05147cpcaa2200793 4500 mm 70053645 DLC 20260227111614.0 cr ||||||||||| 730514|||||||||||| eng mm 70053645 ms 77001416 ms 77001573 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936. William Sowden Sims papers, 1856-1951 (bulk 1900-1936). 43,000 items. 153 containers, plus 1 oversize. 45 microfilm reels. 61.8 linear feet. Arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1856-1951; Series 2: Subject File, 1897-1940; Series 3: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1910-1935; Series 4: Miscellany, 1876-1936; Series 5: Clippings and Printed Matter, 1891-1937; Series 6: Addition, 1884-1951; and Series 7: Oversize. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, writings, notes, reports, military orders, biographical material, clippings, and other papers primarily documenting Sims's naval career and his work relating to naval reforms. Documents activities as an intelligence officer on the USS Charleston (Cruiser) at the China Station (1895-1896); naval attaché in Paris, Madrid, and Saint Petersburg (1896-1900); and commander of U.S. naval forces in Europe during World War I. Subjects include gunnery, naval preparedness, and the U.S. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation. Includes papers of Sims's wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. Correspondents include W.F. Arnold, John V. Babcock, Sir Lewis Bayly, William Shepherd Benson, Josephus Daniels, W. Atlee Edwards, Bradley A. Fiske, William F. Fullam, Herbert Hoover, Tracy B. Kittredge, A.T. Mahan, Ridley McLean, William Veazie Pratt, Joel Roberts Poinsett Pringle, Henry Reuterdahl, Kenneth Lewis Roberts, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and members of the Sims (Simms) family. Microfilm edition of Series 1. Subseries : Special Correspondence, 1898-1951, (containers 45-91) available, no. 14,810. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Navy Publications and Printing Service Office, Naval District. Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Naval officer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160 Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection. Arnold, W. F. (Will Ford) Correspondence. Edwards, W. Atlee Correspondence. Babcock, John V. (John Vincent) Correspondence. Bayly, Lewis, Sir, 1857-1938 Correspondence. Benson, William Shepherd, 1855-1932 Correspondence. Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 Correspondence. Fiske, Bradley A. (Bradley Allen), 1854-1942 Correspondence. Fullam, William F. (William Freeland), 1855-1926 Correspondence. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Correspondence. Kittredge, Tracy B., 1891- Correspondence. Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914 Correspondence. McLean, Ridley, 1872-1933 Correspondence. Pratt, William Veazie, 1869-1957 Correspondence. Pringle, Joel Roberts Poinsett, 1873-1932 Correspondence. Reuterdahl, Henry, 1871-1925 Correspondence. Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence. Simms family Correspondence. United States. Navy. United States. Navy Foreign service China. United States. Navy Intelligence specialists. United States. Navy. Operational readiness. United States. Navy. China Station. United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation. Charleston (Cruiser) Military attachés France Paris. Military attachés Russia Saint Petersburg. Military attachés Spain Madrid. Naval gunnery. World War, 1914-1918 Naval operations, American. World War, 1914-1918 Europe. Naval officers. itoamc Sims, Anne Hitchcock, 1875-1960. Anne Hitchcock Sims papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160.3 39209 39209