US-RNN-msc354 Guide to the Dr. Nathaniel M. Sims collection of Sims and Hitchcock family papers1797-1993 (bulk 1906-1945) Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage. Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College 2018.

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Sims family Dr. Nathaniel M. Sims collection of Sims and Hitchcock family papers 1797-1993 (bulk 1906-1945) MSC-354 Sims (Dr. Nathaniel M.) collection of Sims and Hitchcock family papers 10.5 linear feet (21 archival boxes, 1 half archival box, 1 oversize box) 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. Biographical note

William Sowden Sims (1858-1936) was born on October 15, 1858, in Port Hope, Ontario Province, Canada to Alfred William (1826-1895) and Adelaide Sowden Sims (1835-1914). He was the eldest of six children: Louisa Peacock (b. 1861), James Peacock (1862-1863), Alfred Varley (1864-1944), Mary S. (b. 1868), and Adelaide Clarke (1874-1967). The Sims family lived in Canada until 1872 and then moved to Orsbisonia, Pennsylvania.

Sims was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from Pennsylvania in 1876. After graduation in 1880, he served on the USS Tennessee and later the USS Swatara, where he was promoted to ensign. Between 1882 and 1897, he served on USS Yantic, Saratoga, USS Philadelphia, USS Charleston, and the receiving ships Colorado and Richmond. In 1887, he received permission from the Navy Department to live in Paris for a year, where he perfected his French and absorbed French culture. This experience qualified him for an appointment as naval attaché to Paris, France; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Madrid, Spain in 1897, a position he held until 1900. During this time, he collected intelligence on Spain’s preparation for war and studied the gunfire systems of foreign navies.

In 1900, Sims was assigned to the China Station with the USS Kentucky, the Navy’s newest battleship. For the next two years, he continued to observe and report on the superiority of a new system of British naval gunnery that used the continuous aim method of firing developed by Royal Navy Captain Percy Scott (1853-1924). Sims felt that the U.S. Navy’s gunfire systems had deficiencies that imperiled the service’s effectiveness as a fighting force. After his pleas to the Bureau Chiefs and the Secretary of the Navy were ignored, Sims wrote directly to President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) about this in November 1901. President Roosevelt recalled Sims from China in 1902 and appointed him Inspector of Target Practice after the Atlantic Fleet had scored poorly in target practice. Sims held this position for six and a half years and also served as a naval aide to the president during the last two years of this assignment.

As a reward for his loyalty and service, Sims was named commanding officer of the Navy’s premier battleship, USS Minnesota. He held this post for two years until he was detached for instruction at the Naval War College as a member of the 1911 Summer Conference. He continued as a student in the 1911-1912 Long Course and remained on staff through June 1913. Following his tenure at the Naval War College, he assumed command of the Destroyer Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet and worked to devise new tactical maneuver doctrines for destroyers.

After a year as commanding officer of USS Nevada, Sims was selected as president of the Naval War College in February 1917 and promoted to rear admiral. The college closed two months later when the United States entered World War I and Sims was sent to London to act as a liaison with the Royal Navy. Soon after he was appointed Commanding Officers, U.S. Naval Forces in European waters as a vice admiral. In order to combat the heavy losses of merchant shipping from U-boat attacks, he devised a plan to use destroyers as escorts. The convoy system worked remarkably well and cut shipping losses in half. He directed the operations of nine admirals under his command and worked harmoniously with the other allied powers while sanctioning the laying of the North Sea Mine Barrage.

When the war was over, Sims returned to Newport and the presidency of the Naval War College, where he remained until he retired in 1922 at the age of sixty-four. During his tenure at the college, he increased the number of faculty and students and defended the college as a citadel of naval thought and intellectual training in warfare. He spent the last fourteen years of his life in Boston, where he wrote, lectured, and testified before Congress regarding what he considered deficiencies in the Navy. In 1921, Sims won the Pulitzer Prize for Victory at Sea, a factual and reasoned account of World War I. William S. Sims died on September 28, 1936, in Boston and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Throughout his distinguished career, Admiral Sims received the following medals: Spanish Campaign Medal, Philippine Campaign Medal, Mexican Service Medal, Victory Medal, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (Great Britain), Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (France), Grand Cordon, Order of the Rising Sun (Japan), Grand Cordon, Order of Leopold (Belgium), and Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy. He refused to accept the Distinguished Service Medal because he objected to the Navy’s policy of awarding medals to undeserving officers.

