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38963 MCRD San Diego: 100 Years of History A Celebration of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego's Centennial
                                                                                         Books

Annual Fourth Marines 1933-1934. Shanghai: Mercury Press, 1934.

Bartlett, Merrill L. "George Barnett 1859-1930 Register of His Personal Papers." Washington, D.C.: HQMC History and Museums Division, 1980.

Condit, Kenneth W. and Edwin T. Turnbladh. Hold High the Torch: A History of the 4th Marines. Washington, D.C.: HQMC, 1960.

Champie, Elmore A. A Brief History of the Marine Corps Base and Recruit Depot San Diego, California 1914-1962. Washington D.C.: HQMC, 1962.

Gunn, John. The Old Core: Parris Island, San Diego, the All-Marines, the Great Goettge, President’s Cup Series, Mare Island, the Rose Bowl Games, Swede Larson, John Beckett, and more. Costa Mesa: J & J Publishing, 1992.

Heinl, Robert Debs. Soldiers of the Sea: the United States Marine Corps, 1775-1962. Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America, 1991.

Kettner, William. Why It Was Done and How. San Diego: Frye & Smith, 1923.

Leonard, John William and Fred F. Chitty. Story of the United States Marines 1740-1919. New York: U.S. Marine Corps, 1920.

Mahan, Alfred T. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783. Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1890. 

Marine Corps Base San Diego. San Diego, 1931.

Santelli, James S. A Brief History of the 4th Marines. Washington, D.C.: HQMC, 1970.

Schuon, Karl. U.S. Marine Corps Biographical Dictionary. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1963.

U.S. Marines: Duties, Experiences, Opportunities, Pay. New York: U.S. Marine Corps Publicity Bureau, 1913.

U.S. Marines: Soldiers of the Sea (Eighth Edition of U.S. Marines: Duties, Experiences, Opportunities, Pay). New York: U.S. Marine Corps Publicity Bureau, 1918.

Witty, Robert M. and Neil B. Morgan. Marines of the Margarita: The Story of Camp Pendleton and the Leathernecks who Train on a Famous California Rancho. San Diego: Frye and Smith, Ltd., 1970.


                                                                                       Articles

Allen, Lindley S. "Camp Matthews," Leatherneck, March 1949.

Allen, Lindley S. "Uncle Joe." Leatherneck, January 1949.

“Admiring Crowds Greet America’s March King Upon His Arrival in San Diego.” San Diego Union, 7 January 1922.

“Another Concert to be Given by 5th Brigade Band.” San Diego Union, 22 October 1922.

“Another Dam Breaks.” Los Angeles Times, 31 January 1916.

“Baseball War in Behalf of Charity.” San Diego Union, 6 September 1914.

"Beautiful Home For 'Devil Dogs' Nearly Finished." San Diego Union, 23 January 1921.

Beckett, Henry. “Realm of Sports.” American Legation Guard Annual 1933.

“Benefits of Proposed Tidelands Cession to US Shown.” San Diego Union, 15 November 1916.

Bradshaw, Jack B. "Last Round." Leatherneck, November 1964.

“Brigade Band U.S. Marine Corps Assisted by Dr. Giselman Gives Concert at Park Tonite.” San Diego Union, 14 October 1922.

“Corps Colors: A Brief History.” Marine Corps Gazette 57, Iss. 11 (November 1973): 29-35.

“Davidson Seeks to Have Marines Return to Fair.” San Diego Union, 11 August 1916.

"Gen. Pendleton Raises Flag at Fine Marine Base." San Diego Union, 2 December 1921.

“Ghost Will Walk for Uncle Sam’s Marines.” San Diego Union, 11 July 1914.

“Fifth Brigade Band U.S. Marine Corps, Assisted by Dr. Giselman, Gives Concert at Park Tonight.” San Diego Union, 14 October 1922.

“’First to Fight’ Slogan of U.S. Marine Corps Which Inaugurates National Enlistment Week Here Today." San Diego Union, 10 June 1917.

“Forty-give Piece Band Will Dispense Melody at Marine Camp on North Island Soon.” San Diego Union, 14 July 1914.

“The Fourth Marines: Its History and Organization.” Walla Walla. U.S. Marine News Weekly. Vol. XI, No. 24. 19 (1938): 5-7.

Hammel, Eric. "Sea School." Leatherneck, April 1987, 34.

“History of the First Battalion, Fourth Marines.” MCRD Command Museum archives.

H. K. Jackson. "Camp Matthews...Producer of Riflemen." Marine Corps Gazette 27 (October 1943): 50.

“Insects Unknown at Marine Camp.” San Diego Union, 22 July 1914.

“Instruments for Band Fail to Reach Camp.” San Diego Union, 16 July 1914.

LaMar, Kayla. ”For the Love of Competition: The History Behind Butler Stadium.” News. Last modified 27 January 2022. https://www.quantico.marines.mil/News/News-Article-Display/Article/2913966/for-the-love-of-competition-the-history-behind-butler-stadium/

“Leap Year Dance Today Aboard Cruiser Buffalo." San Diego Union, 29 February 1916.

Linder, Bruce. "Field Guide to Coronado History: The Marine Mayor." Coronado Eagle and Journal, 16 September, 2014.

