US-RNN-rg0001 Guide to the Early records of the U.S. Naval War College1883-1919 (bulk 1895-1911) Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Delmage. Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College Oct 2016
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Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Delmage, Oct 2016. English Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS). English Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
686 Cushing Road Newport, RI 02841-1207 Tel: 401-841-2435 email: nhc@usnwc.edu Website: https://usnwcarchives.org/
Naval War College (U.S.) Early records of the U.S. Naval War College 1883-1919 1895-1911 RG-01 Early records of the U.S. Naval War College 2.09 linear feet (5 archival boxes) 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. Historical note Early chronology of the U.S. Naval War College 7 Aug 1882 Coaster’s Harbor Island is ceded to the U.S. government from Rhode Island 4 Jun 1883 William E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy, accepts Coaster’s Harbor Island for the U.S. Navy via General Order 33 6 Oct 1884 General Order 325 establishes the Naval War College in Newport 6 Oct 1884-1886 Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce named the first President, Naval War College 8 Sep 1885 First lecture given 1886-1889 Captain A. T. Mahan assumes his first term as NWC President 1886 First lecture on war gaming given by William McCarty Little 11 Jan 1889 Consolidation of NWC with the Naval Torpedo Station ordered by the Navy Department 1889-1892 Captain Caspar F. Goodrich begins the first of two terms as college president 1890 Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Mahan is published 1890-1891 No courses held. Bureau of Navigations cites shortage of officers May 1892 Luce Hall is completed – first building constructed for NWC 1892-1893 Mahan’s second term as President 1893 No course held 1893-1893 Commander Charles H. Stockton assumes his first term as President 4 Oct 1893 First visit by a Secretary of the Navy, Hilary A. Herbert 1893-1896 Captain Henry C. Taylor named President, Naval War College 1896-1898 Goodrich’s second term as President 1898-1900 Stockton’s second term as President Mar 1898- Nov 1898 All activities suspended due to United States participation in the Spanish-American War 1900-1903 Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick named President 1903-1906 Captain Charles S. Sperry becomes tenth President, Naval War College Jun 1904 New library (present day Mahan Hall) is completed 1906-1909 Rear Admiral John Porter Merrell serves as President 1909-1911 Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers serves as President 1911-1913 Term of Captain William L. Rodgers, the last non-flag officer to serve as President 1913-1917 Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight serves as President 1917 Rear Admiral William S. Sims begins his first term as President 1917-1918 Academic activities suspended due to World War I Collection information

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Material in this collection is in the public domain, unless otherwise noted.

Author, “Title,” Page or Date. Early records of the U.S. Naval War College, RG 1, Box number, Folder number. Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I.

This record group is comprised of correspondence, memoranda, lists, contracts, inventories, and plans regarding the establishment, administration and curriculum of the Naval War College, new building construction, and items relating to the establishment of a naval coaling station somewhere in the Narragansett Bay, R.I. Of particular interest may be correspondence with discussions about merging the NWC with the Naval Torpedo Station in 1888 and the possible removal of NWC to Washington, D.C. in 1910-1911. Also included are journals and letterpress copybooks kept by past NWC presidents, Charles Stockton and French E. Chadwick.

This collection is arranged in chronological order.

 Administrative information

Acquisition information is unknown.

This collection was first processed by former NHC Archivist, Evelyn Cherpak. During initial processing, correspondence regarding the early history of the Naval War College from 1892-1919 were removed from RG 2, Box 37 to RG 1 and replaced with photocopies.

In 2016, the collection was rehoused according to current archival standards and the finding aid was updated.

Two reels of microfilm with selections of early records from 1884-1910 are available at the Naval Historical Collection.

No accruals are expected. This record group is closed.

 Subjects Aldrich, Nelson W. (Nelson Wilmarth), 1841-1915 Chadwick, French Ensor, 1844-1919 Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917 Goodrich, Caspar F. (Caspar Frederick), 1847-1925 Herbert, Hilary A. (Hilary Abner), 1834-1919 Knight, Austin Melvin, 1854-1927 Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917 Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914 Mason, George C. (George Champlin), 1820-1894 Merrell, John Porter, 1846-1916 Perry, Raymond R., 1894-1925 Rodgers, William Ledyard, 1860-1940 Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911 Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 Sperry, Charles S. (Charles Stillman), 1847-1911 Taylor, H. C. (Henry Clay), 1845-1904 Narragansett Bay--History United States. Department of the Navy--Correspondence United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.)--History Naval War College (U.S.)--History Naval education--History Types of materials Contracts Financial records Letter books Letters (correspondence) Lists Memorandums Military orders Reports Additional information

Administrative records, RG 2, Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I. Mail and File records, RG 3, Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I.

1 1 Inventories of documents in RG 1 undated 1 2 Letter from Winfield S. Schley, Chief of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting to Commodore Stephen B. Luce regarding a mess cook for the New Hampshire 10 Apr 1883 1 2 Letter from Robert E. Peary, Civil Engineer, USN to Luce 24 Jun 1884 1 2 Letter from Peary to Commander William T. Sampson 26 Jun 1884 1 2 Letter to Luce from S. W. Crawford about the foundation of the Naval War College (NWC) 5 Sep 1884 1 2 Letters from Schley to Captain A. R. Yates regarding the assignment and wages of personnel at NWC 1 Oct 1884 1 2 Rough notes of Luce to Captain Walker (Navy Department) concerning furniture, cooking utensils, etc. in the Asylum Building (Founders Hall) 6-11 Oct 1884 1 2 Letter from F. D. Wilson, Chief of Bureau of Construction and Repair to Luce about the removal of furniture from the Asylum Building to the New Hampshire 8 Oct 1884 1 2 Letter from Schley to Luce about funds for the NWC 8 Oct 1884 1 2 Letter from Commodore P. C. Johnson to Luce 10 Oct 1884 1 2 Postcard from the Army Adjutant General’s Office to Luce conveying the appointment of Lieutenant Tasker H. Bliss as professor of military science 13 Oct 1884 1 2 Letters from Luce to William E. Chandler, Secretary of the Navy about a steam barge for transportation to Coaster's Harbor Island and nomination of officers for the NWC 21-28 Oct 1884 1 2 Letter from Luce to Schley about enlistments 28 Oct 1884 1 2 Letters from Walker to Luce regarding moorings and tripods 11 Nov 1884 1 2 Telegram from Johnson to Luce 11 Nov 1884 1 2 Letter from Luce to Chandler concerning the detail of an Army officer to the NWC 28 Nov 1884 1 2 Letter from J. C. Ropes to Luce concerning the NWC 14 Dec 1884 1 2 Letter from Luce to Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island about appropriations 22 Dec 1884 1 2 Letter from Robert W. Allen, Paymaster to Luce in which Allen reports to duty 27 Jan 1885 1 2 Letter from Navy Department to Professor J. Russell Soley, Navy Department Library asking Soley to prepare a course of lectures on International law for delivery at NWC in addition to his present duties 29 Jan 1885 1 2 Letter from Soley, Professor of International Law to Luce in which Soley reports to duty 31 Jan 1885 1 2 Letter from John Hancock, Committee of Appropriations, to Luce in which he includes a handwritten copy of a letter from Admiral David Dixon Porter to Mr. Randall with a copy of a bill regarding appropriations for War College building and clerk 2 and 23 Feb 1885 1 2 Letter from Sampson to Luce in which he concurs with Luce that an Army officer should be assigned to the staff of the new War College 26 Feb 1886 1 2 Inventory of Naval War College property 5 Mar 1885 1 2 Letter from W. Matthews to Luce about teaching military science and history 23 Mar 1885 1 2 Letter from Commander H. B. Robeson to Commander R. Chandler, Navy Yard 4 Apr 1885 1 2 Letter from William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, to Luce 7 Apr 1885 1 2 Letter from R. H. West, machinist, to Lieutenant L. C. Logan 18 May 1885 1 2 Letter from Logan to Charles H. Loring, Chief of Bureau of Steam Engineering 8 Jun 1885 1 2 Letter from Loring to Logan 22 Jun 1885 1 2 Letter from Schley to Luce 25 Jun 1885 1 2 Invoice from Bureau Steam Engineering 27 Jun 1885 1 3 Letter from Loring to Logan 1 Jul 1885 1 3 Letter from Soley to Luce listing books on the subject of international law 17 Jul 1885 1 3 Letter from Loring to Logan 18 Jul 1885 1 3 Letter from Whitney to