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Title: Robert Alfred Theobald papers
Date (bulk): 1942-1957
Collection Number: 60010
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
13 manuscript boxes
(5.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, war diaries, dispatches, operations plans and orders, manuals, service lists, memoranda,
reports, and war estimates relating to naval operations in Alaska from May 1942 to January 1943, including the Japanese invasion
of the Aleutians, June 1942, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Creator:
Theobald, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1884-1957
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1960.
[Identification of item], Robert Alfred Theobald papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1884 January 25 | Born, San Francisco, California |
| 1902-1903 | Attended University of California |
| 1903-1906 | B.S., U.S. Naval Academy |
| 1908 | Commissioned Ensign, U.S. Navy |
| 1917-1918 | Gunnery Officer, U.S.S. New York, Flagship of U.S. Squadron with British Grand Fleet |
| 1918 September | Promoted to Commander |
| 1919-1921 | Executive Officer, Naval Post Graduate School |
| 1922-1924 | Destroyer Command, Asiatic Fleet |
| 1924-1927 | Commanding Officer, Naval Post Graduate School |
| 1927-1929 | Executive Officer, U.S.S. West Virginia |
| 1930-1932 | Secretary of War Plans, Navy Department and Member of Joint Army - Navy Planning Committee |
| 1932 February | Promoted to Captain |
| 1932-1934 | Chief of Staff, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet |
| 1934-1935 | Member of Advanced Class, Naval War College, engaged in seminar study of Japan and Pacific War |
| 1935-1937 | Strategy Division, Naval War College |
| 1937-1939 | Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Nevada |
| 1939-1940 | Chief of Staff, U.S. Fleet |
| 1940 Spring | Member, General Board, Navy Department |
| 1940 June | Promoted to Rear Admiral |
| 1940 Summer | Commander, Cruiser Division Three |
| 1940-1941 | Commander, Flotilla One, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet |
| 1941 December - 1942 May | Commander, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet |
| 1942 May - 1943 January | Commander, Northern Pacific Force, in Alaska Operations |
| 1943-1944 | Commandant, First Naval District and Navy Yard, Boston |
| 1945 | Retired from active service |
| 1954 | Author, The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor |
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches and writings, war diaries, dispatches, operations plans and orders, manuals, service lists, memoranda,
reports, and war estimates relating to naval operations in Alaska from May 1942 to January 1943, including the Japanese invasion
of the Aleutians, June 1942, and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
Officers
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands
United States. Navy