He also received honorary degrees from the following universities: Yale, Harvard, Tufts, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Cambridge (England), McGill (Montreal, Canada), Queens (Kingston, Canada), and from Williams, Union, and Juniata Colleges, and the Stephens Institute.

Three U.S. ships bore his name. The destroyer USS Sims (DD-409) was launched in 1939 and sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942. The destroyer escort USS Sims(DE-154, then APD-50) was commissioned in 1943 and served during World War II. The third USS Sims (DE-1059) was commissioned in 1970 and served with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.

William S. Sims married Anne Erwin Hitchcock (1875-1960), the eldest daughter of Ethan Allen (1835-1909) and Margaret Dwight Collier Hitchcock (1840-1912), on November 21, 1905, in Washington, DC. The couple enjoyed a close, supportive relationship and had the following children: Margaret H. Hopkins (b. 1907), Adelaide Fiske (b. 1910), William Sowden (b. 1912), Anne H. Morison (b. 1914), and Ethan A. H. Sims (1916-2010).

Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1835-1909) was the youngest son of Henry Hitchcock (1792-1839), a successful lawyer and Supreme Court judge, and Anna Erwin (1803-1854). Hitchcock married Margaret Dwight Collier Hitchcock in 1869 and besides Anne Hitchcock Sims, they had two other daughters: Sarah Collier Shepley (1870-1957) and Margaret Dwight Hitchcock (1878-1926). Ethan Allen Hitchcock was involved in mercantile pursuits in St. Louis, Missouri, before moving to China to work for Olyphant & Company in China from 1855 to 1872. President William McKinley appointed Hitchcock an envoy and then later as the first ambassador to Russia, a position he held until 1898 when he was recalled to serve as the Secretary of the Interior in the presidential cabinet. He remained in this position until 1907 serving under both President McKinley and President Theodore Roosevelt. Hitchcock died on April 9, 1909 in Washington, D.C.

Chronology of Naval Service note 1859 Born October 15, in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada 1880 Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy 1880-1882 USS Tennessee (Screw frigate) 1882 Promoted to Midshipman 1884 Promoted to Ensign 1889-1893 Saratoga (Schoolship) 1893-1894 USS Philadelphia (C-4) 1894-1896 USS Charleston (C-2) 1897 Naval attaché, Paris and St. Petersburg 1897-1900 Naval attaché, Madrid 1900-1901 USS Kentucky (BB-6) 1902 Promoted to lieutenant commander 1902-1908 Inspector of Target Practice 1905 Married November 21, to Anne Hitchcock 1907 Promoted to Commander 1908-1909 Naval Aide to the President of the United States 1909-1911 CO, USS Minnesota (BB-22) 1911-1913 Student and later a staff member, Naval War College 1913-1915 CO, Destroyer Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet 1915-1916 CO, USS Nevada (BM-8) 1917 Promoted to Rear Admiral 1917 President, Naval War College and Commandant, Second Naval District 1917-1918 CO, U.S. Naval Forces, European Waters 1919 Returned to the rank of Rear Admiral 1919-1922 President, Naval War College 1920 Victory at Sea published 1922 Retired from the U.S. Navy 1925 Temporary duty with Bureau of Navigation and Aircraft Board 1930 Commissioned Admiral on the retired list 1936 Died, September 28 Collection information

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Author, “Title,” Page or Date. Dr. Nathaniel M. Sims collection of Sims and Hitchcock family papers, MSC 354, Box number, Folder number. Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I.

This collection consists of correspondence, ephemeral materials, 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 Admiral Sims and Ethan Allen Hitchcock. This collection serves as a great example of the dedication of the entire Sims family to preserve and honor the legacies of Admiral Sims and the Hitchcock family for future generations.

Correspondence includes letters sent and received by Ethan A. Hitchcock, Anne H. Sims, William S. Sims, William S. Sims, Jr. and other members of the Sims and Hitchcock families. The majority of the original correspondence is of a personal nature detailing various aspects of family matters, daily activities, travel, and social interactions. Ephemeral materials include invitations to attend event at the White House, programs from dinners and ceremonies, and address and guest books maintained by both Admiral and Mrs. Sims. Logbooks and navigation volumes from the 1890s were written by Sims with the intention of using them as instruction for future junior officers. Photographs consist of loose photographs of members of Sims and Hitchcock family, with the majority being of Admiral Sims and his acquaintances throughout his entire naval career.

