Materials on Latin America and the Caribbean

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The publication of this guide would not have been possible without the assistance of Amy Skwira who typed and proofread the manuscript.

 

The Naval War College's Naval Historical Collection contains the College archives, manuscript collections and oral histories that document the history of the institution, the Navy in Narragansett Bay and the history of naval warfare. Materials treating Latin American and the Caribbean area are found in all of the above categories for both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

This guide is divided into seven sections: archives, manuscripts, manuscript items, oral histories, newspapers, pamphlets and microfilm. The holdings are identified by title, author, date, and contain brief descriptions of content. Those desiring further information may contact the curator.

The guide will be useful to Naval historians, Latin American historians and Diplomatic historians who are interested in the role the Navy played in Latin America during the last one hundred and twenty years, the service's response to our perceived security interests there and U.S. foreign policy south of the border. Personal descriptions of cruises, port visits, people, topography and political conditions by naval officers are contained in these sources as well. The publication of this guide will acquaint scholars with documentation that heretofore has not been widely known; hopefully, it will stimulate research in this area and ensure preservation of these unique sources.

The Naval Historical Collection is located in Mahan Hall at the Naval War College, Newport, RI 02841-1207. Department hours are Monday-Friday, 0800-1630. The telephone number is 401-841-2435; fax, 401-841-7790; and e-mail, evelyn.cherpak@usnwc.edu.

 

 

 

Publications

 

 

Our Policies in respect to Latin America, January 1920.
Box 1, no. 23

 

South American Affairs, September 1923.
Box 18, no. 806
 

National Policies towards Latin America
October 1924 - Box 23, no. 1023
October 1925 - Box 25, no. 1082
 

Policy Situations of the Americas, July 1926.
Box 28, no. 1145
 

The Chilean Lighthouse Keeper or Diplomatic Relations at Mas-á-Tierra, September 1937.
Box 35, no. 1316
 

Neutrality of the Canal Zone, March 1928.
Box 37, no. 1347

The Brazilian Fleet, January 1935.
Box 71, no. 1947

The Argentinean Fleet, January 1935.
Box 71, no. 1948

Policies of the U.S. Towards Countries of the Western Hemisphere, January 1938.
Box 76, no. 2031

The Strategic Area of Eastern South America and West Africa, February 1942.
Box 100, no. 2322-C
Box 105, no. 2378
Box 111, no. 2424-C
Box 115, no. 2455-K

The Causes of the Spanish American War and the Naval and Combined Operations in the Atlantic, including the transfer of the Oregon, Class of 1929 Historical Presentation.
Box 214

Naval and Combined Operations of the Spanish American War in the Pacific, Class of 1929 Historical Presentation.
Box 214

Naval and Combined Operations of the Spanish American War in the Pacific; Subsequent incidents up to the beginning of the Philippine Insurrection, including the Threatened International Complications, the results of the War. Class of 1930 Historical Presentation.
Box 214

The Development of the Modern Navy and the Spanish American War(1865-1900).Class of 1936 Historical Presentation.
Box 215

 

Intelligence and Technological Archives

 

 

