Register of the Robert Alfred Theobald Papers, 1908-1959
Register of the Robert Alfred Theobald Papers, 1908-1959
Hoover Institution ArchivesStanford University
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- Prepared by:
- Paul Karpuk
- Date Completed:
- November 1976
Container List
Personal Correspondence, 1943-1957.
Scope and Content Note
Alexander, Ensign William H., 1943.
Associated Newspapers, Inc., 1955
Bledsoe, Captain A. M., 1943-1944
Brooks Bros., 1943
Burke, Arleigh (Chief of Naval Operations), 1957.
Burwell, Commodore Louis E., 1944
Carlson, Lieutenant A. W., 1943
Cluverius, Rear Admiral (Ret.) Wat Tyler, 1943-1944
Collins, Edward T., 1943
Craig, Captain W., 1943
Crooker, Mrs. Doris Theobald, 1943
Cushing, Cardinal, 1944.
Davis, Frank W., 1944
Dawson, N. E., 1944
Doggett, Professor L. A., 1944
Dykes, James, 1944
Erskine, W. J., 1943-1944
Fernety, Lieutenant Bolice P., 1944
Fahrion, Captain F. G., 1944
Fitz, Reginald, 1944
Forrestal, James (Secretary of the Navy), 1943-1944
Gehres, Commodore L. E., 1943
Graham, Jennie Theobald, 1943
Grosskopf, Ensign Homer L., Jr., 1943
Higgins, George T., CQM, USN, 1943
Hill, Robert W., 1943
Howell, James B., 1943
Huebl, Commander Roland M., 1944
Jones, Dr. Chester M., 1957
Jones, Mrs. Dan W., 1943
Kalbfus, Admiral E. C. (Commander Destroyers, Battle Force), 1934.
Kimmel, Rear Admiral (Ret.) Husband E., 1943-1957
King, Fleet Admiral Ernest J., 1948
King, Captain Ogden, 1943
Knox, Frank (Secretary of the Navy), 1943
Lahey, Thomas B., 1943-1944
Leary, Vice Admiral N. F., 1944
Lowell Associates, 1943
Ludewig, Commander J. W., 1943
McCown, Captain H. Y., 1943
McKay, Lt. Commander Baxter M., 1943
McMorris, Rear Admiral C. H., 1943
McMurdie, Phillip C., 1943
Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, 1943-1944
Moring, Captain T. S., 1944
Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1948
Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Norbert, 1943
Myer, Harold, 1943
Office of Price Administration (Boston, Mass.), 1944
O'Rourke, Jonn, 1943
Pennypacker, J. A., 1944
Phillips, William (former Ambassador to Italy), 1947.
Pierce, Reverend Michael G., S. J., 1943
Read (periodical), n.d.
Reifkohl, Captain F. L., 1943
Reilly, Lt.-Colonel James A., 1943-1944
Ryan, Boatswain Vernon L., 1943
Santos, J. B., 1943
Simon, Frank J. (Secretary-Treasurer, Master Mechanics Association, Naval Ship Yard, Boston, Mass.), 1947
Simons, Captain R. B., 1943
Slocum, Major B. C., 1943
Smith, Commander and Mrs. Steele B., 1944
Smith, Talbot, 1943-1944
Sporting News (periodical), 1944
Theobald, Robert A., Jr., n.d.
Thompson, H. Keith, 1957
United Press (Boston, Mass. Bureau), 1943
Vincent, Ensign Robert G., 1943
Wagner, Rear Admiral F. D., 1943
Walters, Lt.-Commander H. C., 1944
Wang, K. S. (Consulate of the Republic of China), 1948.
Wessendorf, Mr. and Mrs. Homer, 1943
Who's Who in the Western Hemisphere, 1944
Windle, Lt. (j.g.) W. T., 1943
Winslow, Mrs. Mary W., 1944
Winterhalter, Harold, 1944
Withers, Rear Admiral T., 1943
Speeches and Writings, 1943-1959
Scope and Content Note
Articles, 1947-1957
Newspaper clippings of articles written by Robert A. Theobald for a biweekly column in the Beverly Evening Times, Horizons in World and National Affairs,1947-1957.
