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BOX 1-2 |
Diaries, 1939-1950
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Typewritten diaries interleaved with carbon copies of correspondence, memoranda, and newspaper articles chronicling Towers's duties and activities during his naval career and while a vice president of Pan American Airways. |
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Arranged in chronological order. |
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BOX 1 |
1939, Feb. 2-1942, Oct. 2 |
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(4 folders)
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1943, Aug. 23-1946, July 1 |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 2 |
1946, July 2-1950, June 29 |
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(4 folders)
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BOX 2-4 |
Personal File, 1906-1962
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Biographical sketches, family and naval correspondence, diplomatic papers and passport, medical records, orders for duty, and speeches and writings. |
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Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein. |
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BOX 2 |
Biographical sketches, 1942-1962, undated |
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Correspondence |
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Congratulatory, 1942 |
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Family |
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Towers, Mary C. (sister), 1906-1909 |
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Towers, Mary N. (mother), 1908 |
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Towers, Pierrette Anne Grandmont (wife), 1928-1951 |
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BOX 3 |
Towers, William M., Jr. (brother), 1908-1955 |
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Miscellaneous, 1915, 1929, 1947-1955 |
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Naval, 1932-1948 |
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(2 folders)
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Diplomatic papers and passport, 1916, 1923-1925 |
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Medical records |
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Eye care, 1933-1939, undated |
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General, 1947 |
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Orders for duty |
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1906-1920 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 4 |
1921-1947 |
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(2 folders)
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Speeches and writings |
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Speeches |
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1926, 1951-1953, Address at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |
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1931 |
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Feb. 25, Address before the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York |
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Apr. 23, "Modern Development of Aircraft," Daughters of the American Revolution Convention, Washington, D.C. |
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1939 |
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Jan. 11, "Mutual Problems in Air Transportation--Military and Commercial," Detroit, Mich. |
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Oct. 27, Address at Navy Day, Atlanta Athletic Club, Atlanta, Ga. |
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1940, Dec. 3, Address at Association of Commerce dinner, Norfolk, Va. |
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1941, Mar., Statement before the Truman Committee, United States Senate |
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circa 1945-circa 1955, "Strategic Employment of Naval Forces..." |
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circa 1948-circa 1955, Address at the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. |
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1952, Oct. 24, Address before Aviation Commandery |
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1953, Feb. 9, Address on aviation topics |
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1954 |
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Jan. 18, Address at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va. |
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Jan. 26, Address before the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, New York, N.Y. |
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circa 1954, "Early Days of Naval Aviation" |
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Undated |
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Address before the National Defense Committee of the American Legion |
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Miscellaneous |
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Writings |
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1919, Nov., "The Great Hop," Everybody's Magazine
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circa 1919 |
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"Aircraft Navigation in Connection with Trans-Atlantic Flight" |
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"Story of the N.C. 3," New York World
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1933-1934, Papers written at the Naval War College |
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1934, Senior class thesis, Naval War College |
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Undated |
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"Flying--As Was" |
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Partial autobiographical manuscript |
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"Twenty Years of Naval Aviation, Chapter 1, Hammondsport” |
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BOX 5-13 |
Biographical Notebooks, 1845-1969
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Unbound notebooks, organized by Pierrette Anne Towers, containing photographs, correspondence, memoranda, transcriptions, newspaper and magazine clippings, photocopies of correspondence, notes, and excerpts. |
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A group of chronological notebooks are arranged by year. Subject notebooks are arranged alphabetically by subject headings provided and organized by Pierrette Anne Towers. |
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BOX 5 |
Chronological |
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1906-1911 |
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(7 folders)
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BOX 6 |
1912-1913 |
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(6 folders)
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BOX 7 |
1914-1916 |
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(7 folders)
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BOX 8 |
1917-1941 |
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(8 folders)
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BOX 9 |
1942-1944 |
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(7 folders)
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BOX 10 |
1945-1967, undated |
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(6 folders)
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Subject |
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Arnold, Henry Harley, 1961, undated |
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Biographical data on Towers, 1859-1955 |
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(2 folders)
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"Chronology of U.S. Naval Aviation" |
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1911-1914 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 11 |
1915-1934 |
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(2 folders)
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Ismay, Hastings L., Lord, undated |
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Kenney, George C., undated |
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King, Ernest J., 1952, undated |
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Mitscher, Marc A., undated |
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Naval aviators |
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Biographical data on associates and contemporaries of Towers, 1905-1969 |
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(3 folders)
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Photocopies of correspondence |
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1913 |
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BOX 12 |
1914 |
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(2 folders)
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Pilot's licenses, uniforms, safety apparatus, insignias, 1911-1963 |
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Statement on Shenandoah disaster, personal letters and clippings, 1924-1930 |
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(2 folders)
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Transatlantic flight of 1919, 1919-1925 |
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(2 folders)
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BOX 13 |
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1845-1908 |
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BOX 13-14 |
Miscellany, 1878-1989
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Aviation logs, family photographs, reports, essays, correspondence, scrapbooks, and other items arranged alphabetically by type of material and either chronologically or alphabetically therein. |
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BOX 13 |
Aviation logs |
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Curtiss planes, 1911-1914 |
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Wright planes, 1911-1913 |
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Blueprint of Rodman Wanamaker Trans-Atlantic flying boat, 1914
See Oversize
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Blueprints of flying boats, 1914
See Oversize
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Curtiss, Glenn H., biographical sketch, 1878-1913 |
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Genealogy, undated |
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Institute of War and Peace Studies, New York, N.Y., 1952-1954, undated |
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"Lt. T. G. Ellyson and the First Navy Wings," by Elretta Sudsbury, undated |
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Photographs, 1889-1909, 1938-1965, undated |
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Register of visitors to the commander in chief, United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, 1945-1946
See Oversize
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BOX 14 |
Reynolds, Clark G., correspondence regarding Towers biography, 1979-1989, undated |
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(2 folders)
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Scrapbooks |
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Autographs of visitors to the Towers home in Hawaii, 1946, undated |
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Christening of the aircraft carrier Roosevelt by Pierrette Anne Towers, 1942-1945 |
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