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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Record Unit 581

Smithsonian Institution. National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board

Project Records, circa 1960-1975

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board
Title:Project Records
Dates:circa 1960-1975
Quantity:13.58 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box)
Collection:Record Unit 581
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records document the activities of NAFMAB, including collecting and accessioning, planning for a site, exhibits design, and carrying out various projects. Also included is a multi-volume chronology of events, 1946-1973, in addition to copies of files of NMHT curator Mendel L. Peterson, who represented the Smithsonian on a preliminary committee established by President Eisenhower. Files on the Tecumseh include photographs of the diving operations and items retrieved from the ship.

Historical Note

The National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board (NAFMAB) was created by Act of Congress in 1961 to plan for the establishment of a national museum to honor America's armed forces. The museum, which was to be a Smithsonian Institution bureau, would include a study center named in honor of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. John Nicholas Brown served as Chairman of the Board, 1963-1975. Colonel John H. Magruder III served as the Director of NAFMAB from 1963 until his death in 1972. He struggled unsuccessfully to bring the museum into existence, gathering military weapons and artifacts and lobbying tirelessly to acquire various sites for the project. When the museum plan seemed doomed, he recast it as a Bicentennial Outdoor Park. He also acquired the rights to the Civil War monitor Tecumseh, which had sunk in Mobile Bay during a battle in 1864. Divers were sent to the Bay and a number of artifacts retrieved from the vessel, but the plan to recover the entire wreck failed.

None of Magruder's efforts succeeded, in part because of the American involvement in the Vietnam War and some unfortunate publicity which likened the museum to a Disneyland of war. With Magruder's death, the project was weakened further. In 1973 the Smithsonian decided to salvage at least a part of the 1961 law by bringing the study center into existence. The Eisenhower Institute for Historical Research was established in the National Museum of History and Technology (NMHT). For an administrative history of the Eisenhower Institute, see Record Unit 377.

James C. Hutchins was named Acting Director and then Director of the proposed armed forces museum, 1973-1975; but in effect he presided over its demise. Although the legislation was never formally repealed, Smithsonian management in the 1970s did not favor the museum. The Advisory Board was ordered to divest itself of the material that had been gathered; and in 1975 the Board recommended that all further efforts to build the museum cease. Hutchins was eventually transferred to the staff of the Eisenhower Institute.

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Descriptive Entry

These records document the activities of NAFMAB, including collecting and accessioning, planning for a site, exhibits design, and carrying out various projects. Also included is a multi-volume chronology of events, 1946-1973, in addition to copies of files of NMHT curator Mendel L. Peterson, who represented the Smithsonian on a preliminary committee established by President Eisenhower. Files on the Tecumseh include photographs of the diving operations and items retrieved from the ship.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 581, Smithsonian Institution, National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, Project Records

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Container List

Box 1

Chronology of Events, November 27, 1946-November 1, 1973 (10 folders)

Box 1 of 14

Box 2

Reading Files, January 1964-December 1971 (17 folders)

Box 2 of 14

Box 3

Reading Files, January 1972-December 1975 (8 folders)

Box 3 of 14

Reading Files (SITE), 1946, 1958-October 1969 (10 folders)

Box 3 of 14

Ft. Washington - Master Plan Development Outline (extracts from Lincoln Museum File), 1963, 1967

Box 3 of 14

Ft. Washington Construction (excerpts from letters), 1955-1960

Box 3 of 14

Museum Prospectus, Ft. Washington, Maryland, by Agnes Downey, Park Historian, 1959

Box 3 of 14

Tour of Ft. Washington, May 26, 1965

Box 3 of 14

Box 4

Ft. Washington - History of Non-Commissioned Officers' Quarters, 1960

Box 4 of 14

Ft. Washington - Restoration of Drawbridge, S. W. McClure, NPS (National Park Service), 1941

Box 4 of 14

Ft. Washington - Statistical Report on Sickness and Mortality in the U.S. Army, Surgeon General's Office, 1839-1855, 1856

Box 4 of 14

Ft. Washington - Historical Orientation Report, Officers' Quarters (History Secretary, NCP), 1958

