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Other Bibliographies Relating to Coast Guard History

Historical Bibliography


Articles

Albion, Robert G. "Recent Writings in Maritime History 1945-1951." The American Neptune (Jan 1952), pp. 64-94.

Armstrong, William J. "United States Naval Aviation History: A Guide to the Sources." Aerospace Historian XXVII (June 1980), pp. 109-112. 

Eller, Ernest M. "Sea Power Bibliography." National Defense LVIII (May-June 1974), pp. 541-545.

"List of Publications Bearing on Uniformity of Buoyage." Light House Service Bulletin IV, 56 (Aug 1, 1934), pp. 185-186.

"Twelve-Year Title Index for CGED [Coast Guard Engineers Digest], Jan 1956-Dec 1967." Coast Guard Engineers Digest No. 160 (Jul-Aug-Sep, 1968), pp. 38-64.


Books and Government Publications

Aimone, Alan C. Bibliography of Military History. U.S.M.A. Library Bulletin, no. 14B. West Point: U.S. Military Academy 1982.

Albion, Robert G. Naval & Maritime History: An Annotated Bibliography. 4th ed. Mystic: The Marine Historical Association, Inc., 1972.

Albrecht, Ulrich, et al. A Short Research Guide on Arms and Armed Forces. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1980.

Allard, Dean C., L. Martha Crawley, & Mary W. Edmision, eds. U.S. Naval History Sources in the United States. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office [hereafter GPO], 1979.

Arkin, William M. Research Guide to Current Military and Strategic Affairs. Washington: Institute for Policy Studies, 1981.

Baker, O. Kenneth, ed. The U.S. Lighthouse Personnel, 1821-1902 (Record Group 26, U.S. Coast Guard, NNFJ, The National Archives, an Indexing Project of the National Archives Volunteers). Washington: National Archives, 1984.

Bowden, Clyde N. Catalog of the Inland River Library. Cincinnati: Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 1968. 

Burt, Richard. Congressional Hearings on American Defense Policy 1947-1971: A Bibliography. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1974.

Campbell, John F. History and Bibliography of the New American Practical Navigator and the American Coast Pilot. Salem: Peabody Museum, 1964.

Coletta, Paolo E. Bibliography of American Naval History. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute 1981.

Collins, Martin J., general ed. A Directory of Sources for Air and Space History: Primary Historical Collections in United States Repositories. Washington: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1989.

Cooling, B. Franklin, 3rd, & Alan Millett. Doctoral Dissertations in Military Affairs: A Bibliography. Bibliography Series, no. 10. Manhattan: Kansas State University Library 1972.

Crawford, Michael J, Mark L. Hayes & Michael D. Sessions. The Spanish-American War: Historical Overview and Select Bibliography. Naval History Bibliographies, No. 5. Washington: Naval Historical Center, 1998.

Feltner, Charles E. and Jeri N. Feltner. Great Lakes Maritime History: Bibliography and Sources of Information. Dearborn: Seaway Publications, 1982. 

Greenwood, John, comp. American Defense Policy Since 1945: A Preliminary Bibliography. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1973.

A Guide to Naval and Maritime History Resources in the East Carolina Manuscript Collection. Greenville, NC: East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, 1996. Greenville, NC: East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, 1996.

Haferkorn, Henry E. The War with Mexico, 1846-1848; A Select Bibliography. Washington: Washington Barracks, 1914. Reprinted 1970 by Documentary Publications. 

Harbeck, Charles T., comp. A Contribution to the Bibliography of the History of the United States Navy. New York: Burt Franklin, 1906; reprint, New York: Lenox Hill Pub. & Dist. Co., 1970.

Heimdahl, William C. and Edward J. Marolda, comps. Guide to United States Naval Administrative Histories of World War II. Washington: Department of the Navy, Naval History Division, 1976.

Higham, Robin, ed. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History. Hamden: Archon Books, 1975.

________. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History: Supplement I. Hamden: Archon Books, 1981.

Holdcamper, Forrest R. Preliminary Inventory of the Field Records of the Light-House Service (Record Group 26). Washington: Office of Civil Archives, The National Archives, June 1964.

________. Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Customs (Record Group 41). Washington: General Services Administration, National Archives and Record Service 1968. 

________. Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States Coast Guard (Record Group 26). Washington: Office of Civil Archives, The National Archives, Sep 1963. 

International Bibliography of Military History. Berne, Switzerland: International Commission for Military History 1978. V.1-. Berne, Switzerland: International Commission for Military History 1978. V.1-

Kuehl, Warren F., comp. Dissertations in History: An Index to Dissertations Completed in History Departments of the United States and Canada, 1873-1970. 2 vols. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky 1972.

Lail, Gladys E., compl.; Baker Mawdsley, Dean L. Cruise Books of the United States Navy in World War II: A Bibliography. Washington: Naval Historical Center 1993.

Marolda, Edward J., & G. Wesley Price, III. A Select Bibliography of the United States Navy and the Southeast Asian Conflict 1950-1975. Washington: Operational Archives, U.S. Naval Historical Center 1982.

