Guide to the Bernard M. Baruch, Jr. papers, 1937-1962


Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841-1207
Tel: 401-841-2435
E-mail: nhc@usnwc.edu
Website: https://usnwcarchives.org/

Published in 2011

Collection Overview

Title: Bernard M. Baruch, Jr. papers
Date range: 1937-1962
Creator: Baruch, Bernard M. Jr., 1902-1992
Extent: 9 boxes
Abstract: These papers span the years 1937-1962 and in large part they focus on Bernard M. Baruch Jr.'s service in the Naval Reserve from 1937. The collection is divided into 5 series. Of special interest to researchers are the programs he developed and the publications he wrote on naval intelligence and enemy sightings. Other topics of interest include slides and photographs of World War II, Nazi surface ships and submarines, photographs and documents pertaining to Japanese Air Balloon Bombers, and his correspondence with Laurent H. L. Brackx who was accused of espionage. Series V includes some materials pertaining to Bernard M. Baruch Sr.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection number: MSC-146

Scope & content

The collection covers the years 1937 to 1962 and is divided into five series: Correspondence, Naval Papers, Subjects Files, Miscellany and the papers of Bernard M. Baruch. The greater part of the collection focuses on Baruch's service in the Naval Reserve from 1937 to 1962. The collection consists of twelve boxes of naval related papers, photographs and films as well as papers and publications of his famous father, Bernard M. Baruch. Several oil paintings, watercolors and decorative medals were presented to the Naval War College Museum.

Access Points

Subject Names Subject Organizations Document Types

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in five series. Series I contains correspondence to flag rank officers and politicians, among others. Series II consists of papers relating to assignments, programs, and instructions for intelligence sightings. Series III holds items regarding boards Baruch served on and topics of interest to him. Included in Series IV is Miscellany including films and photographs. Series V has items pertaining to his father Bernard M. Baruch Sr.

  • Series I. Correspondence
  • Series II. Naval Papers
  • Series III. Subjects Files
  • Series IV. Miscellany
  • Series V. Papers of Bernard M. Baruch, Sr.

Biographical/Historical Note

Bernard M. Baruch Jr., the son and namesake of the famous financier Bernard M. Baruch and Anne Griffin Baruch, was born on March 17, 1902, in New York City. He graduated from Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts, and in 1923 from Harvard University where he majored in French Literature. He was commissioned in the Naval Reserve in 1937 and remained on active duty until November 1945, then returned to the Reserves, retiring in 1962 as a captain.

Baruch made significant contributions to the field of naval intelligence, specifically in the area of intelligence sightings of enemy ships, and in 1950 he developed the Merchant Ship Intelligence program. He wrote the manual entitled "Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings for Airborne and Waterborne Sources".

A resident of Manhattan, he was a member of the New York Stock Exchange from 1928 to 1936 and was in the investment business. He died in 1992 at the age of ninety. His sister, Renee Samstag of Manhattan, survived him.

Baruch was a member of the Board of Directors of St. Francis Hospital, Miami, Florida, Miami Beach's Committee of One Hundred and the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company. He received the order of the British Empire (Honorary Officer of the Military Division) for services to the Allied cause during World War H.

Chronology

Date Event
1902 Born, New York, NY, March 17
1923 Graduated Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts in French Literature
1937 Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Assigned to Commandant, Third Naval District, Special Service (Intelligence duties)
1941 Ordered to active duty. Served with Eastern Sea Frontier for 50 months.
1942 Established a submarine reporting network, CIRES (Communication Instruction for Reporting Enemy Sightings)
1945 Transferred to Chief of Naval Operations Office, Navy Department, P-16 for 2 months.
1947 Initiated JANAP 146 for reporting vital intelligence from merchant ships, and air craft (Joint Army/Navy/Air Force publication).
1948 Developed CIRVIS, (Communication Instructions for Reporting Military Intelligence Sightings).
1952 Promoted to Captain
1955 Produced MERINT Program, (Merchant Ship Intelligence Program).
1962 Retired from USNR
1992 Died, November 30

