Inventory of the Raymond D. Tarbuck papers

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Title: Raymond D. Tarbuck papers
Date (inclusive): 1936-1973
Collection Number: 96005
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes (1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, orders, reports, memoranda, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American military and naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and especially to the planning of the invasion of the Philippines in 1944.
Creator: Tarbuck, Raymond D. (Raymond Dumbell), 1898-
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

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1996.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Raymond D. Tarbuck papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Rear admiral, United States Navy; member, Planning Division, Operations Section, General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area, 1943-1945.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, orders, reports, memoranda, notes, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American military and naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and especially to the planning of the invasion of the Philippines in 1944.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines
United States. Navy

box 1, folder 1

General correspondence 1941-1944

box 1, folder 2

Naval Forces and Operations: U.S. Army Air Forces and War Log: USS New Jersey

box 1, folder 3

Command History: Seventh Amphibious Force 10 January 1943 - 23 December 1945

box 1, folder 4

Lectures: Battleship's A.A. Gunnery School, 1936, U.S.S. Nevada

box 1, folder 5

Notes on "WIDEAWAKE" conference in Brisbane 1944

box 1, folder 5

Memoranda and correspondence 1967-1973

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence and notes for biography 1944-1967

box 1, folder 7

Central Philippines Attack Force correspondence and related documents; photographs; documents related to Seventh Amphibious Force

box 2, folder 1

Capt. Tarbuck, U.S.N. G-3 Planning Section: Plans of World War II undated

box 2, folder 2

Newspaper clippings, general correspondence, photographs from service; Book reviews for MacArthur's Amphibious Navy"; drawn figures of aircraft carriers; correspondence related to the Pacific Theater 1970s

box 2, folder 3

Report of Duty 1944 December 1-1945 March 20

box 2, folder 4

Dispatches, correspondence and memoranda 1943-1946

box 2, folder 5

Notebooks undated

box 3, folder 1

Operations in the Pacific Ocean Areas during the month of October 1944 - Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas"; "Report of operation for the capture of Leyte Island including action report of engagements in Surigao Strait and off Samar Island on 25th of October 1944. --King Two Operation --"; 1944

box 3, folder 2

The Battle of the Philippines - October 1944: A review of naval operations. C.O.I.C. G.H.Q., S.W.P.A."; Memoranda related to naval operations in South Pacific. 1943-1944

box 3, folder 3

Memoranda and correspondence from General Headquarters Southwest Pacific Area and Seventh Amphibious Force 1944 May-September

box 3, folder 4

Reports from Seventh Amphibious Force related to naval activity around the Philippines including maps 1944