Papers : addition, 1896-1917.

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Papers : addition, 1896-1917.

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Consists of clippings, correspondence, speeches, writings, and several miscellaneous items of William Ewing Beard of Nashville, Tennessee, a soldier, journalist, war correspondent, naval historian, and officer of the Tennessee Historical Society. Items in the collection reflect Beard's interest in the Civil War, World War II, and the U.S. Navy. Includes two letters from Cordell Hull.

34 items.

Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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Beard, W. E. (William Ewing), 1873-1950

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Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

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Cordell Hull was a Tennessee state representative (1893-1897), a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee (1903-1906), U.S. Representative for Tennessee (1907-1921, 1923-1931), chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee (1921-1924), U.S. Senator for Tennessee (1931-1933), Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944), and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. From the description of Cordell Hull letter, 1941 Dec. 12. (Loui...

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...