Box 4 of 14

Site 1-1, Ft. Washington, 1964-1972

Box 4 of 14

Ft. Washington - Photographs and Press Release, 1963-1965

Box 4 of 14

Ft. Washington - Structural Condition Survey, v. 1 - Analysis and Recommendations, 1974-1975

Box 4 of 14

Ft. Washington - Structural Condition Survey, v. 2 - Historical Data, 1975-1976

Box 4 of 14

Site 1-1-A, Ft. Washington, 1972

Box 4 of 14

Site 1-1-A, Ft. Washington, 1973

Box 4 of 14

Site 1-1-A, Ft. Washington, 1974

Box 4 of 14

Site Study for Proposed National Armed Forces Museum, 1964

Box 4 of 14

Site 1-1-B, Plavnick Contract, 1972-1975

Box 4 of 14

Research Fellowships - Lewis, 1969-1970

Box 4 of 14

Research Fellowships, 1969-1970

Box 4 of 14

Research Fellowships - Stanley Sander, 1967-1979

Box 4 of 14

Organizational Charts, 1969-1970

Box 4 of 14

Storage Facilities, 1964-1975

Box 4 of 14

Surveys and Questionnaires, 1975

Box 4 of 14

Security, 1975

Box 4 of 14

Patent Data, 1966

Box 4 of 14

Office Furniture, 1964-1973

Box 4 of 14

Booklets/Pamphlets, 1961-1971

Box 4 of 14

Exhibit Planning, 1971-1973

Box 4 of 14

Ft. Henry, 1971-1973

Box 4 of 14

Freedom Park, Kansas, 1972-1975

Box 4 of 14

Special Events - Armed Forces Art Exhibit, 1968 ("The Armed Forces of the United States as Seen by the Contemporary Artist"), 1967-1969

Box 4 of 14

Special Events - General, 1966-1973

Box 4 of 14

Special Events - Temporary Trieste I Display on the Mall, 1968

Box 4 of 14

Special Events - Symposia SI, 1969

Box 4 of 14

Special Events - Great Tattoo, 1966-1970

Box 4 of 14

Special Events - American Revolution Bicentennial, 1966-1968

Box 4 of 14

Special Events - American Revolution Bicentennial, 1969

Box 4 of 14

Box 5

Special Events - American Revolution Bicentennial, 1970

Box 5 of 14

Special Events - American Revolution Bicentennial, 1971

Box 5 of 14

Special Events - American Revolution Bicentennial, 1972-1974

Box 5 of 14

Budget - BAR (Bicentennial of the American Revolution) Funds, 1969-1974

Box 5 of 14

Study on American Infantry Manual of Arms of Revolutionary War, 1971-1979

Box 5 of 14

"A Partial Compilation of the United States navy Contributions to the National Defense and Development," by Ernest W. Peterkin, 1967

Box 5 of 14

Role of Defense Establishment in Advancing Scientific Knowledge in the 19th Century (memo), 1969

Box 5 of 14

Heritage Military Music Foundation, Inc., 1969-1970

Box 5 of 14

First Maryland Regiment, 1967-1970

Box 5 of 14

Bicentennial Park, 1970

Box 5 of 14

Accessioning/Cataloging - General, 1968-1974

Box 5 of 14

Acquisitions Data, 1970-1974

Box 5 of 14

Acquisitions - Appraisals, 1968-1973

Box 5 of 14

NAFMAB - Material, undated

Box 5 of 14

Merchants Transfer, 1969-1975

Box 5 of 14

Collection Refinement, 1971-1975

Box 5 of 14

Loans and Exchanges - General, 1965-1974

Box 5 of 14

Collections, 1966, 1972-1975

Box 5 of 14

Registration of Firearms, 1973-1976

Box 5 of 14

Loans and Exchanges - Charles Hoffbauer, 1968-1974

Box 5 of 14

Last Flight of the P-5 Marlin, 1968

Box 5 of 14

NAFMAB Library, 1967-1974

Box 5 of 14

AMI Library, 1967-1974

Box 5 of 14

Donations, General, 1964-1975

Box 5 of 14

Donations - Hoopes Collection, 1967-1973

Box 5 of 14

Roebling Gun Collection, 1969-1972

Box 5 of 14

Revolutionary Soldier's Accoutrements, 1970-1972

Box 5 of 14

Joe R. Grandee Collection, 1974-1975

Box 5 of 14

Advisory Board Meeting: Ringing Gong of U.S. Monitor Tecumseh, 1969

Box 5 of 14

Report of the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board submitted to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, January 28, 1965

Box 5 of 14

Preliminary Study relating to the Establishment of a National Armed Forces Museum, December 17, 1964 (includes photos)

Box 5 of 14

Regents Meetings Minutes, 1965-1966. Includes excerpts from meeting of SI Board of Regents, 1962-1966

Box 5 of 14

Boards

Bureau Directors' Meetings, 1967-1969. Includes minutes, memoranda concerning activities of directors of Smithsonian bureaus.

