Register of the Benton Weaver Decker Papers, 1916-1980

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Register of the Benton Weaver Decker Papers, 1916-1980

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Benton Weaver Decker Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1916-1980

Collection number: 74102

Creator: Decker, Benton Weaver, 1899-1983.

Collection Size: 9 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes. (3.8 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, orders, citations, memorabilia, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to U.S. occupation forces in Japan, and U.S. foreign relations in the Far East.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection open for research.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Benton Weaver Decker Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Access Points

United States. Naval Base (Yokosuka, Japan)

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.

East Asia.

East Asia--Foreign relations--United States.

Japan.

Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States--Armed Forces.

United States--Foreign relations--East Asia.

United States. Navy--Officers.

Series Description

Box No. 1-2.

SUBJECT FILE, 1916-1965.

Scope and Content Note

Awards, citations, orders, appointments, commissions, and printed matter, arranged as listed

Box No. 2.

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1952-1954.

Scope and Content Note

Articles, lectures and speeches, arranged alphabetically by title

Box No. 2-3.

MISCELLANEOUS

Scope and Content Note

1946-1972

Box No. 4.

INCREMENT

Scope and Content Note

February 1977

Box No. 5-7.

INCREMENT

Scope and Content Note

September 1979

Box No. 8.

INCREMENT

Scope and Content Note

May 1983

Box No. 9.

INCREMENT

Scope and Content Note

August 1983

Container List

CORRESPONDENCE, 1936-1973

Box 1.

Acheson, Barclay, 1950, 1951

American National Red Cross, 1957, 1960-1961

American Tunaboat Association, 1961

Backman, C. E., 1950-1954

Bate, John, 1952

Brines, Russell, 1953

Brown, Edmund G., 1959

Bull, S. L., 1952

Burke, Arleigh, Admiral, 1958

Burlingham, Hupper and Kennedy, 1960

Busik, W. S., 1973

Carney, R. B., Admiral, 1953

Chase, William C., Major General, 1951

Coyle, Ray W., 1955

Crawford, George G., 1956

Dyer, George C., 1964

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1952

Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1960-1962

Gantt, W. E., 1973

General Headquarters Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, 1950-1951

Herter, Christian A., Jr., 1953

Hickey, Doyle O., Major General, 1951

Horn, Roy De S., 1950

Institute on World Affairs, 1956

International News Service, 1953

Joy, C. T., Vice Admiral, 1950

Kanto Auto Works, 1965

Kenyon, Cecil, n.d.

Kilbimy, Ted, 1951

Knight, Goodwin J., 1955

Knowland, William F., 1951-1958

Kraft, Fred H., 1955

Ladow, C. R., 1953

Life, 1961

Luckel, Frank, 1959

MacArthur, Douglas, General, 1955

Mariner Ship Admiral Decker, 1960

Mariner Troop II, 1960

McKibben, C. A., 1964

McLean, H. H., Rear Admiral, 1950

McQuilken, John, 1955

Mundt, Karl E., 1953

Navy Relief Society, 1933, 1938

Nixon, Richard, 1950-1956

Pratt, Albert, 1954

Price, Admiral, 1959

Ramallo, E., 1959-1968

Republican National Committee, 1956

Robinson, James I., 1959

Robinson, Ray C., 1955

Rogers, William P., 1955

San Diego Chamber of Commerce, 1957

San Diego County Republican Central Committee, 1954

San Diego Yacht Club, 1950, 1961

Shearer, William K., 1956, 1957

Shimada, Kanji, 1966

Smith, Alexander H., 1954, 1956

Stratemeyer, George E., Lt. General, 1962

Streibert, Theodore C., 1956

Swartz, Ray, 1968

Swing, Joseph M., General, 1956

Tait, Edward T., 1956

Trau, E. F., 1954

United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1958

United States Naval Academy, 1951

Vossler, F. A. L., 1936, 1937

Wagner, Paul F., 1954

Waters, Laughlin, E., 1952

Weinberer, Caspar W., 1957, 1958

Wilson, Bob, 1955-1960

Withington, F. S., 1959

Yokosuka City Hall, 1962

Yorkrite Masonic Bodies, 1966

Miscellaneous, 1938-1966

SUBJECT FILE, 1916-1965

Box 1.

Awards, citations, and presentations, 1921-1965

Biographical sketch of Rear Admiral Benton W. Decker, 1899-1949

"The Last 100 Years," by Joan Obermeyer, unpublished history of the Yokosuka Naval Base, n.d.

Orders, appointments, and commissions, 1916-1955

Box 2.

Perry painting presented to the Naval Academy Museum, 1952

"The Sacramento Slam," weekly news letters from the U.S.S. Sacramento, 1929

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1952-1954

Box 2.

"The Admirals Go To Sea," by Rear Admiral B. W. Decker, n.d.

"Detention in Korea," article by Admiral B. W. Decker, special correspondent for International News Service, n.d.

"Masonry in Japan," by B. W. Decker, The New Age, Washington, D.C., 1954

"Our Future in Asia," lecture by Admiral B. W. Decker, 1952

"Selection of Enlisted Men for the Naval Academy," by Lieutenant B. W. Decker, n.d.

"Youth and America," speech to the Daughters of the American Revolution, by Admiral B. W. Decker, 1954

MISCELLANEOUS, 1946-1972

Box 3.

6 albums with newspaper clippings of Admiral B. W. Decker as Commanding Officer at Yokosuka Naval Base, 1946-1950

Printed material concerning Admiral B. W. Decker, 1946-1972

INCREMENT - February 1977

Box 4.

"The Yokosuka Story, 1946-1950, or The Return of the Black Ships," by B. W. and Edwina Decker, 1976

INCREMENT - September 1979

Box 5-7.

Orders, correspondence, reports and memoranda, 1946-1950, relating to American administration of Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.

INCREMENT - May 1983

Box 8.

Orders, clippings, and other printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs, 1939, relating to the visit of U.S. Naval personnel to Japan

INCREMENT - August 1983

Box 9.

Two scrapbooks of clippings relating to Admiral Decker's activities during World War I

Typescript manuscript by Joseph F. Enright, entitled "The Secret Life of a Giant Warship," 1980

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