Luce; includes a cablegram sent to Mahan in San Francisco 27 Jul 1885 1 3 Letter from Schley to Luce 31 Jul 1885 1 3 Proposals for repairing college building on Coasters Harbor Island 7 Aug 1885 1 3 Letter from J. H. Vail, General Superintendent to Schley 15 Aug 1885 1 3 Letter from Francis T. Bowles, Assistant Navigation Constructor, to Luce 15 Aug 1885 1 3 Note from W. P. Sheffield to Luce regarding the Perry Monument 15 Aug 1885 1 3 Letter from Luce to J. G. Walker, Chief of Bureau of Navigation about requisitioning books for the NWC Library 17 Aug 1885 1 3 Letter from Commander Harry Taylor to Luce 18 Aug 1885 1 3 Letter from D. B. Harmony, Acting Secretary of the Navy, to Luce 25 Aug 1885 1 3 Special Order No. 195: Appointment of Army 1st Lieutenant Taker H. Bliss as instructor of military science at NWC. 26 Aug 1885 1 3 Order from Luce detailing the upcoming lecture schedule 2 Sep 1885 1 3 Letter from Harmony to Luce regarding the detail of certain officers at NWC 7 Sep 1885 1 3 Letter from Yates to Luce 8 Sep 1885 1 3 Letter from Ropes to Luce concerning lectures 15 Sep 1885 1 3 Letter from Captain Henry Clay Cochran, USMC to Commandant Charles G. McCawley, USMC about Luce's request for Marine officer lecturer 17 Sep 1885 1 3 Letter from Ropes to Luce concerning lectures 18 Sep 1885 1 3 Note from McCawley to Luce 19 Sep 1885 1 3 Copy of report of Superintendent Naval War College 30 Sep 1885 1 3 Letter from Soley to Luce concerning lectures delivered during first year at the college 3 Oct 1885 1 3 Letter from Thomas J. Cowie, Assistant Paymaster, USN, to Luce 13 Oct 1885 1 3 Letter from West to Logan 16 Nov 1885 1 3 Letter from Lieutenant Commander Edwin White to Luce concerning water pipe connection for War College 23 Nov 1885 1 3 Order for and survey of the Engine Department on board USS Steam Launch No. 62 from Luce to Lieutenant A. P. Osborn (Duplicated included) 3-4 Dec 1885 1 3 Telegram from Loring to Luce 4 Dec 1885 1 3 Bill from Robert McIntosh for mason work 4 Dec 1885 1 3 Letter from Whitney to Luce regarding the establishment of a course of study in naval architecture 7 Dec 1885 1 3 Letter from M. H. Smith, Acting Chief of Bureau of Steam Engineering, to Luce 11 Dec 1885 1 3 Letter from Bowles to Luce concerning an article on the modern battleship 18 Dec 1885 1 3 Letters from Herreshoff Manufacturing Company to S. B. Luce 21, 23 Dec 1885 1 4 List of repairs to heater by R. W. West, machinist circa 1885 1 5 Specifications for the necessary labor and materials for renovations, plumbing and sewer circa 1885-1886 1 6 Letter from West to Logan 14 Jan 1886 1 6 Letter from Loring to Luce 14 Jan 1886 1 6 Letter from Frank H. Clark, Paymaster, USN to Walker 15 Jan 1886 1 6 Letter from B. H. McCalla, Bureau of Navigation to Luce regarding lecturers for the next term 16 Jan 1886 1 6 Letter from the Navy Department to President, Naval War College 18 Jan 1886 1 6 Letter from Adjutant General R. C. Drumm to Luce about Army officers at lecturers 19 Jan 1886 1 6 Letter from McCalla to Luce about Army business 22 Jan 1886 1 6 Letter from Schley to Luce 26 Jan 1886 1 6 Letter from Bowles to Luce about naval architecture lectures 27 Jan 1886 1 6 Letter from Smith to Luce 4 Mar 1886 1 6 Invoice from the Bureau of Steam Engineering 5 Mar 1886 1 6 Note from The People's Coal Company to Luce 27 Mar 1886 1 6 Requisition for piping 3 Apr 1886 1 6 Letter from Ropes to Luce 4 Apr 1886 1 6 Invoice from the Bureau of Steam Engineering 8 Apr 1886 1 6 Letter from Ropes to Luce concerning lectures 25 Apr 1886 1 6 Letter from Captain Maguire, U.S. Engineer Officer, to Luce regarding lectures on engineering 11 May 1886 1 6 Letter from Lieutenant Charles G. Cornwell to Luce concerning a lecture on compass deviation aboard iron ships 13 May 1886 1 6 Letter from Walker to Luce about an alarm for the War College 17 May 1886 1 6 Letter from Senator Aldrich to Luce concerning appropriations for the War College 17 May 1886 1 6 Rough draft of letter concerning appropriations for the War College from Luce to Hon. Charles H. Boutelli 27 May 1886 1 6 Letter from Loring to Luce 27 May 1886 1 6 List of library books required for U. S. Naval War College 29 May 1886 1 6 List of additional books (contributed by Forbes) 29 May 1886 1 7 Letter from H. A. Goldsborough, Acting Chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair to Luce 23 June 1886 1 7 Note from Frank G. Harris to Logan 29 Jun 1886 1 7 Circular letter from the Chief Clerk of the Navy Department to Luce with a proposal for coal form 27 Jul 1886 1 7 Letter from S. F. Baird, Secretary, Smithsonian Institute, to Logan 30 Jul 1886 1 7 Telephone bills from the Newport Suburban Telephone Exchange Jul-Aug 1886 1 7 Request for steam launch parts from the Bureau of Steam Engineers 23 Aug 1886 1 7 List of library books received 6 Sep 1886 1 7 Proposals received to repair War College building 15 Sep 1886 1 7 Contract between Peter Knowe of Newport and the U.S. government for construction work to be done in the War College building 20 Sep 1886 1 7 Letter from William J. Phees, Acting Secretary, Smithsonian Institute, to Logan 21 Sep 1886 1 7 Letter from Fred F. French to Logan 24 Sep 1886 1 7 Letter from Heckscher Coal Company to Naval War College 30 Sep 1886 1 7 Report of Superintendent of Naval War College, Captain Alfred T. Mahan, President 19 Oct 1886 1 7 Special Orders No. 240 for Captain William H. Bixby, Corps of Engineers to consult with the President, Naval War College 15 Oct 1886 1 7 Letter from T. A. Lyons to Logan 18 Oct 1886 1 7 Letter from Goldsborough to A. Mahan 19 Oct 1886 1 7 Open purchase requisition for repairs in Steam Launch No. 62 20 Oct 1886 1 7 Letter from Herreshoff Manufacturing Company to Logan 12 Nov 1886 1 7 Letter from Smith to Mahan 18 Nov 1886 1 7 Note from Loring to Yates about radiators ordered 30 Nov 1886 1 7 Letter from Herreshoff Manufacturing Company to Logan 1 Dec 1886 1 7 Letter from Heckscher Coal Company to Logan 3 Dec 1886 1 7 Invoice for heaters from the Bureau of Steam Engineers 11 Dec 1886 1 8 Proposed budget - Fiscal Year 1887 1886-1887 1 9 Specifications for the necessary labor and materials required to repair War College building with informal bids to repair circa 1886-1887 1 10 Class of 1886 circa 1886-1887 1 11 Letter from B. F. Stevens, book dealer, to Chief of Bureau of Navigation 22 Feb 1887 1 11 Bill for range utensils from William K. Covall, Jr. Apr 1887 1 11 Letter from Herreshoff Manufacturing Company to Lieutenant Duncan Kennedy with an attached letter to Loring 20 Apr 1887 1 11 Acknowledgment of receipt of supplies from Bureau of Construction and Repair 30 Apr 1887 1 11 Bill for coal from William J. Swinburne 13 May 1887 1 11 Receipt for kerosene cans, William H. Latham 17 May 1887 1 11 Bill from William K. Covall, Jr. 18 May 1887 1 11 Bills from Hammett's lumber yard 21-23 May 1887 1 11 Bills from George C. Barer & Son, Dr., painters and glazers 24 May 1887 1 11 Bill from Swimburne Peckham & Company for lumber and hardware 2 Jun 1887 1 11 Receipt for labor by Charles E. Borden 2 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Seth B. Hammett for gutters and leaders 6 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Post Quartermaster's Office for oats, etc. 7 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from the Electrical Supply Company 10 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Herreshoff Manufacturing Company 10 Jun 1887 1 11 Bills from William J. Swinburne for coal 21 May, 10 Jun 1887 1 11 Bills from Gardiner B. Reynolds & Company for wood 10 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill and receipt from E. S. Greeley & Company for telephone and telegraph supplies 11 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from American Electrical Works 13 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Albert Hammett 16, 20 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from George C. Baker & Son for paint supplies 18 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Peter F. Clark, Dr., practical horseshoer 20 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Charles Scribner's Sons for encyclopedia 21 Jun 1887 1 11 Letter from McCalla to Mahan regarding coal bids 22 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Charles E. Borden for whitewashing of War College building 23 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Philip F. Conroy, plumber 23 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Swinburne, Peckham & Company for lumber supplies 28 Jun 1887 1 11 Bills from William J. Swinburne for coal 29 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from J. G. Stevens for grass seed 30 Jun 1887 1 11 Bill from Swinburne, Peckham & Company for lumber, etc. 1 Jul 1887 1 11 Bill from J. L. Cookinham for harness 4 Aug 1887 1 11 Bill from Post Quartermaster's Office for oats, etc. 5 Aug 1887 1 11 Bill from Gardiner B. Reynolds & Co. for coal 17 Aug 1887 1 11 Copy of a letter from Schley to Yates 25 Aug 1887 1 12 List of officers at Naval War College Sep 1887 1 13 Bill from Post Quartermaster's Office for oats, etc. 2 Sep 1887 1 13 Bill from Peter F. Clark, practical horseshoer 10 Oct 1887 1 13 Receipt from Merchants Steam Line for articles to be shipped to Naval War College 22 Oct 1887 1 13 Report by Board of Inspection on articles received on order of Bureau of Navigation 7 Nov 1887 1 13 Report by Board of Inspection