Chambers, Washington Irving 1856-1934 creator mixed material monographic eng 12,000 48 12 Correspondence, memoranda, logbooks, subject files, printed matter, blueprints, photographs, and other papers relating to Chambers's service in the U.S. Navy and with the Greely Relief Expedition to the Arctic in 1884 and the Nicaragua Canal survey expedition of 1884-1885. Documents his service aboard the USS Pensacola (Screw steamer) and USS Portsmouth (Sloop of war) as well as at the Naval War College (U.S.), New York Naval Shipyard, United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I), U.S. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation, U.S. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance, and other Navy Dept. offices. Subjects include the development and application of aviation to naval forces, flight science and procedures, balloons, dirigibles, helicopters, parachutes, ordnance, and ship construction. Correspondents include Thomas S. Baldwin, W. Starling Burgess, Glenn Hammond Curtiss, Theodore Gordon Ellyson, Eugene Ely, Louis Godard, Roy Knabenshue, Grover Loening, Glenn L. Martin, James Means, Holden Chester Richardson, John Rodgers, and John H. Towers. Open to research. Naval officer. Collection material in English. Described in: Washington Irving Chambers: a register of his papers in the Library of Congress (1967). Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011189 Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. Baldwin, Thomas S Correspondence Burgess, W. Starling (William Starling) 1878-1947 Correspondence Curtiss, Glenn Hammond 1878-1930 Correspondence Ellyson, Theodore Gordon 1885-1928 Correspondence Ely, Eugene Correspondence Godard, Louis 1847-1928 Correspondence Greely, A. W. (Adolphus Washington) 1844-1935 Knabenshue, Roy -1960 Correspondence Loening, Grover 1888-1976 Correspondence Martin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther) 1886-1955 Correspondence Means, James 1853-1920 Correspondence Richardson, Holden Chester 1878- Correspondence Rodgers, John 1881-1926 Correspondence Towers, John H. (John Henry) 1885-1955 Correspondence United States. Navy Aviation United States. Navy Department. United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation. United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance. Naval War College (U.S.) New York Naval Shipyard. Pensacola (Screw steamer) Portsmouth (Sloop of war) United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I) Greely Relief Expedition (1884) Aeronautics Airships Balloons Canals Nicaragua Flight Fortification Rhode Island Helicopters Naval aviation United States Navy-yards and naval stations New York (State) New York Navy-yards and naval stations Rhode Island Newport Ordnance, Naval Parachutes Shipbuilding Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Nicaragua Discovery and exploration Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua) Naval officers mm 70050799 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011189 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011189.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011189 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011189.3 Open to research. DLC 730514 20260227111613.0 mm 70050799