Harry Pence Papers
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2017
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Languages:
English
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Harry Pence Papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0144
Physical Description:
23.7 Linear feet
(41 archive boxes, 3 shoeboxes, 8 flat boxes, 3 map case folders, 8 art bin items, and 1 tube)
Date (inclusive): 1893-1976 (bulk 1901-1945)
Abstract: Papers of Captain Harry Langley Pence, U.S. Naval Academy graduate (1906), career United States Navy officer (1902-1945),
and Red Cross administrator (1945-1946). The papers contain correspondence, diaries, memorabilia, memoranda, orders, photographs,
reports and Pence's scrapbooks.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Captain Harry Pence (1882-1977) document the career of a United States Naval officer who served during the first
half of the twentieth century, beginning with his graduation from the United States Naval Academy in 1906 through his retirement
in 1945. Pence sailed with the Great White Fleet, witnessed the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet during World War I,
served at overseas duty stations including Trieste and Constantinople, was a Navy administrator during World War II, and worked
on prisoner of war issues with the Red Cross. He documented his experiences through letters, journals and photographs.
The collection contains voluminous personal correspondence, diaries, memorabilia, memoranda, orders, reports, and other documents
collected during Pence's military duty assignments. Also included are materials of visual interest, such as Pence's scrapbooks,
albums, photographs and souvenir postcards from his world travels.
Arranged in eleven series: 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS, 2) MILITARY DUTY POSTS, 3) RED CROSS, 4) DIARIES AND NOTEBOOKS, 5) PHOTOGRAPHS,
6) MAPS, 7) SCRAPBOOKS AND POSTCARDS, 8) CORRESPONDENCE, 9) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS, 10) WRITINGS, and 11) RUTH PENCE.
Biography
Harry Langley Pence was born on September 23, 1882, in Sardina, Ohio. Pence graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1901,
attended the Ohio State University (1901-1902) and graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a bachelor of science
degree in 1906.
Following his graduation from the Naval Academy, Pence spent the majority of his shipboard assignments serving as either
a gunnery officer, executive officer or captain aboard a number of ships including the USS
Maryland (1906-1907, 1909-1912), USS
Rainbow (1907), USS
Kearsarge (1908), USS
Illinois (1913), USS
Rhode Island (1914-1915), USS
Texas (1916-1918), USS
McFarland (1921-1924), USS
Tennessee (1927-1932), USS
Memphis (1932-1934), USS
Hopkins (1934), and the USS
Moffett (1938). Pence served aboard the USS
Kearsarge while it was attached to the Great White Fleet that circumnavigated the world from 1907 to 1909. While aboard the USS
Texas, Pence was present during the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet to the British Grand Fleet.
In 1919, Pence was appointed port officer in Trieste and was responsible for four additional ports -- Fiume, Spalato, Gravosa
(Ragusa), and Gallipoli (Italy). From 1920-1921, he was assigned to the United States Embassy in London, England, where he
served as the assistant naval attache and later acting naval attache.
Following this assignment, Pence assumed command of the USS
McFarland, 1921-1924, in Constantinople. On its first tour, the USS
McFarland served as flag tender to the commander of the United States Naval Forces in Europe - Vice Admiral Niblack. On the USS
McFarland's second tour, Pence commanded a division of destroyers in the Near East under Admiral Bristol, high commander.
Pence held several posts as an instructor, the first at the US Naval Academy in the Department of Navigation (1912-1914)
and at the United States Naval War College (1924-1927) in Newport, Rhode Island, as a student, then as an instructor. Pence
returned to Naval War College from 1934-1937 as an instructor and head of the Department of Intelligence.
From 1939 until his retirement from the Navy on March 31, 1945, Pence's assignments were administrative. From 1939-1941,
he served as chief of staff of the 6th, 7th and 8th Naval Districts while serving as captain of the yard, Charleston, South
Carolina. From 1941-1944, Pence served as a liaison officer to the General Board of the Navy, which advised the Secretary
of the Navy on all matters of naval policy. Collaterally, from 1943-1944, Pence served as the Navy Department liaison officer
for matters concerning the military government program - Civil Affairs. From 1944-1945, Pence was a senior member of the Subcommittee
on Far Eastern Affairs with the Joint Post War Committee (Joint Chiefs of Staff).
After retiring from the Navy, Pence accepted a one year position with the American Red Cross. Pence worked with the relief
program responsible for prisoners of war in the Far East and as a member of the general committee to amend the Geneva Conventions
of 1929.
Pence lived in La Jolla, California, where he worked as a real estate broker until his death on March 5, 1977.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection. Materials created prior to 1923 are in the public domain.
Preferred Citation
Harry Pence Papers. MSS 144. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1970, 2000 and 2017.
Processing Information
The papers were originally processed in 2002, with additions in 2013 and 2017.
Restrictions
Contents of box 46 are restricted for preservation. Permission to access these items is granted at the descretion of the the
Program Director.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American -- Sources
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American -- Pictorial works
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
United States -- Armed forces -- Officers -- History -- Sources
United States -- Armed forces -- Officers -- Pictorial works
United States -- Armed forces -- Officers -- Diaries
Pence, H. L. (Harry Langley), 1882-1977 -- Archives
American National Red Cross
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 1) BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS. Arranged in three subseries: A) Personal Materials, B) Education and C) Awards and Certificates.
A) Personal Materials: Includes career summations, mementos collected by Pence, a driver's license, passports, and newspaper
clippings about Pence. Arranged alphabetically.
B) Education: Notebooks, yearbooks, assignments, report cards, and exams related to Pence's education at Hillsboro High School,
the Ohio State University, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Naval War College. Included in this series
are materials related to the United States Naval Academy Association of the Class of 1906, including the planning of a 50th
reunion. Arranged chronologically.
C) Awards and Certificates: Includes numerous certificates of membership including Pence's Bachelor of Science degree certificate
from the United States Naval Academy, his certificate of graduation from the United States Naval War College, and his United
States Navy certificates of commission. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Career summations
1945-1976
Box 1, Folder 2
Driver's license issued by the Municipalidad de Panama
1932
Box 1, Folder 4
News clippings about Pence
Box 1, Folder 6
Hillsboro High School - Physics notebook and commencement program
1899-1901
Box 1, Folder 7
English Literature: An Outline
1901
Box 1, Folder 9
Roman Roads: A Study of Highways
1902
United States Naval Academy
Box 1, Folder 11
Entrance examination papers for admission
1896-1902
Box 1, Folder 12
Congressional appointment - Includes correspondence, clippings and an invitation
1902-1906
Oversize FB-318, Folder 7
Department of Marine Engineering and Naval Construction - Technical drawings
1903
Box 2, Folder 4
Seamanship and Ordnance notebook, used while Pence served aboard the U.S.S. Indiana and the U.S.S. Hartford
1903
Box 2, Folder 5
Youngster exams notebook
1903-1904
Box 3, Folder 5
Modern Languages - French and Spanish, final exam
1906
Box 4, Folder 1-3
USS Maryland papers
1906-1910
General note
Includes a cruise journal with list of ports visited, notes, drawings, and a photograph, and gunnery papers.
Box 4, Folder 5
International Law notebook
1907
Box 4, Folder 6-10
United States Naval Academy - Association of the Class of 1906
1937-1956
General note
Charts, bulletins, correspondence, and reunion programs and photographs.