Box 5 of 14

Bureau Directors' Meetings, 1970-1973

Box 5 of 14

SI Bicentennial Commission and SI BAR Committee, 1965-1973

Box 5 of 14

INS: Informational Inquiries, Non-Government, 1974

Box 5 of 14

Box 6

INS: Informational Inquiries, Non-Government, 1975

Box 6 of 14

Lewis Chronology, 1966-1969

Box 6 of 14

Publications, NAFMAB, 1969

Box 6 of 14

Publications (Lewis), 1966-1973

Box 6 of 14

Publications, Staff, 1969-1970

Box 6 of 14

Speeches and Reports (outside SI), 1969, 1972

Box 6 of 14

Status Reports (in-house), 1966-1974

Box 6 of 14

Statements, SI Year, 1963-1974

Box 6 of 14

Statements, other than SI Year, 1962-1974

Box 6 of 14

Public Relations - General, 1966-1973

Box 6 of 14

Public Relations - Clippings, 1965-1971

Box 6 of 14

Public Relations - Press Releases, 1962-1972

Box 6 of 14

Public Relations - Meetings and Conferences, 1968-1973

Box 6 of 14

Public Relations - Mailing Lists to NAFMAB

Box 6 of 14

Public Relations - Mailing Lists from NAFMAB

Box 6 of 14

Legislation re: Public Information

Box 6 of 14

Public Relations - Professional Organization Memberships, 1968-1972

Box 6 of 14

SI Congressional Hearings, 1965-1970

Box 6 of 14

Bicentennial Outdoor Museum Act of 1971, 1960-1966, 1971

Box 6 of 14

Special Exhibits, Great hall, 1964-1965

Box 6 of 14

"The Armed Forces of the Unites States as Seen by the Contemporary Artist," 1968

Box 6 of 14

Meeting of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents Committee on the Proposed National Portrait Gallery, February 18, 1960

Box 6 of 14

Meeting of the President's Committee on the American Armed Forces Museum, February 18, 1960

Box 6 of 14

National Armed Forces Museum - Site Study and Recommendation

Box 6 of 14

Report of the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board to the Board of Regents, Smithsonian Institution, 1964

Box 6 of 14

National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, September 26, 1962

Box 6 of 14

A Study of European Military Museums, 1959

Box 6 of 14

Administrative Data - European Trips, 1958 - J. Lee Westrate, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Questionnaire for Obtaining Data on Military Museums, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Brussels - Musee Royal de l'Armee, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Copenhagen - Tojusmuseet, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Leiden - Leger En Wapenmuseum, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Lisbon - Army Museum, 1958

Box 6 of 14

London - Imperial War Museum, 1956-1958

Box 6 of 14

London - National Maritime Museum, 1958

Box 6 of 14

London - Royal United Service Museum, 1958

Box 6 of 14

London - The Tower Armouries, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Madrid - Museo del Ejercito, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Madrid - Museo Naval, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Berlin - Museum fur Deutsche Geshichte, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Oslo - Haermuseet, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Other Significant Arms Collections, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Paris - Musee de la Armee, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Paris - Musee de la Marine, 1958

Box 6 of 14

Box 7

Stockholm - Sjohistoriska Museum, 1958

Box 7 of 14

Vienna - Weeresgeschichtliche Museum, 1958

Box 7 of 14

Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame Nominations: Post World War II

Box 7 of 14

Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame Nominations: World Wars I & II, 1975-1976

Box 7 of 14

Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame Nominations: Pre-Civil War