on articles, Bureau of Navigation 7 Nov 1887 1 13 Bill from Post Quartermaster's Office for oats, etc. 23 Nov 1887 1 13 Report from Board of Inspection on articles on Req. No. 1, Bureau of Construction and Repair (Duplicate included) 28 Nov 1887 1 13 Letter from J. E. Walker , Bureau of Navigation to the President, Naval War College 30 Nov 1887 1 14 Bill from Western Union Telegraph Co. Feb 1888 1 14 Petition to Secretary of the Navy against merging of college with Torpedo Station, signed by Luce and others 13 Aug 1888 1 14 Letter from Harmony to Mahan 10 Sep 1888 1 14 Survey on one boiler of Steam Launch (Herreshoff No. 62) 10 Oct 1888 1 14 Typed transcription of the report on War College by Commander C. F. Goodrich, Inspector of Ordnance, in charge of station, to Chief of Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Dept. 25 Oct 1889 1 14 Report of Survey, Bureau of Construction and Repair (Duplicate included) 29 Oct 1888 1 15 Open purchase requisition to Chief of the Bureau of Navigation for office supplies 6 Jun 1891 1 15 Contract for the construction of a building for use by the Naval Torpedo Station and War College between Ashton S. Tourison and the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation 5 Sep 1891 1 15 Open purchase requisition from the office of the General Storekeeper for office supplies 29 Sep 1891 1 15 Contract for the furnishing and supply a steam-heating apparatus for the Naval Torpedo Station and War College between the Walworth Construction and Supply Company and the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation (Duplicate included) 16 Nov 1891 1 15 Copy of a letter from Theodore F. Jewell to Commander Naval Training Station, Newport, R.I. 27 Nov 1891 1 16 Pamphlet: Specifications for the construction of a building for use by the Naval Torpedo Station and War College, by George C. Mason & Son, Architects 1891 1 16 Contract for the construction of a building for use by the Naval Torpedo Station and War College 1891 1 16 Summary of report of Board to consolidate stations at Newport and proposed general order and the Comments on Report of Board of consolidation in Newport circa 1891 1 17 Bureau of Navigation, Report of special survey 26 Jan 1892 1 17 Pamphlet: Specifications for furnishing an additional water supply, with plant, on Coaster's Harbor Island for the Naval War College and Torpedo School 14 Mar 1892 1 17 Pamphlet: Specifications for grading and constructing a roadway about the new War College building 14 Mar 1892 1 17 Specifications of electric fixtures required 18 Mar 1892 1 17 Certificate of insurance from the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. 24 Mar 1892 1 17 Rough copy of open purchase requisition for kitchen appliances 27 Apr 1892 1 17 Certificates as to the electric lighting 22 Apr 1892 1 17 Contract and Specifications for grading and constructing a roadway about the new War College building between James Corrigan and the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation 28 Apr 1892 1 17 Navy Department, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing proposal (four copies) June 1892 1 17 Letter from A. C. Walworth, President of Walworth Construction and Supply Company to Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Stockton 9 Jun 1892 1 17 List of regulations regarding the relations of the War College and Naval Training Station by B. F. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy 15 Jul 1892 1 17 Invoice of articles transferred by Captain F. M. Bunce, U. S. Naval Training Station to Captain A. T. Mahan, U. S. Naval War College 21 Jul 1892 1 17 List of tools in carpenter's chest 30 Jul 1892 1 17 Letter from Captain F. M. Bunce to the Secretary of the Navy in which he disagrees with extending the boundaries of the War College 3 Aug 1892 1 17 Letter from Bunce 4 Aug 1892 1 17 Letter from James R. Soley, Acting Secretary of the Navy to Mahan 11 Aug 1892 1 17 Letter from Soley to Mahan with two attached letters, addressed to Mahan: one from Stockton, 18 Jul 1892, and one from Bunce, 21 Jul 1892, regarding the relations between the Training Station and the War College 20 Aug 1892 1 17 Invoice of Construction Repair Stores delivered by Bunce to Mahan 23 Aug 1892 1 17 Letters from Storer to Captain Mahan 4, 18 Sep 1892 1 17 Letter from Chief of Bureau of Navigation to Mahan with an attached memorandum listing the expenditures and liabilities of the War College for 1892 5 Sep 1892 1 17 Report from Mahan, President Naval War College and Torpedo School to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy 29 Oct 1892 1 18 Inventories of houses circa 1892 1 18 Inventory of rooms circa 1892 1 18 Sketch for wiring of War College buildings circa 1892 1 19 Letters from Storer to Stockton 23, 25 May 1893 1 19 Letter and report from Bunce, Mahan, and Chadwick to the Secretary of the Navy regarding the recommendation for the relations between the War College and training station on Coaster's Harbor Island 3 Aug 1893 1 19 Winter outline of duty - includes chronology and description of course of study and U.S. Naval War College and Torpedo School 25 Sep 1893 1 19 Letter from F. A. Cook, Acting Chief of Bureau of Navigation to President, Naval War College and Torpedo School 2 Dec 1893 1 19 Letter from Captain F. M. Bunce to the President, Naval War College and Torpedo School 7 Dec 1893 1 19 Letter from Philip Hichborne, Chief Constructor, to Commander Henry C. Taylor, U.S.N., President, Naval War College and Torpedo School 8 Dec 1893 1 19 Letter from Taylor to Luce requesting support for NWC in upcoming Congressional committee hearing 28 Dec 1893 1 19 Letter from L. C. Lemly, Navy Department, Office of the Judge Advocate General, to Taylor 28 Dec 1893 1 19 Letter from Colonel Commandant Charles Heywood, USMC, to Taylor about detailing a Marine officer at the War College 29 Dec 1893 1 20 Proposed schedule of lectures circa 1893 1 20 Tools and stores required for use of War College launch circa 1893 1 20 Proposed schedule of lectures 1893 1 21 Proposed scheme for Captain Miller's naval militia with a letter from the Assistant Secretary 1 Jul 1894 1 21 Letter from Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, Ret. to the President of the War College and Torpedo School 13 Feb 1894 1 21 Letter from D. Russell Brown, Governor of Rhode Island to Taylor regarding the closing of the War College 13 Feb 1894 1 21 Letter from President, Naval War College to the Secretary of the Navy explaining a letter to the Governor of Rhode Island for support to continue appropriation of the War College 1 Mar 1894 1 21 Letters from Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy, to Taylor 12, 13 Mar 1894 1 21 Letter from Taylor to the Secretary of the Naval Library about plans for a summer course with an attached memorandum 5-6 Apr 1894 1 21 Letter from Taylor to Herbert 27 Apr 1894 1 21 Opening program, June 12-16 June 1894 1 21 Letter from Captain D. T. Mertwago, Captain, Imperial Russian Navy to Taylor, President of the Naval War College about books and examination questions for use by Russian Naval Ministry (photocopy included) 11 Jun 1894 1 21 Letter from Commander G. A. Converse to Taylor regarding torpedo instruction for War College officers 18 Jul 1894 1 21 Measurements of steam launches 14 Sep 1894 1 21 Letter from William McAdoo, Assistant Secretary, Navy Department to Taylor 11 Oct 1894 1 21 Note regarding turnover of paperwork on War College construction to college 15 Oct 1894 1 21 Letter from Captain D. T. Mertwago, Imperial Russian Navy, Naval Attaché Russian Legation, to Taylor requesting a copy of Taylor's report to the Secretary of the Navy (photocopy included) 11 Dec 1894 1 21 Letter from H. N. Sweet to Taylor regarding the coordination of a naval militia under the President of the War College 22 Dec 1894 1 21 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor regarding Mertwago's request for a report 26 Dec 1894 1 22 List of papers and courses 1893-1894 1 22 Instructions for defense of Gardiner's Bay circa 1894 1 22 List and description of Japan Armour-Clads circa 1894 1 22 List of questions regarding a naval battle circa 1894 1 22 Plan for location of scout at the time of declaration of war circa 1894 1 22 "Notes on Problem" regarding defense from New York to New Bedford circa 1894 1 22 List of officers circa 1894 1 22 Papers regarding steam launches and barges circa 1894 2 1 Letter from Kimberly to Taylor 2 Jan 1895 2 1 Letter from Herbert to Taylor concerning an assignment for Captain Mahan 23 Feb 1895 2 1 Letter from H. W. Lyons to Taylor 2 1 Letter from Lieutenant Richard Rush, Navy Department - Library and War Records to Taylor concerning a war game 13 Mar 1895 2 1 Letters from Hebert to Taylor regarding plans for summer maneuvers and special lectures 21, 25 Mar 1895 2 1 Letter from Lieutenant Commander Jeff F. Moser, Hydrographic Inspector, to Taylor 27 Mar 1895 2 1 Letter from Rush to Taylor 30 Mar 1895 2 1 Letter from John C. Ropes to Taylor 2 Apr 1895 2 1 Letter from Luce to Taylor 3 Apr 1895 2 1 Letters from Rush to Taylor concerning the use of the Navy Department Library 6, 15 Apr 1895 2 1 Letter from C. G. Calkins to Taylor 22 Apr 1895 2 1 Letter from Kimberly to Taylor concerning battle plan for conquering Canada 3 May 1895 2 1 Letter from Captain G. W. Summer, commander of the USS Columbia to Taylor 6 May 1895 2 1 Letter from Herbert to