Rear Admiral Nathan Crook Twining Papers, 1864-1927 (bulk 1885-1924)

Contents List

Container Title
Wis Mss CR
Series: Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   2
Letters to “Fritz,” 1886-1887
Box   1
Folder   3-4
Letters to brother Clarence Twining, 1888-1917
Box   2
Folder   1
Letters between Herman F. Cruntz and Twining, 1923-1924
Box   2
Folder   2-3
Letters between Captain Frothingham and Twining, 1923-1924
Note: Includes typescript copies of chapters of Frothingham’s book.
Box   2
Folder   4
Letters between H.G.S. Wallace, Commander of the U.S. Navy, and Twining, 1923-1924
Box   2
Folder   5
Letters, incoming and outgoing, 1923-1924
Box   2
Folder   6
Legislation concerning retirement, 1922-1923
Note: Specifically in regards to Twining’s retirement.
Series: Journals and Log Books
Box   3
Folder   1
Log book and journal, 1889 September 1-1891 May 1
Note: Front of volume includes specifications of USS Chicago, including drawings and hand drawn maps.
Box   3
Folder   2
"A Private Log of the USS Kearsarge, " 1891 August 18-1892 December 6
Box   3
Folder   3
Journal, 1892 December 7-1897 December 31
Box   4
Folder   1
Journal, 1898
Note: In front of volume are Twining’s accounts from June 1, 1895 to October 31, 1897.
Box   3
Folder   4
Journal, 1899 January 1-1900 July 16
Box   3
Folder   5
Logbook, 1901 December 2-1902 July 17
Box   5
Ordnance Expenditure Book, 1889-1923
Series: Scrapbooks, Albums, and Ephemera
Box   6
Folder   1
Scrapbook, circa 1885-1904
Box   6
Folder   2
Passports, 1921
Box   7
Scrapbook, circa 1898-circa 1908
Note: Also includes photographs from the 1880s and 1890s of friends and colleagues.
Box   14
Scrapbook, circa 1919-1921
Note: Back of album also includes photographs of Twining at different ages, and of various family members.
Box   8
Folder   1
Scrapbook, circa 1891-1900
Note: Mostly calling cards and invitations laid in an old ledger.
Box   15-16
Scrapbooks, 1914-1916
Note: Clippings concerning the War in Europe pasted into log books.
Box   8
Folder   2
The Pacific Fleet: photo album, 1919 July-1921 July
Box   8
Folder   3
Menus
Box   8
Folder   4
The Pacific Fleet: Cruise to South America: photo album, 1921 January-March
Note: Also includes clippings and other information regarding Charles Lindbergh, circa 1927.
Box   8
Folder   5-9
Loose materials
Box   12
Folder   10
Loose clippings, London, 1923-1924
Series: World War I Documents
Subseries: Bulletins, Orders, Memorandum, etc.
Box   9
Folder   1
Admiralty Conferences Memoranda, 1917 December 13-1918 November 22
Allied Naval Council – Chief of Staff, 1917-1918
Box   9
Folder   2
No. 1-118
Box   9
Folder   3
No. 131-255
Box   9
Folder   4
No. 156-262
Box   10
Folder   1
Circular letters, no. 1-114, 1918
Box   10
Folder   2
Force instructions, no. 1-32, 1917 August-1918 October 23
Box   10
Folder   3
General bulletins, no. 1-23, 1918 October 1-December 7
Information Bulletins
Box   10
Folder   4
No. 1-57, 1917 December 8-1918 February 28
Box   10
Folder   5
No. 58-124, 1918 March 1-May 30
Box   10
Folder   6
No. 125-231, 1918 June 1-November 7
Box   10
Folder   7
Intelligence Section-Force Commander’s Staff, Monthly Bulletin, no. 1, 1918 September
Box   10
Folder   8
Memorandum from Planning Committee to Chief of Naval Operations, circa 1919
Box   11
Folder   1
Operation Orders and Instructions for Naval Officers, 1917-1918
Box   11
Folder   2
Planning Section-Force Commander’s Staff, Memorandum, No. 41, 1918 August 17
Subseries: Reports
Box   11
Folder   3
The Battle of Jutland / by Lieutenant H.H. Frost, U.S. Navy, 1916 November 26
Note: With a “Revised & enlarged June 1923” book of blueprints mapping out the battle.
Box   11
Folder   4
"Summary of the Political Situation in Russia with a Suggested Plan for Dealing with it": photostat, circa 1917
Box   11
Folder   5
Convoy H.G. 109, 1918 September
Note: With floor plans of Grosvenor Gardens, United States Naval Department and Force Instructions No. 25. Damage to report obliterates some text.
Box   4
Folder   2
U.S. Naval Forces Operating in European Waters: USS Melville, 1918 September
Subseries: Naval Conduct in World War I, Senate Committee
Box   1
Folder   6
"Preliminary Statement of Rear Admiral Sims before Senatorial Committee of Investigation into Naval Conduct of War," 1920 January 7
Box   11
Folder   7
"Statement read before the Subcommittee of the Senate Naval Committee on March 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 18, 1920 by Rear Admiral W.S. Sims, President of the Naval War College"
Box   11
Folder   8
Statement of Sims to Senate: printed, circa 1920
Note: With annotations.
Box   11
Folder   9
"Statement of Captain Harris Laning, U.S. Navy, made before Senate Committee, Investigating the Conduct of the World War by the Navy Department," circa 1920s
Series: U.S. Naval War College
Box   12
Folder   1
General, 1916-1923
Box   12
Folder   2
Naval War College lectures, 1922-1924
Box   12
Folder   3
Notes and speeches
Box   12
Folder   4
Naval War College-Tactical, 1913, 1916
Box   12
Folder   5
Co-operation between Army and Navy, Naval War College, 1916
Box   12
Folder   6
Naval pamphlets, 1915-1922
Box   12
Folder   7
Articles and book chapters, 1923, undated
Box   12
Folder   8
Clippings, 1910-1923
Box   12
Folder   9
Maps and charts
Series: Subject Files
Box   13
Folder   1
Aviation
Box   13
Folder   2
European politics
Box   13
Folder   3
International Law
Box   13
Folder   4
Merchant Marines
Box   13
Folder   5
Miscellaneous professional
Note: Includes lectures, exam questions, and articles.
Box   13
Folder   6
Organization, Administration, Amalgamation
Box   13
Folder   7
Rubber Conflict and Chester Concession
Box   13
Folder   8
Submarine selection
Box   13
Folder   9
War College
Note: Includes essays and charts.
Box   13
Folder   10
World Court
Series: Family Papers
Box   4
Folder   3
The Twining Family: revised edition (printed), 1905
Box   1
Folder   1
Diary of Nathan Crook and Phoebe Ann Twining, 1864