Access & Use

Access to the collection: Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.
Use of the materials: Material in this collection is in the public domain, unless otherwise noted.
Preferred citation: Author, "Title," Page or Date. Bernard M. Baruch, Jr. papers, MSC-146, Box number, Folder number. Naval Historical Collection, U.S. Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
Contact information: Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841-1207
Tel: 401-841-2435
E-mail: nhc@usnwc.edu
Website: https://usnwcarchives.org/

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The Papers of Bernard M. Baruch Jr. were presented to the Naval War College Foundation for deposit in the Naval Historical Collection in October 1993 as per the terms of his will.
Custodial history: The custodial history of the collection is unknown.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Evelyn M. Cherpak, Ph. D.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Carrie Anne Perez 2011 March 22, updated by Le Yang on 2011 July 20.
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Inventory

Series I. Correspondence
2.5 box(es)

Series I, Correspondence, contains three boxes of letters received and sent during his naval reserve career, 1937-1962, that treat the various projects with which he was involved. These letters are addressed to flag rank officers of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force and politicians, among others. A significant portion of correspondence in later years deals with his failure to achieve flag rank.

Arrangement:

Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Index of Correspondents
 undated
Box 1, Folder 2 Summary of Correspondence
 undated
Box 1, Folder 3 Aeronautical Radio, Inc.
 1951-1956
Box 1, Folder 4 Airline Pilots Association
 1948-1957
Box 1, Folder 5 Air Transport Association
 1953
Box 1, Folder 5 Allen, Brooke E.
 1954
Box 1, Folder 6 Alien Supervision
 1939-1940
Box 1, Folder 7 American Flag Shipping Company
 1955
Box 1, Folder 7 American Telephone & Telegraph
 1957
Box 1, Folder 8 Ammon, William B.
 1952-1957
Box 1, Folder 9 Ankenbrandt, F.L.
 1948-1954
Box 1, Folder 10 Astor, Vincent
 1954
Box 1, Folder 11 Beau, Lucas Y.
 1995
Box 1, Folder 11 Berquist, Kenneth P.
 1955
Box 1, Folder 11 Blake, Gordon A.
 1953-1956
Box 1, Folder 12 Boatner, Bryant L.
 1947
Box 1, Folder 12 Bradley, Omar
 1953
Box 1, Folder 12 Bruton, H.C.
 1957
Box 1, Folder 13 Bull, James T.
 1938
Box 1, Folder 13 Burgess, George
 1948
Box 1, Folder 13 Burgess, W.M.
 1953-1954
Box 1, Folder 14 Burke, Arleigh
 1959-1960
Box 1, Folder 14 Burke, Richard L.
 1948
Box 1, Folder 14 Buskey, Paul
 1956
Box 1, Folder 15 Cabell, Charles P.
 1948-1961
Box 1, Folder 15 Chidlaw, Benjamin W.
 1952-1955
Box 1, Folder 16 Cooley, Thomas R.
 1952
Box 1, Folder 16 Cooper W.G.
 1958
Box 1, Folder 16 Crpsley, Paul C.
 undated
Box 1, Folder 17 Curts, Maurice E.
 1958-1959
Box 1, Folder 17 DeFlorez, Luis de
 1956
Box 1, Folder 17 Delany, Walter S.
 1953
Box 1, Folder 17 Deuterman, H.T.
 1957-1959
Box 1, Folder 18 Dinwiddie, John
 1959-1960
Box 1, Folder 18 Douglas, James H.
 1957-1960
Box 1, Folder 18 DuBose, Laurence T.
 1957-1960
Box 1, Folder 19 Estes, Howell, M.
 1959-1965
Box 1, Folder 19 Espe, Carl F.
 1955-1962
Box 1, Folder 20 Evans, Albert
 1961
Box 1, Folder 20 Finletter, Thomas K.
 1950
Box 1, Folder 21 Forrestal, James V.
 1946-1949
Box 1, Folder 21 Forte, Albert
 1953
Box 1, Folder 21 Ford, Walter C.
 1959
Box 1, Folder 22 Frost, Laurence
 1957
Box 1, Folder 22 Frost, Benjamin
 1959
Box 1, Folder 23 Gallery, Daniel V.
 1952-1959
Box 2, Folder 1 Gates, Thomas
 1957-1962
Box 2, Folder 2 Gingrich, John
 1947-1957
