Register of the William Jefferson Marshall papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: William Jefferson Marshall papers

Date (inclusive): 1942-1975

Collection Number: 81061

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 6 envelopes, 1 oversize folder (1.5 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Diaries, orders, reports, correspondence, clippings, certificates, maps, cartoons, and photographs, relating mainly to U.S. naval operations in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters during World War II.

Creator: Marshall, William Jefferson, 1903-

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

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William Jefferson Marshall papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1903, February 5	Born, Henderson, Kentucky
1925	B.S., United States Naval Academy
1933	M.S., University of California, Berkeley
1939-1941	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Goff
1942	Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Winslow
1942-1943	Commander, United States Navy, Flag Secretary, Staff Commander, Destroyers Atlantic Fleet
1943-1944	Commander, Destroyer Division Thirty-Six Atlantic Fleet, commanded destroyers during Normandy Invasion
1944-1945	Captain, United States Navy, Commander, Destroyer Squadron Forty-Eight Pacific Fleet, commanded destroyers during Philippine Invasion and Okinawa Invasion

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations

Officers

United States. Navy

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE ca. 1955-1975

box 1, folder 1

Biography of Marshall by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States of America, Inc. 1975 October 3

box 1, folder 2

Clippings ca. 1955

box 1, folder 3

Resume ca. 1960

DIARIES 1942-1945

box 1, folder 4

War diaries, including action reports, reports of operations, and other related naval correspondence 1942 May 23-1945 May 1

CORRESPONDENCE 1942-1959

box 1, folder 5

Eller, E. M., Admiral 1957

box 1, folder 6

Ferrari-Aggradi, Filippo 1959

box 1, folder 7

Flanary, Mildred K. 1955

box 1, folder 8

Marshall, Nancy (wife) 1942-1945

box 1, folder 9

United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Personnel 1945-1955

OFFICE FILE 1953-1956

box 1, folder 10

Naval Operations, Navy Department - Assignments for additional duty, naval memoranda, etc. 1953 April 13-1956 January 28

SUBJECT FILE ca. 1815-1960

box 1, folder 11

"Battle Experience: Supporting Operations for the Invasion of Northern France," 1944 June

box 1, folder 12

Hatch, Alden, General Ike, (excerpt) ca. 1944

box 1, folder 13

McCandless, Bruce - Request for resurrection 1954 March 25

Military economic intelligence

box 1, folder 14

Eisenberg, Robert, "Economic Contributions from Occupied Areas: German Experiences," n.d.

box 1, folder 15

German economic intelligence

box 1, folder 16

Keller, Joseph W., "The Changing Nature and Need of Economic Intelligence," 1944 July 14

box 1, folder 17

Kirsch, D. G., "The Field of Activity of the War Economy Staff: Foreign Division," 1943 July 1

box 1, folder 18

National Security Act 1947

box 1, folder 19

Rose, Robert M., "Documents Addressed to Robert M. Rose and Others, 1815-1823"

MISCELLANEOUS ca. 1942-1955

box 2, folder 20

Citations, awards, certificates, etc.

box 2, folder 20

Navy cartoons

map_case

Navy war maps 1937-1945

PHOTOGRAPHS

envelope A-mC

72 prints of William J. Marshall and family; unidentified individuals' Naval functions; and European and Far Eastern landscapes circa 1945-1965

envelope D

48 prints and 16 negatives of Naval functions; unidentified individuals' Italian and Mediterranean landscapes, all relating to the European tour of the U.S.S. Spokane 1949

envelope E

39 prints depicting battle scenes of the Normandy Invasion June 1944

envelope F

43 prints depicting William J. Marshall, American Admirals William Fechteler and Robert Carney, Italian Admiral Emilio Ferreri, other, unidentified individuals, cultural sights, and senic views from when Campatin Marshall was U.S. Naval Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy circa 1951-1952