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Breckinridge Family Papers, 1752-1965

Title: Breckinridge Family Papers 1752-1965

Family prominent in Kentucky and national politics and government. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and articles, subject files, financial and legal papers, scrapbooks, and other papers of various members of the Breckinridge family. The bulk of the collection is composed of the papers of John Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, John Cabell Breckinridge, William C. P. Breckinridge, Joseph Cabell Breckinridge, Mary Desha, Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, Madeline (McDowell) Breckinridge, and Henry Breckinridge.

ArchivalResource: 205,000 items; 871 containers plus 2 oversize; 263 linear feet; 37 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997003 View

Sparhawk, George, fl. 1878-1880. Journal of the U.S.S. Enterprise, 1878 November 1-1880 May 10.

Title: Journal of the U.S.S. Enterprise, 1878 November 1-1880 May 10.

George Sparhawk, Cadet Midshipman, wrote this deck log of the commissioned United States Naval vessel Enterprise, attached to the U.S. Navy at the European Station from November 1, 1878, through May 10, 1880. The log records navigational and weather data as well as crew lists and recording of official naval actions. The author also wrote short informative essays on each port visited, listing and describing prominent tourist sites and the author's general impressions of the port.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. ; 24-33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428733359 View

Thomas Oliver Selfridge Papers, 1809-1927, (bulk 1809-1870)

Title: Thomas Oliver Selfridge Papers 1809-1927 (bulk 1809-1870)

Naval officer. Correspondence, journals, logbooks, and notebooks relating to Selfridge’s naval career. Includes material relating to the side-wheel steamer and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which were commanded by Selfridge, and to the Naval Examining Board over which he presided. Mississippi

ArchivalResource: 750 items; 10 containers; 3 linear feet

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Burton, Henry Stanton, 1818-1869. Henry Stanton Burton diary and letter-book : ms. S, 1846-1848.

Title: Henry Stanton Burton diary and letter-book : ms. S, 1846-1848.

Diary, Sept. 26, 1846-May 11, 1847, of voyage from New York to San Francisco, as Lt. Col., New York to San Francisco, as Lt. Col., New York Volunteers, aboard the Susan Drew. Copy of letter, Sept., 1847, from La Paz, Baja Calif., follows. At other end of volume: drafts and copies of letters, Apr. 16, 1847-Nov. 30, 1848, from Santa Barbara, La Paz and Monterey, to H.S. Turner, S.W. Kearny, T.O. Selfridge, T. Bailey, W.B. Shubrick, W.T. Sherman, R.B. Mason, H.M. Naglee, G.A. Pendleton and others. Concerning U.S. occupation and military government of California and expedition to Baja California.

ArchivalResource: Originals : 146 p. ; 33 cm.Copies : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 677:6) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26540865 View

Thomas Oliver Selfridge Papers, 1809-1927, (bulk 1809-1870)

Title: Thomas Oliver Selfridge Papers 1809-1927 (bulk 1809-1870)

Naval officer. Correspondence, journals, logbooks, and notebooks relating to Selfridge’s naval career. Includes material relating to the side-wheel steamer and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which were commanded by Selfridge, and to the Naval Examining Board over which he presided. Mississippi

ArchivalResource: 750 items; 10 containers; 3 linear feet

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Louis M. Goldsborough papers, 1821-1873.

Title: Louis M. Goldsborough papers, 1821-1873.

Collection consists of general incoming correspondence, 1821-1873, and official reports and letters received while Goldsborough commanded the USS Congress during the Civil War, and while commanding the European Squadron, 1866-1867.

ArchivalResource: Originals: 1 linear foot (4 boxes).Copies: 2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517515 View

Journal of the U.S.S., Enterprise, 1874-1882, 1878 November 1-1880 May 10

Title: Journal of the U.S.S. Enterprise 1874-1882 1878 November 1-1880 May 10

Deck log describing the journey of the United States steam sloop from New York to European Station duty from November 1, 1878, through May 10, 1880. Enterprise

ArchivalResource: 3 v. and 1 folder

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Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Selfridge, Thomas Oliver, 1836-1924. Autograph dispatch signed : U. S. S. Conestoga off Morganza, to Admiral Porter, 1864 Jan. 7.