Box 2, Folder 2 Goldsborough, Paul
 1953-1957
Box 2, Folder 2 Graubart, A.H.
 undated
Box 2, Folder 3 Grussendorf, R.A.
 1952-1953
Box 2, Folder 3 Hannah, Joseph
 1953
Box 2, Folder 4 Harper, Robert
 1954
Box 2, Folder 4 Henry, Draper F.
 1955
Box 2, Folder 4 Hillenketter, R.H.
 1947-1955
Box 2, Folder 4 Hodgkins, N.G.
 1959
Box 2, Folder 5 Howeth, L.S.
 1954
Box 2, Folder 5 Hughes, W.C.
 1959
Box 2, Folder 5 Hustvedt, Olaf
 1953-1957
Box 2, Folder 6 Jacobs, Claude, W.
 1955
Box 2, Folder 6 Johnson, Leon W.
 1953
Box 2, Folder 6 Kehoe, Donald E.
 1953-1957
Box 2, Folder 7 Kenner, W.W.
 1959
Box 2, Folder 7 Killion, George
 1959
Box 2, Folder 7 Kinney, Sheldon
 1959
Box 2, Folder 7 Kuter, Lawrence
 1948-1949
Box 2, Folder 7 Kutz, Thomas R.
 1948-1949
Box 2, Folder 7 Kriloff, Herbert
 1958
Box 2, Folder 7 Kiare, R.A.
 undated
Box 2, Folder 8 Lavin, Charles G.
 1955
Box 2, Folder 8 Lewis, Millard
 1956-1957
Box 2, Folder 8 Li-Tsung, Jen
 1955
Box 2, Folder 9 Low, F.S.
 1954-1955,
Box 2, Folder 9 Lowerence, V.L.
 1957
Box 2, Folder 9 Lynch, W. Waldo
 1953-1955
Box 2, Folder 9 Mandel, Leon
 1956
Box 2, Folder 10 Martin, Glen W.
 1949-1959
Box 2, Folder 10 Mason, Redfield
 1959
Box 2, Folder 10 Massey, James B.
 1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 10 Masland, William M.
 undated
Box 2, Folder 11 McCoy, R. Bruce
 1947
Box 2, Folder 11 McClelland
 1948
Box 2, Folder 11 Mears, Gilbert
 1953
Box 2, Folder 11 Meirer, J.R.
 1957-1958
Box 2, Folder 12 Miles, Milton E.
 1958-1960
Box 2, Folder 12 Milton Class Dinner
 1947
Box 2, Folder 13 Momsen, Charles B.
 undated
Box 2, Folder 13 Montgomery, J.B.
 1947-1954
Box 2, Folder 13 Morse, Clarence G.
 undated
Box 2, Folder 13 Morine, L.H.
 undated
Box 2, Folder 14 Nash, Bradley
 1954-1955
Box 2, Folder 14 National Business Aircraft Association
 undated
Box 2, Folder 14 Naval Intelligence
 undated
Box 2, Folder 14 Navy League
 undated
Box 2, Folder 15 Normile, Glen W.
 1955-1958
Box 2, Folder 15 Ohly, John H.
 1959
Box 2, Folder 15 Opper, Elwood R.
 undated
Box 2, Folder 15 Quesada, Earle
 1958
Box 2, Folder 16 Patridge
 1958
Box 2, Folder 16 Pryor, F.D.
 1946
Box 2, Folder 16 Radford, Arthur
 1946
Box 2, Folder 16 Ramsay
 1947-1948
Box 2, Folder 17 Randell, Carey A.
 1956
Box 2, Folder 17 Redman, Joseph
 1944-1957
Box 2, Folder 17 Reever, J.W.
 1947
Box 2, Folder 17 Rentzel, Delos W.
 1948-1961
Box 2, Folder 17 Rhode, John E.
 1955-1961
Box 2, Folder 17 Richmond, Alfred E.
 undated
Box 3, Folder 1 Russell, James
 1959
Box 3, Folder 1 Samford, John A.
 1954
Box 3, Folder 1 Slater, John C.M.
 1955-1956
Box 3, Folder 1 Sayeon, Clarence
 undated
Box 3, Folder 2 Smith, Edward
 1950-1953
Box 3, Folder 2 Smith, Frederic
 undated
Box 3, Folder 2 Smith, Joseph
 1950-1953
Box 3, Folder 3 Stone, Earl
 1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 3 Strauble, Arthur
 1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 3 Sullivan, John L
 1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 3 Strauss, Lewis
 1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 4 Symington, W. Stuart
 1948-1959
Box 3, Folder 4 Talbert, Ansel, E.
 1959
Box 3, Folder 5 Talbott, Harold S.
 1954
Box 3, Folder 5 Tappin, John
 1948
Box 3, Folder 5 Toth, Joseph
 1953-1959
Box 3, Folder 6 Turner, William
 1959
Box 3, Folder 6 Tuthill, John
 1959
Box 3, Folder 6 Vandenberg, Hoyts
 1952-1953
Box 3, Folder 7 Wartime Communications Institute
 1942
Box 3, Folder 7 Watkins, Frank T.
 1958-1959
Box 3, Folder 8 Watson, Harold E.
 1954-1959
Box 3, Folder 8 Wertenbaker, George L.
 1954-1959
Box 3, Folder 8 Willis, Barry
 1959-1962
Box 3, Folder 9 Wildman, C.K.
 undated
Box 3, Folder 9 Wilson, Charles E.
 1956
Box 3, Folder 9 Wright, Jerauld
 1959-1960

