Mary Edith Powel naval historical collection, 1747-1922 (bulk 1890-1899).

Open to research.

Correspondence, biographical data on American and foreign naval officers, notes, autographs, clippings, commissions, pamphlets, illustrations, and photographs collected by Powel. Newspaper clippings form the bulk of the collection. Subjects include U.S. and foreign navies and naval officers, ships, arms and armor, naval educational institutions, the merchant marine, disasters at sea, marine natural history, Arctic explorations in the 1890s, the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895, and the Spanish-American War, 1898. Includes correspondence with Powel's father, Samuel Powel, and other Powel (Powell) family members. Other correspondents include autograph and book dealers, Walter Romeyn Benjamin and M. Bruckner; and naval officers including Stephen Bleecker Luce.

Collector of naval history.

Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011198

Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.