Edwin Alexander Anderson papers, 1878-1939 [manuscript].

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Edwin Alexander Anderson papers, 1878-1939 [manuscript].

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Personal correspondence, chiefly 1883-1903, and official naval papers, 1878-1939, of Anderson. Letters to his mother and to his wife, Mertie Lorain Anderson, discuss navy life and describe foreign ports in four continents. Official papers concern promotions, orders, recommendations, travel permits, and assignments, and include military writing and travelogues. Also included are Anderson's social record and log as commander of the Asiatic Fleet, 1922-1923. There are few World War I items and no items dated 1903-1911.

800 items (2.0 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Anderson, Edwin Alexander, 1860-1933

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Anderson, Mertie Lorain.

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