence with Little, Brown & Co., et.al, regarding the publication of The Quiet Warrior, 1970-1977, and Master of Seapower, 1972-1989; book reviews and book notices, 1970-1989; subject files, including correspondence, invitations, clippings, and photographs, and certificates for launching of USS Spruance (DD-963), 1975, and dedication of Spruance Hall, 1972; miscellany, including U.S. Naval Institute annual meeting and reports, 1976-1977; NEH grant proposal, 1976; newspaper clippings, 1957; cartoon of Buell and NASOH NWC conference, 1978; folio of congratulatory message from Allanbrooke, Cunningham of Hyndehope and Portal of Hungerford to ADM Ernest J. King upon his retirement as CNO