Creator:
James, Ralph Kirk.
Inclusive Dates:
1942- 1968
Abstract:
American naval officer, engineer. Collection includes correspondence (1947-1958); speeches; a diary kept during
a mission to French West Africa in 1942; and printed material.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Africa, West.
United States -- History, Military.
Military engineers.
Military history
Marine engineering.
Marine engineers -- United States.
Military engineers -- United States.
Creator:
Delafield, Richard, 1798-1873.
Inclusive Dates:
1846- 1849
Abstract:
Major General, U.S.
Army; Superintendent of U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Chief of Engineers, 1864. Collection contains one volume, a letterbook belonging to Delafield while in command of engineers in New York City. Majority of letters are addressed to Joseph G. Totten, then Chief of Army Engineers.
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Subject:
New York (N.Y.) -- History, Military.
New York (State) -- History, Military.
New York (State) -- Fortifications.
United States -- History, Military.
Military engineers.
Military history
New York State
Military engineering.
Military engineers -- United States.