Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)William Frederick Halsey papers, 1907-1959
Personal name
Main title
- William Frederick Halsey papers, 1907-1959 (bulk 1943-1959).
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Description
- 20,000 items.
- 55 containers plus 2 oversize.
- 22 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011173 opens in a new window
Local shelving no.
- 0517E
- Oversize 0114R
Biography/History note
- Naval officer. Nickname: Bull.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in ten series. Series 1: Orders and Official Papers, 1907-1959; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1910-1959; Series 3: Special Correspondence, 1936-1959; Series 4: Business and Social Correspondence, 1918-1959; Series 5: Routine Requests and Personal Appearance File, 1942-1959; Series 6: Military File, 1942-1959; Series 7: Subject File, 1940-1959; Series 8: Speeches and Writings, 1933-1957; Series 9: Miscellany; and Series 10: Oversize.
Summary
- Correspondence, war diaries, logs, journals, narratives of military campaigns, military orders, books, periodicals, poems, songs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and other papers relating primarily to Halsey's business career after World War II, to his personal life and club activities, and to the history of U.S. naval involvement in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Includes correspondence with J. Bryan, coauthor of Halsey's biography, Admiral Halsey's Story (1947). Other correspondents include Mark L. Bristol, Robert Bostwick Carney, Tom C. Clark, Arthur B. Cook, William J. Donovan, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James Forrestal, Peter Fraser, Jacob K. Javits, Jesse H. Jones, Estes Kefauver, Ernest Joseph King, Grayson Kirk, Julius Klein, Frank Knox, Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, Sir Philip Mitchell, Samuel Eliot Morison, Chester W. Nimitz, Richard M. Nixon, Charles Frederick Berthold Price, Sir Bernard Rawlings, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George A. Smathers, Harold R. Stark, Edward R. Stettinius, Herbert Bayard Swope, John H. Towers, A.A. Vandegrift, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Earl Warren, and Harry E. Yarnell.
LC Subjects
- Bristol, Mark L. (Mark Lambert), 1868-1939--Correspondence.
- Bryan, J. (Joseph), 1904---Correspondence.
- Carney, Robert Bostwick, 1895-1990--Correspondence.
- Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977--Correspondence.
- Cook, Arthur B. (Arthur Byron), 1881-1952--Correspondence.
- Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959--Correspondence.
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969--Correspondence.
- Forrestal, James, 1892-1949--Correspondence.
- Fraser, Peter, 1884-1950--Correspondence.
- Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986--Correspondence.
- Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956--Correspondence.
- Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963--Correspondence.
- King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956--Correspondence.
- Kirk, Grayson L. (Grayson Louis), 1903-1997--Correspondence.
- Klein, Julius, 1901-1984--Correspondence.
- Knox, Frank, 1874-1944--Correspondence.
- Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (Lyman Louis), 1899-1988--Correspondence.
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902-1985--Correspondence.
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964--Correspondence.
- Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959--Correspondence.
- Mitchell, Philip Euen, 1890-1964--Correspondence.
- Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976--Correspondence.
- Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966--Correspondence.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Correspondence.
- Price, Charles Frederick Berthold, 1881-1954--Correspondence.
- Rawlings, Bernard, Sir, 1889-1962--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962--Correspondence.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence.
- Smathers, George A. (George Armistead), 1913-2007--Correspondence.
- Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972--Correspondence.
- Stettinius, Edward R., Jr. (Edward Reilly), 1900-1949--Correspondence.
- Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958--Correspondence.
- Towers, John H. (John Henry), 1885-1955--Correspondence.
- Vandegrift, A. A. (Alexander Archer), 1887-1973--Correspondence.
- Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1883-1953--Correspondence.
- Warren, Earl, 1891-1974--Correspondence.
- Yarnell, Harry E. (Harry Ervin), 1875-1959--Correspondence.
- United States. Navy--Sea life.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.
- Naval officers.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
- Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
Acquisition source
- Deposit, Naval Historical Foundation, 1972.
- Converted to gift, 1998.
LCCN
- mm 70049643
Other standard no.
- MSS49643
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home opens in a new window
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- Oversize 0114R
- OV 56-OV 57
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- Manuscript Reading Room (Madison, LM101)
Status
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