The bulk of this collection is comprised of four sets of typewritten transcriptions of Admiral Sims’s letters. These transcriptions were used by Anne H. Sims, William S. Sims, Jr, and Elting E. Morison in order to compile a complete set of all of Adm. Sim’s correspondence and to use in developing a comprehensive biography on Sims. The original letters for these transcriptions are most likely found within the William Sowden Sims papers in the Naval Historical Foundation Collection at the Library of Congress.

The first set of transcriptions are of Sims’s letters sent and received from 1876 to 1925. Five sets of this transcription were made and given to even child of Adm. Sims. The second set of transcriptions were arranged in alphabetical order (most likely by Mrs. Sims) by either name or subject. An index to the subjects is included. The third set of transcriptions were those that were kept and maintained by Mrs. Sims. Many of these letters include her notations about what to include in a biography and items she considered to be important. The last set of transcriptions includes handwritten annotations, most likely from Elting E. Morison while he was composing his biography, Admiral Sims and the Modern American Navy, published in 1942. The dates listed in the inventory for these transcriptions and others refer to the actual date of the letter, not the date that the transcription was completed.

This collection is arranged in alphabetical order by genre, then by folder title. In cases where the folder title is a person’s name then it is arranged in alphabetical order by last name.

Administrative information

Gift of Dr. Nathaniel M. Sims, grandson of Admiral William S. Sims, 2017 Mar 27 (Ms.Ac.2017.1).

Prior to being in the possession of Dr. Sims, parts of this collection were maintained by other Admiral and Mrs. Sims’s children: William S. Sims, Jr. and Anne Sims Morison.

Throughout April 2016, this collection was appraised by Peter C. Sorlien to determine valuation. As a result of this monetary appraisal, two inventories were produced by Sorlien. For access to these inventories please contact NHC staff at nhc@usnwc.edu.

This collection was processed and arranged according to current archival standards in 2018 by Elizabeth Delmage.

Names Hitchcock family Churchill, Winston, 1874-1947--Correspondence Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909 Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902 Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence Jellicoe, John Rushworth, 1859-1935 Kittredge, Tracy B., 1891- Morison, Anne Sims, 1914- Morison, Elting Elmore Naval War College (U.S.) Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence Sims, Anne Hitchcock, 1875-1960 Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1935 Sims, William S. (William Sowden), Jr., 1912- Sowden family United States Naval Academy Subjects Admirals--United States--History Admirals’ spouses Ambassadors--United States--History World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, American RIAMCO Browsing Terms Military Types of materials Biographical files Clippings (information artifacts) Ephemera Invitations Letters (correspondence) Logs (records) Photographs Poems Printed ephemera Transcriptions (documents) Additional information Papers of Ethan Allen Hitchcock, HITCH, National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. Anne Sims Hopkins collection of Sims family papers, MSC 352. Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I. William S. Sims papers, MSC 168. Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I. William Sowden Sims paper, MSS53645, Naval Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Please contact NHC staff at nhc@usnwc.edu for information on other collections relating to the Sims and Hitchcock families.

For a list of rare books that were separated from this collection to be included in the Rare Books Collection at the Naval Historical Collection please contact NHC staff at nhc@usnwc.edu.

Original William S. Sims letters may be found in the Naval Historical Foundation Collection at the Library of Congress and the original letters for Ethan A. Hitchcock are located at the National Archives at College Park.

1 1-2 Biographical information: Hitchcock family 1993 and undated 1 3 Biographical information: Henry Hitchcock 1902 Mar 25 1 4 Biographical information: Kittredge family 1957 and undated 1 5 Biographical information: Anne H. Sims undated 1 6 Biographical information: William S. Sims 1936 and undated 1 7 Biographical information: Sowden family of Port Hope, Canada 1977-1994 1 8 Clippings: Ethan A. Hitchcock and family 1897, 1909 1 9 Clippings: Reviews of Elting Morison's biography of Admiral Sims 1942 1 10-11 Clippings: William S. Sims 1908-2003 and undated 1 12 Clippings: William S. Sims (collected by himself) undated 1 13 Correspondence: Christmas cards 1918-1919 and undated 1 14 Correspondence: Christmas cards from Admiral Jellicoe 1919, 1932 1 15 Correspondence: Anne "Nan" Camacho 1957 May 22-Sep 23 1 16 Correspondence: Envelopes from letters sent to Anne H. Sims from William S. Sims 1906-1935 and undated

It does not appear that the original contents of these envelopes are found within this collection.

