Samuel Eliot Morison Papers
A Finding Aid to the Papers in the Naval Historical
Foundation Collection in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Bradley E. Gernand
Revised and expanded by
Patrick Kerwin
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2004
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009103
Title: Samuel Eliot Morison
Papers
Span Dates: 1939-1972
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1942-1956)
ID No.: MSS83050
Creator:
Morison, Samuel Eliot,
1887-1976
Extent: 78 items;
8 containers; 3.2 linear
feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: U.S. naval officer and
historian. Journals and research notebooks relating mainly to the oceanic
theaters of World War II, antisubmarine warfare, and Morison's
writings.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Blandy,
William H. P. (William Henry Purnell), 1890-1954.
Cunningham
of Hyndhope, Andrew Browne Cunningham, Viscount, 1883-1963.
Ingersoll,
Royal E. (Royal Eason), 1883-1976.
MacArthur,
Douglas, 1880-1964.
Moore,
Henry Ruthven, Sir, 1886-1978.
Morison,
Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976.
Roosevelt,
Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Spruance,
Raymond Ames, 1886-1969.
Stark,
Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972.
Turner,
Richmond Kelly, 1885-1961.
Subjects
Anti-submarine
warfare.
Guadalcanal, Battle of,
Solomon Islands, 1942-1943.
Kolombangara, Battle of,
Solomon Islands, 1943.
Operation Dragoon,
1944.
Operation Galvanic,
1943.
Operation
Neptune.
Operation
Overlord.
Operation Torch.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii),
Attack on, 1941.
World War,
1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North.
World War,
1939-1945--Campaigns--France.
World War,
1939-1945--Campaigns--Kiribati.
World War,
1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval
operations.
Locations
Casablanca
(Morocco)--History.
Occupations
Historians.
Naval
officers.
Provenance: The papers of Samuel Eliot Morison, naval officer and historian, were
deposited in the Library of Congress by the Naval Historical Foundation in 1994
and converted to a gift in 1998. An addition was given by the Naval Historical
Foundation in 1999.
Processing History:The papers of Samuel Eliot Morison were arranged and described in
1995. An addition was made to the collection in 2003 and the finding aid was
revised in 2003.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Samuel Eliot
Morison is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions:
The Samuel Eliot Papers are open to research. Researchers are advised
to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are
stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for
research use.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Samuel Elison Morison Papers, Naval
Historical Foundation Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
The papers of Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) span the years
1939-1972, with the bulk of the material dated between 1942 and 1956. Journals
kept during World War II and later updated relate to the oceanic theaters of
the war. Some entries were written during battles, and others record interviews
with William H. P. Blandy, Andrew Browne Cunningham, Royal E. Ingersoll,
Douglas MacArthur, Henry Ruthven Moore, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Raymond Ames
Spruance, Harold R. Stark, Richmond Kelly Turner, and other wartime leaders.
Specific topics include the battles of Casablanca, Guadalcanal, Kombangara, and
Pearl Harbor and operations Dragoon, Galvanic, Neptune, Overlord, and Torch.
Notebooks compiled during Morison's research for his books are arranged
alphabetically by book title. The journals are arranged numerically by journal
number.
An addition consists of three journals Morison kept while in the
Pacific theater, 1942-1943.
This collection is arranged as research notebooks, journals, and an
addition.
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Research notebooks |
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The Caribbean as Columbus Saw It, circa 1964,
European Discovery of America, circa 1971, and
Samuel De Champlain: Father of New France,
circa 1972
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Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848): the Urbane
Federalists,
circa 1969
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(2
folders)
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John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography,
circa 1959
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(2 folders)
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Old Bruin: Commodore Matthew C. Perry,
circa 1967
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(4
folders)
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Journals |
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No. 1, Navigation book,
Buck (destroyer), Guinevere (unclassified miscellaneous auxiliary),
Brooklyn (light cruiser), Washington (battleship), Baltimore (heavy cruiser),
1942-1943
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No. 2, Outward passage in
Buck (destroyer) and stay in British Isles,
1942, June 30-July 17
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No. 3, Brooklyn (light cruiser); Battle of Casablanca,
1942, Oct. 12-Nov. 8
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No. 4, Battle of Casablanca,
1942, Nov. 8-11
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No. 5, Diary; interviews
regarding Cole (destroyer) and
Dallas (destroyer), 1942, Nov. 8-11
1942, Nov. 8-11
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No. 6, Brooklyn (light cruiser); Torch Operation,
1942, Oct.-Nov.