Taylor 11 May 1895 2 1 Letter from F. R. Coudert, Counsellor at Law, to Taylor regarding a lecture on international law or national policy 11 May 1895 2 1 Letter from Royal T. Frank to Taylor 12 May 1895 2 1 Letter from Kimberly to Taylor 13 May 1895 2 1 Letter from McAdoo, to Taylor about squadron evolutions 13 May 1895 2 1 Letter from William E. Russell, Attorney, to Taylor about lecturing at the college 14 May 1895 2 1 Letter from Commodore Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. to Taylor 15 May 1895 2 1 Letter from Yates to Logan 19 May 1895 2 1 Letter from G. W. Melville, Engineer in Chief, to Taylor 20 May 1895 2 1 Letter from Captain John H. Weeks to Taylor concerning the naval militia summer tour of duty 21 May 1895 2 1 Telegrams from McAdoo to Taylor 24 May 1895 2 1 Letters from McAdoo to Taylor 27 May 1895 2 1 Letter from Captain C. F. Shoemaker, Revenue Cutter Service, Chief of Division, to Taylor regarding the assignment of Coast Guard Officers as students 27 May 1895 2 2 Form letter from Andrew H. Allen, Chief of Bureau of Rolls and Library, Department of State, to Taylor 1 Jun 1895 2 2 Schedule of classes Jun-Oct 1895 2 2 Telegrams from McAdoo to H. C. Taylor 2-3 Jun 1895 2 2 Memorandum from Lieutenant W. L. Rodgers to President of the Naval War College 8 Jun 1895 2 2 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor about the publication of the opening address 15 Jun 1895 2 2 Letter from Commander J. W. Miller, President of the Providence Stonington Steamship Line to Taylor regarding charts for summer cruise 27 Jun 1895 2 2 Letter from Shoemaker to Taylor 28 Jun 1895 2 2 Letter from Miller to Taylor with an attached order of the Adjutant General about summer training for the New York Naval Militia 2 Jul 1895 2 2 Letter from Converse to Taylor concerning torpedo instruction 9 Jul 1895 2 2 Memorandum of shipment made by Pay Director, Rufus Parks, General Storekeeper at New York Navy Yard 11 Jul 1895 2 2 Letter from William E. Russell to Taylor 15 Jul 1895 2 2 Letter from Miller to Taylor with attached order of the Adjutant General 18 Jul 1895 2 2 Letters from Captain J. D. Babcock to Taylor 31 Jul, 4 Aug 1895 2 2 Letter from Lieutenant F. F. Fletcher, Commanding Officer of the USS Cushing to the Secretary of the Navy. Includes detailed report of the cruise of the Cushing through inland waters from Washington, D.C. to Jacksonville, Florida 31 Jul 1895 2 2 Letter from Taylor to Luce regarding the War College and Cuba 5 Aug 1895 2 2 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor 14 Aug 1895 2 2 Letter from Taylor to Commander Joshua Bishop 17 Aug 1895 2 2 Memorandum from U. S. Training Ship, Constellation 22 Aug 1895 2 2 Letter from Lieutenant W. L. Rodgers to President of the War College 22 Aug 1895 2 2 Letter from Alexi Porter Morse to Taylor about a lecture on international relations 26 Aug 1895 2 2 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor 27 Aug 1895 2 3 Memorandum of detachment, War College Service 1 Sep 1895 2 3 Letter from Charles Warren Lippitt, Governor of Rhode Island, to Taylor regarding an invitation to lecture on international relations 3 Sep 1895 2 3 Letter from H. R. Storer 5 Sep 1895 2 3 Letters from Herbert to Taylor 7 Sep 1895 2 3 Letter from Lieutenant C. E. Vreeland to Taylor 13 Sep 1895 2 3 Letter from Herbert to Taylor 17 Sep 1895 2 3 Letter from H. M. Adams, Acting Chief of Engineers, to Taylor 19 Sep 1895 2 3 Letter from Alexander Porter Morse to Taylor 23 Sep 1895 2 3 Letter from Converse to Taylor 5 Oct 1895 2 3 Letter from F. R. Coudert to Taylor refusing compensation for a lecture 15 Oct 1895 2 3 Letter from A. A. Adee, Assistant Secretary of State to Taylor 16 Oct 1895 2 3 Extract from Army and Navy Gazette, "Screw Foulers" 19 Oct 1895 2 3 Letter from 1st Lieutenant C. W. Penrose, 11th Infantry, Secretary, to Taylor 25 Oct 1895 2 3 Letter from Miller to Taylor 25 Oct 1895 2 3 Memoranda and a letter regarding War College officers joining U. S. Training Ship, Constellation Wardroom Mess 1 Nov 1895 2 3 Letter from Herbert to Taylor regarding the printing of Mr. Coudert's lectures 29 Nov 1895 2 3 Letter from Colonel Charles Heywood, USMC to Taylor 2 Dec 1895 2 3 Letters from McAdoo to Taylor 16-17 Dec 1895 2 4 Memorandum as to reconnaissance circa 1895 2 4 Review of system of naval tactics by Commander B. H. McCalla circa 1895 2 4 List of various features to be considered in regard to possible bases (Duplicate included) circa 1895 2 4 Memoranda for officers of committees 1-4 regarding long or short torpedo course circa 1895 2 4 Projected scheme of six lectures circa 1895 2 5 Letter from Frederic Emory, Chief, Bureau of Statistics, to Taylor concerning special consular reports, "Canals and Irrigation in foreign countries" 6 Jan 1896 2 5 Letter from Governor Lippitt to H. C. Taylor with questions regarding the value of fortifications of Block Island 11 Jan 1896 2 5 Letter from Lt. W. R. Rush to Taylor 15 Jan 1896 2 5 Telegram Herbert to Taylor with orders 22 Jan 1896 2 5 Letter from F. M. Ramsay, Acting Secretary to Captain Taylor confirming telegram of same date 22 Jan 1896 2 5 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor about the publication of an article in North American Review 24 Jan 1896 2 5 Letter from Heywood to Taylor about the assignment of Captain Cochrane to the NWC 24 Jan 1896 2 5 Telegram from Herbert to Taylor 10 Feb 1896 2 5 Letter from Addison Thomas to Taylor 21 Feb 1896 2 5 Letter from Ryerson Ritchie, Secretary, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce to Taylor about the publications of the War College 27 Feb 1896 2 5 Letter from Miller to Taylor 29 Feb 1896 2 5 Letter from A. W. Greely, Brigadier General and Chief Signal Officer, USA to Taylor about the receipt of copy of Coudert lecture 2 Mar 1896 2 5 Letter from Rush to Taylor 7 Mar 1896 2 5 Report of Survey on certain articles in the Construction Department, U.S. Naval Station (Duplicate included) 10 Mar 1896 2 5 Letter from Andrew H. Allen, Department of State to Taylor regarding Frederic Coudert lecture, "International Law, Right of Ships" 12 Mar 1896 2 5 Report of Survey on certain articles in the Construction Department, U.S. Naval Station (Duplicate included) 18 Mar 1896 2 5 Letter from Greely to Taylor about the receipt of lectures on international law by Professor Freeman Snow 17 Mar 1896 2 5 Memorandum from John Tweedale Chief Clerk of the War Department to General T. M. Vincent, A.A.G. about the receipt of Naval War College Solution of the Problem, 1895 18 Mar 1896 2 5 Typed transcription of telegram from Herbert to Taylor granting permission to see Rhode Island Senators 23 Mar 1896 2 5 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor granting authorization to give abstract to Swedish Naval Captain Flach 23 Mar 1896 2 5 Telegram from F. M. Ramsay to Taylor regarding an appearance before the House Committee on Interstate Commerce 31 Mar 1896 2 5 Letter from Tiffany and Co. to Mr. Frank Marble 7 Apr 1896 2 5 Letter and list of medal collection from George F. Kunz to Taylor 8 Apr 1896 2 5 Letter from Converse to Taylor with instructions by Lieutenant Hutchins 16 Apr 1896 2 5 Letters from Herbert to Taylor about lectures and lecturers, and detaching of two officers for sea duty 20 Apr 1896 2 5 Letter from Thomas C. McCollom to Taylor expressing his regret at being relieved from duty at the War College 22 Apr 1896 2 5 Letter from Heywood to Taylor about the detail of officers for duty at NWC 27 Apr 1896 2 5 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor regarding the assignment of Army officers at NWC 27 Apr 1896 2 5 Letter from Herbert to Taylor regarding the lectures of Generals Lippitt and Meyer 28 Apr 1896 2 5 Letter from Converse to Taylor about the Torpedo School Course 29 Apr 1896 2 5 Letters from Taylor to Rush 29 Apr 1896 2 6a Daily reports of progress of work on War College building May-Jun 1896 2 6b Daily time reports of labor on War College building 1 May-26 Jun 1896 2 6 Letter from Captain W. M. Black, Corps of Engineers, USA to Taylor about the size of a probably English Fleet in the Gulf of Mexico 2 May 1896 2 6 List of supplies and costs (with attached open purchase requisition, measurements, descriptions of services) 9 May 1896 2 6 Memorandum for President of War College from F. C. Prindle, Civil Engineer 25 May 1896 2 6 Typed transcription of a telegram from Herbert to Taylor with orders 26 May 1896 2 6 Report on condition of War College building by F. W. Dickins, Commander 27 May 1896 2 6 Rough draft of a report from Lieutenant Conch on the condition of War College building to the Secretary of War 27 May 1896 2 6 Letter from Lieutenant C. H. Harlow to Taylor about the homing pigeon service 6 Jun 1896 2 6 Memorandum of shipment 8 Jun 1896 2 6 List of supplies for sailing launch 10 Jun 1896 2 6 Memorandum from F. C. Prindle, Civil Engineer to President, Naval War College about repairs that are needed and those that have been completed 12 Jun 1896 2 6 Repairs and labor costs 13 Jun 1896 2 6 Letter from Stockton to Taylor about the architecture and construction of college building (a typed transcription is also included) 20 Jun 1896 2 6 Letter from Commander Thomas Perry to Taylor with his appreciation of Abstract of the War College of 1885 27 Jun 1896 2 6 Letter from Lieutenant J. H. Bull to Taylor concerning A. L. Wetherill's report on military defense of islands