1 17-18 Correspondence: Ethan A. Hitchcock 1865 Apr 2-1907 Feb 2 and undated

Includes letters from James R. Garfield, John Hay, General Ethan A. Hitchcock, Herbert Hoover, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and William H. Taft.

1 19 Correspondence: Hitchcock family 1797 Feb 1-1865 Mar 21 1 20 Correspondence: Henry Hitchcock 1885 Dec 11-1900 Nov 8 1 21 Correspondence: Margaret Dwight Collier Hitchcock 1867 May 6-1909 Apr 9

Includes letters from John Hay, Theodore Roosevelt, William T. Sherman, William H. Taft

1 22-25 Correspondence: Anne Sims Morison 1938-1946 2 1 Correspondence: Elting E. Morison 1940 Jul 20-1945 Jan 8 2 2-3 Correspondence: Sarah Hitchcock Shepley 1901 Mar 10-1909 Apr 18, 1940 Sep 16-1941 Mar 2, 1943 Nov 20 2 4-7 Correspondence: Anne H. Sims circa 1905-1956 Dec 27 and undated

Includes letters received from Tracey B. Kittredge, Olave Baden Powell, Elihu Root, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, William S. Sims and family, William H. Taft. Also found are correspondence about Mrs. Sims' attendance at the christening and commissioning ceremon

2 8 Correspondence: Anne H. Sims and Winston Churchill 1941 Mar 31-1951 Feb

Comprised of letters addressing the return of Adm. Sims's binoculars to Mrs. Sims.

2 9-10 Correspondence: William S. Sims 1901 Jul 22-1934 Sep 4 and undated

Includes letters received from his wife and children, Theodore Roosevelt, and William H. Taft. Letters sent to his family and other acquaintances are also included. Of particular interest is a letter written by Sims in mirrored handwriting.

2 11-14 Correspondence: William S. Sims, Jr. 1916 Sep 14-1980 Nov 18

Includes letters received from his brother-in-law, Elting E. Morison who wrote the first biography of Adm. Sims.

3 1-3 Correspondence: William S. Sims, Jr. 1939 Apr 17-1940 Mar 25, 1984 Oct 9-1994 Aug 27

Includes letters sent to his family while serving in World War II.

20 1 Drawing: Unidentified ship by Sherman Morss undated 20 2 Ephemera: Address book circa 1917-1918

Maintained by Admiral Sims while stationed in London.

3 4 Ephemera: Address book 1936 3 5 Ephemera: Calling cards undated 3 6 Ephemera: Camp Sims stamp 1919

Camp Sims was a private naval camp for boys on Prudence Island, R.I. during the summer of 1919.

3 7 Ephemera: Christmas programs undated 20 3 Ephemera: Dinner parties 1919-1922

Lists of guest and menus from dinner parties held by Anne H. Sims in Newport, R.I.

3 8 Ephemera: Drawing, "Westward-Ho, 1579; Eastward-Ho, 1917" circa 1917 3 9 Ephemera: Eagle hut, American Y.M.C.A., London program circa 1918 3 10 Ephemera: Ethan Allen (SSBN 608) launching, program 1960 Nov 3 11 Ephemera: Farewell luncheon given in honor of Adm. Sims by Americans in London, under the auspices of the American Luncheon Club 1919 Mar 14 20 4-5 Ephemera: Guest books 1902 Jul 27-1919 Aug 22

Includes autographs of many high rank naval officers.

3 12 Ephemera: Guest book 1943-1945 3 13 Ephemera: Invitation book 1912-1915 3 14-17 Ephemera: Invitations 1906 Jan 1-1909 Feb 18, 1932 Apr 17 and undated

Includes invitations to the White House by the Roosevelts.