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No. 7, Brooklyn (light cruiser); diary; African expedition;
events after 1942, Nov. 8
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No. 8, Torch Operation,
undated
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No. 9, Diary,
1943, Jan. 1-Oct. 17
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No. 10, Torch Operation; AFAF,
1943, Mar. 2-6
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No. 11, Interviews with Franklin
D. Roosevelt (pages 25-35, 95),
1942, May 15-Sept. 25
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No. 12 (Pacific III), Espiritu
Santo Island, New Hebrides, Tulagi Island, Guadalcanal; Honolulu (light cruiser),
1943, Apr. 20-May 10
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No. 13 (Pacific IV), SoWestPac;
AirSoPac; Brisbane, Australia; amphibious operations and air raids on Tulagi
Island; central Solomon Islands operations; Aleutian Islands; Gilbert Islands;
Marshall Islands,
1942-1944
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No. 14 (Pacific V), Japanese
information in 1943, Guadalcanal; McCawley
(transport); interviews with Lieutenant-Colonel Griffith of First Marine Raider
Battalion, Tulagi Island, and Harry Kelly and Richmond Kelly Turner,
circa 1943
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No. 15 (Pacific VI), Guadalcanal
and central Solomon Islands,
1943, May-July
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No. 16 (Pacific VII),
Australasia; Milner Bay, New Guinea,
circa 1943
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No. 17 (Pacific VIII), Battle of
Kombangara,
1943, July
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No. 18 (Pacific IX), aboard
St. Louis (light cruiser) and
Baltimore (heavy cruiser); Pearl Harbor;
Komandorski,
circa 1943
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No. 19 (Pacific X); Pearl Harbor;
Guadalcanal and Palau,
1943, Oct.-Nov.
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No. 20 (Pacific XI),
Baltimore (heavy cruiser); Galvanic,
1943, Nov.
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No. 21 (Pacific XII),
1942, Sept.-1943, Dec.
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No. 22 (Pacific XIII), Galvanic;
Marshall Islands raid; wit and wisdom of Ralph Parker,
circa 1943
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No. 23, Antisubmarine warfare,
Hooligan Navy,
circa 1942
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No. 24, Antisubmarine warfare,
Murmansk, Russia,
1942
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No. 25, Antisubmarine warfare,
summary of enemy activities in western Atlantic, 1942, July, collusive
sinkings; Battle of Casco Bay (1942, June 22),
1942, June-July
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No. 26, Antisubmarine warfare,
air attacks on submarines,
circa 1942
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No. 27, Antisubmarine warfare,
organization of Boston, Mass., anti-submarine warfare unit at 150 Causeway; war
diary for June 1942,
circa 1942
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No. 28, Antisubmarine warfare,
Boston, Mass., antisubmarine warfare unit; conversations with Wilder D. Baker,
circa Aug. 1942
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No. 29, Antisubmarine warfare,
new methods, gadgets, and procedures,
1942
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No. 30, Antisubmarine warfare,
accounts of attacks of submarines and sinkings by surface ships,
1942
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No. 31, Antisubmarine warfare,
data from First Naval District reports,
1942
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No. 32, Antisubmarine warfare,
air attacks on submarines,
1942
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No. 33, Antisubmarine warfare,
preliminary report of Killer Hunt for enemy submarines, 1942, June 10-14
June 10-14
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No. 34, Antisubmarine warfare,
conversations,
1942, Sept.
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No. 35, Antisubmarine warfare,
summaries,
circa 1942
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No. 36, Antisubmarine warfare,
convoys,
circa 1942
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No. 37 (1944 Pacific 1), Gilbert
Islands; Galvanic; Marshall Islands; Savo Island,
1944
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No. 38 (1944 Pacific 2), Pearl
Harbor; Gilbert Islands; Marshall Islands,
1944
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No. 39 (1944 Pacific 3),
Montpelier (light cruiser); Munda; Bougainville
Island; start of Saipan operations; Kwajalein Island,
1944
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No. 40 (1944 Pacific 4),
Honolulu (light cruiser) during Saipan operation;
Guadalcanal; Kula Gulf; Solomon Islands,
1944
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No. 41 (1944 Pacific 5), Saipan
operations; story of Phelps (destroyer),
1944
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No. 42 (1944 Atlantic 1),
Joseph E. Campbell (escortship); London, England;
operation Overlord, Nov.-Dec.