Box 7 of 14

Fort Leavenworth Hall of Fame Nominations: Civil War to World War I

Box 7 of 14

Armed Forces Museum Committee Minutes and Correspondence, 1957-1960

Box 7 of 14

Materials regarding Relationships between National Air Museum and Armed Forces Museum, 1958-1959

Box 7 of 14

President's Committee on the American Armed Forces Museum, 1958

Box 7 of 14

Armed Forces History Museum, 1962-1963

Box 7 of 14

President's Committee, 1958-1962

Box 7 of 14

Letter to Senator Clinton P. Anderson re: Committee Activities, 1959-1960

Box 7 of 14

Proceedings of President's Committee, 1958-1960

Box 7 of 14

HR 4659 (PL 87-186) and Other Legislative Correspondence re: NAFMAB, 1960-1962

Box 7 of 14

President's Committee - Administration, 1958-1959

Box 7 of 14

Newspaper Publicity, 1958

Box 7 of 14

Westrate, J. Lee, Personal Correspondence, 1958-1959

Box 7 of 14

HR 1134, Armed Forces Museum, 87th Congress, 1957, 1960-1966

Box 7 of 14

Report of Advisory Committee re: National Military Museum, 1946

Box 7 of 14

HR 12823, Armed Forces Museum, 86th Congress, 1960

Box 7 of 14

Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce - Location of Museum Building, 1958

Box 7 of 14

Miscellaneous, 1959-1963

Box 7 of 14

MHT Position Paper, circa 1960

Box 7 of 14

SI-MHT Concept, 1956

Box 7 of 14

Building Estimates, 1958-1959

Box 7 of 14

Legislation on the National Armed Forces Museum, 1943, 1946, 1955, 1958-1961

Box 7 of 14

History of Steps Preceding the President's Appointment of Committee, 1957-1958

Box 7 of 14

NAFMAB, 1958-1964

Box 7 of 14

Rockefeller's (Gov. Nelson) Views re: Early Draft Legislation and Concept of Armed Forces Museum, 1959

Box 7 of 14

Building Program - Armed Forces Museum, 1962

Box 7 of 14

Proposed Report to the President, 1959

Box 7 of 14

Proposed Interim Report to the President, 1959

Box 7 of 14

Armed Forces Museum, Subcommittee Minutes and Correspondence, 1958

Box 7 of 14

Budget for American Armed Forces Museum Committee, 1957-1959

Box 7 of 14

Subcommittee Report, 1958-1959

Box 7 of 14

Dean Report, August 31, 1956

Box 7 of 14

Museums, Foundations Other than SI

Box 7 of 14

Museum Philosophy

Box 7 of 14

Revolutionary Encampment

Box 7 of 14

Belmont Conference

Box 7 of 14

Belmont Conference - Working File

Box 7 of 14

Proposal for the Celebration of the American Bicentennial, 1976

Box 7 of 14

ICOM (International Council of Museums)

Box 7 of 14

Box 8

Armed Forces of the U.S. as Seen by the Contemporary Artist (2 folders)

Box 8 of 14

Ft. Washington - General

Box 8 of 14

Ft. Washington - Excerpts from Army Post and Towns, Charles J. Sullivan, 1926

Box 8 of 14

Ft. Washington - History by Marg. Caulbourne, NPS, 1937

Box 8 of 14

Ft. Washington - Maps, Brochures, etc.

Box 8 of 14

Ft. Washington - Repair, Sally Port Rooms, S. W. McClure, NPS

Box 8 of 14

Ft. Washington - Report on Barracks and Hospitals (description of Military Posts), War Department, 1870

Box 8 of 14

Ft. Washington - Sites of Interest along Route Ft. Washington to new Morgantown Bridge (Jett)

Box 8 of 14

Battle Art

Box 8 of 14

NAFMAB Material Folder

Box 8 of 14

Gunboat Philadelphia

Box 8 of 14

Report to the Chairman NAFMAB - Belmont Conference, 1967

Box 8 of 14

Book of Donors

Box 8 of 14

Belmont Conference Photographs

Box 8 of 14

Photographs of Smithsonian People

Box 8 of 14

Smithsonian Council

Box 8 of 14

Council of Directors

Box 8 of 14

Smithsonian Associates

Box 8 of 14

Executive Committee

Box 8 of 14

Smithsonian Bicentennial Committee (Booklets)