4 1 Ephemera: Lecture series program 1935 20 6 Ephemera: List of letters and other messages received on the death of William S. Sims 1936 4 2 Ephemera: List of people who received copies of "Naval Losses of the Great War," by T. B. Kittredge circa 1921 4 3 Ephemera: Lists undated 4 4 Ephemera: London events attended by Adm. Sims 1918-1919

Twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of King George V and Queen Mary, American Luncheon Club in London, and Princess Patricia's wedding

4 5 Ephemera: Menu, lunch at Winter Palace 1899 Jan 6 0 1 Ephemera: Naval War College organizational chart 1921 Aug 26 4 6 Ephemera: Navy Day, Newport, R.I., with an address by Col. Theodore Roosevelt on "The American Navy" 1913 Jul 2-3 4 7 Ephemera: Notes on Nelson's Victory oak block, 1919 Mar 21 undated 0 2 Ephemera: Notice to the Public poster undated 4 8 Ephemera: Phrases made from newspaper headlines by William S. Sims undated 4 9 Ephemera: The Pilgrim's Dinner in honour of Admiral Sims, Savoy Hotel 1919 Mar 21 4 10 Ephemera: Poem transcribed by Anne H. Sims undated 4 11 Ephemera: Police passes for presidential inauguration 1909 Mar 4 4 12 Ephemera: Postcards from Russia circa 1897 4 13 Ephemera: Receipt for payment for a copy of "Promotion by Selection," by Adm. Sims signed by Adm. Ernest J. King 1935 Dec 4 4 14 Ephemera: Registry of war guests in WWII for Sunday lunch or at other times 1942-1947 4 15 Ephemera: Signature cards 1913-1935 4 16 Ephemera: William S. Sims' appointment as an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George 1918 Dec 31 4 17 Ephemera: The Soldier's Psalm undated 4 18 Ephemera: Typewritten pictures and sketches by William S. Sims 1920 and undated 4 19 Ephemera: U.S.S. Admiral W.S. Sims (AP-127) commissioning 1945 Sep 27 4 20 Ephemera: U.S.S. Melville flagship envelope undated 4 21 Ephemera: U.S.S. Minnesota at sea, menu 1910

This menu has an illustration of Sims on it by Henry Reuterdahl.

4 22 Ephemera: U.S.S. Sims (DE-154) commissioning 1943 Apr 24 and undated 4 23 Ephemera: Welcoming dinner in honor of Rear Admiral and Mrs. William S. Sims (includes poem) 1922 Oct 30 21 1 Logbooks: Computation of distances on the Great Circle Steam Routes, from Fastnet and Bishops Rock to Sandy Hook 1883 Jan 21 2-3 Logbooks: Drill tables and key nos. 1-2 1890 21 4 Logbooks: Elements of navigation book and journal 1893

Includes printed "Gunnery drill book for the new armaments, United States Navy," prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Navigation, 1893 along with Sims's handwritten notes on gunnery and navigation.

21 5 Logbooks: Journal on navigation 1890-1892 22 1 Logbooks: U.S.S. Swatara 1883 Jan 10-1885 Nov 14

Maintained by Sims while serving onboard as a midshipman. Includes notes and drawings on steam ships taken by Sims while a student at USNA.

4 24 Photographs: Aspinwall, U.S.C. undated 4 25 Photographs: Battle action ship damage undated 4 26 Photographs: Battleships in review 1915 4 27 Photographs: Edwards family undated 4 28 Photographs: German warships (unidentified) undated 0 3 Photographs: Guild Hall, London - formal dinner circa 1910 4 29 Photographs: Harbor at Charlotte Amalie 1981 Dec 4 30 Photographs: Hitchcock family undated 0 4 Photographs: Hitchcock family undated

Includes images from their time abroad in Hong Kong and Russia

4 31 Photographs: Hitchcock family in Hong Kong circa 1860-1870 4 32 Photographs: Hitchcock family in Russia 1897-1899 4 33 Photographs: Jellicoe family circa 1918 and undated 4 34 Photographs: Nelson Day church parades, Cardiff, England 1918 Oct 20 4 35 Photographs: Portraits given to Admiral Sims 1917-1919

Contre Amiral Jean Etienne, Frederick George Wright, and Rear Admiral Charles L. Hussey

4 36 Photographs: Scene for "Q-Ships" 1928

Shows the recreation of a meeting between Admirals Sims and Jellicoe

5 1 Photographs: Anne H. Sims circa 1875-1960 5 2 Photographs: Anne H. Sims with her children circa 1909-1922 5 3 Photographs: Sims family 1935-1951 and undated 0 5 Photographs: Sims family 1917-1922 5 4 Photographs: Sims family children circa 1914-1918 5 5 Photographs: Sims family photograph album circa 1940s-1950s 0 6 Photographs: Sims family residence - 93 Rhode Island Ave., Newport, R.I. circa 1917 5 6-9 Photographs: William S. Sims circa 1875-1933 0 7 Photographs: William S. Sims circa 1918-1935 5 10-11 Photographs: William S. Sims, Anne H. Sims and their family circa 1916-1935 5 12 Photographs: William S. Sims and his children circa 1916-1925 5 13 Photographs: William S. Sims and President Theodore Roosevelt 1907 Dec 16

Five photographs showing President Roosevelt onboard a Navy ship taking leave of Captain Hugo Osterhaus at Hampton Roads, VA with Sims observing.

