Papers, 1866-1972 (bulk 1900-1918).

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Papers, 1866-1972 (bulk 1900-1918).

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Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, memoirs, genealogical material, reports, orders, certificates, scrapbooks, photos, and other papers, relating primarily to Mayo's naval career; together with correspondence (1953-1972) relating to biographical writings between Mayo's son, Chester Garst Mayo, and Walter and Jane Whitehill. Includes accounts of Mayo's daily routine during tours of duty at sea and narratives of significant events in his career including the exploration and hydrographic survey of Puget Sound in the late 1800s, participation in the relief expedition aboard the gunboat Yantic searching for the missing Arctic exploration party of Lt. Adolphus W. Greely (1883), and his role in the crisis leading to the U.S. occupation of Tampico and Veracruz Llave, Mexico (1914), in an Allied naval conference (1917), and as commander of the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet during World War I. Correspondents include William Shepherd Benson, Luis Caballero, George Creel, Josephus Daniels, Edward W. Eberle, José Guerra, Clarence A. Miller, and Ignacio Morelos Zaragoza.

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United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet

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Guerra, José Eduardo, 1893-1943

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Eberle, Edward W. (Edward Walter), 1864-1929

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Edward Walter Eberle (1864-1929) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from July 21, 1923 to November 14, 1927. From the description of Eberle, Edward W. (Edward Walter), 1864-1929 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575067 ...

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...

Mayo, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1856-1937

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U.S. naval officer. From the description of Papers, 1866-1972 (bulk 1900-1918). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28495274 U.S. Navy officer. From the description of Papers of Henry T. Mayo, 1866-1972 (bulk 1900-1918). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071229 Epithet: US admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000203 Biographical Note ...

Mayo, Chester Garst, 1881-1975?

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Capt. Mayo published a genealogy on the descendants of Rev. John Mayo of Barnstable, Massachusetts, in 1966. From the description of Mayo family genealogical research notes, by Capt. C. G. Mayo, ca. 1960-ca. 1984. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 489212723 ...

Benson, William Shepherd, 1855-1932

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William Shepherd Benson (1855-1932) was the first Chief of Naval Operations, serving from May 11, 1915 to September 25, 1919. From the description of Benson, William Shepherd, 1855-1932 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569386 U.S. naval officer and public official. From the description of William Shepherd Benson papers, circa 1791-1952 (bulk 1915-1928). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981098 Epithet: US admiral Br...

Miller, Clarence A.

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Yantic (Gunboat)

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U.S. Navy vessel mastered by John Irvin; launched 1864; struck from Navy list in 1930. From the description of Log/journal, 1870 Apr. 21-Aug. 11. (Nantucket Hist Association). WorldCat record id: 71013453 ...

Whitehill, Walter Muir, 1905-1978

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Whitehill, Jane, 1902-1996

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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; ...

Greely, Adolphus Washington, 1844-1935

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Adolphus Washington Greely (b. March 27, 1844, Newburyport, Massachusetts-d. October 20, 1935, Washington, D.C.) served throughout the American Civil War and remained in the army at the war's close. In 1881 he was appointed to lead the United States International Polar Year Expedition, 1881-1884 to Ellesmere Island. He retired from the Army in 1908 and died in Washington in 1935. ...

Creel, George, 1876-1953

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Creel served as chairman of the United States Committee on Public Information. From the description of Correspondence of George Creel [manuscript], 1917-1918. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647838807 Author, editor, and U.S. government official. From the description of George Creel papers, 1857-1953 (bulk 1896-1953). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980042 Commissioner, Golden Gate International Exposition. From the description...

Morelos Zaragoza, Ignacio, 1860-1927

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Caballero, Luis César 1952-

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Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920)

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