of Bermuda 30 Jun 1896 2 6 Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence Wetherill, National Guard of Pennsylvania, to Taylor 2 Jul 1896 2 6 Letter from Herbert to Taylor 9 Jul 1896 2 6 Letter from Herbert to Taylor regarding orders (Duplicate included) 14 Jul 1896 2 6 Letter from H. R. Storer to Lt. Marble 15 Jul 1896 2 6 Letter from Melville Bull to Taylor 12 Aug 1896 2 6 Letter from Frank H. Child, photographer to Taylor 21 Aug 1896 2 6 Letter from Meyer to Taylor 24 Aug 1896 2 6 Letter from Frank H. Child to Taylor about photographs of the presidents of the NWC 23 Sep 1896 2 6 Letter from Samuel R. Honey, Attorney, to Taylor about the British Blue Book 25 Sep 1896 2 6 Letter from R. T. Frank, U.S. Artillery School, to Taylor regarding the Problem of 1895 29 Sep 1896 2 7 Letter from Herbert to Taylor with an attached letter from F. M. Ramsay, Chief of Bureau of Navigation, concerning personnel for the college 8, 31 Oct 1896 2 7 Letter from Ramsay to Taylor with orders 20 Oct 1896 2 7 Letter from T. W. Eckert, President, Western Union Telegraph Company to Taylor 22 Oct 1896 2 7 Telegram from Wallace to Taylor 1 Nov 1896 2 7 Letter from H. G. Dresel, Secretary and Treasurer, U.S. Naval Institute to Taylor asking permission for publication of lectures 9 Nov 1896 2 7 Letter from Truman H. Newbury, Michigan State Naval Brigade to Taylor 10 Nov 1896 2 7 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor about organizing yachts and yacht owners for reserve 12 Nov 1896 2 7 Letter from Dresel to Taylor concerning the publication of lectures by the Naval Institute 13 Nov 1896 2 7 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor with orders to report to Washington 19 Nov 1896 2 7 List of furniture in S.W. Quarters circa Dec 1896 2 7 Report of Board of Inspection on fire service, Naval War College Dec 1896 2 7 Letter from Herbert to Taylor ordering Taylor to USS Indiana 3 Dec 1896 2 7 Letter from Lt. W. H. Schuetze to Captain H. C. Taylor 9 Dec 1896 2 7 Letter from McAdoo to Taylor 10 Dec 1896 2 7 Letter from Herbert containing orders to Commander C. F. Goodrich to relieve Taylor as War College President 11 Dec 1896 2 7 Report from Captain H. C. Taylor to Assistant Secretary of the Navy on Naval Reserve (naval militia) 12 Dec 1896 2 7 Typed transcription of a letter from Luce to Taylor with an undated later from Luce to Lieutenant William M. Wood on the reverse side 12 Dec 1896 2 8 Copy of memorandum regarding medals by Frank Marble circa 1896 2 8 Amount expended on appropriations circa 1896 2 8 List of maps and plans circa 1897 2 8 Plan for supplying rain water to War College apartments circa 1897 2 8 Costs for War College lighting circa 1897 2 8 Cost for repairs to War College roof circa 1897 2 9 Test of water service report by Lieutenant Commander J. E. Pillsbury 4 Jan 1897 2 9 Report on boiler and engine of War College launch #62 15 Jan 1897 2 9 Report on Ward Boiler of steam cutter #62 30 Jan 1897 2 9 Report (quarter ending) of steam tugs and steam launches 31 Mar 1897 2 9 Voltage in the War College 19 Mar 1897 2 9 Weekly schedules 5 Jun-21 Aug 1897 2 9 Memorandum for Commanding Officer regarding a repair estimate 11 Aug 1897 2 9 Letter from George Peirce, Supervisor, Old Colony Steamboat Co., Fall River Line to Commander C. F. Goodrich with attached letters from S. A. Gardner, Superintendent to George Peirce 13-23 Aug 1897 2 9 Weekly schedules 28 Aug-15 Sep 1897 2 9 Bills for boiler parts Sep 1897 2 10 Letter from A. S. Tourison, carpenter and builder to George C. Mason, Architect 22 Feb 1898 2 10 Letter from T. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary to Goodrich, with letter attached from Charles O'Neil, Chief of Bureau of Ordnance, to Chief of Bureau of Supplies and Accounts about the sale of surplus materials 2 Mar 1898 2 10 Letters concerning New Orleans as a base of supplies: Goodrich to Stuyvesant Fish, President of the Illinois Central Railroad and a letter from Fish to Goodrich with an attached letter from Fish to Theodore Roosevelt 19, 21-24 Mar, 4 Apr 1898 2 10 Fire service report 31 May 1898 2 10 The Commandant, U.S. Naval Station, Newport, R.I., regarding repairs to boiler of steam launch Arrow with attached memorandum 24-29 Aug 1898 2 10 Letter from George C. Mason, Architect to Stockton expressing his inability to come to Newport 26 Aug 1898 2 10 Letter from Ashton S. Tourison, carpenter and builder to Stockton 29 Aug 1898 2 10 Letter from Ashton S. Tourison to George C. Mason 19 Sep 1898 2 10 Letter from George C. Mason to Stockton with attached memorandum 20 Sep 1898 2 10 Report by Lt. Little, Executive Officer to Commanding Officer, USS Constellation about the amount of labor and materials required for repair on launch #17a 20 Sep 1898 2 10 Memorandum for Commanding Officer from Lt. William McCarty Little, Executive Officer about material required to repair Steam Launch "Daisy" 15 Dec 1898 2 11 Report - Arguments against the removal of the Naval War College to Annapolis, Maryland circa 1898 2 11 Summary of expenditures for extra repairs to War College building circa 1898 2 12 Memorandum for President of War College 12 Jan 1899 2 12 Letter from B. F. Stevens to Ensign Frederick A. Traut, Librarian, Naval War College 21 Feb 1899 2 12 Letter from G. P. Putnam's Sons to Traut 24 Feb 1899 2 12 Letter from Harper and Brothers to Traut 27 Feb 1899 2 12 Letter from Lemcke and Buechner to Traut 27 Feb 1899 2 12 Letter from G. P. Putnam's Sons to Traut 1 Mar 1899 2 12 Letter from L. C. Ferrell, Superintendent, Government Printing Office to Traut 20 Mar 1899 2 12 Letter from W. A. Simpson, Assistant Adjutant General to Traut 24 Mar 1899 2 12 Letter from B. F. Stevens to Traut 27 Mar 1899 2 12 Letter from Traut, Librarian to the Library Bureau 3 Apr 1899 2 12 Letter from W. E. Parker, Treas., Library Bureau to F. A. Grant, Ensign U.S.N. Librarian, (plans attached for map case and rack) 6 April 1899 2 12 Letter from [Traut] to Mr. W. E. Parker, Treasurer, Library Bureau 7 Apr 1899 2 12 Letter from Louis Goodwin, Library Bureau to F. A. Grant 20 Apr 1899 2 12 Letter from Rear Admiral George. E. Belknap, Massachusetts Nautical Training School to Stockton, President, Naval War College 10 May 1899 2 12 Letters from Ethel Bingham, Librarian, Military Historical Society of Massachusetts to Traut 18 May 1899 2 12 Schedule for 1st week May 1899 2 12 Letter from Henry Romeike to Stockton 2 Jun 1899 2 12 Letter from Henry Romeike to Traut 5 Jun 1899 2 12 Letter from B. F. Stevens and Brown to Traut 7 Jun 1889 2 12 Weekly schedules 10 Jun-29 Jul 1889 2 12 Letter from the Acting Adjutant and Inspector, U.S. Marine Corps to Traut 5 Aug 1889 2 12 Letter from W. H. Walmbury, Superintendent of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to Frank 17 Aug 1899 2 12 Letter from Captain J. E. Craig, Hydrographer to Traut 17 Aug 1899 2 12 Letter from F. S. Curtis, Chief Engineer of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to Frank 21 Aug 1899 2 12 Letter from Taylor to Traut (typed transcription also included) 30 Aug 1899 2 13 Letter from Commander J. E. Pillsbury, Equipment Officer to Traut 1 Sep 1899 2 13 Copy of a letter from Traut to William L. Sewell, Esq., Consul of the United States 14 Sep 1899 2 13 Unsigned letter from the U.S. Flagship Iowa to Traut 18 Sep 1899 2 13 Copy of a letter from C. H. Allen, Acting Secretary to Taylor 4 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from R. B. Bradford, Chief of Bureau of Navigation to the Secretary of the Navy regarding assembling a board to recommend a site for a coaling station in Narragansett Bay 13 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Captain E. M. Shepard to Lt. John M. Ellicott 20 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Lt. C. B. Moyar to Ellicott 20 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Lt. B. B. McCormick to Ellicott 20 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter to Ellicott with attached list 20 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Lt. C. Tweed to Ellicott 20 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Commander H. B. Mansfield to Ellicott 21 Nov 1899 2 13 Letters to Ellicott 21-22 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Lt. Commander J. C. Fremont to Ellicott 22 Nov 1899 2 13 Letters to Ellicott 22-23 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from John D. Long, Secretary, Navy Department to Taylor, appointing Taylor to the Board with Stockton and Lt. Commander Herbert Winslow 22 Nov 1899 2 13 Report on samples of water from Prudence Island by H. F. Brown, chemist 22 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Lt. A. A. McKethan to Ellicott 23 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Lt. H. O. Dunn to Ellicott 24 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Lt. Olmsted to Ellicott 24 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Lt. Commander Calkins to Ellicott 24 Nov 1899 2 13 Lists of National Officers for 1900 and addresses of corresponding secretaries for mariner's clubs circa 1899-1900 2 13 Letter from C. C. Townsend to Commander John A. Rodgers 25 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from Lt. Commander J. M. Helm to Ellicott 25 Nov 1899 2 13 Letter from H. M. Horton to Ellicott 27 Nov 1899 2 13 Unsigned report from a board convened to recommend site on Narragansett Bay for a coaling station, fresh water