This entry contains fair copies of letters sent by the Superintendent to public and private individuals and businesses, including the Secretary of the Navy, applicants to the Academy, midshipmen, instructors, and merchants. Included also are letters to the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography.
Each volume registers both letters sent and received, with the exception of the volumes for 1901 and 1903-1906, in which only letters received are registered. The information given for letters sent includes name or title of addressee, subject, a summary of the letter’s contents, location or book and page numbers of the letter sent, date of the letter, and file and record number assigned to any letter received on the same subject.
This series contains letters sent by the Superintendent to the Secretary of the Navy; the Assistant Secretary of the Navy; the Bureau of Navigation and other bureaus of the Navy Department; Members of Congress; Academy personnel; naval officers not at the Academy; Federal, State, and local officials, private citizens, and a few foreigners. Major topics include disciplinary, medical, and material problems of the Academy, and occasionally the religious, racial, and ethnic composition of the body of midshipmen.
This series contains letters sent by Superintendent George S. Blake to the Secretary of the Navy, Navy Bureau chiefs, midshipmen, instructors and personnel of the Academy, merchants, and others relating to personnel and administration of the Academy. Volumes 13 and 14 contain lists of letters to and from the Navy Department, the Commandant of Midshipmen, and others. These volumes also contain fair copies of some letters received by Blake and a few copies of orders issued by him.
This series contains telegrams sent to families of midshipmen, Navy Bureaus and personnel not at the Academy, academic institutions, and distinguished public and private individuals, which relate mainly to personnel and training plans.
This series contains letters sent by the Superintendent to the Secretary of the Navy; the Assistant Secretary of the Navy; the Bureau of Navigation and other bureaus of the Navy Department; Members of Congress; Academy personnel; naval officers not at the Academy; Federal, State, and local officials, private citizens, including families of midshipmen; and private organizations including academic institutions. Major topics include disciplinary, medical, and material problems of the Academy.
This series contains letters sent by the Assistant to the Superintendent. The letters are addressed to various naval personnel and to private individuals. The letters relate to posting about vacancies at the Academy, regulations for admission, lists of statuses of cadets (the contemporary title of midshipmen), lists of cadets representing the Academy in athletic competitions, and letters relating to competitions and to other subjects. There are no letters between June 21, 1896 and January 12, 1897.
This series contains letters sent by the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy to the Secretary of the Navy and Navy Department Bureaus. The letters relate to midshipmen, personnel, academics, supplies, and budgets.
This series contains press copies of letters sent by the Superintendent to the Secretary of the Navy relating to personnel and the administration of the Academy.
This series contains press copies of letters sent by the Superintendent to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy relating to contracts for construction and other work on the Academy buildings and grounds, requisitions for materials, rates of wages for workmen, and other subjects.
This series contains press copies of letters sent by the Superintendent to bureaus of the Navy Department. The letters, 1865-1874 were addressed to the Bureaus of Navigation and Detail, Construction and Repair, Equipment and Recruiting, Medicine, Ordnance, Provisions and Clothing, Steam Engineering, and Yards and Docks. Later letters were addressed primarily to the Bureau of Navigation, but also to the Bureaus of Supplies and Accounts, Construction and Repair, and Ordnance and Equipment; and to the Superintendent of the Naval Observatory and to the Paymaster General of the Navy. Beginning in 1894 these volumes also contain letters addressed to the Secretary of the Navy.
This series contains press copies of letters sent to the various bureaus including those of Construction and Repair, Medicine and Surgery, Ordnance, Provisions and Clothing, Steam Engineering, and Yards and Docks. The series also contains a few letters to the Secretary of the Interior and to Treasury officials. One letter is dated October 10, 1888.
This series contains press copies of letters sent to the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting. The letters generally relate to equipment and supplies for school ships, recruitment and discharge of enlisted personnel of school ships, provisions of crews, and other subjects.
This series contains press copies of letters sent to the Bureau of Navigation. The letters are generally acknowledgements of receipt of communications and orders, announcements of naval-cadets (the contemporary title of midshipmen) completing courses and granted leaves of absence, requisitions for various supplies and equipment, and requests for the services of certain civilian and military personnel for duty at the Academy. Some letters marked "personal" that appear in these volumes have not been numbered.