1944,
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No. 43 (1944 Atlantic 2), London,
England; Naples, Italy,
1944, Dec.-1945, Jan.
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No. 44 (1944 Atlantic 4), France,
1944, Dec-1945, Jan.; 1956, May
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No. 45, Interview with Royal E.
Ingersoll; Battle of the Atlantic,
circa 1944
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No. 46 (Gray Book), running
estimate and summary covering 1941,
Dec. 7-1942, May 31, by Captain Steele, circa
1944
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No. 47, Joint Chiefs of Staff
records; Marianas,
1943, May 8-1944, June 22
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No. 48, Navigation notes,
Montpelier (light cruiser), Honolulu (light cruiser); Yorktown (aircraft carrier) action report; Marianas
operations,
1944
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No. 49, Okinawa and Ryukyu
operations,
1945, Mar.-June
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No. 50 (1945 Pacific 1), western
sea frontier/Pearl Harbor/Ulithi/Ryukyu operation,
1945, Mar.1-Apr. 1
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No. 51 (1945 Pacific 2), Ryukyu
operation,
1945, Apr. 1-10
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No. 52 (1945 Pacific 3), Ryukyu
operation,
1945, Apr. 11-May 5
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No. 53 (1945 Pacific 4), Iwo
Jima,
1945, circa Apr.
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No. 54 (1945 Pacific 5), Okinawa,
1945, Apr.
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No. 55 (1945 Pacific 6),
interview with William H. P. Blandy regarding Iwo Jima and Okinawa,
1945, Jan. 1
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No. 56, Washington, D.C.,
Nov. 1945-June 1947
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No. 57, General wartime
operations,
circa 1946
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No. 58, Notes and final additions
and corrections to vol. 1 regarding Battle of the Atlantic,
circa 1946
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No. 59 (Notebook 1), Washington,
D.C.,
1946
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No. 60 (Notebook 2), Panama,
Newport, R.I., Washington, D.C., regarding fleet exercises nos. 1 and 2 at
Calebra (1934-1936) and Guam (1941); Lieutenant General Crittenberger on
Italian campaign; Mrs. John F. Shafroth on Ernest J. King; Midway; bombardment
of Marcus Island; last breakfast with Raymond Spruance,
1946-1947
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No. 61, Notes and final additions
and corrections to vol. 8 regarding New Guinea and the Marianas, 1944,
Mar.-Aug.; vol. 12 regarding Leyte, 1944, June-1945, Jan.; vol. 13 regrarding
liberation of Philippines, Luzon, Mindanao, and the Visayas, 1944-1945,
circa 1952-1953
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No. 62, Notes and final additions
and corrections to vol. 9 regarding Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio, Italy, 1943,
Jan.-1944, June; notes on trip in 1953; interview with Andrew B. Cunningham of
the Royal Navy,
1953
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No. 63 (Notebook 1), notes and
final additions and corrections to vol. 10 regarding end of the Battle of the
Atlantic, 1945, May; interviews on antisubmarine warfare with John P. W. Vest
and Jack Slessor,
1954
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No. 64 (Notebook 2), notes and
final additions and corrections to vol. 10 regarding end of the Battle of the
Atlantic, 1943, May-1945, May; interviews with Dr. Salagar, Konteradmiral Godt
(Admiral Doenitz's operations officer), Sir Henry Moore of the Royal Navy,
Marshall R. Greer, and Harold R. (Betty) Stark manuscript,
1955
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No. 65 (Notebook 1), operations
Neptune and Overlord,
1956
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No. 66 (Notebook 2), operations
Neptune and Dragoon,
1956
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No. 67, Notes and final additions
and corrections to vol. 12 regarding Leyte, 1944-1945.; vol. 13 regarding 1959
notes concerning liberation of the Philippines, Luzon, Mindanao, and the
Visayas, 1944-1945; and vol. 14 regarding victory in the Pacific,
1945, 1957
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No. 68, Pensacola, Fla., and Lake
Success, and 1950 notes at Pearl Harbor, Japan, and Hiroshima,
1949-1950
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No. 69, Tokyo book regarding
interviews with Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Toyoda, Toshikazu Kase (member of
Japanese foreign office), and Rear Admiral Deyo regarding Yamato,
1950
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No. 70, Visits to Jamaica, N.Y.,
and Columbus, Ohio; Harry Truman,
1958-1960
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Addition |
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Journals |
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Pacific I,
1942-1943
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Pacific II,
1942-1943
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Sea journal no. 2,
1942
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