Box 4, Folder 11
"Naval officer taking War College course" cartoon
1921
Box 4, Folder 12
Theses on Command, Policy, and Strategy and Logistics
1924
Box 4, Folder 13
Tactical Problem 1 (Tac. 10, Mod. 8), Blue situation
1924
Box 4, Folder 15
Joint Problem No. 1 (Strat. 80, Tact 101), Blue situation
1925
Box 4, Folder 16
Strategy and Tactics - Notes
1925
Box 4, Folder 17
Tactical Problem III (Tact. 96, Mod. I) - Day cruising formation
1925
Box 4, Folder 18
Strategic Problem V (Strat. 74, Mod. 1) - Screens and operations
Box 5, Folder 1
Certificate of Confirmation
1941
Oversize FB-318, Folder 5
Certificate of Membership - Islam Temple, the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
1913
Oversize FB-318, Folder 5
Certificates of Membership - Domain of Neptunus Rex
1912
General note
Poor condition.
Box 5, Folder 3
Certificate of Membership - National Geographic Society
1934
Box 5, Folder 4
Navy Cross - Copy negative
Box 5, Folder 5
Navy Cross and Navy Expeditionary Medal, dress ribbons
Box 5, Folder 6
United States Naval Academy - Bachelor of science degree certificate
1937
Oversize FB-318, Folder 3
United States Naval Academy - Certificate of graduation
1908
Box 5, Folder 8
United States Naval Institute - Membership
1913
Box 5, Folder 9
United States Naval War College - Certificate of completion
1925
Box 5, Folder 10
United States Navy - Certificates of commission: Ensign (1908); Lieutenant, j.g. (1908); Lieutenant (1911); Lieutenant Commander
(1917); Commander (1918); and Captain (1931)
MILITARY DUTY POSTS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 2) MILITARY DUTY POSTS: Materials documenting the full span of Pence's naval career. Arranged in eighteen subseries:
A) Orders and Professional Papers, B) USS
Kearsarge (1908), C) USS
Maryland (1909-1912), D) United States Naval Academy Instructor (1912-1914), E) USS
Rhode Island (1914-1915), F) USS
Texas (1917-1918), G) Port Officer, Trieste (1919), H) Naval Attaché, England (1920-1921), I) USS
McFarland (1921-1924), J) US Naval War College Instructor (1925-1927), K) USS
Tennessee (1927-1932), L) Navy Department (1929-1932), M) US Naval War College Instructor (1934-1937), N) Squadron Eleven Commander
(1937-1938), O) Chief of Staff, Commander of the Yard (1939-1941), P) General Board (1941-1944), Q) Naval Operations (1943-1944),
and R) Joint Chiefs of Staff (1944-1945).
A) Orders and Professional Papers: An assortment of documentation relevant to the full arc of Pence's career, including orders,
information on his service record, curriculum vitae, and reports.
B) USS
Kearsarge (1908): One folder of notes related to target practice.
C) USS
Maryland (1909-1912): Logs, itineraries and notes.
D) United States Naval Academy - Instructor (1912-1913): Pence's examination and practical work notebooks.
E) USS
Rhode Island (1914-1915): Blueprint charts, memorandums, orders, reports, and notes.
F) USS
Texas (1916-1918): Reports, notes, orders, photographs, charts, correspondence, memorandums, and an ode. The folder entitled "Capitulation
of the German High Seas Fleet" contains several drafts of Pence's firsthand account of the German High Seas Fleet surrendering
to the British Grand Fleet.
G) Port Officer, Trieste (1919): Correspondence, memorandums, logs, journals, orders, intelligence reports, and a propaganda
poster. The port officer log provides a detailed account of vessel and personnel traffic through Trieste during Pence's assignment
as port officer.
H) Naval Attaché, England (1920-1921): Lists of foreign diplomatic personnel in London, a newspaper clipping, an official
itinerary, a memorandum, and a log related to an eighteen day trip through Europe.
I) USS
McFarland (1921-1924): Correspondence, memoranda, movement orders, telegrams, a list of Americans in Constantinople during 1922, and
Pence's ship diary. The diary documents the ship's activities and movements during Pence's command. The list of Americans
in Constantinople during 1922 indicates Ernest Hemingway as an American in Constantinople at the time.
J) US Naval War College Instructor (1925-1927): Teaching material, typescripts, reports, and a speech.
K) USS
Tennessee (1927-1929): Telegrams, memorandums and memorabilia.
L) Navy Department (1929-1932): Correspondence, reports, typescripts, teaching material, speeches, reprints, newspaper clippings,
a map, and memorabilia. Well-represented in this subseries are Pence's assignments as naval aid to Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrera
(at the time, President-elect of Columbia) during Olaya Hererra's 1930 tour of America and the establishment of the Army Industrial
College, a joint venture with the Army designed to train personnel for procurement planning.
M) US Naval War College Instructor (1934-1937): Lecture notes, a two-year course proposal and a list of administrative staff.
This subseries supplements Subseries J) US Naval War College - Instructor (1925-1927).
N) Squadron Eleven Commander (1937-1938): One note, and a memorandum.
O) Chief of Staff Captain of the Yard (1939-1941): A speech, newspaper clippings, programs, and a report related to the launching
of the USS
Grayson.
P) General Board (1941-1944): Memorandums, meeting minutes, a notebook, and a list of Japanese citizens who attended the United
States Naval Academy. Of particular interest are the meeting minutes entitled "General Board - Security Technical Committee."
Q) Naval Operations (1943-1944): Correspondence, memorandums, commencement addresses, field reports, charts, notebooks, and
reprints. It documents Pence's participation at the administrative and planning level with the burgeoning Civil Affairs Division,
which later became part of the US Army's Special Operations. Of interest are the Civil Affairs Committee memorandums, the
correspondence with field officers, field reports, and the development of the US Naval School of Military Government and Administration
at Columbia University.
R) Joint Chiefs of Staff (1944-1945) subseries contains committee meeting minutes, memorandums, reports, and surrender terms.
Pence served on the Joint Post War Committee, and was a senior member of the Subcommittee on Far Eastern Affairs. Included
are copies of the surrender terms for both Japan and Germany.
Orders and Professional Papers
Box 29, Folder 1-4
Orders and official memoranda
1906-1946
Box 29, Folder 5
Clippings and ephemera
1907-1922
Box 29, Folder 6-9
Qualifying examinations for Lieutenant, Commander and Captain
1911-1912, 1922, 1931
Box 29, Folder 10
Report of record target practice
1907
Box 29, Folder 11
Professional correspondence - Medals, recognition, etc.
1908-1934
Box 30, Folder 4
Officer's record of fitness ledgers
1908-1939
General note
Includes detailed summary of career assignments.
