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1 Archives Branch Naval History and Heritage Command 805 Kidder Breese Street, SE Washington Navy Yard, DC Processor: (April 2010) Creator: Dewitt C. Ramsey Extent: Total boxes: 8 Cubic feet: 3 Inclusive Dates: Access: Open to the public. Dewitt C. Ramsey COLL/619 Classification: The records had a Declassification Review and were declassified in full. Scope and Content Note This collection consists of subject files, many of which relate to Dewitt Ramsey s career in naval aviation during the 1920s and 1930s. It also includes his personal flight logs, correspondence, speeches, articles he authored, orders, a small group of photographs and miscellaneous publications. Box Listing Box 1 Series I: Correspondence 1. Correspondence Correspondence 3. Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Box 2 Series II: Aviator Flight Logs 10. Aviator Flight Logbooks Aviator Flight Logbooks

2 12. Aviator Flight Logbooks Series III: Subject Files 13. Aircraft, Base Force Operations, Costa Rican Advanced Base Det Aircraft Squadron, Battle Fleet Aviation Articles, Notes and General Info 16. Aviation in the U.S. Fleet Articles and Misc Bureau of Aeronautics Technical Note No Byrd, Richard E, Radm. National Emergency Rally Articles and Lectures Box Chamberlin, E. g. Court Martial Court of Inquiry Crash of PM-2 Seaplane Charts 23. Class of 1912, Fleet Problem IX Flight trials, ZRS-4 (Dirigible) Press Release Frost, H. H., LCDR Article General Board No. 449 Aircraft for Scouting H.R Authorization for Construction of Naval Vessels Hydrographic Office, Division of air Navigation Keys, G. M. Testimony before the Morrow Board 31. Libbey, M. A., CDR Lecture 32. Loening, Grover Report Mead, G. J. Article Mementoes Misc. Info Directives, Reports and General Info Mitchell, Gen., Brief Summary of Testimony before Howell Board Moffett, W. A., RADM Mullinex, H. M., LCDR Article 39. Murray, Capt. Misc. 40. Leighton, Bruce G., LT article 1923 Box Newspaper Clippings Offley, Colonel E. M. Review of Latane s A History of American Foreign Policy Operation orders Percival, F. G., LT Essay Notebooks Misc. Info (folder 1) 46. Notebooks Misc. Info (folder 2) 47. Ramsey, Dewitt C., LCDR Biography Ramsey, D. C., LCDR Professional Examination Ramsey, D.C. LCDR Report of Aviation Activities, Atlantic Fleet Roosevelt, Franklin D. A Proclamation 1936

3 51. Sayre, Robert H. Invention Aerial Navigation Protractor Shoemaker, J. M., LCDR Smith, Karl F., CDR article Sparrow, S. W. Report 55. Stonewall Jackson Review of Henderson s Stonewall Jackson Talbot, Melvin f. LT Towers, J. H., RADM Statement before Truman Committee 58. Turner, R.K., CDR Lecture of General Line Class Ramsey, D.C., ADM., - Notes and Misc. 60. U.S. Naval Academy Aviation Course VN Squadron 8 Aviation Training, U.S. Naval Academy VN Squadron 8 Aviation Training, U.S. Naval Academy VN Squadron 8 Aviation Training, U.S. Naval Academy Williams, A.J., LT Award Wilson, E.E., CDR Wright, USS Yarnell, H.E., RADM Memorandum on London Treaty Box 5 Series IV: Speeches and articles 68. Lectures Article Speeches and Articles Speeches and Articles Thesis 73. Speeches and Articles 74. Book reviews 1930 Box 6 Series V: Orders 75. Orders Series VI: Publications 76A. Air Flivvers B. Air Transport Facts 77. Aircraft Base Force, U.S. Fleet Operating Information Bulletin Airplanes and Guns Airplane Design in Relation to Tactical Requirements Airport rating Regulations The All Atlantic The American Revolution Athletic Rules, U.S. Fleet The Baltimore Engineer Cairo and its Winter Season 86. Christensen Automatic Motor Starting System The Civil War 1937

4 88. Closing Phases of the Seven Years War Congressional Record Curtis Marine Trophy Races The Development of the Wright Air-Cooled Aviation Engine Economics England Defends the Absolutism 1935 Box Extracts from Sun Tzu on the Art of War Fast Pursuit and Bombing Planes Formation of Ice upon Exposed Parts of Airplane in flight The Formation of Orders Doctrine The Half-Million Dollar Motor 100. High Altitude Flying Hints on Tactical Maneuvers Information for Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Inquiry into Operations of the United States air Service The Layman s Legal Guide to Essential laws The Japanese Islands from the Kuriles to Formosa The Maritime Wars of the Early Eighteenth Century Military Order of the Caraboo The Mission and Organization of the U.S. Naval War College Naval Reserve Aviation Bases Naval Operations in Europe from the Peace of Versailles to the Battle of St. Vincent Navy Defense Program summary of Progress Nomenclature for Aeronautics Report No Official World and American Air records The Opening Phases of the Seven Years War Our Air Navy 116. History of Aviation 1929 Box Pilots Manual of Air Law The Place of Aviation in the Organization of War The Port of Charleston 120. Promotion by Selection The Proposed Federal Merchant Airship Act Result of Development of Aviation on the Development of the Navy A Review of Maritime History Ritchie, Governor A.C Sec. of Navy s Annual Report The Siege and Capture of Quebec Sound Military Decisions The Southern Approaches to the China Seas 1936

5 129. The Story of a Great Adventure Syllabus for Training Naval Aviation Observers Syllabus for Training of Naval Aviators and Naval Aviation Pilots Tactical Exercises, U.S. Fleet Concentration Trends of Japanese Policy in Asia U.S. Naval Policy U.S. Naval Academy Why Don t We Fly 1926 Series VII: Photographs 137. U.S. Naval Air station Hampton Roads, VA 138. Dedication of Cory Field, U.S. NAS, Pensacola, FL 139. Unlabeled Photos 140. Fleet Air Base Pearl Harbor 141. Funeral Brooklyn, N.Y.- Navy Yard 1921

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