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Robert Alfred Theobald Papers, 1908-1959 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf058000g1 No online items Register of the Robert Alfred Theobald papers, 1908-1959 Finding aid prepared by Paul Karpuk Hoover Institution Archives 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA, 94305-6010 (650) 723-3563 [email protected] © 1999, 2012 Register of the Robert Alfred 60010 1 Theobald papers, 1908-1959 Title: Robert Alfred Theobald papers Date (inclusive): 1908-1959 Date (bulk): 1942-1957 Collection Number: 60010 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 13 manuscript boxes(5.4 linear feet) Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, war diaries, dispatches, operations plans and orders, manuals, service lists, memoranda, reports, and war estimates relating to naval operations in Alaska from May 1942 to January 1943, including the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians, June 1942, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Creator: Theobald, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1884-1957. Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Robert Alfred Theobald papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1960. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. 1884 Born, San Francisco, California January 25 1902-1903 Attended University of California 1903-1906 B.S., U.S. Naval Academy 1908 Commissioned Ensign, U.S. Navy 1917-1918 Gunnery Officer, U.S.S. New York, Flagship of U.S. Squadron with British Grand Fleet 1918 Promoted to Commander September 1919-1921 Executive Officer, Naval Post Graduate School 1922-1924 Destroyer Command, Asiatic Fleet 1924-1927 Commanding Officer, Naval Post Graduate School 1927-1929 Executive Officer, U.S.S. West Virginia 1930-1932 Secretary of War Plans, Navy Department and Member of Joint Army - Navy Planning Committee 1932 Promoted to Captain February 1932-1934 Chief of Staff, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet 1934-1935 Member of Advanced Class, Naval War College, engaged in seminar study of Japan and Pacific War 1935-1937 Strategy Division, Naval War College 1937-1939 Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Nevada 1939-1940 Chief of Staff, U.S. Fleet 1940 Spring Member, General Board, Navy Department 1940 June Promoted to Rear Admiral 1940 Commander, Cruiser Division Three Summer Register of the Robert Alfred 60010 2 Theobald papers, 1908-1959 1940-1941 Commander, Flotilla One, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet 1941 December - Commander, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet 1942 May 1942 May - 1943 Commander, Northern Pacific Force, in Alaska Operations January 1943-1944 Commandant, First Naval District and Navy Yard, Boston 1945 Retired from active service 1954 Author, The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor Scope and Content of Collection Correspondence, speeches and writings, war diaries, dispatches, operations plans and orders, manuals, service lists, memoranda, reports, and war estimates relating to naval operations in Alaska from May 1942 to January 1943, including the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians, June 1942, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Subjects and Indexing Terms United States. Navy--Officers Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. United States--Armed Forces. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Aleutian Islands. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean. World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations. World War, 1939-1945. Box 1 Personal Correspondence, 1943-1957 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent. Alexander, Ensign William H., 1943 Associated Newspapers, Inc., 1955 Bledsoe, Captain A. M., 1943-1944 Brooks Bros., 1943 Burke, Arleigh (Chief of Naval Operations), 1957 Burwell, Commodore Louis E., 1944 Carlson, Lieutenant A. W., 1943 Cluverius, Rear Admiral (Ret.) Wat Tyler, 1943-1944 Collins, Edward T., 1943 Craig, Captain W., 1943 Crooker, Mrs. Doris Theobald, 1943 Cushing, Cardinal, 1944 Davis, Frank W., 1944 Dawson, N. E., 1944 Doggett, Professor L. A., 1944 Dykes, James, 1944 Erskine, W. J., 1943-1944 Fernety, Lieutenant Bolice P., 1944 Fahrion, Captain F. G., 1944 Fitz, Reginald, 1944 Forrestal, James (Secretary of the Navy), 1943-1944 Gehres, Commodore L. E., 1943 Graham, Jennie Theobald, 1943 Grosskopf, Ensign Homer L., Jr., 1943 Higgins, George T., CQM, USN, 1943 Hill, Robert W., 1943 Register of the Robert Alfred 60010 3 Theobald papers, 1908-1959 Personal Correspondence, 1943-1957 Howell, James B., 1943 Huebl, Commander Roland M., 1944 Jones, Dr. Chester M., 1957 Jones, Mrs. Dan W., 1943 Kalbfus, Admiral E. C. (Commander Destroyers, Battle Force), 1934 