Thomas T. Craven papers, 1842-1969 (bulk 1917-1945).

Open to research.

Correspondence, memoranda, writings, orders, reports, biographical and genealogical materials, newspaper clippings, and other materials relating primarily to Craven's World War I convoy duty in Atlantic and Mediterranean waters (1917-1918), his command of the United States Naval Aviation Forces in Europe (1918), his command of a gunboat flotilla on the Yangtze River, China (1929-1931), and his service as chief coordinator of the U.S. Federal Coordinating Service, Bureau of the Budget. Topics also include the court-martial of Edward H. Watson, commander of Destroyer Squadron 11 which shipwrecked at Point Honda, Calif. (1923), investigation of Husband Edward Kimmel following the 1942 Japanese attack on his Pacific Fleet command, curriculum reform at the United States Naval Academy, New York State Maritime Academy, merchant marine, Alaska fisheries, aircraft carriers, radio communications policy, and corrupt practices in naval shipyards. Correspondents include Richard E. Byrd, Hutchinson I. Cone, Morris L. Cooke, Josephus Daniels, Ralph Earle, Stanford C. Hooper, Herbert Hoover, Dudley W. Knox, Frank Knox, David Sarnoff, and William S. Sims.

Naval officer.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007037

Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.