January 26 - June 27, 1947
July 8 - December 24, 1947
January 3 - July 3, 1948
July 7 - November 10, 1948
January 4 - June 29, 1949
July 2 - December 31, 1949
March 4 - December 27, 1950
January 3 - December 29, 1951
January 5 - December 31, 1952
January 3 - December 30, 1953
January 6 - December 30, 1954
January 5 - December 31, 1955
January 4 - June 30, 1956
July 7 - December 29, 1956
January 5 - April 24, 1957
Books
Death of a Navy by Andrieu d'Albas, translated from the French and with an introduction, maps, and notes by Robert A. Theobald, 1957
Correspondence, 1955-1957
D'Albas, E. Andrieu, 1955-1957
Deland, Frank S., 1957
Devin - Adair Co., Publishers, 1955-1957
Fitzgerald, William H. G., 1957
Parker, Capt. R. C., 1957
Pearne, Pollinger & Higham, Ltd. (London), 1956
Robbins, Rear Admiral Thomas H., Jr., 1957
Supplementary materials to text: maps, notes, charts, etc.
The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor, 1954
Book reviews
Correspondence, 1949-1959
Unidentified, 1954
Abbot, Stephen, 1959
Allen, Joe M., 1954
Anderson, Henry W., 1954
Anderson, Paul F., 1954
Ashley, Clinton N., 1954
Askins, William F., Sr., 1959
Atkins, John B., 1954
Babbitt, Captain H. S., 1954
Babcock, Frederick (Editor, Magazine of Books, Chicago Tribune), 1954
Bacon, B. B., 1954
Ball, William H., 1954
Ballinger, Alice (Mrs. Webster), 1954
Ballinger, Webster, 1954
Ballinger, Willis, 1954
Baltzly, Commander (Ret.) Frederick, Sr., 1954
Barnes, Harry E., 1953
Barnes, Stuart C., 1954
Barroll, Henry H., 1954
Barry, William O., 1954
Bauer, A. J., 1954
Begin, Z. L., 1954
Belknap, Rear Admiral Reginald R., 1954
Bemis, Samuel F., 1954
Bennett, Milo O., 1954
Bequette, J. C., 1954
Berryhill, Mrs. M. B., 1954
Bertocki, Mrs. Mary A., 1954
Bierly, Charles R., 1954
Blum, Herman, 1954
Bragg, Colonel (Ret.) C. H., 1954
Braveman, David, 1954
Brewer, Basil, 1954
Bridgett, Charlie, 1954
Browne, Kenneth, 1954
Buckley, J. L., 1954
Butler, Dr. Harry H., 1954
Burke, Lt.-Commander (Ret.) John H., 1954
Calhoun, Admiral W. L., 1954
Callahan, Robert J., Jr., 1954
Callahan, Robert J., Sr., 1954
Campi, Reverend Vincent L. 1957
Cannings, Fred E., 1954
Capponi, John, 1954
Carlton, Miss Marjorie, 1954
Castle, William R., 1954
Cecil, Dr. Arthur B., 1954
Chase, Reverend Harry E., 1954
Choat, Harry, 1954
Church, Frederic C., 1954
Clark, Rear Admiral David H., 1954
Coburn, Commander (Ret.) Frederic G., 1954
Colegreave, Kenneth, 1954
Collins, E. D., 1954
Collins, Edward M., 1954
Colombel, John J., 1954
Combier, P. Hodges, 1954
Comstock, Captain L. Wells, 1954
Connors, Thomas K., 1954
Cooke, George P. and Sophie J., 1954
Coolidge, William A., 1954
Covington, Captain (Ret.) H. S., 1954
Crist, Lt.-Colonel (Ret.) Arthur P., 1954
Daley, Robert F., 1953
Daley, Robert L., 1954
Dalton, Lt.-Colonel Arthur T., 1954
Dartnell, R. B., 1954
Davidson, Eugene (Editor, Yale University Press), 1952