Box 8 of 14

Regents Meetings - Data

Box 8 of 14

Regents Newsletters

Box 8 of 14

Smithsonian Budgets, 1967-1976

Box 8 of 14

Trieste - History and Newsletters

Box 8 of 14

Review of Bathyscaph "Trieste" Operations

Box 8 of 14

Bathyscaph "Trieste"

Box 8 of 14

Accessions - 1966

Lots 1-11 (11 folders)

Box 8 of 14

Box 9

Accessions - 1967

Lots 1-1-27, 29-44 (Lot 41 is USS Tecumseh) (43 folders)

Box 9 of 14

In Storage at Letter - Kenny

Box 9 of 14

Missiles in Storage

Box 9 of 14

Redstone Missile (Army)

Box 9 of 14

Army Nike Ajax Missile

Box 9 of 14

LaCross Missile (Army)

Box 9 of 14

Corporate Missile (Army)

Box 9 of 14

Accessions - 1968

Accessions - General

Box 9 of 14

Lots 1-12, 14-15, 17 (15 folders)

Box 9 of 14

Accessions - 1972

Lots 1-15 (15 folders)

Box 9 of 14

Box 10

Accessions - 1972

Lots 16-24 (9 folders)

Box 10 of 14

Cases and Object Files

Marine Corps Basic Tool, Quantico, Virginia

Box 10 of 14

West Point Loan Receipt

Box 10 of 14

USS Alabama Battleship Commission

Box 10 of 14

Field Artillery (Herbert Haseltine) NCFA

Box 10 of 14

U.S. Coast Guard - Oak (Transfer Memo)

Box 10 of 14

Patton Museum - Want List

Box 10 of 14

National Park Service - Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania U.S. Department of the Interior

Box 10 of 14

Adm. Nimetz Museum - Fredericksburg, Texas

Box 10 of 14

The War Memorial Museum of Virginia - Newport News, Virginia

Box 10 of 14

Photographs

Box 10 of 14

Lot 9/67 - 6" Coast Artillery Gun

Box 10 of 14

Sea Coast Guns - Lot 6/66

Box 10 of 14

Five-Ton, Autopilot-Stabilized Hydrofoil Research Craft

Box 10 of 14

Sea Legs - Lot 28/67

Box 10 of 14

Sea Legs

Box 10 of 14

Full Scale Objects and Models from West Point

Box 10 of 14

Andre Jandot

Box 10 of 14

SS-10

Box 10 of 14

Case Numbers 4, 5, 6

Box 10 of 14

Chicago Tank - World War II

Box 10 of 14

Amphibious Vehicles - Case 10

Box 10 of 14

Bombs - World War II

Box 10 of 14

Case 19 - (West Point) Battery Byrne

Box 10 of 14

15" Rodman Gun - Governors Island

Box 10 of 14

Ft. Hancock - 6" MI900

Box 10 of 14

Case 18 - 155mm Howitzer

Box 10 of 14

Viet Cong Weapons - Case 21

Box 10 of 14

Case 24 - Special Weapons M39 & M41 - Kelly Air Force Base, Texas

Box 10 of 14

Autocollimator - USN Polaris - Case 26

Box 10 of 14

Case 43

Box 10 of 14

VT Proximity Fuze

Box 10 of 14

Hinman-Diamond Proximity Fuze - Case 50

Box 10 of 14

T-3 Proximity Fuze - Case 50

Box 10 of 14

Salford Proximity Fuze - Case 50

Box 10 of 14

Case 53

Box 10 of 14

Case 54

Box 10 of 14

Case 56

Box 10 of 14

Case 57

Box 10 of 14

Case 60

Box 10 of 14

Case 61

Box 10 of 14

Case 64

Box 10 of 14

Case 70

Box 10 of 14

Case 71

Box 10 of 14

Case 73

Box 10 of 14

Case 75 - Star I Electric Boat (General Dynamics Corp.)

