Powel, Mary Edith,  1846-1931. <br/><br/>
Mary Edith Powel naval historical collection, 1747-1922  (bulk 1890-1899). 

 - 32,000  items. 63  containers. 21  linear ft. 
 -  Arranged in 7 series.  Series 1: General Correspondence, 1836-1922; Series 2: Foreign Navies, 1747-1901; Series 3: U.S. Navy Portraits, 1784-1905; Series 4: U.S. Navy Fleets and Squadrons, 1889-1896; Series 5: U.S. Navy Ships, 1890-1902; Series 6: Miscellany, undated; and Series 7: Subject File, 1759-1913. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collector of naval history. 
<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.ms011198 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 70052845  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Benjamin, Walter Romeyn, 1854-1943 --Correspondence.<br/>Bruckner, M.--Correspondence.<br/>Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917 --Correspondence.<br/>Powel, Samuel, 1818-1885 --Correspondence.<br/>Powell family--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Navy --History.<br/>United States. Navy --Officers.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>World's Columbian Exposition Chicago, Ill.)  (1893 : 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago.<br/>Armor.<br/>Marine accidents.<br/>Marine biology.<br/>Merchant marine.<br/>Naval education.<br/>Navies.<br/>Navies--Officers.<br/>Navies--Officers--Autographs.<br/>Navies--Officers--Correspondence.<br/>Ordnance.<br/>Ships.<br/>Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895.<br/>Spanish-American War, 1898.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration.<br/>United States--History, Naval.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Collectors.