This series contains press copies of letters, endorsements, and memorandums sent to the Bureau of Navigation. The outgoing correspondence relates to the purchase of materials and labor, and the construction and repair of Academy buildings and grounds.
This series contains press copies of letters sent to the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing and to the Paymaster General. During this period the offices of Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing and Paymaster General were filled by the same person.
This series contains copies of two letters sent, dated September 26 and December 20, 1888. It also contains a letter sent October 26, 1900, relating to the purchase of building materials, and part of an undated memorandum relating to cadet instruction on general service ships and proposed changes in the course of instruction for cadets.
This series contains press copies of letters sent to Congress. The letters relate mainly to the appointment and success or failure of naval-cadets (the contemporary title of midshipmen), vacancies to be filled, and rules for admission. The volume contains letters sent to private individuals and includes two letters dated April, 1901.
This series contains fair copies of letters and memorandums relating generally to instruction, discipline, and pay of naval cadets (the contemporary title of midshipmen) and to the administration of the Academy.
This series contains press copies of letters and memorandums sent by the Superintendent to Academy officers, instructors and cadets. The correspondence relates to the instruction, discipline, and pay of the cadets and to the general administration of the Academy. The communications were sent not only to personnel located at the Academy but also to commanders of Academy ships, the Academy Paymaster, commandants of navy yards where Academy ships were located, and others. These volumes also contain copies of orders issued the Superintendent.
This series contains press copies of letters sent to various persons, including the Secretary of the Interior, Chief Clerk of the Navy Department, commandants of navy yards, other Navy officers, the Commissary of Subsistence of the Navy Department, Members of Congress, and to other public and private individuals. Also included are some personal letters of the Superintendent.
Entry 25 of the Records of the Office of the Superintendent, comprising 12 linear feet of documentation, spans from 1845 to 1887. The documents pertain to numerous aspects of the administration of the Naval Academy, including practice cruises, school ships, equipment, buildings and grounds, and faculty.
This series contains fair copies of letters relating to various subjects, including requests for estimates of expenditures, courses of study, academy staff, library books, and buildings and grounds. During the Civil War letters were addressed to the Superintendent of the Academy at Newport R.I., and to the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds at Annapolis when the Army was using the Academy facilities. Some of the letters for this period relate to the adoption of and instruction in the Army signal system.
This series contains letters received by Superintendents Rear Admiral George B. Balch (1879-1881), and Rear Admiral Christopher R. P. Rodgers (1874-1878) relating to many subjects, including requests for assignment to duty at the Academy and leave requests.
This series contains letters received by Superintendents Rear Admiral Christopher R. P. Rodgers (1874-1878), and Commodore Foxhall A. Parker (1878-1879) from public and private individuals outside the Navy Department on various subjects, including equipment and supplies and admission requirements. Included are many letters relating to naval-cadets (the contemporary title of midshipmen).
This series contains handwritten, typed, or duplicated letters received from the Navy Department and its bureaus; other Government officials, including Senators and Congressmen; Navy officers, civilian personnel, and students at the Academy; and private individuals and organizations. The letters related to various subjects including discipline, buildings and grounds, uniforms and equipment, summer practice cruises, instructors, entrance requirements, examinations, gifts and memorials for the Academy, and congressional appropriations and fiscal matters.
This series contains letters received by the Superintendent chiefly from Navy Department officials, private individuals (including parents and sponsors of cadets), and businesses. The letters are mostly requests for personal intervention or assistance by the Superintendent in matters connected with the Academy. Some letters are marked "personal," or "confidential."
Correspondence files from the Office of the Superintendent from 1907-1913. The correspondence pertains to all aspects of the administration of the Naval Academy, including the academic program; issues related to faculty; academic performance, conduct, and health of the midshipmen; ships assigned to the Academy; orders and directives; athletics; the Naval Academy Band; maintenance of buildings and grounds; Naval aviation and aviation instruction at the Academy; and various other topics.
Correspondence files from the Office of the Superintendent for the period 1913-1922. The correspondence pertains to all aspects of the administration of the Naval Academy, including the academic program; issues related to faculty; academic performance, conduct, and health of the midshipmen; ships assigned to the Academy; orders and directives; athletics; the Naval Academy Band; maintenance of buildings and grounds; Naval aviation and aviation instruction at the Academy; and various other topics.