Argentina	Puerto Militar – Forts and Batteries, July 18, 1913, SMF, 1913-140. Political Conditions – SP, 1920-4. Dirigible – Office of Naval Intelligence Monthly Information Bulletin (hereinafter cited as ONI MIB), December 1926. Navy – Ships Data ONI MIB, April 1930. Ships Data ONI MIB, October-November 1930. Political – Ships Data ONI MIB, February-October 1932. Naval Attaché – Visit to NWC, SN, 1934-87.
Brazil	Bahía Bay, Study of a Plan for the Occupation of Itaparica Channel, Bahía Bay, as a Temporary Base for a U.S. Fleet Operating on the East Coast of South America, SLH, 1905.   Political Conditions – Weekly Matters Relating to Latin America – SP, January 29, 1920. Lecture on Brazil by CDR J.P. Jackson, USN, SP, July 24,1922. Relations with the United States – ONI MIB, January 1923. Revolution in São Paulo – ONI MIB, January 1923. Brazil’s Declaration of Principles Read Before the Armaments Committee of the 5th Pan American Conference by the Head of the Brazilian Delegation, Dr. Afranio Mello Franco, SP, April 21, 1923. Submarine School – ONI MIB, June 1926. Aviation – ONI MIB, February-March 1931. Political – ONI MIB, July-October 1932. Recent Development by the Naval Mission to Brazil, SN, 1937-62.
Bolivia	Political Conditions – SP, 1920. Political – ONI MIB, February-October 1921. Relations with Paraguay – ONI MIB, February-October 1932.
Caribbean	Antigua, BWI A Handbook of General Information, SL, 1911. Intelligence Report Compiled by Major Dion Williams, USMC, April 9, 1912, SL, 1912-118. British Guiana Intelligence Report on Georgetown, British Guiana, Compiled by Major Dion Williams, USMC, June 22, 1912, SL-132. Guadalupe, F.W.I. Intelligence Report Compiled by Major Dion Williams, USMC, April 27, 1913, SL-120. Jamaica, B.W.I. Intelligence Report Compiled by Major Dion Williams, USMC, July 25, 1912, SL, 1912-191.
Caribbean	Martinique, F.W.I. (Con’t) Intelligence Report – General Information by Major Dion Williams, USMC for ONI, May 15, 1912, SL-119. St. Christopher, B.W.I. Intelligence Report – General Information by Major Dion Williams, USMC for ONI, April 6, 1912, SL-121. St. Croix, D.W.I. Intelligence Report – General Information by Major Dion Williams, USMC, March 25, 1912, SL-125. St. Thomas, D.W.I. Intelligence Report – General Information by Major Dion Williams, USMC for ONI, March 15, 1912, SL-122. Trinidad, B.W.I. Intelligence Report Compiled by Major Dion Williams, June 22, 1912, SL, 1912-123. Maps Compiled by Major Dion Williams, USMC, June 22, 1912, SL-124. Strategic Studies in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Lectures by LCDR Charles H. Stockton, S, 1888. War Resources of the English Colonies in the West Indies Compiled by LT Charles Rogers, USN, S, 1890. St. Thomas, St. John, D.W.I., Memorandum Concerning, SL, 1901. Influence of a Divided Approach to the Caribbean.Scouting.Order Writing. Summer Conference, 1913.Part II, Problem 4, XSTA. American Naval Bases in the West Indies, Letter from CDR W.R. White, USN to SecNav, November 1, 1917, UNB, 1920-132. Navy Bases – CDR W.R. White, U.S. Navy.American Naval Bases in the West Indies, UNB, 1921. Civil Engineer L.M. Cox, U.S. Navy.Report of Investigation of Naval Base Sites in the Antilles, UNB, 1921. LT R.L. Pettigrew, CEC, U.S. Navy.Reports on Engineering Features of Various Sites for a First-class Base in the Virgin Islands and Eastern Puerto Rico, UNB, 1921. Report of Investigation of Naval Base Sites in the Antilles by Leonard M. Cox, USN, December 18, 1916, UNB, 1921-62. Letters from Commander Chester W. Nimitz to RADM William V. Pratt, April 20& 26, May 17, 1927 and Letters Sent by Pratt to Nimitz, May 2 & 10, 1927 Regarding Professor David P. Barrows’ (UC-Berkeley) request for Information/Studies on the Caribbean Area Conducted at the Naval War College, XSTA, 1927-100. Studies of Strategic Areas:The Eastern Atlantic Area, the Caribbean Area and Bermuda.Department of Intelligence, 1933-1934, 1935-1936, 1936-1937, 1937-1938, 1940-1941.
Central America	Central American Tribunal – ONI MIB, January 1928.
Chile	Destroyer Leaders – ONI MIB, June 1926. Estimate of the Situation – ONI MIB, December 1928. Relations with Peru – ONI MIB, December 1928. Chile and Peru – SL, 1930-95. Navy – Ships Data, ONI MIB, April-June 1930. Naval Mission to Paraguay – ONI MIB, February-March 1931. Political – ONI MIB, Feb-Oct 1932.
Colombia	Lines of Communication and Map, SLC, 1904. Naval War Plan for Cartagena, Colombia, includes Cartagena Bay War Chart, Map of Northwestern Colombia, Lower Magdalena River and Plan of the City of Cartagena by Major Dion Williams, USMC and L.A. Bostwick, USN, UNOpP, 1906-7. The Magdalena River.A Description of the Magdalena River, Republic of Colombia and the Lines of Communication Leading to it, SL-18, 1906. Political Conditions – SP, 1920. Letter from State Department to SecNav Regarding Acquisition of Magdalena Bay for U.S. Navy and Fleet Individual Exercises, UNB, 1921-106. Colombia-Peru Relations – ONI MIB, February-October 1932. Political – ONI MIB, February-October 1932.
Costa Rica	Costa Rica – Political Conditions Weekly Report on Matters Relating to Latin America, State Department, SP, 1920.
Cuba	War Between the United States and Spain.Plan of the Campaign.Consideration of the Question of Supplies.Discussion of Both Strategy and Tactics.By LCDR J.B. Bleecher and LT W.E. Reynolds, UNOpB, 1894-251. Strategy Upon a War with Spain by CDR Train, UNOpB, 1894-263. Ports and Anchorages of Cuba, SLH-282, 1895. Situation in the Case of War with Spain, UNOpB, 1895-260. Situation in Case of War with Spain, UNOpP, November 1896. Special Problem.War with Spain.UNOpB, December 1896. War with Spain by LT W.W. Kimball, UNOpB, 1896-255. Situation in the Case of War with Spain, UNOpB, 1896-261. Notes on the Efficiency of the Blockade, UNOpB, 1896-261. Corrections in Paper on Situation in the Case of War with Spain, UNOpB, December 13, 1896-258. Defense of Cuban Ports – List of Vessels Said to be in Cuban Waters, 1896-254, UNOpB Rough Draft of the Official Plan (July 1897) in Event of Operations Against Spain in Cuba by Captain Caspar Goodrich. What We Should Do in the Event of War with Spain by the Board of Defenses, UNOpB, 1897-252. War with Spain and Japan by the Board of Defenses, UNOpB, 1897-253. War with Spain by CDR B.H. McCalla, UNOpB, 1897-256.
