The collection includes copies of papers relating to North Carolinians in the United States Navy, naval vessels whose names have North Carolina associations, and Revolutionary and Civil War naval actions off the North Carolina coast. Included are biographical sketches of Edwin Alexander Anderson, David Worth Bagley, Osborne Bennett Hardison, Felix Leslie Johnson, William Durwood Leggett Junior, Andrew Theodore Long, John Wesley Roper, and John Wilkes; photocopies of letters and official communications relating to the USS Croatan, USS Currituck, USS North Carolina, and USS Raleigh; communications relating to John Paul Jones, 1778, 1779, and 1782, and to David Dixon Porter, 1864 and 1865; and histories of the USS Albemarle (three different ships), USS Bogue, USS Croatan, and USS Currituck.