Entry 39B of the General Correspondence of the Superintendent, comprising 101 linear feet of documentation, spans from 1854 to 1989, with the bulk of the material falling between 1910 and 1959. The documents pertain to numerous aspects of the administration of the Naval Academy, including academics, athletics, and facilities management.
The Superintendent's Office Files, comprising 71.25 linear feet of documentation, span from 1941 to 2008, with a bulk of the material falling between 1967 and 2008. The materials pertain to the administration of the Naval Academy, and touch upon topics such as the curriculum, admissions, athletics, and buildings and grounds.
This series contains reports of candidates for admission found physically disqualified. Accompanying most reports are letters received by the Bureau of Navigation indicating reasons for disqualification.
This series contains letters and reports addressed or forwarded to the Superintendent from the Secretary of the Navy, Navy officers serving at the Academy, parents of midshipmen, and midshipmen. The content primarily relates to the conduct, academic standing, and health of midshipmen at the Academy. The series also includes a few certificates of appointment.
Contains questionnaires submitted to third and fourth classmen asking whether they had been hazed or "run" since entering the Academy, and the names of the individuals who did the hazing or "running." Also contains the medical report of the surgeon, Cadet Meyers' testimony, the report of the Board, and a Board report connected with the hazing cases of Cadets Harry T. Morton and Lindsay H. Lacy, November 1898.
Proceedings of boards convened aboard various naval ships or at naval stations. At the end of the series are reports relating to cadets found physically unqualified for the period 1899-1916.
Letters relating to the proposal to erect new buildings at the Academy. A commission to study the condition of Academy buildings was appointed by the Secretary of the Navy in conformity with a resolution adopted by the Board of Visitors in 1895. A copy of the report of the Board, January 1896, citing the poor condition of the existing buildings is included.
This series contains letters, reports, and issuances of the director of training relating to the overall organization and administration of the five reserve officers' training classes.
This series contains correspondence of the assistant for training for quarters "A." It includes letters, reports, and issuances affecting the reserve officers in Quarters "A." Most of the correspondence is for the last three Reserve Officers' Classes.
This series contains correspondence of the assistant for training for quarters "B." It includes letters, reports, and issuances affecting the reserve officers in Quarters "B." Most of the correspondence is for the last three Reserve Officers' Classes.
Spanning from 1941 to 1945, Entry 134 consists of appointment and health records for all 12 reserve midshipman classes held at the United States Naval Academy during World War II.
Various Academy publications and directories, including academic staff assignment, the faculty catalog, faculty handbook, policy for promotion and tenure, and the Academy social directory.
The Commandant's Subject Files, comprising 94.77 linear feet of documentation, span from 1972 to 1991, with a bulk of the material falling between the years 1972 to 1984, and a separate series from 1991. The materials pertain to the administration of military and civilian personnel, training, security, and discipline among other subjects.
The Commandant's Office Files, comprising 12.95 linear feet of documentation, span from 1950 to 1994. The materials consist of correspondence, reports, schedules and minutes, messages, reading and study files, and speeches that pertain to various subjects related to Academy organization, and the administration of Academy supply, civilian and military staff, midshipmen, training, and policy.
The Commandant's Published Documents, comprising 10 linear feet of documentation, spans from 1908 to 2008, with the bulk of materials from 1929 to 2008. The materials consist of guides, manuals, programs, regulations, instructions and notices, orders, schedules, bulletins, and directories. The documents pertain to various subjects related to midshipmen, faculty and staff, military training and organization, and professional education.
The Commandant's Watch Logs and Reports, comprising 47.26 linear feet of documentation, span from 1845 to 2016. The logbooks and reports serve as formal documentation of the Naval Academy’s Watch Organization, an official watch stander body comprising commissioned naval officers and midshipmen responsible for ensuring safety, security, and good order and discipline at the Naval Academy.
The Commandant's Honor and Conduct Records, comprising 9.63 linear feet of documentation, span from 1918 to 2011. The records consist of reports, logbooks, orders and notices, instructions, memoranda, and correspondence. The records document midshipmen separated from the Naval Academy for aptitude, conduct, and honor-related infractions. The logbooks record honor and conduct infractions committed by midshipmen as reported by other midshipmen, Naval Academy military personnel, and faculty and staff. Also included is substantial material, including reports, studies, and surveys, relating to the evolution of the Naval Academy's Honor Concept and System, as well as various material documenting the investigation of the 1992 Electrical Engineering Exam (EE-311) compromise.
