Office of the Superintendent/Records of Reserve Training Groups: Deck Logbooks for Quarters "A" and Bancroft Hall, 1917-1918: Finding Aid
Published in May 2023
Summary Information
- Publisher: United States Naval Academy. Special Collections & Archives.
- Publisher Address:
589 McNair Road
Annapolis, Maryland 21402-5029, USA
Phone: 410-293-6922
https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/index.php - Call number: RG 405.2.4 Entry 128
- National Archives Identifier: 3060157
- Location: Special Collections & Archives Department - Archives
- Title: Office of the Superintendent/Records of Reserve Training Groups: Deck Logbooks for Quarters "A" and Bancroft Hall
- Dates: 1917-1918
- Size: 3 linear inches
- Container Summary: one half-manuscript box
- Creator: United States Naval Academy. Superintendent
- Language(s) of material: English
- Abstract: This entry contains deck logbooks for Quarters "A" and Bancroft Hall.
History of the Office of the Superintendent
The plan of the Naval School at Fort Severn, Annapolis, Maryland, approved by the Navy Department August 28, 1846, provided that a Superintendent of the school be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy from a list of officers of a rank not higher than commander. The Superintendent was to have responsibility for the general management of the institution, including overseeing the course of study, professors, and other personnel connected with the Academy. He could appoint and remove all persons employed at the Academy except those for whose appointment or discharge special provision was made by the laws or regulations of the Navy or the Academy. He had general charge of the buildings, grounds, and ships belonging to the Academy. The Superintendent also formulated the code of rules and regulations for the internal government of the school to be submitted to the Secretary of the Navy for approval. After 1867, officers were assigned by the Navy Department to the Academy to serve as assistants or aides to the Superintendent. The Office of the Superintendent as described in the 1846 plan remained relatively unchanged throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Officers of ranks higher than commander, however, have served in the position.
Description of Contents
This entry contains deck logbooks for Quarters "A" and Bancroft Hall. It includes journals of daily events maintained by duty officers for the second, third, and fourth Reserve Officers' Classes that list the time of day of such events as breakfast and dinner formations, "all secure," reveille, relief, orders published, and names of men detached, sent to the hospital, or sent for examinations. The logbook for Bancroft Hall covers the period August 1, 1918-September 17, 1918, and the five logbooks for Quarters "A" cover the period October 15, 1917-July 7, 1918.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Access and Use
Access
Access is unrestricted.
Copyright and Permission
Generally, materials produced by Federal agencies are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission. Any non-government publications held herein may still be subject to copyright. For further information, consult the Head, Special Collections & Archives.
Other Finding Aid(s)
National Archives Catalog entry available electronically at: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/3060157.
Acquisition and Appraisal
Custodial History
RG 405 Records of the United States Naval Academy is the property of the National Archives and Records Administration. The materials are housed at the United States Naval Academy, William W. Jeffries Memorial Archives, an affiliated archive, as per a Memorandum of Agreement between the National Archives and Records Administration and the United States Naval Academy.
Related Materials
Location of Related Materials
The main series of deck logs produced by the Naval Academy’s watch organization for this, as well as earlier and later periods may be found in entry 151d: “Watch Logs and Reports, 1845-2018.”
Additional materials pertaining to Reserve Training Groups at the academy during World War I may be found in entry 118: “Correspondence of the Director of Training, 1917-1919” (NAID: 3054012); entry 119: “Subject Index to Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters ‘A’, 1917-1919: (NAID: 3054034); entry 120: “Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters "A", 1917-1919” (NAID: 3054043); entry 121: Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for Quarters "B", 1917–1919” (NAID: 3060108); entry 122: “Subject Index to Correspondence of the Assistant for Marine Barracks Training, 1918” (NAID: 3060110); entry 123: “Correspondence of the Assistant for Training for the Marine Barracks, 1918” (NAID: 3060133); entry 124: “Enrollment Cards for the Five Regularly Organized and the Special Reserve Officers' Classes, July 1917–December 1918” (NAID: 3060134); entry 125: “Enrollment and Mark Slips for the Engineering Divisions of the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Reserve Officers' Classes Taking the Marine Engineering Course, 1917–1919” (NAID: 3060138); entry 126: “Mark and Conduct Cards for the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Reserve Officers' Classes, October 1917–January 1919” (NAID: 3060143); entry 127: “Mark Cards for the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Regularly Organized and Special Reserve Officers' Classes, 1918” (NAID: 3060147); entry 129: “Record of Reserve Officers' Classes, 1917-1919” (NAID: 3060161); entry 130: “Miscellaneous Lists of the Five Reserve Officers’ Classes, 1917-1919” (NAID: 3060574); entry 131: “Orders Detaching the First Pay Officers' Class, 1918” (NAID: 3072738); and entry 132: “Examination Papers of Candidates for Appointment to Assistant Paymasters' School, 1918” (NAID: 3074204).
Materials Cataloged Separately
No materials have been removed from this collection and cataloged separately.
Processing and Other Information
Preferred Citation
Office of the Superintendent/Records of Reserve Training Groups: Deck Logbooks for Quarters "A" and Bancroft Hall, 1917–1918, RG 405.2.4 Entry 128
Special Collections & Archives Department
Nimitz Library
United States Naval Academy
Selected Bibliography
The following sources were consulted during preparation of the historical note:
Sweetman, Jack. The U.S. Naval Academy: An Illustrated History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute Press, 1979.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Samuel Limneos in April 2023. Finding aid written by Samuel Limneos in May 2023. Historical Sketch and Scope and Content Note adapted in part from Inventory of Records Group 405 by Geraldine N. Phillips and Aloha South, 1975.
Subject Headings
Name and Subject Terms
- Naval education -- United States.
- United States Naval Academy -- History – 20th century
- United States Naval Academy -- Students.
- United States Naval Academy -- Watch Organization
- United States Naval Academy. Superintendent
- United States. Naval Reserve -- Officers.
Genre Terms
- logs (records)