supply, small arm target practice and recreation ground for the use of the Navy Dec 1899 2 13 Letter to Ellicott 1 Dec 1899 2 13 Five copies of letters from the Board appointed to investigate a coaling station site on Narragansett Bay (Captain H. C. Taylor, President) to Benjamin Hall, Sr. and Jr. 2 Dec 1899-12 Feb 1900 2 13 Letter from Lt. A. A. Pratt to Ellicott 4 Dec 1899 2 13 Letter with list of clubs or associations of mariners in San Francisco from Commander U. Sebrue to Ellicott 4 Dec 1899 2 13 Letter from Benjamin Hall, Jr. to Stockton 4 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from Ellicott to the postmaster at San Diego, CA 9 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from Ellicott to the postmaster at Port Townsend, WA 9 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from to the postmaster at Gloucester, MA 9 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from Commander John A. Rodgers to Ellicott 12 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from John Perew to Ellicott 14 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from Benjamin Hall, Jr. to Stockton 15 Dec 1899 2 14 Copy of a letter from Taylor to Lewis Herreshoff of Bristol notifying Herreshoff of the board inquiring about the price of property owned by the Herreshoff family. Also attached is a copy of a letter from 20 Jan 1900 in which Taylor asks Herreshoff for an option 18 Dec 1899, 20 Jan 1899 2 14 Copies of Letters from Taylor to Hugh Norman inquiring about the price of land on Dyer Island and later asking for option or bond 18 Dec 1899-31 Jan 1900 2 14 Letter from Commander J. R. Selfridge to Ellicott 19 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from W. John Bois to Ellicott 20 Dec 1899 2 14 Drawing with measurements of soundings 20 Dec 1899 2 14 Letters from Benjamin Hall, Jr. to Captain Taylor 26 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from Ellicott to the postmaster at Belfast, ME 27 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from Ellicott to the postmaster at Portsmouth, NH 27 Dec 1899 2 14 Copy of a Report of Board on a coaling site in Narragansett Bay to the Secretary of the Navy 28 Dec 1899 2 14 Letter from John McGinley to Ellicott 29 Dec 1899 2 14 Copy of a letter from Philip Hichborne, Chief Constructor, to President, Naval War College (includes two attachments: Memo for Ex. Officer from Axel Sundquinst, Acting Carpenter and letter from T. P. Crowley, Proprietor of Marine Railway 30 Dec 1899 2 14 Unsigned report to the Secretary of the Navy 30 Dec 1899 2 14 Unsigned letter to the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment regarding ground tackle 30 Dec 1899 2 14 Unsigned letter to Bradford regarding dry dock 30 Dec 1899 2 15 Letter from James W. Cheney, Librarian to Mr. Henry Romeike circa 1899 2 15 Memorandum of questions regarding ship operations circa 1899 2 15 List of scrapbook subjects circa 1899 2 15 Bid for work at war college circa 1899-1900 2 15 Memorandum on coaling station in Narragansett Bay circa 1899-1900 2 15 Partial list of names, National Officers for 1899 circa 1899-1900 2 15 Blank memorandum of agreement circa 1900 2 15 Description and price of property on Conanicut Island circa 1900 2 15 Description and price of property on Goat Island circa 1900 2 15 Boundaries of Herreshoff property on Prudence Island circa 1900 2 15 Note from Mr. Benjamin Hall, Sr. regarding Portsmouth property circa 1900 2 15 Notes on Prudence Island circa 1900 2 15 Map of 115 acres circa 1900 2 15 Map of Prudence Island with lots and prices circa 1900 2 15 Map of south end of Prudence Island circa 1900 3 1 Letter from George A. Grubb to Ellicott 1 Jan 1900 3 1 Letter from R. B. Bradford, Chief of Bureau of Equipment to Taylor with a forwarded letter from George V. Cocker respecting the use of Hope Island as a coaling station 2 Jan 1900 3 1 Letter from George N. Durfee to Taylor about possible property for the coaling station 4 Jan 1900 3 1 Letter from J. B. Cromwell to Ellicott 5 Jan 1900 3 1 Letter from Bradford to the Secretary of the Navy about the coaling station 11 Jan 1900 3 1 Letter from John D. Long, Secretary to the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment 15 Jan 1900 3 1 Letters from Bradford to Taylor 17 Jan 1900 3 1 Receipt of U.S. Launch, Arrow, by T. P. Crowley, Proprietor Marine Railways 18 Jan 1900 3 1 Letter from J. T. Cranston of Narragansett to Stockton 20 Jan 1900 3 1 Estimate from Read Brothers, Yacht and Boat Designers and Buildings to Lt. W. R. Rush (includes two attachments: Estimate from John F. Pennycook to the Executive Office; Estimate from Newport Foundry and Co. to Lt. N. R. Rush 28 Jan 1900 3 1 Memorandum and letter from Bradford to Taylor 25 Jan 1900 3 1 Letter from A. O'D. Taylor, agent for the owner of Gould Island, to Taylor 26 Jan 1900 3 1 Copy of a letter from Taylor to Bradford asking for instruments for C. E. Menocal and a letter with options from Gould, Prudence and Conanicut Island properties 31 Jan, 14 Feb 1900 3 1 Copy of a letter from Taylor to R. C. Derby asking for comparative values on land on Prudence Island with an attached copy of a letter from Taylor to A. O'D. Taylor asking for option or bond 31 Jan 1900 3 1 Memorandum from J. Edward Weld to Taylor 1 Feb 1900 3 1 Letters from A .O'D. Taylor 2-9 Feb 1900 3 1 Letter from John McGinley to Ellicott 5 Feb 1900 3 1 Letter from Commander J. K. Cogswell to Ellicott 6 Feb 1900 3 1 Letters from Bradford to Taylor 7 Feb 1900 3 1 Letter from Benjamin Hall, Jr. to Taylor 9 Feb 1900 3 1 Letter from L. E. Kent, agent for the Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co. to Bradford (Typed transcription also included) 13 Feb 1900 3 1 Letter from Nicholson & Co. to Bradford, later forwarded to Taylor about the coaling station 13 Feb 1900 3 1 Letter from R. C. Derby to Taylor with an attached map 15 Feb 1900 3 1 Letter from Commander W. T. Swinburne to Stockton 26 Feb 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Taylor to sellers of land (L. C. Kent, B. Hall, R. C. Derby, and F. B. Fiske) for coaling station 7 Mar 1900 3 2 Letter from Benjamin Hall, Jr. to Taylor 7 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Taylor to Chief of Bureau of Equipment 12 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Taylor to Gardiner Calkings of Boston 12 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of letter from Taylor to Bradford 13 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Taylor to A. J. Menocal, Civil Engineer 13 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from A. J. Menocal, Civil Engineer to John B. Herreshoff 15 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Stockton to Lewis Herreshoff 19 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Stockton to Bradford 19 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Stockton to the Superintendent, Coast and Geodetic survey 19 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Stockton to F. B. Fiske, Esq. 19 Mar 1900 3 2 Letter from Grosvenor Calkins to Taylor 21 Mar 1900 3 2 Letter from Bradford to Stockton 22 Mar 1900 3 2 Letter from to Lewis Herreshoff 23 Mar 1900 3 2 Telegram from Stockton to Lewis Herreshoff 24 Mar 1900 3 2 Letters from R. C. Derby to Stockton 26-29 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Stockton to Lewis Herreshoff 29 Mar 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Stockton to Grosvenor Calkins 29 Mar 1900 3 2 Letters from R. C. Derby to Stockton 4-5 Apr 1900 3 2 Copy of letters from Stockton to Bradford 2 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from A. J. Menocal, Civil Engineer to Stockton 3 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from Richard R. Macomber to the Naval Board on coaling station site 4 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from Stockton to Richard R. Macomber 6 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from Stockton to Lewis Herreshoff 7 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from Stockton to Lucien E. Kent 10 Apr 1900 3 2 Copy of a letter from Grosvenor Calkins to Stockton 10 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from Stockton to F. B. Fiske 11 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from F. B. Fiske, Fiske Brothers Refining Co. to Stockton (with attached letters) 12 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from H. M. Howe to Stockton 12 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from Stockton to F. B. Fiske 13 Apr 1900 3 2 Letter from Stockton to Dr. H. M. Howe 14 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from Lewis Herreshoff to Stockton (with letters attached) 22 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from Stockton to Lewis Herreshoff 23 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from Bradford to Captain C. H. Stockton 23 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from Stockton to Grosvenor Calkins 24 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from Stockton to Bradford 24 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from Stockton to the Chief of Bureau of Equipment 24 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from Lucien E. Kent to Stockton (with attached letters) 25 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from to Lucien E. Kent 26 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from H. M. Howe to Captain C. H. Stockton 30 Apr 