Davy, Commander Charles G., 1954
DeArmond, Lt. (Ret.) George W., Jr., 1954
DeBurgh, R., 1954
Deland, Frank S., 1949-1953
Dement, Merritt H., 1954
Dickenson, Denny D., 1956
Diemer, Mrs. Anne F., 1954
Donavin, Lt.-Commander K. H., 1954
Dorney, H. Jackson, 1954
Downes, Captain Oliver L., 1954
Duffey, Walter E., 1954
Du Pont, Mrs. Marcella M., 1953-1954
Eckels, Richard P., 1954
Ehman, George C. (Athenian - Nile Club, Oakland, Calif., President), 1954
Ettinger, Captain George M., 1954
Fairbank, Robert, 1954
Feeley, J. Richard, 1954
Fernety, Lt.-Commander Bolice P., 1954
Finch, J. D. (Chairman, Freedom Club, First Congregational Church of Los Angeles), 1954
Fischer, Marion, 1954
Flammer, Mrs. Betsy, 1954
Flint, Elder B. C., 1954
Flynn, John T., 1954
Folsom, Charles, 1954
Foote, P. W., 1954
Fuchs, Maria, 1954
Gagner, Beatrice (Mrs. Walter), 1954
Garrity, Devin A. (President, the Devin-Adair Co.), 1953-1957
Gatch, Thomas L., 1953
Glassford, Dodie, 1954
Glassford, Vice Admiral William, 1954-1957
Graves, F. L., 1954
Greaves, Percy L., Jr., 1954
Grenfell, Russell, 1954
Griffin, Robert, 1954
Grigg, Bessie, 1954
Grigsby, Joseph D., 1954
Grimm, Mrs. Verna B. (Librarian, the American Legion National Headquarters), 1954
Gruelick, Commander R. W., 1954
Haight, Rear Admiral (Ret.) Stanley M., 1954
Hall, James L., 1955
Halsey, Fleet Admiral William F., Jr., 1953
Harmon, Lt.-Commander (Ret.) Lloyd M., 1954
Harris, Walden E., 1954
Harrison, Ralph E., 1954
Hart, Mrs. Charles Spencer, 1954
Hart, Merwin K., 1954
Hassenkampf, Bruce H., 1954
Heaoner, Henry D., 1954
Heere, Leonard, 1957
Hefferan, Rear Admiral (Ret.) John B. (Director of Naval History, Dept. of the Navy), 1954
Hession, James M., 1954
Hession, L. S., 1954
Higham, Marritt, 1954
Hill, Major-General Jim Dan, 1954
Hodder, James R., 1954
Horan, Frank, 1954
Horton, J. J., 1954
Hoyt, Lawrence W., 1954
Houtz, Phillip (Executive Director, National Jewish Hospital at Denver), 1954
Humphrey, Churchill and Martha, 1954
Imperial War Museum, London, 1954
Isherwood, Mrs. Harry, 1954
Jennings, George C., 1953
Johl, Colonel Max G., 1954
Jones, Myron A., CRM (Ret.), U.S.N., 1954
Jones, William M., 1956
Joseph, Jerome, 1954
Kahala, Mrs. Aino, 1954
Kahn, David (President, New York Cipher Society), 1954
Keep America Committee, 1954
Kiesling, Clarence E., 1954
Killion, Robert H., 1954
Kitts, Vice Admiral Willard A. 3rd, 1954
Klawans, Paul G., 1954
Knox, Commodore Dudley W., 1954
Kuhnle, Howard A., 1954
Lahey, Thomas B., 1954
Landes, Carl K., 1954
Lavender, Robert A., 1952
Lawrence, David (Editor, U.S. News and World Report), 1954
Leydon, Commander John K., 1954
Lilly, Herbert D., 1954
Lindbergh, Charles A., 1957
Lindsay, Commander Stewart, 1954
Lowry, Vice Admiral (Ret.) Frank J., 1954
Lucas, Frances B. (Mrs. James C.) (Executive Secretary, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution), 1955
