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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2006085313
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of William J. Crowe, naval officer and diplomat, were given to the Library of Congress by Crowe in 2006.
Thepapers of William J. Crowe were processed in 2012 by Melinda K. Friend with the assistance of Rosa Hernandez, Jewel McPherson, and Daniel Oleksiw.
An audiotape has been transferred to the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division where it is identified as part of these papers.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William J. Crowe is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of William J. Crowe are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Government regulations control the use of security classified items in this collection. Manuscript Division staff can furnish information concerning access to and use of classified material.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William J. Crowe Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of William James Crowe (1925-2007) span the years 1932-2003, with the bulk of the material dating from 1971 to 2003. The papers are organized into the following series: Correspondence , Personal File , Military File , Ambassador File , Speeches and Writings File , Classified , Top Secret , North Atlantic Treaty Organization , and Oversize .
The Correspondence includes letters and memoranda with family, friends, acquaintances, military personnel, government officials, foreign officials, and others relating to Crowe's personal and professional activities. The bulk of the correspondence dates from 1976 to 1993. Correspondents include Sergei Fedorovich Akhromeyev, J. M. Boorda, Jimmy Carter, Sylvester R. Foley, Daniel K. Inouye, George Pratt Schultz, Mary Vance Trent, John William Vessey, Caspar W. Weinberger, and John Adams Wickham. Letters in the 1988 correspondence for names beginning with “Ha” and “He” and in the 1993 correspondence for names beginning with the letters A-F are comprised of loose correspondence found throughout the collection during processing. Folders for those letters did not arrive with the collection. Correspondence related to Crowe's years as ambassador to the United Kingdom are filed in the Ambassador File .
The Personal File contains biographical material, political campaign files, scheduling notebooks, and other material. The biographical material is largely composed of clippings, but also includes academic records and graduate study files underscoring Crowe's early interest in politics and public affairs. His endorsement of Bill Clinton for president of the United States in 1992 and his subsequent work on the campaign are reflected in the Clinton campaign files. Crowe advised Clinton on policies involving national defense and national security and was a proponent of gays serving in the military. The scheduling notebooks, compiled by his wife, include itineraries, invitations, menus, correspondence, guest lists, seating arrangements, instructions to staff, and the occasional note on an individual and provide an inside look at the life of a highly placed military officer and diplomat and his family.
The Military File is comprised of notebooks and a subject file covering Crowe's naval career. The first three notebooks include a chronological arrangement of orders, duty assignments, cables, correspondence, and memoranda for the years 1946-1988. Notebook no. 4 contains data cards, clearances, biographies, photographs, and identification tags dating from 1946 to 1975. Crowe used the subject file as both a place to collect background information on topics for possible speeches related to his work and as a place to keep working files created during his various assignments. He continued adding to the files after his retirement from the navy. Topics include Asia and the Pacific region, Department of Defense, defense spending, Desert Shield/Desert Storm, foreign affairs, Indian Ocean nations, Micronesian status negotiations and the Palau land survey, Middle East oil and the Persian Gulf, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Soviet Union, strategy, and congressional hearings on the
The Ambassador File covers Crowe's ambassadorship to the United Kingdom from his nomination through the end of his term in 1997. The correspondence is largely of a social nature and conducted with friends, British officials, and members of the aristocracy. Scheduling notebooks for the years 1996-1997 are in the Personal File.
The Speeches and Writings File contains speeches by Crowe and others and Crowe's writings. Topics covered include Asia, the United States Navy, politics and the military, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Persian Gulf, defense, Soviet military power, and foreign policy.
This collection is arranged in ten series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2006085313
Letters and memoranda, including attachments, between Crowe and family, friends, acquaintances, military personnel, government officials, foreign officials, and others relating to personal and professional activities.
Arranged chronologically and therein alphabetically by name of person, organization, or type of correspondence. Exceptions are the 1974-1978 correspondence which is arranged according to a numbering system used by Crowe, and the 1983 and 1985 correspondence which is organized initially by military assignment.
Academic files, address books, biographical material, correspondence and memoranda, photographs, political campaign files, printed matter, scheduling notebooks, subject files, and telephone messages.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or topic and therein chronologically.
Award recommendations, clippings, conference papers, congressional hearings and testimonies, correspondence and memoranda, maps, memoranda of conversations, naval investigations, notes, orders for duty, photographs and slides, press releases, reports, research material and papers, schedules, speeches, studies, subject file, and trip memoranda related to Crowe's service in the United States Navy and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, organization, command, assignment, or topic.
Correspondence and memoranda, clippings, financial records, memorabilia, photographs, and reports related to Crowe's service as ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Organized under correspondence and subject file and arranged therein alphabetically or chronologically.
Speeches by Crowe and others, speaking engagements, clippings, printed matter, articles, a book review, dissertation, letters to the editor, and op-ed pieces related to military and political subjects.
Arranged under speeches and engagements or writings and therein chronologically.
Government security documents.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Government security documents.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Government security documents.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.
Maps, broadsides, and transparencies.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.