LEADER 03849npca 2200577Ii 4500001 on1104212229 003 OCoLC 005 20190726095640.0 008 190611i18902008ncu eng d 035 (Sirsi) o1104212229 035 (Sirsi) o1104212229 035 (OCoLC)1104212229 035 (NcGrE)1153 040 ERE |beng |erda |cERE |dUtOrBLW 041 1 eng 049 EREE 099 #1153 - DOES NOT CIRCULATE 100 1 Ghormley, Robert Lee, |d1883-1958, |ecreator. |=^A1371326 245 10 Robert L. Ghormley papers. 264 0 |c1890-2008, undated. 300 26.0 |fCubic ft.(38 |farchival boxes)(10 |foversize folders) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 sheet |bnb |2rdacarrier 520 2 Papers (ca. 1890-2008, undated) of Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley, a member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1906, including correspondence, orders, diaries, memoirs, photographic prints and negatives, certificates and commissions, legal papers, printed forms, ephemera, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, maps, museum objects, broadsides and posters and publications related to his education, family and personal life, in Tacoma, Washington, Moscow, Idaho, and Washington, D.C.; his naval career; his life in retirement, 1946-1958; and also including genealogical and historical essays compiled by his son, Commander Robert Lee Ghormley, Jr. (U.S. Navy ret.). Vice Admiral Ghormley served in China, Nicaragua, World War I, and in Haiti. Between the world wars he had several appointments and also served as commander of the destroyer USS Sands and the battleship USS Nevada. During World War II, he saw service as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Special Naval Observer in Europe, August 1940-April 1942; as Commander, South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force, and the battle for Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands, April-October 1942; as Commander of the Fourteenth Naval District and the Hawaiian Sea Frontier, 1943-1944; and as Commander of United States Naval Forces in Europe, 1944-1945. 506 No access restrictions. 540 Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. 524 Robert L. Ghormley Papers (#1153), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofRobert Lee Ghormley Jr. (U.S. Navy ret.). 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofLouise Ghormley Lamb. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofNancy Ghormley Hunkeler. 541 |3Joyner- |cGift ofAnne Ghormley Kramer. 600 10 Ghormley, Robert Lee, |d1883-1958. |=^A1371326 600 10 Ghormley, Lucile E. |vCorrespondence. |?UNAUTHORIZED 600 10 Ghormley, Robert Lee, Jr. |?UNAUTHORIZED 600 30 Ghormley family. |=^A1380023 610 10 United States. |bNavy |xOfficers. |=^A156777 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zPacific Area |vMaps. |=^A1380146 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xNaval operations, American |vMaps. |=^A24188 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCampaigns |zSolomon Islands |vMaps. |=^A68179 651 0 Solomon Islands |xHistory, Military. |=^A152699 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPersonal narratives, American. |=^A413416 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |vPosters. |=^A652612 650 0 World War, 1914-1918 |vPersonal narratives, American. |=^A423073 651 0 McMurdo Station (Antarctica) |=^A456008 856 42 |3Finding aid |uhttp://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/1153/ 949 |ojjjd 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 998 5032250