Sellers, David Foote,  1874-1949. <br/><br/>
David Foote Sellers papers, 1860-1949  (bulk 1927-1938). 

 - 6,500  items. 20  containers. 10  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 6 series.  Series 1: Journal, Personal Logs, and Fitness Reports, 1894-1938; Series 2: Correspondence, 1896-1947; Series 3: Subject File, 1926-1929; Series 4: Miscellany, 1906-1949; Series 5: Photograph Albums, 1898-1934; and Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1860-1938. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, memoranda, journals, notebooks, speeches, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Sellers's naval career. Topics include his duty as cadet midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy; his service during the Spanish-American War, the Samoan campaign, Philippine Insurrection, and World War I; as naval aide to the White House; as aide to the commander of the German fleet (Kriegsmarine) visiting the United States; his service relating to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, Calif. (1915); as commander of the Naval Training Station at San Diego, Calif.; as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy Special Service Squadron; as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Navy U.S. Fleet; and as superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.  Correspondence relates chiefly to his duty as commander of the U.S. Navy Special Service Squadron during the Nicaraguan uprising (1927-1929).  Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Harry Alexander Baldridge, Hanson Weightman Baldwin, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Harold W. Dodds, Helen Keller, and Dudley Wright Knox. 
<br/><br/><br/>Naval officer. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011194 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 70050112  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Adams, Charles Francis, 1866-1954 --Correspondence.<br/>Baldridge, Harry Alexander, 1880-1952 --Correspondence.<br/>Baldwin, Hanson Weightman, 1903-1991 --Correspondence.<br/>Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 --Correspondence.<br/>Dodds, Harold W. 1889-1980 --Correspondence.<br/>Keller, Helen, 1880-1968 --Correspondence.<br/>Knox, Dudley Wright, 1877-1960 --Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Germany. Kriegsmarine. <br/>United States. Naval Training Station (San Diego, Calif.) <br/>United States. Navy --Officers.<br/>United States. Navy.  U.S. Fleet. <br/>United States. Navy.  Special Service Squadron. <br/>United States Naval Academy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco, Calif.)  (1915 : 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spanish-American War, 1898--Naval operations, American.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, American.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Nicaragua--History--1909-1937.<br/>Philippines--History--Philippine American War, 1899-1902.<br/>Samoa--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Naval officers.