Inventory of the Church A. Chappell papers
Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Phillips
Hoover Institution Archives
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Stanford University
Stanford, CA, 94305-6010
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© 2008, 2015
Title: Church A. Chappell papers
Date (inclusive): 1925-1953
Collection Number: 74053
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution 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.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
creator:
Chappell, Church A., d. 1976.
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Church A. Chappell paper, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1974.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
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 Naval Academy.
United States. Navy Officers.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
United States--Armed Forces--Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
Writings and notes,
undated
Box/Folder: 1 : 3
Printed matter on the U.S. Navy,
1925-1936
Box/Folder: 1 : 4
United States Naval Academy Postgraduate School materials,
1928-1930
Box/Folder: 1 : 5
Philippines correspondence,
1935-1937
Box/Folder: 1 : 6
Philippines printed matter,
1936-1937
Box/Folder: 1 : 7
Newspaper clippings,
1937-1945
Box/Folder: 1 : 8
Printed matter on the U.S. Navy and New Orleans,
circa 1940-1945
Box/Folder: 2 : 1
United States Naval Academy Postgraduate School materials,
1942-1943
Box/Folder: 2 : 2
Orders,
1942-1946
Scope and Contents note
Includes July 1942 change of duty orders for Commander Chappell that were declassified and released by Hoover in May 2015.
Box/Folder: 2 : 3
Travel documents and miscellany,
1942-1946
Box/Folder: 2 : 4
Correspondence,
1944-1947
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
Guam materials,
1952-1953
Photographs,
circa 1930s-1950s
Envelope: A
Guam,
1950s
Scope and Contents note
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 note
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.
Maps folder, Map case
Oversize file: Hawaii tourist map, 1930s and Philippines charts, 1937