Title: Autograph dispatch signed : U. S. S. Conestoga off Morganza, to Admiral Porter, 1864 Jan. 7.

Acknowledging orders.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270662025 View

Preece, William F. Letter, September 12, 1866.

Title: Letter, September 12, 1866.

Holograph letter to LCDR and Mrs. Thomas Selfridge in Portland, ME, from the petty officers and seamen of the USS Macedonian during the U.S. Naval Academy practice cruise, 1866, thanking him for his kindnesses and presenting him with a gift.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 8 x 12.5 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758360926 View

Smith, Thomas Kilby, 1820-1887. Special Orders no. 26, issued in his name by his Acting Aide-de-Camp : "On Steamer," to Captain Selfridge, 1864 Apr. 12.

Title: Special Orders no. 26, issued in his name by his Acting Aide-de-Camp : "On Steamer," to Captain Selfridge, 1864 Apr. 12.

Ordering him to relieve the steamer, "Alice Vivian," and destroy her if necessary.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270665041 View

Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877. Papers, 1821-1873

Title: Louis M. Goldsborough papers 1821-1873

Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (1805-1877), U.S. naval officer, was Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. Collection consists of general incoming correspondence, 1821-1873, and official reports and letters received while Goldsborough commanded the USS Congress during the Civil War, and while commanding the European Squadron, 1866-1867. Also, correspondence concerning the American ships Congress, Frolic, Kearsarge, Canandaigua, Augusta, Colorado, Shamrock, Swatara, and Ticonderoga; and personal and family correspondence of his wife, Elizabeth Gamble Wirt, 1830-1873.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear foot (4 boxes); 2 microfilm reels

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1169 View

Institute of Aerospace Sciences Archives, 1783-1962

Title: Institute of Aerospace Sciences Archives 1783-1962

Historical records of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. Biographical and corporate files including correspondence, memoranda, writings, reports, biographical data and sketches, genealogical records, financial reports, broadsides, charts, press releases, newspaper clippings, blueprints, cartoons, maps, aeromedical and aeronautical reproductions, airplane specifications, prints, engravings, illustrations, sketches, photographs, memorabilia, printed matter, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material relating to aviation and aeronautics collected and maintained by the institute prior to its merger with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

ArchivalResource: 30,000 items; 182 containers plus 83 oversize; 80 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011135 View

Blake, Francis, 1850-1913. Papers, 1804-1917, bulk: 1866-1913.

Title: Papers, 1804-1917, bulk: 1866-1913.

82 boxes containing correspondence and a 50-volume diary, 1866-1913 and 41 scrapbooks chronicling Blake's service with the United States Coast Survey (1866-1875), his work as an astronomer with the Darien Exploring Expedition (1870), his determination of differences in longitude between Greenwich, England, and the U.S., and his experiments in physics and electrical communication which led to the development of the Blake transmitter for the Bell Telephone Company. The papers also include extensive records of household expenses; business investments; the construction of his estate, Keewaydin (Weston, Mass.); his photographic interests; and his association with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Thursday Evening Club, the Brookline (Mass.) Country Club, and the town of Weston. (Cont) Also, Blake's personal ledger and trial balance account books; a 5-vol. diary and personal account book of his wife, Elizabeth L. (Hubbard); Blake family genealogy; and papers of the Hubbard, Lane, Sewall, and Trumbull families. Correspondents include Alexander Graham Bell, Charles O. Boutelle, Julius E. Hilgard, Charles F. McKim, and Thomas O. Selfridge. Collection also includes over 100 printed volumes relating to Blake's scientific and photographic interests.

ArchivalResource: 82 boxes and 41 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8479988 View

T. O. Selfridge Papers, 1852-1926, (bulk 1858-1880)

Title: T. O. Selfridge Papers 1852-1926 (bulk 1858-1880)

Naval officer and explorer. Correspondence, journals, logbooks, notebooks, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous papers relating primarily to the American naval expedition to the Isthmus of Darien (Panama) headed by Selfridge. Includes other aspects of his naval career.

ArchivalResource: 1,900 items; 8 containers; 2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012017 View