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Joseph Strauss Papers, 1884-1949

Title: Joseph Strauss Papers 1884-1949

United States naval officer and inventor. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, speeches, patents, logbooks, reports, orders for duty, notebooks, scrapbooks, and printed matter pertaining primarily to Strauss's naval career especially his command of mine operations against German U-boats during World War I, as commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, and as joint-receiver for the United States Navy during the Teapot Dome scandal.

ArchivalResource: 750 items; 5 containers plus 1 oversize; 2.5 linear feet

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Strauss, Joseph, 1861-1948. Papers, 1884-1949.

Title: Papers, 1884-1949.

Correspondence, memoranda, writings, speeches, patents, logbooks, reports, orders for duty, notebooks, scrapbooks, and printed material, pertaining primarily to Strauss's naval career. Subjects include his years as a student at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; as commander of mine operations against German U-boats during World War I; as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet (1921-1922); and as joint-receiver for the U.S. Navy during the Teapot Dome scandal investigation (1924-1928).

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft.

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