Cuba	Preliminary Work for Auxiliary Cruisers in Case of War with Spain, UNOpB, (Con’t) 1897-259. The Landing at Daiquiri by Jean Legrand.Translation from an Article in the Marine Francaise, June 1899 with Comments by Captain Harry C. Taylor and Captain W.M. Folger. Sketch Showing Probable Amount of Blockade Running in a Blockade of Cuba, UNOpP, 1899. Conference of Officers Attendance on War Charts of Guantanamo, Samaná Bay and Culebra, UNOpP, 1900. Result of Conference on the War Charts of Guantanamo, Culebra Island and Samaná Bay, UNOpP, 1900. Naval War Plan for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, UNOpP, 1911-115. Data Used in Making War Plans – Nipe Bay, Oriente Province, Cuba, Casiguran Bay, Philippines, UNOpP, 1913-157. Guancanayabo Gulf, Strategic Importance of, General Board, XSTA, 1913-43-4. South Coast of Cuba Regarding Available Waters for a Naval Operating Base. Memorandum from Captain Henry L. Wymen to Commission on Navy Yards and Naval Stations, May 17, 1919, UNB, 1921-38. Political – MIB, February-October 1932. Culebra – Landing Exercise, UNT, 1936. Culebra – Naval Gunfire in Support or Landing on CNO, Naval Gunfire Practices, U.S. Fleet, UNT. Synopsis of War College Plan for Cuban Campaign in War with Spain, UNOpB.
Dominican Republic	Commission of Inquiry to Santo Domingo and Samaná Bay, SLH, 1871. Reconnaissance of Haiti and Santo Domingo by Major H.C. Haines, SLH, 1901. Report on Reconnaissance of Santo Domingo by Major H.C. Haines, USMC, SLH, 1901. Santo Domingo:Caldera Bay, Ocoa Bay, Port of Azua, Puerto Viego and Bay of Neiba, SLH, 1901. Saona Island and Catuana Pass, Santo Domingo, Survey of, by CDR Henry McCrea, SLH, 1901. Haiti – Santo Domingo, General Board, UNOpP, 1903. Considerations of Operations in Santo Domingo where Domestic Considerations may necessitate Assumption of Control, UNOpP, 1904. Occupation ofHaiti – Santo Domingo.War with Germany.Problem No. 2, Army War College, UMT, 1904. Criticism of the Study of the Plans for the Preliminary Occupation ofSanto Domingo and Haiti by the Navy and Marine Corps, UNOpP, 1905. Review by the General Board of the Army War College Papers on the Haiti – Santo Domingo Plan, UNOpP, 1905. Report of the Army War College on the Plan Proposed by the Navy General Board to Prevent the Use of the Island of Haiti – Santo Domingo as a Base by a Foreign Maritime Power at War with Blue, UNOpP, 1905. Information on San Lorenzo Bay, Samaná Bay, Santo Domingo by Ensign J.B. Gay, SLH-34, 1905. Joint War Plans, Naval Plans, UNOpP, 1905-47.
Dominican Republic	Joint Army-Navy War Plans, Problem No. 2 (Con’t) Phase I, Occupation of Santo Domingo Phase II, Extension of the Occupation to Haiti Phase III, War with Black Compiled by CDR C.J. Bousch, USN, Major Dion Williams, USMC, LT L.A. Bostwick, USN, March 1905, UNOpP, 1905-49. List of Charts for Joint Army and Navy War Plans, Problem No. 2, Naval Plans, Harbors and Bays of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, UNOpP, 1905-49. Joint Army and Navy War Plan.Naval Plan for the Occupation of Santo Domingo, Naval Plan for the Occupation of Haiti, Includes Correspondence from the Army War College Regarding the Plan, 1905-1907, UNOpP, 1907-32. Dominican Republic, A Compilation, ONI, SL, July 1916. Political Conditions – Weekly Report, SP, 1920.
Ecuador	Political – ONI MIB, July-October 1932.
Guatemala	Political Conditions Weekly Report on Matters Relating to Latin America, State Department, SP, 1920.
Guiana	Political Conditions Weekly Report on Matters Relating to Latin America, State Department, SP, 1920.
Haiti	Notes on Haiti and Puerto Rico by CDR Asa Walker, SLH-315, 1899. Reconnaissance of Haiti and Santo Domingo by Major H.C. Haines, SLH, 1901. Haiti – Santo Domingo, General Board, UNOpP, 1903. Occupation of Haiti – Santo Domingo.War with Germany.Problem No. 2, Army War College, UMT, 1904. Criticism of the Study of the Plans for the Preliminary Occupation of Santo Domingo and Haiti by the Navy and Marine Corps, UNOpP, 1905. Review by the General Board of the Army War College Papers on the Haiti – Santo Domingo Plan, UNOpP, 1905. Report of the Army War College on the Plan Proposed by the Navy General Board to Prevent the Use of the Island of Haiti – Santo Domingo as a Base by a Foreign Maritime Power at War with Blue, UNOpP, 1905. Joint Army-Navy War Plans, Problem No. 2 Phase I, Occupation of Santo Domingo Phase II, Extension of the Occupation to Haiti Phase III, War with Black Compiled by CDR C.J. Bousch, USN, Major Dion Williams, USMC, LT L.A. Bostwick, USN, March 1905, UNOpP, 1905-49. List of Charts for Joint Army and Navy War Plans, Problem No. 2, Naval Plans, Harbors and Bays of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, UNOpP, 1905-49. Joint Army and Navy War Plan.Naval Plan for the Occupation of Santo Domingo, Naval Plan for the Occupation of Haiti, Includes Correspondence from the Army War College Regarding the Plan, 1905-1907, UNOpP, 1907-32.
Honduras	War Resources of Honduras Compiled by LT W.H. Beehler, S, April 1889. British Honduras – Political Conditions Weekly report on matters relating to Latin America, SP, 1920. Honduras – Political Conditions Weekly report on matters relating to Latin America, State Department, SP,1920.
Latin America	Latin America – Strategy of – ONI MIB, January 1927. Latin America League – ONI MIB, August 1927. Pan-American Conference at Havana, Cuba, 1927, ONI MIB, January 1928. Relationships – ONI MIB, January 1928. Foreign Penetration of – ONI MIB, February 1928. Relations – ONI MIB Important Treaties and International Agreements, 1930. Relations – ONI MIB Application of the Monroe Doctrine, etc., 1930. Political – ONI MIB, July-October 1932.