Ludewig, Rear Admiral Joe W. and Minerva, 1954
McCabe, Hilton H., 1954
McCurdy, Florence, 1954
McDonald, Chester, 1954
McDonald, Irving T., 1954
McWilliams, John, 1954
Magoun, F. Alexander, 1954
Maraspin, Dana G. (Governor, Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), 1954
Marr, Francis J. (Councillor, City Council of Lynn, Massachusetts), 1954
Mason, Frances E., 1954
Mercer, R. W., 1954
Mills, Lt.-Commander (Ret.) Charles A., 1954
Montgomery, Robert H., 1954
Moore, Alice, 1954
Morgan, Roy L., 1954
Morrison, Jay, 1957
Moseley, Major-General George Van Horn, 1954
Mulford, Allen, 1954
Nelson, Laurence E., 1957
Neustader, L. W., 1954
O'Donnell, John, 1953
Padrick, E. B. (Chairman, Armed Forces Fellowship Committee, Rotary Club of Chicago), n.d.
Paine, John B., Jr., 1954
Paisana, Finca, 1954
Palmer, Paul (Executive Editor, The Reader's Digest), 1954
Parker, Captain Ralph C., 1954
Parsons, Charles, 1954
Pascual, Pacifico T., 1954
Patterson, Donald M., 1955
Paynter, Thomas G., 1954
Pier, H. W., 1954
Polowsky, Joseph, 1954
Porter, Jesse B., 1954
Powell, Rear Admiral Paulus P., 1954
Power, James H., Jr., 1955
Proctor, Joseph R., 1952
Pyne, Rear Admiral S. N., 1954
Ralston, Byron B., 1954
Reynolds, Mrs. G. Bergen, 1954
Rhodius, H. U., 1954
Richards, Ira, 1954
Richardson, Admiral James O., 1953-1954
Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1954
Rodgers, Margaret H. (Mrs. Anthony G.), 1954
Rogers, Captain Winifred, 1954
Ruggles, William B. (Editor, The Dallas Morning News), 1954
Ruhtenberg, Mrs. Jan, 1954
Rutherford, Alexander, 1954
Rutherford, S. Morton, 1954
Ryan, Russell C., 1954
Sakahura, T., 1954
Salouka, Beulah G., 1954
Sampson, William J., Jr., 1954
Schnitzer, George C., Sr., 1954
Schroeder, H. L. (Director, The Schroeder Foundation), 1954
Schwartz, Irving P. (Dept. of Public Relations, Queens College), 1954
Seebeck, Volney, 1954
Sharp, Capt. (Ret.) W. D., 1954
Shattuck, S. F., 1954
Sherry, Edward J., 1954
Short, Isabel Dean (Mrs. Walter C.), 1954
Simmons, Edward ( The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.), 1954
Skorvaga, Elizabeth A., 1954
Smith, Vice Admiral William Ward (Poco), 1954
Spencer, Ensign Herbert, 1954
Stafford, Colonel (Ret.) Ben, 1954
Stafsing, Ivar, 1954
Steefel, Lawrence D., 1954
Strassburger, R. B., 1954
Streu, Niels Henning, 1954
Sullivan, Colonel (Ret.) Alexander C., 1954
Swanton, Hobart P., 1954
Taeni, John, 1954
Tanner, W. R., 1954
Taylor, Bradley R., 1954
Thayer, Mr. and Mrs., 1953
Theobald, A. J., 1954
Theobald, Chester A., 1954
Theobald, Ralph E., 1954
Theobaldt, Mrs. Anni Schwarz, 1954
Thomas, Irene J., 1954
Thornton, R. S., 1954
Timmons, Bettie Edmonds, 1954
Tong, H. K., 1956-1957
Traut, Capt. (Ret.) F. A., 1954
Trohan, Walter (Correspondent, Chicago Tribune), 1954
Trundle, Mrs. I. F., 1954
Turner, Edward R., 1954
Vansant, Stephen S., 1955
Warner, Louis D., 1954
Warren, Dale (Houghton Mifflin Co.), 1952