0 8 Photographs: William S. Sims with Nicholas Butler, Henry P. Davidson, General John J. Pershing, Bishop Charles H. Brent, Herbert Hoover, and William B. Parsons at Columbia University 1920 Jun 1 5 14 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - London 1922 5 15 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - London with Admiral Bayley 1921 5 16 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - Washington investigation circa 1921 5 17 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - World War I circa 1917-1918 5 18 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - World War I, Admiralty House (Queenstown, Ireland) 1917 May 5 19 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - World War I, Army-Navy baseball games 1918 22 2 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - World War I, Inter-Allied Conference 1918 Sep 14 22 3 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - World War I, London 1917 22 4 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - World War I, return to Newport 1919 Apr 5 20 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - World War I, ships escorting President Wilson to Brest, France 1918 Dec 13 22 5 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - World War I, visit by Admiral Sims and Princess Louisa at St. John's Boys School, Ealing, England circa 1917

Adm. Sims and the Princess raised both an American flag and the Union Jack to recognize the joint Anglo-American program to train aviation mechanics.

22 6 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - U.S. Naval War College circa 1917-1922 5 21 Photographs: William S. Sims's career - U.S.S. Minnesota circa 1910 6 1-2 Photographs: William S. Sims, Jr. photograph albums 1920-1926

Two photograph albums compiled by William S. Sims, Jr. which include snapshots and clippings detailing his experiences at the Weaver School (Middletown, R.I.), St. George's School (Newport, R.I.), and South Pond Cabins (Fitzwilliam, N.H.).

7 1-2 Photographs: Sowden family home, Port Hope, Canada 1983, 1994 Sep 7 7 3 Photographs: Submarines at Harwich 1918 Nov 24

Official British navy photographs

7 4 Photographs: Surrender of the German fleet 1918 Nov 21

Official British navy photographs

7 5 Photographs: Lillian M. (Thompson) Tennant 1945-1947 and undated

She was Adm. Sims's private secretary during the war

7 6 Photographs: United States Naval Academy, class of 1880 circa 1880 7 7-9 Photographs: United States Naval Academy, class of 1880 student portraits circa 1880

62 individual photographs of members of the class of 1880. The majority are identified on the verso of the photograph.

0 9 Photographs: U.S.S. Constellation (reproduction) undated 0 10 Photographs: U.S.S. Minnesota (BB-22) crew and officers 1909 0 11 Photographs: U.S.S. Mohican 1888

Image of four sailors on deck.

7 10 Photographs: U.S.S. Admiral W.S. Sims (AP-127) launch 1945 Jun 4 7 11 Photographs: U.S.S. Sims (DD-409) 1939 Jul 6 8 1 Photographs: U.S.S. Sims (DE-154) christening and commissioning 1943 Apr 24 8 2 Photographs: U.S.S. Swatara and U.S.S. Tennessee undated 8 3 Photographs: U.S.S. W.S. Sims (DE-1059) circa 1964 8 4 Photographs: Warships at harbor undated 0 12 Photographs: World War I 1917

Includes images of an injured French soldier, a gathering of the American Officers Club in London, and a poster: "What the Navy is doing," showing Sims with Rear Admiral McKean and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt.

8 5 Photographs: World War I - U.S. Naval Base Cardiff; Marines vs. Blue Jackets rugby game 1918 Nov 22 7 Publications: Crossword puzzle book and related correspondence 1924-1925

Correspondence and crossword puzzles written by Sims and his son, William S. Sims, Jr. They had puzzles published in New York and Boston papers when crossword puzzles were first becoming popular.