1900 3 3 Letter from R. B. Bradford to Stockton 2 May 1900 3 3 Letter from Stockton to Grosvenor Calkins 11 May 1900 3 3 Letter from Grosvenor Calkins to+D801 Stockton 12 May 1900 3 3 Telegram from Bradford to Stockton (typed copy) 26 May 1900 3 3 Telegram from Bradford to Stockton 27 May 1900 3 3 Orders detaching Stockton from duty as President of the Naval War College (typed transcription also included) 11 Oct 1900 3 4 List of equipment shipped from Portsmouth, NH. 3 Jan 1901 3 4 Typewritten copy of a letter from Captain French E. Chadwick, President of the Naval War College to Professor John Bassett Moore 26 Mar 1901 3 4 Typewritten copy of a letter from Chadwick to the Assistant Secretary of Navy 27 Mar 1901 3 4 Typewritten copy of a letter from John D. Long, Secretary to Rear Admiral H. C. Taylor, Member of the General Board 17 Apr 1901 3 4 Note regarding missing articles for steam launch 16 Mar 1901 3 4 Note regarding cotton canvas 1 May 1901 3 4 Letter from Edison R. Sunderland to Chadwick 22 Jun 1901 3 4 Letter from Thomas M. Owne, Director, Department of Archives and History, State of Alabama to Chadwick 22 Jun 1901 3 4 Letter from Herbert A. Allison, Susquehanna University, Department of Greek and History to Chadwick 24 Jun 1901 3 4 Note from J. C. Bartlett, M.D. to Chadwick 24 Jun 1901 3 4 Letter from William Richard Watson, Assistant Librarian, Carnegie Library to Chadwick 25 Jun 1901 3 4 Letter from William E. Foster, Providence Public Library to Chadwick 26 Jun 1901 3 4 Letter from Henry A. Sill to Chadwick 26 Jun 1901 3 4 Postcard from Dr. M. A. Scott to Chadwick 26 Jun 1901 3 4 Letter from Henry Z. Johnson to Chadwick 27 Jun 1901 3 4 Letter from Henry de Forest Baldwin to Chadwick 27 Jun 1901 3 4 Note from Walter L. Brown, Assistant Superintendent of the Buffalo Public Library to Chadwick 27 Jun 1901 3 4 Postcard from Thomas H. Clark, Law Library of Congress, to Chadwick 28 Jun 1901 3 4 Note from Herbert A. Allison to Chadwick 29 Jun 1901 3 4 Note on steam launch 22 Jul 1901 3 4 Note on grate bars 25 Jul 1901 3 5 Specification for extension of the Naval War College (Typewritten transcription included) 1 Jul 1902 3 6 Memorandum from B. F. Peters (with attached specifications for extension of War College) 28 Oct 1902 3 7 Specifications for Naval War College extension circa 1902 3 8 Insert of specifications for Naval War College extension circa 1902-1904 3 8 Lists for War College extension circa 1902-1904 3 8 Blueprints, drawings for War College extension circa 1902-1904 3 8 Pictures of radiators circa 1902-1904 3 9 Proposal for extension to Naval War College, Newport, R.I., Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation 16 Feb 1903 3 9 Contract voucher to Beattie & Wilcox, contractors 17 Mar 1903 3 9 Contract between Beattie & Wilcox and the United Stated by H. C. Taylor, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation 17 Mar 1903 3 9 Bond given by Beattie & Wilcox 20 Mar 1903 3 9 Diary of daily work on War College building 18 Apr-22 Jul 1903 3 9 Contract vouchers 12 May-1 Jun 1903 3 9 Estimates of appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, 1887 1 Jun 1903 3 9 Estimate of stonework 1 Jul 1903 3 9 Contract voucher 1 Jul 1903 3 9 Letter from Beattie & Wilcox to George A. McKay, Esq. 2 Jul 1903 3 9 List of dimensions of columns, beams, etc. 20 Jul 1903 3 9 Notes 25 Jul 1903 3 9 Contract vouchers Aug-Sep 1903 3 9 Letter from Beattie & Wilcox to George A. McKay, Esq. 4 Sep 1903 3 9 Reports of material shipped 4, 25 Sep 1903 3 9 Contract voucher 1 Oct 1903 3 9 Shipping invoices from The Boston Bridge Works 19-20 Oct 1903 3 9 Contract voucher 1 Nov 1903 3 9 Estimate for changes and extra piping, wiring 12 Dec 1903 3 9 Measurement for capitol, taken from plaster casting circa Jun 1903 3 10 List of light fixtures circa 1903 3 10 Lists: Electroliers of War College, dimensions, building supplies circa 1903 3 10 Specifications for wiring circa 1903 3 10 Estimated cost of underground cable through building No. 10 circa 1903 3 10 Memorandum of George C. Mason, architect of War College building circa 1903 3 10 Description of wiring construction of War College building circa 1903 3 10 Time cards for brickwork and stonework circa 1903 3 11 Contract voucher 1 Jan 1904 3 11 List of electrical fixtures 21 Jan 1904 3 11 List of materials and labor 22 Jan 1904 3 11 Contract voucher 1 Feb 1904 3 11 Letter from Captain Charles S. Sperry, President of the Naval War College to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation 2 Feb 1904 3 11 List of most favored nation privileges 2 Feb 1904 3 11 Letter from F. B. Loomis, Acting Secretary of the State Department to the Secretary of the Navy 19 Feb 1904 3 11 Contract voucher 1 Mar 1904 3 11 Letter from Sperry to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation 3 Mar 1904 3 11 Copy of endorsements on Naval War College letter No. 98 regarding naval attaches procuring copies of certain foreign treaties 3 Mar 1904 3 11 Sketches of library mantel 22 Mar 1904 3 11 Memorandum of finished flooring in the War College extension 24 Mar 1904 3 11 Letter from Stanford Newel to John Hay, Secretary of State 25 Mar 1904 3 11 Memorandum of furniture for Officers Quarters, Naval War College (Duplicate included) 28 Mar 1904 3 11 Additions to the deficiency estimate list 28 Mar 1904 3 11 Contract voucher 1 Apr 1904 3 11 Letter from John Hay to the Secretary of the Navy (endorsed by Sperry on 13 Apr 1904) 6 Apr 1904 3 11 Letter with endorsements regarding a dispatch from the legation at the Hague 9-25 Apr 1904 3 11 Contract voucher 1 May 1904 3 11 Letter from G. M. Angier Co. to Beattie & Wilcox 2 May 1904 3 11 Letter from Scannevin & Potter, general contractors to Lt. McKay 3 May 1904 3 11 Note regarding library tables 9 May 1904 3 11 Notes regarding wiring 12, 14 May 1904 3 11 Letter with endorsements regarding copies of treaties 17-19 May 1904 3 11 Contract voucher 1 Jun 1904 3 11 Copy of a letter from C. J. Sherry to Lt. Commander Roy C. Smith 18 Jun 1904 3 12 Construction of new War College building (Mahan Hall) circa 1904 3 12 Drawing circa 1904 3 12 Measurements circa 1904 3 12 Diaries of daily work circa 1904 3 12 List and prices of furniture circa 1904 3 12 List and prices of plumbing, fixtures, etc. circa 1904 3 12 Notes on plumbing and electrical systems circa 1904 3 12 Descriptions of materials for roof, floors, etc. circa 1904 3 12 List of work not included in contract circa 1904 3 13 Letter from W. L. Rodgers to Sperry with an account of the Russo-Japanese battle off Tsushima Island, 27 May 1905 13 Jun 1905 3 13 Letters and memorandums to Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas, Superintendent of the U. S. Training Station regarding the use of building no. 10 29 Jul -28 Sep 1905 3 13 Letter from Rear Admiral C. F. Goodrich to Sperry regarding his connection with the War College 5 Mar 1906 3 13 Letter from Frederick C. Hicks, Librarian to Sperry 1 Dec 1906 3 14 Memorandum for the President of the Naval War College from Captain R. P. Rodgers, Chief Intelligence Officer 9 Apr 1907 3 14 Letter from Luce to Mahan regarding Mahan's lectures on naval strategy 15 Jul 1907 3 14 Note regarding Mahan reminiscences 16 Nov 1907 3 14 Letter from Mahan to Rear Admiral John P. Merrell, President Naval War College, in which Mahan states that he is ready to write his reminiscences of NWC 16 Nov 1907 3 14 Letter from Luce to Merrell 18 Nov 1907 3 14 Record card regarding contacts with Mahan 12 Dec 1907 3 14 Telegram from Brownson to Merrell 12 Dec 1907 3 15 Letter from Mahan to Merrell in which Mahan forwarded a rough draft of his reminiscences 13 Mar 1908 3 15 Letter from Merrell to Mahan in which Merrell returns Mahan's rough draft 17 Mar 1908 3 15 Note from Mahan to Merrell with a corrected version of his reminiscences 19 Mar 1908 3 15 Reminiscences of Rear Admiral A. T. Mahan 24 Mar 1908 3 15 Letter from Mahan to Merrell 25 May 1908 3 15 Letter from Merrell to Mahan requesting Mahan to revise his lectures on naval strategy 29 May 1908 3 15 Letter from Mahan to Merrell 5 Jun 1908 3 15 Letter from Merrell to Mahan 21 Oct 1908 3 15 Letter from Merrell to Rear Admiral J. E. Pillsbury, Bureau of Navigation 21 Oct 1908 3 15 Letter from Merrell to Mahan 23 Oct 1908 3 15 Letter from Mahan to Merrell reporting for duty at NWC 31 Oct 1908 3 15 Record card referring to correspondence from the Commandant of the Training Station 16 Nov 1908 3 15 Letter from Commander W. F. Fureau, Commandant of Newport Training Station, to the Commandant Second Naval District, Naval War College about the trees that make the boundary between NWC and the Training Station 16 Nov 1908 3 15 Letter from Mahan to Merrell 17 Nov 1908 3 15 Letter from Merrell to A. T. Mahan 18 Nov 1908 3 15 Letter from Mahan to Merrell requesting books 30 Nov 1908 3 15 Letter from Merrell to Mahan 2 Dec 1908 3 15 Letters from Mahan to Merrell 3, 20 Dec 1908 3 16 Letter from Mahan to Merrell 24 Apr 1909 3 16 Letter from Merrell to Mahan 5 May 1909 3 16 Letter from Mahan to Merrell regarding his naval strategy lectures 10 May 1909 3 16 Letter from Merrell to Mahan 13 May 1909 3 16 Letters from Mahan to Merrell 22-31 May 1909 3 16 Cost of buildings list 1 Jun 1909 3 16 Letter from Merrell to Mahan 2 Jun 1909 3 16 Telegram from Pillsbury to Mahan 3 Jun 1909 3 16 Letter from Merrell to Mahan regarding Mahan's orders 3 Jun 1909 3 16 Letter from Mahan to