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 2

Orders 1925-1926

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 1, folder 9

War diary 1941-1942

box 1, folder 10

Herman Wouk poem 1942

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

box 2, folder 4

Correspondence 1944-1947

box 2, folder 5

Guam materials 1952-1953

 

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