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Collection Title:
Creator:
McDonald, David L. (David Lamar), 1906-1997.
Inclusive Dates:
1930-1967
Abstract:
Audiotapes, correspondence, printed material, other items from the American admiral.
Type of Material:
Audiotapes.
Correspondence.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
 
Subject Strengths:
Military history
2.
Collection Title:
Creator:
Sewall, John S. (John Smith), 1830-1911.
Inclusive Dates:
1850-1903
Abstract:
Papers of the U.S. naval officer. Journal of "J. S. Sewall, Vagabonde," serving on the U.S.S. Saratoga as Captain's Clerk during a Pacific cruise, 1850-1854. Also a list of officers and deaths, and clippings.
Type of Material:
Ships' logs.
Subject:
 
Subject Strengths:
Military history
3.
Creator:
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870.
Inclusive Dates:
1823-1945
Abstract:
Papers of the U.S. naval officer, established ordnance system. Collection includes correspondence (1836-1905); 13 diaries (1834-1870); notebooks, memoranda, articles, and other papers relating to Dahlgren's naval career, including his pioneer work in naval ordnance, and the development of the Dahlgren gun. Includes a diary of his wife, Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, and a Civil War journal of an unidentified person. Correspondence includes that of Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, Percival Drayton, Andrew H. Foote, R.B. Forbes, R.P. Parrott, Henry Augustus Wise, and others.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Subject:
Naval art and science.
Naval gunnery.
Ordnance, Naval.
Subject Strengths:
Military history
Civil War (U.S.)