Merrell 23 Jul 1909 3 16 Letter from Merrell to Mahan 29 Jul 1909 3 16 Letter from Mahan to Merrell 31 Jul 1909 3 16 Note from Merrell to Mahan 9 Aug 1909 3 16 Letter from Mahan to Merrell 26 Aug 1909 3 16 Letter from Merrell to Mahan 2 Sep 1909 3 16 Letter from Mahan to Merrell 7 Sep 1909 3 16 Letter from Merrell to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation 9 Sep 1909 3 16 Letter from Mahan to Merrell 10 Sep 1909 3 16 Letter from Merrell to Mahan 14 Sep 1909 3 16 Letters from Mahan to Merrell 14-25 Sep 1909 3 16 Letter from Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers, President, Naval War College, to Mahan regarding the continuance of Mahan's duty at NWC 19 Oct 1909 3 16 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 22 Oct 1909 4 1 Letters from Rodgers to Mahan 17-19 Jan 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 20 Jan 1910 4 1 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 21 Jan 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 27 Jan 1910 4 1 Memorandum for copyist from Mahan 27 Jan 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 31 Jan 1910 4 1 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 1 Feb 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 3 Feb 1910 4 1 Letters from Rodgers to Mahan 7-10 Feb 1910 4 1 Letters from Mahan to Rodgers 10-17 Feb 1910 4 1 Endorsement from Rodgers regarding Mahan 19 Feb 1910 4 1 Copy of orders from G. V. L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy to Mahan 26 Feb 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 4 Mar 1910 4 1 Copy of a letter from R. J. Tracewell, Comptroller of the Treasury to Mahan 5 Mar 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to the Secretary of the Navy 9 Mar 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 9 Mar 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Tracewell 9 Mar 1910 4 1 Endorsement from Rodgers regarding Mahan 10 Mar 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 10 Mar 1910 4 1 Fragment of a description of repairs 18 Mar 1910 4 1 Letter from Rodgers to Rear Admiral R. F. Nicholson, Chief of Bureau of Navigation 18 Mar 1910 4 1 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 18 Mar 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 18 Mar 1910 4 1 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 19 Mar 1910 4 1 Telegram from Nicholson to Rodgers 21 Mar 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 7 Apr 1910 4 1 Record card regarding Mahan 7 Apr-24 May 1912 4 1 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 11 Apr 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 14 Apr 1910 4 1 Memorandum 16 Apr 1910 4 1 Letters from Rodgers to Mahan 14-16 Apr 1910 4 1 Letters from Mahan to Rodgers 16-17 Apr 1910 4 1 Letters from Rodgers to Mahan 18, 23 Apr 1910 4 1 Letter from Frank Marble, Commander in Charge to Mahan 26 Apr 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 27 Apr 1910 4 1 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 28 Apr 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 30 Apr 1910 4 1 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 2 May 1910 4 1 Note to Captain Little 25 May 1910 4 1 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers (with an attached memo on the campaign of 1796 in Germany) 25 May 1910 4 1 Letters from Rodgers to Mahan 28-31 May 1910 4 2 Correspondence amongst Captain H. S. Knapp, Luce, Rodgers, Chadwick, Sperry, Mahan, and the General Board of the Department of the Navy about the removal of the NWC from Newport to the immediate vicinity of Washington. Includes arguments both for and against this recommendation. (Duplicates and drafts included) 10 Feb-16 Dec 1910 4 3 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 23 Aug 1910 4 3 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 29 Aug 1910 4 3 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 31 Aug 1910 4 3 Note from Rodgers to Mahan 31 Aug 1910 4 3 Letters from Mahan to Rodgers 10-28 Sep 1910 4 3 Letter from Rodgers to George Von L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy regarding the publication of Mahan's lectures 1 Oct 1910 4 3 Letter from Rodgers to Charles E. Taylor, Private Secretary to the Secretary of the Navy 1 Oct 1910 4 3 Letter from the Secretary of the Navy to Rodgers 11 Oct 1910 4 3 List of numbered letters sent to Mahan 17 Oct 1910 4 3 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 17 Oct 1910 4 3 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 19 Oct 1910 4 3 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 20 Oct 1910 4 3 Letter from Rodgers to Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright, Aid for Operations 6 Dec 1910 4 3 Letter from Wainwright to Rodgers 13 Dec 1910 4 3 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 14 Dec 1910 4 3 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 15 Dec 1910 4 4 Letters from Mahan to Rodgers 25 Mar, 22 Apr 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 3 May 1911 4 4 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 3 May 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Wainwright 3 May 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 4 May 1911 4 4 Letter from G. E. Yancey, Chief Clerk, Bureau of Navigation to Rodgers 9 May 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 10 May 1911 4 4 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 11 May 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 12 May 1911 4 4 Letters from Mahan to Rodgers 13-15 May 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 16 May 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to G. E. Yancy 16 May 1911 4 4 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 19 Jun 1911 4 4 Memorandum from Captain William Little to President, Naval War College 21 Jun 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 22 Jun 1911 4 4 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 26 Jun 1911 4 4 Memorandum from President, Naval War College to Bureau of Navigation 13 Jul 1911 4 4 Memorandum from H. B. Wilson, Acting Chief of Bureau of Navigation to President, Naval War College 24 Jul 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 24 Jul 1911 4 4 Note from Rodgers to Yancey 24 Jul 1911 4 4 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 26 Jul 1911 4 4 Note from Yancey to Rodgers 27 Jul 1911 4 4 Memorandum for President, Naval War College to Chief of Bureau of Navigation 31 Jul 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 3 Aug 1911 4 4 Memorandum for illustration of mountain passes, A. T. Mahan undated 4 4 Letters from Mahan to Rodgers 5 Aug 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers to Mahan 8 Aug 1911 4 4 Letter from Mahan to Rodger 12 Aug 1911 4 4 Note from Rodgers to Mahan 15 Aug 1911 4 4 Letter from Rodgers regarding the removal of the NWC from Newport 26 Aug 1911 4 4 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 25 Oct 1911 4 5 Memorandum from Commandant Albert Glover of the Naval Station to Rodgers requesting criticism regarding divisions on Coaster's Harbor Island 24 Jan 1912 4 5 Memorandum from Rodgers to Commandant, Naval Station regarding the change in distribution of the administration of Coaster's Harbor Island 30 Jan 1912 4 5 Copy of Mahan's orders, detaching him from all duty 24 May 1912 4 5 Letter from Mahan to Rodgers 30 May 1912 4 5 Memorandum from Lt. W. S. Pye to President, Naval War College about the removal of NWC to Washington 10 Dec 1913 4 5 Letter and memorandum from F. K. Hill to the Secretary of the Navy (Aide for Operation) about the removal of NWC to Washington (Memorandum includes eight endorsements) 24 Jun 1914 4 5 Letter from J. J. Butler to G. D. Congdon, Chief Clerk, Naval War College responding to the above letter 4 Sep 1914 4 5 Letter from G. D. Congdon to J. J. Butler, Chief Clerk, General Board 12 Sep 1914 4 5 Letter from Captain Zachariah H. Madison to Rear Admiral A. M. Knight about the removal of NWC from Newport 27 Nov 1914 4 5 Letter from Knight to Rear Admiral B. A. Fiske about the removal of NWC from Newport 28 Nov 1914 4 5 Letter from Fiske to Knight 1 Dec 1914 4 5 Letter from Knight to Fiske 3 Dec 1914 4 5 Letter from Rear Admiral C. F. Goodrich to Admiral W. Knight with a draft of Goodrich's reminiscences 23 Apr 1916 4 5 Letter from W. B. Fletcher to Goodrich (Duplicate included) 25 Apr 1916 4 5 Memorandum from J. W. Greenslade, the Secretary and Treasurer, U.S. Naval Institute to the President, Naval War College discussing an article by Col. W. W. Hurts, U.S. Army, "A combined Army and Navy War College." A letter and memorandum attached from Knight is also included 20 Oct 1916 4 5 Memorandum from Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy to President, Naval War College with general recommendations concerning the war college 23 May 1919 4 6 Inventories of furniture and other lists undated 4 7 Abstracts of letters 9 Sep 1891-29 Jun 1893 4 8 Letterpress copybook with C. H. Stockton as the principal correspondent 6 Nov 1897-21 Nov 1900 5 1 Letterpress copybook with C. H. Stockton and F. E. Chadwick as the principal correspondents 3 Feb 1899-6 Apr 1901 5 2 Letterpress copybook with F. E. Chadwick as the principal correspondent 26 Oct 1900-6 Jan 1902 5 3 Journal of the construction of the Naval War College (maintained by Stockton) 9 Sep 1891-28 May 1892 5 4 Journal of daily NWC activities 22 Jul 1892-19 Feb 1895