Series II. Naval Papers
3.5 box(es)

Naval papers, Series II, are housed in three boxes. The first box contains material pertaining to his assignments while the other two contain documentation on the Merchant Ship Intelligence Program, Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings, and Communications Instructions for Reporting Military Intelligence Sightings, and Communications for Reporting Enemy Sightings and a Joint Army-Navy Publication for Reporting Intelligence for merchant ships and aircraft.

Arrangement:

Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 3, Folder 1 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 undated
Box 3, Folder 1 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1938
Box 3, Folder 2 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1939
Box 3, Folder 3 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1940
Box 3, Folder 4 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1941
Box 3, Folder 5 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1942
Box 3, Folder 6 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1943
Box 3, Folder 7 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1944
Box 3, Folder 8 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1945
Box 3, Folder 9 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1946
Box 3, Folder 10 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1947
Box 3, Folder 11 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1948
Box 3, Folder 12 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1949
Box 3, Folder 13 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1950
Box 3, Folder 14 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1951
Box 4, Folder 1 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1952
Box 4, Folder 2 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1953
Box 4, Folder 3 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1954
Box 4, Folder 4 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1955
Box 4, Folder 5 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1956
Box 4, Folder 6 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1957
Box 4, Folder 7 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1958
Box 4, Folder 8 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1959
Box 4, Folder 9 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1960
Box 4, Folder 10 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1961
Box 4, Folder 11 Naval Reserve Papers, Correspondence, Memoranda, Fitness Reports and Orders
 1962
Box 4, Folder 12 Reserve Officers Increase in Rank
 undated
Box 4, Folder 13 Cires, Commercial Airline-Enemy Sightings Reports
 1942
Box 4, Folder 14 Cires 43
 undated
Box 4, Folder 15 Cires 43 background
 undated
Box 4, Folder 16 Cires, British use
 undated
Box 4, Folder 17 Cires directives
 1942-1945
Box 4, Folder 18 Cires, Japanese Balloons
 undated
Box 5, Folder 1 Cires Radio Facility Charts
 undated
Box 5, Folder 2 Cires report to CNO
 undated
Box 5, Folder 3 Cires/Cirvis directives
 1945-1948
Box 5, Folder 4 Cirmis working papers
 undated
Box 5, Folder 5 Cirvis USAF directives
 undated
Box 5, Folder 6 Cirvis Conac regulation 200-1
 undated
Box 5, Folder 7 Cirvis JCS report
 undated
Box 5, Folder 8 Cirvis miscellany
 undated
Box 5, Folder 9 Cirvis progress reports
 undated
Box 5, Folder 10 Cirvis posters
 undated
Box 5, Folder 11 Cirvis Pan Am
 undated
Box 5, Folder 12 Cirvis Smith report
 undated
Box 5, Folder 13 Cirvis working papers
 undated
Box 5, Folder 14 Cirvis Canada
 undated
Box 5, Folder 15 JANAP 146 A
 undated
Box 5, Folder 16 JANAP 145 C-D
 undated
Box 5, Folder 17 Merint
 undated
Box 5, Folder 18 Merint ONI conference
 1959 June
Box 5, Folder 19 Merint recommendations to DNC
 undated
Box 5, Folder 20 Merint working papers
 undated
Box 6, Folder 1 Airlines recognition course
 undated
Box 6, Folder 2 Intelligence Information
 undated
Box 6, Folder 3 Correspondence courses
 undated
Box 6, Folder 4 Correspondence course in Naval Intelligence
 undated
Box 6, Folder 5 Intelligence Organization Course
 undated
Box 6, Folder 6 Training materials
 undated
Box 6, Folder 7 Training materials, Army & USAF
 undated
Box 6, Folder 8 Recognition training
 undated