Martone, Camille M., Lauren McCroskey, & Sharon C. Park. Preserving Historic Lighthouses: An Annotated Bibliography. Washington: National Park Service, Preservation Assistance Division, 1989.

Miller, Samuel D., comp. An Aerospace Bibliography. Washington: Office of Air Force History 1978.

Moe, Christine. Lighthouses and Lightships. Monticello: Vance Bibliographies, 1979. 

Noble, Dennis. United States Life Saving Service Annotated Bibliography. Washington: GPO, 1972. 

Romig, Mary F. Fatal Submarine Accidents: A Bibliography 1900-1965. RAND Paper P-3491. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 1966.

Scherman, Barbara, & Carol Hurd Green, eds. Notable American Women, The Modern Period: A Biographical Dictionary. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980.

Smith, Myron J., Jr. American Naval Bibliography Series. 5 vols. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1972-1974.

________. The American Navy: 1789-1860. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1974.

________. The American Navy: 1865-1918. Mitten, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1974.

________. The American Navy: 1918-1983. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1974.

________. The United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard, 1946-1983: A Guide to English-Language Sources and 16mm Films. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company 1984. 

________. World War II at Sea: A Bibliography of Sources in English. Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1976.

________.________., 1974-1989. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1990.

Strobridge, Truman R. "The Coast Guard, 1790-1983." In: A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History: Supplement II. Robin Higham and Donald J. Mrozek, eds. Hamden: Archon Books, 1986. pp. 260-296.

________. United States Coast Guard Annotated Bibliography. Washington: GPO, 1972. Revised printing, 1982. 

Superintendent of Documents. Checklist of United States Public Documents 1789-1909. Congressional: To the Close of Sixtieth Congress. Departmental: To the End of Calendar Year 1909. Volume 1A. Lists of Congressional and Departmental Publications. Washington: GPO, n.d.

Towers, Guy. Lighthouses and Lightships: A Bibliography to Periodical Literature. Crescent City: Miller Press, 1988. 

United States Air Force. Air University Library to Military Periodicals. Maxwell Air Force Base: Alabama. Oct-Dec 1949.

United States Coast Guard. Office of Research and Development. United States Coast Guard Technical Reports, 1945-1974: Subject Index. Springfield, VA: National Technical Information Service, 1975.

________. Public Information Division. United States Coast Guard Bibliography. Washington: Public Information Division, U.S. Coast Guard, July 1945. 

________.________.________. CG-230. Washington: GPO, 1950

United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of Lighthouses. Index to LHSB, Volume 1 (1912-1917). Washington: GPO, 1920.

________.________.________., Volume II (1918-1923). Washington: GPO, 1925.

________.________.________., Volume III (1924-1929). Washington: GPO, 1930.

________.________.________., Volume IV (1930-1935). Washington: GPO, 1937.

________.________.________., Volume V (1936-1939). Washington: GPO, 1940.

United States Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography. Florence S. Hellman, Chief Bibliographer. United States Coast Guard: A List of Books and Pamphlets. Washington: unpublished, 13 Feb 1943. 

________. U.S. Coast Guard Publications. Bibliography SB-263. Washington: GPO, 1980.
United States Light-House Board Library. Catalogue. Washington: GPO, 1886. 

United States Light-House Establishment. Catalogue of Books and Blanks Used by the Light-House Establishment. Washington: GPO, 1907. 

United States National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. A Special Report to the President and the Congress: U.S. Coast Guard: Status, Problems, & Potential. Washington: National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, Jan 1983.

United States National Archives. Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War. Washington: GPO, 1962. 

________. Guide to the Records in the National Archives. Washington: GPO, 1948. 

________. List of Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, & Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947. Washington: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1978.

United States National Historical Publications Commission. A Guide to Archives and Manuscripts in the United States. Ed. by Philip M. Hamer. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. 

United States Navy. U.S. Naval History Sources in the United States. Ed. by Dean C. Allard, Martha L. Crawley, & Nancy W. Edminson. Washington: Naval History Division, 1979. 

________. Coast Guard. Index to Coast Guard Bulletin, Volume 1, 1939-1942. NAVCG 122. Washington: GPO, 1945.

________.________.________. Volume II, 1942-1945. NAVCG 122. Washington: GPO, 1945.

________. Naval History Division. U.S. Naval History Sources in the Washington Area and Suggested Research Subjects. 3rd rev. ed. Compiled by Dean C. Allard and Betty Bern. Washington: GPO, 1970. 

________. Contemporary History Branch, Naval Historical Center. United States Naval Forces in Desert Shield and Desert Storm: A Select Bibliography. Compiled by Commander R.A. Brown, USNR and Dr. Robert J. Schneller. Washington: Naval Historical Center 1993.

________. Naval Historical Center. Navy Department Library. The Invasion of Normandy: World War II Commemorative Bibliography No. 6. Washington: Navy Department Library, June 1994. 

White, Anthony G. U.S. Naval and Coast Guard Academies’ Architecture: A Selected Bibliography. (Architecture Series—Bibliography, A-1034). Fromm International, 1983.

________. U.S. Servicewomen – Sea Duty Debate: A Selected Bibliography. Monticello, IL: Vance Bibliographies, 1986.