8 6 Publications: Exhibition of war portraits, the National Art Committee 1921 8 7 Publications: Mail and censorship regulations for U.S. Naval Forces operating in European waters (approved by William S. Sims) 1918 Jun 1 8 8 Publications: Military Order of the World War National Bulletin 1936 Oct, Nov 8 9 Publications: The Naval Academy Association of New York, vol. 3 no. 4 1937 May

Includes a letter from Mrs. Sims

8 10 Publications: Report of the speeches at the Independence Day Dinner, The American Society in London (copy) 1918 Jul 4 8 11 Publications: A Welcome to all American Soldiers and Sailors by Ian Hay 1918 8 12 Transcriptions: Hitchcock family letters 1897 Jul 11-1898 Feb 9 8 13 Transcriptions: Hitchcock family letters sent during stays in France and Russia 1897 Jul 27-1898 Oct 2 8 14 Transcriptions: Margaret Collier Hitchcock letters sent from Hong Kong 1869-1870

Transcriptions by Anne Sims Morison in October 1980.

8 15 Transcriptions: Anne Sims Morison, News Bulletin from Peterborough 1938 Sep 29-1939 Aug 16 8 16 Transcriptions: William S. Sims's dictations to William S. Sims, Jr. (incomplete) undated 8 17-19 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters 1876 Jun 25-1885 Apr 31 9 1-7 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters 1885 May 13-1893 Dec 21 10 1-7 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters 1894 Jan 5-1898 Aug 7 11 1-9 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters 1901 Feb 28-1909 Oct 22 12 1-6 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters 1909 Oct 23-1915 Sep 20 13 1 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters 1916 May 1-1918 Sep 2 13 2 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters to Louisa, his sister 1916-1925 13 3 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters, Alphabetical file, index 13 4-12 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters, Alphabetical file, A-Ni 14 1-9 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters, Alphabetical file, Pa-Ya 14 10 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters, Alphabetical file, Personal 14 11 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters sent to Washington 1893-1925 15 1-14 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters used by Anne H. Sims, A-O 1893-1934 16 1-6 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters used by Anne H. Sims, P-W 1901-1926 16 7 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters used by Anne H. Sims, duplicates 1909-1919 16 8-14 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters with annotations 1906 Apr 14-1910 Feb 28 17 1-12 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters with annotations 1910 Mar 1-1917 Nov 15 18 1-13 Transcriptions: William S. Sims letters with annotations 1917 Nov 22-1936 Oct 8 19 1 Writings: Anecdotes of William S. Sims by William S. Sims, Jr. (copy) 1984 Dec 18 19 2 Writings: A brief summary of the United States naval activities in European waters with outline of the organization of Admiral Sims's headquarters (copy) 1918 Aug 3 19 3 Writings: Captain Tracey B. Kittredge, "A comparative analysis of problems and methods of coalition action in two world wars" 1956 Sep 19 4 Writings: Memorandum upon economy in food consumption circa 1918

Includes a bulleting and handwritten note by William S. Sims.

19 5 Writings: Anne Sims Morison, "Notes on MSS Collection" 1980

Regarding the papers of Ethan A. Hitchcock.

19 6 Writings: Anne Sims Morison, "Sojourn in St. Petersburg, 1897-1899" on the Hitchcock family's experience in Russia 1980 Apr 17, 1982 Nov 2 19 7 Writings: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's praise of Admiral Sims (copies) 1940 May 15 19 8 Writings: Secretary Von L. Meyer and the Reorganization of the [Navy] Department (copy) circa 1909 19 9 Writings: Anne H. Sims, reminiscences of father, Ethan A. Hitchcock 1957 Sep 19 19 10 Writings: William S. Sims, address to USNA students undated 19 11 Writings: William S. Sims, "A letter to the dragon" circa 1927-1928

Responding to an editorial on a Tuck Shop.

19 12 Writings: William S. Sims, "Military character" 1917 Mar 19 13 Writings: William S. Sims, "Navy Air Policy," draft 1925 Oct 14 19 14 Writings: William S. Sims, poems 1922, 1930-1934 and undated

Includes poems Sims wrote for his son, William S. Sims, Jr.

19 15 Writings: William S. Sims, satirical nursing rhymes circa 1918 19 16 Writings: William S. Sims, "The Sloop Garden" undated 19 17 Writings: William S. Sims, Thanksgiving day message 1918 Nov 28 19 18 Writings: William S. Sims, Jr. during World War II 1942-1946 22 8 Writings: William S. Sims, Jr. during World War II 1944 Aug 11