Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
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Biographical Note
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert Alfred Theobald Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1959
Collection number: 60010
Creator:
Theobald, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1884-1957.
Collection Size:
13 manuscript boxes
5.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, war diaries, dispatches, operations plans and orders, manuals, service lists, memoranda,
reports, and war estimates, relating to naval operations in Alaska, May 1942-January 1943, including the Japanese invasion
of the Aleutians, June 1942, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact
the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert Alfred Theobald Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1960.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Access Points
United States. Navy--Officers
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Aleutian Islands
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations
United States--Armed Forces
Biographical Note
Robert Alfred Theobald, 1884-1957
| 1884, January 25 |
Born, San Francisco, California |
| 1902-1903 |
Attended University of California |
| 1903-1906 |
B.S., U.S. Naval Academy |
| 1908 |
Commissioned Ensign, U.S. Navy |
| 1917-1918 |
Gunnery Officer, U.S.S.
New York, Flagship of U.S. Squadron with British Grand Fleet
|
| 1918, September |
Promoted to Commander |
| 1919-1921 |
Executive Officer, Naval Post Graduate School |
| 1922-1924 |
Destroyer Command, Asiatic Fleet |
| 1924-1927 |
Commanding Officer, Naval Post Graduate School |
| 1927-1929 |
Executive Officer, U.S.S.
West Virginia
|
| 1930-1932 |
Secretary of War Plans, Navy Department, and Member of Joint Army - Navy Planning Committee |
| 1932, February |
Promoted to Captain |
| 1932-1934 |
Chief of Staff, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet |
| 1934-1935 |
Member of Advanced Class, Naval War College, engaged in Seminar study of Japan and Pacific War |
| 1935-1937 |
Strategy Division, Naval War College |
| 1937-1939 |
Commanding Officer, U.S.S.
Nevada
|
| 1939-1940 |
Chief of Staff, U.S. Fleet |
| 1940, Spring |
Member, General Board, Navy Department |
| 1940, June |
Promoted to Rear Admiral |
| 1940, Summer |
Commander, Cruiser Division Three |
| 1940-1941 |
Commander, Flotilla One, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet |
| 1941, December-1942, May |
Commander, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet |
| 1942, May-1943, January |
Commander, Northern Pacific Force, in Alaska Operations |
| 1943-1944 |
Commandant, First Naval District and Navy Yard, Boston |
| 1945 |
Retired from active service |
| 1954 |
Author,
The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor
|