“Marine Ball Tossers Promise to Challenge Prides of San Diego.” San Diego Union, 11 July 1914.

“Marine Band to Play for Kearny Patients.” San Diego Union, 22 July 1921.

“Marine Barracks Best in America.” San Diego Union, 1 January 1922.

“Marine Brigade Band Exhausts Concert Encores.” San Diego Union, 15 October 1922.

“Marine Brigade Band Will Play at Balboa Park.” San Diego Union, 8 October 1922.

“Marine Corps Ball Proves Great Success.” San Diego Union, 7 March 1916.

“Marine Enlistments Will Begin on Sunday; San Diego Expected to Do ‘Bit’ in Recruiting." San Diego Union, 7 June 1917.

“Marine Recruiting Office Now at Base.” San Diego Union, 20 April 1922.

"Marine Spring Drive for Recruits Begins." San Diego Union, 25 April 1916.

"Marine Spring Drive for Recruits Begins." San Diego Union, 25 April 1916.

"Marines All Eager for Re-Enlistment." San Diego Union, 4 September 1914.

"Marines of 1/7 Participate in Commissioning Ceremony." Los Angeles Times, 1 December 1921.

“Marines to Clash with Savage Tires.” San Diego Union, 2 August 1914.

“Marines Defeated in Battle with Electrics.” San Diego Union, 10 August 1914.

“Marines to Hold Target Practice at Camp.” San Diego Union, 29 July 1914.

“Melody Will Inspire Uncle Sam’s Marines at North Island Camp.” San Diego Union, 19 July 1914.

“Modern Equipment Shown in Fight Between Marines, Sailors, and Troops.” San Diego Union, 10 December 1916.

“Pendleton Leads Marines Against Dominican Rebels." San Diego Union, 29 June 1916.

“Provide to House 400 Marines in Fair Buildings.” San Diego Union, 23 January 1917.

“San Diego Marines Have Wonderful Home.” Leatherneck, March 1924.

“Sea School USMC.” Leatherneck, December 1943, 23.

Shulimson, Jack and Graham A. Cosmas. "Teddy Roosevelt and the Corps' Sea-Going Mission." Marine Corps Gazette 65, no. 11, November 1981.

“Stores Delivered for Marine Camp at Exposition.” San Diego Union, 9 December 1914.

“The Story of San Diego.” Leatherneck, June 1932.

Thompson, Robert W. “San Diego’s Sea School.” Leatherneck, June 1940, 9.

“Thousands Spent in San Diego by Marines.” San Diego Union, 15 July 1914.

“To Be the Country’s Finest.” Los Angeles Times, 5 March 1919.

"To Honor General Pendleton." San Diego Union, 1 December 1921.

“To Open New Barracks at San Diego, Calif.,” The Leatherneck, April 1921.

“U.S. MARINE CORPS LINE BANDS,” Marine Corps University Archives, AO3E/SP-sc, 8 Oct 1954.

Wigton, Jr., T. “Miscellany: Training at Sea School.” Leatherneck, March 1939, 32.

“Work Rushed on Installation of Exhibits at Fair.” San Diego Union, 19 January 1916.

Wright, James N. "San Diego Largest Marine Base.” Leatherneck, September 1941, 12.

“Marine Corps Directory.” The Marines Magazine, Vol.1, no. 7, July 1916.

                                                                                          Websites

Marine Corps University. Major General Eli K. Cole, USMC. Assistant Commandants of the Marine Corps. https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/People/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History/Abrell-Cushman/Major-General-Eli-Kelley-Cole/.

San Diego History Center. n.d. WILLIAM KETTNER (1864-1930). Accessed March 1, 2022. https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/biographysubject/kettner/.

U.S. House of Representatives. n.d. History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “KETTNER, William,”. Accessed March 1, 2022. https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/K/KETTNER,-William-(K000155)/.

                                                                                             Thesis

Fahey, John Edward. “A History of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot.” Master’s thesis, University of San Diego, 1974.

Rutledge, Gary L. “The Rhetoric of United States Marine Corps Enlistment: A Historical Study and Analysis of the Persuasive Approach Utilized.” Master’s thesis, University of Kansas, 1974.


                                                                                          Documents

Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Draft, National Register of Historic Places Inventory and Evaluation of World War II and Cold War-Era Buildings and Structures at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, by JRP Historical Consulting Services. March 2000.

Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Register of Historic Places Historic District Evaluation for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot of San Diego, by Jackson Research Projects. February 1990.

Pendleton, Joseph. Pendleton Papers.

US President. Executive Order 969. "Defining the Duties of the United States Marine Corps." United States Marine Corps University (12 November 1908): https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Frequently-Requested-Topics/Historical-Documents-Orders-and-Speeches/Defining-the-Duties-of-the-United-States-Marine-Corps/.


                                              Images (not from MCRD San Diego Command Museum Archives)

Bay & Ocean Excursions, Star Boat House, Point Loma Ferry Landing. San Diego, Calif: [publisher not identified], 1915. https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb4236844x/_1.pdf

If You Want to Be an Athlete Join the U.S. Marines, ca. 1925, Clifford Fairbairn Collection (COLL/2281), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections, https://www.flickr.com/photos/usmcarchives/9576229435/in/album-72157635197362001/

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