TY  - GEN
AU  - Powel,Mary Edith
TI  - Mary Edith Powel naval historical collection,
KW  - Benjamin, Walter Romeyn,
KW  - Bruckner, M.
KW  - Luce, Stephen Bleecker,
KW  - Powel, Samuel,
KW  - Powell family
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - History
KW  - Officers
KW  - World's Columbian Exposition
KW  - (1893
KW  - Chicago, Ill.)
KW  - Exhibitions
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Chicago
KW  - Armor
KW  - Marine accidents
KW  - Marine biology
KW  - Merchant marine
KW  - Naval education
KW  - Navies
KW  - Autographs
KW  - Correspondence
KW  - Ordnance
KW  - Ships
KW  - Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895
KW  - Spanish-American War, 1898
KW  - Arctic regions
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - History, Naval
KW  - Collectors
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011198
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011198.3
ER  -