The Naval Academy Band's Subject Files, comprising 10 linear feet of documentation, span from 1976 to 2010. The materials pertain to general subjects that include administration of personnel and material, appreciation and commendation letters, ceremonial engagements, concerts and parades, public relations, law and legal matters, and financial management. Also included is a series of chronological correspondence files.
The Naval Academy Band's Office Files, comprising 3.42 linear feet of documentation span from 1907 to 1979. The materials pertain to band personnel records and oaths of office, records of the Naval Academy Band Welfare Association, certain publications of the Naval Academy Band, and musical scores and phonograph records of popular Navy songs, including the original musical score for "Anchors Aweigh," by Naval Academy Bandmaster Charles Adams Zimmermann (1887-1916).
The Records of the Department of Physical Education, comprising 4.38 linear feet of documentation, span from 1866 to 1974. The majority of the records were collected by Associate Professor Walter Aamold, an instructor in Physical Education and track and field coach from 1921 to 1956. The materials contain historical information about the various sports and sports facilities at the Naval Academy, and include programs, schedules, rules, scores, correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, training and lesson plans, reports, and engineering drawings and blueprints. Handwritten and typed notes about the history of Naval Academy athletics and specific sports, many by Professor Aamold himself are contained in some of the files. There are biographies of physical education instructors and information about coaches, captains and managers. Also included are series related to athletic awards, newspaper articles, and athletic magazines.
The Records of the Command Chaplain, comprising 36.3 linear feet of documentation, span from 1882 to 1990. The records document the history of the Chaplain's activities and religious services, the operations of the Naval Academy Chapel Guild, and topics such as marriages, fundraising, choirs, church parties, funerals, religious programs, Chapel history, the Chapel windows, and select memorial services.
RG 405.3.2 Records of the Office/Division of Professional Development
This series contains general correspondence of the summer practice cruise of 1914 and includes correspondence of Practice Squadron Commander Captain William F. Fullam.
The Division of Professional Development's Subject Files, comprising 28 linear feet, span from 1964 to 1987. The materials pertain to academic curricula, administration of civilian faculty, military personnel and material, training, and extra-curricular activities among other subjects. Also included is a series of reference reading files for the division.
The records of the Department of Naval Science, comprising 5.2 linear feet of documentation, span from 1895 to 1976. The first series consists of general correspondence from the Department of Naval Science spanning 1895 to 1909. The second series is comprised of general files addressing department curricula, training, grades, staff studies, and administration spanning from 1953 to 1976, with the bulk of the materials from 1967 to 1971. The third series consists of academic materials, including analyses of practical work, summer cruises, and examinations completed by midshipmen between 1940 and 1941.
The Records of the Department of Seamanship and Navigation, comprising 9.2 linear feet of documentation, span from 1866 to 1995. The collection is divided into four series. The first series consists of correspondence from the Department of Astronomy, Navigation and Surveying spanning 1872 to 1901. Making up the second series are academic materials spanning 1866 to 1937 that contain monthly class reports and grades, examination questions, navigation workbooks and lesson assignments, an instruction and event journal, and station bills for Academy training ships. The third series contains the department's supply ledgers from 1863 to 1876. The fourth series includes Standard Subject Identification Code (SSIC) Subject Files for the Department spanning 1971 to 1995.
The Records of the Department of Leadership and Law, comprising 10 linear feet of documentation, span from 1968 to 1991. The collection consists of 5 series of Standard Subject Identification Code (SSIC) Subject Files dating from 1969 to 1991. The subject files pertain to a broad scope of subjects related to academic curricula, midshipman training, and administration of civilian and military personnel and material resources. Also included is a series of Subjective Files dating 1968 to 1986, and a Chronology of Correspondence from 1978 to 1985.
RG 405.3.3 Records of the Office of Midshipmen Activities
The records of the Department of English, History, and Government, Entry 201a of the Records of the Office of the Academic Dean, comprising 26.5 linear feet of documentation, span from 1907 to 1972. The documents pertain to the department's course materials and course offerings; the development of the curriculum; examinations and grades of midshipmen; pay, promotion, organization, and course assignments of the department's faculty members; debate; midshipman scholarships and prizes; the foreign relations club; computer usage and television at the Academy; and the general administration of the department.