Box 10 of 14

Case 76 - Amphibious Vehicle Ford 1/2 Ton

Box 10 of 14

Case 77 - Material Held in Navy Storage

Box 10 of 14

Case 83

Box 10 of 14

Case 85

Box 10 of 14

Case 87

Box 10 of 14

Case 88

Box 10 of 14

Case 91

Box 10 of 14

Telescope M93/T153 - Case 95

Box 10 of 14

Case 92

Box 10 of 14

Shaef War Room D-Day - Case 96

Box 10 of 14

Sight, Bore, Muzzle 20mm - Case 99

Box 10 of 14

Range Keeper - Case 100

Box 10 of 14

Mitchell Papers re: Survey of African Continent

Box 10 of 14

Magazine, Cartridge, Cal. 45 - Case 106

Box 10 of 14

Inclinometer - Case 107

Box 10 of 14

Sight Periscope - Case 108

Box 10 of 14

Mount, Telescope - Case 109

Box 10 of 14

General Motors Guns - Case 110

Box 10 of 14

Little John Missile System - Case 111

Box 10 of 14

Tire, Pneumatic 11:00 X 18 - Case 113

Box 10 of 14

World War I Tank - Old Newgate Prison

Box 10 of 14

Telephone Set EE-8 - Case 119

Box 10 of 14

Sandston Guns - Case 121

Box 10 of 14

Anvil and Forge - Case 122

Box 10 of 14

Aircraft Cannon M24A1 - Case 124

Box 10 of 14

Sparrow I Missiles - Case 125

Box 10 of 14

Mount, Telescope M90 - Case 126

Box 10 of 14

Transmitting Set, Radio - Case 128

Box 10 of 14

National Park Service Guns - Case 129

Box 10 of 14

Miscellaneous Material Pax River - Case 130

Box 10 of 14

Launcher, Rocket, Towed, XM70 - Case 132

Box 10 of 14

Coat, Uniform (West Point) - Case 135

Box 10 of 14

Engine R975-46A - Case 142

Box 10 of 14

War Trophies - Case 143

Box 10 of 14

12" Mortor M 1890 (West Point) - Case 144

Box 10 of 14

Service Flags - Case 145

Box 10 of 14

Mount Telescope Mill - Case 147

Box 10 of 14

Roebling Gun Collection - Case 149

Box 10 of 14

Projector Slide - Case 150

Box 10 of 14

Capsule, Cargo - Case 151

Box 10 of 14

Miscellaneous Ord Material NATC PAX - Case 152

Box 10 of 14

Guns at Aberdeen - Case 153

Box 10 of 14

Wrench, Ratchet Reversible - Case 155

Box 10 of 14

Stereoscope - Case 156

Box 10 of 14

Sling, Cargo, Paulin - Case 157

Box 10 of 14

Engine, Gas Turbine - Case 158

Box 10 of 14

Engines, Tank, Medium M4 - Case 159

Box 10 of 14

Case 160

Box 10 of 14

Sherman Tank Accessories - Case 161

Box 10 of 14

Bridge Model Kit - Case 162

Box 10 of 14

Searchlight Set - Case 163

Box 10 of 14

Jet Engine Trainer J79 - Case 164

Box 10 of 14

Bullpup Missiles - Case 165

Box 10 of 14

Still Picture Camera Set - Case 166

Box 10 of 14

Case 167 - Truck 1/4 Ton 4x4

Box 10 of 14

Case 168 - Truck, Amphibian, 6x6 DUKW 2 1/2 Ton

Box 10 of 14

Case 170

Box 10 of 14

Case 171 - Machine Gun Cal. 30 MI917A1

Box 10 of 14

Case 172 - Gun 40mm Orlikron with Mount

Box 10 of 14

Fog Bell - Case 173

Box 10 of 14

German Turret A/C Armament Components - Case 174

Box 10 of 14

Carbine M-1 - Case 175

Box 10 of 14

Printing and Developing Machine (Diazo) - Case 176

Box 10 of 14

Recoilless Rifles - Case 177

Box 10 of 14

Half Track M-2 - Case 178

Box 10 of 14

Russian 85mm Cannon - Case 179

Box 10 of 14

Case 180 - Yale University Guns

Box 10 of 14

Tank Trainer: M47

Box 10 of 14

Artifacts - Greely Expedition

Box 10 of 14

4" Naval Gun MKVIII - American Legion Post 130

Box 10 of 14

U.S. Government Inspector's Guage

Box 10 of 14

Norm Flayderman & Co. - World War I Field Telephones, Arsenal Gauge, Manuals, Firing Mechanism