Series III. Subject Files
1.5 box(es)

Series III, Subject Files, contains correspondence, clippings and articles pertaining to boards that Baruch served on or topics that interested him, such as St. Francis Hospital, The Committee of One Hundred, United Airlines, Pan American Airline, the Eastern Sea Frontier and military etiquette.

Arrangement:

Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 7, Folder 1 Awards & Promotions to Admiral
 undated
Box 7, Folder 2 Airline Pilots Association
 undated
Box 7, Folder 3 Aliens, Illegal
 undated
Box 7, Folder 4 Brackx, Laurent H.T.
 undated
Box 7, Folder 5 Committee of One Hundred
 undated
Box 7, Folder 6 Common Frequency
 undated
Box 7, Folder 7 Cosmopolitan Magazine
 undated
Box 7, Folder 8 Eastern Sea Frontier
 undated
Box 7, Folder 9 Economic Mobilization Course
 undated
Box 7, Folder 10 Economic Warfare
 undated
Box 7, Folder 11 Great Lakes Marine Aircraft
 undated
Box 7, Folder 12 Ground Observer Aircraft & Recognition Manual
 undated
Box 7, Folder 13 Gulf Sea Frontier
 undated
Box 7, Folder 14 Military Etiquette
 undated
Box 8, Folder 1 Pan American Airways
 undated
Box 8, Folder 2 Philadelphia Ports
 undated
Box 8, Folder 3 United Airlines
 undated
Box 8, Folder 4 St. Francis Hospital
 undated

Series IV. Miscellany
1.5 box(es)

Miscellany, Series IV, contains naval training films and film scripts, photographs of United States, British and German submarines of WWII vintage. In addition, there are two boxes of slides of submarines and German ships and seaplanes. Imprints and career photographs complete this section.

Arrangement:

Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 8, Folder 5 Bridge of Ships
 undated
Box 8, Folder 6 General Miscellany
 undated
Box 8, Folder 7 Itineraries
 undated
Box 8, Folder 8 Photographs
 undated
Box 9, Folder 1 Photographs of Submarines
 undated
Box 9, Folder 2 Slides of German Ships and Submarines
 undated
Box 9, Folder 3 Film of "Communication Instructions for Reporting Enemy Sightings", CIRES
 1944
Box 9, Folder 4 Master Script for "Communication Instruction for Reporting Enemy Sightings", CIRES
 undated
Box 9, Folder 5 Framed Citations
 undated

Series V. Papers of Bernard M Baruch Sr.
3 box(es)

Series V, the papers of Bernard M. Baruch Sr. consist of his published writings that are contained in red leather bound volumes and in separate folders.

Arrangement:

Folders in the series are arranged alphabetically by subject and chronologically by date.

Container Description Date
Box 10, Folder 1 The Papers of Bernard M. Baruch, Sr., Book One
 1919-1930
Box 10, Folder 2 Book Two
 1931-1936
Box 11, Folder 3 Book Three
 1937-1945
Box 11, Folder 4 Book Four
 1946-1950
Box 11, Folder 5 Book Five
 1951- 1956
Box 12, Folder 1 Testimony of Bernard M. Baruch to the United States Senate
 undated
Box 12, Folder 2 War and Post-War Adjustment Policies
 1944
Box 12, Folder 2 Thoughts on Peace
 1944
Box 12, Folder 3 Atomic Energy Commission Report to the United Nations
 1946
Box 12, Folder 3 A Philosophy for Our Time, International Control of Atomic Energy
 1946
Box 12, Folder 4 Air Force Magazine
 1948 Nov