TY  - GEN
AU  - Chambers,Washington Irving
TI  - Washington Irving Chambers papers,
KW  - Baldwin, Thomas S.
KW  - Burgess, W. Starling
KW  - Curtiss, Glenn Hammond,
KW  - Ellyson, Theodore Gordon,
KW  - Ely, Eugene
KW  - Godard, Louis,
KW  - Greely, A. W.
KW  - Knabenshue, Roy,
KW  - Loening, Grover,
KW  - Martin, Glenn L.
KW  - Means, James,
KW  - Richardson, Holden Chester,
KW  - Rodgers, John,
KW  - Towers, John H.
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Aviation
KW  - Navy Department
KW  - Bureau of Navigation
KW  - Bureau of Ordnance
KW  - Naval War College (U.S.)
KW  - New York Naval Shipyard
KW  - Pensacola (Screw steamer)
KW  - Portsmouth (Sloop of war)
KW  - United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I)
KW  - Greely Relief Expedition
KW  - (1884)
KW  - Aeronautics
KW  - Airships
KW  - Balloons
KW  - Canals
KW  - Nicaragua
KW  - Flight
KW  - Fortification
KW  - Rhode Island
KW  - Helicopters
KW  - Naval aviation
KW  - Navy-yards and naval stations
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Newport
KW  - Ordnance, Naval
KW  - Parachutes
KW  - Shipbuilding
KW  - Arctic regions
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - Nicaragua Canal (Nicaragua)
KW  - Naval officers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011189
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011189.3
ER  -