Inventory of the Church A. Chappell papers
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Phillips
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2008, 2015
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Stanford University
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Title: Church A. Chappell papers
Date (inclusive): 1925-1953
Collection Number: 74053
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes, 1 oversize folder
(0.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diary, correspondence, orders, booklets, photographs, and printed matter, relating to American naval activities in the Philippines,
1935-1937, and at Pearl Harbor, 1941, and to the United States Naval Academy Postgraduate School.
Creator:
Chappell, Church A., -1976
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Church A. Chappell paper, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Captain, United States Navy
Scope and Content of Collection
Diary, correspondence, orders, booklets, photographs, and printed matter, relating to American naval activities in the Philippines,
1935-1937, and at Pearl Harbor, 1941, and to the United States Naval Academy Postgraduate School.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Armed Forces -- Philippines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
Officers
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
United States. Navy
United States Naval Academy
box 1, folder 1
Writings and notes
undated
box 1, folder 3
Printed matter on the U.S. Navy
1925-1936
box 1, folder 4
United States Naval Academy Postgraduate School materials
1928-1930
box 1, folder 5
Philippines correspondence
1935-1937
box 1, folder 6
Philippines printed matter
1936-1937
box 1, folder 7
Newspaper clippings
1937-1945
box 1, folder 8
Printed matter on the U.S. Navy and New Orleans
circa 1940-1945
box 2, folder 1
United States Naval Academy Postgraduate School materials
1942-1943
box 2, folder 2
Orders
1942-1946
Scope and Contents
Includes July 1942 change of duty orders for Commander Chappell that were declassified and released by Hoover in May 2015.
box 2, folder 3
Travel documents and miscellany
1942-1946
Photographs
circa 1930s-1950s
envelope A
Guam
1950s
Scope and Contents
Includes photos of Chappell on duty in Guam, as well as a few photos of other officers and life on the base.
envelope B
Ships and United States Naval Academy Postgraduate School
1936
1940s
1952
Scope and Contents
Includes three declassified photos from 5 April 1952 of the U.S.S. Wisconsin entering and being raised in the Auxiliary Dry
Dock, Apra Harbor, Guam that were released by Hoover in May 2015. Additionally, there are two other photos of the U.S.S. Wisconsin,
one of the U.S.S. Concord (1936), and a photo of a plane, possibly taken from the deck of the U.S.S. Salt Lake City (1942).
There are also two photographs of Chappell during his tenure as Executive Officer of the United States Naval Academy Postgraduate
School.
map case
Oversize file: Hawaii tourist map, 1930s and Philippines charts, 1937