Kimmel, Rear Admiral (Ret.) Husband E., 1943-1957 King, Fleet Admiral Ernest J., 1948 King, Captain Ogden, 1943 Knox, Frank (Secretary of the Navy), 1943 Lahey, Thomas B., 1943-1944 Leary, Vice Admiral N. F., 1944 Lowell Associates, 1943 Ludewig, Commander J. W., 1943 McCown, Captain H. Y., 1943 McKay, Lt. Commander Baxter M., 1943 McMorris, Rear Admiral C. H., 1943 McMurdie, Phillip C., 1943 Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, 1943-1944 Moring, Captain T. S., 1944 Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1948 Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert, 1943 Myer, Harold, 1943 Office of Price Administration (Boston, MA), 1944 O'Rourke, Jonn, 1943 Pennypacker, J. A., 1944 Phillips, William (former Ambassador to Italy), 1947 Pierce, Reverend Michael G., S.J., 1943 Read (periodical), undated Reifkohl, Captain F. L., 1943 Reilly, Lt.-Colonel James A., 1943-1944 Ryan, Boatswain Vernon L., 1943 Santos, J. B., 1943 Simon, Frank J. (Secretary-Treasurer, Master Mechanics Association, Naval Ship Yard, Boston, MA), 1947 Simons, Captain R. B., 1943 Slocum, Major B. C., 1943 Smith, Commander and Mrs. Steele B., 1944 Smith, Talbot, 1943-1944 Sporting News (periodical), 1944 Theobald, Robert A., Jr., undated Thompson, H. Keith, 1957 United Press (Boston, MA Bureau), 1943 Vincent, Ensign Robert G., 1943 Wagner, Rear Admiral F. D., 1943 Walters, Lt.-Commander H. C., 1944 Wang, K. S. (Consulate of the Republic of China), 1948 Wessendorf, Mr. and Mrs. Homer, 1943 Who's Who in the Western Hemisphere, 1944 Windle, Lt. (j.g.) W. T., 1943 Winslow, Mrs. Mary W., 1944 Winterhalter, Harold, 1944 Withers, Rear Admiral T., 1943 Boxes 1-7 Speeches and Writings, 1943-1959 Scope and Contents note Articles, books, and speeches, arranged as listed, then chronologically thereunder. Includes correspondence and book reviews related to these works. Register of the Robert Alfred 60010 4 Theobald papers, 1908-1959 Speeches and Writings, 1943-1959 Articles, 1947-1957 Articles, 1947-1957 Scope and Contents note Newspaper clippings of articles written by Robert A. Theobald for a biweekly column in the Beverly Evening Times, "Horizons in World and National Affairs." Box 1 1947 January 26-June 27 1947 July 8-December 24 1948 January 3-July 3 Box 2 1948 July 7-November 10 1949 January 4-June 29 1949 July 2-December 31 1950 March 4-December 27 1951 January 3-December 29 Box 3 1952 January 5-December 31 1953 January 3-December 30 1954 January 6-December 30 1955 January 5-December 31 1956 January 4-June 30 1956 July 7-December 29 Box 4 1957 January 5-April 24 Books, 1945-1959 Death of a Navy, by Andrieu d'Albas (1957), 1955-1957 Scope and Contents note Translated from the French and with an introduction, maps, and notes by Robert A. Theobald. Correspondence, 1955-1957 D'Albas, E. Andrieu, 1955-1957 Deland, Frank S., 1957 Devin - Adair Co., Publishers, 1955-1957 Fitzgerald, William H. G., 1957 Parker, Capt. R. C., 1957 Pearne, Pollinger & Higham, Ltd. (London), 1956 Robbins, Rear Admiral Thomas H., Jr., 1957 Supplementary materials to text: maps, notes, charts, etc. The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor (1954), 1949-1959 Book reviews Correspondence, 1949-1959 Unidentified, 1954 Abbot, Stephen, 1959 Allen, Joe M., 1954 Anderson, Henry W., 1954 Anderson, Paul F., 1954 Ashley, Clinton N., 1954 Askins, William F., Sr., 1959 Atkins, John B., 1954 Babbitt, Captain H. S., 1954 Babcock, Frederick (Editor, Magazine of Books, Chicago Tribune), 1954 Bacon, B. B., 1954 Ball, William H., 1954 Ballinger, Alice (Mrs. Webster), 1954 Ballinger, Webster, 1954 Ballinger, Willis, 1954 Register of the Robert Alfred 60010 5 Theobald papers, 1908-1959 Speeches and Writings, 1943-1959 Books, 1945-1959 Baltzly, Commander (Ret.) Frederick, Sr., 1954 Barnes, Harry E., 1953 Barnes, Stuart C., 1954 Barroll, Henry H., 1954 Barry, William O., 1954 Bauer, A. J., 1954 Begin, Z. L., 1954 Belknap, Rear Admiral Reginald R., 1954 Bemis, Samuel F., 1954 Bennett, Milo O., 1954 Bequette, J. C., 1954 Berryhill, Mrs. M. B., 1954 Bertocki, Mrs. Mary A., 1954 Bierly, Charles R., 1954 Blum, Herman, 1954 Bragg, Colonel (Ret.) C. H., 1954 Braveman, David, 1954 Brewer, Basil, 1954 Bridgett, Charlie, 1954 Browne, Kenneth, 1954 Buckley, J. L., 1954 Butler, Dr. Harry H., 1954 Burke, Lt.-Commander (Ret.) John H., 1954 Calhoun, Admiral W. L., 1954 Callahan, Robert J., Jr., 1954 Callahan, Robert J., Sr., 1954 Campi, Reverend Vincent L. 1957 Cannings, Fred E., 1954 Capponi, John, 1954 Carlton, Miss Marjorie, 1954 Castle, William R., 1954 Cecil, Dr. Arthur B., 1954 Chase, Reverend Harry E., 1954 Choat, Harry, 1954 Church, Frederic C., 1954 Clark, Rear Admiral David H., 1954 Coburn, Commander (Ret.) Frederic G., 1954 Colegreave, Kenneth, 1954 Collins, E.
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