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1.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Dewey, George, 1837-1917.
Inclusive Dates:
1844-1912
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- History, Naval.
Admirals.
Military history
Admirals -- United States.

2.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Dufek, George J. (George John), 1903-
Inclusive Dates:
1946-1971
Abstract:
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.
Type of Material:
Audiotapes.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Phonograph records.
Photographs.
Press releases.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Arctic regions.
Antarctica.
Polar regions.
Admirals.
Military history
Science and medicine
Admirals -- United States.
Scientific expeditions -- Antarctica.
Scientific expeditions -- Arctic regions.
Scientific expeditions -- Polar regions.
International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
Transportation, Military -- Cold weather conditions -- Research.

Creator:
Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870.
Inclusive Dates:
1864-1870
Abstract:
Letters of the United States admiral; also three photographs.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Subject:
Admirals.
Military history
Admirals -- Biography.

Creator:
Harrington, Purnell Frederick, 1844-1937.
Inclusive Dates:
1884-1919
Abstract:
Collection consists of correspondence of the Harrington and Ruan families relating to family affairs. The bulk of the collection is student letters from Admiral Harrington's son, Samuel M. Harrington.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
Admirals.
Military history
Admirals -- United States.
American students -- Personal accounts.

5.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Holloway, James L. (James Lemuel), 1898-
Inclusive Dates:
1930-1964
Abstract:
Papers of the American naval officer. Personal correspondence (1959-1964); memoranda and reports; articles and clippings; photographs; and other memorabilia.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Memorabilia.
Memorandums.
Photographs.
Reports.
Subject:
United States -- History, Military.
Admirals.
Military history
Admirals -- United States.

6.

Collection Title:
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.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Porter, David D. (David Dixon), 1813-1891.
Inclusive Dates:
1806-1890
Abstract:
Papers of the American naval officer. Correspondence (1806-1890), 35 outgoing letters, and a number of third party letters which illuninate Porter's promotion of the use of the Fowler Wheel as a propulsion system on torpedo boats. Also, an engraved portrait of Porter, and one of his father, David Porter (1780-1843).
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Subject:
United States -- History, Naval -- To 1900.
Admirals.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
Admirals -- United States.
Propellers.

8.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Raborn, William F., 1905-1990.
Inclusive Dates:
1916-1963
Abstract:
U.S. naval officer, Admiral. Collection contains correspondence (1945-1963); speeches, calendars (1961-1962), photographs, scrapbooks, and audio tapes.
Type of Material:
Audiotapes.
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
United States -- History, Naval -- 20th century.
Admirals.
Military history
Admirals -- United States.

9.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Remey, Charles Mason, 1874-1974.
Inclusive Dates:
1912-1958
Abstract:
American architect. Collection includes manuscripts and published material.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Manuscripts (document genre)
Memoirs.
Photographs.
Subject:
Europe -- Description and travel.
Latin America -- Description and travel.
Architects
Biography
Religion and philosophy
Admirals -- United States.
Architects -- United States.
Architecture -- United States.
Bahai Faith -- History.
Bahai Faith -- Study and teaching.
Bahai temples.
Judges -- Iowa.

10.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Richardson, Gerard.
Inclusive Dates:
1939-1965
Abstract:
American naval officer and painter. Collection contains correspondence, subject files and printed material, including clippings.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photocopies.
Photographs.
Subject:
Painters.
Art -- Painters
Military history
Seafaring life in art.
Ships in art.
Naval battles in art.
Painters -- United States.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Thatcher, Henry Knox, 1806-1880.
Inclusive Dates:
1867-1868
Abstract:
Letterbook of an American naval officer.
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Subject:
Alaska -- History.
Hawaii -- History.
United States. -- Navy -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations.
Generals.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)
Armed Forces -- Officers.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States.

12.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Wainwright, John D., b. 1839.
Inclusive Dates:
1860-1965
Abstract:
Rear Admiral, United States Navy. Collection includes correspondence, photographs, clippings relating to Wainwright and to his father, Civil War Colonel John Wainwright, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery at the Battle of Fort Fisher (North Carolina).
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Genealogies (histories)
Photographs.
Subject:
Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) -- Capture, 1865.
Soldiers.
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)