Mexico	War Resources of Mexico Compiled by LT Beehler, USN, M, December 1887. Reconnaissance in Gulf of Mexico by LCDR Pillsbury and LT H.B. Wilson, ULH, 1896-284. A Suggested Plan of Attack on the City of Vera Cruz, Mexico, by a Naval Landing Force by N.A. McCully, USN, UNOpP, 1912-58. Tentative Plan of Blockade.East Gulf Coast of Mexico, UNOpP, ca. 1913. Reports on Mexico, Prepared by LT William D. Smith, USMC, MP, 1913. Report on Observations while in Mexico, Prepared by LT Henry J. Reilly, USA, MP, 1913. Situation on the West Coast of Mexico, Compiled by ONI, MP, February 17, 1913. Monograph on Mexico Compiled by Office of the Chief of Staff, War Department, Washington, DC:GPO, ML, 1914. Political Conditions, Observations in Chihuahua, Compiled by ONI, MP, 1914. Tentative Plan for Employment of Naval Forces Stationed in Mexican Gulf Ports – Vera Cruz by RADM F.F. Fletcher, USN, UNOpP, 1914-1. Tentative Plan for Employment of Naval Forces Stationed in Mexican Gulf Ports – Tampico by RADM F.F. Fletcher, USN, UNOpP, 1914-2. Tampico, Mexico, Estimate of the Situation, May 1916, Compiled by CDR W.P. Scott, USN, UNOpP, 1916-172. Suggested Operations on the West Coast of Mexico in the Event of Hostilities, UNOpP, 1916-185. Mexico – Relations with U.S.- How the United States Will Intervene in Mexico.Translation from A.B.C., Mexico City, July 26, 1919. ONI Report from Naval Attaché, Tokyo, Japan, MR. Weekly Reports on Mexico from the Department of State, January 3, 1920, January 17, 1920 and March 13, 1920, MP, 1920-6. Mexico – Relations with Germany, ONI Report, MR, April 17, 1920. International Cards for Visitors – ONI MIB, July 1926. Attempted Coup of Serrano-Gómez – ONI MIB, 1927. International Relations – ONI MIB, September 1927.
Mexico	Political and Social Situation – ONI MIB, December 1927. (Con’t) Lecture on Mexico by Arthur Bliss Lane, Chief, Division of Mexican Affairs, August 24, 1928, MP, 1928-73. Political – ONI MIB, February-October 1932.
Nicaragua	Nicaragua – Political Conditions Weekly report on matters relating to Latin America, State Department, SP, 1920. Nicaraguan Canal and American Strategy – ONI MIB, August 1927. Nicaragua – ONI MIB, July 1928. April - May 1928. Nicaragua – Review of Elections – ONI MIB, February 1929.
Panama	Strategic Features of the Pacific Coast, from Panama to the Colombia River, Lectures by CDR Charles H. Stockton, ULH-56, ca. 1895. Chiriqui Lagoon, Information Concerning by CDR J.D. Adams, SL, 1901. Reconnaissance of the Perlas Islands, Bay of Panama by CDR W.P. Potter, LCDR H.A. Wiley and LT L.C. Palmer, ZLH, 1902. Letter from LT J.R. Edie, USN to President, Naval War College concerning Reconnaissance of Almirante Bay, SLH, 1905. Reconnaissance Notes on Almirante Bay, January and February 1905, SLH-48. Notes Prepared for a Reconnaissance of Almirante Bay and Vicinity in January and February 1905, SLH-61. Report of Naval Members of Panama Fortifications Board Regarding Conditions at Colon end of Canal, General Board, ZMF, 1910-50. Report of the Panama Fortification Board, ZD, 1910-153. Opinion of Value of Proposed Fortifications of the Panama Canal to the Navy. War Department, ZMF, 1910-156. Panama Canal – Military Fortifications The Question of Fortifying the Panama Canal from a Naval Point of View by LCDR W.S. Turpin, ZMF, 1910-157. Panama Canal – Military Fortifications The Question of Fortifying the Panama Canal from a Naval Point of View by CDR N.E. McCully, ZMF, 1910-158. Military Value of Certain Coastal Positions in the Vicinity of the Panama Canal by Captain J.H. Oliver, CDR F.H. Schofield and Major R.H. Dunlap, ZD, 1911-129. Proposed Sale to U.S. of Pearl Island Group, ZD, 1912-79. Matters Relating to the Panama Canal from the General Board, ZD, 1913-43-3. Report of Canal Utilities, Isthmus of Panama, General Board, ZLH, 1913-51-6. Panama Canal – Political Construction of a Ship Canal by Foreign Capitalists from Gulf of Darien (Atlantic Ocean) to Cupica Bay (Pacific Ocean), ZP, 1913-146. The Strategic Value of the Panama Canal by CDR J.S. McKean, USN. Washington, D.C.:GPO, 1914. The Defense of the Panama Canal Against Submarines, by LCDR Williams S. Pye, ZD, 1914-154.(2 copies) Panama Canal – Defenses Estimate of the Situation, The Local Defense of the Canal Zone, by Captain William V. Pratt, ZD, 1916.
Panama	Logistics – General (Con’t) Maps and Reports (Canal Zone and República de Panama), SL, 1916. Logistics – Harbors Report on Reconnaissance of Chorrera – Indio River Trail.Indio River, San Carlos to Gatun Lake, Chilar, Sitie Hveyro-Ciricito River Trail, Sitio Vallejo-Cuipo Trail, and Candelera-Sitio Vallejo Trail, SL, SL-200, 1916. Logistics – Harbors Report on Town of Chepo, República de Panama, SL-205, 1916. Panama Canal – Logistics, Harbors Pacific Coast, Panama Canal, Notes on a Visit to Pearl Islands, Chepo River, Otoque Islands and Tobogo by Captain William V. Pratt, ZLH, 1916-2. Defense of Canal Zone and Panama Canal.Letter of Captain William V. Pratt to Captain William S. Sims, ZD, 1916-7. Panama Canal – Logistics, Harbors Reconnaissance of Islands off Pacific end by William V. Pratt, ZLH, 1916-135. Panama Canal:Patrol and Information Service Necessary for the Defense of Canal Zone, by Captain William V. Pratt, ZD, 1916-136. Panama Canal:Naval Reconnaissance of Canal Zone and Adjacent Coasts, by Captain William V. Pratt, ZD, 1916-137. Panama Canal – Defenses Protection of Panama Canal by Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards, USA, ZD, 1916-186. Material for Defense of Entrance to Panama Canal, ZD, 1916-187. Panama Canal – Logistics/Communications General Estimate of the Radio Situation, Canal Zone and Republic of Panama, ZLC, 1916-188. Weaknesses of the Panama Canal by Captain T.K. Partello, USA, ZD, 1916-189. Panama Canal Defenses:Their Relation to Canal Construction and Maintenance by Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards, ZD, 1916-190. Panama Canal – Merchant Marine List of Available Vessels in the Panama Canal Zone by Captain William V. Pratt, ZS, 1916-191. Problem No. 1 – Blue-Black Problem Submarine Defense Against Black Attack at Panama Canal by LT W.L. Friedell, XSTX, 1916-192. Panama Canal – Defense Problem 2 – Blue-Orange Submarine Defense against Orange Attack on Panama Canal, XSTX, 1916-193. Defense of Panama Canal by CDR E.H. Campbell, USN, ZD, 1916-194. Logistics – Harbors Information about Province of Chiriquí, República de Panama, Relates to Port of David, SL, 1916-198. Logistics – Harbors Report on Puerto Mutis, Veraguas Province, República de Panama and Port of Aquadulce, Coclé Province, República de Panama, SL, 1916-199. Reconnaissance Notes on Trip from Balboa Docks to Junction Mamori and Madrono River, SLC, 1916-205. Notes of a Lecture on the Panama Canal by Captain Hugh Rodman, USN at the Naval War College, ZL, 1916-206.