Box 29, Folder 12
American Commission to Negotiate Peace - Report by the British Admiralty on the scuttling of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow
1919 August 22
Box 29, Folder 13
Extracts from service record
ca. 1921
Box 29, Folder 15
Professional correspondence
1924, 1937-1939
Box 29, Folder 16
US Department of State - Protocol guide
1932
Box 29, Folder 17
Notes and documents on military and personal characteristics for officer fitness reports
1934, 1938
Box 29, Folder 18
Powell, Paulus P. Report of Experiences in Travelling From Shanghai, China to Berlin, Germany via the Trans-Siberian Route
1936 May 15
Box 29, Folder 19
Correspondence - Commander Destroyers, Battle Force
1939
Box 29, Folder 21
Correspondence - Selection Board
1939
Box 29, Folder 22
Curriculum vitae and career summary
1945
Box 29, Folder 23
Report on living conditions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1946 March 1
Box 5, Folder 12
Notes on Record Target Practice
1908
Box 5, Folder 13
Cruise log
1911 June-1912 June
US Naval Academy Instructor (1912-1914)
Box 5, Folder 15
Mathematics and Mechanics - Practical work and examinations
1912-1914
Box 5, Folder 16-17
Navigation - Practical work and examinations
1912-1914
USS Rhode Island (1913-1916)
Box 6, Folder 1
Gunnery material - Memoranda, orders and report
1914-1916
Box 6, Folder 2
Landing Force in Tampico - Includes field orders
1913-1914
Box 6, Folder 3
Gunnery material - Includes bulletins, memoranda, orders, and summaries
1916-1918
Box 6, Folder 4
Memoranda - Subjects include, "Assignment to Duty" and "Service Record - Connection Promotion to Grade of Commander" and an
afternoon tea in Edinburgh
1917-1918
Box 6, Folder 6
Operations material - Includes memoranda, orders, operation order for the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet, and correspondence
1916-1918
Box 6, Folder 7
Pence, Harry. "Capitulation of the German High Seas Fleet"
1916-1918
Box 6, Folder 8
World War Submarine Campaign against Entente Commerce - Blueprint chart
1915-1918
Port Officer, Trieste (1919)
Box 6, Folder 9
Administration and orders
1917-1919
Box 6, Folder 12
Fiume - Political and economic conditions. Includes typescript copies of hand bills and a typescript copy of an intelligence
report
1919
Box 6, Folder 13
Identification, announcing Pence as a U.S. Naval officer, authored by Pence
1919
Box 6, Folder 14
Journal - Contains Pence's observations during his "special inspection" duty, particularly the Whitehead Torpedo Works, as
well as enemy vessels based at Pola, Istria
1918 October 7-1919 June 19
Box 6, Folder 15
Port Officer's Log
1919 January 25-June 10
Box 6, Folder 17
Poster - An Italian propaganda poster recounting Italy's involvement in World War I
1919
Box 6, Folder 18
USS Square Wheel Log
1919
Acting Naval Attaché, England (1920-1921)
Box 7, Folder 1
Foreign Embassies and Legations in London
1920-1921
Box 7, Folder 3
List of names - Unidentified. [Possibly related to Pence's appointment to the US Embassy in London]
1920
Box 7, Folder 4
Memorandum and report
1921
Box 7, Folder 5
Pence, Harry. "Trip of Eighteen Days thru Europe"
1921
USS McFarland (1921-1924)
Box 29, Folder 24
American Consulate General report on the occupation of Smyrna
1922 November 18
Box 29, Folder 25
USS McFarland - Pence diary and observations
1922 October-1923 April
Box 29, Folder 26
USS McFarland - Pence personal diary and observations
1923 January-April
Box 7, Folder 6
Diary reports - Typescript copies of Pence's ship diary while aboard the McFarland
1922-1923
Box 7, Folder 7
List of Americans in Constantinople
1922
General note
Listed under the heading "Miscellaneous Americans," subheading "H," is Ernest M. Hemingway.
Box 7, Folder 8
Operations material - Includes movement orders, correspondence, telegrams, and an extract from a typescript entitled "Turkey"
by Emil Lengyel
1921-1924
US Naval War College Instructor (1925-1927)
Box 7, Folder 9
Pence, Harry. "Suggestions for Conducting Chart and Board Maneuvers," "Lessons Learned: Junior Class," and "Comments on Battle
Fleet Tactical Exercise"
1926-1927
Box 7, Folder 10
Suggestions Submitted [by Pence] for an Improved War College
1926-1927
Oversize FB-318, Folder 17
Tactical Estimate of the Situation - Form developed by Pence and used at the US Naval War College
1927
Box 7, Folder 12
Welcome Address - Class of 1927
USS Tennessee (1927-1929)
Box 7, Folder 14
Patrol Organization - San Francisco, CA
1928
Box 7, Folder 15
Telegrams and memoranda
1928-1929
Navy Department (1929-1932)
Box 7, Folder 16
Joint Army/Navy Munitions Board - Contains correspondence, reports, recommendations, acts of Congress, estimates, and charts
1930-1931
Box 7, Folder 17
Material Procurement Planning, Army Industrial College - Includes speeches and lectures delivered at the Army Industrial College
by Pence, Bogman, William Malone, John Pershing, and Franklin Steinwachs
1930-1931
Oversize FB-318, Folder 16
Military Attaché to Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrera - Map of Dr. Olaya Herrera's inspection of Chicago
1930
Box 7, Folder 19
Military Attaché to Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrera - Newspaper clippings, telegrams, invitations, a map, and correspondence
1930
Box 7, Folder 20
Pence, Harry. "Material Procurement Planning"
1931-1947
US Naval War College Instructor (1934-1937)
Box 7, Folder 21
Conference of Ambassadors - Lecture notes related to various treaties
Box 7, Folder 22
Neutrality - Contains lecture notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, typescripts, and reprints
1935-1936
Box 7, Folder 23
Singapore-Auckland Line - Lecture notes and slide index
1935
Box 8, Folder 1
Singapore-Torres Strait - Annotated lecture notes
1934
Box 8, Folder 2
Strategic Areas: Hawaiian Islands - Annotated lecture notes
1936
Box 8, Folder 3
Tabulation of Policies of the United States
1934
Box 8, Folder 4
Tactics - Lecture notes regarding the review of the junior class theses
Box 8, Folder 5
Two Year Course Proposal
1934
Box 8, Folder 6
United States Naval War College - List of administrative staff and instructors
1936-1937
Squadron Eleven Commander (1937-1938)
Box 8, Folder 7
Change of Command Ceremony, USS Moffett - Memorandum
1938
Box 8, Folder 8
Engagement Tactics, USS Hopkins - Notes
Chief of Staff, Captain of the Yard (1939-1941)
Box 8, Folder 9
Launching ceremony, USS Grayson - Includes a speech, program and newspaper clippings
1940
General note
Photographs of the ceremony are located in the PHOTOGRAPHS series, subseries Events.
