07339cpcaa2201105 4500 mm 70038687 DLC 20260227111613.0 cr ||||||||||| 730514|||||||||||| eng mm 70038687 ms 71001368 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956. Ernest Joseph King papers, 1908-1966 (bulk 1936-1952). 10,000 items. 39 containers. 15 linear feet. Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Orders to Duty, 1912-1956; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1908-1957; Series 3: Subject File, 1924-1957; Series 4: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1908-1953; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1909-1966. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, notes, orders to duty, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to King's activities as commander in chief of the U.S. Fleet and chief of naval operations during World War II. Documents his participation in Allied conferences including the Argentina Conference (August 1941), Quebec Conference (1943), Cairo Conference (1943), Teheran Conference (1943), Yalta Conference (1945), and Potsdam Conference (July 1945). Also documents his service as commander of the Submarine Base in New London, Conn.; chief of the U.S. Navy Dept. Bureau of Aeronautics; commander of the Aircraft Base and Aircraft Scouting Force in San Diego, Calif.; and commander of all aircraft carriers of the fleet. Subjects include salvaging of the S-51 sunk off Block Island in 1925; growth and development of military aviation; the Atlantic Charter; World War II naval strategy in the Pacific including the Battle of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, (1942-1943), and General James Harold Doolittle's 1942 air raid on Tokyo; international control of atomic weapons; U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; national security; and world politics. Includes drafts of Fleet Admiral King; A Naval Record (1952) coauthored by King and Walter Muir Whitehill. Correspondents include Henry Harley Arnold; C.R. Attlee; Bernard M. Baruch; Omar Nelson Bradley; Oliver Lyttelton, Viscount Chandos; Mark W. Clark; Ferdinand Eberstadt; Charles A. Edison; Merritt Austin Edson; Richard S. Edwards; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Douglas Southall Freeman; William Frederick Halsey; Cordell Hull; Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, Viscount Portal of Hungerford; Frank Knox; P.W. Litchfield; George C. Marshall; Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Chester W. Nimitz; Quentin James Reynolds; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Robert E. Sherwood; Dorothy Thompson; Harry S. Truman; Walter Muir Whitehill; and Orville Wright. 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.ms011074 Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950 Correspondence. Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967 Correspondence. Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 Correspondence. Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981 Correspondence. Chandos, Oliver Lyttelton, Viscount, 1893-1972 Correspondence. Clark, Mark W. (Mark Wayne), 1896-1984 Correspondence. Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993. Eberstadt, Ferdinand Correspondence. Edison, Charles A., 1890-1969 Correspondence. Edson, Merritt Austin, 1897-1955 Correspondence. Edwards, Richard S. (Richard Stanislaus), 1885-1956 Correspondence. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Correspondence. Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886-1953 Correspondence. Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959 Correspondence. Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955 Correspondence. Hungerford, Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, Viscount Portal of, 1893-1971 Correspondence. Knox, Frank, 1874-1944 Correspondence. Litchfield, P. W. (Paul Weeks), 1875-1959 Correspondence. Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 Correspondence. Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979 Correspondence. Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 Correspondence. Reynolds, Quentin James, 1902-1965 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Correspondence. Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955 Correspondence. Thompson, Dorothy, 1893-1961 Correspondence. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Correspondence. Whitehill, Walter Muir, 1905-1978 Correspondence. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 Correspondence. United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff. United States. Navy History World War, 1939-1945. United States. Navy Submarine forces. United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Aeronautics. United States. Navy. U.S. Fleet. Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920) Argentina Conference (1941) Cairo Conference (1943) Potsdam Conference (1945) Quebec Conference (1st : 1943) Teheran Conference (1943) Yalta Conference (1945) Atlantic Charter (1941) Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943. Aeronautics, Military United States. Atomic bomb. International relations. National security United States. Navy-yards and naval stations California San Diego. Navy-yards and naval stations Connecticut New London. Nuclear arms control. Nuclear weapons. Submarines (Ships) Salvaging. Security, International. World politics. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Area. World War, 1939-1945 Congresses. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Peace. Tokyo (Japan) History Bombardment, 1942. Naval officers. itoamc King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956. Fleet Admiral King; a naval record. 1952. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011074 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011074.3 39167 39167