Panama	Panama Canal – Defenses (Con’t) Copies of Problems for Solution by Army Officers in Post Graduate Course on Duty in Canal Zone.Problems Based in Defense of Canal Zone, ZD, 1916-208. Panama Canal – Defenses Extracts from Testimony of Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards, USA in Command of U.S. Troops in Canal Zone Given Before Senate Committee, February 3, 1916, ZD, 1916-212. Panama Canal – Logistics, General Letter to Chief Hydrographer, USN, from Captain William V. Pratt, Regarding Survey of Coastline Adjacent to Panama Canal, ZLH, 1916-214. Logistics – Harbors Port Chase, San Juan Property, Pueblo Viejo Bay, Panama.(Note by Captain William V. Pratt, USN), Map Attached, SL, 1916-217. Defense of Panama Canal Against Submarines, War Department, ZD, 1916-258. Panama Canal Fortifications from a Naval Point of View by Captain William V. Pratt, ZMF, 1916-263.(6 copies) Panama Canal Zone.Military Information Report by LT H.C. Allen; Landing Places and Report of Work Done by LT J.A. Hoag; Report of Survey of Coastline to the East of the Canal Zone Boundary Line by Captain E. Biscoe; Report on the Island of Taboga by Captain John M. Dunn, Survey of Certain Islands West of Pacific Entrance to Canal by LT R.F. Greene, Map of Shoreline from Western Canal Zone Boundary by Captain R.I. McKenney; Visit to Gulf of San Blas by Captain C.E.T. Hull, Trail Report on Route between Boca de Cupe, Panama and the Atrato River, Republic of Colombia, the Tuira River, Atrato River District, Darien District, and the Chucunaque River, ZD, 1916-282. Outline of Strategic Problems for Panama Areas - Caribbean and Pacific by Captain William V. Pratt, XSTX, 1917-22. Panama Canal – Transit of U.S. – ONI MIB Pacific Fleet and Through, September 1919. Panama Canal – Defenses Relation of the Pearl Islands to the Defense of the Panama Canal, ZD, 1919-75. Panama Canal – Logistics, Harbors Rules for Docking Vessels in the Drydocks Belonging to the Panama Canal, General G.W. Goethals, 1919, ZLH, 1919-126. Panama Canal – Logistics, Harbors Movements of the Fleet Through the Panama Canal, CIC, Atlantic Fleet, ZLH, 1919-128. Panama Canal Locks from RADM H.H. Rousseau, USN, 1919-524 and Memorandum from ADM George Dewey, October 29, 1907 on Proper Dimensions for the Locks of the Panama Canal. Panama Canal – Logistics, Harbors Obstruction Across Secondary Entrance to Cristóbal Harbor, ZL, 1920-87. Panama Canal – Logistics, Port Facilities Drydocks, Floating docks, Pontoons, Patent Slipways of the World, ULH, 1921. Panama Canal – Navy Operations, War Plans Mission, Commandant, 15th Naval District, Canal Zone, UNOpP, 1921.
Panama	Panama Canal – Logistics, Harbors (Con’t) Passage of US Atlantic Fleet Through Panama Canal, January 19-20,1921, ZLH, 1921-23. Panama Canal – Defenses Present and Projected Coast Defenses, ZD, 1921-166. The Panama Canal and its Defense.Lecture by Colonel E.L. King, USA, at the Naval War College, ZD, 1921-199. Panama.Coast Landings.Intelligence Report, ZL, 1922. Coast Landings.Intelligence Report, ONI, ZLH, 1922. Defenses of Panama Canal.Letters from Colonel Michael J. Lenihan, ZD, 1922-56. Information in Regard to the Panama Canal, 15th Naval District, ZLG, 1922-63. Panama Canal – Defense Principles of Coast Defense and Their Application to the Defense of Oahu, Panama Canal and the Philippine Islands by Colonel Michael J. Lenihan, USA, XDEG, 1922-142-3. Panama Canal – Transit of by US fleet Chief of Naval Operations, UNOpM, 1923. Intelligence Report, Air Routes and Communication in Panama, ZA, 1923. Intelligence Reports, Commerce, ZC, 1923. Panama Clubs and Personalities.Intelligence Report, ZP, 1923. Panama Canal – Defenses Location of 16”guns, Pacific Entrance to Panama Canal, ZD, 1923-89. Panama Canal – Defenses Compiled from Official Documents by Colonel Michael J. Lenihan, ZD, 1923-150-1. The Panama Canal and the Policy of the Penguin.ONI, Le Figaro, September 16, 1925. Panama Canal – Confidential Report of Tactical Inspection and Joint Army and Navy Exercises, UNT, 1926. Panama Bay – Joint Exercises, UNT, 1927. Grid Systems for Proposed Unified Grid Systems for use in areas involving Joint Army and Navy, UNT, 1928. Panama Canal – Key Point for Command of the Sea RADM Hollweg, ONI MIB, 1930. Secret Data Regarding Army Garrisons:Panama Canal Department. Compiled by War Department, General Staff, UMP, 1931-29. Army Strength.Panama Canal Department.Compiled by War Plans Division, General Staff, UMP, 1933-26. Panama Problem – Fleet Problem No. 6, Blue solution by CINC, US Fleet, UNT. Notes on the Fixed Fortifications by Captain William V. Pratt. Panama Canal Fortifications from a Naval Point of View by Captain William V. Pratt, ZD. Panama Canal and Vicinity Showing Areas of Gunfire, Office of Coast Artillery, ZD. Panama Canal Zone, Coast Defenses and Fortifications, ONI, ZD.
Paraguay	Paraguay – Political Conditons Weekly Report on Matters Relating to Latin America, State Department, SP, 1920. Paraguay – Bolivia Relations, ONI MIB, July-October 1932.
Peru	Letter, August 1, 1922, CDR L.D. Gausey, Regarding U.S. Naval Mission to Peru, SN. Formulation of Orders for Peruvian Navy by Captain C.G. Davy, USN, SN, 1925-53.
Puerto Rico	Notes on Haiti and Puerto Rico by CDR Asa Walker, SLH-315, 1899. Culebra Island, Reports on, SL, 1898. Report on Transportation and Emplacement of Naval Five Inch Gun, Culebra, by Captain G.C. Thorpe, USMC, SD, February 1902. Artillery Defense of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with Maps Accompanying.Prepared by U.S. Army Board of Engineers, SL, 1902. Letter Concerning Heliographic Communication, Puerto Rico to Culebra, SL, 1903. Culebra, Target Bay Anchorage, Defense against Destroyers and Submarines, SL-50, 1916.
South America	Harbors – Tactical Study of the Harbors of the East Coast of South America – Gulf of Para to Cape Horn, SLH, 1903. Navy – Training The Study of the Art of War. Lecture, Brazilian War College by CDR Philip Williams, USN, 1914, XWAP, 1914-104.
Uruguay	Uruguay – Political Conditions Weekly Report on Matters Relating to Latin America, SP, 1920. Political Situation – ONI MIB, December 1929. Uruguay – Aviation – BA/FA/GA/IA/JA/UA LTCOL R.R. Farquharson, USMC, Aviation MIB, 1930.
Venezuela	Preliminary Examination of Margarita Island with Map and War Plans, SL, 1901. Guanta, Information Concerning Availability as a Naval Base, SLH, 1903. Reconnaissance of the Margarita Region, Venezuela, by CDR J. Hood, USN, SL, 1911-121. Political Conditions – SP, 1920.