Warshauer, Charles S., 1954
Welch, Rachel (Mrs. James), 1954
Wessendorf, Homer W., 1954
West, Ralph E., 1954
Whittemore, George A., 1954
Whittemore, K. Robert, 1954
Williams, John C., 1954
Wygant, Captain Benyaurd B., 1954
Yarnell, Admiral (Ret.) H. E., 1953-1954
Zemke, Captain (Ret.) Eric, 1954
Zochert, Roland W., 1954
Printed copy ( U.S. News and World Report, April 2, 1954)
A World Seeks Peace, 1945.
Speeches and addresses,
Outline for an unidentified speech, n.d.
Address to workers of the Boston Navy Yard and South Boston Naval Drydock, n.d.
Address to Naval Graduating Units, Harvard University, 1943.
Response to the toast The United States Navy at the Annual Dinner of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, June 7, 1943.
Address to workers of the Boston Navy Yard and South Boston Naval Drydock, July 15, 1943.
Address at Presentation of Army and Navy E Award to Boston Navy Yard at Boston Garden, August 20, 1943.
Address at Commissioning of U.S.S. Wasp, November 20, 1943.
Interview with Admiral Theobald on radio program Life to the Front, station WEEI, December 8, 1943.
Radio talk by Rear Admiral Theobald over Station WHDH, January 1, 1944.
Statement for the Boston Newspapers, June 6, 1944.
Radio script for V-Day, 1945.
Address before the Men's Corporate Communion Grace Church in Salem, Massachusetts, 1956.
War Diaries, Commander North Pacific Force, Task Force Eight, U.S. Pacific Fleet, 1942-1943
Scope and Content Note
May 22, 1942 - May 31, 1942
June 1, 1942 - June 30, 1942
June 1, 1942 - June 30, 1942 (contd.)
July 1, 1942 - July 31, 1942
August 1, 1942 - August 31, 1942
September 1, 1942 - September 30, 1942
October 1, 1942 - October 31, 1942
November 1, 1942 - November 30, 1942
December 1, 1942 - December 31, 1942
January 1, 1943 - January 3, 1943
Naval Career Office File, 1908-1949
Scope and Content Note
Dispatches, 1942
Assistance Information and Data Acquisition Center (AIDAC) Dispatches, May 16, 1942 - May 22, 1942, consisting of decoded messages between Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) and Commander Northwestern Sea Front (COMNOWESTSEAFRON), concerning Japanese operations against Midway and the Aleutians.
Dispatches from the Commander of Task Force 8 to the Commander of Task Group 8.1 and the Commanding General of Eleventh Air Force, Fort Greely, Alaska, June-July, November-December, 1942.
Inventory reports, 1943-1944. Inventory reports of registered secret and confidential publications distributed by the Chief of Naval Operations.
Manuals, 1940-1942
Staff Manual, Cruiser Division Three, Battle Force, United States Fleet, 1940.
Staff Instructions, Destroyer Flotilla One, United States Pacific Fleet, 1941.
Staff Instructions, Destroyers, Battle Force, United States Pacific Fleet, 1942.
Sound Military Decision. U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R. I., 1942.
