03514cpcaa2200637 4500 mm 70052845 DLC 20260227111613.0 cr ||||||||||| 730514|||||||||||| eng mm 70052845 ms 69002047 DLC DLC dacs DLC R lcmd Powel, Mary Edith, 1846-1931. 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. 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. Benjamin, Walter Romeyn, 1854-1943 Correspondence. Bruckner, M. Correspondence. Luce, Stephen Bleecker, 1827-1917 Correspondence. Powel, Samuel, 1818-1885 Correspondence. Powell family Correspondence. United States. Navy History. United States. Navy Officers. World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Exhibitions Illinois Chicago. Armor. Marine accidents. Marine biology. Merchant marine. Naval education. Navies. Navies Officers. Navies Officers Autographs. Navies Officers Correspondence. Ordnance. Ships. Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895. Spanish-American War, 1898. Arctic regions Discovery and exploration. United States History, Naval. Collectors. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011198 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011198.3 39189 39189