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Author	Title	Year	Pages
Ayers, George L. LCDR	Communism in Guatemala, It’s Rise and Fall.	1959	34
Baldwin, Frank A. CAPT	Brazil, It’s Future as a World Power.	1963	42
Banks, William N. CDR	The Communist Threat to Latin America.	1962	61
Brown, Keith F. CDR	An Examination of the Cuban Issue.	1962	38
Campbell, William C. CDR	Panama – Our Next Problem?	1963	55
Caudell, Louis LTCOL	Alliance for Progress:Force to Counter the Threat of Communism in Latin America.	1963	70
Conolly, Richard L. LCDR	A Study of Conditions Which Affect Certain Fundamental Policies of the United States in Central America and the Caribbean Area.	1931	27
Coogan, Robert P. CDR	What Lesson from Cuba?	1963	48
Davis, Charles R. CDR	Predictable Measures of Maritime Interdiction in the Perspective of the 1962 Cuban Crisis.	1963	86
Davis, Ray E. CDR	Cuba:History Has Not Absolved You.	1963	65
Fitch, Aubrey W. CAPT	Present Trends in the Foreign Policies of the United States as Affecting the Monroe Doctrine and the Caribbean Policy.	1938	34
Garrow, Jack S. CDR	Culebra – A Point of View.	1974	35
Gilmore, Frank C. LCDR	The Organization of American States:   The Means of United States Diplomacy in Latin America.	1964	49
Hallelan, Henry L. LCDR	A Proposal for Latin America.	1964	49
Heimburg, Ernest H. von LT	A Study of Conditions which Affect Certain Fundamental Policies of the United States in Central America and the Caribbean Area.	1931	49
Joy, Harmon R. CDR	Brazil – An Ally for Deterring Communist Aggression, Prospects and Limitations.	1963	57
Keough, Francis P. MAJ	Explaining the Bay of Pigs Decision.	1974	49
Manship, Herbert K. CDR	The Monroe Doctrine:Cornerstone or Corpse.	1963	60
McCain, John S. CDR	Causes of the Spanish American War, and the Naval and Combined Operations in the Atlantic, Including the Transfer of the Oregon.	1929	36
Robinson, William H.Fidel	Castro – Communist Caudillo.	1963	66
Rowell, Kenneth F. CDR	The Threat of Communist Cuba to the Western Hemisphere.	1962	34
Rowse, Earl J. COL	An Examination of the Cuban Issue.	1963	69
Smith, Allen E. CDR	Present Trends in the Foreign Policies of the United States Affecting the Monroe Doctrine and Caribbean Policy.	1938	33

