Sims, William Sowden 1858-1936 creator mixed material monographic eng 43,000 153 1 45 61.8 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. Open to research. 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 Sir Bayly, Lewis 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 Sims, Anne Hitchcock, 1875-1960 mm 70053645 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011160.3 Open to research. DLC 730514 20260227111614.0 mm 70053645