Box 8, Folder 10
Report of the President - Officer's Club
1940
Box 8, Folder 15
Security Technical Committee - Includes material related to foreign affairs and reconstruction
1942-1943
General Board (1941-1944)
Box 8, Folder 11
Education and Training of Children and Youths - Includes two memoranda entitled "Education and Training of German Children
and Youths" and "Education and Training of Japanese Children and Youths," as well as a typescript entitled "Citizenry"
1942
Box 8, Folder 13
Notebook - Includes the following subjects: "Colored," "Maas," "Plant Facilities," "E.D.O. Command," "Fortify Guam," and "Commodore"
1941-1942
Box 8, Folder 14
List of names of Japanese who attended the United States Naval Academy
1941
Naval Operations (1943-1944)
Box 8, Folder 16
447th Bomb Group Combat Missions - Charts
1943-1945
Civil Affairs Division of the War Department
Box 8, Folder 17
Administrative correspondence
1942-1943
Box 9, Folder 1-3
Administrative correspondence
1943-1945
Box 9, Folder 4-7
Civil Affairs Committee - Memoranda
1943-1944
Box 9, Folder 8
Establishment of the Occupied Areas Section (OP-50-E) - Report
Box 9, Folder 9-10
Field officer correspondence
1942-1944
Box 10, Folder 1-2
Field officer correspondence
1944
Box 10, Folder 3
Military Government Activities United States Navy - Report
1944
Box 10, Folder 4
Occupied Areas Section (OP-50-E) - Field report
1943-1944
Box 10, Folder 5
House Joint Resolution 55, "Providing for the Administration and Protection of Territories and Possessions of the United States
by the Navy Department"
1945
Box 10, Folder 6
Interdepartmental Policy Committee and Coordinating Committee
1943
Box 10, Folder 7
Organizational charts
1944
Box 10, Folder 8
Pence, Harry. "Civil Affairs Program" - Report compiled by Pence for James B. Forrestal, Under Secretary of the Navy
1943
Box 10, Folder 9
Pence, Harry. "Memorandum Concerning History of Naval Military Government"
Box 10, Folder 10
Pence, Harry. "Supplementary Comments on Training and Other Features of Civil Affairs (Military Government)"
1946
United States Naval School of Military Government and Administration at Columbia University
Box 11, Folder 1
Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, and several lists of instructors and speakers
1942
Box 11, Folder 2
Correspondence, memoranda, class photograph, speeches, instructional staff roster, list of curriculum, and an alphabetical
list of officers
1942-1943
Box 11, Folder 3
Two published articles entitled "Military Government School: Its Alumni Face a Big Test in the Marshalls" and "The Navy Governs
the Marshalls: Classroom Theories Prove Successful in Handling Natives on Pacific Atolls," and a reprint entitled "Military
Government in the Navy"
1943
Joint Chiefs of Staff (1944-1945)
Box 11, Folder 4
Joint Post War Committee - Subcommittee for the Far East - Memoranda and meeting minutes
1944-1945
Box 11, Folder 5-6
Joint Post War Committee - Subcommittee for the Far East - Military Government in the Japanese Empire and Manchuria, includes
Korea and Formosa
1944
Box 11, Folder 7
Memorandum Study of Naval Patrol and Air Surveillance to Enforce Armistice Terms upon Japan
1944
Box 11, Folder 8
Nature and Consequences of Unconditional Surrender under International Law - Memorandum prepared by Professor P. Jessup
May-44
Box 11, Folder 9-10
Special Committee on Migration and Settlement, Documents of
1943
State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (SWNCC)
Box 11, Folder 11
Memoranda and minutes related to the surrender of Japan - Includes a document entitled "Unconditional Surrender of Japan"
1942-1945
Box 12, Folder 1
Minutes of the first thirteen meetings of the SWNCC - Pacific Far Eastern Sub-Committee (PFESC)
1945
Box 12, Folder 2
Surrender Terms - Germany
1944
RED CROSS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 3) RED CROSS: Correspondence, memorandums, photographs, reports, and newspaper clippings related to the year that Pence
worked for the American Red Cross. He was responsible for the Relief Program for prisoners of war, especially the Far East
and was a member of the general committee to amend the 1929 Geneva Convention. This series contains approximations of American
POWs and civilian internees in all known Japanese prison and internee camps, an overview of the quantity and quality of food
and medical supplies distributed to American POWs and civilian internees, and interviews with former American POWs from the
Far East. The folders related to the 1929 Geneva Convention revisions contain numerous heavily annotated copies of the 1929
Geneva Convention Treaty, as well as correspondence and memorandums related to suggested changes.
Box 12, Folder 3
American Red Cross News Service
[1945]
Box 12, Folder 4
Chronological Record of Efforts to Arrange for Shipment of Supplies to American Nationals in Far East
[1945]
Box 12, Folder 5
Data on Prisoner of War, Far East - Summaries, reports, tables, press releases, and correspondence regarding American and
Allied POWs and civilian internees
1945-1946
Box 12, Folder 6
Diplomatic list - Department of State, British Red Cross
1946
Box 12, Folder 7
Food relief - Correspondence, memoranda and photographs relating to the distribution, quality, quantity, and improvement of
food supplies sent to American POWs in the Far East
1943-1946
Box 12, Folder 8
Japanese Internees - United States
1941-1946
Box 12, Folder 9
Japanese Prisoner of War Payment - Inscribed with "Pay of an American Pvt. POW in Jap Prison Camps for one day, Toyama POW
camp, Toyama, Japan. June 1 to September 6, 1945. Col. C.A.C."
1945
Box 12, Folder 10
Medical relief - Lists, instructions, photographs, and correspondence relating to the distribution, quality, quantity, and
improvements of medical supplies sent to American POWs in the Far East
1942-1945
Box 12, Folder 11
Pence, Harry. "American Prisoners in the Far East," volume 1, number 1 of Far Eastern Prisoner of War Bulletin
1945
Box 12, Folder 12
Pence, Harry. "Red Cross Relief to Prisoners of War - Far East - World War II"
1947
Box 12, Folder 13
Prisoner of War and Civilian Internees Interviews, Far East - Includes a translation of "Regulations Pertaining to Treatment
of POWs in Japan," as outlined by the commanders of the Prison Escort Navy of the Great Japanese Empire; a "Summary of Steps
Taken by the Department of State in Behalf of American Nationals in Japanese Custody;" a bulletin of the Liberation of Philippines
Internment Camp #1; as well as several accounts of American former POW and civilian internee experiences while imprisoned
by the Japanese
1943-1946
Box 12, Folder 14
Prisoner of War Release Kits - Includes a list entitled "Supplies Received by POWs," itemized shipping lists as well as numerous
memoranda and correspondence
1943-1946
Prisoner of War Relief (Far East) - 1929 Geneva Convention Revisions
Box 12, Folder 15-16
Correspondence, memos, drafts, recommendations, and revisions
1941-1946
Box 13, Folder 1
Reference material - Two heavily annotated copies of the 1929 Geneva Convention Treaty
1932-1946
Box 13, Folder 2-3
Accounting - Includes correspondence and memoranda related to the disbursement of relief funds
1944-1946
Box 13, Folder 4-5
Administrative correspondence
1945-1946
Box 13, Folder 6
Report of the American Red Cross, prepared by Maurice Pate, Director, Prisoner of War Relief - Supplementary relief supplies
for American Prisoners of War in Europe
1945
DIARIES AND NOTEBOOKS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 4) DIARIES AND NOTEBOOKS. Arranged in two subseries: A) Naval Diaries and B) Personal Diaries.
A) Naval Diaries: Journals in which Pence recorded the activities and personal observations during assignments. Often, a cruise
log is included at the front of each journal designating the ship Pence was assigned to, ports visited, distance travelled,
as well as additional comments. Of particular interest is Diary - Volume 2, which includes the time Pence spent aboard the
USS
Kearsarge as it cruised with the Great White Fleet and Diary - Volume 4, which recounts the German High Seas Fleet surrendering to
the British Grand Fleet. Arranged chronologically.
B) Personal Diaries: Although some of the Personal Diaries are dated during Pence's service in the Navy, they are distinct
from the Naval Diaries in that they do not reflect information or observations regarding his military assignments. The diaries
contain personal observations related to Pence's civilian daily routine, life events, as well as an occasional record of real
estate transactions. Arranged chronologically.
Box 14, Folder 1
Unnumbered volume - Contains numerous recipes
1915
Box 15, Folder 1
Volume (Yellow)
1922-1923
Box 15, Folder 7
Volume 10
1939-1948
General note
Entries dated from April 1, 1945 to 1948 reflect Pence's civilian life.