The Naval Academy Athletic Association is a private non-profit association, whose object is to promote and assist in financing the Naval Academy's intercollegiate athletic program. The records of the Association are composed primarily of football game programs, press releases, schedules, and individual sports' media guides and handbooks.
The General Records of the Public Affairs Office span from 1887 to 2007. The documents, consisting primarily of news clippings, press releases, and subject files, chronicle the activities of the Public Affairs Office and the public face of the Academy.
This series contains reports, minutes of proceedings, and other records of the Board of Visitors. It includes reports on conditions at the Academy, minutes of meetings, and other records, including printed programs of exercises for the Board, lists of Board members, and reports of committees appointed by the Board.
Audio recordings of graduation exercises, addresses, lectures, meetings, and conferences.
RG405.10 Still Pictures
General
Entry 146g: Naval Academy Photograph Collection, 1845-1983
The mounted photographs, numbering 8,519 items, are primarily 8"x10", black-and-white prints taken by Naval Academy and commercial photographers. The collection consists of prints of superintendents, advisory groups, faculty and staff, midshipman activities, buildings and grounds, instructional equipment, support activities, prominent alumni, events and activities, and the Naval Postgraduate School.
The photographs held within Still Pictures/Midshipmen: Classes span from the Class of 1846 through the Class of 2000. The series consists of portraits of Naval Academy midshipmen, both individually and in groups, in the form of carte-de-visite, cabinet cards, negatives, and photographic prints.
The photographs held within Still Pictures/Faculty and Staff: Athletics Faculty and Staff span and 1906 to 1984. The series, consisting of black-and-white photographic prints as well as negatives, depicts Naval Academy athletic coaches, physical education instructors, and Naval Academy Athletic Association officials.
The photographs held within Still Pictures/Faculty and Staff: Civilian Faculty span from 1908 to 1984, with a bulk of the photographs spanning from 1970 to 1984. The series, consisting primarily of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, depicts Naval Academy civilian faculty members.
The photographs held within Still Pictures/Faculty and Staff: Civilian and Military Faculty span from 1845 to 1990, with a bulk of the photographs spanning from 1973 to 1983. The series, consisting primarily of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, depicts Naval Academy faculty members, both civilian and military.
The photographs held within Still Pictures/Faculty and Staff: Deans and Registrars span from 1966 to 2002. The series, consisting primarily of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, depicts the Naval Academy's Academic Deans, Associate Deans, Deans of Admissions, and Registrars.
The photographs and negatives held within Still Pictures/Faculty and Staff: Faculty and Staff Photos and Negatives span from 1970 to 2003. The series consists of official portraits of Naval Academy faculty and staff, primarily in the form of black-and-white and color 4"x5" prints and their associated negatives. The photographs depict both civilian and military faculty and staff, although a large proportion of the images are of Navy and Marine Corps officers attached to the Professional Development Division and the Office of the Commandant.
The photographs held within Still Pictures/Faculty and Staff: Faculty Awards and Groups span from 1845 to 1980. The series, consisting primarily of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, contains group portraits of the Naval Academy's academic departments, as well as images of various awards ceremonies.
The photographs held within Still Pictures/Faculty and Staff: Military Faculty span from 1968 to 1986. The series, consisting primarily of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, depicts Naval Academy military faculty members.
The photographs held within Still Pictures/Faculty and Staff: Staff span from 1894 to 2002, with a bulk of the photographs spanning from 1970 to 1985. The series, consisting primarily of black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, depicts Naval Academy staff members, both civilian and military.
The photographs held within Still Pictures/Support Activities: Radio Station span from 1938 to 1985. The series, consisting predominantly of black-and-white photographic prints, primarily depicts the facilities of Naval Radio Transmitting Facility Annapolis, including its transmission towers, buildings, and transmitters.
The Naval Academy Archives Reference Files, comprising 27 linear feet of documentation, spans from the Academy's founding in 1845 to the present. The files, which are composed primarily of newspaper and journal clippings, and photocopies of documents from RG-405 and elsewhere in the Naval Academy Archives, pertain to various subjects such as Academy athletics, curriculum, faculty and staff, midshipmen, and buildings and grounds.