Box 10 of 14

186A-69 Cased Set Gauges (Norm Flayderman)

Box 10 of 14

Five Items from Norm Flayderman

Box 10 of 14

Seven Items - Books, Gauges, World War I Set Flags, & Grenade Vests

Box 10 of 14

Portable Field Shower (Norm Flayderman)

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World War I Signal Corps Radios, Telegraph Key & Wave Finder and Chest (Norm Flayderman)

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Norm Flayderman & Co. - Six Items

Box 10 of 14

S&S Firearms Materiel

Box 10 of 14

Ammunition/Kaufman Surplus & Arms

Box 10 of 14

MK16 Mine/U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center - Dubuque, Iowa

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5" Naval Gun: MKVII - Grand Island, Nebraska

Box 10 of 14

Cannon, 90mm: M54 (T125)/Gun Mount, 90mm: m88 (T170E1)

Box 10 of 14

Erie Proving Ground Materiel

Box 10 of 14

3" Coast Arty Gun: M1911 - Watertown Arsenal

Box 10 of 14

6" Rapid Fire M1900 Gun - Ft. Hancock, New Jersey

Box 10 of 14

USA Artillery Harness - San Antonio, Texas

Box 10 of 14

Dixie Gun Works Materiel

Box 10 of 14

Naval Gun Mounts - Navy Yard Annex

Box 10 of 14

110mm Howitzer Carriage, T74 with Recoil Mechanism T83E1

Box 10 of 14

LaCrosse Helicopter Transportable Light Weight Missile System

Box 10 of 14

Launcher, Rocket, 3.5" M20

Box 10 of 14

Mortar Infantry: 60mm M2M Mount 60-MMM5

Box 10 of 14

Bannerman's Island Materiel

Box 10 of 14

Box 11

Optical Equipment

Box 11 of 14

Regulus Missile (Navy)

Box 11 of 14

120mm AA Gun - Erie Proving Ground

Box 11 of 14

Ammunition Components - Naval Ammo Depot, Hastings, Nebraska

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Mark IV Re-Entry Vehicle - Kelly Air Force Base

Box 11 of 14

10" Rodman Gun - Governors Island, New York

Box 11 of 14

15" Rodman Gun - Governors Island, New York

Box 11 of 14

Photographs

Box 11 of 14

Tape Logs

Box 11 of 14

NAFMAB Planning/Meetings

Belmont Conference, December 4-6, 1967

Box 11 of 14

NAFMAB 16th Meeting, November 19, 1975

Box 11 of 14

NAFMAB 14th Meeting, November 28, 1973

Box 11 of 14

NAFMAB Documents

Box 11 of 14

Belmont Conference, December 1967

Box 11 of 14

Tecumseh Project

Climatological Data, Mobile, Alabama

Box 11 of 14

Dr. Emory Miller

Box 11 of 14

Contacts

Box 11 of 14

Correspondence

Box 11 of 14

Back-Up Material

Box 11 of 14

Jahncke Service, Inc.

Box 11 of 14

Public Relations

Box 11 of 14

Naval Research Laboratory

Box 11 of 14

Overall Project Studies

Box 11 of 14

Tecumseh

Box 11 of 14

Route Studies

Box 11 of 14

Supervisor of Salvage, United States Navy (USN)

Box 11 of 14

Blueprints and Notes

Box 11 of 14

Wood Preservation

Box 11 of 14

Metal Preservation

Box 11 of 14

General

Box 11 of 14

VASA Trip - Calland

Box 11 of 14

Explorations

Box 11 of 14

Proposals and Offers

Box 11 of 14

Dredging

Box 11 of 14

Foam Process

Box 11 of 14

Cyclo Manufacturing Co., Denver, Colorado

Box 11 of 14

Contents

Box 11 of 14

Fact Sheet - Tecumseh

Box 11 of 14

Compartmentation

Box 11 of 14

Operations

Box 11 of 14

Land Lease - Ft. Morgan Area, River Land, California

Box 11 of 14

Paperwork on Barge Borrowed from Army

Box 11 of 14

Tecumseh Route

Box 11 of 14

Air Samples

Box 11 of 14

Expeditions Unlimited, Inc.