 

Record Group 14
Faculty and Staff Presentations
 

  

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Record Group 15
Lectures
 

Record Group 21
Naval War Colleges of the Americas Conference

 

Naval War Colleges of the Americas, 1962-1990.

Records of the Conferences of the Naval War Colleges of the Americas including planning files, rosters of participants, subject files, published items, translations, conference proceedings, correspondence, speeches and reports, working files and presentations of the Latin American lecture team, 1971-1974; Planning and country files of the Sixth Inter-American Conference, 1971; Records of the Permanent Coordinating Secretariat, 1970-1973. The Conferences are attended by delegates from United States, Canadian and South American Naval War Colleges. The conferences have entertained discussions on the goals and objectives of professional military education, and delegates have agreed on the exchange and translation of course materials and books, lecture teams, and the development and execution of an Inter-American War Game.


 

Record Group 37
Center for Naval Warfare Studies
Series Six: Advanced Research Papers

 

Agro, Robert J.	Soviet Forward Policy and Strategy in Latin America, 1983
O'Reilly, Kevin M.	Chile and Argentina: Asymmetrical Air Force Modernization and the Building of Confidence, 1997
Scanlan, Francis.	The Porfiriato and Today's Mexico: Lessons for U.S. Policy Makers, 1994
Vansnathall, Marshall.	Argentine Policy in the Falklands War: The Political Results, 1983

 

Ms. Coll. 2	Cyrus Breed. Journal of a Cruise to Santo Domingo in USS Swatara, 1869.
Ms. Coll. 5	Roy Campbell Smith.Letters to his wife Margaret Sampson Smith from the USS Indiana, 1898, during the Spanish American War; Reprints of Squadron Bulletins of the North Atlantic Squadron, 1898; Charts and Blueprints of Cuba; Photograph album of cruise to Panama with President William Howard Taft to inspect Panama Canal, 1912, and cruise to Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914.
Ms. Coll. 8	Cameron McRae Winslow.Copies of documents relating to the cutting of the cable at Cienfuegos, Cuba, during the Spanish American War, 1898-1899.
Ms. Coll. 17	Alfred Thayer Mahan.Index to diary and scrapbook on Spanish American War kept by LTCOL Berkeley C. Quill, N.D.
Ms. Coll. 21.	John B. Marchand.Journals of cruise to South America, 3 December 1858- 30 May 1859, with port visits in Barbados, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Montevideo, Uruguay, the Rio de la Plata and Paraná Rivers and Rosario, Argentina; Cruise around the World, August 15, 1848 - January 22, 1850, with port calls in La Paz, Lower California, Callao and Lima, Peru, and Valparaiso, Chile.
Ms. Coll. 26	Wilma Miles.Notes, itineraries, letters, guidebooks and maps regarding trips to Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Central America, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, and the Amazon River, 1951-1960. Photograph albums of Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guatemala, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, San Blas Islands, Panama, and Peru. Books entitled Peru by Herbert Kirchoff; Colombia by Robert M. Gerstmann; Venezuela by Amelia Góngara; Documentos del Almirante Brown; Nahuel-Huapi by Alberto M-de Agostini and El Cerro Lanin y Sus Lagos; and Recuerdos de Santiago de Cuba.
Ms. Coll. 29	William B. Caperton.Uruguayan School Tribute Booklet, 1918; Latin American magazines, 1917-1918.
Ms. Coll. 32	H. Kent Hewitt.Duty in USS Eagle in Cuban waters in 1916, wherehecarried out surveying assignments and protected American lives and property after a revolution; Leatherbound volume of Franklin D. Roosevelt's speeches during his trip to Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, 1936; Memoirs of Admiral Hewitt regarding President Franklin D. Roosevelt's trip to South America in USS Indianapolis in 1936.
Ms. Coll. 47	John H. Dayton.Scrapbooks of cruises to the Caribbean and Central America.1923-1929.
Ms. Coll. 55	Scott Umsted.Materials on hydrographic research in USS Niagara, Canal Zone.1928.
Ms. Coll. 56	Charles H. Stockton.Reminiscences entitled “Recollections of My Life Afloat and Ashore from the Beginning to My Arrival in Rio de Janeiro in 1866 Based on Journals, Letters, etc., Parts I and II.”
Ms. Coll. 59	Charles S. McCauley.Letters received regarding conditions in Chile when he was CO, Pacific Squadron, 1851-1852.
Ms. Coll. 103	Reginald R. Belknap.Letters from his brother Prescott Belknap, surveyor with the Nicaragua Canal Commission, 1897-1898, describing his work and living conditions in Nicaragua.
Ms. Coll. 106	Herbert O. Dunn.Photograph album of Montevideo, Uruguay, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1877.
Ms. Coll. 115	Harris Laning.Autobiography entitled An Admiral’s Yarn, includes service in USS Monadnock and CO, USS Panay during the Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection, 1898.
Ms. Coll. 122	Walter Bruce Howe.Subject files regarding the Inter-American Escadrille, 1940-1941, including correspondence, cablegrams, reports, newspaper clippings and calling cards.
Ms. Coll. 141	Charles P. Snyder.Correspondence, Letters received from the American Naval Mission, Brazil, 1937-1939.
Ms. Coll. 166	John W. Wadsworth.Correspondence, Letters sent to his mother while in USS Plymouth from Cuba, Haiti, Vera Cruz and Tampico, Mexico, June - September 1858, with descriptions of the islands, the cities and the people

 

MANUSCRIPT ITEMS

 

