we take a tour of the library with jennifer bryan of special collections and archives. >> doctor paynecollected these books and there are approximately 3,500,000 and he was the third administrator and under his watch seven of the apollo missions were launched. in 1992, the collection was offered to the academy and in the fall she offered this collection to the academy. the gift was finalized in 1996 he served in world war ii and it did seven cruises in the pacific during world war ii and it is presumed that that is where his interest suddenly developed. perhaps he was interested prior to that, but certainly i would imagine about that that was the impetus for him to start working books related to this. he has books that go from the time of to doctor king's death. that wasn't impetus for his book. he graduated from stanford and then do not work for general electric and i believe it was in 68 that he became the assistant administrator in 1969. so one of my favorite books is a french book in the late 1800s, and this is a history of the marines. it is interesting because it has an illustrat

site of the united states naval academy we take a tour of the nimitz library with jennifer bryan, director of special collections and archives. >> the special collections and archives department, standing in front of the thomas paine collection. dr. payne collected these books that relate to some marines and submarine warfare over the course of many years and there are 3500 volumes. dr. payne was the third minister of nasa and under his watch, seven of the apollo missions were launched and in 1992 the collection was offered to the academy by his widow. he died in may and in the fall she offered this collection to the academy and after making arrangements to take such a large collection, the gift was finalized in 1996, he served in world war ii and was in seven cruises in the pacific during world war ii and i presume that is where his interest in submarines developed although perhaps he was interested prior to that but i would imagine that was an impetus for him to start collecting books related again to submarines and submarine warfare, books that go from the late 1800s up through the time