Memoranda and reports, 1942-1944
Report from Headquarters of 11th Air Force Air Striking Group (Task Group 8.3), Kodiak, Alaska to Commanding General, Alaska Defense Command, Fort Richardson, Alaska. Summary of operations to June 10th, 1942 (tactical employment of 11th Air Force in first phase of Japanese invasion of Aleutians), with relevant dispatches and notes.
Memorandum on the situation in Alaska, July 2, 1942, written by Admiral Theobald for the Commandant of the Thirteenth Naval District at the latter's request for information on the Alaska situation.
Memorandum of Comtaskforce 8 concerning the proposed relocation of Headquarters of Fleet Air Wing Four to Adak, ca. September 1942.
Planes Used in Kiska Mission, September 14, 1942 - December 18, 1942.
Analysis of Command Relationship Between Commander Task Force Eight and Commanding General Eleventh Air Force, December 14, 1942.
Memoranda on the grounding of the U.S.S. Alexander J. Luke, written by the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, for the Commandant of the First Naval District, Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobald, March 24, 1944.
Navy Department correspondence and orders, 1908-1949. Includes orders from, and correspondence with, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (CINCPAC), Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King (COMINCH), Frank Knox (Secretary of the Navy), Franklin D. Roosevelt (as acting Secretary of the Navy and as President), Major-General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs (Chief of the Bureau of Navigation), and others.
1908-1939
1940-1949
Operations plans and orders, 1942
CINCPAC
No. 28-42, May 21
Comtaskforce 8
No. 1-42, May 27
No. 2-42, May 29
No. 3-42, May 31
No. 4-42, June 10
No. 5-42, June 22
No. 6-42, n.d.
No. 7-42, July 8
No. 8-42, July 14
No. 9-42, August 1
No. 10-42, August 21
No. 11-42, n.d.
No. 12-42, October 12
No. 13-42, October 12
No. 14-42, November 19
No. 15-42, December 2
No. 16-42, December 26
Comtaskgroup 8.1 (Air Group, Eleventh Air Force)
No. 1-42, May 28
No. 2-42, June 9
Field Orders No. 1, June 24
Field Orders No. 2, June 25
Field Orders No. 3, July 16
Field Orders No. 4, August 23
Comtaskunit 8.1.1 (Air Striking Unit, Eleventh Air Force)
Field Orders No. 4, June 25
Field Orders No. 5, July 16
Field Orders No. 6, August 3
Field Orders No. 7, August 23
Field Orders No. 8, November 1
Comtaskunit 8.1.2 (Air Search Unit, Eleventh Air Force)
No. 3-42, June 29
Comtaskgroup 8.2 (Surface Search Group)
No. 1-42, May 28
Comtaskgroup 8.3 (Air Striking Group, Eleventh Air Force)
Field Orders No. 1, May 28
Field Orders No. 2, June 1
Field Orders No. 3, June 11
Comtaskgroup 8.5 (Submarines)
No. 1-42, June 29
No. 4-42, July 5
No. 2-42, August 11
No. 3-42, November 26
Compatwing 4
Standard Communications Plan
Operations Schedule for Project Queen, August 2
Search Plan Dog, August 17
Operations Schedule for Project King, n.d.
Eleventh Air Force
Plan of Operations, Project Queen
Plan of Operations, Project King
Comalsec
No. 1-42, July 16
U.S.S. Nashville (flagship of Task Force 8)
Outline of Plan for Handling Flare Attack, August 25, 1942
Directive for Provision of Aircraft Support to Ships at Sea.
Service lists, 1942-1944
War Estimates, 1940-1943
Subject File, 1951-1957
Scope and Content Note
Marshall, George C. The Tragedy of George Marshall by Walter Trohan, The American Mercury, March 1951.
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1953
Theobald, Rear Admiral Robert A., 1957. Letters of condolence on the occasion of Admiral Theobald's death, and memorial service program.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Foreward to The Soviet Impact on Society by Dr. Dagobert D. Runes, n.d.
Miscellany, 1944-1951
Commencement programs.