Box 16, Folder 1
Logs - Sea Voyages. Typescript transcription of the logs found in Pence's diaries
1906-1938
Box 16, Folder 4
Hawaiian vacation diary
1943
Box 16, Folder 7
Washington, D.C., New York and Chicago travel diary
1962
Box 42, Folder 1
Luella Pence (mother) notebook and diary, "My Trip to See Harry and the East"
ca. 1913
Box 42, Folder 2
Notebook and ledger entitled "Peggy's Early Years"
ca. 1926-1941
Box 42, Folder 4
Japan travel diary and related correspondence on "Cruise to the Orient"
1958
PHOTOGRAPHS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 5) PHOTOGRAPHS. Arranged in eight subseries: A) Portraits of Pence, B) Pence with Others, C) Others, D) Ships and Aircraft,
E) Places, F) Events, and G) Photograph Albums.
A) Portraits of Pence
B) Pence with Others: Arranged alphabetically by name of the other person. Includes photographs of crew members who served
with Pence aboard various ships.
C) Others: Arranged alphabetically by personal name. People of particular interest are President Warren Harding (inscribed
to Pence), Admiral Edward Kalbfus, Admiral Niblack, and Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrera.
D) Ships and Aircraft: Arranged alphabetically by ship name. Includes photographic prints of nearly every ship Pence served
aboard or commanded, as well as numerous ships of interest to Pence. Also included are photographs of aircraft (zeppelins
and planes).
E) Places: Arranged alphabetically by location. The photographs reflect the foreign ports, cities, and countries Pence visited
during his assignments and cruises. Of interest are the folders entitled "Balkans," "Russia - Odessa" and "Scapa Flow." The
"Scapa Flow" folder contains an image of the German Fleet at the Scapa Flow. In addition to the foreign locales visited by
Pence, there is a folder titled "Miscellaneous US Locales" containing photographs taken in the United States from both Pence's
official assignments, as well as vacation and civilian excursions.
F) Events: Arranged alphabetically by event title. Of interest are the folders entitled "Battle of Jutland," "Surrender of
the German Fleet (WWI)" and "Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet." The "Battle of Jutland" folder contains prints of a
number of British vessels involved in the Jutland engagement, including the sinking of the HMS
Invincible. The "Surrender of the German Fleet (WWI)" folder contains an oblique aerial image of the surrender taken from the HMS
Seymore (a dirigible).
G) Photograph Albums: Albums documenting Pence's professional and personal experiences during several military assignments
including documentation of the Great White Fleet tour. Albums are arranged chronologically.
Box 17, Folder 1
Hillsboro High School, Hillsboro, Ohio
1898-1901, 1908
General note
Include cadet group portraits, tiny print of acquaintance Walter Kelley, and real photo postcard of the 1908 Hillsboro Expo
"Pumpkin Palace."
Box 17, Folder 5
Lieutenant
1911-1918
General note
Includes snapshots of Pence in a kite balloon.
Box 17, Folder 8
London, England
1920-1921
Box 17, Folder 9
Constantinople, Turkey
1921-1923
Oversize FB-323, Folder 3
Captain - Oversize
1931-1945
Box 17, Folder 14
Austins - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Box 17, Folder 15
Buchner-Schneidel, Nora
1956
Box 17, Folder 17
Elnis, Mr. and Mrs. and Ruth Pence - Nantucket, Massachusetts
Box 17, Folder 19
Mannix, Captain [Daniel Pratt] - Constantinople, Turkey
Oversize FB-323, Folder 1
Nicholson, E.H.M., O.S.E., R.N.; Parker, O.B.E.; Zeitler, W., U.S. Navy; and Clerke, C.B.E., Late R.N - At the Hatfield Armour
Piercing Projectile Factory, Sheffield, England
Oversize FB-323, Folder 1
Official Lunch for President-Elect of Columbia, Dr. Enrique Olaya Herrera
Oversize FB-323, Folder 1
Planning and Estimators Association Annual get-together, Washington, D.C.
1920
Box 17, Folder 20
Publicity photographs related to a movie filmed aboard the USS Tennessee
Box 17, Folder 22
Seymour - New Orleans
1940
Oversize FB-323, Folder 1
United States Embassy - London, England
1921
Box 17, Folder 23
United States Naval Academy
Oversize FB-322, Folder 2
United States Naval Academy - Class portraits
1906
Oversize FB-318, Folder 12
United States Naval War College - Class photographs
1925-1937
Oversize FB-323, Folder 1
Box 17, Folder 24
USS Maryland - Officers and Crew
General note
Includes reunion portrait, 1938.
Oversize FB-322, Folder 1
USS Maryland - Officers and Crew
Oversize FB-323, Folder 1
Box 17, Folder 26
USS Memphis - Crew
undated
Oversize MC-999-76
USS Memphis - Crew in Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone
1933
Oversize FB-323, Folder 7
Oversize MC-141-07
USS Rhode Island - Crew
1915
Oversize FB-323, Folder 7
Box 17, Folder 28
Wisecup, Gerald, Leone Pence and Peg Allen
Oversize FB-323, Folder 1
Oversize FB-323, Folder 2
Box 17, Folder 30
Barracco, Stanislao Luigi Maria Alfonsa
General note
Baron Barracco as an infant.
Box 17, Folder 31
Black, Franklin (as infant)
Box 17, Folder 35
Crosby, Commander Paul, Captain Wallace and Margaret Austin
Box 17, Folder 37
de Rochemont, Louis (as infant)
1930
Box 17, Folder 38
Doherty, Stephen. [Doherty was Pence's roommate at USNA]
1959
Box 17, Folder 40
Fraser-Tytler, William Kerr
1944
Box 17, Folder 42
Grafe, Helen and Jack Holderness
Oversize FB-318, Folder 11
Harding, Warren - [Inscribed and signed by Harding]
Oversize FB-318, Folder 11
Box 17, Folder 46
Hetfield, Steeles and Coebran - "Cuyama Days"
Box 17, Folder 47
Hoeta, Major Vincenzo - Royal Italian Navy
1922
Box 17, Folder 50
Hoyt, W. - Hillsboro, Ohio
1912
Box 17, Folder 51
Hunter, Dolly - Newport, Rhode Island
Oversize FB-323, Folder 2
Kalbfuss, Edward Clifford
Box 17, Folder 52
Lin, S. K. (Chinese Navy)
1945
Box 18, Folder 1
Mannix, Captain [Daniel Pratt] - Photographs of Captain Mannix, his wife and others on the French Riviera (Monte Carlo) and
other European locales
1937
Box 18, Folder 2
Mills - Associated Press reporter
Box 18, Folder 3
Moore, Sam and his Commanding Officers
1939
Box 18, Folder 4
Niblack, Albert P. and Mary
1921
Oversize FB-318, Folder 11
Olaya Herrera, Dr. Enrique
1931
Oversize FB-323, Folder 2
Old Navy - Photograph of four crew members of the USS Mohican, including a brief biography of each crew member
1888
Oversize FB-323, Folder 2
Old Salts - Photograph of crew members of the USS Hartford, including a brief biography of each crew member
1876-1877
Box 18, Folder 7
Roosevelt, Franklin D. and Gen. and Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek
1943
Box 18, Folder 9
Smith, Admiral and Mr. Wright - Fishing off Balboa, Panama
Oversize FB-323, Folder 2
Soroia, Emanuele Filiberto oli - Duke d'Aosta
1919
Box 18, Folder 10
Stillwell, Joe and Hap Arnold
Box 18, Folder 13
Turner, Mrs. and daughters
Oversize FB-318, Folder 13
United States Naval War College - Class of 1936-1937
Box 18, Folder 14
Van Anken, William R.
