Wilkinson, Theodore Stark,  1888-1946. <br/><br/>
Theodore Stark Wilkinson papers, 1893-1962  (bulk 1920-1945). 

 - 800  items. 17  2  containers plus  oversize. 6.6  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 3 series.  Series 1: Personal File, circa 1893-1962; Series 2: Naval File, 1940-1946; and Series 3: Oversize, 1905-1943. 
<br/><br/> Open to research.  Classified, in part.  Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, speeches, dispatches, transcripts of radio broadcasts, biographical material, clippings, scrapbook, printed matter, maps, plans, photographs, and other papers relating to Wilkinson's naval career, especially his duties as deputy commander in the South Pacific area (Oceania) and as commander of the U.S. Navy 3rd Amphibious Force.  Diary describes operations at Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, in the Solomon Islands; Palau; and Leyte Island in the Philippines.  Subjects include Wilkinson's years at United States Naval Academy, his aide Paulus P. Powell, life at sea, naval operations against the Japanese, Japanese negotiations for peace and surrender, interactions with allied military personnel, and Wilkinson's tour of duty in Japan after the surrender.  Conferences with William F. Halsey are recorded as well as visits by Richard Evelyn Byrd, Raymond Clapper, H. v. Kaltenborn, Henry Cabot Lodge, Carl Mydans, Ogden R. Reid, and Eleanor Roosevelt.  Correspondents include Harold E. Barrowclough, Claude Raymond Branch, Frederick H. Brooke, Robert Bostwick Carney, Aubrey Wray Fitch, George Hudson Fort, Roy S. Geiger, O.W. Griswold, William Frederick Halsey, John R. Hodge, Royal E. Ingersoll, Randall Jacobs, James Kendall, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Alan Goodrich Kirk, C.H. McMorris, Chester W. Nimitz, Lawrence R. Reifsnider, Richmond Kelly Turner, Nathan F. Twining, A.A. Vandegrift, Edward B. Whitman, Catherine Harlow Wilkinson, Ernest Wilkinson, Gulielma Bostick Wilkinson, Hugh M. Wilkinson, and I. Yegorichev. 
<br/><br/><br/>Sound recordings <br/>Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. <br/>transferred to 
<br/><br/><br/>Naval officer.  Nickname: Ping. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010318 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 70048934  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Barrowclough, Harold E.--Correspondence.<br/>Branch, Claude Raymond, 1886- --Correspondence.<br/>Brooke, Frederick H.--Correspondence.<br/>Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957. <br/>Carney, Robert Bostwick, 1895-1990 --Correspondence.<br/>Clapper, Raymond, 1892-1944. <br/>Fitch, Aubrey Wray, 1883-1978 --Correspondence.<br/>Fort, George Hudson, 1891- --Correspondence.<br/>Geiger, Roy S. 1885-1947 --Correspondence.<br/>Griswold, O. W. 1886-1959 --Correspondence.<br/>Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959. <br/>Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959 --Correspondence.<br/>Hodge, John R. 1893- --Correspondence.<br/>Ingersoll, Royal E. 1883-1976 --Correspondence.<br/>Jacobs, Randall, 1886-1967 --Correspondence.<br/>Kaltenborn, H. v. 1878-1965. <br/>Kendall, James--Correspondence.<br/>Kinkaid, Thomas C. 1888-1972 --Correspondence.<br/>Kirk, Alan Goodrich, 1888-1963 --Correspondence.<br/>Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1902-1985. <br/>McMorris, C. H. 1890-1954 --Correspondence.<br/>Mydans, Carl.<br/>Nimitz, Chester W. 1885-1966 --Correspondence.<br/>Powell, Paulus P.<br/>Reid, Ogden R. 1925- <br/>Reifsnider, Lawrence F.--Correspondence.<br/>Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. <br/>Turner, Richmond Kelly, 1885-1961 --Correspondence.<br/>Twining, Nathan F. 1897-1982 --Correspondence.<br/>Vandegrift, A. A. 1887-1973 --Correspondence.<br/>Whitman, Edward B.--Correspondence.<br/>Wilkinson, Catherine Harlow--Correspondence.<br/>Wilkinson, Ernest, active 1905-1910 --Correspondence.<br/>Wilkinson, Gulielma Bostick--Correspondence.<br/>Wilkinson, Hugh M. 1890-1973 --Correspondence.<br/>Yegorichev, I.--Correspondence.<br/>Wilkinson family.<br/>Wilkinson family--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Navy --History--World War, 1939-1945.<br/>United States. Navy.  Amphibious Force, 3rd. <br/>United States Naval Academy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Oceania.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Palau.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Peace.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea)--History.<br/>Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.<br/>Leyte Island (Philippines)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Naval officers.