06433cpcaa2201021 4500 mm 70048934 DLC 20260227111613.0 cr ||||||||||| 730514|||||||||||| eng mm 70048934 ms 72001775 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Wilkinson, Theodore Stark, 1888-1946. Theodore Stark Wilkinson papers, 1893-1962 (bulk 1920-1945). 800 items. 17 containers plus 2 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. Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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. Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Naval officer. Nickname: Ping. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010318 Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. Barrowclough, Harold E. Correspondence. Branch, Claude Raymond, 1886- Correspondence. Brooke, Frederick H. Correspondence. Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957. Carney, Robert Bostwick, 1895-1990 Correspondence. Clapper, Raymond, 1892-1944. Fitch, Aubrey Wray, 1883-1978 Correspondence. Fort, George Hudson, 1891- Correspondence. Geiger, Roy S. (Roy Stanley), 1885-1947 Correspondence. Griswold, O. W. (Oscar Woolverton), 1886-1959 Correspondence. Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959. Halsey, William Frederick, 1882-1959 Correspondence. Hodge, John R. (John Reed), 1893- Correspondence. Ingersoll, Royal E. (Royal Eason), 1883-1976 Correspondence. Jacobs, Randall, 1886-1967 Correspondence. Kaltenborn, H. v. (Hans), 1878-1965. Kendall, James Correspondence. Kinkaid, Thomas C. (Thomas Cassin), 1888-1972 Correspondence. Kirk, Alan Goodrich, 1888-1963 Correspondence. Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1902-1985. McMorris, C. H. (Charles Horatio), 1890-1954 Correspondence. Mydans, Carl. Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 Correspondence. Powell, Paulus P. Reid, Ogden R. (Ogden Rogers), 1925- Reifsnider, Lawrence F. Correspondence. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. Turner, Richmond Kelly, 1885-1961 Correspondence. Twining, Nathan F. (Nathan Farragut), 1897-1982 Correspondence. Vandegrift, A. A. (Alexander Archer), 1887-1973 Correspondence. Whitman, Edward B. Correspondence. Wilkinson, Catherine Harlow Correspondence. Wilkinson, Ernest, active 1905-1910 Correspondence. Wilkinson, Gulielma Bostick Correspondence. Wilkinson, Hugh M. (Hugh Miller), 1890-1973 Correspondence. Yegorichev, I. Correspondence. Wilkinson family. Wilkinson family Correspondence. United States. Navy History World War, 1939-1945. United States. Navy. Amphibious Force, 3rd. United States Naval Academy. World War, 1939-1945 Oceania. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Palau. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Philippines. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Solomon Islands. World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American. World War, 1939-1945 Peace. World War, 1939-1945 Japan. Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) History. Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952. Leyte Island (Philippines) History. Naval officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010318 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010318.3 39172 39172