1927
Oversize FB-323, Folder 4
Box 18, Folder 22-27
Ship photos - USS Illinois, Kearsarge, Los Angeles (zeppelin), Maryland, McFarland, and Memphis
Oversize FB-323, Folder 4
Oversize ship photos - USS Illinois, Kearsarge, Los Angeles (zeppelin), Maryland, McFarland, Memphis, Rhode Island and Tennessee
Oversize FB-318, Folder 15
USS Texas - Includes Scapa Flow
1918
Box 18, Folder 32
US ships - Miscellaneous A-C
Box 18, Folder 33
US ships - Miscellaneous D-L
Box 18, Folder 34
US ships - Miscellaneous M-R
Box 18, Folder 35
US ships - Miscellaneous S-W
Oversize FB-323, Folder 7
US ships (oversize) - Miscellaneous
Oversize FB-323, Folder 4
US ships (oversize) - Miscellaneous
Box 19, Folder 1
US ships and submarines - Unidentified
Oversize FB-318, Folder 14
US ships and submarines (oversize) - Unidentified
Oversize FB-323, Folder 4
Box 30, Folder 1
Abbazia-Istria
1919
General note
Modern-day Croatia. Single print of women in bathing costume by a river, inscribed, "Baroness Albori."
Box 19, Folder 4
Albania, Durazzo Harbor and Scutari
Box 19, Folder 6
Austria, Reigersberg
1936
Box 19, Folder 7
Balkans - Photographs of unidentified people being executed by hanging
1915-1918
Box 19, Folder 14
England, London - Taken during Pence's assignment as US Naval Attaché, and include photographs of Pence with others
1920-1921
Box 19, Folder 15-16
Egypt
General note
Also includes Jordan, Luxor, the Nile region, North Africa, and Tunisia.
Box 19, Folder 17
France, Verdun (World War I)
Oversize FB-323, Folder 5
Box 20, Folder 1-2
Greece, Athens
General note
Snapshots and prints mounted on board of temples, the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and other tourist sites.
Box 20, Folder 8
Italy - Florence, Pisa, Rome and Venice
Box 20, Folder 9
Italy - Miramare, Fiume and Trieste
Box 30, Folder 2
Italy, Trieste
1919
General note
Page from a photograph album; includes prints of the port, Pence's office, and the main piazza.
Oversize FB-318, Folder 1
Italy - Prints of buildings in Pisa
Box 20, Folder 13
Nicaragua - Aerial photographs of the evacuation of US Marines from Nicaragua after the Nicaraguan elections
1933
Box 20, Folder 16-17
Panama - Some appear to have been taken in the Canal Zone during the 1930s
Box 20, Folder 19
Prinkipo, Sea of Marimora
Box 20, Folder 20
Russia, Odessa - Includes photographs of the harbor as well as typhus and starvation victims
1922
Box 20, Folder 21
Samoa and the South Pacific
Oversize FB-323, Folder 5
Scapa Flow - German Fleet
Box 21, Folder 1
Seraglio Point, Constantinople (negative)
Oversize FB-323, Folder 5
South Carolina, Charleston - Aerial photograph of the navy yard
1941
Oversize FB-322, Folder 3
Tunisia
ca. 1906
General note
Commercial reproduction prints for the tourist trade.
Box 21, Folder 6
United States - Miscellaneous
General note
Includes snapshots of Hawaii, Rainier and Yellowstone national parks, and more.
Oversize FB-323, Folder 5
United States - Miscellaneous (oversize)
Box 21, Folder 7
United States War College, Newport, Rhode Island
Box 21, Folder 8
Washington, D.C. Navy Yard
Oversize FB-323, Folder 5
Oversize FB-323, Folder 6
Annexation Demonstration - Fiume
1917
Box 21, Folder 12
Army-Navy "E" Awards - Burke Electric
Oversize FB-323, Folder 6
Battle of Jutland - Includes duplicate images of the HMS Birmingham, the sinking of the HMS Invincible, HMS Indefatigable,
HMS Warrior, and HMS Achilles
1916
Box 21, Folder 13
Crossing the Line - USS Maryland
1912
Box 21, Folder 14
Crossing the Line - USS Memphis
1933
Box 21, Folder 15
Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt at Annapolis, Pence marching
1905
Box 21, Folder 16
Inspecting the Model Basin - Washington, D.C. Navy Yard. Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Jellicoe
1920
Box 22, Folder 1
Keel layings and ship launchings - Charleston, South Carolina Navy Yard
1939-1940
Box 22, Folder 2
Launching ceremony - HH Oriental
1945
Box 22, Folder 3
Launching ceremony - USS Grayson
1941
Box 22, Folder 4
Mess Cook Parade - USS Arkansas
Box 22, Folder 5
Olaya Herrera visit to New York - Includes photographs of Herrera, his family, Pence, Admiral de Steiguer, Jefferson Caffery,
and West Point
1930
Box 22, Folder 6
Passing through the Corinth Canal, Greece
Box 22, Folder 7
Solar Eclipse - Newport, Rhode Island
1925
Oversize FB-323, Folder 6
Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet (WWI) - Oblique aerial photograph
1918 November
General note
Described by Pence - "'Der Tag' - The surrender of the German High Seas Fleet to the British Grand Fleet, HMS Cruiser Cardiff
flying the flag of Admiral Alexander-Sinclair, R.N. leading the German Fleet into the Harbor. Balloon overhead. Autographed
by Admiral Alexander-Sinclair. A personal friend."
Box 22, Folder 8
Trans-American Trip - The Pences, Sammy Moore and Baker. States represented in the photographs include Hawaii, California,
Oregon, Arizona, Mississippi, Kansas, as well as postcards of Victoria, British Columbia
1937-1938
Oversize FB-323, Folder 6
Unidentified events (oversize)
Oversize FB-319, Folder 2
United States Naval Academy - Contains photographs and memorabilia
1902-1921
Oversize FB-321, Folder 3
Oversize FB-321, Folder 4
Oversize FB-320, Folder 2
Naval Attaché - London
1920-1921
Box 22, Folder 10
One album page created while Pence served on the USS McFarland, and loose prints
ca. 1922
General note
Album page includes snapshots of Ruth, acquaintances in Constantinople, and friend Van Anken; one sleeve of snapshots of Crimea
and Yalta.
Oversize FB-320, Folder 3
Army-Navy "E" Awards - Hammond Brass Works
1943
General note
See also BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS Series, subseries Awards and Certificates, box 4, folder, 18.
MAPS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 6) MAPS: Annotated maps documenting some of the areas of the world in which Pence cruised or visited.
