Roger Welles Papers 1884-1926 (bulk 1891-1926)

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Roger Welles Papers 1884-1926 (bulk 1891-1926)

Naval officer. Correspondence, journals, orders to duty, article and speech file, diary of Welles's wife, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and miscellaneous materials relating to Welles's duties as special representative for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, as director of naval intelligence, and as commander of the Asiatic and Atlantic Fleets and of the U.S. Naval Forces in Europe.

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Welles family

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Welles, Harriet Ogden Deen

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World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Allison, James Nicholls, 1848-1918

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James N. Allison was a United States (U.S.) Army officer. He was a private, 39th Kentucky Infantry Regiment; 2nd, 1st lieutenant and captain, 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment. He attended the U.S. Military Academy from 1867-1871 and was stationed in the Western frontier from 1871-1893. He was transfered to the Commissary Department in 1893 and rose to become Assistant Commissary General in 1907. He retired from the military service as a brigadier general in 1912. From the description of The...

McDonald, Eugene F., 1886-

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Sefton, Joseph W., 1882-1966

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United States. Office of Naval Intelligence

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Welles, Mercy D. A. (Mercy Delano Atkins), 1832-1922

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Buchanan, William I. (William Insco), 1852-1909

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Businessman and diplomat. Director-general of the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901. From the description of Letters, appointment, and resolutions, 1904-1910. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33939673 Native of Ohio who later lived in Indiana and Sioux City, Iowa; was head of the departments of Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock at World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), and later Director General of the Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, 1901). U.S. ...

Hammond, Ogden H. (Ogden Haggerty), 1869-1956

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Welles family

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Blue, Victor, 1865-1928

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Victor Blue (1865-1928) of South Carolina was a United States naval officer from 1887-1919. He served in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, and was a veteran of the Spanish-American War. He retired as a rear admiral. From the guide to the Victor Blue Papers, ., 1884-1919, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Welles, Roger, 1862-1932

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Naval officer. From the description of Roger Welles papers, 1884-1926 (bulk 1891-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130872 Biographical Note 1862, Dec. 7 Born Newington, Conn. 1884 Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty in USS Tennessee as flag...

United States. Navy. Asiatic Fleet

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Moore, Alexander Pollock, 1867-1930

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Balincourt, marquis de

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United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet

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Weller, Ovington Eugene, 1862-1947

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Bristol, Mark L. (Mark Lambert), 1868-1939

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Naval officer and diplomat. From the description of Mark L. Bristol papers, 1882-1939 (bulk 1919-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981105 Naval officer. From the description of Mark L. Bristol papers, 1913-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979807 Biographical Note 1868, Apr. 17 Born, Glassboro, N.J. ...

Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

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Josephus Daniels, son of Josephus and Mary (Cleves) Daniels, was born in Washington, North Carolina, May 18, 1862. He attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute. On May 2, 1888, he married Addie W. Bagley. At the age of eighteen, he was editor of the "Wilson Advance"; admitted to the bar in 1885; state printer for North Carolina, 1887-1893; chief clerk, Department of the Interior, 1893-1895; editor of the "Raleigh State Chronicle", 1885; editor of the "Raleigh State News and Observer", 1894-1919; ...

Andrews, Philip, 1866-1945

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United States. Naval Forces, Europe

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Curtis, William Eleroy, 1850-1911

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American journalist. From the description of Typed letters signed (4) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1891 Apr. 27-July 28. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 81020876 Curtis was chief of the Latin-American department of the Chicago Record . From the guide to the William Eleroy Curtis Scrapbooks, 1874-1911, 1885-1911, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Traveling correspondent for two...

Welles, Harriet Ogden Deen. Harriet Ogden Deen Welles diary. 1910.

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Niblack, Albert P. (Albert Parker), 1859-1929

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Niblack was a native of Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana; an officer in the U.S. Navy (1880-1923), serving in the Spanish-American War in Cuba and the Philippines (1898-1901), and as a naval attaché to the American Legation in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1910-1911), and Berlin, Germany (1911-1913); and reached the rank of Rear Admiral (1917). From the description of Collection, 1843-1929. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 19771555 Albert P. Niblack was b...

Scruggs, William Lindsay, 1836-1912

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Editor and diplomat. From the description of William Lindsay Scruggs papers, 1828-1955 (bulk 1893-1898). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79942527 Biographical Note 1836, Sept. 14 Born near Knoxville, Tenn. 1858 Principal, Hamilton Male Academy, Harrison, Tenn., following gradu...

Coontz, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1864-1935

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Robert Edward Coontz (1864-1935) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations, November 1, 1919 to July 21, 1923. From the description of Coontz, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1864-1935 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10610901 Coontz was an 1885 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He was in the USS Nebraska during the cruise of the Great White Fleet in 1907-1909, was CNO from 1919-1923, and CIC U.S. Fleet 1923-1925. He retired in 1928 with the r...

Stewart, Charles West, 1859-1929

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Author, historian, and librarian. From the description of Letter of Charles West Stewart, 1904 November 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71064597 ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Symon, C. (Charles)

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Fairfield, Arthur Philip, 1877-1946

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