Dewey, George, 1837-1917.

Papers of the Admiral in the U.S. Navy. Collection consists of thirty-two outgoing letters (1902-1907) to John W. Crawford, as well as incoming letters from William E. Chandler, John Schuyler Crosby, Loyall Farragut, Marcus A. Hanna, and Hilary A. Herbert.

Dufek, George J. (George John), 1903-

The career of Admiral George John Dufek (1903-1977) in the U.S. Navy included work with the U.S. Antarctic Service (1939-1941), Arctic Task Force 68 (1946), Antarctic Operation Highjump (1946-1947) and Arctic Task Force 80 (1948). After 1955 Dufek commanded Operation Deep Freeze, which provided support for US IGY research programs, and in 1956 he became also U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer. After retiring in 1959 he became Director of the Mariners' Museum in Virginia. Cf. Peter J. Beck, Polar Record, v. 23, no. 145 (1987). The collection includes clippings, photographs, official reports, draft speeches, personal and official correspondence, articles, and scrapbooks. Files relating to Operation Deep Freeze include chronologies, record books, reports, photographs and scrapbooks. There is also some material relating to Dufek's other Arctic and Antarctic expeditions, however these operations are less fully documented.

Quick, George T.

Papers of the Union soldier (circa 1834-1911) and British immigrant who served as a recruitment officer for the Independent Battalion, New York Volunteers, and was subsequently stationed at Point Lookout, MD, Yorktown and Eastville, VA, and Morris Island, SC. Collection includes correspondence (1862-1911); personal and company military documents, including commissions, discharge papers, lists of contraband, muster rolls, general and special orders, accounts of courts-martial, recruitment records, receipts, requisitions, and rosters; legal and financial records, including pension statements, tax receipts, and wills.

Richardson, Gerard.

American naval officer and painter. Collection contains correspondence, subject files and printed material, including clippings.

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878.

American politician and Secretary of the Navy. Collection consists of a single incoming letter.