Oversize MC-141-05
Bucurestii - 44 degrees by 44 degrees. "Danube at crossing Rumania and Bulgaria"
1916
Oversize MC-141-05
Europa - Sud-Oriental - Carta Political - With annotations
Oversize MC-141-05
European map showing food mission route from Bavaria to Geneva
1919
Oversize MC-141-05
Pacific Ocean and the Bay of Bengal - With annotations
1939
Oversize MC-141-05
Turquie D'Asie - With annotations
Oversize MC-141-05
Pictorial map of Japan
ca. 1958
Oversize AB-999-00
Strategic Map of the World
1942 June
Oversize TS-88
World map marked to show cruises and travels of Captain Pence
SCRAPBOOKS AND POSTCARDS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 7) SCRAPBOOKS AND POSTCARDS: The scrapbooks primarily contain newspaper clippings of interest to and about Pence; memorabilia
such as invitations, calling cards, menus, and programs; and ephemera. Of particular interest is the 1918 "Telegram scrapbook"
which recounts the final two weeks of World War I as revealed by the telegram and radiogram communications between the Commander-in-Chief
of the British Grand Fleet and the Commander-in-Chief of the German High Seas Fleet. Postcards in this series are blank souvenir
postcards, including real photo cards, from Pence's travels, including an entire scrapbook of blank postcards from Japan,
circa 1919. The cards are arranged by country of origin. There is a small subset of cards with messages from Pence to his
family.
Box 22, Folder 11
Pence Family guestbook
1921-1974
Box 23, Folder 1
United States Naval Academy
1902-1908
Box 24, Folder 1
Memorabilia - Contains photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, menus, telegrams, ticket stubs, calling cards, etc.
1905-1915
Box 25, Folder 1
Telegram scrapbook
1918
General note
Contains duplicate telegrams and radiograms between the Commander-in-Chief of the British Grand Fleet and the Commander-in-Chief
of the German High Seas Fleet, as well as "telegrams sent and received at Pola about the time of the Austrian Armistice."
Oversize FB-320, Folder 1
World War I - US Fleet - Contains photographs of the German High Seas Fleet surrendering
1918 November 21
Box 30, Folder 5
Japanese postcard souvenir album cover, with inscription
1919
Box 31
Japanese postcards from souvenir album
General note
For preservation, postcards were removed from the original album in the order in which they were mounted, with a unique number
and all inscriptions transcribed in pencil on the verso.
Box 25, Folder 2
Naval Attaché - London
1919-1921
Box 26, Folder 1
London and Constantinople
1921-1926
Oversize FB-319, Folder 1
USS Memphis
1932 August 30-1934 May 31
Oversize FB-321, Folder 2
Naval Operations
1943 December 21-1945 September 2
Oversize FB-321, Folder 1
Red Cross
1943 June-1946 March
Box 32
Travel souvenir postcards
ca. 1907-1924
General note
Blank. Arranged by country, and includes: Algeria (Algiers and misc.); Belgium (Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ostend, Waterloo);
Bermuda; Borneo; Canada (Halifax, N.S., Victoria, B.C.); China (Chefoo, Hankow, Hong Kong, Peking/Beijing, Port Arthur/Lu
Shun Kou, Shanghai, Tientsin/Tianjin and misc.); Croatia (Dubrovnik, Pola, Zagreb); Cuba (Camaguey, Guantanamo Bay, Havana,
Manzanillo); Czech Republic (Prague); Ecuador; Egypt (Cairo, Port Said); El Salvador (San Salvador and misc.); England (Chester,
Devon, Combe Court, London, Oxford, Salisbury, Warwickshire); Fiume; France (Monte Carlo, Paris, Versailles and misc.); Germany;
Greece (Athens); Guatemala; Honduras (Amapala); India (Bombay/Mumbai); Israel (Jerusalem); Italy (Capri, Gorizia, Napoli,
Palermo, Pompeii, Trieste, Venice and misc.).
Box 33
Travel souvenir postcards
ca. 1907-1924
General note
Blank. Arranged by country, and includes: Japan (Aki/Hiroshima, Kobe, Nagasaki, Nikko & Kamakura, Tokyo, Yokohama and misc.);
Malaysia (Padas River); Malta; Mexico (Tampico, Veracruz); Montenegro; Netherlands (Amsterdam); Nicaragua (Managua, Tisma,
Tipitapa); Northern Ireland (Giant's Causeway); Palestine (Bethlehem); Panama (Panama Canal); Philippines (Calbayog, Cebu,
Manila); Portugal (Madeira); Romania (Bucharest); Russia (Vladivostok); Scotland (Burntisland, Cullen, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Loch Lomond, Melrose and misc.); Serbia (Belgrade); Singapore; Slovakia; Spain (Cadiz, Madrid, Seville, Toledo, Vigo and misc.);
Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Switzerland (Basel, Lago di Como, Lugano, Murren and misc.); Tunisia; United States (Atlantic City, Hawaii,
Mt. Wilson, Panama City, Virginia, Washington D.C.); Unidentified.
Box 33
Travel souvenir postcards - Addressed from H. Pence to his family
ca. 1907-1924
CORRESPONDENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 8) CORRESPONDENCE. Arranged in two subseries: A) Letters Processed in 2002, and B) Letters Processed in 2017.
A) Letters Processed in 2002: This subseries, arranged alphabetically, contains correspondence with military personnel, corporations,
political figures, a few family and friends, and telegrams. Notable correspondents includes Fleet Admiral William Leahy; Admiral
Albert Niblack; Admiral Roger Keyes, R.N.; Admiral Edward Alexander-Sinclair, R.N.; Richard M. Nixon (as a congressman and
vice president); a manuscript copy of a letter sent to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson; and a mass mailing note from Dwight Eisenhower
(prior to his presidency).
B) Letters Processed in 2017: Correspondence added to the collection in a later accession, consisting primarily of voluminous
family correspondence (from Pence to his parents, and later, to his wife Ruth). The letters are arranged in approximate chronological
order, but also by the main correspondent.
Letters Processed in 2002
Box 27, Folder 1
Alexander-Sinclair, Edward
1921
Box 27, Folder 2
American Broadcasting Company, et al. - Regarding Alger Hiss appearance on the Howard Smith program
1962
Box 27, Folder 3
American Express Company
1944-1945
Box 27, Folder 5
Arlenes-Alboni, Nora and Alboni, Ida
1936-1962
Box 27, Folder 7
The Brookings Institution (Joseph W. Balantine)
1951
Box 27, Folder 8
Buckley, Jr., William F.
1963
Box 27, Folder 10
Cronkite, Walter
1960
General note
Letters defending impartiality of his program by Walter Cronkite.
Box 27, Folder 12
Dirksen, Everett McKinley
1961-1965
Box 27, Folder 14
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
1952
General note
Letter of gratitude by Dwight Eisenhower concerning presidential candidacy support and defense of Richard Nixon as Vice President.
Box 27, Folder 17
Ervin, Sam
1973
General note
Letter by H. Pence concerning senatorial conduct during the recent Watergate investigation.
Box 27, Folder 18
Fletcher, Charles K.
1946-1947
Box 27, Folder 23
Johnson, Lyndon B.
1960
General note
Letter by H. Pence addressing Johnson after winning vice presidency.
Box 27, Folder 25
Knowland, William F.
1947-1958
Box 27, Folder 26
Kuchel, Thomas H.
1954-1961
Box 27, Folder 32
Niblack, Albert P.
1920-1926
Box 27, Folder 36
Rockefeller (III), John D.
1969
General note
Letter concerning broadcast of opening of Juilliard School by J.D. Rockefeller (III).
Box 27, Folder 40
Stark, Admiral Harold R. and Betty
1941-1944
Box 27, Folder 43
Truman, Harry S.
between 1949 and 1953
General note
Two copies of a letter on political topics by H. Pence.
Box 27, Folder 46
Voigt, Melvin J.
1971
General note
Letter expressing gratitude over Pence involvement In opening of Central University Library (now Geisel) by M. Voigt.
