Rickover Collection Archives

NOTE: The Website button links to the library archives at the USNA (usna.edu).

Gift of the estate of Hyman G. Rickover to the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, June 2022. Under agreement with the museum, the Special Collections & Archives Department will house the collection.

Summary Information

• Publisher: United States Naval Academy. Special Collections & Archives.

• Publisher Address:

  589 McNair Road

  Annapolis, Maryland 21402-5029, USA

  Phone: 410-293-6917

  https://www.usna.edu/Library/sca/index.php

• Call number: MS 561

• Location: Special Collections & Archives Department - Manuscripts

• Title: Hyman G. Rickover Papers

• Dates: 1916-2000

• Size: 111.22 linear feet

• Container Summary: 180 manuscript boxes, 3 flat boxes, 38 volumes

• Creator: Rickover, Hyman George; Duncan, Francis

• Language(s) of material: English

• Abstract: Hyman George Rickover, United States Naval Academy Class of 1922, was a career naval officer in the U.S. retiring with the rank of Admiral in 1982. The Rickover Papers span from 1916 to 2000, and describe various events and aspects of Rickover’s naval career, personal life, research interests, and professional activities related to naval nuclear propulsion and civilian nuclear power.