Box 11 of 14

Trip Report, June 13, 1969

Box 11 of 14

Fundraising for Salvage

Box 11 of 14

Project Tecumseh (Photographs)

Box 11 of 14

Tecumseh Fundraising

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Deposition of Col. Robert M. Calland

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Request to Establish the National Armed Forces Historical Park Museum

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Tecumseh Project Task Milestones

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Operation Tecumseh Log of Field Operations, July 1967

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Tecumseh Task Descriptions

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Expeditions Unlimited, Inc. (EUI) v. Smithsonian Institution

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COL 6-4 Tecumseh (Part 1)

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Status Report for Funding Tecumseh Project

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COL 6-4 Tecumseh (Part 2)

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Initial Budge - Plan 1

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Initial Budge - Plan 2

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TO

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Donald Harris

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Initial Budge - Plan 3

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Initial Budge - Plan 4

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Initial Budge - Plan 5

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Budget (Government Pay Scales & Budget Codes)

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Tecumseh - National Geographic

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Cofferdam

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Purex

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Products & Equipment

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AMF (Cuno. Div.)

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Media and Newspaper Agreements

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EUI Salvage Plan

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Equipment Needed

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Transportation Requirements

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Facilities

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Chemical

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Water Storage Tank

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Preservation

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Electronic Testing Equipment

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Living Space

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Metal Examination Report (NRL), 1969

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Tecumseh Project

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Tecumseh Legal #I-II (Tecumseh Budget History)

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Tecumseh Legal #III

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Tecumseh Legal #IV

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Tecumseh Legal #V (Miscellaneous EUI - NAFMAB Correspondence)

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Budget and Legal

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Inquiries

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U.S. Coast Guard - Mobile

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Congressional

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Mobile Chamber of Commerce

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Supervisor of Salvage

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Prints - Point Mobile Aerial Mosaic 1:5000

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T OPS 6 - Other Ships

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T OPS 5 - Facilities (on site)

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T OPS 5-1 - Utilities (on site)

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T ADM 6 - Fund Raising (General)

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T ADM 6-2 - Fund Raising/Perkins

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T ADM 6-3 - Fund Raising/Stone Foundation

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T ADM 5-3 - Public Relations (Staff Speeches)

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T ADM 5-2 - Public Relations (Clippings)

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T ADM 5 - Public Relations (Press Releases)

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Mobile District Engineer

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T ADM 5 - Public Relations (General)

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T ADM 4 - Personnel

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T ADM 3 - Alabama Groups

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T ADM 2 - Legal (after acquisition)

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26-31 October Field Trip - Tecumseh Project

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Tecumseh Catalog - for recovered artifacts

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Smithsonian Institution Conservation Analytical Laboratory

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Documentation

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T HD - Ship's Data History, Contents, Artifacts

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T OPS 7 - Recovery Operations (General)

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Expeditions Unlimited - Correspondence

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T EP 2 - Exhibit Planning (General)

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T ADM 8-1 - Inquiries (Congressional)

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T ADM 6-1 - Fund Raising (National Geographic)

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T ADM 8-2 - Inquiries 1967

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T ADM 8-2 - Inquiries 1968

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T ADM 8-2 - Inquiries 1970

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T ADM 8-2 - Inquiries 1969

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T ADM 10 - Brochures (Tecumseh)

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T ADM 9 - Correspondence (General)

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T ADM 11 - Memos (in house)

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T OPS 4 - Buster Miller

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T OPS 2 - Overall Project Studies

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T OPS 1 - Location and Examination

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T OPS 1-1 - Coast Guard (Bouy)

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T HD 2 - Ship's Crew and Descendants

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T ADM 12 - Unsolicited Proposals

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T ADM 7 - Budget

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T OPS 3 - Supervisor of Salvage

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Color Photographs

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Notes

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Early Project "History" - Robert M. Calland

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Correspondence

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Shipbuilding Practice, etc.

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Wood to be Preserved

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Existing Firms

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Location Data

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Correspondence, Memos, Clippings

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Notes

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The Armed Forces of the U.S. as seen by the Contemporary Artist - Reference Papers (2 folders)

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NAFMAB Scrapbook, 1967-1973

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NAFMAB Scrapbook, 1964-1966

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Bicentennial Park - Promotional Materials

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National Armed Forces Museum Park - Plan and Study, 1965-1966

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