Barnes, James, 1866-1936
Variant namesAmerican author and historian.
From the description of Letter and an envelope, 1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367389657
James Barnes was a writer and military historian who lived in Princeton, New Jersey. Born in 1866, Barnes graduated from Princeton University in 1891 and served in the Spanish-American War and World War I. During World War I, he was head of the head of the Princeton Aviation School. He also worked for Scribner's Magazine, was assistant editor of Harper's Weekly, war correspondent for The Outlook in South Africa, and from 1905 to 1908 was editor of Appleton's Booklover's Magazine. Barnes authored a number of books, including For King or Country (1896), Naval Actions of 1812 (1896), A Princetonian (1896), Commodore Bainbridge (1912), Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors (1898), David G. Farragut (1899), Drake and His Yeomen (1899), The Giant of Three Wars (1903), The Unpardonable War (1904), The Blockaders (1905), Outside the Law (1906), The Clutch of Circumstance (1908), Rifle and Caravan (1912), and Through Central Africa from Coast to Coast (1915). He later served as president of the Naval History Society of America. Barnes died in 1936.
From the guide to the James Barnes Papers, 1894-1936, 1930-1936, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)
The son of John Sanford Barnes, James Barnes was an editor and newspaper correspondent. He served as president and on the Board of Managers of the Naval History Society, to which he donated his father's collection of naval materials in 1915.
From the description of James Barnes Collection, 1906-1926, undated. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 479526491
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referencedIn | Elliot Snow Papers, 1790-1942, (bulk 1920-1930) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
creatorOf | Barnes, James, 1866-1936,. Papers of the Cocke Family 1776-1963 (1810-1929). | University of Virginia. Library | |
creatorOf | Barnes, James, 1866-1936. James Barnes Collection, 1906-1926, undated. | New-York Historical Society Library | |
referencedIn | Century Company records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
referencedIn | The Naval History Society Collection, 1721-1995 (bulk 1781-1936) | New-York Historical Society | |
creatorOf | Barnes, James, 1866-1936. The beginning : galley, [1931]. | Princeton University Library | |
referencedIn | Naval History Society. Records, 1907-1943. | New-York Historical Society Library | |
referencedIn | Stanford University, Dept. of English, honors theses, circa 1967-1993 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
creatorOf | James Barnes Papers, 1894-1936, 1930-1936 | Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special CollectionsManuscripts Division | |
creatorOf | Barnes, James, 1866-1936. Letter and an envelope, 1903. | Harold B. Lee Library | |
referencedIn | United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
referencedIn | Naval History Society Records, 1907-1943 (bulk 1909-1936) | New-York Historical Society | |
referencedIn | Photographic Portrait File | The Huntington Library | |
creatorOf | Naval History Society. Naval History Society Collection, 1721-1993 (bulk, 1781-1936). | New-York Historical Society Library | |
referencedIn | Thomas J. Dodd Papers, undated, 1919-1971. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
creatorOf | Barnes, James, 1866-1936. A master of chances : a play in four acts : typescript, [19--?]. | Princeton University Library | |
referencedIn | Barnes family letters, 1817-1853 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
referencedIn | Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection | L. Tom Perry Special Collections | |
referencedIn | Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers | Houghton Library |
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associatedWith | Aylesworth, Barton Orville, 1860-1933. | person |
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correspondedWith | Century Company | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 | person |
correspondedWith | Dodd, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1907-1971 | person |
correspondedWith | Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 | person |
associatedWith | Jones, John Paul, 1742-1792 | person |
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correspondedWith | Snow, Elliot, 1866-1939. | person |
associatedWith | Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946. | person |
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Birth 1866
Death 1936