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letters (correspondence)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:

Recipes for U.S. Navy League cookbook

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC191_08_17_07
Dates: 1996 Sep 17
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers letter to Raymond Perry Rodgers

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-393
Abstract

This collection consists of one letter written from Rear Admiral Christopher Raymond Perry to his son, Raymond Perry Rodgers.

Dates: 1861 May 3
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Benedict J. Semmes papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-063
Abstract

Correspondence, including personal and official Naval War College letters and naval orders, 1931–1987; Speeches, undated–1972; Writings, including articles of Mrs. Semmes, 1958–1973; Semmes Family genealogy; Miscellany, including career and family photographs, newspaper clippings, certificates, programs, booklets, and invitations, 1944–1987.

Dates: 1931 - 1987
Found in: Naval War College Archives

William S. Sims papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-168
Content Description Personal letters sent to his parents, siblings, friend Jones and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims, 1882–1925; Letters received from Navy Department regarding assignment; Letters comment on travels, places visited, family matters, politics and rebellions in the Caribbean, ship’s movements, health, social life in port, shipboard life, Hawaiian politics, life in Paris, France, French lessons, Sino-Japanese War, position as Naval Attaché in Paris and St. Petersburg, travels through Europe, criticism of U.S. Navy, World War I assignment as CO, Naval Forces, European Waters, London, England, 1917–1978, including daily routine and social life; Assignments on the China Station. Letters sent by Anne Sims to William S. Sims, 1906, 1909–1912, 1915–1917, regarding family matters. Scope and Contents The twenty-five box collection measures twelve and one-half linear feet and is divided into five series. Series I contains typescript copies of personal letters sent by Sims to his parents, his sister Louisa and brothers, Harry and Alfred, his friend Jones, and to his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. They date from 1881 to 1925. Several personal letters Sims received are located here. The letters focus on his daily shipboard routine, family matters, health, social life, financial matters, and friends as well as his duties as a naval officer and naval attaché. He described the geography, politics, economics, people, and customs of the countries he...
Dates: 1876-1925 and undated
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Mary Taylor Alger Smith papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-161
Abstract

The collection primarily consists of letters written by Mary Taylor Alger Smith (1892-1987) while she accompanied her husband, Commander Roy Campbell Smith, Jr. (1888-1946) on his assignment to the Asiatic Theater from 1925 to 1928.

Dates: 1925-1987; Majority of material found within 1925-1928
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Stephen B. Luce letter on finances and Fauvel

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC364_MSI304
Dates: 1863 Oct 16
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Stephen B. Luce letter on finances and Fauvel, 1863 Oct 16

 File — Box 17, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 304
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Stephen B. Luce to an unnamed commodore from the Naval Academy in Newport R.I., regarding personal and financial business, his orders to USS Nantucket. memories of Fauvel on the Macedonian, and the trials of moving.

Dates: 1863 Oct 16
Found in: Naval War College Archives / Manuscript Items

Charles H. Stockton papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-056
Abstract

Official and semi-official correspondence regarding naval career and Naval War College, 1866–1908; Holograph reminiscences, 1866; Personal Diary, 1904; Journals of ship’s cruises in USS Thetis and USS Yorktown and USS Kentucky 1889–1902; Published Books; Miscellany, including newspaper clippings, photographs and certificates, 1886–1936; Diary of Mrs. Stockton, London, England 1903–1905.

Dates: 1866 - 1908
Found in: Naval War College Archives

Tasker Bliss letter to Officer, Commanding Base Section No. 5

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC364_13_07_MSI209
Dates: 1918 May 21
Found in: Naval War College Archives

T.J. Nixon disenrollment from correspondence course

 Digital Record
Identifier: RG05_Nixon_19411013
Found in: Naval War College Archives
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