Box 27, Folder 47
Warner, Oliver
1918 and undated
Box 27, Folder 48
Warren, Earl
1947
General note
Letter to Charles K. Fletcher concerning Harry Pence's appointment by California Governor Earl Warren.
Letters Processed in 2017
Box 34, Folder 1-20
Correspondence between Harry Pence and Mrs. Ellis Pence
1902-1905
Box 35, Folder 1-25
Correspondence between Harry Pence and Mrs. Ellis Pence
1906-1911
Box 36, Folder 1-14
Correspondence between Harry Pence and Mrs. Ellis Pence
1912-1914
Box 37, Folder 1-9
Correspondence between Harry Pence and Mrs. Ellis Pence
1915-1916
Miscellaneous family correspondence
Box 37, Folder 10
Early letters to/from the Pence family
1895-1900, 1914-1916
Box 37, Folder 11
Letters to H. Pence
1901-1906, 1913
Box 37, Folder 12
Dr. Hoyt to H. Pence, regarding his mother's health
1916 November
Box 37, Folder 13
William R. Van Anken to H. Pence
1921-1922
Box 38, Folder 1
Telegrams from Harry Pence to Ruth Pence (née Montgomery)
ca. 1921-1924
Box 38, Folder 2-9
Harry Pence to Ruth Pence (née Montgomery)
undated, and ca. 1921-1922 September
Box 39, Folder 1-8
Harry Pence to Ruth Pence (née Montgomery)
1922 October-1923 December
Box 40, Folder 1-12
Harry Pence to Ruth Pence
1924 January-May
Box 41, Folder 1-11
Harry Pence to Ruth Pence
1927-1929
Box 41, Folder 12-13
Ruth Pence to Harry Pence
undated
Box 41, Folder 14
Ruth Pence to Harry Pence
1937
General note
Letters describe travel in Europe, including Germany.
Box 41, Folder 15
Ruth and Peg Pence to Harry Pence
1937, 1945
General note
Includes European postcards.
Box 41, Folder 16
Pence family correspondence
1938-1943
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 9) MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS: An assortment of papers and documents created by Pence and others that do not directly
relate to his military career, art works, and clippings and ephemera of interest to Pence. Of interest in this series is Fleet
Admiral Ernest King's "Youngster Exams" notebook. Predominantly arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Box 28, Folder 1-2
Automobile accidents
1920-1921 and 1945
Oversize AB-021-E
Bull Dog Type Destroyer [gouache art work]
Box 28, Folder 3
Colloquy between Brigadier Bruxner Randall and Lieutenant Commander Musmanno
1944
General note
Includes small photograph of Musmanno.
Constantinople watercolors
Oversize AB-021-E
Sailor riding a horse
1922
Oversize AB-021-E
Three men playing instruments
1922
Box 28, Folder 4
Dates of certain wars, campaigns, expeditions, events, etc.
General note
Typescript copy of a chronological list of significant military events involving the United States.
Box 28, Folder 5
Don't Weaken - Typescript mimeograph of a sailor poem
Box 28, Folder 6
Sir Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon - Autograph
Box 28, Folder 7
King, Ernest - Youngster exams notebook
1898-1899
Box 28, Folder 8
Kittredge, Ben - "Thought of the Day"
Oversize AB-021-E
Lieutenant Commander Pence, US Navy - Ink on paper caricature
Box 28, Folder 9
Magnetic Exploder "Visual Description" - Includes blueprint
Box 28, Folder 10
Memorandum concerning the loss of two first-class railroad tickets
1945
Box 28, Folder 11
Moore, Sammy - Memorial service remarks by Pence
1943
Box 46
Nazi flag
Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 28, Folder 12
Newspaper clippings of interest to Pence
Box 28, Folder 14
Pay Per Month - Includes a list of performers on a Savage Club card
Box 28, Folder 15
Proposed itinerary of the Pence family
1925
Box 28, Folder 16
Quotations related to war, strategy, politics, education, etc.
Oversize FB-323, Folder 8
Recreation League yearbook
1920
Oversize FB-323, Folder 7
Silhouetten Franzosischer Kriegsschiffe - Ink silhouette
Box 28, Folder 17
Song of Life - Mimeographed typescript of a poem
Box 28, Folder 18
Travel data - Civilian travel
1940
Oversize FB-318, Folder 10
Blueprint charts related to characteristics of American and Japanese vessels
1934
Oversize AB-021-E
USS Kearsarge - Watercolor painting, Return of Atlantic Fleet from trip around the world - 'Great White Fleet'
1909
Box 28, Folder 19
USS Moffett - Facsimile of a painting by Isaac Lloyd
Oversize AB-021-E
USS Pittsburgh - Watercolor painting
1920
Box 28, Folder 20
Roster of young men with naval interests
WRITINGS
Scope and Content of Series
Series 10) WRITINGS: A small selection of writings by Pence, the majority of which are grade school or college-level essays,
though some more mature writings are included.
Box 42, Folder 5-24
Grade school essays
undated, and 1896-1901
General note
Manuscript essays on a variety of topics, probably completed for school assignments.
Box 42, Folder 25-28
Collegiate writings
ca. 1901-1906
General note
Manuscript essays on a variety of topics, probably completed at OSU and the US Naval Academy.
Box 43, Folder 1-4
Collegiate writings
ca. 1901-1906
General note
Manuscript essays on a variety of topics, probably completed at OSU and the US Naval Academy.
Box 43, Folder 6
Sea Power: A Peace Time Asset - An address to the Excelsior Masonic Lodge
1927 October 26
Box 43, Folder 8
Pro-America statement of policy
undated
Box 43, Folder 9-10
Essays on Robert Louis Stevenson and Citizenry
undated
RUTH PENCE
Scope and Content of Series
Series 11) RUTH PENCE: Letters, photographs, and ephemera from Ruth Pence (née Montgomery), including the period of her life
before she met Harry Pence. Ruth was engaged to a man named Ellsworth Strong, who died in France in 1919; there are several
folders of photographs, letters, and papers relating to her relationship to Strong and her visit to Europe after his death.
Letters exchanged between Ruth and Harry Pence are in the CORRESPONDENCE series, subseries 8B) Letters Processed in 2017.
Box 43, Folder 11-18
Letters from Ellsworth Strong to Ruth Montgomery
1917-1919
Box 44, Folder 1
Letters from "mother" to Ruth (possibly Mrs. Strong or her own mother)
1919, 1946
Box 44, Folder 2
Photographs, letters and ephemera re: Ellsworth Strong
1918
Box 44, Folder 3
Letters and map re: Villesavoye, France and E. Strong's gravesite
ca. 1921
Box 44, Folder 4
European travel notebooks
1921-1922
Box 44, Folder 5
Letters regarding Ruth Montgomery's travels to Europe
1921-1922
Box 44, Folder 6
Travel ephemera from Europe and England
1921-1922
Box 44, Folder 7
Negatives and photographic prints
ca. 1918-1922
General note
Primarily travel snapshots; some family portraits.
Box 44, Folder 8
Miscellaneous portraits of friends, family and acquaintances
undated
Box 46
Portrait of two boys - Daguerreotype
approximately 1850-1860
Access
Restrictions Apply
Box 44, Folder 9
Personal letters primarily to Ruth Pence
1933-1937
Box 45, Folder 1-3
Pence travel itinerary to Europe and related letters, ephemera and documents
1937
Box 30, Folder 3
Montgomery family album of Asbury Park, New Jersey
ca. 1912