Ms. Item 48	Theodore Roosevelt.Letter, July 1, 1908, to Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick, USN (Ret.) regarding the Spanish American War.
Ms.Item 62	Harry Caldwell.Copy of a journal of cruises in USS Concord to South America and the West Indies, 1891-1893.
Ms. Item 70	George E. Gelm.Reminiscences of his naval service during the Spanish American War and the Caribbean area, 1898-1908.
Ms. Item 119	Charles F. Adams.Letter to Speaker ofthe House Nicholas Longworth regarding bill to purchase a bust of LT James Gilliss, USN for presentation to the Chilean National Observatory.
Ms. Item 134	Francis Kay Murray.Copy of letter, April [1847] to Annie Murray regarding naval battle in Brig Vesuvius to capture Tuxpan, Mexico during the Mexican War.Describes landing at Tuxpan and inhabitants.
Ms. Item 148	Curtis Wilbur.Letter to Chairman, House Committee on Naval Affairs regarding purchase of a bust of LT Gilliss for the Chilean National Observatory, May 19, 1928.
Ms. Item 149	Curtis Wilbur. Letter to Representative Robert Luce, May 28, 1928, regarding House Bill for the purchase of bust of LT James Gilliss.
Ms. Item 150	Curtis Wilbur. Letter to Speaker of the House sending a draft of a bill to purchase a bust of LT James Gilliss for presentation to the Chilean National Observatory, May 19, 1928.
Ms. Item 267	David Dixon Porter.Letter to LT Henry H. Gorringe, CO, USS Philadelphia, Key West, FL, December 3, 1873, requesting information on defenses and fortifications of Havana, Little Mariel and Spanish naval activities there.
Ms. Items 276	Fitzhugh Lee.Telegram, May 7, 1898, to the Chicago Tribune regarding news of Dewey’s victory at Manila Bay, PI.
Ms. Item 316	Sylvanus W. Godon.Letter from USS Susquehanna, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 15, 1866, to LCDRJ.G. Walker, CO, USS Shawmut, with orders to proceed to Colonia, Uruguay, to cultivate friendly relations.
Ms. Item 317	Sylvanus W. Godon.Letter to LCDRJ.G. Walker, USS Susquehanna, Montevideo, Uruguay, January 17, 1866, with orders to sail to Buenos Aires, Argentina and to seize the steamer La Portena if she has not complied with the requirements of the U.S. Consul.
Ms. Item 359	USS New York (ACR-2).Squadron Bulletin, July 3, 1898, with a report of the destruction of the Spanish Fleet off Santiago, Cuba, with details of the battle and the capture of Admiral Pascual Cervera and his fellow officers.
Ms. Item 370	Spanish American War Nurses.Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs of nurses and of their post-war conventions, 1898-1934.
Ms. Item 413	Ernest T. Johnstone. Diary kept aboard various ships and the USS Atlanta with the South Atlantic and Caribbean Squadrons, 1899-1903. Cruises were on the East Coast of South America and the Caribbean, where the Atlanta crew aided Dominican Republic troops during a revolt.
Ms. Item 414	USS Olympia (C-6).Cruisebook of the ship’s voyage to Manila Bay, PI, 1895-1899, containing seven issues of The Bounding Billow, the ship’s newspaper, with an account of the Spanish American War and the Battle of Manila Bay.
Ms. Item 430	USS Lancaster.Logbook, July 26, 1862 - November 6, 1863, kept by Captain Charles C. Johnson during voyage to the West Coast of South America and North America.
Ms. Item 436	Hull, Isaac.Letter to LCDR John Percival, CO, USS Dolphin, Callao, Peru, May 24, 1824, with orders to deliver dispatches to Simón Bolívar at Trujillo, Peru.

 

 

 

ORAL HISTORIES

 

O.H. 11	Walter S. Anderson, Vice Admiral.Cruise to South America in USS Brooklyn, 1903-1905.Impressions of the Dominican Revolt and Tampico Incident.
O.H. 17H	Kent Hewitt, Admiral.In 1916, Hewitt was CO of the USS Eagle in Cuban waters where he was involved in surveying assignments and protecting American lives and property after a revolt in Cuba in 1917.
O.H. 18	John Hoover, Admiral.CO, 10th Naval District, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Includes discussions of the defenses of the Caribbean area during WWII.
O.H. 19	Alfred W. Johnson, Vice Admiral.He served in the USS Massachusetts during the Spanish American War.Cruised to South America in USS Newark in 1899.Visited Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru. Caribbean cruise in USS Detroit where he protected U.S. nationals in Bluefields, Nicaragua. U.S. naval attaché in Chile in 1913, where he escorted President Theodore Roosevelt to Mendoza, Argentina, and the Lake District. Cruise in 1903 in USS New York to Central America, Acapulco, Mexico and Magdalena Bay. In 1904, in USS Worden, he protected American interests during a revolt in the Dominican Republic.
O.H. 21	Emory Land, Vice Admiral.Goodwill cruise to South America in the 1930’s on Moore McCormick’s Brazil to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina to improve trade and commerce. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the cruise and Breckinridge Long headed the delegation.
O.H. 37	Kent C. Melhorn, M.D.Melhorn was stationed in Haiti in 1920 where he was Chief of the Haitian General Hospital, Port au Prince. In 1927, he returned to Haiti as Director General of the National Public Health Service. Includes comments on medical personnel in Haiti, health conditions there and German interest in the island.
O.H. 42	George Anderson, Admiral.Chief of Naval Operations.Comments on the Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.
O.H. 104	William Badders, Chief Machinist’s Mate.After retirement in 1940, Badders became master diver-salvage master for the Panama Canal. He established a diving school and an organization to ensure the functioning of the Canal. He was responsible for salvaging the yacht of Dictator Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua.

 

PAMPHLET COLLECTION
 

Academia de Guerra Naval.Valparaiso, Chile, 1970.

Academia de Guerra Naval.Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1968.

Escuela de Guerra Naval.Brazil, 1968.

Escuela de Guerra Naval.Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1968.

Escuela de Guerra Naval.Venezuela, 1970.

Cervera Y. Topete, Pascual.The Spanish American War. A collection of documents relative to
the squadron operations. ONI, Washington, D.C., 1899.

Sears, James and Wells, B.W.“The Chilean Revolution of 1891”. ONI, Washington, D.C.,
1893.

J., Commander.Sketches from the Spanish American War, ONI, Washington, D.C., 1899.

Revolution on the Isthmus of Panama.Message of the President, United States to Congress, 1903.

Message from the President of the United States regarding treaties with Panama and Colombia relating to the Panama Canal, 1909.

Bartlett, John R.Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Signal Service to the Secretary of the Navy on its Operations during the war with Spain.GPO, Washington, D.C., 1898.
 

News Coll. 1	Scrapbook of U.S. newspaper clippings regarding the Spanish American War.1898-1899.
News Coll. 3	Raymond Georges.(Coll.)Scrapbook of newspaper and magazine photographs of the Spanish American War. 898-1899.

 

Ticknor, Benajah.Journal of a voyage to East Asia, and South America as a surgeon in USS Macedonian, USS Ohio, and USS Columbus.Vols. I-VII.3 reels. Original papers are at Yale University.